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Speaker 1: So you're feeling better this week? Ah, yeah, I feel good,

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Speaker 1: feel good. Um yeah, definitely better last week. I mean

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Speaker 1: the way you've performed, have you gotten into your head

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Speaker 1: saying maybe they should start talking to me about a contract? Yeah, no,

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Speaker 1: I don't think, Uh, certainly, not my focus. I think

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Speaker 1: we're all focused on on, you know, whatever the next

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Speaker 1: opponent is and making sure we you know, go want

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Speaker 1: to know that week. So that's been my focus and

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Speaker 1: that doesn't change. I think that's consistent across locker room. Dan,

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Speaker 1: what is some um your rookie tight End showed you

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Speaker 1: from maybe the spring to the summer to this weekend. Now, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think he's got he's got good feel, he's got

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Speaker 1: good instincts. He's got a knack for you know, making

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Speaker 1: the right play, being in the right spot, um, you know,

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Speaker 1: and he's been you know, consistent in that with us,

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Speaker 1: for us, and and yeah, I think he's in a

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Speaker 1: great job. Sometimes they say, you know what, tight end

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Speaker 1: could be a quarterback's best friend. You know, it's a

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Speaker 1: natural throat. Have you seen that with him a little bit? Uh? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean I think he does have that you know

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Speaker 1: kind of feel and the knack for finding space, the

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Speaker 1: knack for um, you know, catching the ball, getting up

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Speaker 1: field and and uh you know, making plays and then

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Speaker 1: you know, I think even the play where he scored,

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Speaker 1: I think it was just a good instincts, a good

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Speaker 1: football played by him, and and uh, yeah, he's been

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Speaker 1: big force. I think it was the right decision. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Did you have any setbacks at all from Sunday? Do

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Speaker 1: you feel it Monday or Tuesday or you're just kind

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Speaker 1: of just kept just kept getting better. Uh, yeah, I

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Speaker 1: didn't have any setbacks. I felt felt good from Darius Slayton.

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Speaker 1: I thought he had a great game on Sunday. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, I've you know, have a lot of trust

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Speaker 1: and confidence in him. I've said it. You know, we've

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Speaker 1: been here since we're both rookies. I think, you know,

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Speaker 1: I've played a lot of football with him and built

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Speaker 1: up a lot of trust, a lot of chemistry over time.

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Speaker 1: And uh, to see him go out there and have

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Speaker 1: that good, good of a game was Uh, it was

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Speaker 1: exciting and I was happy for him, and um, you know,

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Speaker 1: we'll continue to to try to get him the ball,

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Speaker 1: but he was a big time on Sunday side. From

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Speaker 1: I understand that, you know, you say, you don't think

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Speaker 1: about the contract stuff, but you knew coming into this

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Speaker 1: season a lot of people fans, media was you know,

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Speaker 1: wondering about you. Do you feel like you've you've proven

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Speaker 1: something to this point to the people who were, you know,

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Speaker 1: wondering what you could do. Um, I don't think it

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Speaker 1: was ever really my um focus of proved people one

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Speaker 1: way or the other. You know, my focus was to

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Speaker 1: play as well as I thought I could play and

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Speaker 1: and uh, you know, put the team in a position

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Speaker 1: to win. So that doesn't change for me. Um. You know,

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Speaker 1: I think each week you um, you know, try to

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Speaker 1: get better, you try to improve and um, you know,

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Speaker 1: play the best football you can. And I think if

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Speaker 1: we all do that will be in a good spot.

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Speaker 1: I think, Um that's approach we all take. Are you

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Speaker 1: playing better though? Um I think I'm improving. Um, I

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Speaker 1: think I'm improving week to week and um, yeah, so

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Speaker 1: that's been my goal. Daniels so far in this season,

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Speaker 1: he hasn't really got has receiver yet. Can fill me

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Speaker 1: look at him? With their opportunities there for you to

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Speaker 1: use him and work in the passing. Um yeah, I

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Speaker 1: mean I think we'll continue to look at it and

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Speaker 1: see ways we can get the ball to him in space,

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Speaker 1: so that's throwing in the ball or letting him run

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Speaker 1: with it. I think he's been Um, he's been extremely

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Speaker 1: you know, whenever he's sutch the ball, he's been effective.

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Speaker 1: So we'll continue to look for ways to do that.

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Speaker 1: What does he do? Um? Yeah, I mean he's got

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Speaker 1: great hands, he's a he's a good route runner, can

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Speaker 1: get open and you know, poses the matchup issue for defenses.

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Speaker 1: So um, I think those are all reasons to try

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Speaker 1: to throw on the ball. But um, you know, we'll

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Speaker 1: continue to to uh use him and get the ball

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Speaker 1: for him. Because your hands still just scratched up for Sunday, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: would be scratched up, but it'll heal up before Sunday. Well,

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Speaker 1: the way the league is going is but been a

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Speaker 1: lot made of the calls that are protecting the quarterback.

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Speaker 1: I assume it's a quarterback. You don't mind it at all,

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Speaker 1: But I mean, do you expect some changes? Um? I

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Speaker 1: I saw those couple of plays from this weekend, and

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Speaker 1: you know, I think it's a tough call for reps

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Speaker 1: split second decision. So UM, you know, I don't I

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Speaker 1: don't know how they'll look at it or if they'll

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Speaker 1: change it or not. But UM, yeah, I thought it

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Speaker 1: was interesting. Do you see any kind of like stitches

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Speaker 1: or anything for your hand right now? Just just a

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Speaker 1: turf barn. What do you see as the biggest challenges

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Speaker 1: in the Ravens defense? Um, I think they're fast, you know,

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Speaker 1: they play physical. Um, they've turned the ball over a lot,

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Speaker 1: turned another offense over a lot through these first five games.

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Speaker 1: I think they leave the league with eleven turnovers. So

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Speaker 1: we'll have to do a good job protecting the ball

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Speaker 1: and understanding how they're trying to take it away from us. UM.

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Speaker 1: I think they got some veterans, they got some good,

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Speaker 1: good players in the secondary, smart players. UM. And I

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Speaker 1: think that's you know, a large reason why they have

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Speaker 1: some many take takeaway So protecting the ball be important

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Speaker 1: this week WAKE might be able to provide your offense,

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Speaker 1: insights into their personnel, Yeah, I think so. Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: can pick up, Daniel. I know the season is still

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Speaker 1: fairly young, but why has has sort of a winning

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Speaker 1: culture already taken over this locker room and it certainly

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Speaker 1: shows up on game days with regularity. Um, I don't know,

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Speaker 1: I think that was you know, part of you know,

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Speaker 1: coach day ball is big, big emphasis you know, going

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Speaker 1: back to the spring is having competitive team that you know,

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Speaker 1: fought hard and and uh you know, competed for the

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Speaker 1: whole game regardless of the situation. Uh, just kind of

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Speaker 1: I think guys have really bought into that and and uh,

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Speaker 1: and found a way to win down the stretch. So um,

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Speaker 1: there's a lot still you know, we got to improve

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