Joey Porter discusses the Pittsburgh Steelers adjustments in their secondary after losing safeties Damontae Kazee and Minkah Fitzpatrick.
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00:00 >> It's been good, we've been emphasizing that this whole season, communication.
00:03 And we got a lot of guys down, a lot of guys to step up.
00:05 So I feel like we've been doing that good throughout the week, and
00:09 we really found out Saturday.
00:10 >> Do you have any suspicion of Bruce being out there with no Mink and no KZ?
00:14 >> No, not really.
00:15 >> What do you lose not having KZ?
00:17 I mean, I know Mink is obviously a huge piece, but
00:19 you and KZ have a tight relationship.
00:21 What do you lack when you don't have him on the field?
00:23 >> You just got an energy guy.
00:25 He always bring the juice no matter what.
00:27 The second sense is in the game.
00:28 He's gonna get you there.
00:29 He's gonna have your back.
00:30 And definitely sad that he's not gonna be out there.
00:33 Like you said, that's my dog right there.
00:35 So I hope he comes back and gets this thing rolling.
00:38 >> Well, he can only come back if you guys get him to the playoffs.
00:41 Has anybody talked about that at all in this locker room?
00:44 >> Yes and no, we're really mainly focused on this game without coming up right now.
00:47 We're not trying to focus on anything else but this game.
00:49 >> Do you feel like you wanna bring more energy, or
00:52 is there somebody that you guys now look to to be that energy person in the secondary?
00:56 >> We all just gotta have that juice.
00:58 Like KZ always bringing that energy, but with him gone,
01:00 we all gotta bring that up in the room.
01:01 And I feel like we're doing a great job at that, and we all bring that morale up.
01:05 >> So do you pride yourself on being- >> So
01:06 your belief that the camaraderie in the locker room is strong,
01:10 that he's got a misread on the whole situation?
01:13 >> Yeah, I feel like he got a misread on the whole situation.
01:15 Like I said, he's not in the locker room, so
01:16 he doesn't know what's going on in the locker room.
01:18 It's just all outside, so yeah, that's all I have to say on that.
01:22 >> You talk about wanna play your game.
01:23 Do you pride yourself on being a physical?
01:25 Do you like being a physical corner, known to that way?
01:27 Is that the way you like to, I don't know, intimidation is the right word, but
01:30 against receivers?
01:31 >> I mean, I wanna be known as an all around corner, but
01:34 if they come with this physical and everything like that, I really don't.
01:37 I mean, I play football at the end of the day.
01:39 I really don't care what they say.
01:40 I just try to get my job done and do it at a high level, so.
01:44 >> You've been in touch with KZ since last night when that [INAUDIBLE]
01:48 >> Yeah, I talked to him a little bit.
01:49 He's doing good, yeah, he's doing all right.