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It's Tuesday, and that means today the pads go on.

We're going to talk about why that's really big,

but especially for this rookie class that was all about physicality.

That and more here on the Locked-on Steelers podcast.

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I'm going to make a quick trip to Pittsburgh. Come right back. But today's Tuesday. It'll be Tuesday by the time you're hearing this, and that means the pads are going on. And I'm particularly excited for this because this is a huge part of what this Steelers team is supposed to be this year. Not just the part that we've been talking about on defense where Jalen Ramsey's being physical in the secondary and the pass rush and all that. It's especially in the trenches on both sides of the ball, not even just this draft class, but last year's draft class. And really the class before that. Now, we won't see Broderick Jones. Most likely he's dealing with a day-to-day in lower body injury we'll see how that progresses but we will at least see zach fraser and mason

mccormick and troy phaltan who three picks from the class two years ago then this class uh that

that's that's coming up this year you got um you got of course Derek derrick harman Caleb

johnson that running back he's going to be a big part of this.

And even guys like Jack Sawyer and Y.A. Black, this is going to be huge for them to show how quickly can they contribute to this Steelers roster and help fulfill that identity.

But I want to start with Caleb Johnson, not the first round pick.

We'll get to Derek Harmon in the next segment.

But I am very intrigued by how Caleb Johnson will do here because Caleb Johnson has been really good, I think, at showing that he has the vision, he has the explosion.

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