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Anthony Wright: “I remember going into the last preseason game. It was late in the game and Tomczak and Pete Gonzalez were battling it out for a spot. I looked at Coach Gilbride to see if I was going to get a chance to go in and play. He looked back at me and said “You’re not going in. But don’t worry – that’s a good thing.”

So I learned mid-game that I had made the team. I remember how much of a load off of may shoulders that was.”

Jim Miller: “Again, three way battles do not work.  You’re young, and you’re getting a one-third of the reps which are limited to begin with in the offseason.  You need them all no matter who is starting.  Unless you’re like five years in the offense and know it like the back of your hand.”

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First off, what have you been up to since your playing days?

Now I own and operate a fitness center. After Miami and Pittsburgh I went to the CFL. I knew when I was playing that I wanted to stay in good condition after football and stay involved in fitness. I figured I might as well make some money at it! I moved to Atlanta and got hired to work at a gym. I wanted to learn the business and got experience that way – to know the blueprint.

I got offered a management position after that. I also started my own fitness brand – Green University. I have over 25,000 subscribers to that as well and am the CEO of my non-profit, Cause of Effectiveness.

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Thanks Kent for doing this! I wanted to see how this Steelers drafted relative to RAS and how it’s changed over the years. Starting at receiver – Bernard seems different from the guys they traditionally have been drafting – accurate?

Wide receiver is tricky  – it’s very style-based. They’ve gone after guys like Martavis Bryant and George Pickens in the past who had very specialized roles in the offense. I don’t get that with Bernard – he scored well on speed, agility and decent explosiveness. You can do a lot more with that. When you draft a guy like Cooper Kupp or Amon St. Brown you get very specialized players. Bernard looks like a guy that offers much more versatility.

You see that in the draft overall – guys they’ve taken recently like Dunker, Iheanachor, Everett – there are no limitations to what these players can do – they don’t come with super-specialized scores. They are all guys who are very versatile athletically.

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First off, what’s the plan after the Post-Gazette layoff –  I’m sorry to see that happen. 

The new ownership said they’d keep going with the strengths of the paper and I guess they felt I wasn’t one of them. I had a nice, long career here – it was longer than I expected. I’m just concerned about the younger people there – their need to figure out what’s next. I think many will probably have to relocate.

It leaves a big gap in the city’s music coverage for sure…

I didn’t have the sponsorships for the music section that the other sections had – I didn’t have LiveNation sponsoring my section – which is probably a good thing now!

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First off, what are you up to now – what have you been working on?

I’m doing Fallout season three now. And I’m working on making movies, doing standup and working on a lot of things. The Fallout talk show did well too. Just living life in LA!

How did acting start for you?

I did some plays in middle school – Carson – North Allegheny. I was always trying to be funny in school. I was obsessed with hockey too – I played from Pee Wee and Bantam through high school. But then I got into plays in high school and got good roles. That encouraged me.

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