Allen Robinson on Steelers’ Chances in the Highly Competitive AFC North | The Rich Eisen Show

Allen Robinson on Steelers chances in the highly competitive AFC North so as you look and I know you're a guy who follows the news at least a little bit Alan in terms of around the league you've seen in your division Lamar Jackson's re-signed Odell's coming in there to join him in Baltimore he got Cleveland now a full off season with DeSean Watson he's going to be out there from week one this time around then he got the Bengals who are as long as Joe Burrows there are going to be talked about as one of the favorites in the AFC give me your your breakdown of the division and the pitch if you have one for why we should believe in the Steelers in the AFC North in 2023. I missed a great division you know I think that as a as a competitor as a player you know that's what you want to do you want to line up against the best talent across the league uh each and every Sunday and for us we know we know the competitive division that we had you know but again I think that when you have the the group of players that we have you have the character of guys that we have in this locker room and when you have the grit of guys that we're having that we have in this locker room you know we're looking forward to that challenge each and every Sunday you know and we're making sure that even right now today as we go through the spring that we're mentally preparing ourselves you know for some of these different things that may happen during the season for any adverse moment you know and I think that you can already kind of see the grit of the group starting to form you know again when you have a coach like like coach Tom you know it's the reason like I said before why he's has success you know he knows how to get guys to Rally around each other he knows how to get guys to buy into each other and different things like that like I said before man we have some special for me and you could tell already I mean you're getting a test right out Allen Robinson on Steelers vs 49ers Week 1 of the gate too I mean week one you're you're facing the uh the San Francisco 49ers who again other teams can be talked about as one of the one of the favorites within the division do you like the early test do you like having a hard game out of the gate or would you rather ease in college Style with a few of those uh you know division two type foes within the NFL you know at the end of that you know everybody that you play week one is going to be a tough matchup team uh most times that's when teams are their most healthy and different things like that so you're typically going to get guys best best shot you know early on in the season but again I mean I think across the board though it's one of those things where you have you have new people in different systems and things like that it isn't much tape on God you know you don't have as many trends that have set-ins and you know some of the analytical data of different things like that hasn't quite set in yet you know so so it's a true matchup of you know having to step in week one you know two good teams going against each other each other not knowing too much information about each other just having to go out there and play ball you know so some of those early season matchups are definitely fun you know because you just have to lock in you know trust yourself trust your teammates go out there and play ball you talk about that Allen Robinson on his future in the NFL analytical data there is quite a bit of data actually Alan to back up the fact that you were the most open receiver on the uh Rams last season even more so than Cooper cup just in terms of the separation people are going to look at the raw numbers and catches and all that and have questions just like any player you know what in your mind how much do you have left you're 29 years old you turn 30 I think in August how much more is there still for Alan Robinson in the NFL I think I have a lot more you know again like you said before man I'm I'm going into my 10th year but still to date right now you know I'm 29 you know so um I haven't I haven't I haven't broke 30 yet which I will this year but again for me um how I post my off season how I approach my end season and different things like that you know I've I've learned to be able to to improve in the areas that I need to and learning and I've learned how to do that you know so forget I'm a guy who you know I take my workouts I take my training I take my practices I take everything like that serious you know for me it's always football you know it's always how can I continue to improve myself you know again like things like last season things like that you know that's not something that I'm bitter about it's not something that I'm you know upset about is you know how can I continue to push this ball forward you know and continue to improve myself you know and be the best version of myself and that's all that I focus on you know it's not any it's not anybody from the outside or any outside noise you know it's just about me versus me you know how can I continue to get better and continue to improve catch the Rich Eisen show every single day on the Roku Channel 12 to 3 Eastern for free