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Speaker 1: Welcome to another special offseason edition of the From the

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Speaker 1: Podium podcast. I'm Gabe Klea. At the start of the

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Speaker 1: new league year, players were officially in the building in

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Speaker 1: Maria for the first time, and you'll hear from some

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Speaker 1: of those guys today. On this episode, you'll hear from

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Speaker 1: quarterback Kenny Pickett, defensive end Joe Tryon Shoyanka, and defensive

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Speaker 1: end Miles Garrett. Up first is quarterback Kenny Pickett, who

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Speaker 1: discussed his excitement for the opportunity he's receiving in Cleveland.

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Speaker 2: How do you feel about coming over to the other

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Speaker 2: side of this Pittsburgh Cleveland rivalry and what kind of

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Speaker 2: an opportunity does this present for you?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's gonna be great.

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Speaker 4: The AFC North obviously is very competitive, and you know,

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Speaker 4: playing in it for my first two years in the league,

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Speaker 4: I understood that quickly. The games aren't always pretty, but

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Speaker 4: it's a violent, you know, style of football, you know,

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Speaker 4: and I'm excited to get back into it. I just

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Speaker 4: think it's a great opportunity to go compete again. That's

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Speaker 4: really all you can ask for, and that's what I

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Speaker 4: opportunity to compete again.

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Speaker 3: So I'm very excited for that.

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Speaker 5: Did you have any idea that this was in the works,

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Speaker 5: that had how we or anybody in the Eagles told

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Speaker 5: you that, you know, they were that this potentially could happen.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, after the season, uh, you know and exit meetings.

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Speaker 4: You know, I felt like, you know, having those conversations,

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Speaker 4: was going to get traded. We felt like, you know,

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Speaker 4: the two games that I got in there, you know

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Speaker 3: Uh, you know, I did not know that it could

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Speaker 4: You know that was that was a little bit of

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Speaker 4: a surprise based on the team that they were telling

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Speaker 3: But you know, I'm extremely happy to be here.

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Speaker 4: I don't know how much talents on this team, having

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Speaker 4: a chance to talk, you know, with the entire coaching staff,

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Speaker 4: I'm very excited to get to work here.

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Speaker 5: Just so we'll quick follow up, just coming from the

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Speaker 5: Steelers and the Eagles, just what were you able to

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Speaker 5: learn from being in those organizations. You know, they're consistently

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think you know, Number one, that culture goes

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Speaker 4: a really long way. And the team's identity in terms

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Speaker 4: of how hard they play, you know, preparation throughout the

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Speaker 4: that that really holds true, you know in the NFL

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Speaker 3: So I think that really stuck.

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Speaker 4: Out, you know, early out of my career being at

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Speaker 4: go about their business and play on Sundays and Kenny,

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Speaker 4: welcome to Cleveland.

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Speaker 6: On two questions, do you expect them to Russell Wilson

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Speaker 6: is in there today? You expect another veteran to be

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Speaker 6: in here with you? And do you view yourself as

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Speaker 6: a starter?

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Speaker 7: Yeah? I do.

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Speaker 3: I do view myself as a starter.

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Speaker 4: You know, I'm sure they're going to bring in another

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Speaker 4: just excited to be here and compete with whoever. You know,

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Speaker 4: all the quarterback rooms I've been in, each room has

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Speaker 4: you know that's that's really what it's all about, you know,

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Speaker 6: And then what did you learn about yourself as a

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Speaker 4: Yeah, being able to handle adversity and finding ways to win.

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Speaker 4: You know at the end of the day that that's

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Speaker 8: Hi, Kenny, I have a question and just a quick

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Speaker 8: follow up. The question is why did you ask to

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Speaker 9: Uh?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I'm really not going to go too

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Speaker 4: much into that, you know, I feel like that that's

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Speaker 4: in the past. Now I'm excited to be here. You know,

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Speaker 4: had a chance of playing Philly after after leaving Pittsburgh. Uh,

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Speaker 8: Okay, And the follow up is, how do you feel

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Speaker 8: about Russell Wilson being in the building today.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's fine with me.

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Speaker 4: You know, as long as I have a chance to compete,

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Speaker 4: that's that's all you can ask for. So having that

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Speaker 10: Hey Kenny, the chance to compete feels a little, I

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Speaker 10: don't know, ambiguous, Like did you get any more clarity

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Speaker 10: on did that mean for a starting job? Did they

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Speaker 3: Yeah, a chance to compete to be the starter?

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Speaker 10: And then is it uneasy at all not knowing if

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Speaker 4: No, not really. I mean all you want is an opportunity.

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Speaker 4: You know, it doesn't matter who, who, who else is.

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Speaker 3: In the room.

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Speaker 4: You know, all you can ask for is an opportunity.

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Speaker 4: Then you got to go handle the rest.

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Speaker 11: Hey Kenny, I've got two for you. First one, going

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Speaker 11: back to your days in Pittsburgh when you were facing

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Speaker 11: the Browns twice a year, obviously, Miles Garrett just signed

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Speaker 11: an extension here. What was it like going against him?

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Speaker 11: How happy are you that you aren't going to have

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Speaker 11: to do that as a member of the Browns.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, extremely happy that you know, I am now on

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Speaker 4: the same team as him and don't have to game

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Speaker 4: a game plan against him, you know, twice a year.

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Speaker 4: But you just have to have a plan for really

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Speaker 4: every every play. You know, when you're going against a

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Speaker 4: You know, there's a time clock in your head to

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Speaker 4: get the ball out of your hand. You know, he's

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Speaker 4: an incredible player. Really glad that he's back here and

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Speaker 11: And then obviously going from you know, starting in Pittsburgh

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Speaker 4: Yeah, they just looked as another year just to prepare

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Speaker 4: a great organization, great team, great coaching staff. I think

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Speaker 4: it was, you know, really crucial for me just to

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Speaker 4: you know, play play with different you know, teammates. They

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Speaker 12: Hey, Kenny, So Jerry Judy here last year obviously had

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Speaker 12: his breakout season, first one thousand yard season. Just what

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Speaker 12: have you seen out of him? And how enticing is

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm excited about that.

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Speaker 4: We're actually training together down in Florida and it just

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Speaker 4: kind of worked out that way. Yeah, I was training

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Speaker 4: now you know, we'll get a chance to work together

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Speaker 4: down there. But just seeing his route running, his ability

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Speaker 4: everything that he can do down the field. You know,

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Speaker 4: he's an incredible player. So you know, throwing the ball

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Speaker 12: So was this the first time you guys had trained together,

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Speaker 12: had you met him before or anything like that before

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Speaker 3: No, this was.

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Speaker 4: This was the first time, so it's it's kind of

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Speaker 4: funny how that worked worked out for us, and you know,

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Speaker 13: Hey Kenny playing you know it and then Pittsburgh kind

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Speaker 13: of familiar with this Midwest area as a guy who's

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Speaker 13: learn about the passion behind this sport, particularly in this

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Speaker 13: in this zone now that you're about to play for

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's it's a great it's a great environment to

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Speaker 4: an AFC North divisional game, there's just a bit of

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Speaker 4: a different feel in the stadium, you know, I can't

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Speaker 4: more on the line that the fans really do care.

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Speaker 4: They're really passionate about the teams and want to see

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Speaker 4: honor to play, you know, in a stadium like that,

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Speaker 14: Hey, Kenny, just wandering during the draft process, did you

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Speaker 14: have any meetings with Kevin Stefanski or Andrew Berry and

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Speaker 14: just did you? Would you think about it then and

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Speaker 14: just coming into the building now.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I did.

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Speaker 3: I had a chance to meet with them in India.

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Speaker 4: Actually, you know, with Kevin and kind of going through

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Speaker 4: his system was very similar to you know, the offense

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Speaker 4: with coach Mark Whipple. He actually you know worked here

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Speaker 4: being a chance to having a chance to work with

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Speaker 4: pitt in an NFL system really prepared me for the

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Speaker 4: NFL and understanding the terminology the concepts that you know,

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Speaker 4: a lot of teams do run, so there's you know

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Speaker 4: a lot of crossover there. I think that'll really help me,

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Speaker 4: you know, speed that process up here learning this system and.

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Speaker 14: Then just how much familiar you heard it too? With

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Speaker 14: the division? Is it an advantage coming back just I

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Speaker 14: mean not only with Pittsburgh, but with Baltimore and Cincinnati too.

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Speaker 4: I think it's definitely a big advantage just understanding the

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Speaker 4: style of play when you're playing in December and January,

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Speaker 4: what those games kind of look like. It usually comes

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Speaker 4: the game. Teams that protect the ball usually have really

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Speaker 4: You know that there's there's people that you know, go

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Speaker 1: Up next to his defensive end Joe Tryon shoy Yanka, who

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Speaker 15: Joe, welcome to Cleveland.

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Speaker 14: On first look.

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Speaker 16: Overall disruption, just making making making plays in the backfield, disrupting,

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Speaker 6: So hey, what what made what made you choose the

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Speaker 6: Great opportunity to come come out and hunt. Just pin

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Speaker 16: Play with some some amazing players alongside the d line

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Speaker 7: Just just go. They'll be crazy dog on the field.

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Speaker 5: Hey Joe, what did it ask you? You obviously played outside

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Speaker 5: Did you just quick follow up on that? Had you

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Speaker 11: Yeah, Hey Joe, welcome to Cleveland. How much of your

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Speaker 16: Oh man, there's so much more. And this is just

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Speaker 11: And then obviously, you know with Miles Garrett signing his

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Speaker 16: Man, I'm expecting to just reckon Havoc, have a lot

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Speaker 8: Hi, Joe, do you have any past associations with the

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Speaker 16: One, Nick Harris, I played college football him at University

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Speaker 8: Were you surprised that the Browns showed interest in you?

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Speaker 16: Yeah, they definitely did, just based off of a scheme wise,

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Speaker 7: How attractive that it attractive?

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Speaker 16: And I couldn't say I pictured myself anywhere else.

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Speaker 12: Now, Hey, Joe, I know you you've only missed a

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Speaker 12: How important and how much have you emphasized just availability

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Speaker 7: That's the biggest thing.

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Speaker 16: If you're not able to practice, you're not able to

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Speaker 12: And then just I mean as you entered this next phase,

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Speaker 7: Super motivating, you know, super motivating.

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Speaker 10: Hey Joe, going back to Miles with him agreeing to

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Speaker 16: No, sir, I didn't know that any contracts was going on.

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Speaker 7: Have you talked to him all?

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Speaker 3: Do you know him at all?

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Speaker 16: I just met him today for the first time, got

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Speaker 10: What's it about his game that you admire the most?

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Speaker 7: Uh, it's it's just pure grit, you know.

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Speaker 16: You know, effort all all all effort is effort isn't skilled.

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Speaker 3: Hey, Joe, Logo to Cleveland man. Uh, you allered this

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Speaker 4: But with with Jim Schwartz defense, just what do you

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Speaker 3: How excited are you to play?

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Speaker 9: To play in his system that really emphasizes obviously just

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Speaker 16: Man, it's super like I said, super attractive spot to

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Speaker 7: I just can't wait to kick going.

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Speaker 16: Man, he's got a great great philosophy, great mind, great

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Speaker 7: So just super blessed to be in this position.

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Speaker 15: Hey, Joe, you talked about playing and being paired with

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Speaker 16: Man, it's gonna be a unit. It's gonna be a

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Speaker 7: That's definitely a great opportunity.

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Speaker 11: Ultimately in the end, when you kind of look back

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Speaker 17: You know, a month ago requested a trade from the team,

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Speaker 7: What changed? Just having concert communication with the team? Ab Uh,

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Speaker 18: The conversations between what you had immediately after the season,

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Speaker 7: No, I mean, from from day one, I've always said

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Speaker 7: So that doesn't change my stance and I'm just gonna

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Speaker 10: Wow, do you think this new contract changes your responsibility

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Speaker 9: Not?

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Speaker 7: In my mind. Don't continue to be the person that

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Speaker 7: So continue to to learn to be more and more

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Speaker 6: Why do you think now this team is close to contending?

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Speaker 7: Well, I mean we'll continue to see that the days

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Speaker 7: and you continue continue to see us add more and

443
00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:26,840
Speaker 7: more weapons to this team, and UH don't see how

444
00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:30,679
Speaker 7: we continue to MESSI and uh and grow great. The

445
00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:34,679
Speaker 7: fact that you're in public with the Trader question, Uh no,

446
00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:38,080
Speaker 7: I think, Uh, you know, I had some frustration, and

447
00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:42,200
Speaker 7: you know, I feel like that that helped us grow

448
00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:45,720
Speaker 7: and have conversations that were difficult but need to be had,

449
00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:48,679
Speaker 7: and that uh created a little bit more discourse. Uh,

450
00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:53,080
Speaker 7: helped build some relationships and reinfirm them. And UH now

451
00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:55,280
Speaker 7: I feel like we're we're in a better place and

452
00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,840
Speaker 7: now we can we can move on and grow from there.

453
00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:01,359
Speaker 19: I know with coming back mentioned or you want to

454
00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:04,360
Speaker 19: it seems like help recruit free agents and do all

455
00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:06,680
Speaker 19: those things in the off season. But was there any

456
00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:09,280
Speaker 19: concern with the Trader test, going in public and other

457
00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:11,960
Speaker 19: things that you might scare some people off of wanting

458
00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:12,480
Speaker 19: to come here or.

459
00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:13,000
Speaker 18: Anything like that.

460
00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:17,480
Speaker 7: Well, I'm here, so I don't plan go anywhere time soon,

461
00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:21,520
Speaker 7: anytime soon, and uh, and I'm willing to help however

462
00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:23,800
Speaker 7: I can to, uh, you know, get the right pieces

463
00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:26,840
Speaker 7: here too to make the change we need to to

464
00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:29,760
Speaker 7: win games and and to go deep in the playoffs

465
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Speaker 7: and win a championship.

466
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Speaker 2: Well, if you have any.

467
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Speaker 20: Thoughts about how like you did the whole radio row

468
00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:37,280
Speaker 20: say and I want to be out, I don't think

469
00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:40,000
Speaker 20: that this team could win, and that now you're back,

470
00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:43,080
Speaker 20: and how that impacts the fans and how they.

471
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Speaker 7: Be reading Like I said, I mean those I mean

472
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Speaker 7: that that media road run. You know that that created

473
00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:53,080
Speaker 7: a more discourse between myself and and management. Now that

474
00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:56,280
Speaker 7: that created, uh, you know, conversation between myself and ab

475
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Speaker 7: Jimmy and uh, you know, up and down the chain

476
00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:05,800
Speaker 7: and that kind of stuff became a main variable for

477
00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:09,320
Speaker 7: this is still getting done. You know, these conversations down

478
00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:12,159
Speaker 7: the road. So I think the fans will see that.

479
00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:14,040
Speaker 7: You know, my heart's in the right place. It's never

480
00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:16,240
Speaker 7: been about money. It's always been about winning, and that's

481
00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:21,639
Speaker 7: where my frustration lies. And you know, I want to

482
00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:23,600
Speaker 7: think Nicole because you know, she's the best agent in

483
00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:27,480
Speaker 7: the world and I didn't have any really input on

484
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Speaker 7: how the how the deal was going to look, but

485
00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:31,760
Speaker 7: I just know know that and when the time came,

486
00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:33,720
Speaker 7: and know we all know we're on the same page.

487
00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:36,159
Speaker 7: Know that she she went on and do what she

488
00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:38,119
Speaker 7: does and got the best deal possible for myself and

489
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Speaker 7: for the Browns.

490
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Speaker 20: Having the quarter any second plas kind of how you

491
00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:45,560
Speaker 20: handled all that going through the being so public. I

492
00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:48,879
Speaker 20: went out this and that it's not about money. In

493
00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:50,000
Speaker 20: the end, you ended up getting a.

494
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Speaker 7: Lot of money. I mean that's what she's supposed to

495
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Speaker 7: be as agent. She supposed to give me the best

496
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Speaker 7: still possible, and that's what she did. So I don't

497
00:21:57,520 --> 00:21:59,280
Speaker 7: regret it. I mean I feel like I went out

498
00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:02,280
Speaker 7: and earned it by you know, playing the breast beat

499
00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:06,520
Speaker 7: best brand of ball that I know possible, and uh

500
00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:10,240
Speaker 7: she went on in and asked and and they delivered,

501
00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:12,960
Speaker 7: And I plan to deliver weekend and week out during

502
00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:14,680
Speaker 7: the season. And I think that's just how that that

503
00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:17,760
Speaker 7: kind of you know, give and take goes dance.

504
00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:19,760
Speaker 17: The quarterback situation is still a little un settled. I

505
00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:21,600
Speaker 17: mean that was one of the things that you expressed,

506
00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:23,919
Speaker 17: you know, concerned about. You know, how much faife do

507
00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:25,880
Speaker 17: you have in you know, the front office to.

508
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Speaker 3: Figure that out?

509
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Speaker 17: And uh, you know, one of your thoughts on the

510
00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:30,119
Speaker 17: team that's actually taking a quarterback at too, would you

511
00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:30,919
Speaker 17: would you like to see that?

512
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Speaker 7: Well, I mean just leaning on A b and his

513
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Speaker 7: his expertise and uh, you know, knowing that he has

514
00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:39,000
Speaker 7: a he has a plan on what this, this team

515
00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:41,600
Speaker 7: and this offense will look like going forward. And uh,

516
00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:45,199
Speaker 7: you know he's he's gonna put no best offense possible

517
00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:47,600
Speaker 7: out there. He's gonna he's gonna get a QB that

518
00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:50,000
Speaker 7: we all don't continue to have faith in. And uh

519
00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:52,280
Speaker 7: and uh you know we're gonna go out and do

520
00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:53,760
Speaker 7: our thing on defense else.

521
00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:54,040
Speaker 18: Uh.

522
00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:58,280
Speaker 2: At various points throughout your career, you've had turning points,

523
00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:03,240
Speaker 2: some adversity, and each time along the way, you've elevated

524
00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:07,440
Speaker 2: your game, seemingly elevated your game grown from it, taking it.

525
00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:08,000
Speaker 4: Up a notch.

526
00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:12,600
Speaker 2: I'm just wondering, will this ordeal and the way that

527
00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:15,879
Speaker 2: the Browns rewarded you with this huge contract, do you

528
00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:20,600
Speaker 2: think there will be another jump in leadership on the field,

529
00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:23,320
Speaker 2: performance and just everything else that you bring to the table.

530
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Speaker 7: I mean, that's my expectation every year. So I don't

531
00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:32,280
Speaker 7: think the turning points have as much to do about it,

532
00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:36,959
Speaker 7: as you know, continue to meet with more people who

533
00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,280
Speaker 7: have helped me along with my journey and my growth

534
00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:45,840
Speaker 7: physically and mentally. And you know this is no exceptual

535
00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,120
Speaker 7: part of the journey. I'm glad to still be here,

536
00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:51,439
Speaker 7: but I plan to make a jump because that's just

537
00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:51,920
Speaker 7: what I do.

538
00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:56,080
Speaker 6: You said again, that's not about the money you just

539
00:23:56,119 --> 00:24:01,120
Speaker 6: had again made, But it looks like the whole thing

540
00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:02,960
Speaker 6: was a a long game for.

541
00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:04,200
Speaker 7: You to get more money.

542
00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:06,439
Speaker 6: So how do you tell fabs and all that's not.

543
00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:09,720
Speaker 7: I don't tell fans anything. I go out there and

544
00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:11,919
Speaker 7: prove it. You know, if it's about the money, then

545
00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:13,800
Speaker 7: I could just pack it in and and not go

546
00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,639
Speaker 7: out there and give my my best, no effort. But

547
00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:20,320
Speaker 7: I plan to be the best person possible in this

548
00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:23,000
Speaker 7: locker room, be the best leader possible, and as well

549
00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:26,880
Speaker 7: as you know, dominating on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays. So

550
00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:31,159
Speaker 7: that kind of mindset now remaining and being displayed on

551
00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:34,760
Speaker 7: those days when everyone's watching, that really shows you know

552
00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:36,720
Speaker 7: what it's all about. No going, I think give me

553
00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:38,840
Speaker 7: everything for those kind of wins and what I've done

554
00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:40,760
Speaker 7: year in the year out that that really proves it

555
00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:44,600
Speaker 7: to the fans. No amount of words will.

556
00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:46,040
Speaker 9: When did you become realigned with your organization? At what

557
00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:48,960
Speaker 9: point did you know that you were going to.

558
00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:54,400
Speaker 7: I mean, I can't put a specific point of conversation

559
00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:57,000
Speaker 7: on they would just you know, continue to continue to

560
00:24:57,040 --> 00:25:01,840
Speaker 7: talk talk through things, things with my team, uh through

561
00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:05,440
Speaker 7: uh A B through Nicole, and uh, you know, I

562
00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:09,119
Speaker 7: just continued to uh give me more confidence in and

563
00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:12,639
Speaker 7: know what we're building here. So you know, once I

564
00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:16,120
Speaker 7: was you know, really aligned with what we have going on,

565
00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:17,959
Speaker 7: that's when I was I was ready to make the decision.

566
00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:21,160
Speaker 18: Viewed all their intentions with the second pick, and did

567
00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:22,800
Speaker 18: that impact your decision at all?

568
00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:25,879
Speaker 15: Next question, you said the goal was never to go

569
00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:28,280
Speaker 15: from Cleveland to Cannon, but to compete and win a

570
00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:28,840
Speaker 15: Super Bowl.

571
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Speaker 12: Do you see yourself now finishing your career.

572
00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:31,639
Speaker 19: Here as Brown?

573
00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:35,520
Speaker 7: That's always my my plan from the very beginning, uh

574
00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:39,399
Speaker 7: to Uh, I've wanted to stale the team that I

575
00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:42,879
Speaker 7: was drafted with and uh, I've always, like like I

576
00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:45,520
Speaker 7: said before, I wanted to bring a championship here. So

577
00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:48,000
Speaker 7: that that's something that's that's meant a lot to me.

578
00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:51,440
Speaker 7: You know, even when I was coming from high school

579
00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:53,440
Speaker 7: to college, you know, being that being that one team

580
00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:56,359
Speaker 7: guy and having a place that feels like home that

581
00:25:56,440 --> 00:26:00,480
Speaker 7: you you engrained yourselthing in the community. And no, the

582
00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,160
Speaker 7: the canting part sounds sounds great. You know, players want

583
00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:04,520
Speaker 7: to be in the Hall of Fame. That's a that's

584
00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:08,800
Speaker 7: a tremendous uh individual no reward or board, but uh,

585
00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:13,119
Speaker 7: you know, communities and cities remember no championships, and that's

586
00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:13,720
Speaker 7: what I want to do.

587
00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:17,800
Speaker 2: Jimmy not taking.

588
00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:18,360
Speaker 13: The meeting with you.

589
00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:22,960
Speaker 2: Was there a connection between that and the fact that

590
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,200
Speaker 2: this happened so soon after that? I mean, did that

591
00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:28,359
Speaker 2: was that them showing you that, you know, we're locking

592
00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:30,480
Speaker 2: arms here and we want to keep you here, we

593
00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:33,359
Speaker 2: are absolutely not treating you or was there no connection

594
00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:33,960
Speaker 2: between that.

595
00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:37,880
Speaker 7: And the end result? I mean, I want to say

596
00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:41,119
Speaker 7: that this is the conversation opened up for me and

597
00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:45,199
Speaker 7: and AB to talk more. And uh, you know, you

598
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,720
Speaker 7: know Jimmy took a bit of a back seat, leaning

599
00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:51,000
Speaker 7: on uh on a B and and uh our relationship

600
00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:54,119
Speaker 7: and uh, and I think that's for the better. No,

601
00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:56,800
Speaker 7: we want to have a relationship with youring, but as

602
00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:58,919
Speaker 7: well as your GM and uh, you know him and

603
00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:04,440
Speaker 7: I've I've had many discussions and conversations over the years

604
00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:07,280
Speaker 7: and and uh, you know, he helped me see know

605
00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,600
Speaker 7: what the what the future can really hold for us?

606
00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:12,200
Speaker 10: So much about the desire to win the Super Bowl,

607
00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:13,879
Speaker 10: get tended for a Super Bowl? Do you think this

608
00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,119
Speaker 10: team can do that? And then how will you handle

609
00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:18,560
Speaker 10: it if there's struggles and it doesn't look like that's

610
00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:20,120
Speaker 10: a possibility.

611
00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:23,600
Speaker 7: If through struggles we go through it. So we've we've

612
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:27,120
Speaker 7: went through struggles uh in the past, and and UH

613
00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,000
Speaker 7: as long as we're you know, set on that being

614
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,840
Speaker 7: the goal. You know that's uh not everyone's main focus,

615
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:35,600
Speaker 7: which has been shown that it is, well, then I

616
00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:38,120
Speaker 7: continue to UH try to find a way to get

617
00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:40,040
Speaker 7: the most out of myself and my teammates and out

618
00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:44,560
Speaker 7: of out of uh this organization, because you do like this,

619
00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:47,520
Speaker 7: UH isn't just for me to be a player on

620
00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:49,040
Speaker 7: the field. It's for me to be you know, a

621
00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:50,399
Speaker 7: main focal points for me to be.

622
00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:51,199
Speaker 4: UH.

623
00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:55,080
Speaker 7: An elevator tabby one in this in this building had

624
00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:55,800
Speaker 7: a UH.

625
00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:58,640
Speaker 21: In your original trade re question, you talked about how

626
00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:00,960
Speaker 21: much the city of Cleveland and orth style meant to you.

627
00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:04,520
Speaker 21: How difficult was that in that decision making process, thinking

628
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:06,679
Speaker 21: about that you've called this home for so long, and

629
00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:09,119
Speaker 21: then how much did that weigh into a desire to

630
00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:10,399
Speaker 21: come back after these conversations.

631
00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:13,040
Speaker 7: I mean, I feel like it's pushed it aside a

632
00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:16,439
Speaker 7: little bit, the difficulty of making this decision like that,

633
00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:22,199
Speaker 7: and UH, it doesn't make it ever any easier. You know,

634
00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:26,120
Speaker 7: you know with you with the record that we had

635
00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:30,720
Speaker 7: that kind of decision. So no, at that moment, like

636
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:33,920
Speaker 7: making a trade request, you know, it came heavy, heavy

637
00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:35,920
Speaker 7: heartedly because you know, this is a place to I

638
00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:38,000
Speaker 7: have loved that it's going to be my family and an

639
00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:40,920
Speaker 7: organization that's going to be growing to be and feel

640
00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:45,400
Speaker 7: like family. So you know when I said, I don't

641
00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:47,640
Speaker 7: regret what I said, but you know it did it

642
00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:51,000
Speaker 7: did hurt because this has felt like a community. You know,

643
00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:53,800
Speaker 7: they have received me with open arms from from day one,

644
00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:58,560
Speaker 7: and I've given everything. So now I wanted to, you know,

645
00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:01,680
Speaker 7: you know, bring my my voice heard a loud and

646
00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:06,520
Speaker 7: clear and you fortunately enough it was and uh, you know,

647
00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:09,040
Speaker 7: just like no family, sometimes you fight and you have

648
00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:10,320
Speaker 7: to you have to go through things. You have to

649
00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:12,960
Speaker 7: don't build your adversity in and we'll get through this

650
00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:14,880
Speaker 7: and we'll come out right on the other side.

651
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,640
Speaker 19: To the stocks question really quick, I mean in that

652
00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:20,840
Speaker 19: and that hard knocks click with you. And I think

653
00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,640
Speaker 19: the last episode you had that line about you think

654
00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:25,840
Speaker 19: that you guys are closer than a lot of people

655
00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:29,040
Speaker 19: make things despite three and fourteen, I guess now what

656
00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:29,680
Speaker 19: gives you that?

657
00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:33,680
Speaker 7: Commenting to elaborate on that a little bit, I don't

658
00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:36,440
Speaker 7: want to go that into detail, and I, like I

659
00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:38,760
Speaker 7: said earlier, you know, well leaning on you know, the

660
00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:41,600
Speaker 7: X piece of a B to put this, put the

661
00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:45,120
Speaker 7: right pieces in place. But I do understand what he's building.

662
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Speaker 7: You know, We've had multiple conversations about that, and I

663
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Speaker 7: just know that I'm gonna do my part to to

664
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Speaker 7: get everyone online and on board with that that goal.

665
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Speaker 7: In that message, did they to recruit the quarterback or

666
00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:01,080
Speaker 7: did it just happen that way? Uh, maybe a little

667
00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:05,880
Speaker 7: bit of both. Yeah, that's my pitch. I won't take

668
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Speaker 7: them to the ground three or four times a year.

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Speaker 9: In your mind, do you need to win a Super

670
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Speaker 9: Bowl here for this to be the right decision for

671
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Speaker 9: you to sign that extension.

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Speaker 7: I think we all play the game to win a

673
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Speaker 7: Super Bowl, So whether it's for this dollar amount of

674
00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:30,680
Speaker 7: any dollar amount, I think that's what we get into

675
00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:35,360
Speaker 7: the game for regardless, So I'm not worried about whether

676
00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:37,680
Speaker 7: that's the right decision or not. That's that's always been

677
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Speaker 7: the plant since day one.

678
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Speaker 2: I went through this, experiencing experience and feeling the feeling

679
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Speaker 2: of what it actually might like be like for you

680
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Speaker 2: not to be here anymore and maybe not to have

681
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Speaker 2: the Cleveland support or the community that you had over

682
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Speaker 2: these past eight years. Do you feel now that you

683
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Speaker 2: want to finish your career in Cleveland? And if so,

684
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Speaker 2: it might be even more meaning to more meaningful to

685
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Speaker 2: you than ever before.

686
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Speaker 7: Oh, I mean I said earlier, I've always wanted to

687
00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:11,080
Speaker 7: in my career, you know, too much started with I

688
00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:16,240
Speaker 7: wanted to end with and you know with the contract

689
00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:19,000
Speaker 7: now that will likely be uh you know how things

690
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:23,680
Speaker 7: go for as long still have me. So I'm glad

691
00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:26,040
Speaker 7: to be here and I'm I'm glad to have support

692
00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:29,239
Speaker 7: a Cleveland. And you know, for those who may have

693
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Speaker 7: you know, taken a step back, like I said, I'll

694
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Speaker 7: continue to uh uh change their pains with my play

695
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Speaker 7: and know what I continue to do day in the

696
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Speaker 7: day out.

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Speaker 11: Wow, have you had any conversations with your teammates because obviously,

698
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,320
Speaker 11: you know, when you say you want to go somewhere

699
00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:46,120
Speaker 11: to win the Super Bowl, they might think because you

700
00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:48,440
Speaker 11: think we're not good enough. You had conversations with them,

701
00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:51,760
Speaker 11: you have to kind of explain things.

702
00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:54,960
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean I had conversations with my teammates and

703
00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:57,440
Speaker 7: you know, you know some of the leaders on the

704
00:31:57,440 --> 00:31:59,840
Speaker 7: team as well as you know, my position room. And

705
00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:03,000
Speaker 7: now they understand that as part as the business, and

706
00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:05,880
Speaker 7: you know they want to be successful as well, and

707
00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:07,200
Speaker 7: you know, it's it's allway t difficult at the end

708
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,560
Speaker 7: of the season, you know, when you you underachieve and

709
00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:12,280
Speaker 7: things don't go your way, and uh, you know, just

710
00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:15,840
Speaker 7: you know, I don't want to go understated how much

711
00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:18,760
Speaker 7: you know they had an impact on this, uh, this

712
00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:21,719
Speaker 7: decision to come back, you know, with the things they

713
00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:24,000
Speaker 7: have to say and the pill they had no towards

714
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Speaker 7: no coming back and doing things over again, and and

715
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Speaker 7: just you know, making these minor tweaks that know, we

716
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Speaker 7: we saw that could make a massive difference. Difference.

717
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Speaker 18: Now, he talked last week at during the last year,

718
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:41,560
Speaker 18: just how frustrated it was the most frustrating season of

719
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Speaker 18: your of your pro career. Did you need to put

720
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Speaker 18: a little space between you in that season? Did that

721
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Speaker 18: help in terms of maybe smooth things over kind of

722
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Speaker 18: recalibrate your your your thoughts about you know, where this

723
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Speaker 18: where this organization is, and where you're future with its

724
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Speaker 18: organization is.

725
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Speaker 7: Yeah, I think so taking some time away only from

726
00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:07,880
Speaker 7: the season, but just for myself, you know, just getting

727
00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:12,480
Speaker 7: away from from football for a bit, I just just helps,

728
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Speaker 7: you know, decompress and and you know, come back with

729
00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:20,160
Speaker 7: a little bit more clearheadedness. And I think at the

730
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Speaker 7: end of the day, I made the right decision for

731
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Speaker 7: for myself and as well as for the Browns. And

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Speaker 7: I'm still happy to come back and play with all

733
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Speaker 7: of these guys.

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Speaker 14: Well is it about ab and his process? Did you

735
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Speaker 14: feel you have a better understanding about maybe compared to.

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Speaker 7: End of season. I think maybe at the end of

737
00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:50,040
Speaker 7: the season wasn't as no level headed is I wanted

738
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Speaker 7: to be, you know, right after with still the emotions

739
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Speaker 7: of the season still still going on. You know, I

740
00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:57,360
Speaker 7: like to think look at things so pretty objectively, but

741
00:33:57,680 --> 00:33:59,520
Speaker 7: as much as you can, you know, just coming off

742
00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:02,160
Speaker 7: a season that most of us would look as a

743
00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:07,360
Speaker 7: disappointment and underachieving, and uh, you know, continue to as

744
00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:10,000
Speaker 7: a continue to take more time and have a conversation

745
00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:13,920
Speaker 7: with him, Nicole and uh many other parts of the

746
00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:16,279
Speaker 7: organization as well as my teammates, you know, helped me,

747
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:18,400
Speaker 7: you know, kind of rested this decision.

748
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Speaker 10: Where I am now changing the opinion of any fans

749
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:25,200
Speaker 10: were bothered by the request. Did were you bothered by

750
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:28,240
Speaker 10: any kind of bad class you might your felt.

751
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:32,160
Speaker 7: I didn't. I didn't particularly look at the backlash. I

752
00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:35,319
Speaker 7: really don't, uh no care look at the news or

753
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:38,399
Speaker 7: social media like that, So I didn't. I didn't see

754
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:41,640
Speaker 7: much of the uh the opinions. But you know, if

755
00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:44,200
Speaker 7: there were any changed or any people that are disheartened

756
00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:47,400
Speaker 7: by by the news, well look to uh, you know,

757
00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:48,240
Speaker 7: change your minds.

758
00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:50,360
Speaker 6: Come what America.

759
00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:55,200
Speaker 2: I talked to Joe VanNess about how this might go,

760
00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:58,440
Speaker 2: and uh, he was pretty vocal about the fact that

761
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:02,440
Speaker 2: he thought that you staying here and finishing your career

762
00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:06,960
Speaker 2: here would probably be, you know, just better for you

763
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:10,960
Speaker 2: in every way than maybe going and being somewhere for

764
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Speaker 2: one year or two years and even grabbing a Super

765
00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:16,720
Speaker 2: Bowl ring somewhere else. Did you ever end up talking

766
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Speaker 2: to Joe throughout any of this process, and if so,

767
00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:21,000
Speaker 2: was he helpful?

768
00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:26,120
Speaker 7: I believe I texted Joe just a bit early on,

769
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Speaker 7: just getting his opinion on things, and and he's always

770
00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:36,640
Speaker 7: been a a a shoulder to lean on. Note for

771
00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:41,560
Speaker 7: no just good advice, no knowing exactly where I am

772
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Speaker 7: in this phase of my career, in my life, and

773
00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:47,440
Speaker 7: you know he's been in this position before, so he

774
00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:52,600
Speaker 7: was he was a just a good leader for myself

775
00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:54,719
Speaker 7: at a young age. I wanted to hear what he

776
00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:56,120
Speaker 7: had to say.

777
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Speaker 9: Process, you had in your mind everything that was going

778
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:03,640
Speaker 9: wrong here, right, and that led to asking for the trade.

779
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Speaker 9: Now that you're you're back on board and you're committed here,

780
00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:12,120
Speaker 9: what's it going to take for this franchise to get

781
00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:16,560
Speaker 9: going and become a consistent winner year in and year out.

782
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:20,000
Speaker 9: And what role in that can you play.

783
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:23,319
Speaker 7: It's going to take everything and whatever it takes, I'm

784
00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:27,160
Speaker 7: willing to give. I want to be I want to

785
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:29,040
Speaker 7: be a winner. I want to bring a championship back

786
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:34,640
Speaker 7: to Cleveland. So I'm whether that's going on recruiting, whether

787
00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:38,360
Speaker 7: that's you staying late, that's mentoring the young guys, know,

788
00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:42,120
Speaker 7: just whatever it takes, I'm going to I'm going to

789
00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:45,799
Speaker 7: do it all because I don't want to come back

790
00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:48,040
Speaker 7: here an the same way you know we did after

791
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:50,560
Speaker 7: the last season. No, I don't want that filling ever again.

792
00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:52,880
Speaker 7: I want to feel like we're taking no more and

793
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:56,319
Speaker 7: more strives to know that that promised land a.

794
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Speaker 18: Couple more here.

795
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Speaker 19: You have that minority stake in the Calves for a

796
00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:01,000
Speaker 19: couple of years, is now I just wonder what the

797
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:04,560
Speaker 19: new deal. Have you considered possibly investing more there at

798
00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:06,840
Speaker 19: some point and have you talked to Donovan Intergert or

799
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Speaker 19: any of your friends on the team throughout this request.

800
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Speaker 7: I talked to a couple of the guys, and I

801
00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:18,000
Speaker 7: wasn't really thinking about the business aspect of, you know,

802
00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:22,280
Speaker 7: no accepting this still and trying to invest more into

803
00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:26,839
Speaker 7: no minority ownership. I was really focused on so doing

804
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:30,440
Speaker 7: the best thing that's for us, my family, for my team,

805
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:34,319
Speaker 7: and ultimately for the Browns and all this stuff other no,

806
00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:38,040
Speaker 7: no business, no endeavors and or deals can can come

807
00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:38,800
Speaker 7: a bit later.

808
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Speaker 19: Something you be open to potentially into.

809
00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:45,200
Speaker 7: I think I'll be open to it in the future.

810
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:49,480
Speaker 14: No, those next steps forward.

811
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Speaker 9: What have the conversations been like with Jim Schwartz in

812
00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:54,719
Speaker 9: that process too, and wanting to get this defense back

813
00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:57,280
Speaker 9: to where you guys were like in twenty twenty three.

814
00:37:57,680 --> 00:38:02,560
Speaker 7: I haven't talked to Jim talked to Jock about you know, uh,

815
00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:04,560
Speaker 7: you know what we can get out of the d line, uh,

816
00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:08,200
Speaker 7: you know him always saying plays uh right there that

817
00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:10,160
Speaker 7: we could have made or you know, just things need

818
00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:14,800
Speaker 7: to tweak, how we can really uh unleash guys and uh,

819
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:19,200
Speaker 7: you know, things that just continue to make me more

820
00:38:19,239 --> 00:38:21,040
Speaker 7: hopeful and put a smile on my face because he's

821
00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:23,680
Speaker 7: just so so optimistic, he's so he's so boisterous, and

822
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:25,640
Speaker 7: he he really wants to get the best out of guys.

823
00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:28,319
Speaker 7: It's really a player's coach, and uh, you know look

824
00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:31,839
Speaker 7: forward to helping him develop these uh these young men.

825
00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:34,800
Speaker 20: Well when you realize, you know, you weren't going to

826
00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:36,520
Speaker 20: be traded, and you kind of sounds like you sort

827
00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:38,680
Speaker 20: of made the decisions. Okay, I want to stay here.

828
00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:40,480
Speaker 20: How did you feel when you say, Okay, this is

829
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Speaker 20: where I'm going and what's coming next?

830
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Speaker 7: I mean I was I was always uh you know,

831
00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:51,560
Speaker 7: I saw that as a as a possibility. So staying here,

832
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:54,080
Speaker 7: uh it it wasn't like I had to be roped

833
00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:56,120
Speaker 7: into it. You know, this is this is a home

834
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:58,880
Speaker 7: and this is my home. So you know, I feel like,

835
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:00,000
Speaker 7: you know, at the end of day, we're going to

836
00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:02,319
Speaker 7: continue to make the best decision for ourselves and how

837
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:06,239
Speaker 7: can we how can we turn this into a winner

838
00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:08,880
Speaker 7: and dealt with those of the next conversations and I

839
00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:11,680
Speaker 7: don't continue to have those, like I said, and uh,

840
00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:14,640
Speaker 7: continue to make it more more and more clear how

841
00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:20,480
Speaker 7: this could open up. Uh, you know, sooner rather than later, like.

842
00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:25,200
Speaker 2: Russ Wilson would be a good addition to this team.

843
00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:28,640
Speaker 2: And did you have a good conversation with him yesterday?

844
00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:31,240
Speaker 2: And what's your role? And I know that you wanted

845
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:32,920
Speaker 2: to get back in time to be able to help

846
00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:34,920
Speaker 2: lure some free agents.

847
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:36,600
Speaker 19: So how did it go yesterday?

848
00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:40,120
Speaker 7: Thinking well, well, I mean him and I had a

849
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:44,480
Speaker 7: little conversation at the at the Pro Bowl as well

850
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:50,399
Speaker 7: as uh, you know here, and uh, I definitely think

851
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:53,040
Speaker 7: he'd be a valuables as a as a leader, as

852
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:55,080
Speaker 7: a as a mentor to those young guys. A veteran

853
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:59,200
Speaker 7: leadership can't be understated. And I think he has definitely

854
00:39:59,239 --> 00:40:02,160
Speaker 7: had some juice left the position. You know, he's playing

855
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:05,239
Speaker 7: arm left, He's he's very smart and you know he

856
00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:08,960
Speaker 7: knows what he's capable of, so he'd be a valuable asset.

857
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