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Speaker 1: How what was your reaction when the Jets, Uh, I

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Speaker 1: guess kind of ramped up offered or offer last week?

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Speaker 1: Were you surprised? Um, you know, I'm just happy to

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Speaker 1: get a you know, get a deal done. I'm I'm

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Speaker 1: glad that you know, Uh, this part of the situation

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Speaker 1: is over with and now I can just focus on

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Speaker 1: football and um get ready for the season. How much

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Speaker 1: of a weight? How much? Like I said, you know,

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Speaker 1: I'm happy that the deal is done. Um. You know,

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Speaker 1: I'm thankful to Mr Johnson and address organization. Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: and I'm glad that you know, my agent, you know,

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Speaker 1: got the deal dune for me and everybody who's you know,

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Speaker 1: on my support system, and uh, you know, ready to

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Speaker 1: get things rolling now, you know, like I said, you know,

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Speaker 1: I don't have to focus about, you know, a contract situation.

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Speaker 1: I can continue my rehab and get ready for the season.

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Speaker 1: And how how's your rehab going? How far along are

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Speaker 1: you in that process? Rehab is going well? You know,

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Speaker 1: I'm running, you know, four times a week and just

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Speaker 1: taking it day by day. Would you expect to be

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Speaker 1: ready next week when camp starts. Do you think you're

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Speaker 1: gonna start on the populist. Um, you know, Uh, I

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Speaker 1: don't know right now, but I'm just going to continue

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Speaker 1: to just keep rehabbing and and uh you know, whatever

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Speaker 1: in store for me. You know, that's what I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: keep on doing. Any But still no doubt in your

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Speaker 1: mind that you'll be ready for a week one. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'll be ready for a week one. We're looking back

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Speaker 1: to this process mode of the contract situation for you.

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Speaker 1: What was this experience like? Yeah, never gone through something

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Speaker 1: like this before. What was it like? Um, you know

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Speaker 1: I've noticed, you know, it's part of the business, you know,

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Speaker 1: and uh, you know, I started, you know, going into

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Speaker 1: my sixth season, you know, just seeing how the business works,

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Speaker 1: you know, and that's how the NFL works. It's a business.

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Speaker 1: But um, you know, I'm proud to you know, to

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Speaker 1: experience it. And now that it's over with, like I said,

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Speaker 1: you know, I can just focus on football and getting

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Speaker 1: back in the locker room my teammates and continue to

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Speaker 1: be the leader that I am with this team. How

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Speaker 1: intent were you on wanting to stay with the Jets.

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Speaker 1: This is an area where you grew up in You

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Speaker 1: have a lot of family around here. Still, how much

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Speaker 1: did you, in your heart of hearts really not want

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Speaker 1: to leave this place. I definitely wanted to be here,

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Speaker 1: you know. I wanted you know, I'm from you know,

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Speaker 1: New Jersey and from here. Uh, you know, my family's here.

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Speaker 1: I wanted to raise my children here, you know. So

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Speaker 1: I'm very excited to be back here. What's your first

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Speaker 1: sick purchase going to be with a new country act

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Speaker 1: let whether it be for you or for maybe someone else.

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Speaker 1: And however, I haven't really thought about that, you know.

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Speaker 1: I definitely make sure my mom and my family had

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Speaker 1: taken care of. But as far as materialistic things, you know, UH,

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Speaker 1: haven't getty much thought. You know. I have tremulous love

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Speaker 1: for the game of football. You know, I'm pretty sure

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Speaker 1: people know that. You know, I'm very grateful for, you know,

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Speaker 1: this opportunity to keep playing, you know, and uh, I'm

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Speaker 1: just going to keep you know this focusing on football,

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Speaker 1: you know, not worried about those things. Well, how good

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Speaker 1: do you think the Jets defense can be? Obviously you

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Speaker 1: everybody's putting in the work each and every day, you know,

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Speaker 1: and help pushing each other, you know, and and you

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Speaker 1: we was, you know, I had a good record last

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Speaker 1: year at ten and six, and we just got to

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Speaker 1: build off that. Well. It have been difficult for you

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Speaker 1: to play under the franchise tag this year, tough with

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Speaker 1: surprised that the thing got done. That you know that

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Speaker 1: that the deal actually got done. Were you? I mean,

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Speaker 1: my agent, you know, I would have spoke with him

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Speaker 1: I'll be here. We've got the extension done and you know,

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Speaker 1: I'm grateful and happy about that. Mom, I thot you've

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Speaker 1: it can come together and get downe with Ryan Fitzpatrick. Um, honestly,

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Speaker 1: I don't you know, uh, comment on other people contract situations.

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Speaker 1: You know, that's something you have to talk to the

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Speaker 1: people upstairs about. Yeah. And then as you kind of

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Speaker 1: is un circain But in your mind, considering how could

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Speaker 1: you guys got to the playoffs last year, considering what

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Speaker 1: you bring back, should do you think this should be

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Speaker 1: a playoff team this year? I think, Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: I said, we had a good record at tennant six

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Speaker 1: sure we get into the postseason. Well, how much would

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Speaker 1: you like to be able to get on the field

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Speaker 1: is it just aiming to it? September eleven. I'm just

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Speaker 1: focusing on my leg and rehabbing. Like I said, each

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Speaker 1: it's it's time for me to get out there on

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Speaker 1: But you know, I'm just gonna like I said, I

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