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Speaker 1: All right, guys, we have Luke on the line.

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Speaker 2: Go ahead, Hey, Luke, how are you?

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Speaker 1: I'm doing well? How are you?

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Speaker 2: I'm good?

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Speaker 1: Uh?

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Speaker 2: Are you surprised by this? Did you have a feeling

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Speaker 2: this might happen today with Dallas?

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Speaker 1: You know? Something was in my stomach telling.

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Speaker 2: Me, So, how do you feel about when you got

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Speaker 2: the call from Jerry and uh and coach McCarthy.

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Speaker 1: I felt like I had frozen time and I was

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Speaker 1: just in that moment. But to receive that call, it's just, uh,

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Speaker 1: the greatest thing that's ever happened to me, and I'm

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Speaker 1: just so blussed. How much contact do you have with

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys before the draft? I had, Donny. I was

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Speaker 1: one of their formal interviews with me, So I got

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Speaker 1: a chance to meet almost everybody at that time.

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Speaker 2: Hey, but they had had any contacts says to combine.

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Speaker 1: A little bit here and there, but not too much.

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Speaker 1: When they talk to you, what did they tell you?

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Speaker 1: How did they want to use you? What did't they

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Speaker 1: tell you?

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Speaker 2: What to come here?

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Speaker 1: And do? I think just being able to line me

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Speaker 1: up in different in different spots, in line in the slot,

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Speaker 1: and just being the first tile player that I am.

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Speaker 1: I think I can really add a lot to that

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Speaker 1: room into the team. How do you feel about working

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Speaker 1: with the current tight end room with Jake Ferguson and

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Speaker 1: Peyton Hendershoff all my tight end guys, and my teammate

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Speaker 1: Sean mcewn. I mean all three of those guys, I

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Speaker 1: just am. I'm so excited to be with them. I've,

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Speaker 1: you know, through the years, watched them, I've played against them,

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Speaker 1: and it's it's surreal to be able to be on

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Speaker 1: the same squad as them now.

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Speaker 2: As a tight end growing up, was Jason Whitting a

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Speaker 2: guy that you looked at and watched.

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Speaker 1: You know, I always knew I always knew about Jason Witton.

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Speaker 1: I always knew that he played so consistent at a

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Speaker 1: high level. And you know, I grew up as a

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Speaker 1: Pats fan, so I was a big gronk guy. But

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Speaker 1: I knew Jason Whitten was was one of the one

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Speaker 1: of the greats right up there.

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Speaker 2: So absolutely, Cowboys were obviously looking for a tight end.

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Speaker 2: So when you see Titans come off the board, are

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Speaker 2: you like, man, I think it might be me, especially

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Speaker 2: in the second round.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, why not? You know, I think I I'm just

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Speaker 1: so fortunate to to have my name called at this time,

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Speaker 1: and yeah, just just speechless. But but so bluss. What

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Speaker 1: about your skills that allowed you to play in line

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Speaker 1: as well as kind of move out and being the

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Speaker 1: slaughter or even line up wide. Yeah, you know, I

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Speaker 1: think being able to come into Michigan as a quarterback

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Speaker 1: and really know that I have to work on the

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Speaker 1: blocking side of the tight end position, and I've put

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Speaker 1: some sunch of emphasis on that ever since and continue

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Speaker 1: to work in the past game as well. And I

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Speaker 1: wanted to play both of those sides just at as

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Speaker 1: high of a level as I could.

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Speaker 2: Can you speak to your relationship with Mazzi and how

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Speaker 2: cool it is for you to both be coming into

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Speaker 2: the Cowboys together.

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Speaker 1: It's it's amazing. Mazi is my guy, and I'm so

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Speaker 1: excited to be with him, and I know it's going

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Speaker 1: to be a great experience. We're both so excited. I

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Speaker 1: got to give him a call pretty soon, and uh, yeah,

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Speaker 1: just so excited.

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Speaker 2: Why is he your guy?

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Speaker 1: He's a he's a great person on and off the field.

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Speaker 1: He's a great player. But uh, he takes the time

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Speaker 1: to connect with you too. He always he always can

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Speaker 1: get into some some deep conversations about whatever it may be.

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Speaker 1: But he's such a unique guy and someone that cares

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Speaker 1: so much about about others and wants the best for

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Speaker 1: his teammates. And and I'm, you know, so grateful I

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Speaker 1: was one of his teammates.

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Speaker 2: Well got to play there is just from your opinion

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Speaker 2: on the side of the ball and watching him and

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Speaker 2: going against him and practicing different things like that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he he's always he finds himself in the backfield

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Speaker 1: all the time. His power, I was saying earlier, he's

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Speaker 1: got the biggest shoulders I've seen on a man ever.

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Speaker 1: So the power he can generate and in the movement

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Speaker 1: he can get, and that his quickness off of that

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Speaker 1: just just complete them. So it was it was a

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Speaker 1: sight to see every game. Where are you? Where are

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Speaker 1: you right now? Are you back home? I'm back home

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Speaker 1: in my hometown and Connecticut.

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Speaker 2: How many people you got over? What was it like

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Speaker 2: when the phone rang and you saw the maybe the

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Speaker 2: area code popping up?

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Speaker 1: I you know, I was in one part of the

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Speaker 1: room and it just kind of domino effect. Everybody got

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Speaker 1: quiet after that, and and oh yeah, everybody everybody knew

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Speaker 1: what was going on. Luke. What does it mean for you?

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Speaker 2: To be able to work with Dash Prescott and what

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Speaker 2: did you watch from him.

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Speaker 1: Over the years. It's it's I mean, it's it's such

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Speaker 1: an opportunity to work with a guy like Jack and

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Speaker 1: the skill set that he has and the leadership they

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Speaker 1: hate he has too. I'm just excited to be able

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Speaker 1: to be a part of that and and get to

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Speaker 1: work with him. You haven't exchanged the text yet or

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Speaker 1: anything with Mazie, have you. I haven't yet. I haven't yet.

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Speaker 1: How do you think your experience as a quarterback helps

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Speaker 1: you at the tight end position, especially gets you a

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Speaker 1: leg up. Yeah, I think it was huge in the

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Speaker 1: past game, just just being able to have a pretty

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Speaker 1: basic understanding of defenses prior to coming to college where

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Speaker 1: you know, you get so in depth about everything and

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Speaker 1: and that was definitely to my advantage. And I just

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Speaker 1: tried to use that, and yeah, use it to my advantage.

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Speaker 1: All right, you guys, good, thank you, Thanks, CONGRATSK just

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Speaker 1: so much. Go Cowboys. Yeah,