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Speaker 1: Welcome into the Lounge presented by DraftKings. We are thrilled

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Speaker 1: to sit down with tackle Roger Rosengarten. And Roger, this

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Speaker 1: is your second time on already as a rookie. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I don't know if anybody's ever top this.

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Speaker 2: That's how you're going, well exactly, I have a friend

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Speaker 2: of the lounge multi time, So we'll start here.

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Speaker 1: Last time we talked to you is before training camp

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Speaker 1: and started and all that, and you've established yourself as

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Speaker 1: a starter on this offensive line, and with that, I

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Speaker 1: feel like maybe a nickname is born?

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Speaker 3: Right?

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Speaker 1: Has have your teammates given you anything yet? Have you

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Speaker 1: earned a nickname yet on this team?

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Speaker 3: Uh? Nothing, nothing more than just rook or rookie.

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Speaker 1: Rookie, I'm big Raj, nothing like that.

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Speaker 4: Well, everyone usually just calls me Roj. So that's why

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Speaker 4: I honestly prefer but when I mess up, it's usually

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Speaker 4: rook or rookie.

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Speaker 3: Okay, keep you humble, yeah, no doubt.

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Speaker 1: How are the how are the rookie like tasks? Are

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Speaker 1: you still kind of very responsible for a lot of

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Speaker 1: things like that?

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Speaker 4: Oh yeah, oh yeah, still got the playing food for

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Speaker 4: away games and then the gotta gotta keep the old

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Speaker 4: line room stacked with the snacks and drinks.

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Speaker 1: What is it like, Kenny? What's the go to? What

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Speaker 1: are they what are they like in that?

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Speaker 3: It's usually like.

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Speaker 4: Corn nuts, chips, oreos, actual Cheddar goldfish.

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Speaker 5: If you got to regular Cheddar goldfish, they're like.

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Speaker 3: Nah, back to the store. Ronnie gets pretty specific for

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Speaker 3: what what he wants.

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Speaker 5: So that's great.

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Speaker 2: Well, one of the reasons we want to have you

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Speaker 2: have you on this week. You're playing the Broncos, uh

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Speaker 2: this week? And you are from Colorado?

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Speaker 3: Correct?

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Speaker 5: So the Broncos that was the team you grew up

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Speaker 5: root for, right, Yeah?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure.

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Speaker 4: I was me, Me and my family all grew up

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Speaker 4: kind of Broncos fans for sure.

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Speaker 2: So what's it like going into this game? I know

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Speaker 2: we were chatting on the way down here. I think

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Speaker 2: you've probably been able to convert most of your friends

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Speaker 2: But what are the thoughts and emotions going into this

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Speaker 2: game against your the team you grew up rooting for.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's really cool for sure, you know, just getting

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Speaker 4: drafted to the Ravens and now you know, you go

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Speaker 4: through each week and then you get to play against

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Speaker 4: the team you know he kind of grew up with,

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Speaker 4: and it's just it's a pretty cool, uh, pretty cool experience.

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Speaker 4: I remember last week talking to Shelby Harris. I was like, dude,

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Speaker 4: I remember watching he was a little kid when you

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Speaker 4: were on the Broncos and to go go against him,

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Speaker 4: and we played Cleveland last week, so that was pretty cool.

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Speaker 3: Just cool moments like that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, did you have a Bronco's jersey growing up?

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Speaker 3: I did. I actually had a Von Miller jersey growing up.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, all right, so at least he's not a

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Speaker 5: You don't have to go again against when he was

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Speaker 5: on the Bills.

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Speaker 1: That's true.

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Speaker 3: That's true.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, what was that?

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Speaker 3: Like? That was super cool?

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Speaker 4: Is I remember I saw I got a picture sent

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Speaker 4: to me of me going against someonehen he was rushing,

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Speaker 4: and I was like, this is insane. Like I literally

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Speaker 4: had like a fat head of this guy in my

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Speaker 1: So I feel like you you won the reps against

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Speaker 1: him too. I remember watching the film and I was like,

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Speaker 1: look at Roger going against Von Miller.

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Speaker 3: Ye always can be better, but in my books, I'll

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Speaker 3: it was a wash.

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Speaker 1: So so just you know, how do you feel like

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Speaker 1: things are going obviously obviously well considering you've won a

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Speaker 1: in your view, how's the rookie season going good?

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Speaker 3: Very, very smooth. I haven't had too many hiccups.

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Speaker 4: But when you know, when you just go through each week,

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Speaker 4: weekend week out, preparing for UH teams and scouting, you know,

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Speaker 4: I go through my regimen and my my.

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Speaker 3: Routine with it all.

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Speaker 4: So I's been going super smooth, you know, weekend week out,

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Speaker 4: I'm doing my best, whether that's recovery in the treatment room,

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Speaker 4: where in the in the lining room, doing board work,

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Speaker 4: you know, just making sure my whole regiment is just

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Speaker 4: super super professional.

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Speaker 2: You mentioned the Bills game is your first start. Take

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Speaker 2: me into the conversation, whether that's in the offensive line room,

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Speaker 2: whether that's walking out of a walkthrough when coach Harbaugh,

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Speaker 2: coach Munkin, whoever it was, says to you, hey, Roger'

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Speaker 2: going to get the start this week.

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Speaker 5: And what that moment meant to you?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I remember coach coach Warhap came up to me,

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Speaker 4: is that I think you're going to go this week?

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Speaker 3: Big fellow.

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Speaker 4: This is before we started practice for prep that week,

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Speaker 4: So I think you're going to be up this week,

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Speaker 4: so make sure you're ready. So, I mean, once I

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Speaker 4: knew that, I always prepare like I'm not going to start.

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Speaker 4: Even if I am starting or not starting, I always

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Speaker 4: prepare it the same way, you know. And I had

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Speaker 4: a good week of prep that week, good week of practice,

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Speaker 4: had a good game plan coming in, and then I

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Speaker 4: don't think I could say any rookies first play could

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Speaker 4: go better than mine did. So we had the whatever

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Speaker 4: eighty nine yard touchdown to Derick Henry.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's pretty Yeah, so just do that. I like

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Speaker 2: how starting games that way.

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Speaker 1: I'm with you, with you when you had the key

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Speaker 1: as you're seeing Derrick Henry go down the field untouched,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I remember, it fit my block.

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Speaker 4: And then I saw Derek hit the hole and then

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Speaker 4: he kind to bounce it sort outside to their sideline

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Speaker 4: two guys to outrun, and uh, I remember just running

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Speaker 4: was like, let's go, just screaming.

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Speaker 3: So that was awesome.

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Speaker 1: Is that the best feeling that offensive lineman can have

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Speaker 1: when you're just just chasing a guy down the field, Like.

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Speaker 4: No doubt, no doubt, when you see when you see

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Speaker 4: I think that's a pretty good sign.

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Speaker 2: So do you feel a lot of times if you

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Speaker 2: they're gonna see what I got basically, So for you

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Speaker 2: as an offensive lineman, do you feel like these teams,

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Speaker 2: these pass rushers are testing you because you're the rookie year,

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Speaker 2: the unproven guy.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I think there's a lot of that

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Speaker 4: doesn't matter which team you play. There's they got good

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Speaker 4: rushers on each team. So if that's putting their star

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Speaker 4: to me, I treat it the same way. But yeah,

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Speaker 4: for sure, I would say some teams would kind of

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Speaker 2: I'll give you something that stands out to me about

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Speaker 2: your rookie season. I think you deserve a lot of

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Speaker 2: credit for is you know, the first play in Kansas

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Speaker 2: City didn't go the way that you wanted, of course

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Speaker 2: being a mentally strong guy and a really good player.

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Speaker 2: How did you handle like that that tough start, overcoming

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Speaker 4: Yeah, obviously not the way any rookie wants to start there.

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Speaker 4: NFL season off like that, But you know my main

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Speaker 4: You know, you start so low and it only can

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Speaker 4: You know, I took the negative and turn it into

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Speaker 4: a positive. And outside I view my life like that too.

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Speaker 4: Whenever negatives happen, I try to turn it into a

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Speaker 1: And so after that game, did you go back to

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Speaker 1: your phone and are you like, oh no, what's this

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Speaker 1: going to say right now? What kind of text mess

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Speaker 3: Like?

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Speaker 1: What's family really kind of texting you to support you?

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Speaker 1: Can you take us into you know how they helped

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Speaker 4: It's especially because we didn't get the win that week

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Speaker 4: opening week, so that was already tough. But you know,

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Speaker 4: I have a lot of sport with my tight circle

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Speaker 3: So and they all they all believe me, know my ability.

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Speaker 4: So you definitely it's not how you want to start

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Speaker 1: How do you stay mentally sharp yourself, especially when you

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Speaker 1: do face adversity.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's a long NFL season, you know. I think

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Speaker 4: stayingmenttally strong and sharp is a big part of being

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Speaker 4: a professional football player. And my big thing is you

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Speaker 4: always got to unwind. So if that's me watching TV

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Speaker 4: on my off day or playing video games and recovering

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Speaker 4: at the same time, I'm just kind of getting away

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Speaker 4: for my off day while still locking in when I

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Speaker 4: need to. That's kind of mine refresher on just everything.

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Speaker 1: So what TV show do you go for?

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Speaker 3: Oh Man?

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Speaker 4: Right now, it's been The Penguin, the spinoff series from

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Speaker 4: the New Batman that just got released. So me and

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Speaker 4: a bunch of other guys are just talking about it

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Speaker 3: It right now.

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Speaker 5: So I haven't watched that. I don't want to watch that.

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Speaker 5: That's good, all right, good's it.

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Speaker 2: I'm curious for you in that offensive line room with

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Speaker 2: that group. Someone who we've talked a good amount about

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Speaker 2: is Ronnie Stanley and he's having a great season. This

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Speaker 2: is a veteran player and he's playing his best football

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Speaker 2: that he has in years.

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Speaker 5: But he also has become it seems like more of

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Speaker 2: And obviously you haven't been here before the season to

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Speaker 2: see any difference, but like for you as a young

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, Ronnie's been here the longest side of

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Speaker 4: all of us in the old line room, and I

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Speaker 4: think after like guys like Morgan Levin from last year,

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Speaker 4: and Pat or our too oldest guys, and you know,

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Speaker 4: Ronnie's came in at sixteen or twenty sixteen. So he's

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Speaker 5: You want to relive that game.

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Speaker 5: So that's awesome.

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Speaker 3: I'm all for the miracle.

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Speaker 1: It's so funny cool. Well, thank you, Roger, really appreciate it,

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Speaker 2: Ye, welcome back to the Lounge podcast. We are coming

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Speaker 2: to you from the Sea Geek Studio. We also want

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Speaker 2: Thanks to Roger for joining us. Uh, it'll be a

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Speaker 1: Yeah, very cool. I mean he's he's having a great season,

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Speaker 2: What I really like about him, I love his mindset,

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Speaker 5: Just you know, you're going up against your old tim.

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