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Speaker 1: Colts camp up here at Grand Park in Westfield. It

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Speaker 1: now here in Grand Parky is entering his fourth year

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Speaker 1: for the Indianapolis Colts, which is hard to believe Alec Pierce,

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Speaker 1: that this is year number four for you, but good

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Speaker 1: to see. Again, let's begin right to it. Actually, just

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Speaker 1: in terms of getting that first practice under the belt,

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Speaker 2: Well, well, you know, I think it was, you know,

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Speaker 2: as expected first practice. I feel like a lil rusty everybody,

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Speaker 2: you know, just definitely have a lot to improve on.

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Speaker 2: But you know that's what camp's for, going to look

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Speaker 2: better on things worth timing, just you know, small details stuff.

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Speaker 1: You know, your position is an interesting one because to me,

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Speaker 1: when you look in the NFL in general, and certainly

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Speaker 1: sometimes that we have to be the most patient with guys,

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Speaker 1: and I think you've showed that because in your rookie year,

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Speaker 1: you know, we're admittedly there were a lot of people

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Speaker 1: Then we started to see what can happen when you

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, it's a lot a lot different, I

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Speaker 3: So I think it's just it.

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Speaker 2: It definitely is like truly an art and I think

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Speaker 1: What point, if you look back at the first three years,

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Speaker 1: slow down. You know, I always say when you start

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Speaker 1: because it's just you're in a routine that happened for

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Speaker 1: Did you ever feel like you were in the beginning,

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Speaker 2: I mean, that's definitely that's definitely a challenge. I try

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Speaker 1: You know. So it comes with almost like a Alec

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Speaker 2: We got a lot of tight man coverage here, and

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Speaker 1: How much in the NFL is like Sandlote football, honestly,

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Speaker 1: Like how much do you ever have plays where you

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Speaker 3: Yeah. I don't. I don't know. I don't. I don't.

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Speaker 3: I don't think we very much at all do that.

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Speaker 2: I feel like there's some teams you watch and they

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Speaker 3: But for us, I feel like it's pretty detailed.

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Speaker 1: It's what is the difference between catching a pass from

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Speaker 1: in terms of the release point, the breakpoint when they

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I wouldn't say.

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Speaker 2: Honestly, I don't know if I really feel much of

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Speaker 1: Alex Pierce is our guest Colts Camp getting underway today.

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Speaker 1: We're at Grand Park up here in Westfield. A big

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Speaker 1: year for you obviously, from let's be real a financial

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Speaker 1: The mindset of that as a professional as what.

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Speaker 2: I mean, for me, everything's always been just taking things

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Speaker 2: day by day. Yeah, that's kind of just the way

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Speaker 2: I live life. And yeah, so I just try to

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Speaker 2: focus on camp, you know, focus on coming out here,

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Speaker 2: seeing what I can do every day, you know, continue

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Speaker 2: to prove to the coaches, prove to the quarterbacks, proved

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Speaker 2: to myself. You know, just earn more reps, earn more

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Speaker 3: So that's that's kind of how I attack things.

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Speaker 1: But if you look at it, so you've started forty

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Speaker 1: eight hundred and twenty four yards, you know, seven touchdowns. Clearly,

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Speaker 1: I think at that point it's like, Okay, Alec Pierce

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Speaker 1: But yeah, but at the same time, I'm not trying

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Speaker 1: as opposed to again still playing for that for another season.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, for sure, I'm sure that would that would

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Speaker 3: But I don't know.

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Speaker 2: To me, I look at things you earn, your keep

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Speaker 2: view it as like any more extra pressure. I think

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Speaker 2: it's just like every day here's a blessing and you

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Speaker 1: By the way, you look like you've been running like

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Speaker 1: ten miles a day and lifting weights regularly and you're

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Speaker 2: Uh yeah, I'm I'm outside all the time, so that

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Speaker 2: that helps with the ten But you know, just work out.

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Speaker 2: Usually would hit the field first and then go lift

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Speaker 2: If if I got people around there wanted to play.

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Speaker 1: What is the in all honesty, Alec Pierce, what is

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Speaker 1: the off season regiment especially for a receiver? Right, because

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Speaker 1: I mean conditioning for everybody is a big deal, but

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Speaker 1: When the season is over with, You've got to let

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Speaker 2: No, I think even you know, tight ends are such

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Speaker 3: I was good at volleyball, and I was good. I

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Speaker 3: It's like everyone's back.

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Speaker 2: I'm like, hey, guys, you know I'm I'm I'm from

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Speaker 2: Wriggleyville, right, Yeah, we were out there Wriggleyville after there

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Speaker 1: How many people realized when you were out in Wrigleyville

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Speaker 2: They gave me a jersey that said fourteen Piers on it.

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Speaker 2: He probably said golf, He did say, he said golf. Okay,

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Speaker 1: Your handicap is what six? Solid?

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Speaker 1: Solid? Right?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we don't we don't have the we don't have

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Speaker 1: So you're the best golfer by default? Is that what

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Speaker 2: I've gotten a lot better this year, but I just

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Speaker 1: Best goll players have no excuse.

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Speaker 3: You got that, like you got it so much time?

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Speaker 3: Yeah you can't. You can't.

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Speaker 2: The thing about football, that's like talking to my brothers.

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Speaker 1: You can wear it down, you can wear something about that. Honestly,

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Speaker 2: Oh?

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Speaker 3: Man, But I'm no doctor.

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Speaker 2: I mean, you got I think you gotta look at

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Speaker 1: Your brother's a basketball player. Lastly, did you at least

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Speaker 3: Oh?

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Speaker 2: Man, I'm fully on the Pace Ben wagon. Yeah, I'd

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Speaker 2: These past two years have been super fun. Got an

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Speaker 1: So you know those guys at all.

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Speaker 2: I don't know them a ton I've met. I met

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Speaker 3: I don't know. I wasn't playing with them, but I've

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 3: I heard James Johnson is really good.

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Speaker 1: Really you have as a martial artist, you know that.

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Speaker 3: Rookie. I said, he's like like cousins or second cousins

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Speaker 2: So you have to ask him about it if you

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Speaker 1: James Johnson's in the same situation as you. Right, there's

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so is he a free agent right now?

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Speaker 1: He is, Well, he's got to bring the rosters full

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Speaker 1: James Johnson is a guy for the Pacers. He's one

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Speaker 1: the Colts is who.

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Speaker 2: would say Ashton doing But I mean I think ash

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Speaker 2: is very important to our team and a lot of aspects.

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Speaker 1: Also a jack of all trades guy, right, yeah, yeah.

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Speaker 3: Exactly, So there you go.

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Speaker 2: Could be Ashton doing kind of you know, kind of

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Speaker 2: the thankless jobs and stuff. But yeah, no, that that's

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Speaker 2: a guy that if you really really know football and

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Speaker 2: you really watch the tape, he's one of the best

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Speaker 2: at what he does in NFL so.

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Speaker 1: A year ago, three hundred or excuse me, eight hundred

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Speaker 1: and twenty four yards, thirty seven catches over the course

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Speaker 1: of the year, seven touchdowns and again entering year number four.

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Speaker 1: Hard to believe that for Alec Pears, Alex appreciate the time,

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Speaker 1: certainly wish you the best of luck in camp and

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Speaker 1: most importantly good health to you. And then the contract

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Speaker 1: status as well, that's luck on how that plays out.

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Speaker 1: We'd love to have you stick around.

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Speaker 3: Thank you, Appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate it. Alec Pierce here on the program