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Speaker 1: It was a pretty exciting finally putting on the colors

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Speaker 1: representing the team. I think we did a good job.

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Speaker 1: Obviously we're making mistakes, but we're going fast and that's

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Speaker 1: all that matters. They gets you're moving around a little bit,

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Speaker 1: or you any idea where they're gonna put you. Uh, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I've moved around quite a bay yesterday. Um, I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I think wherever they need me, I'll probably play. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, working at nickel, working in a a little safety,

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Speaker 1: little corner, just trying to be able to do it all.

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Speaker 1: You know that helps at this point. How much Nico

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Speaker 1: do you play a notre dame? Uh? It was a

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Speaker 1: situation in college where if the better receiver was inside,

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Speaker 1: I'd play inside. It was kind of like a game

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Speaker 1: day sometimes ordeal. Um, but I'm ready, I mean, and

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Speaker 1: so just repping it helps and you're rerapping more times

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Speaker 1: that you do well. In college, did you travel a

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Speaker 1: lot with a specific receiver times if teams had, you know,

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Speaker 1: a pretty good receiver going, Um, if not, I stayed

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Speaker 1: in the boundary at boundary corner. It was more into

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Speaker 1: the run action. Uh, because obviously the hashes are wider

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Speaker 1: in college. What's your what's your relationship like with there?

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Speaker 1: It's obviously going to be working together and you guys,

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Speaker 1: did you know each other before you got here or anything.

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Speaker 1: So a few times I met Dre before coming in

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Speaker 1: was UM at the Walter Camp All American Award banquet,

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Speaker 1: was talking to him UM. And then also the College

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Speaker 1: Football Awards when we're both Thorpe finalists that he won.

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Speaker 1: Uh so he has that over me, of course. But

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Speaker 1: we roommates right now at the hotel UM, and he's

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Speaker 1: a good dude. We've been buying more and more UM

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Speaker 1: as days go on. UM, And yeah, he's a He's

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Speaker 1: a great guy in a relationship when we're you know,

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Speaker 1: we're building. How do you think you'll compliment each other

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Speaker 1: on the field. I think he kind of has that

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Speaker 1: dog mindset and he's he'll tell you that he's very confident,

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Speaker 1: very physical. Um. He you know, likes an attack, not

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Speaker 1: like that in players like I need that next to

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Speaker 1: me because that inspires people, That helps people grow, helps

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Speaker 1: people go fast as well. And one of the first

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Speaker 1: things gentleman said is that you could play some safety.

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Speaker 1: Is that surprised? Did you think that was a possibility

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Speaker 1: of coming in here? Uh no, I when I got

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Speaker 1: the call. No, but it doesn't surprise me. I think

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Speaker 1: my skill set kind of fits that of a free

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Speaker 1: uh safety, you know, smart, physical, can range of the field.

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Speaker 1: So I mean I was surprised, but I was ready

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Speaker 1: for it, of course resolutely. But I don't want to

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Speaker 1: safety because you get the right of my time stifled.

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Speaker 1: And what if I say, uh, it was good? Um.

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Speaker 1: I thought I did a solid job, always learning, obviously

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Speaker 1: trying to improve. Um. But I think I'm smart. I

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Speaker 1: think I direct defense. I'm learning to be more vocal

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Speaker 1: on the field, um, and just playing fast, just playing free.

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Speaker 1: I think what benefits me at safety? Didn't you tell

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Speaker 1: he looks more like a safety than you, so he

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Speaker 1: should go back there. I think he's pretty comfortable at

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Speaker 1: that that corner spot. Um. But you know, having you

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Speaker 1: know a guy like that next to you, I mean

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Speaker 1: you feel good going into games and into battle. Uh.

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Speaker 1: In a game, UM, let's see, I range at safety.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes I turned teams. I was back deep and safety

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Speaker 1: even Notre Dame ys Navy and Army when we played

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Speaker 1: him every year, I'll save because they were in the

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Speaker 1: triple option. Um, so I was filling the lane a lot. Um. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's about it. I know everyone kind of projected you

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Speaker 1: as a day to pick. H did you ever? Do

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Speaker 1: you get any feedback or do you move on like

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Speaker 1: whin and your wine? Maybe you slept a little bit. No.

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Speaker 1: I think it was just a strange draft. Obviously, the

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Speaker 1: first corner taking was DeAndre Um and I was that

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Speaker 1: pick thirty, So there's one in the first round. And

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Speaker 1: after that I was like, oh no, like that's not

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Speaker 1: a good sign. Um. But I was ready to play

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Speaker 1: wherever I was gonna be picked. I was more so

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Speaker 1: anxious and excited to finally see where that was gonna be.

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Speaker 1: I don't really care when, because I mean, I'm playing football,

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Speaker 1: and I felt it's pretty it's pretty nice. It's tough

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Speaker 1: to where the draft in structure that you don't get

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Speaker 1: picked on the day two. You gotta wait a whole

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Speaker 1: another Oh, it was horrible. I didn't want I went

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Speaker 1: wake up right before the draft because I don't want

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Speaker 1: any time the thing. I just want to be asleep. Um.

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Speaker 1: But of course my family woke me up way earlier,

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Speaker 1: and so you just had to sit there and this way, Um,

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Speaker 1: but I would take of the call not too far

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Speaker 1: into the day, um, which is good. We're always thinking

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Speaker 1: got pencil facts being on islands and sort of big

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Speaker 1: being on on their own. Um. But how much how

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Speaker 1: much work goes into a relationship with with another quarterback,

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Speaker 1: especially if you're in the slattery, like you can wind

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Speaker 1: up with safety with with with you, with you, and

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Speaker 1: how much how much of that relationship can can help

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Speaker 1: you guys on the field. Yeah, I think, I don't know.

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Speaker 1: In football, it's a it's a special sport because you

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Speaker 1: have that chemistry and that feeling between each other. Um.

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Speaker 1: So even though he's in the opposite side, just the

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Speaker 1: attitude about how you're gonna attack the play really resonates

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Speaker 1: with the opposite corner obviously working more with the safeties

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Speaker 1: and so that communication needs to be much higher than

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Speaker 1: the opposite corner. But it all works into each other,

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Speaker 1: and so you need to have a colleesi uh secondary

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Speaker 1: to be successful. He's very nice. Yeah, he's a great coach,

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Speaker 1: very intelligent, um. And he wants to get after, he

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Speaker 1: wants to build, and that's what the plan is for

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Speaker 1: the next couple of years. Um. And he and he

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Speaker 1: said the tradition of the giants, and I mean he's

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Speaker 1: helping us all learned and I'm excited to can think

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Speaker 1: that relationship with him