Just weeks into his first season as a Pittsburgh Steeler, wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. is trying to become involved in his new community. It's the first time in his career he's joined a new team after he played for the Indianapolis Colts for six seasons prior. When speaking with Newsweek on Tuesday, Pittman admitted that a video new Steelers coach Mike McCarthy showed the team ahead of the season inspired him to get active in the Pittsburgh community.
"When I first got to Pittsburgh, McCarthy put on this really nice video where it kind of showed how the Pittsburgh Steelers took on the personality of the city and the people behind it," Pittman said. "It goes back to the steel mills and how they never closed. It’s just a blue-collared place.
It really goes back to the Steelers culture, how it’s tough and grimy and bad weather football. They really took on that mentality from the people here.” Pittman wanted to give back to the Pittsburgh community in whatever way he could. So, he teamed up with Toyota to host a flag football camp for deaf and hard of hearing children on Tuesday.
Meeting Steelers fans and members of the Pittsburgh area helped ignite even more fire within Pittman to want to deliver some wins for the organization. "We’re coming off of a loss, so looking to get this next one right. The best way to feel better is to take it out on the next guy.
So, that’s what we’re going to try to do.” The "next guy" the Steelers will face happens to be Pittman's former team, the Colts, on Sunday, Oct. 11. Unfortunately, Pittman will no longer compete in the reunion contest as he re-injured his plantar fasciitis on his foot on Wednesday. He'll miss multiple weeks with the injury.
This injury won't stop Pittman from finding ways to be involved in the matchup. He'll want to reunite with some of his former teammates and coaches on Sunday, but he's making sure to do that after the game. "We only got 17 [games], so every game is the most important game.
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