LB Edgerrin Cooper Shares First Impressions Of Steelers' Mike Tomlin

The Texas A&M linebacker met with the Pittsburgh Steelers at the NFL Combine.

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00:00 >> Have you talked to Mike Tomlin on the steers yet at all?

00:02 >> Yes.

00:03 >> What was that like?

00:04 >> It was good, great conversations going on, great coach.

00:09 And just talking it up, and they getting to know me and I getting to know them.

00:13 >> What was your first impression of Mike Tomlin,

00:15 just like the things he asked you, how he tried to get to know you?

00:18 >> Great personality, goofy, silly, just like me.

00:21 So no, I feel like that's a great thing, that's my personality.

00:25 >> What do you think- >> What surprised you so

00:27 far about this combine process?

00:29 >> It's not nothing too much really.

00:33 It's just taking it a step at a time, day by day.

00:36 I feel I did a good job of preparing myself, so it's pretty going well for me.

00:42 Just figuring myself out, learning the ways I can make myself great,

00:46 and just how to improve all my qualities all over the field.

00:50 >> What about your game do you think transitions so well into the NFL?

00:54 >> Just speed, just being able to react, guarding fast,

00:58 tightening, bringing pressure to the QBs.

01:01 Just all those little things, just being able to use in all different types of ways.

01:05 >> And for one of the core qualities that has a covered linebacker,

01:08 what do you think separates the green covered linebacker?

01:11 >> No, just having great leverage, just those little things,

01:15 knowing where your help is, just all those types of things, and just playing ball.