Patrick Queen - Player, steelers Event: Media Availability | Date: 2026-09-07 | Full transcript (primary source).
Patrick Queen spoke to the media during a press conference for the Pittsburgh Steelers on September 7, 2026. The event focused on the team's preparations for the upcoming season and the excitement surrounding their home opener.
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Queen: Oh yeah absolutely. I think the best thing of the whole night was laying careful and shooting hoops in the middle of the game. That's the type of coach we want. Thank you.
Queen: Yeah, really excited. It's been a lot of work. Everybody's been putting in the work. Everybody's been grinding and the coaches have been landing a great foundation. So now it's just the time to start building those building those things. Trying to stack the wins. Just take care of this first one. It's gonna be a great time to see us fly around home game, home opener. What's gonna be fun?
Queen: No, I think maybe like my rookie year. That was like the first time where I was like just flustered by a lot of stuff and then it being COVID and not having no fans and then coming into year two actually getting fans. But now it's just a repetition. Just trying to start off on the right on the right foot, trying to start fast. Just going out there and play ball, you know, having fun doing all the good things.
Queen: Yeah, that's gonna be fun. Um, we got a tight group. Um, just going on the field today, I noticed it. Um, guys celebrating quick. I mean, as soon as the play happens, like guys are running over to the guy that made the play, celebrating. Um, everybody's in the locker room is talking to each other. Everybody making handshakes today, like everybody's trying to get the handshakes down today. So, um, it's gonna be electric. It's gonna be fun. Um, you know, meetings, keeping those guys in touch and meetings and stuff going over stuff, making sure they're still in tune with all the things. And then we go to the field, getting those guys in the rotations and stuff just to be able to go out there and play fast and just know that we got there back with the communication. Um, whatever play it is, just just go, just go play fast.
Queen: Um, I would hope so. But at the same time, I understand his his his side and the things going on on that side. And you know, I just I wish I wish the best for me to come play that I'm ready to rock out with him.
Queen: I got a handshake with everybody. Me and Peyton got to make another one because the week ours was like a little dip, taking a little dip. But we got to get kind of trash. So we got to get a new one. But, uh, me, me and Bruce made one today. Me and Rams made once a day because we me and Rams went the whole year last year without making a handshake. So we made one.
Queen: The smoothness, I think even even if there's a trash chance that if you if you're smooth with it, you could get by. If it's if it's all out of whacking, somebody's a little too tight and one's a little too loose off because I'm gonna get for after that. Then that makes a good handshake or bad handshake.
Queen: Yeah, congrats to him. Uh, SCC God, Bama God, even though we hate those guys, um, just seeing all the stuff that he's been through, um, and then, you know, go into a new place and man up to start and find him the way. Uh, we all know tool. He's a great dude, great quarterback. Um, you know, you kind of feel for guys that go through the things that he went through because that's life changing things. Um, but can't wait to get after him.
Queen: I don't think you could do that. I think, um, it's a different offense, different system. Uh, I think the only thing you could prepare for is like this quick timing. Um, just seeing how he does that. But at the same time, you know, they got new coaches, so it could change their, you know, mess with his technique or whatever it is. So it was just really the first drivers come out there trying to figure everything out.
Queen: I would put him up there for sure. I think when it comes to conversations like that, they stopped too. And I think the top two is just mixing around with, um, but I think he's always gonna be that top two for sure.
Queen: Both, both, um, where there's bris, where there was the shot when he was in, um, Rams are whoever it is coming in and safety jinx, you know, it's just a lot of communication because you got to hear both sides. You got to hear both stories, um, just to be able to have everything that you need. Um, all the tools to be able to play fast. So I'm just listening to both sides and making calls to the front, listening to Peyton, Peyton's echoing what that side saying that I'm listening to my side, talking to the nickel safety, um, getting a call from that side and just echoing it to each other based off formation. So there's a lot of communication. It's a lot like probably the most communication I ever had, but I think that's gonna be brutal.
Queen: A lot of run game, um, mixing the looks up, um, getting big guys on the field, take shots, um, just, you know, that, that Browns offense. But I think he got better playmakers now. Um, I think he got guys that he get the ball into in space and do a lot of damage with. Um, so there's gonna be, there's gonna be a heavyweight fight.
