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Markus Golden Wanted To Be Drafted By Pittsburgh, Happy To Be A Steeler Now

Perhaps it’s a little more convenient to say today now that he’s officially wearing a Pittsburgh Steelers’ uniform, by new EDGE rusher Markus Golden hoped to have Mike Tomlin call his phone way back on draft day in 2015. Speaking with reporters for the first time since being signed late last week, Golden said the Steelers were the team he was targeting nearly a decade ago.

“I’ve been a Pittsburgh Steelers’ fan,” Golden said as tweeted by The Trib’s Chris Adamski. “I love the way they do things. I actually wanted to come here when I was coming out of the draft.