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Speaker 1: The NFL. Free agency is ongoing for the Indianapolis Colts,

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Speaker 1: even leading into the NFL Draft, and the Colts this

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Speaker 1: week have signed free agent linebacker Brandon King, who comes

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Speaker 1: over from the New England Patriots to help the Colts

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Speaker 1: on both defense and on special teams. Brandon, thanks for

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Speaker 1: the time, man, Congratulations on this move to the Colts.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, man. It's been amazing so far. The hospitality

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Speaker 1: every little piece of it, every little, you know, intricate

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Speaker 1: so good. Absolutely so. Obviously, the free agency process it's

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Speaker 1: different for everybody. How was your dealing in free agency?

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Speaker 1: I guess just how nerve wracking was it and what

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Speaker 1: Of I've been a part of the other organization. You're

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Speaker 1: learning fast. Yeah you don't. We're on that level yet

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Speaker 1: like Michigan and Ohio State exactly, but seven years there,

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Speaker 1: I've I've been with them the entire time. I've never

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Speaker 1: It's a little nerve wracking, even four or five days

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Speaker 1: being a free agent, especially, you know, it's just consistently

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Speaker 1: you know, in a blake of right now you just

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Speaker 1: never know what ha happened. So um, it's it's been

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Speaker 1: amazing because it's been a learning point and you know,

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Speaker 1: but it's just you know, just brings things into into

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Speaker 1: perspective for you just to see how, you know, how

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Speaker 1: So just you know, excited to you know, make it

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Speaker 1: you know, day in and day out. One of those

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Speaker 1: guys who you get reunited with here from that other team,

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Speaker 1: which by the way, the New England Patriots, you won

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Speaker 1: two Super Bowls there. That's that's no small accomplishment. We

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Speaker 1: should make that very clear, even though we are a

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Speaker 1: cults show here. But one of those guys, Bubba Ventrone,

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Speaker 1: who when you started your career in twenty fifteen, he

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Speaker 1: He's he kind of checks all the boxes, you know,

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Speaker 1: Definitely won't be a distraction, just gonna be a positive

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Speaker 1: Last year on Hard Knocks, Bubba got quite a bit

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Speaker 1: He was telling guys, you're gonna go block a punt

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Speaker 1: You know, you just kind of talked about it. You

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Speaker 1: I know you said you're not a very cocky guy,

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Speaker 1: you and not just what you do. Well, that's done

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Speaker 1: So it was talked about openly, right right, I mean

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Speaker 1: I mean, you're you're an impressive guy, really, and it's

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Speaker 1: it's a pleasure to meet. Yeah, we really appreciate your

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Speaker 1: congratulations again on signing the deal, and best of luck

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Speaker 1: this offseason and stay healthy, all right, man, I appreciate

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