Steelers’ Queen: Ravens didn’t want me back
"We all know the type of athlete he is, how fast he is, how dynamic he is," Queen said. "I would do my best to get in position to try and make a play."
Something that hasn't been much of an issue for Pittsburgh when the Steelers have faced the two-time MVP. Pittsburgh is 3-1 against Jackson as a starter, allowing just four touchdown passes while picking him off seven times.
While Jackson is perhaps better than ever this season, he will be facing a defense that has succeeded where so many others have failed. It was hard for Queen not to notice when he was on the other side of the series.
"(They keep) everything simple, trying to get after him, not let him do what he does," Queen said.
It's an approach that worked well last week in Washington, where the Steelers kept Jayden Daniels in check long enough to pull out a 28-27 victory.
Yet that was the Commanders and a rookie quarterback, not the Ravens and one of the league's biggest stars, one Queen knows only too well.
The urge to trash-talk his good friends will probably come. It almost always does these days. There have been times when Queen admits he's said something he'd like to take back later, but only when he's playing someone he really doesn't like.
That won't be the case on Sunday when Queen sees his old friends in a new light for the first time. His lips will probably start moving before the opening kickoff and likely won't stop until the final gun. He apologizes for nothing.
"The older I got, the more I do it," he said. "It's just who I am now. I can't control that. I can't take it back. It's just me."
And Queen is just a Steeler.
