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Speaker 1: Hello, Hello, Welcome to the latest edition of Falcons in Focus.

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Speaker 1: Today we are joined by the Falcons first round draft

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Speaker 1: pick Michael Pennock Junior and as always for McIlhaney, Karon

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Speaker 1: dot com slash Falcons. Let's get to it. Who, well, welcome,

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Speaker 1: first of all to Atlanta. This is your first full

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Speaker 1: day here, I know it. Who knows when this is

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Speaker 1: going to drop?

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Speaker 2: But yeah, we're recording this right before Rookie Mini Camp starts.

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Speaker 2: So technically you were in Atlanta, but not necessarily for

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Speaker 2: a full day.

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Speaker 3: You're in and out really.

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Speaker 4: Quickly, in and out.

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Speaker 3: Pretty crazy day. Talk to a lot of people.

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Speaker 4: It was busy.

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Speaker 1: Were even here for twenty four hours when you came.

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Speaker 4: After just about barely barely yeah, barely maybe three day?

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Speaker 1: Right. We are going to start by going back to

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Speaker 1: your childhood though, Becaseys, we warned you, this is about

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Speaker 1: getting to know you and not the present day. You

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Speaker 1: are a coach's son, and your first steps were on

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Speaker 1: a football field, not just a football field, into the

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Speaker 1: into the zone.

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Speaker 2: I talked to your dad about that when when y'all

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Speaker 2: were here, and I was like, is this I read?

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Speaker 2: I read it somewhere and I was like, is it

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Speaker 2: true that his first steps were into an end zone?

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Speaker 2: And he was like, oh, yeah, that's true. He was like,

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Speaker 2: I needed him to walk that day. So we walked

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Speaker 2: into the end zone.

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Speaker 3: It was great.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, But for what Terren's alluding to, Your dad coach football,

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Speaker 2: played football. Football always been a part of your life.

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Speaker 2: What was it like kind of growing up as a

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Speaker 2: coach's kid, as a coach's kid myself. I know, we're

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Speaker 2: a very intriguing group, an intriguing bunch for you being

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Speaker 2: a part of football every day of your life.

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Speaker 3: Like, what memories do you have of that time period?

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Speaker 4: I mean, it was it was good for me. You

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Speaker 4: know at a young age. You know some things that

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Speaker 4: my dad he was teaching me that I probably didn't

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Speaker 4: understand that at the time. You know, how tough he

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Speaker 4: wasn't like I was just on the field because I was.

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Speaker 4: I was his son. You know, I had to earn it.

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Speaker 4: I had to work hard, you know, and you know

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Speaker 4: for me, I was I was trying to be the

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Speaker 4: And you you spoke about how my first steps was

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Speaker 4: day and that that's kind of funny because that's how

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Speaker 4: my all my family is. That's like my whole family,

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Speaker 4: you know, like if it's something that they want the

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Speaker 4: it's whenever you said that, he was like, I'm gonna

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Speaker 4: like growing up, like we used to have my uncle

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Speaker 4: you learn, so you learn real fast. So it's been good.

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Speaker 2: Good do you have I mean having been a part

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Speaker 2: He was a running back right right when he was

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Speaker 2: in his youth. Not not to date him or anything

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Speaker 2: like that, but in his youth. What do you think

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Speaker 2: what skill sets do you think transferred from from your

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Speaker 4: Not much? You know, I feel like athleticism, you know, toughness.

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Speaker 4: My mom she was an athlete too, she ran track.

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Speaker 4: But I'll say just all my athletic abilities came from

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Speaker 1: So was not playing football ever an option? No, you're

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Speaker 4: I like it. Yeah, it wasn't. It wasn't like that,

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Speaker 4: I knew I was gonna always play football. I played

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Speaker 2: Yeah, your dad said. When I talked to him, he

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Speaker 2: That's that's essentially he was like we always felt that.

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Speaker 2: Something that I found really interesting when I was having

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Speaker 2: those things where every single family member that I talked

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Speaker 3: What was so.

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Speaker 2: Interesting, too, is your brother said that before he came along,

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Speaker 2: and this is this is what he said he was

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Speaker 2: like before he before he came along. I know, before

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Speaker 3: Is that a correct story from your childhood?

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Speaker 2: And once he did come along, how much did it

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Speaker 4: To I mean, it's true, you know, I remember I

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Speaker 4: and like a dog at that, Like I don't know,

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Speaker 4: like that's who That's who I was always with. You know,

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Speaker 4: to have somebody you know. But like, yeah, I was.

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Speaker 4: I was always trying to do something. I was always

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Speaker 1: So being the dog person I am. I need to

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Speaker 4: I don't think he ever really tackled. I think I

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Speaker 2: Now, you can't tell your story without talking about Date City,

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Speaker 2: And in your Player Tribune article you kind of talked

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Speaker 1: As a writer. Yeah, that was so good.

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Speaker 3: But what was really interesting?

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Speaker 2: You know, as much as Dade City is a part

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Speaker 2: little bit. Your your family talked a lot about that

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Speaker 2: for your career. And at the time, you know, you're

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Speaker 2: You're trying to figure things out for yourself. But there's

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Speaker 2: It just was a matter of other people saying it.

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Speaker 2: What do you remember about about that time and maybe

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Speaker 2: even the sacrifices that your family made to put you

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Speaker 4: Right. I always mentioned that, you know, I appreciate my

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Speaker 4: and you know it's true, like I feel like if

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Speaker 4: I feel like everything happen for a reason. You know.

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Speaker 4: That's why. You know, I had two younger brothers in

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Speaker 4: I'm just truly best to have a family with that support,

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Speaker 4: was tough for me too. You know. I had a

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Speaker 1: Do you think you understood the magnitude of that decision

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Speaker 4: No, I didn't, because the only thing I really thought

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Speaker 4: was like, Okay, let's just move to another school close by,

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Speaker 4: so that was I was like, I didn't understand that

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Speaker 4: it was like the competition level was better, you know,

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Speaker 1: That's definitely that's a lot to put on a kid.

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Speaker 1: But like when you say, like hindsight twenty twenty, it's

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Speaker 1: just if you hadn't done that, like you said, you

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Speaker 1: wouldn't probably be here do your did your siblings ever, Like,

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Speaker 1: how did you feel knowing that you were uprooting their

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I wasn't thinking about it at that age,

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Speaker 1: Mean, I mean, there are literally no right I know

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Speaker 1: that matters. It's amazing how one decision can shape multiple

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Speaker 4: It's true, you know, but even even like my little

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Speaker 4: him being out in Tampa playing there, he had an

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Speaker 4: opportunity to go to college as well, and my younger

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Speaker 4: I mean, eventually it is helping all of us, you know.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, your mom made the comments, she was like I

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Speaker 3: Really hard, it was really difficult. But she was like, but.

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Speaker 2: Looking back on it now, like I'd make that decision

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Speaker 4: I was ready. I've never been nervous. I've never been nervous,

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it was real fun, you know, and obviously winning

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Speaker 4: You know, I feel like we were so close knit

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Speaker 4: that you know, it was like when we stepped out

436
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Speaker 4: on the field, you know, we were going to war

437
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Speaker 4: for each other. You know, we were going to lay

438
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Speaker 4: it all on the line because we knew that the

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Speaker 4: person next to us was going to do the same,

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Speaker 4: you know, So I feel like that that's what helped

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Speaker 4: us a lot too.

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Speaker 2: Almost y'all had the chance to experience almost everything that

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Speaker 2: a college football team could experience together, especially this this

444
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Speaker 2: past year. Was there anything that kind of caught you

445
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Speaker 2: by surprise that was a very special moment that looking back,

446
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Speaker 2: you're like, that's something I'll never forget.

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Speaker 4: I won't say nothing coming about surprise. You know. I

448
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Speaker 4: feel like everything that we accomplished, we we saw it coming,

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Speaker 4: you know. But I don't know if I say anything

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Speaker 4: took me by surprise.

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Speaker 2: Right, anything special from that time that Like, it's just

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Speaker 2: kind of one of those stories that you'll you'll kind

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Speaker 2: of look back on and be like, I'll remember that.

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Speaker 4: I don't know, Like we just had so many moments.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's hard fish, Yeah, fishing, the golfing, all that

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Speaker 2: kind of stuff.

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Speaker 1: No, I get it.

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Speaker 3: It's like everything just kind of all encompasses. Yeah, I

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Speaker 3: want to.

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Speaker 1: Go back to college. Oh, clearly, we already know so

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Speaker 1: much about you because your story has been told. You've

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Speaker 1: told your story. Yeah, is there anything that people don't

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Speaker 1: know or is there anything that you want people to

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Speaker 1: know about you?

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Speaker 4: Oh? I like to show people.

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Speaker 1: Oh look at that.

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Speaker 4: I just like to show people. I don't really, I

468
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Speaker 4: just like to show people.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, that's a job.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, show don't tell.

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Speaker 1: I love that. I think that's a great great note.

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Speaker 3: Should we go in?

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Speaker 1: We can't.

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Speaker 2: I know that was so good. I could just be like,

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Speaker 2: all right and thank you for joining us. No, we

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Speaker 2: have one more segment on the show and then we'll

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Speaker 2: let you go.

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Speaker 1: We do it with everyone. It's just like five rapid

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Speaker 1: fire questions and they should be easy. We'll say. He's like,

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Speaker 1: oh no, no, these are He's trying to look all right.

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Speaker 1: What is your favorite play of your career? And this

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Speaker 1: can be high school, it can be college.

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Speaker 2: It a favorite dog, favorite play bringing it back full circle?

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Speaker 4: My favorite player of my career. M hmm, I'll say

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Speaker 4: against Oregon m twenty twenty two, the whole shot to

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Speaker 4: Todd Davis.

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Speaker 1: Nice.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think that was my favorite.

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Speaker 1: I like it.

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Speaker 4: Disappointed the game the job before. I made a bad

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Speaker 4: decision in the red zone through it picked came back.

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Speaker 4: You know, made a good play, we got to go

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Speaker 4: ahead touchdown and don't win it.

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Speaker 1: So resilience and it's finest. We love that. Okay, favorite

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Speaker 1: player of any sport growing.

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Speaker 4: Up, favorite player.

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Speaker 2: Yep, you had a yeah, because I think there was

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Speaker 2: a picture of you that I saw.

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Speaker 1: What were they worn?

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Speaker 3: No, like he had the Michael pick clean Yeah, like

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Speaker 3: he had.

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Speaker 1: Year old no no, no, like Mike.

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Speaker 3: All right that I know.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Okay, we're moving past it.

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Speaker 2: We're moving on TV show or movie that you would

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Speaker 2: recommend to the people listening. I know that things are

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Speaker 2: busy right now, so you may not have a ton

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Speaker 2: of TV time, but if you could recommend something.

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Speaker 4: TV show or movie, I want to see it. I say, that's.

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Speaker 3: A good one.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I don't think we've had someone recommend oz Art,

512
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Speaker 2: but it's good. I also, gosh, we've heard gosh, I

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Speaker 2: don't even know. We've heard so many different ones a

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00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:15,320
Speaker 2: lot of movies. Empire was a big one for some guys.

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00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:18,720
Speaker 2: Entourage was a good one for some guys.

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Speaker 3: What was the one that Yeah, someone was.

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Speaker 1: Like, I can't think of it, it's not PG.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, Tyler Algier also was recommending like anime, so.

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Speaker 3: Not on the anime track.

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Speaker 2: I also am sorry, Tyler, if you're listening, we've.

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Speaker 1: Got in a big range. Some people said reality TV,

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00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:46,480
Speaker 1: so don't worrys Yeah, it's too late.

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Speaker 3: It's too cringey.

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Speaker 1: It's reality TV for a reason, but it's not.

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Speaker 3: Like it's scripted.

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Speaker 2: No, I do not want to be friends with those people.

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Speaker 1: Okay, Taren, If you could have any superpower, what would

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Speaker 1: it be and why?

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Speaker 4: Ah?

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Speaker 2: Teleportation yep, yes, the number one answer on this podcast.

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Speaker 1: Especially because we're in Atlanta.

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Speaker 3: Yep.

533
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Speaker 1: Traffic.

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Speaker 3: You'll get to know real there.

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Speaker 4: I'm not going down.

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Speaker 2: He's like, I'm living out here in Flowery all right.

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Speaker 2: That brings us to the very last one, obviously moving

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Speaker 2: to Atlanta or the greater Atlanta area or you know

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Speaker 2: Flowery Branch Buford all the way out here. What is

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Speaker 2: something that you're mostly looking forward to about moving to

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Speaker 2: Atlanta because you know Tampa boy.

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Speaker 4: Really, I'm looking forward to the house. It's fun.

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Speaker 1: Do you have like something you require that is in

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Speaker 1: this house? Yeah?

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Speaker 2: What's your what's the non negotiable for for the home

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Speaker 2: of Michael pennockx Junior?

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Speaker 4: Ah?

548
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Speaker 2: Pool?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, especially in these summers.

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Speaker 4: I want to pool.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he dealt with Florida summers.

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Speaker 3: I know I was going to be like, he hasn't

553
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Speaker 3: been in Washington for that long. I want I want

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Speaker 3: to pool though, nice I love it. I hope you

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Speaker 3: find it.

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Speaker 1: Build it were building because.

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Speaker 4: One of the places I saw there didn't have a

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Speaker 4: pool that I liked. I liked the place where they

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Speaker 4: didn't have a pool, so I was.

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Speaker 1: Like, did I have a space for a pool space?

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Speaker 4: So positively, I don't know.

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Speaker 3: TVD we'll have you back on the podcast.

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Speaker 2: You can update us on on the pool parties all

564
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Speaker 2: that kind of stuff.

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Speaker 1: You know, there is a reality TV on TV Realistic.

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Speaker 4: See if it's something like that, I understand, but like,

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Speaker 4: I don't want to trash any of the shows. You're

568
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Speaker 4: not You're not gonna my girlfriend like watches like The

569
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Speaker 4: Bachelor like stuff like that.

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Speaker 1: Okay, really love show.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Love is Blind, Love Island.

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Speaker 4: I don't. I don't think like that stuff is crange.

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Speaker 2: I mean, hi, I love it, But I also am

574
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Speaker 2: the type of person that I'm like holding a pillow

575
00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:08,320
Speaker 2: in front of my face, like I.

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Speaker 1: Can't watch it.

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00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:15,399
Speaker 4: Yeah yeah crazy. I here like just going on in

578
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Speaker 4: the background.

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Speaker 1: I'm like, you're like.

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Speaker 2: All past, please put the subtitles on a mute. Oh man, Well,

581
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Speaker 2: this is fun conversation. And we know you got a busy,

582
00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:26,880
Speaker 2: busy day, head, busy weekend, ahead.

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Speaker 3: So thank you so much for chatting with us.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for joining Falcons and Focus, which, speaking of,

585
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Speaker 1: everyone should like and subscribe on all of podcast platforms

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00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:43,600
Speaker 1: that you can find the Atlanta The Falcons podcast Network, Spotify, YouTube, Apple, yep,

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00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:46,639
Speaker 1: I think the big those are the big three we know.

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Speaker 3: Love it.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for joining us.

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Speaker 4: I appreciate it. Thank you for having me