Patrick Queen Excited for His First Steelers Home Game: Eager to Experience Renegade in Fourth Quarter | Sports

Pittsburgh Steelers ILB Patrick Queen will play his fifth recreation at Acrisure Stadium on Sunday, however he'll achieve this from a really completely different vantage level. Having spent his first 4 NFL seasons with the Baltimore Ravens, he's now on the opposite facet of the rivalry. That additionally means he's on the opposite facet of the Steelers’ stadium theatrics, which he's anticipating.

“I’m ready to hear Renegade in the fourth quarter”, Queen mentioned via the Steelers’ website. “That’s what I’ve been waiting on. I just can’t wait to get in front of the fans and just play our hearts out. Play as hard as we can, give the fans the best game we can, and get a win in there”.

“Renegade” was a success music by the rock group Styx in the Nineteen Eighties. The Steelers started enjoying it a few a long time in the past at Heinz Field throughout crucial moments once they wanted a cease. Queen heard that 4 occasions as a Raven, although it took time for him to perceive what it meant.

“The first two times, I didn’t notice. Then [John Harbaugh] said something about it in the meeting”, Queen recalled about his rising understanding of what Renegade means to the Steelers. “I just remember he was like, ‘We’re going to be in a close game’, this and that. ‘We’re gonna get the towels, get them waving, we’re gonna feel it, make it our own song’. You definitely didn’t notice it the first few years until he said something about it. But once you realize what they’re doing, it’s just an electric feeling, an electric place”.

Whether you just like the music or not, as a Steelers fan, you definitely comprehend it. Even those that don’t significantly just like the music can acknowledge that it lends itself properly to a violent, hard-hitting spotlight reel. The Steelers generally like to range the highlights to match their opponent or honor a particular participant. Back in 2014, they created a particular Joe Greene Renegade spotlight reel simply for him.

Patrick Queen signed a three-year, $41 million contract with the Steelers this offseason. He hasn’t completed something that will discover its manner 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 up to Ryan Shazier.

Having just 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 turn for his origin story. Sunday will mark simply his first recreation in Acrisure Stadium in a Steelers jersey, so he's solely starting.