Pittsburgh Steelers ILB Patrick Queen will play his fifth sport at Acrisure Stadium on Sunday, however he’ll achieve this from a really totally different vantage level. Having spent his first 4 NFL seasons with the Baltimore Ravens, he’s now on the opposite aspect of the rivalry. That additionally means he’s on the opposite aspect of the Steelers’ stadium theatrics, which he’s anticipating.
“I’m prepared to listen to Renegade within the fourth quarter”, Queen mentioned through the Steelers’ web site. “That’s what I’ve been ready on. I simply can’t wait to get in entrance of the followers and simply play our hearts out. Play as exhausting as we will, give the followers the perfect sport we will, and get a win in there”.
“Renegade” was a success track by the rock group Styx within the Eighties. The Steelers started enjoying it a few a long time in the past at Heinz Area throughout vital moments once they wanted a cease. Queen heard that 4 occasions as a Raven, although it took time for him to know what it meant.
“The primary two occasions, I didn’t discover. Then [John Harbaugh] mentioned one thing about it within the assembly”, Queen recalled about his rising understanding of what Renegade means to the Steelers. “I simply keep in mind he was like, ‘We’re going to be in a detailed sport’, this and that. ‘We’re gonna get the towels, get them waving, we’re gonna really feel it, make it our personal track’. You undoubtedly didn’t discover it the primary few years till he mentioned one thing about it. However when you understand what they’re doing, it’s simply an electrical feeling, an electrical place”.
Whether or not you just like the track or not, as a Steelers fan, you actually comprehend it. Even those that don’t significantly just like the track can acknowledge that it lends itself nicely to a violent, hard-hitting spotlight reel. The Steelers typically prefer to range the highlights to match their opponent or honor a particular participant. Again in 2014, they created a particular Joe Greene Renegade spotlight reel only for him.
Patrick Queen signed a three-year, $41 million contract with the Steelers this offseason. He hasn’t completed something that may discover its approach right into a Renegade spotlight reel but, however he has loads of time to get there. He is aware of the lengthy lineage of high quality linebacker play in Pittsburgh, even as much as Ryan Shazier.
Having lately turned simply 25, Queen actually has an opportunity to immortalize himself in Steelers historical past. As a former Raven, he has a ready-made face flip for his origin story. Sunday will mark simply his first sport in Acrisure Stadium in a Steelers jersey, so he’s solely starting.
