WEBVTT - Mac & Bone Show - Mike Jackson Interview 

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<v Speaker 1>I have a feeling this interview is going to be

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<v Speaker 1>a hot one when people realize, dang, I miss Mike

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<v Speaker 1>Jack on with the boys. I guarantee y'all are going

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<v Speaker 1>to listen to this in podcast. If you miss it,

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<v Speaker 1>Mike Jackson is a part of a really awesome event

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<v Speaker 1>this weekend here in Charlotte. We've got to tell you about,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, we got to see how he's feeling

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<v Speaker 1>because fans want to know Mike Jackson of your Carolina

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<v Speaker 1>Panthers in studio.

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<v Speaker 2>Mike, what's going on, man? How you doing?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm doing good, man. Thank y'all for having me.

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<v Speaker 1>Appreciate you being here. So, yeah, the obvious question is

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<v Speaker 1>how are you feeling? How's the progress coming?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, it's coming good. I feel like I'll be back

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<v Speaker 4>probably in the next couple of weeks. So we're getting close.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm getting that itch, like. I'm ready to go back

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<v Speaker 4>to playing football.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, I don't blame you. This week is out, though,

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<v Speaker 1>you're saying?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I'm not playing this week.

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<v Speaker 2>But Ravens game is possible?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, possible.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay.

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<v Speaker 3>Very nice.

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<v Speaker 2>Now we're talking.

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<v Speaker 5>Mike, I know you're going to be shocked by this.

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<v Speaker 5>Mac and I have been pro athletes before. But how

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<v Speaker 5>tough can that be to be out there when things

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<v Speaker 5>might not be going well for your team and you

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<v Speaker 5>know you could help? How tough is that mentally but

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<v Speaker 5>to also stay with it because you will be back

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<v Speaker 5>soon to help out?

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<v Speaker 4>That's frustrating because you want to be out there with

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<v Speaker 4>your guys.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>And a lot of people don't know, like, when you

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<v Speaker 4>get hurt and you go to IR, now you're on

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<v Speaker 4>a completely different schedule.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>So, like, the first couple weeks you're not in means

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<v Speaker 4>you're just rehabbing and going home. So it's guys you

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<v Speaker 4>might not see for, like, three, four weeks. And y'all

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<v Speaker 4>work in the same building, but y'all in and out

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<v Speaker 4>at different times. So it's just nice to be back

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<v Speaker 4>around the guys and have a chance to– just get

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<v Speaker 4>back out there and compete. Cause it's like right now,

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<v Speaker 4>like only compete I'm doing is with my son playing

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<v Speaker 4>video games. And like, we'd be in the house, like wrestling.

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<v Speaker 4>It's like, I hit him one time. I'm like, I

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<v Speaker 4>kind of hit you a little too hard right there.

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<v Speaker 2>You got all that pent up there.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm like, man, you got to understand. Daddy ain't play

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<v Speaker 3>football in a little minute.

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<v Speaker 5>How old is your son and what's the go-to video

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<v Speaker 5>game right now?

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<v Speaker 3>He's eight.

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<v Speaker 4>So right now we're playing 2K Madden and we play college.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, nice.

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<v Speaker 2>Nice. Some good ones there. We're talking with Mike Jackson

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<v Speaker 2>in studio.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to tell you all about this awesome holiday

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<v Speaker 1>event they've got going on a Thanksgiving drive through giveaway

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<v Speaker 1>here in Charlotte on Saturday. I'll tell you all about that.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you been because a lot of young guys, man,

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<v Speaker 1>with you and JC at the same time, that's that's

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<v Speaker 1>that is the killer. A lot of the young guys

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<v Speaker 1>just thrown to the wolves, right? Will Lee, the Rook,

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<v Speaker 1>Caleb Evans, and now he's on IR with you guys.

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<v Speaker 1>Marco Wilson found his way out there. Have you, even

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<v Speaker 1>though you're not around as much, have you been texting?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you try to give them advice or not really?

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<v Speaker 4>The first week I went out, we played Detroit. And

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<v Speaker 4>so every year before the year, like in the summertime,

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<v Speaker 4>all the top receivers, I have notes on them. So

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<v Speaker 4>like I gave Willie my notes and I'm like, bro,

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<v Speaker 4>don't ever question if I like you. Don't ever like,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm giving you my notes. That took me like hours

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<v Speaker 4>to do. So, and it's just like little simple stuff,

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<v Speaker 4>like break it down to where it's real easy to like,

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<v Speaker 4>to see. So if one of them was just example,

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<v Speaker 4>like Amon St. Brown, He moves and runs just like

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<v Speaker 4>David Moore on our team.

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<v Speaker 3>Interesting.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, so it's like stuff that you wouldn't expect. And, like,

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<v Speaker 4>I gave it to him, and when he went out there,

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<v Speaker 4>he was just like, bro.

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<v Speaker 3>You weren't lying. Like, they moved the exact same.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>But people wouldn't think that because they're like, Well, no,

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<v Speaker 4>he's this player and he's that.

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<v Speaker 2>I would never make an observation. That's a great leadership, too.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's just body type.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you, let me, do you, okay, so are your

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<v Speaker 1>notes just like as you're watching them in game week

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<v Speaker 1>and you just save them?

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<v Speaker 2>Or are you like spending off-season time on them? Oh, no,

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<v Speaker 2>this is off-season.

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<v Speaker 3>Like last year, St.

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<v Speaker 4>Brown had 164 targets or 72, one of them.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so it's like I go through and watch all

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<v Speaker 3>the targets.

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<v Speaker 1>So when you know who you're playing the next year,

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<v Speaker 1>you just then.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I just go through, watch all of him.

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<v Speaker 2>That's awesome.

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<v Speaker 4>J-Mo, like everybody. And it's like I try to, so

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<v Speaker 4>I watch the notes. I mean, I watch the film,

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<v Speaker 4>see how teams is using them. And then when it's

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<v Speaker 4>game week, see is that still true.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Because like for, it was one team we were playing

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<v Speaker 4>and like he wanted me to give the notes. But

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<v Speaker 4>I'm like, bro, I don't want to give you the

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<v Speaker 4>notes because I don't know if they still running this.

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<v Speaker 4>And I don't want you to be out there banking

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<v Speaker 4>on this. And it ain't that. So I was like,

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<v Speaker 4>just watch the film and just play what you see

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<v Speaker 4>this week. Because it was like they had changed officer coordinators.

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<v Speaker 4>So I was like, I'm not even going to set

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<v Speaker 4>you up like that.

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<v Speaker 2>That's some great behind the scenes.

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<v Speaker 3>That's awesome.

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<v Speaker 5>When did you start with the notes? Is that in

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<v Speaker 5>the league or in college? In the league. So guys,

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<v Speaker 5>everybody has favorite moves. Everybody has certain things they like

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<v Speaker 5>to do. So It's like, you just take the time,

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<v Speaker 5>sit and watch.

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<v Speaker 4>Like, you don't know. So I probably started OTAs. I

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<v Speaker 4>try to give myself a solid, like, two months. Two,

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<v Speaker 4>two and a half months just to watch it because

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<v Speaker 4>there's going to be days where I don't feel like

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<v Speaker 4>watching film.

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<v Speaker 3>That way I don't feel like I have to watch

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<v Speaker 3>it today.

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<v Speaker 4>Like, just spend a couple, because we talking like, I

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<v Speaker 4>think it was Jamar Chase. Dude, I had almost like

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<v Speaker 4>200 targets last year. He was like 192 or something.

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<v Speaker 2>That's plenty of film to watch.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what I'm saying. That's a lot to watch.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd throw to him 200 times if he was my guy.

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<v Speaker 5>When I hear that, that's almost like you're a player

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<v Speaker 5>with a coach mentality. You've got a long way to go,

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<v Speaker 5>but is that something you have interest in when you're

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<v Speaker 5>done playing? Because that feels like a coach mind right there.

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<v Speaker 4>I feel like I told my wife that once I'm

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<v Speaker 4>done playing, I'll coach high school. I don't want to

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<v Speaker 4>coach college and NFL because then it's kind of like

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<v Speaker 4>now I'm back into that schedule.

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<v Speaker 3>The grind. Yeah, I'm away from my kids.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that makes sense.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't want to be into it that much, but

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<v Speaker 4>I know I'm going to have that itch.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that makes sense.

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<v Speaker 1>Mike Jackson's hanging out with us here in studio of

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<v Speaker 1>your Carolina Panthers. Says hopes to be back here in

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<v Speaker 1>the next couple weeks. Not this week, but hopefully in

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<v Speaker 1>the next couple weeks. That's great news. Bad news, though,

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<v Speaker 1>for you guys on defense is Jiro Overo getting fired.

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<v Speaker 1>Jonathan Cooley, too, who I know you're real tight with

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<v Speaker 1>as well. How did that hit you? I mean, because

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<v Speaker 1>for you, I know like Derek Brown said yesterday, it

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<v Speaker 1>kills him because it's like I was part of that happening.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what I mean? Like what could I have done?

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<v Speaker 1>For you, it probably hit you like there's nothing I

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<v Speaker 1>could have done.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm injured. Like I couldn't help him. How did that

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<v Speaker 2>hit you?

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<v Speaker 4>It hit me because I was just like, Mike, you

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<v Speaker 4>don't get hurt. Like, this is honestly the first time

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<v Speaker 4>in my life I've ever been actually, like, injured.

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<v Speaker 3>You feel me?

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<v Speaker 4>So for me, it was kind of like, bro, if

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<v Speaker 4>you was out there, not saying it wouldn't happen, but, like,

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<v Speaker 4>the chances might have been a little different. So that

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<v Speaker 4>and then me and Cooley, like, tight. Like, he didn't

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<v Speaker 4>change my game. But at the same time, it's a business.

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<v Speaker 4>And I always say, like, I've learned whatever somebody teach you,

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<v Speaker 4>absorb it because you're gonna have to use it before

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<v Speaker 4>you think you have to use it so all the

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<v Speaker 4>little tips on how to watch film how to play

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<v Speaker 4>certain receivers like i have to use that now you

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<v Speaker 4>feel me because he's not in the building yeah so

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<v Speaker 4>it's basically like i feel like everybody you just got

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<v Speaker 4>to readjust yourself and like understand like It's messed up,

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<v Speaker 4>but we still got to go get the job done.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>What's Todd Walsh like? It feels like this guy has

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<v Speaker 5>some fire from what we understand.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, he's a typical D-line coach. That's the best way

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<v Speaker 4>to put it, like typical D-line coach. He just wants

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<v Speaker 4>you to go out there, play hard, play fast, and

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<v Speaker 4>have fun.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have a relationship with D'Angelo Hall? Because were

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<v Speaker 1>you here when he– Yeah, I was, yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, okay.

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<v Speaker 2>You had some crossover.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Is he a guy you're kind of looking forward

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<v Speaker 1>to working with? Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Is he different? He was intense as heck when he played.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, like D. Hall– first off, it's D.

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<v Speaker 5>Hall.

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<v Speaker 4>Like, can't even talk about the coach D. Hall without

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<v Speaker 4>saying the player he was.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Like, dude caught five– what, four picks in a game? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>he did.

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<v Speaker 4>Jay Cutler, like– So for me, it's kind of like

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<v Speaker 4>I have, in my mind, a Hall of Famer in

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<v Speaker 4>the room. Like, you look at his numbers, he has

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<v Speaker 4>a chance to get in. So that's just going to

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<v Speaker 4>be dope. And his biggest thing is, like, man, go

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<v Speaker 4>out there and have fun. Like, make plays. Like, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>you watch a film and you read your keys and

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<v Speaker 4>all that. But on Sunday, like, you're the best player

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<v Speaker 4>in the world. Like, I even stole his celebration, like

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<v Speaker 4>how he run to the end zone and.

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<v Speaker 3>Like, look up to the sky.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I definitely took that one from him.

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<v Speaker 2>So you'll be glad to work with him. Even though

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<v Speaker 2>you're sad Cooley's gone.

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<v Speaker 5>Everybody's taking JC's celebration now, all the college kids. Everybody's

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<v Speaker 5>got his– Yeah, I'm.

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<v Speaker 2>Like– Everybody's seatbelting.

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<v Speaker 4>I said, it's kind of getting watered down now. Like,

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<v Speaker 4>you got D-Lon doing it.

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<v Speaker 3>Like, I get it.

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<v Speaker 4>I've seen, like, you know how– the quarterback will throw

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<v Speaker 4>the ball and get tipped at the line of scrimmage. And, like,

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<v Speaker 4>a lineman, an offensive lineman, come knock the ball down.

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<v Speaker 4>I seen one of them do it.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, that's shame.

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<v Speaker 3>That's sad.

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<v Speaker 5>JC got worked up earlier this year because he saw

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<v Speaker 5>someone not doing it right. He didn't like the way

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<v Speaker 5>they were.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah. I'm like, that ain't me. I guess I'm old school.

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<v Speaker 4>You're not going to see me do that. Oh, man.

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<v Speaker 1>Real quick, because I know we've got to spend some

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<v Speaker 1>time talking about, what you're doing at What's Next Ministry

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<v Speaker 1>on Saturday, which is freaking awesome. I wanted to ask

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<v Speaker 1>you about the scheme, because, like, and you've heard this noise,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure. I've been asked by the media about it.

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<v Speaker 1>But the fans have really... had really nitpicked Averro's scheme.

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<v Speaker 1>And again, we don't really, I don't know how much

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<v Speaker 1>we know what we're talking about. But they'll bring up

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<v Speaker 1>things like, oh, those soft zones or.

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<v Speaker 2>Why are the corners?

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<v Speaker 1>It's third and four and the corners are giving big cushions. Like,

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<v Speaker 1>do you understand? Like, were there some things there that,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, do these things kind of get to you too?

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<v Speaker 1>Or do you think fans just don't kind of understand maybe?

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<v Speaker 4>Like, I feel like everybody different. So, like, when I

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<v Speaker 4>come back, you're still going to see me playing off.

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<v Speaker 4>because I caught five picks playing off. So with playing off,

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<v Speaker 4>you do have to understand, like you got to be

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<v Speaker 4>more situationally aware. Like if it's third and four and

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<v Speaker 4>I'm off, I'm probably going to be off at like

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<v Speaker 4>six or seven and I'm going to be flat footed.

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<v Speaker 4>And most of the time, quick game, you're going to

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<v Speaker 4>get stick where number two goes to the flat, number

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<v Speaker 4>one runs like.

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<v Speaker 3>A five yard hit.

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<v Speaker 4>But how one runs the hitch, he kind of like

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<v Speaker 4>stems in and then goes and then sits. But, like,

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<v Speaker 4>there's no other route in the whole route tree where

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<v Speaker 4>number one stems, and there's a cut split, and he

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<v Speaker 4>stems in within, like, the first two yards of the

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<v Speaker 4>line of scrimmage.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. So that's my key, like, you finna sit down.

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<v Speaker 4>But some guys can see that, some guys can't.

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<v Speaker 3>Like, I learned that from Gilmore when I was in

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<v Speaker 3>New England.

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<v Speaker 1>So you feel like I can read it if it's

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<v Speaker 1>in front of me and I can get to it

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<v Speaker 1>quick enough.

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<v Speaker 3>I can get to it.

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<v Speaker 4>Like, it was a play I made against Buffalo. The

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<v Speaker 4>same exact route. It might have been second and ten, but...

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<v Speaker 4>still like i know i can get there so yeah

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<v Speaker 4>i feel like the illusion is like i'll go up

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<v Speaker 4>and press and which don't get me wrong you can't

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<v Speaker 4>like there's nothing wrong go put hands on guys but

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<v Speaker 4>at the same time you have guys like brent grimes

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<v Speaker 4>who was a baller like regardless press off like He

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<v Speaker 4>was a baller, and he was out there getting the ball.

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<v Speaker 3>Because that's the whole name of the game. Like, we

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<v Speaker 3>want the ball.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>So if you can get the ball being pressed, cool.

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<v Speaker 3>If you can get it being off, cool.

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<v Speaker 1>Is it your choice? Or does a coordinator, like, tell

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<v Speaker 1>you situationally?

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<v Speaker 2>Or is it what you're comfortable with? How does that work?

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<v Speaker 4>One, it depends on where you're at. So you have

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<v Speaker 4>some teams where, like, we want you to press. But

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<v Speaker 4>then you have some teams where it's like, okay, if

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<v Speaker 4>it's third and ten– You don't really have to.

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<v Speaker 2>And you don't.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>You don't have to unless you want to. Like some guys,

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<v Speaker 4>it can be third and 25.

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<v Speaker 2>And they want to get up and again.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. There's nothing wrong with that.

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<v Speaker 4>But then you have just how in y'all business, you

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<v Speaker 4>have to earn trust and earn respect. You have you

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<v Speaker 4>have to do that with certain people and. they allow

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<v Speaker 4>you to play how you want to play it, as

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<v Speaker 4>long as you make the play.

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<v Speaker 3>Interesting.

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<v Speaker 5>People making fun of you, Mac, on the text line

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<v Speaker 5>right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Why?

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<v Speaker 2>What am I doing?

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<v Speaker 5>They think Mike Jack is breaking it down, and you're

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<v Speaker 5>acting like you know what he's talking about.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm in, baby. You're saying, yeah, yeah, yeah. I played

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<v Speaker 2>Madden before, Mike Jack. You know all us fans that

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<v Speaker 2>play Madden think we got it all covered, baby. All right. Anyway, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that's what I do. I act like you know me.

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<v Speaker 2>You work with me long enough. I act like I

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<v Speaker 2>know what's going on. All right.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, one thing I can figure out what's going on is,

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<v Speaker 1>once again— We've got, you know, an athlete here in

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<v Speaker 1>Charlotte that is doing some real good. So with the

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<v Speaker 1>Thanksgiving holiday coming up in a couple of weeks, you

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<v Speaker 1>are going to be a part of a Thanksgiving drive-thru giveaway,

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<v Speaker 1>free turkeys and food bags.

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<v Speaker 2>This is Saturday.

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<v Speaker 1>This Saturday at the What's Next Ministry that is at

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<v Speaker 1>4305 Monroe Road here in Charlotte from 1.30 to 4.30.

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<v Speaker 2>This is awesome for those that really could use this. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>What makes you, what makes you definitely want to be

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<v Speaker 2>a part of something like this?

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<v Speaker 4>Um, so my foundation has it every year, um, in

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<v Speaker 4>my hometown, uh, the race foundation. So, uh, for me,

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<v Speaker 4>it's kind of like Charlotte been good to me. Like,

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<v Speaker 4>let me just show love to them.

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<v Speaker 3>Um, you know, with the economy and how everything is,

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<v Speaker 3>people are hurting right now.

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<v Speaker 4>So let me just, you know, that way people don't

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<v Speaker 4>have to determine, all right, do we pay rent on

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<v Speaker 4>the first or do we have a nice Thanksgiving? Um, Like,

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<v Speaker 4>let me just be that helping hand and give back

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<v Speaker 4>because that's what it's all about.

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<v Speaker 2>That's awesome.

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<v Speaker 5>That's why we love you, man. Not only the player,

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<v Speaker 5>what you do, but stuff like this.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>You're a part of the Charlotte family, man. That's awesome.

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<v Speaker 2>No doubt about it. All right, so again. Someone said,

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<v Speaker 2>are you going to invite J.J.

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<v Speaker 5>Jansen out to this event?

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<v Speaker 2>He was at the first Thanksgiving.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>In a pilgrim hat.

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<v Speaker 3>All right.

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<v Speaker 2>He is Mike Jackson.

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<v Speaker 1>You can see him, and you can be a part

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<v Speaker 1>of Thanksgiving drive-thru giveaway of free turkeys and food bags.

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<v Speaker 1>What's next ministry on Monroe Road this Saturday, 1.30 to 4.30. Man,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm so glad to hear that you're very close to

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<v Speaker 1>getting back. You're feeling better.

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<v Speaker 2>Get back. Stay healthy. And appreciate you coming in here.

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<v Speaker 2>Appreciate what you're doing for Charlotte, man.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you all for having me.