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Speaker 1: I was wondering. He was reported earlier in the summer

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Speaker 1: that you underwented. Uh, I guess a different type of

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Speaker 1: little bit, and I was wondering, who you just talk

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Speaker 1: a little bit about the effect that's had on your game. Um.

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Speaker 1: I basically went into the off season training to, um

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Speaker 1: I feel like I've been like moving around a lot,

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Speaker 1: especially more of these last two years along the defensive line,

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Speaker 1: and I wanted to make sure that I was in

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Speaker 1: shape to like play defensive end because it's a lot

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Speaker 1: different than playing D tackle. Um. You have a lot

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Speaker 1: more space, a lot more area to cover, and I

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Speaker 1: think it's a little bit more running than when you're

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Speaker 1: playing inside. I gotta be a little bit heavier to

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Speaker 1: take on D tackles and stuff like that on the inside.

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Speaker 1: And uh, you know, I didn't really change up too much.

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Speaker 1: I just wanted to work on my uh you know,

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Speaker 1: shaving somebody fat and putting on more muscle. And do

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Speaker 1: you just find that you have more stamina? I mean,

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Speaker 1: You've always been a good shape. Do you find you

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Speaker 1: have more stamina going forward in the game. Yeah, definitely.

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Speaker 1: And also the way we practice here and um, you

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Speaker 1: know how much running we do, like conditioning. Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: I feel like sometimes we're in the third quarter and

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Speaker 1: I like still feel fresh and we're like whoa, We're

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Speaker 1: like third quarter already and it's like, you know, I'm

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Speaker 1: still feeling like it's fresh, And uh, I think that's

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Speaker 1: that's a good thing. Thank you, Thank you, Tom Rock.

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Speaker 1: And I think when we spoke to you last year,

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Speaker 1: you said that the Cowboys were the you know, the

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Speaker 1: toughest offensive line that you faced. Um, when you look

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Speaker 1: at them own film, is that is that still the case?

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Speaker 1: Do they do they still pose a big challenge? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I mean they definitely still have some good guys up front. Um,

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Speaker 1: but I think there's been a little bit of moving parts,

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Speaker 1: you know, they've been like switching offensive tackle. I think

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Speaker 1: they have a new center now because their center retired,

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Speaker 1: and then um, you know they're they're left guard that's

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Speaker 1: still pretty young. So they're definitely a little bit different.

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Speaker 1: But they still have some great guys that Terren Smith

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Speaker 1: pretty good too. There was a report that just came

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Speaker 1: out in the last five minutes that that Smith may

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Speaker 1: a neck injury. If they if they can't go with him,

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Speaker 1: does that that probably further weekends there? Uh their front right? Yeah? Probably.

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Speaker 1: I mean he's the one who's been there the longest.

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Speaker 1: He's clearly um a season vet. He's a solidified, you know,

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Speaker 1: great all Pro left tackle and uh, you know, I

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Speaker 1: think there's something that we've also noticed on film is

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Speaker 1: were looking to get after that. You mentioned their offensive line, Well,

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Speaker 1: the guy that was coaching them, Mark Colombo, is obviously

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Speaker 1: euro offensive line coach. Now how do you picked his

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Speaker 1: brain at all about their strengths and weaknesses and you know,

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Speaker 1: I can't go into specifics about what he told us about.

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Speaker 1: Like I think all of us, including a D line coach,

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Speaker 1: has been talking to Colombo a lot about, you know,

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Speaker 1: trying to gain an advantage on any any possible way.

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Speaker 1: You can't tell me exactly what he told like, you

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Speaker 1: can't tell me the exact game plan though, Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: can't tell you the game plan or like what he's

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Speaker 1: telling us what we should focus on their attack. But

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Speaker 1: you know, I think Colombo's obviously worked with these guys

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Speaker 1: their stats there, they have like five hundred yards of

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think they're definitely an explosive offense. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Like I said, there's some moving parts of their old

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Speaker 1: they definitely moved the ball around a lot, say two

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Speaker 1: more time Canada and Art time, Hey leonard Um. Last

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Speaker 1: is on all on the same page now or for what? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think we've been putting a lot of

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Speaker 1: that's kind of been our Achilles Hill on defense. I

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Speaker 1: been good on first and second downs, and we just

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Speaker 1: needed to like work on you know, some small all things.

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Speaker 1: And I think we were able to play a full

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Speaker 1: it clearly wasn't enough. We didn't walk away with the win.

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Speaker 1: But I think playing against a high scoring team with

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Speaker 1: Last questionnaire, Art and Leo, I know you've been in

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Speaker 1: the league long enough now, but for you personally, have

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Speaker 1: you been playing any better than what you've played individually

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Speaker 1: the first four weeks of this season. I mean, I

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Speaker 1: I think I've still been playing the same way I've

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Speaker 1: these first few games, I've just been able to make

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Speaker 1: so I feel like my game hasn't changed too much.

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Speaker 1: You know. I know I get a lot of noise

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Speaker 1: I'm always around the quarterback since I've been in the league.

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Speaker 1: And I think, you know, finally, this just you know

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Speaker 1: there anything I know you you worked on in the offseason,

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Speaker 1: the idea of you know, building strength and the upper

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Speaker 1: body and and the stuff you work with Richard Seymour

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Speaker 1: there would be times where like I'll throw a move

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Speaker 1: that something you got from Seymour or is that from

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Speaker 1: something that I've been talking a lot with Coach Graham

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Speaker 1: Coach Richard Seymour. You know, he's like a mentor to me.

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Speaker 1: I talked to him a lot, and uh, I think

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