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Over the last several years, each NFL team has released a video to go along with their schedule release. The Pittsburgh Steelers ' 2026 schedule release video had a ton of Pittsburgh flavor, as actor Billy Gardell starred in the skit.
Gardell, who played a security guard at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex, was introducing a new worker to the facility. The worker was not from Pittsburgh, so he was not used to a strong Yinzer accent and all the Pittsburghese lingo and cultural norms associated with the region.
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"I know it's your first day of work but you're joining us at a very important time. The schedule release. It's going to be our job to protect and deliver," Gardell said. "But first I want to show you our route around the facility when we do our security check."
Steelers head coach Mike McCarthy, who's from Pittsburgh, appeared in the skit. McCarthy was putting out a chair to reserve a parking spot.
The new security guard is confused by the sea of chairs in the parking lot. Pittsburgh is known to use chairs to reserve parking spots .
Gardell says, "Well, how else are people supposed to reserve their parking spot?"
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Gardell then takes the new security guard to the cafeteria where he explains how Yinzers put fries on everything.
"We got fries on salad. We got fries on sammis," Gardell said. "Fries on pizza, fries on fruit, fries on mac and cheese, fries on jello, fries in coffee, fries in smoothies.
The camera then pans to Steelers safety Jaquan Brisker , who's from Pittsburgh, drinking a smoothing and saying, "Mmm, that's good."
Steelers long snapper Christian Kuntz , who's from Pittsburgh and a Duquesne alum, also makes an appearance in the skit, where he's teaching a class about Pittsburgh lingo.
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The skit ends with Gardell and the new security guard opening up a brief case that held the 2026 schedule. Once they opened it, "Renegade" started to blast and the new security guard instantly developed a Pittsburgh accent, as seeing the schedule Yinzified his DNA.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now : WATCH: Steelers 2026 Schedule Release Video
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