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Speaker 1: to Lane ATM. Let's get it. How you doing automatic

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Speaker 1: touchdown Machine? Yes, sir, who calls you ATM? Back at Tulane.

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Speaker 2: You know they made the name of automaticized don I

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Speaker 2: always found myself in an enzoon, So you know, once

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Speaker 2: they got that name and it started going, I was

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Speaker 2: just excited about it and I just took it along

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Speaker 2: with it and ran with it.

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Speaker 1: Nice. That's pretty big. You know, Pinnacle Financial Partners may

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Speaker 1: be interested in working with you. They're the team bank,

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Speaker 1: so that maybe that would be nice. Maybe Jakwan Jackson

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Speaker 1: going through the ATM because he is the automatic I

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Speaker 1: like that, Yes, sir, all right, so we we love

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Speaker 1: Taj Spears. You have to know that. And so we

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Speaker 1: got to get into some TAJ Spears stuff right off

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Speaker 1: the bat here. Yeah, you were roommates at Too Lane. Yes, sir,

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Speaker 1: what's the worst thing about having Taj Spears as a roommate?

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Speaker 1: The worst thing? Yeah? What annoyed you?

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Speaker 2: Nothing? Really?

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Speaker 1: Really?

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Speaker 2: It was always exciting, you know. He always a person

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Speaker 2: If he's down, I'm down, we both pick each other up.

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Speaker 1: So nothing annoyed you.

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Speaker 2: Nothing.

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Speaker 1: He didn't like leave peanut butter on the counter, not

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Speaker 1: pick up his laundry. He was as well, he was

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Speaker 1: raised well, yes, sir, he's a lot of fun. Is

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Speaker 1: he always a lot of fun? I mean, it's always

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Speaker 1: How did you guys meet? I pass said?

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Speaker 2: We played together seven on seven verse and when it

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Speaker 2: was in high school. I last year a senior, we

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Speaker 2: played in the Southeastern Tournament seven on seven and they

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Speaker 2: we went on to college and we both saw each

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Speaker 2: you know, just helping them move in. And once we

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Speaker 2: it was just I seen Taja and from that day

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Speaker 1: So he was at your draft party. Did you think

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Speaker 1: Did he think there was a chance you were going

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Speaker 2: You know, you always got an opinion where you where

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Speaker 2: go or where what team wants.

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Speaker 1: You to go.

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Speaker 2: You know, like the whole process of me talked to

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Speaker 2: But the exciting part about it is that it would

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Speaker 2: Like he spoke it to existence, you know, he manifested

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Speaker 2: When I first I looked at Taj that my family

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Speaker 1: Okay, So tight Tober the receiver coach, kind of a

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Speaker 2: He showed us yesterday that I said, yeah, Death Valley,

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Speaker 2: So his resume is look good on paper, you know,

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Speaker 1: You have eight siblings, yes, sir, five sisters, three brothers. Right,

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Speaker 1: where do you rank in terms of age within the

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Speaker 1: Oh wow, So you like being a big brother then.

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Speaker 1: This is a guy who's who's been the kind of

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Speaker 2: For sure. You know my great grandmother, she's one hundred

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Speaker 1: Was the biggest All right, ed Reed is your uncle?

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Speaker 1: Pro Football Hall of Famer Edrid Yes, by the way,

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Speaker 1: he drove us crazy, But that's another story. What have

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Speaker 2: First of all, you know, just being a business person,

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Speaker 2: well as you said that when once I got into

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Speaker 2: he was a great player on the football field, but

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Speaker 1: So every detail it is important to Jakwan Jackson for sure. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Talk me through Darius Raynard and the relationship with him.

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Speaker 1: to him weekly. Yes, sir, how is that relationship a

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Speaker 2: I get on to the other Poe when you say

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Speaker 2: And once he found out that I got drafted to

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Speaker 2: first thing. The first thing he said, I bet you

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Speaker 1: So he ran back two in one game and that's

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Speaker 1: the last time. Yeah. I mean, he had some great

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Speaker 1: special teams moments for this team. Speaking of big moments,

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Speaker 2: I wouldn't say that, really, nah, I wouldn't say that.

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Speaker 2: You know, it's it was exciting to to help the team.

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Speaker 1: That's good stuff. Thank you so much for the time

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Speaker 1: What's it like working with Chris Harris and Dinard Wilson. Awesome? Awesome?

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Speaker 3: You know, we all speak the same language, we have

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Speaker 3: I mean, with all of these guys, it's all upside.

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Speaker 1: The ball was something that you always played very well

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Speaker 3: Fundamentals You look right, you do right, you know, just

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Speaker 1: Talk to me about Elijah Molden for a second. When

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Speaker 3: Beginning to master all the fundamentals.

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Speaker 1: For you, what's the biggest difference in a safety's job

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Speaker 3: It's really not much difference. You're you're still the angels

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Speaker 1: Are there small fundamental things that we're gonna notice in

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Speaker 1: How do you improve this group as blitzers?

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Speaker 1: What are these young players coming in have to do?

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Speaker 1: Steve Jackson, let's wrap up with this. You've been going

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna tell you what the whole city most importantly

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Speaker 3: And the intention now is to re energize the city

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Speaker 1: Steve Jackson with me there. This is a former safety.

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Speaker 1: This is James Williams draft picked from the U from Miami,

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Speaker 1: I'm glad you're here. Your big deal coming out of

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Speaker 4: I mean, it's a great experience. It's very competitive, a

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Speaker 4: I mean it felt very naturally. It can't like like

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I say, I say my knowledge from safety moving

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Speaker 4: that the Titans that drafted me to help us be

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Speaker 4: a better team overall. So I feel like it helped

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Speaker 4: me a long run.

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Speaker 1: How was the linebacker experience for you at the senior boat.

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Speaker 4: I mean, it was great to get around like top

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Speaker 4: guys as trying to be in a position where I

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Speaker 4: want to go. So it was a great experience to

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Speaker 4: get my feet wet a little bit. You know, I

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Speaker 4: ain't never that was my first time actually getting coach

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Speaker 4: at linebacker. So until some aviance and some clues with me, Yeah,

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Speaker 4: I learned a lot there.

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Speaker 1: What's been as you've as you've made the move, or

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Speaker 1: at least started to make the move from safety to linebacker,

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Speaker 1: what's been the main thing that you've learned about how

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Speaker 1: the game changes between those two positions.

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Speaker 4: Everything is faster, like literally everything like feet work, hands placement,

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Speaker 4: the plays you went every player, whether it's running pass,

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Speaker 4: you in the middle of the field, so you got

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Speaker 4: to get to the ball everywhere you got to go.

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Speaker 4: So I mean it's a big difference, but it's kind

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Speaker 4: of like natural to me because I'm a ball player.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, I'm not a scout, but I know what

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Speaker 1: I read and what they said is that James Williams

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Speaker 1: is better the closer he is to the line of scrimmage,

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Speaker 1: which is why people have thought the transition from safety

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Speaker 1: to linebacker would be so good for you. Do you

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Speaker 1: agree with that assessment? And the second part of the

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Speaker 1: question is if you if you don't agree with that assessment, why.

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Speaker 4: I mean, I agree to it because you can you

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Speaker 4: can an me anywhere. I can play anywhere, well if

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Speaker 4: you want me to play. But I say, yeah, okay,

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Speaker 4: it's great.

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Speaker 1: Okay, now here's the one I like the best, though,

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Speaker 1: And I know this is true even though I'm not

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Speaker 1: a scout. James Williams hits like Mike Tyson. You know

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Speaker 1: who Mike Tyson is, right, you're aware of him. It's

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Speaker 1: kind of my era. But I think a lot of

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Speaker 1: sort of a lot of people know him. Well. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you put it on some dudes. I mean you get there,

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Speaker 1: you go through people at contact. It's not It's not

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Speaker 1: just they're going backwards, they're going sideways and backwards. That

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Speaker 1: for all the things, for the one, five, nine, ten,

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Speaker 1: the four, six, five forty, the vertical, the broad jump

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Speaker 1: and all that seems to me your biggest skill is

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Speaker 1: you knock the crap out of people. Have you? Have

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Speaker 1: you always been that aggressive? And where do you think

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Speaker 1: that ability to hit like that comes from?

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Speaker 4: I mean, I feel like it comes from the heart.

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Speaker 4: It's gotta be a want to you got one to hit,

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Speaker 4: you gotta want to love contact. A lot of people

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Speaker 4: don't like contact, So I'm a person that embraced contact.

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Speaker 4: I love it, and I like to deliver the hit

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Speaker 4: instead of getting hit.

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Speaker 1: James, make me understand that because the sayings made a

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Speaker 1: lot of people don't like contact. I get that. But

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Speaker 1: people who really really like contact, like you obviously, Why

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Speaker 1: why do you? Why do you like it so much?

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Speaker 4: I mean it's kind of a reliever for me. Bring

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Speaker 4: something to the table that you can't coach. You can't

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Speaker 4: coach contact. You can't coach one to go hit somebody.

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Speaker 4: So it's like it's already engraved in me. It's like

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Speaker 4: a tattoo on me. So I'm coming to tattoo people.

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Speaker 1: Well, it's fun to watch. I mean, you're the best

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Speaker 1: highlight tape of any defensive player I saw this year

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Speaker 1: for just sheer fun special teams. You're made for that

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Speaker 1: and you have a lot of experience doing that. That's

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Speaker 1: obviously where you get to hit some people too. So

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Speaker 1: your whole thing is just put me out there. I'll

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Speaker 1: go wherever.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I want to do whatever it takes to make

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Speaker 4: the teams the Tennessee Titans great. Whatever they want me

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Speaker 4: to do, I'm willing to do it. I go play

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Speaker 4: hoole snapper. You want me to.

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Speaker 1: Whatever you want me to do it, I'll do it.

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Speaker 4: I just want to make sure that the team is

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Speaker 4: great and always pushing in the right direction.

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Speaker 1: You're twenty one years old and you've had a really

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Speaker 1: an eventful twenty one years, no doubt about it, and

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Speaker 1: as that five star, five star, five star prospect, and

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Speaker 1: then now you're coming out and you're a seventh round

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Speaker 1: pick and you're fighting to change positions and make the club.

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Speaker 1: What in your heart prepares you for this moment to

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Speaker 1: take on this next challenge playing in the National Football League.

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Speaker 4: I mean, just willing to come to work every day.

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Speaker 4: Put my head down and get bather. He's a go

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Speaker 4: get better one day of two days. It takes time.

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Speaker 4: Got a brick, Liz, and just want to put my

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Speaker 4: head down, keep grinding and stay focused.

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Speaker 1: Does everybody call you Dub? Yes, yes, yes, that's beautiful.

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Speaker 1: It's gotta be weird not wearing twenty though you've worn

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Speaker 1: twenty your whole life, right, facts.

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Speaker 4: I mean I just got to adjust to it. I

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Speaker 4: mean the number don't make you. You made the number.

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Speaker 1: So here's the goal. Put up so many numbers, go

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Speaker 1: to so many pro bowls, make all pro and then

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Speaker 1: you can buy it off Tony Pollard. That's the fact. Hey,

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Speaker 1: love meeting you. It's so thrilled you're here. Thank you

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Speaker 1: for taking time.

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Speaker 4: Thank you.

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Speaker 1: That's James Williams, James Dub Williams. Everybody calls him Dub.

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Speaker 1: You call him seat geek, yes, whatever he's in. Tighten

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Speaker 1: up indeed for James Williams, I bit Keith. Thanks for

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Speaker 1: joining us, oh T, Welcome to the Big Show.