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Speaker 1: Oh. We are joined by Colt's third round draft pick,

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Speaker 1: offensive tackle Bernard Ryman. Congrats and welcome to Indy. Bernard.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much. I can't I can't wait to

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Speaker 1: like workout after workout, and then finally here it is,

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Speaker 1: the draft comes and it's it's set where you're going.

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Speaker 1: You're a cult. How has that process been? I mean

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Speaker 1: it's it's a crazy process. I mean, you know, seeing

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Speaker 1: the Combine and everything, seeing it on TV all these

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Speaker 1: It's it's been an incredible ride. But um, to be honest,

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Speaker 1: I'm just I'm just ready to be done with all

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Speaker 1: I'm trying to play some football again. It's it's been

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Speaker 1: you know, it's been too long. Oh that's a that's

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Speaker 1: a great point, because I mean that is kind of

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Speaker 1: what happens. You play your last game in college and

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Speaker 1: then all of a sudden it's interview and tests and

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Speaker 1: all this stuff where you can actually get back and

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Speaker 1: do what you're doing. I promise I'm not going to

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Speaker 1: take too much more of your time. I know these

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Speaker 1: interviews are getting grueling, but we do appreciate the time.

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Speaker 1: Now worse at all. You joined the Colts offensive line,

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Speaker 1: which is arguably one of the best offensive lines in football,

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Speaker 1: led by All pros and Quentin Nelson, Ryan Kelly along

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Speaker 1: with Pro bowler Braydon Smith. How excited are you to

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Speaker 1: the best in the game. I'm super excited, and you know,

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Speaker 1: an awesome experience. I'm just looking forward to every single

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Speaker 1: more so, I'm just excited to get to work with them. Now.

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Speaker 1: One of the guys that's on that as I mentioned,

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Speaker 1: Quentin Nelson, how much you know about Q and his

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Speaker 1: style of game? I mean, I love watching him. Obviously

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Speaker 1: I love his his nastiness and but the way he

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Speaker 1: as athleticism that you don't see a lot of people

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Speaker 1: every single day and you know, getting to work with him.

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Speaker 1: Now in this draft, the Colts have taken three players.

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Speaker 1: Here in round three, they took a ride receiver, they

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Speaker 1: as a tackle. How exciting is that to see that

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Speaker 1: And then obviously and um added a lot of um

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Speaker 1: I think it's just gonna be a next super exciting year.

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Speaker 1: We're talking with Bernard Ryman, offensive tackle selected by the

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Speaker 1: Colts in the third round of the NFL Draft. Now,

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Speaker 1: I known you made the transition from tight end to tackle,

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Speaker 1: which is very similar to what a former Mac player,

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Speaker 1: Danny Pinter did who's the Colts guard? You know, did

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Speaker 1: you know anything about you know, Danny Pinter? And how

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Speaker 1: much has that benefited you being that versatile, being able

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Speaker 1: it's you know, it's great to see now. I know

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Speaker 1: you describe yourself as versatile. You can play tackle and guard.

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Speaker 1: You know where do you think you stry the best? Um? Well,

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Speaker 1: So um I played left tackle. Um, so that's obviously

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Speaker 1: And even this offseason, I got to work with one

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Speaker 1: that accent is definitely not from here now you're from Austria.

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Speaker 1: Was your family able to be here on this momuental

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Speaker 1: day for you? Yes, both my parents actually flew in

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Speaker 1: Last time I went home with in May twenty nineteen.

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Speaker 1: So this is just a really really emotional week for me,

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Speaker 1: and um, I'm really looking forward to them, you know,

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Speaker 1: Where did you start picking up football? Um, well, it

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Speaker 1: wasn't until I was fourteen years old. Actually before that,

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Speaker 1: Actually went to one of the London games and I thought,

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Speaker 1: here with the Indianapolis Colts, Bernard. I know Austria's home,

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Speaker 1: but now you make Indie home as well. Congratulations and

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Speaker 1: welcome the NFL. Thank you so much. Well, there you go.

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Speaker 1: Newest Colts offensive lineman Bernard Ryman, who the Colts selected

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Speaker 1: in the third round of the twenty twenty two NFL Draft.