Veteran CB Darius Slay Jr. has been with the Steelers less than a few months — and already the Steel City faithful is ready to run through a wall for him, thanks to his inspirational take on the importance of OTAs.

While some players clearly take the voluntary nature of OTAs to heart, Slay wanted everyone to know on Day 2 of practices that winning championships means making sacrifices, courtesy of DK Pittsburgh Sports:

“This is where championship football starts off at,” Slay said, speaking to reporters at Wednesday’s OTAs. “I know guys have families and stuff — I have one as well. So, you want to be a champion, and there’s stuff you have to sacrifice. And this is one of the jobs I want to sacrifice for — coming here, being on time, be present, let guys see my face and let them know it’s important for me to be here — and I’m here to win.”

T.J. Watt was arguably the most notable Steeler absent from OTAs — but his situation is more contract-related than anything else.

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