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Speaker 1: Hi, Brian. I know a lot of a lot of

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Speaker 1: the attention the summer has been on the EU veteran

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Speaker 1: like for you? It's been great. Um. I've just been

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Speaker 1: Cam has obviously been um the old like the older guy,

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Speaker 1: anyone else to please raise their hand. Hi Brian, Uh,

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Speaker 1: just wondering what this if you kind of describe what

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Speaker 1: these last couple months have been like for you. I

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Speaker 1: mean signing here as an undrafted guy and getting released,

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Speaker 1: Just what is this these last couple of months been

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Speaker 1: like for you? Yeah, it's been interesting. I'm my agent's

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Speaker 1: been telling me it's unlike any any year for any player,

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Speaker 1: but especially a rookie. UM. But you know, once I

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Speaker 1: was able to get up here, UM, I was you know,

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Speaker 1: super said to to be here and work with the team,

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Speaker 1: get to work. And if I can follow quickly, you

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Speaker 1: What have you been able to learn from those guys

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Speaker 1: and the short time you've been able to be here, Um,

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Speaker 1: just the nuances of NFL play versus you know, coming

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Speaker 1: obviously football's football, but UM, there's just more advance here.

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Speaker 1: The system, the playbook, UM, how to read defenses, all

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Speaker 1: I noticed today during during the practice, when when Cam

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Speaker 1: would kind of hang over at your shoulder. What do

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Speaker 1: you glean from those meetings and what do you hope

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Speaker 1: to take out of those listening to those two those

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Speaker 1: to chat. Yeah, I mean, obviously Josh is UM run

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Speaker 1: and I'm just trying to learn from him. Whatever he

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Speaker 1: tells Cam Um during a play, UM, I'm trying to

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Speaker 1: I could follow up. I know you Coach Belichick has

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Speaker 1: a good friendship with coach Dan Tony. Do you see

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Speaker 1: any similarities from their coaching styles? Yeah, I mean they're

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Speaker 1: the media type of people. UM, but I know, I

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Speaker 1: think both coaches are great and UM, just learn from

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Speaker 1: Coach Belichick so far, UM seems like a great guy

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Speaker 1: and a great coach, and I can't wait to keep

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Speaker 1: that up. Any kind of friendly competition between your Michigan

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Speaker 1: State guys and the Aven guys. Um, not yet, UM,

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Speaker 1: but I'm sure, as you know, maybe the season goes on,

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Speaker 1: I could pick up. But for I now, no. Next question,

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Speaker 1: Eric Group found by Zach Coxy. How are you doing today?

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Speaker 1: Are you doing doing all right? I was I was

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Speaker 1: just wondering, Hey, what's your what do you view maybe

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Speaker 1: about that that education right now? For you? Is that

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Speaker 1: focusing on right now. Thank you. Yeah, thanks question jas. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: I don't think so. UM. There's there's a video that

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Speaker 1: it was there was there a message delivered like, hey,

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Speaker 1: like that. Um, yeah, I mean I it was only

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Speaker 1: I was just my agent was telling me just to

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Speaker 1: don't end up working out. Were you surprised at all

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Speaker 1: that it was the Patriots that recalled you, No, I

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Speaker 1: don't think so. Um, you know, I think they I

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Speaker 1: And we even called up our coach um like a

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Speaker 1: anything specific from Hoyer so far about NFL stuff, Yeah, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: in that question during meetings, um to make sure I'm

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