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Speaker 1: this off season and you said, Okay, I need to

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Speaker 1: go work on that this this offseason and get better

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Speaker 1: do you know, I think it's always just we're finding

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Speaker 1: your game, um, trying to become a more powerful player.

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Speaker 1: For me, UM, just making sure I do everything and

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Speaker 1: put myself into position to be successful with or whatever

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Speaker 1: the coaches asked me to do. So it was really

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Speaker 1: just refining my game. Um, like I said, working hands,

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Speaker 1: working power, and working at angles really because a lot

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Speaker 1: of times it comes down to what attack angles you have.

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Speaker 1: And that's one thing I saw a lot last year

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Speaker 1: and that coaches pointed out to me when we got

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Speaker 1: into Laught this year. So how much was that rep

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Speaker 1: against Andrew time is short of validation. I mean, that's

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Speaker 1: exactly what you're talking about, the angles and the power,

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Speaker 1: I assume. Yeah, that was one thing that we said

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Speaker 1: actually get to play football now. It's no more running

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Speaker 1: around and helmets around in shorts and T shirts. So

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Speaker 1: it's just big on a certain what we've been working.

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Speaker 1: Like I said, those power angles, con learn them. So

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Speaker 1: how's it going? Man? Good? Good? Hey? Um? That pass

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Speaker 1: rush room got a lot more crowded this year. Right,

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Speaker 1: They bring in Fact Roll, They brought back Marcus Golden,

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Speaker 1: drafted of Shane last year. Entering the third year for you,

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Speaker 1: I think it's great that we have a lot of

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Speaker 1: Like you said, we got MG, we got x Man,

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Speaker 1: we got Fact and even with Cam Brown just we

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Speaker 1: to us making sure that we maximize our abilities and

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Speaker 1: trusting the coaches making sure that they put us in

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Speaker 1: the right positions. And one more thing, you went up

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Speaker 1: tackle so far. I knew from uh day when he

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Speaker 1: stepped on Kapas Athens that he was gonna be a

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Speaker 1: top first round pick. So it's nothing new, the same

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Speaker 1: thing he did as a freshman in college. He's learned growth, mature,

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Speaker 1: So I know I gotta bring it to Andrew because,

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Speaker 1: like I said, he's ready and I gotta make sure

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Speaker 1: he's ready for Game one. Thanks all right? Following up

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Speaker 1: on that, Zoe, so there was no uh, no bulldog

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Speaker 1: on bulldog taking a little easy on the rookie up

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Speaker 1: first time out last night? Oh no, of course not. Uh.

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Speaker 1: I think it's been a big emphasis that the way

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Speaker 1: we practice and the comody we play with and practice

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Speaker 1: Whatever we do now and whatever foundations we said is

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Speaker 1: what's gonna show up on game day? What with your

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Speaker 1: in the in the new defense that Patrick Graham's trying

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Speaker 1: to install here, where do you where do you see

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Speaker 1: your game? Uh? Complimenting the other guys that are out

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Speaker 1: gonna be out there with you, it's just um. During

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Speaker 1: our job, this is a lot of do your job

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Speaker 1: right now. If focus it's fundamental and making sure you

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Speaker 1: do your job to the best of your ability. So

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Speaker 1: I think if we do that and I do my job,

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Speaker 1: a great chance to be successful. Do you think last

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Speaker 1: times because maybe things weren't coming production wise, that maybe

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Speaker 1: the question do you think that you said do your job?

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Speaker 1: just the big thing, staying patient, being a lot more

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Speaker 1: Is that something that you guys are very conscious of.

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Speaker 1: Obviously you're working on your own skills and your own

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Speaker 1: it also just kind of show him such a wide

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Speaker 1: that that he's you for everything. Yeah, I think we're

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Speaker 1: But it's just focusing on yourself. And like I said,

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Speaker 1: So it's not my job to make sure I give

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Speaker 1: I'm working on myself, but I know he's gonna get

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Speaker 1: a change of from me to X from MT He's

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Speaker 1: gonna get different looks from different pass rushers. Did you

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Speaker 1: or or refined anything this season? Yeah, Like I said,

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Speaker 1: the right angles, making sure I just do different things. Uh,

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Speaker 1: taking things from different players, watching film. But I wouldn't

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Speaker 1: say it's been a complete overhaul. We're gonna take two

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Speaker 1: more Patty and Doug and Patty Hey, so how are

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Speaker 1: of what we've been working, not even specifically just pass

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Speaker 1: the restaurant, specifically run. It's more the coaches are looking

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Speaker 1: for everything else the follow Duggan, Hey, so um that

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Speaker 1: drew You guys did the one on one drill the

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Speaker 1: I think you had to wrap in that. What did

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Speaker 1: little assy. But now we're out there with the pads on.

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Speaker 1: It's time for real football. We get to see what

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Speaker 1: each other asks. And being at your first two camps,

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Speaker 1: I remember seeing a drill like that once. Last time

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Speaker 1: you've had a drill like that, we're kind of line up,

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Speaker 1: you know, kind of smashing new guy from short distance. Uh.

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Speaker 1: It's been a minute, but I mean that's the physicality.

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Speaker 1: That's the difference that we're having to bring this year

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Speaker 1: and the difference that we're trying to bring. We're trying

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Speaker 1: to be physical, trying to emburse the culture and to

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