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Speaker 1: I want to talk to some James White. That sounds good.

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Speaker 1: I didn't play today, so I don't know how much

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Speaker 1: you can ask me about the game, but just what

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Speaker 1: I think the biggest thing for me with James is

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Speaker 1: you don't say this too often about people, but he's

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Speaker 1: one of those guys that, like, someday, if my daughter

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Speaker 1: found a guy and said, you know, I'm gonna bring

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Speaker 1: home a guy kind of like James White, I'd be excited.

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Speaker 1: I mean, just to come in here and not play much,

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Speaker 1: really not at all as a rookie, and just work

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Speaker 1: his butt off. I know, Josh mcdanis, you should always

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Speaker 1: say if I had eleven James White's it'd be perfect,

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Speaker 1: because he said I can tell him something in training

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Speaker 1: camp and it might not show up for twelve weeks,

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Speaker 1: but when it shows up again, he's gonna be on it.

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Speaker 1: So always a bitter sweet feeling. I think, you know,

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Speaker 1: to have a guy like that in the locker room,

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Speaker 1: you know the impact it has. We knew what it

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Speaker 1: was like last year when you know he went through

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Speaker 1: to impact on the team. And I think now you're

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Speaker 1: a happy for him I think, especially as an older guy,

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Speaker 1: knowing what we put our bodies through and how hard

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Speaker 1: that decision is to come to that. So you're happy,

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Speaker 1: but just a little sad that won't have him in

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Speaker 1: the locker room constantly having a guy for me to

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Speaker 1: I've sat in captain's meetings on Fridays with over the

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Speaker 1: last couple of years of you know, just being able

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Speaker 1: to talk football, talk about leadership, talk about how we

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Speaker 1: win football games around here. You know, definitely a different

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Speaker 1: kind of feeling as you get older and those guys

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Speaker 1: you've lined up with now for eight and ten seasons,

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Speaker 1: as you start to lose some of those guys kind

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Speaker 1: of puts it in perspective this game, But obviously wish

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Speaker 1: James the best, you know, going forward. I just always

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Speaker 1: think about some of the big games he had and

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Speaker 1: just coming up in clutch moments I think really defines

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Speaker 1: his character. You won't always hear from him, but when

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Speaker 1: you do, you know it's important. You know it's going

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Speaker 1: to be something big. So it was obviously an honor

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Speaker 1: to play with him, and hopefully we still see him

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Speaker 1: around here if he wants to come coach. Uh some days,

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Speaker 1: I'm sure we would love to see him in the

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Speaker 1: locker room. We all know James um At, James z accolades,

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Speaker 1: his great plays over the years. It's been so much

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Speaker 1: fun covering him. UM. But what did it mean to

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Speaker 1: you guys, especially a lot of you veterans, aren't that

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Speaker 1: many from you know, the Super Bowl winning years for him,

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Speaker 1: the nature of the injury, I don't know what he

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Speaker 1: had to go through to try and get back. For him,

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Speaker 1: put for him to attempt to even to try and

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Speaker 1: come back from injury of that nature not surprising, you know,

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Speaker 1: just knowing his character, knowing what he's about. UM, we knew,

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Speaker 1: we knew he would come in here and you know,

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Speaker 1: work his butt off and try to get back. And UM,

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Speaker 1: I think just even talking to him of you know,

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Speaker 1: coming back from injury, especially a tough injury like that,

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Speaker 1: the frustrations, the good days, the bad days. UM, just

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Speaker 1: happy for him, I think, you know, just finding some peace. UM.

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Speaker 1: And I'm sure you know being at home with your

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Speaker 1: kids always bring some joy and purpose. UM. So you know,

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Speaker 1: I think for all of us especially, I think these

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Speaker 1: this offseason and training camp and to see him working,

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Speaker 1: to see him running. I think it really allowed them

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Speaker 1: to see what it means to be a true pro

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Speaker 1: like James White had. I think they could see the work,

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Speaker 1: mental standpoint to even get close to that just from

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Speaker 1: watching them. So a lot of these guys don't think

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Speaker 1: they really know now how blessed they were to have

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Speaker 1: the opportunity to see him working, to see how he

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Speaker 1: conducted himself in meetings and everything of coaching points. He

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Speaker 1: gave him a lot of experience, and he's played along

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Speaker 1: a lot of leaders and great players that I'm sure

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Speaker 1: he's able to pass knowledge now to you're talking about

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Speaker 1: him as a player, as a guy who didn't get

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Speaker 1: career without a humbles, that's correct, Yeah, I mean it

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Speaker 1: was hard to get the ball off him in practice,

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Speaker 1: Like I don't think he's ever had a fumble in practice,

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Speaker 1: And I think that shows are just his consistency and

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Speaker 1: it not going probably the way he expected as a rookie.

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Speaker 1: But I think the biggest thing is we get to

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Speaker 1: see it all the time, how guys finished the season,

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Speaker 1: and how guys come back to that next training camp,

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Speaker 1: wonder when guys are making more plays doing it's the

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Speaker 1: work they put in. And I think we've gotten to

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Speaker 1: see that from him year after year. You know, it's different.

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Speaker 1: You know that next year he comes in, Dion Lewis

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Speaker 1: But to come back the next year and get better,

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Speaker 1: one of the most trusted players on the team, shows

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Speaker 1: that it wasn't about a little bit of successful him.

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Speaker 1: It was about playing for the guy next to him

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Speaker 1: each day and knowing and banking on guys to trust you.

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Speaker 1: I think that's what it's about. A guy that really

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Speaker 1: cared about the team more than anything. A devin given

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Speaker 1: how many players start their careers in one city and

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Speaker 1: fat and James is an example, and he mentioned it

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Speaker 1: in a statement of playing with one team and important

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Speaker 1: it was to play for one team. And and you're

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Speaker 1: a testament to his staying power within the organization. Why

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Speaker 1: it's like I think seven or six or seven contracts,

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Speaker 1: the player and the team and organization. But it's the

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Speaker 1: daily grind of coming into the team knowing you know

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Speaker 1: And then it's the decision of a player that wants

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Speaker 1: build a legacy that they started in one place. And it's,

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Speaker 1: side of everything. But you know, I'm very fortunate to

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Speaker 1: not the Super Bowls, not you know, contracts, and it's

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Speaker 1: the guys, man, the opportunities we've had to be on sidelines,

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Speaker 1: those great memories. I mean, you think about James James

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Speaker 1: what he meant for me in my career with his

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Speaker 1: see how he approached the day. Then I got to watch,

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Speaker 1: you know, a guy just like James White, very similar

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Speaker 1: similar to how Kevin approached it and why he was

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Speaker 1: to me, staying in one organization, that's what it's about.

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Speaker 1: I've gotten to see some of those older guys, you know,

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Speaker 1: some of the younger guys come in and become the

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