• 11 months ago
Joey Porter Jr. looks back at some of his favorite childhood memories of his father in the playoffs with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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00:00 >> I was a kid watching those, but man, what was the one that I definitely,
00:05 the one that I remember the most, not really game related,
00:11 but just the speech before with the Broncos game.
00:13 They shot me in the back, I don't even know if that was a playoff game or not.
00:16 I think it was.
00:16 >> It was. >> But just that bad speech alone,
00:19 how the whole locker room reacted.
00:21 I felt like they were ready for that, they were pumped up, and
00:23 just that atmosphere, I hope we get that on this Sunday.
00:26 >> Did you understand what he was talking about way back when, when you were-
00:29 >> No, not as a kid,
00:30 I did not understand until I grew up and I was in middle school or something like that.
00:33 And I re-heard it and talked to him about it, but
00:36 definitely not a kid I didn't know what the hell he was talking about.
00:38 >> [LAUGH] >> Yeah.
00:39 >> Did he have stories or advice for you as you get ready for your first playoff game?
00:44 >> Not really, just keep playing how I've been playing.
00:46 Just he know I'm a competitor and I like to compete, so
00:49 he's not really worried about anything like that.
00:51 He know how I'm gonna come on Sunday, so he just excited for me in this matchup I got.
00:55 >> How long does the mystique of, whoa, this is the playoffs,
00:57 how long does that stay until you get back to football and
01:00 you realize it's just, it boils down to a football game?
01:04 >> I really haven't even thought about it, nothing like that.
01:06 Like, it's a playoff game, playoff game.
01:08 I think it's just a regular game.
01:09 We've been treating these last couple games as do or die anyway, so
01:12 the pressure's still up there.
01:14 Everybody's still got that singular focus, so we just gotta go in and ball.
01:18 >> If TJ can't go, how does the defense press on?
01:22 >> We've been pressing on all year when somebody go down next man up, and
01:24 I feel like every time a guy had their chance, they balled out.
01:27 And they did what they were supposed to do.
01:29 So Herb and MG gonna have a lot of reps on their hands on the play,
01:33 they're gonna fall out.
01:34 >> How about the Super Bowl week?
01:36 You had that thing with Jeremy Stevens.
01:38 >> This and this, yeah, that.
01:39 >> [LAUGH] >> Definitely up there,
01:41 top five moments for him, definitely, definitely.
01:44 >> What's it like having your KZ back in the locker room and
01:46 just in the mix with you guys this week?
01:48 >> Man, it's great.
01:48 You definitely love a guy like that, back in the locker room,
01:51 back in the mix of things.
01:52 He's a locker room booster, as I said before.
01:55 So just to have him back is everything for us.

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