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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the forty nine ers You've Got Mail podcast.

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Speaker 1: I'm your host, Lindsay Polaris. In this first episode of

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Speaker 1: the regular season, we'll be joined by a very special guest.

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Speaker 1: Some of you call him.

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Speaker 2: Smaller Bear, but most people know him.

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Speaker 1: As Nick Bosa.

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Speaker 2: I caught up with him to talk about.

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Speaker 1: His five year contract extension ahead of the team hitting

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Speaker 1: the road to Pittsburgh for the season opener. I'm here

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Speaker 1: with reigning Defensive Player of the Year Nick Bosa today.

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Speaker 1: He signed a five year contract extension with the forty

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Speaker 1: nine Ers, making him the highest paid defensive player in

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Speaker 1: NFL history.

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Speaker 2: Nick concrats, thank you. It sounds pretty good, all.

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Speaker 1: Right, Nick? You are a third generation NFL player, the

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Speaker 1: third person in your immediate family to be a first

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Speaker 1: round draft pick. How has your family DNA shaped this contract.

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Speaker 2: I'd say the biggest thing is to start work ethic

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Speaker 2: and learning from my dad's work every day, and I

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Speaker 2: think that just rubbed off on me, and it was

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Speaker 2: pretty simple. I built that discipline since I was young

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Speaker 2: and obviously good genetics.

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Speaker 1: Your first message upon arrival in the Bay Area to

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Speaker 1: the fans was sorry for the scare you had everyone

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Speaker 1: on the edge of their seats. What were your emotions

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Speaker 1: leading up to the contract signing.

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Speaker 2: I think they're pretty similar to everybody and the faithful,

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Speaker 2: and I probably knew as much as them on what

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Speaker 2: exactly was going to happen. So I'm sure we're all

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Speaker 2: pretty relieved.

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Speaker 1: You didn't talk a lot about these negotiations as they

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Speaker 1: were going on, but when you did speak, you were

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Speaker 1: clear about wanting to be a lifelong forty nine er.

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Speaker 1: What about this organization makes it home?

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Speaker 2: Just the way they treat us, It's first class, from

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Speaker 2: the food, the cooks, to the coaches, to everybody in

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Speaker 2: this organization, the trainers, the equipment guys. Everybody around is

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Speaker 2: just first class. And not every organization is like that.

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Speaker 2: So it's unbelievable to be locked in for so long

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Speaker 2: with such a great squad.

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Speaker 1: After a spending training camp away from the team and

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Speaker 1: the facility, you rejoined practice on Thursday. What's the first

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Speaker 1: order of business, um B Pittsford. We're about two days

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Speaker 1: out from kickoff. In terms of game readiness, where are

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Speaker 1: you physically?

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Speaker 2: I think I might be Uh, it might be pretty

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Speaker 2: fresh out there, so I might be moving at a

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Speaker 2: different speed.

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Speaker 1: We'll see You've rejoined a defensive line that added Javon Hargrave,

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Speaker 1: Cleveland Ferrell and in free agency them along with the

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Speaker 1: returners and yourself. How do you see that group coming

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Speaker 1: together in twenty twenty three.

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Speaker 2: I think it's an incredible a couple additions. I'm just

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Speaker 2: excited to play with them and mesh together.

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Speaker 1: As one defensive coordinators Tea Bolt will be your third

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Speaker 1: DC since becoming a forty nine er. How has the

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Speaker 1: turnover at that position just taught you to act on

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Speaker 1: me quickly to coaching staffs?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's been very similar. The good thing

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Speaker 2: is we've kept Chris Caseric the whole time. It's true

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Speaker 2: down and that kind of keeps our scheme up front

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Speaker 2: exactly the same. So I haven't had to do too

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Speaker 2: much studying in the playbook throughout the time I've been here.

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Speaker 2: But when amazing people keep getting reloaded into the program,

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Speaker 2: it makes for an easy transition.

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Speaker 1: And because there are so many amazing athletes on this team,

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Speaker 1: the forty nine Ers have been knocking on the door

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Speaker 1: of a super Bowl since twenty nineteen. What are you

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Speaker 1: hoping to accomplish in twenty twenty three to get this

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Speaker 1: team to the finish line.

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Speaker 2: Just improvements and being ready for the big moments when

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Speaker 2: they come and starting fast.

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Speaker 1: Lastly, with the next six seasons of your NFL career, lockdown,

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Speaker 1: how do you hope to start shaping that legacy?

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Speaker 2: Changing too much about my process? Just building upon it

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Speaker 2: every year, training my butt off in the off season,

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Speaker 2: and being real detailed and diligent throughout the season.

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Speaker 1: Congratulations, I can thank you for the time.

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Speaker 2: Thank you