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Speaker 1: It's great. It was a great day to practice. I

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Speaker 1: mean with the cool weather that we've had, it's some

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Speaker 1: sun out above thirty degrees. Canness for better day to practice?

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Speaker 1: The great? Did you have any more snaps than usual? Um?

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Speaker 1: I don't know define what is usual. I mean since

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Speaker 1: I've been here, there's been days where I've taken a

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Speaker 1: lot of reps. There's been days where I haven't taken any.

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Speaker 1: So I just do you know what's asked to me? So,

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Speaker 1: however many amount of reps that is, whether it's just

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Speaker 1: the scout team, whether it's a few plays on offense,

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Speaker 1: it's you know, whatever, whatever they tell me to do.

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Speaker 1: Because of Tom's can you read and like eliminate the practice,

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Speaker 1: we would think that you would take more STAPs that

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Speaker 1: can take. Um, I don't know. I mean it just

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Speaker 1: depends on what what would be more. Some days is more,

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Speaker 1: some days is less. It's just a matter of, um,

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Speaker 1: what day it is? Really did take more today? Then

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Speaker 1: say well, I don't know. You have to check the

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Speaker 1: injury report. I don't know if they put that on

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Speaker 1: there or not. Right, Can you talk about just the

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Speaker 1: nature of a beat of the quarterback, the mindset of

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Speaker 1: being ready at any moment in any game. And how

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Speaker 1: are you feeling right now about this week? I mean, look,

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Speaker 1: I prepare every week like I'm going to play. Whether

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Speaker 1: I do or don't, you know, that's not really up

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Speaker 1: to me. So, UM, I think the one thing that

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Speaker 1: you know I can benefit from is since I was

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Speaker 1: here is the backup last time, I've put a lot

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Speaker 1: of football. So I've been a starter in three different teams.

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Speaker 1: I know how to prepare as a starter. And whether

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Speaker 1: I'm getting those reps or not. Each each rep and

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Speaker 1: I'm not getting, I'm taking as a mental rep. I

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Speaker 1: stand back there and I go through and um, you know,

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Speaker 1: I try to think where would I go with football

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Speaker 1: on this Who would I make the mic on this play? So,

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Speaker 1: whether I'm getting the reps or not, I'm always preparing

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Speaker 1: to play because the truth of reality is is you

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Speaker 1: never know when when your name is going to be called.

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Speaker 1: So I think, if anything, having been the backup, having

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Speaker 1: been a starter, now being in the backup role, UM,

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Speaker 1: I know how to prepare like I'm gonna play, and

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Speaker 1: if I don't play, then it's good for our team.

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Speaker 1: If if I do and I'm ready to go, did

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Speaker 1: you see how Tom and Drew's hands. I wasn't there,

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Speaker 1: Jim your hand out the whole four you're playing. I'm

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Speaker 1: sure it's happening before Tom Brady is he shown to

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Speaker 1: be a pretty tough player over the years here. Um

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Speaker 1: And and to my knowledge off Brian, as you mentioned before,

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Speaker 1: you were here before, so this is familiar to you.

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Speaker 1: Playoff time, things change around here. But is it still

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Speaker 1: the same as when you were here before and you

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Speaker 1: were in the playoffs? Oh? I mean, I mean that

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Speaker 1: was so long ago, five years ago. I think the

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Speaker 1: one thing that you know, I see, and the one

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Speaker 1: thing I know this is you know, everybody is going

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Speaker 1: and doing what has got us here. And for me,

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Speaker 1: that's only been half of the seasons. But I fell

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Speaker 1: right back in Lyne pretty quick on how to prepare, um,

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Speaker 1: you know, to um, you know, prepare for any scenario,

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Speaker 1: any situation, get a lot of looks at what their

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Speaker 1: defense is trying to do, and just you know, never

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Speaker 1: let any leave any stone and turn. And I think

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Speaker 1: that's the one thing that I appreciate a lot about

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Speaker 1: this place is is you're going to be prepared when

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Speaker 1: you go into that game on Sunday and the coaches

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Speaker 1: make sure of it, that the players make sure of

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Speaker 1: it of each other. They hold each other accountable, and

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Speaker 1: that's something to appreciate. Tom pregame routine. Like I've seen

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Speaker 1: Tom get here at five six, seven hours before you

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Speaker 1: walked in with him. On another occasion, what are you

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Speaker 1: guys actually doing prior to kickoff? Um? Just whatever you

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Speaker 1: whatever you want to do. I mean the one I

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Speaker 1: was just getting arrived from the hand here because I

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Speaker 1: don't have a car yet, so um no for me,

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Speaker 1: it uh, it just depends do we have a meeting

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Speaker 1: or do you not have a meeting. Um. You know,

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Speaker 1: my routine doesn't really start until about three three hours

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Speaker 1: from kickoff, and then I kind of have a routine of, um,

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Speaker 1: you know, doing certain things to prepare myself for the game,

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Speaker 1: physical things to mental things. Go out and throw a

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Speaker 1: little bit suit the winness, like make sure you know

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Speaker 1: where the twenty five second clocks are so you know

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Speaker 1: that routine prior up to that three hours. Really, it's

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Speaker 1: kind of just depends on what the schedule is. Play

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Speaker 1: with the glove on your hand to my left hand.

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Speaker 1: You do