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Speaker 1: Ashton doing during the Colts offseason workout program ot AS.

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Speaker 1: This week, the first week of OTAs as we sit

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Speaker 1: here and talk right now, Ashton, But you're number five?

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Speaker 1: Holy moly, do you feel like it's been five years

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Speaker 2: I think it's flew by pretty quick, if I had

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Speaker 2: to say. The leads me too, just just gonna coming

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Speaker 2: from rookie year up until now. It's like, you know,

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Speaker 1: Well, we'll talk about that more in depth in just

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Speaker 1: The first week of OTAs, that's when the off season

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Speaker 2: So it's going good so far. I think we're all

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Speaker 2: playing you know, good sound football as far you know,

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Speaker 2: getting sitting that stand up for ourselves early. I think

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Speaker 2: following that that that roll in that suit and knowing

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Speaker 1: Last year certainly was a sour note to end the

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Speaker 2: I think it's it's, you know, going to the off

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Speaker 2: I think the biggest part, you know, was shaping my

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Speaker 2: So whether that's adding different tools to my game, and

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Speaker 1: There, what's the part of your game that you think

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Speaker 2: I would definitely say in my route running, as far

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Speaker 1: You're naturally fast. Anyways, something you just said right there

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Speaker 2: It's definitely somebody to learn to do. It's not something

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Speaker 1: I need to go as Ashton dealing with US Colt's

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Speaker 2: I think they're both great for this team. You know,

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Speaker 1: What is it about the Shane Stiken offense that you

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Speaker 2: I think he wants to play the strengths that everybody's

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Speaker 2: I look at it more as it's just an opportunity

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Speaker 1: And you certainly do. You certainly do your versatility. You

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's a lot left, especially on the

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Speaker 1: That's actually dealing with us. Going back to Shane Stike

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Speaker 2: Right, I think, you know, for these with with him

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Speaker 1: All right, Ashton, dealing with us. First impressions of Anthony Richardson.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely? I mean, so far being with Gardner, I love

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Speaker 2: and like you said, you're down to earth. He's chilled

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Speaker 1: because he does have experience in this offense playing under

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Speaker 2: So I mean, like I said, he's been in this

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Speaker 1: All right, for you, last couple of things again, Ashton,

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Speaker 1: doing as our guest, what do you see for yourself

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think for me it's being consistent right now.

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Speaker 2: Just continuing to catch the ball, continue to be good

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Speaker 2: But continue to hold myself to a highest standard. I

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Speaker 2: You know, it's be able to set the right example,

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Speaker 1: Now, what did you say? You say, no emms, no.

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Speaker 1: I call those my bads. No, no, my bads. I

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Speaker 1: I was raising my hand my bad right, Uh, fantastic stuff.

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Speaker 1: As far as the rest of summer once uh mini

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Speaker 2: know you're out of shape. So for me, it's it's

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Speaker 2: And knowing that you know that that training camp is

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Speaker 2: you know, it's it's full steam ahead from there. So

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Speaker 2: so when it's time to get you know, to training camp,

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Speaker 1: That's the off season Workout Program Report with Ashton Dolan,

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Speaker 1: who has zero Emmys across the board. My friend, thanks

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Speaker 1: so much for the time. Always appreciate you and enjoy

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Speaker 1: that rest of that summer coming up you as well.