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Speaker 1: so far. Yes, it's been a little different past two years.

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Speaker 1: Usually get some time, um, but you know, just uh,

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Speaker 1: just kind of trying to do my part preparing mentally,

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Speaker 1: preparing physically. Each and every week, I'm like I am playing,

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Speaker 1: uh and and going through all emotions and I'm treating

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Speaker 1: like I am playing. But that's that's probably the most

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Speaker 1: important things. And being mentally prepared, and I'm getting getting

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Speaker 1: kind of put myself in that in those situations. It

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Speaker 1: seems like you'ven going back to Spring have been pretty

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Speaker 1: cautious with you. That's something that they spoke to you about,

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Speaker 1: like you know, to your important piece of the team.

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Speaker 1: They don't want you. Yeah, I mean it's just this

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Speaker 1: is being smart. Um, obviously I gotta do my part

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Speaker 1: as well, um and taking care of my body and

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Speaker 1: making sure that I'm healthy and doing everything on my part.

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Speaker 1: So um, definitely kind of just easing me into things

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Speaker 1: and allowing me to work up to the to the

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Speaker 1: heavy workloads. Do you see that? Do you you? You?

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Speaker 1: I guess are you're frustrated by that? Or would you

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Speaker 1: see this kind of a badge and bond or like

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Speaker 1: we know what you got and you don't have to

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Speaker 1: play in the preseason. No. I come into work each

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Speaker 1: and every day ready to prove myself. Um, like I'm

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Speaker 1: trying to make this team like everybody else. Uh and

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Speaker 1: so um, I like, like I said, it's kind of

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Speaker 1: just being smart and being being cautious with things, but also, um,

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Speaker 1: it's more on my part to prepare mentally, prepare physically. Uh,

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Speaker 1: come out here and compete with the rest of us.

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Speaker 1: You've been in the league a few years, can you

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Speaker 1: want to find what polic season snaps are in terms

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Speaker 1: of down beatings at all? I mean, it's it's football,

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Speaker 1: you know, Like I said, you got guys out here

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Speaker 1: guys out there fighting just as just as much as

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Speaker 1: they're be fighting. And a week one, week two regular season,

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Speaker 1: so um, you know it's a lot more guys, a

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Speaker 1: lot more guys getting more opportunities. But it's it's definitely

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Speaker 1: a really really important part of getting mentally prepared special

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Speaker 1: week one, Um, getting closer each day. So um, it's

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Speaker 1: it's important. Preseason is important. People think it's just kind

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Speaker 1: put in positions and make plays and and do well

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Speaker 1: and given the best shot. Just talking about your block,

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Speaker 1: working on your blocking, how how much do you feel

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Speaker 1: you've developed something you will at you to know. It's crazy,

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Speaker 1: It's crazy how much better I've got in the blocking game.

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Speaker 1: You know, credit to to coach Wells and my teammates.

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Speaker 1: And I think I was talking with one of my

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Speaker 1: family members about how my blocking game is as evolved

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Speaker 1: playing with Raett. I mean just watching him eating every

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Speaker 1: day I'm working alongside him. Uh, it's it's it's added

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Speaker 1: blocking game. So you know, with the steps and this

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Speaker 1: is small details. I've always kind of had the punch,

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Speaker 1: I've always had the heart to get in their fight.

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Speaker 1: But it's been a lot of details, and I really

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Speaker 1: feel like I've taken my game to another level in

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Speaker 1: the aspect, just just with just for coaching and playing

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Speaker 1: more defined role this season than than last year in

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Speaker 1: the offense. Do you do you feel that I mean,

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Speaker 1: you got asked that question a lot. I mean, everybody

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Speaker 1: has a lot on their plate. Everybody is going to

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Speaker 1: get a bigger opportunity this year within the offense. And

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Speaker 1: so it's just like I said, it's been. It's my part.

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Speaker 1: It's my job to come here and prepare each and

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Speaker 1: every day, um, and get ready for when those when

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Speaker 1: those times come, when my numbers called. So um. Definitely,

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Speaker 1: I think the tight ends alone have a lot of

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Speaker 1: have a lot to learn, we have a lot to know. Um,

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Speaker 1: We're gonna have a lot of opportunities to make plays

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Speaker 1: and make this offense a lot better. When you drafted,

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Speaker 1: there are a lot of people who said this guy's

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Speaker 1: the next Bivaro, the next Shocky, the next whatever. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I mean the guy who could hit the scene and

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Speaker 1: those guys. And I've seen film and I watched all

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Speaker 1: the greats, and I definitely learned a lot um, but

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Speaker 1: long as I take care of my body, as long

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Speaker 1: as I getting the playbook, as long as I watched

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Speaker 1: the film and I put the working on the field,

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Speaker 1: and when my opportunities come and make those plays, um,

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Speaker 1: they I'll be. I'll begin comparisons and people will be

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Speaker 1: compared to people to me. So you know, it's just

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Speaker 1: it's just a mindset to come here and be the

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Speaker 1: best I can be, and that's gonna help my team

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Speaker 1: be the best team that could be. So at the

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Speaker 1: end of the day, it's just just just football and me.

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Speaker 1: We're putting the work in and making plays. When they

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Speaker 1: come so far we can go to belive so far

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Speaker 1: and can't you look pretty? Yeah, elves Eli has been

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Speaker 1: picking up bliss. I mean, it's what Eli does. So

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Speaker 1: I think he's had a great offseason and great camp

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Speaker 1: and it's gonna go go into the season a lot

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Speaker 1: of momentum, just working anything, getting ready for to be

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Speaker 1: early in the season with the games and going to yesh.

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Speaker 1: It's a mindset. It's a tough mindset. Uh you kind

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Speaker 1: We're getting outside. I think it's good. It's hot human,

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Speaker 1: we're getting out there early, putting the work in under

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Speaker 1: the sun, and uh it's gonna it's gonna build us

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