Steelers Keanu Neal On His Roughing The Passer Penalty

Pittsburgh Steelers safety Keanu Neal discusses his roughing the passer penalty on Jacksonville Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence.

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00:00 There's not much I can do about it.

00:01 I mean, I try to hit them clean and go about the game a certain way.

00:06 But it is what it is.

00:07 I can't control what they call.

00:08 Unfortunately, they call me on the outside, but

00:12 we have to play another guy.

00:15 >> Did they call you for the full landing body weight thing?

00:18 Is that what they explained to you?

00:19 >> No, it's just rough in the past.

00:21 I'm not sure if it was landing on him or in the layup.

00:24 I don't know, I'm not 100% sure.

00:26 But it was a flag and I just took it and moved on.

00:31 >> How do you feel about the rest of the game from that point on,

00:34 the coverage in the secondary, how they distributed the balls to receivers?

00:37 Where could you guys have been tighter?

00:38 >> Me personally, I feel like I could have been tighter on the tight end on a lot of

00:44 plays, especially towards the end of the game.

00:46 I think I let Ingram get inside of me too much, especially on that,

00:49 I think it was like a 34 yarder.

00:52 Towards the end of the game, I mean, that was a pivotal point of the game.

00:55 We had a chance to come back to the office back on.

00:58 >> That's cool, that's good, no problem.

01:00 >> Somewhere I gotta improve, for sure.

01:02 But overall, I think we did a pretty good job.

01:05 >> I know there's always so much talk about controlling what you can control, but

01:08 how frustrating is it when it seems like there's just call after call after call,

01:12 and things that seem a little ticky tacky in that way?

01:17 >> I mean, you can't let it get to you, honestly.

01:20 Playing a game, you kinda gotta have surfboard shoulders and

01:22 just move on to the next play.

01:24 I mean, you don't wanna get flags, you don't wanna get penalties, but

01:27 you still gotta continue to press forward, whatever the outcome.