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Speaker 1: I have. Tonight you'll find out how the Browns are

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Speaker 1: pumping for the season at team headquarters in Barria. You're

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Speaker 1: listening to the University Hospitals Cleveland Browns Radio Network. Here

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Speaker 1: are your hosts, Smathan Ziggura and Geron Cherry. Good evening,

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Speaker 1: and welcome to the Kevin Stefanski Show on the University

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Speaker 1: Hospitals Cleveland Browns Radio Network. Nathan girl alongside as I

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Speaker 1: will be all season long, the three time, three time

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Speaker 1: three time Super Bowl champion and the sideline reporter for

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Speaker 1: your Cleveland Browns, the one and only Gerard Cherry and

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Speaker 1: Gerard Finally, we are here the final preseason game of

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Speaker 1: the year, the Browns and the Bears this Saturday night,

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Speaker 1: seven o'clock at First Energy Stadium. But before we get

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Speaker 1: into that and the news about that game, let's quickly,

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Speaker 1: real quickly take a look back. The Browns fall to

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Speaker 1: second team and especially quarterback Josh Dobbs. That's exactly right, Nathan.

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Speaker 1: Very impressed what I've seen out of Josh Dobbs for

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Speaker 1: the past two preseason games, in which you saw command,

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Speaker 1: he definitely deserves to be on this roster and getting

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Speaker 1: what he deserves far as being the backup quarterback to

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Speaker 1: very impressed with him. He's been consistent throughout the preseason

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Speaker 1: which makes it even more impressive. Yeah, fourteen and twenty

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Speaker 1: And so it felt like he locked that up. There

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Speaker 1: good one. Exactly did we talk about a fumble from

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Speaker 1: What's your take on it? Is this a room that

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Speaker 1: ever playing center in the NFL, having to deal with

429
00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:19,960
Speaker 1: Jordan Davis at times he's in the second level, he's

430
00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,520
Speaker 1: pulling to the right on a you know as a center,

431
00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:24,639
Speaker 1: get leading blocking on the sweep, getting out there in

432
00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:27,159
Speaker 1: the screen. Get. I thought it look great. Donny did

433
00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:29,800
Speaker 1: a great job. I mean, he's been very versatile for us.

434
00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:34,800
Speaker 1: Uh He's a very intelligent, very tough, smart football player.

435
00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:37,040
Speaker 1: What I love maybe most about him as he plays

436
00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:40,040
Speaker 1: really hard and he's always around the pile. He's always

437
00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:43,000
Speaker 1: helping his teammates up. He's he sees it clearly. Uh

438
00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:45,080
Speaker 1: So it's always fun when he's in there because you

439
00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:47,320
Speaker 1: go back to that Green Bay game, he's playing guard

440
00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:49,600
Speaker 1: and he was doing a really nice job up and

441
00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:52,000
Speaker 1: down the field. Let's slip it to the defensive side

442
00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:54,199
Speaker 1: of the football. What do you hope to accomplish? This

443
00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:55,920
Speaker 1: is a team that I remember last time we played

444
00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:58,320
Speaker 1: in a regular season, had one net yard of passing

445
00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:01,520
Speaker 1: nine sacks. For the Browns. Justin Fields is their quarterback.

446
00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:03,840
Speaker 1: They've tried to revamp their line. Riley Reef, somebody you're

447
00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:06,600
Speaker 1: very familiar with has been brought in addition to others.

448
00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:09,560
Speaker 1: What do you hope to get out of this one defensively? Yeah,

449
00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:12,240
Speaker 1: really similar to what we're looking for the offense. I

450
00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:14,920
Speaker 1: want to just go play our defense. So what that

451
00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:17,520
Speaker 1: means is regardless of the play that's called, we want

452
00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:19,920
Speaker 1: to be great in our assignment. And then the big

453
00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:22,119
Speaker 1: thing in these games is we need to tackle. I

454
00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:25,439
Speaker 1: didn't think we tackled particularly well the last game, so

455
00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:27,479
Speaker 1: we spend some extra time. It's something that you do

456
00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:29,560
Speaker 1: every day, but we spend some extra time this past

457
00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:32,480
Speaker 1: week on tackling drills and and really would love to

458
00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:35,160
Speaker 1: see guys get the first guy get him on the ground.

459
00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:38,119
Speaker 1: You know, so much of tackling is tracking, and we

460
00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:41,600
Speaker 1: make a big point with our linebackers DBS especially, is

461
00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:44,719
Speaker 1: how you track and approach the football ultimately leads to

462
00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:48,000
Speaker 1: a good tackle. There's physical part of it, obviously, but

463
00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:49,800
Speaker 1: we need to be way better in our tracking and

464
00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:51,920
Speaker 1: we need some ko nashuk. That guy met that guy

465
00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,439
Speaker 1: right in the middle, fork lifted him boom right on

466
00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:58,760
Speaker 1: Jordan's I can't whatever that. I got the pronunciation on

467
00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:01,280
Speaker 1: my board, and that's only reason I Jordan or fifty

468
00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:04,480
Speaker 1: one to make. I think that's probably safer. Um, all right,

469
00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,560
Speaker 1: in reality, there's a very good roster that you've got here,

470
00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:10,640
Speaker 1: very deep roster. How many spots are are up for grabs,

471
00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:14,520
Speaker 1: I think quite a bit. I think, you know, we

472
00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:16,440
Speaker 1: really want to look at the body of work when

473
00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:19,120
Speaker 1: making these decisions. And this this game is a big

474
00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:22,280
Speaker 1: part of it. Uh. It's not necessarily bigger than Jacksonville

475
00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:25,080
Speaker 1: or bigger than Philly game or practices, but it's it's

476
00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:27,639
Speaker 1: a part of it. So we're looking forward to watching

477
00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:29,520
Speaker 1: some of these young guys play, and then there will

478
00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:32,560
Speaker 1: be some tough decisions to make. And I think Andrew, uh,

479
00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,480
Speaker 1: we definitely understands that we've met on the roster many

480
00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:37,879
Speaker 1: many times. We know that there's gonna be guys that

481
00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:40,320
Speaker 1: we'd love to keep that we're not able to. But again,

482
00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:41,960
Speaker 1: that's a good problem to have. All right, Let's end

483
00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,440
Speaker 1: with a little bit of fun. Could you feel the

484
00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:46,720
Speaker 1: electricity when k New York lined up for that fifty

485
00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:49,400
Speaker 1: five yard or yeah, I mean you can definitely feel

486
00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:52,800
Speaker 1: it from our crowd. You know, you don't typically here

487
00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:55,960
Speaker 1: that much of a swell of sound when you're getting

488
00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:58,479
Speaker 1: ready to attempt a field will. So, Uh, they're excited

489
00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:00,679
Speaker 1: about Kate and I know Kaide was, but excited to

490
00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:03,280
Speaker 1: get out there, uh in front of our fans. And

491
00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:05,520
Speaker 1: then we'll get another opportunity to do that Saturday night.

492
00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:07,440
Speaker 1: And that one would have been good from sixty five.

493
00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:09,520
Speaker 1: It just needed another yard probably to crawl back in.

494
00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:12,600
Speaker 1: But he hits the ball. It's I've got an opportunity.

495
00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:15,320
Speaker 1: A lot of kickers around this league, he hits the

496
00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:17,480
Speaker 1: ball in a very unique way, and I mean it

497
00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:19,960
Speaker 1: almost feels like, once we get to the fifty, it's

498
00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,000
Speaker 1: reasonable to think that it's possible to go for a

499
00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,840
Speaker 1: field goal. Yeah, he's a talented young man. I think

500
00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:28,480
Speaker 1: we're excited about him. Obviously, we also realized that there's

501
00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:30,800
Speaker 1: growing pains with with a young player. And I don't

502
00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:33,040
Speaker 1: care if you're a kicker, a defensive end and wide receiver.

503
00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:35,840
Speaker 1: So uh, he's gonna have to continue to work at

504
00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:38,280
Speaker 1: his craft and and the nice part is he really

505
00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:40,480
Speaker 1: does work very hard at it. Coach, thank you so

506
00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:42,960
Speaker 1: much for the time, have fun out there on Saturday night.

507
00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:47,040
Speaker 1: Let's get another Brown's winning a clean performance for your guys.

508
00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,560
Speaker 1: The thanks Nathan, alright, We'll back with more of the

509
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Speaker 1: Kevin Stefanski Show on the University Hospitals Cleveland Brown's radio network. Hey,

510
00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:59,440
Speaker 1: this is war, This is David, and you're listening for

511
00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:02,920
Speaker 1: the universe to the Hospitals Cleveland Brown's radio network. University

512
00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,320
Speaker 1: Hospitals is your hometown medical team and special healthcare provider

513
00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:09,480
Speaker 1: of the Cleveland Browns. Welcome back to the Kevin Stefanski Show,

514
00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:13,080
Speaker 1: all along the University Hospitals Cleveland Brown's Radio networking. Very

515
00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:17,160
Speaker 1: happy now to be joined by Brown's linebacker Anthony Walker Jr.

516
00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:20,080
Speaker 1: And a walk as you see. You and I have

517
00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:22,000
Speaker 1: something in common, which I believe is that we're the

518
00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:26,880
Speaker 1: only non defensive backs to have the defensive backhoodie. How

519
00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:30,040
Speaker 1: did you come into the defensive back hoodie? Yeah? Um,

520
00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:32,760
Speaker 1: I just asked coach uh Coach Howard. I was like, hey, man,

521
00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:34,920
Speaker 1: I like the the sweatsher, you know, can I get one?

522
00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:37,800
Speaker 1: He was like, You're not a dBm like coach. You know,

523
00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:39,560
Speaker 1: I'm like the closest thing to the DV that we

524
00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:42,280
Speaker 1: have on this team that's not a DV. So um,

525
00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:44,280
Speaker 1: you know they I like the tease those guys around

526
00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:46,320
Speaker 1: that I have better swag than him. Um, you know,

527
00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:47,840
Speaker 1: I think swag is the number one thing when he

528
00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:51,760
Speaker 1: played dB, um that you gotta have. So when he

529
00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:53,400
Speaker 1: he agreed with me and it was able to get

530
00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:55,359
Speaker 1: me one. Is there a lot of envy amongst the

531
00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:58,840
Speaker 1: other linebackers that you're the only one not against the linebackers.

532
00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:00,800
Speaker 1: But the DBS weren't too happy that I had one, though,

533
00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:03,600
Speaker 1: And I noticed you wear it a lot just for

534
00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,000
Speaker 1: the DBS the season, so they know. And I work

535
00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,280
Speaker 1: today just for our interview here because it's a it's

536
00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:10,119
Speaker 1: a pretty elite hood. Yeah, I'm honored to be in

537
00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:12,320
Speaker 1: the club. All right, let's talk about you. First of all,

538
00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:14,640
Speaker 1: how are you feeling coming back after miss some time

539
00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:16,840
Speaker 1: At the start of training camp, I'm all good, Um,

540
00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:19,480
Speaker 1: you know, just ready to get going. Um, you know,

541
00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:22,160
Speaker 1: I've been back practicing everything like that, So just ready

542
00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:23,600
Speaker 1: to put it all on tape and put on the

543
00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:26,359
Speaker 1: field and go from there outside or either like play

544
00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:29,560
Speaker 1: football again, no doubt. Um, that's what you play the

545
00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:33,080
Speaker 1: game for, you know, for the lights and to you know,

546
00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:35,880
Speaker 1: execute on the biggest stage. Um. You know, practice is fun,

547
00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:37,720
Speaker 1: Trying camp is fun and all that stuff, and it's

548
00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,919
Speaker 1: the foundation that we need before we started season. But um,

549
00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:42,040
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, we know we gotta

550
00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:44,320
Speaker 1: put it on, So put it on display on Saturday's,

551
00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:47,120
Speaker 1: Thursday nights, Monday night, whenever we have to play. But um,

552
00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:49,480
Speaker 1: the game is whatever the matter. Why do you love

553
00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:50,920
Speaker 1: the game so much? Why do you love being out

554
00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:53,280
Speaker 1: here with the guys so much? It's funny, Um, you know,

555
00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:55,600
Speaker 1: you you get as you get older, you like, you

556
00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,040
Speaker 1: know what what about the game you know that you

557
00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:02,080
Speaker 1: love every day And for me, it's the locker room camaraderie. Um.

558
00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:04,560
Speaker 1: And then you know, some people will say I'm kind

559
00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:07,240
Speaker 1: of weird, but um, I love going against the other team.

560
00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:10,960
Speaker 1: The competition of you know, going against a different opponent,

561
00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:13,360
Speaker 1: UM that knows what you know, trying to figure out

562
00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:14,720
Speaker 1: what they're trying to do against you and how to

563
00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:17,719
Speaker 1: attack you. And you know, still we're able to come

564
00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:20,160
Speaker 1: out on top. And I think that will never leave

565
00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:23,280
Speaker 1: for me. Um, even when I'm done playing that competition

566
00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:26,960
Speaker 1: that uh, you know, going against another opponent that's preparing

567
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:30,040
Speaker 1: for you and you guys preparing for them, and uh,

568
00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:32,359
Speaker 1: you know which team excuse better? On Sunday? Are you

569
00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:35,359
Speaker 1: competitive in everything? Like board games, anything? You do pretty

570
00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:40,480
Speaker 1: much same same well, because I'm guessing you hate losing

571
00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,400
Speaker 1: the pain of losing six with you a lot longer

572
00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:45,080
Speaker 1: than the joy of winning, because you probably expect to win,

573
00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:47,960
Speaker 1: no doubt, Um, you know, and win, I can move

574
00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,480
Speaker 1: on really quickly and get ready for the next opponent.

575
00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:53,119
Speaker 1: A loss, I gotta kind of let that sink in

576
00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:55,119
Speaker 1: for a little bit. And which should be the opposite,

577
00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:57,639
Speaker 1: you know most people would say, but no, way, no,

578
00:26:57,760 --> 00:26:59,760
Speaker 1: That's why you win more often than you lose, no doubt,

579
00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:03,200
Speaker 1: you wanna definitely U you know, learn from learn from losses,

580
00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:04,920
Speaker 1: and you know you learn from wins as well. But

581
00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:08,080
Speaker 1: you know, you know this is a different light clicks.

582
00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:09,560
Speaker 1: You know, when you win and when you lose. Like

583
00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:11,399
Speaker 1: if you're playing one of your boys and something and

584
00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:13,240
Speaker 1: you beat him like twenty times in a row, but

585
00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:15,600
Speaker 1: then he beat you, would you'd still be like disgusted.

586
00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:17,840
Speaker 1: I'm disgusted. I'm upset. And when I let one of

587
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,520
Speaker 1: them guys beat me a Madden in there, I'm I'm like, like,

588
00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:23,720
Speaker 1: we gotta play play again right away, just so I

589
00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:27,320
Speaker 1: can like get this taste out of my mouth. Uncent

590
00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:29,439
Speaker 1: Sometimes even if they're close, I feel like I'm losing.

591
00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:31,720
Speaker 1: I love that competitor nature. Let's go back to the

592
00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,119
Speaker 1: camaraderie because you mentioned as well, it feels like an

593
00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:36,080
Speaker 1: AS coach tarver about this. It just feels like you

594
00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:37,840
Speaker 1: are the leader of this defense. You were the first

595
00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:40,359
Speaker 1: person out there to congratulate everybody on every play, whether

596
00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:41,919
Speaker 1: it's the line, whether it's the back ors, whether it's

597
00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,440
Speaker 1: the dbs. Everybody seems to love you. I've enjoyed certainly

598
00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:45,879
Speaker 1: getting to know use in your time here. Do you

599
00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:48,480
Speaker 1: feel like that's a role that you've you've taken on. Yeah,

600
00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:51,600
Speaker 1: you know, just kind of fell into it. If then, uh,

601
00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:53,960
Speaker 1: you know, I just try to for me, I try

602
00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:55,760
Speaker 1: to be the biggest hype man, whether it's my family,

603
00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:59,040
Speaker 1: my friends, UM, teammates. Uh, you know, I like being

604
00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:01,680
Speaker 1: there and you know, so those guys always whether it's

605
00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:04,880
Speaker 1: good or bad, they have a consistent face that they see.

606
00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:07,679
Speaker 1: And UM that's what I try to do. UM. You know,

607
00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:09,560
Speaker 1: I like to you know, make sure my teammates are

608
00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:12,760
Speaker 1: helped off the ground every play. Um, you know, just

609
00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:15,480
Speaker 1: every everything, man, it all matters. Um. And that's just

610
00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:18,680
Speaker 1: a role that I've kind of had my entire life. UM.

611
00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:21,479
Speaker 1: Just being that consistent guy that you know, somebody can

612
00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:23,800
Speaker 1: lean on and talk to whatever. And then also they

613
00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:25,080
Speaker 1: know that you know, when we're on the fiel, we're

614
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:27,520
Speaker 1: going to execute together. And uh it starts with I

615
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:29,600
Speaker 1: mean as especially as a mic linebacker, that's pretty much

616
00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:32,560
Speaker 1: the quarterback of the defense. Um, you have to you

617
00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:35,400
Speaker 1: have to own that, you know and own that identity

618
00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:38,000
Speaker 1: of being a leader and being you know, the consistent,

619
00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:41,160
Speaker 1: you know, facing voice that those guys here do get

620
00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:43,040
Speaker 1: more fired up. And I know you're fired up for

621
00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:45,680
Speaker 1: all of them. But like let's say m J hy

622
00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:47,720
Speaker 1: draft pick gets the pick six, you're fired up. But

623
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:49,560
Speaker 1: the only see guy like the Anthony bell a total

624
00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:51,640
Speaker 1: underdog story go out there and knocked that ball out

625
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:53,240
Speaker 1: in Jackson and you were fired up for that too.

626
00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:56,040
Speaker 1: Do you kind of like like to see those underdogs

627
00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:57,920
Speaker 1: kind of come through and have a chance to fight

628
00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:01,000
Speaker 1: for their professional lives. No, Um, that's what makes this

629
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,840
Speaker 1: game special, you know. Um, I'll give an example like

630
00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:06,920
Speaker 1: Kenny Moore from you know, from the Coats. Um, you

631
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:10,000
Speaker 1: know one of my best friends. Uh man, just want

632
00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:12,320
Speaker 1: to watch him grow and you know, to understand that

633
00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:15,480
Speaker 1: his story and you know didn't play football until eleventh grade.

634
00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:18,200
Speaker 1: You know, it wasn't highly recruited, ended up going to

635
00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:21,280
Speaker 1: division to school, you know, undrafted to New England, comes

636
00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:23,400
Speaker 1: to Andy and ever since then, it's put on a

637
00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:26,160
Speaker 1: clinic on how to play the nickel position. So, um,

638
00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,040
Speaker 1: I tell those guys that all the time, especially you

639
00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:30,760
Speaker 1: know the Anthony Bell, you know it is possible and

640
00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:32,560
Speaker 1: that they're a proof of that. You know, there's proof

641
00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:34,360
Speaker 1: of it. And you know for him to go out

642
00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:36,560
Speaker 1: and just keep making plays, consistently make plays this whole

643
00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:39,400
Speaker 1: training camp and throughout the preseason. Um, he said itself,

644
00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:41,760
Speaker 1: he's put hisself in good position, you know, and uh,

645
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:43,520
Speaker 1: you know, like you said, it's it makes it even

646
00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:46,400
Speaker 1: more special. How much griefs did you guys give herb

647
00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:49,240
Speaker 1: about the pick? Sex Talking to him about that right now?

648
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:52,880
Speaker 1: Today has been a lot lighter, you know because I'm

649
00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:55,400
Speaker 1: kind of over and now. But you know, him being

650
00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:59,880
Speaker 1: from you know, very close hometown as me, I was

651
00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:02,840
Speaker 1: not happy about that. That is literally, uh the dream

652
00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,760
Speaker 1: you come true in the NFL. And yeah, we won't

653
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:08,400
Speaker 1: talk about that. Uh, he'll make that play next time.

654
00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:12,120
Speaker 1: I have a hundred percent belief because I will literally, yeah,

655
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,160
Speaker 1: he'll he'll make that play next time, no doubt. He

656
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,680
Speaker 1: got the pick in Jackson willso not not too shabby there.

657
00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:18,560
Speaker 1: All right, let's go into your room for a second,

658
00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:21,560
Speaker 1: and you know you've seen more football than anybody in

659
00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:23,640
Speaker 1: that room, and you are the elder statesman, even though

660
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:25,800
Speaker 1: very much still a young man. I was actually talking

661
00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:28,000
Speaker 1: to UH coach Tarver and he said, in the Philly

662
00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:30,840
Speaker 1: joint practices, you knew exactly where Jacob had to go

663
00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:32,560
Speaker 1: to get the pick that he ended up getting. And

664
00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:34,040
Speaker 1: then there was a play where you were with Jeremiah

665
00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:36,240
Speaker 1: and he told me he's yeah, yeah, Awack told me

666
00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:37,800
Speaker 1: the exact play, and I still didn't listen to him

667
00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:39,960
Speaker 1: and I went in the wrong gap. So like, how

668
00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:42,520
Speaker 1: do you feel like in this defense? How comfortable are

669
00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:45,400
Speaker 1: and then knowing you're seeing what the other team is

670
00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:48,120
Speaker 1: trying to do before they do it. Yeah, very comfortable

671
00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:50,520
Speaker 1: in the defense. Now. Um, you know, obviously year two

672
00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:52,840
Speaker 1: we always take that that big jump from year one

673
00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:55,120
Speaker 1: a year two, and you know, I thought I felt

674
00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,840
Speaker 1: comfortable last year, but that now his second nature. And

675
00:30:57,880 --> 00:30:59,800
Speaker 1: once you get to that point, you know, that's when

676
00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:01,760
Speaker 1: you know you kind of got the whole the whole

677
00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:04,200
Speaker 1: system down. And then, um, you know, when it comes

678
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:08,200
Speaker 1: to the knowing what the offense is trying to do. UM,

679
00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:10,719
Speaker 1: always you know, try to look at what we're in

680
00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:12,719
Speaker 1: and you know, figure out, you know, what coach Joe

681
00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:14,960
Speaker 1: is gonna call. And then the number one thing I

682
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,240
Speaker 1: think about is what can what is what can attack

683
00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:19,320
Speaker 1: us and what can hurt us in this defense? And

684
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:21,479
Speaker 1: where is the offense going to try to attack us?

685
00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:24,680
Speaker 1: And UM, once you realize that, UM, it just kind

686
00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:27,720
Speaker 1: of clicks. And obviously the joint practices against Philly, me

687
00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:30,080
Speaker 1: and Nick Sirianni went against each other every day and

688
00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:32,800
Speaker 1: practice in in Indy. We always talk about it even

689
00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:34,360
Speaker 1: when we got here. We're like, man, do you remember

690
00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:37,480
Speaker 1: those practices because it was really competitive and really, um

691
00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:40,320
Speaker 1: just just high energy and UM. I kind of remember

692
00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:42,080
Speaker 1: a couple of players and I told him, you know, dude,

693
00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:44,440
Speaker 1: don't don't run that play when I'm man, you know that, Like,

694
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,880
Speaker 1: but it was fun man, competition, you know, the like

695
00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:52,320
Speaker 1: I said, the preparation that I how serious I take

696
00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:54,400
Speaker 1: my preparation and knowing what the offense is trying to

697
00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:58,040
Speaker 1: do to attack us. UMN, it's a beautiful site when

698
00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:00,719
Speaker 1: you know when the picture that you have in your

699
00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:03,920
Speaker 1: mind is coming to life and knowing that you prepare

700
00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:06,280
Speaker 1: for it. Um, I think that that that's one of

701
00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:08,800
Speaker 1: the one of my favorite feelings in football. You know,

702
00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:11,880
Speaker 1: obviously winning is great and all that stuff, but when

703
00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:14,760
Speaker 1: it comes to the little details of you know, inside

704
00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:17,200
Speaker 1: out of the game, that's one of my favorite parts

705
00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:18,760
Speaker 1: of it. Yeah, the chess match and a lot of

706
00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:20,520
Speaker 1: that goes on in the meeting room, right That's where

707
00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:22,320
Speaker 1: you guys are going through that. And I've heard the

708
00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:25,880
Speaker 1: meeting rooms awful competitive as well. Um. You know, I

709
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:28,400
Speaker 1: think when you have a room, you know, like we

710
00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:31,320
Speaker 1: have a lot of guys fighting for jobs and competition

711
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:35,280
Speaker 1: and stuff like that. Um, it makes the room that

712
00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:38,880
Speaker 1: much better. And um it makes guys rise either rise

713
00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:40,920
Speaker 1: to the challenge or you know, fall to the bottom.

714
00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:42,160
Speaker 1: And we have a lot of we've we've got a

715
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:43,800
Speaker 1: lot of guys that like to rise to the challenge

716
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:46,000
Speaker 1: in that room, and um, you know that's what's going

717
00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:48,440
Speaker 1: on right now. So UM, yeah, it's fun. It's fun

718
00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:51,240
Speaker 1: being in that room. The competition and um, you know

719
00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:54,360
Speaker 1: when it all comes together, it's beautiful. You're on some

720
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:56,200
Speaker 1: great decent Indian and obviously, I think over the second

721
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:57,719
Speaker 1: half of the season this year, this is an excellent

722
00:32:57,720 --> 00:32:59,400
Speaker 1: defense here with the Cleveland Browns. How good can you

723
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:02,000
Speaker 1: guys be this year? I won't even put a ceiling

724
00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:04,000
Speaker 1: on it. Um, will be as great as we want

725
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,400
Speaker 1: to be and as great as uh you know we

726
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:12,040
Speaker 1: we as the players, UM, accept the challenge and understand

727
00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:14,800
Speaker 1: what that we can. We can literally be as great

728
00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:18,000
Speaker 1: as we want to be. Um. It's not gonna be easy, obviously. Um.

729
00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:20,760
Speaker 1: You play against some great offices, some great teams. Um,

730
00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:22,920
Speaker 1: but we got to execute, you know that. And uh,

731
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:25,640
Speaker 1: I think we give ourselves a chance. Uh if we

732
00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:27,960
Speaker 1: execute and do what do what we're close to do?

733
00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:29,600
Speaker 1: You flew up with your copy the day he signed

734
00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:32,920
Speaker 1: to be Cleveland brown Right, you guys are boys obviously

735
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:34,640
Speaker 1: your last year and indee, he's the Walter Payton Man

736
00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:36,680
Speaker 1: of the Year nominee. There what does he bring the

737
00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:38,440
Speaker 1: team as a person? And then I'll ask you about

738
00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:42,280
Speaker 1: a quarterback? I think, uh, just the consistency man. He's

739
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:44,800
Speaker 1: one of those guys when I first got the Indie. Um,

740
00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:47,280
Speaker 1: we actually got that the same year together. UM, and

741
00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:49,000
Speaker 1: he always talked to me about, you know, just the

742
00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:52,360
Speaker 1: consistency and showing up every day the same person. And UM,

743
00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:53,840
Speaker 1: when you have that, like I said, we have that

744
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:56,560
Speaker 1: as a as a team leader. Um. And then as

745
00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:59,200
Speaker 1: especially in the quarterback room, when you have that consistent

746
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,320
Speaker 1: face that consists the voice, UM, never changing the message

747
00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:04,680
Speaker 1: always you know positive and you know, never too high,

748
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:07,200
Speaker 1: never too low. That's the that's the spirit that he

749
00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:09,760
Speaker 1: brings to this team. What does he bring as a quarterback?

750
00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:13,960
Speaker 1: Um m hmm. It brings a lot. And uh, you

751
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:16,719
Speaker 1: know I will say this, you guys won't be disappointed.

752
00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:19,080
Speaker 1: Is it fun to have? Like the cohest It just

753
00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:20,879
Speaker 1: feels like this team and I know the COVID rules

754
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:22,680
Speaker 1: and people coming in and all of that, but it

755
00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:26,000
Speaker 1: just feels like this team is really unified going into

756
00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:27,680
Speaker 1: the season. Is that? Is that right? What you say?

757
00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:30,560
Speaker 1: Like you said, the COVID Um, the COVID rules. Um,

758
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:33,440
Speaker 1: you know, every having all you know right now eighty

759
00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:35,239
Speaker 1: guys in the locker room, but you know, to have

760
00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:37,839
Speaker 1: everybody in the locker room and you know, being able

761
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:40,960
Speaker 1: to spend that quality time together. Um, it matters. And

762
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:43,560
Speaker 1: we we kind of took it for granted. I know

763
00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:45,960
Speaker 1: Idea took it for granted. The last couple of years

764
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,760
Speaker 1: with COVID, But um, it's great to have that commodity

765
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:50,960
Speaker 1: back in the locker room. Are you guys considering in

766
00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:52,960
Speaker 1: the linebacker room we have you know, the dbs have

767
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,839
Speaker 1: the hoodie, which what we've got, we got they got

768
00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:58,560
Speaker 1: that from us. We we've we've had shirts and all

769
00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:01,240
Speaker 1: this type of stuff every year about advisor to honor

770
00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:03,520
Speaker 1: coach Tarbor? What about advisors for everybody? A lot of

771
00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:05,960
Speaker 1: guys don't even where advisors anymore. It's hard I know that,

772
00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:09,840
Speaker 1: but he does. So. Uh, yeah, we probably won't do devisors,

773
00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:12,440
Speaker 1: but yeah, we'll, we'll, we'll, we'll come up with something.

774
00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:14,560
Speaker 1: But if you were going to main event WrestleMania in

775
00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:16,239
Speaker 1: a tag team match and you can only bring one

776
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:19,759
Speaker 1: partner from your linebacker room, who's your partner? Probably been

777
00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:23,440
Speaker 1: Bloom Ben Bloom. I didn't see that one coming. I

778
00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:26,120
Speaker 1: like that good answer, all right. Favorite spot to eating Cleveland?

779
00:35:26,239 --> 00:35:30,680
Speaker 1: Favorite spot to eat in Cleveland? Uh, either Grill fifty

780
00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:36,399
Speaker 1: five or Marble Room, Barbor Room, Salon sexs guy A walk,

781
00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:38,080
Speaker 1: always a pleasure. Looking forward to a great year for

782
00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:39,400
Speaker 1: you man. Thanks for the time, Thank you guys for

783
00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:41,440
Speaker 1: I we appreciate you, and when we return, we'll go

784
00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:44,080
Speaker 1: around the league. You're listening to the Kevin Stefanci Show

785
00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:48,879
Speaker 1: on the University Hospitals Cleveland Brown's radio network. I feel

786
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:51,120
Speaker 1: like I have people in the building that can tell

787
00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:52,919
Speaker 1: me the truth, and I think that's really important because

788
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:54,239
Speaker 1: I don't want this to be a place where I

789
00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:56,600
Speaker 1: don't get the truth from our guys. This is the

790
00:35:56,640 --> 00:36:00,880
Speaker 1: Coach Kevin Stefanski Show. You're listening to the Universe City Hospitals,

791
00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:04,920
Speaker 1: Cleveland Brown's Radio network. Here are your hosts, Nathan Sagura

792
00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:11,760
Speaker 1: and Gerard Cherry. Welcome back to the Kevin Stefanski Show,

793
00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:15,160
Speaker 1: all along the University Hospitals Cleveland Brown's Radio Network. Big

794
00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:17,120
Speaker 1: thanks to the Coach and Anthony Walker for spending some

795
00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:20,319
Speaker 1: time with us getting some good insights for you right there,

796
00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:24,200
Speaker 1: joined as always by Gerard Cherry and Gerard. I know

797
00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:27,560
Speaker 1: that you saw what was going on down there the Rams,

798
00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:31,080
Speaker 1: the Bengals at joint practice. It ends in a wild,

799
00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:36,040
Speaker 1: wild fracas, Melee breaks out, Helmets are being swung by

800
00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:39,600
Speaker 1: Aaron Donald. We know that Myles Garrett was suspended UH

801
00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:43,200
Speaker 1: indefinitely for a helmet swinging incident. On a Thursday night

802
00:36:43,239 --> 00:36:47,240
Speaker 1: game against the Steelers. Well, first of all, surreal video.

803
00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:49,880
Speaker 1: Second of all, what do you think is gonna happen

804
00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:54,040
Speaker 1: if anything, Well, I think nothing is going to happen,

805
00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:57,000
Speaker 1: but something should happen. A Thursday practice should not be

806
00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:59,480
Speaker 1: a difference from a Thursday night game. And grant, that's

807
00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:01,120
Speaker 1: probably what the NFL is gonna say. This was a

808
00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:03,279
Speaker 1: practice and not a game, so we're not gonna get

809
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:06,200
Speaker 1: ourselves involved in suspending Aaron Donald. But if you're doing

810
00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:08,600
Speaker 1: something like that, Nathan, where you have not one helmet

811
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:11,200
Speaker 1: but two helmets and you're swinging like you're trying to

812
00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:14,160
Speaker 1: trial for the Olympics as a hammer thrower or discus thrower,

813
00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:17,520
Speaker 1: there's something wrong with that man, and I don't like it.

814
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:19,759
Speaker 1: And Aaron should no better. He's a season vetter, one

815
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,000
Speaker 1: of the best players in the game. And you could

816
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:24,920
Speaker 1: kill someone. And I never say that lightly in jest.

817
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,400
Speaker 1: You really can't paralyze someone and hurt someone swinging the

818
00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:30,600
Speaker 1: helmet with that level of force that he would certainly

819
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:34,200
Speaker 1: provide because he's an extremely strong individual. But here's the

820
00:37:34,239 --> 00:37:36,880
Speaker 1: part I don't understand and get either, Nathan. What in

821
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:40,799
Speaker 1: the world where Zach Taylor and McVeigh thinking, when you

822
00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:44,239
Speaker 1: play a Super Bowl against someone and you lose or win,

823
00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:47,480
Speaker 1: those feelings don't go away in an off season and

824
00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:50,640
Speaker 1: you practice against these guys, there's still this day, they're

825
00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:53,879
Speaker 1: still dislike there's on both sides. Even the guys who won,

826
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,719
Speaker 1: the victors are feeling that way. So just because they

827
00:37:56,760 --> 00:38:00,160
Speaker 1: have a relationship and a budding one, because Taylor was

828
00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:04,040
Speaker 1: obviously a quarterback coach and a serious coach for McVeigh,

829
00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:06,320
Speaker 1: does not mean the players don't have animals. So I

830
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:08,680
Speaker 1: don't get what they were thinking and thinking this would

831
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:11,560
Speaker 1: be a good, good idea to practice against each other. Yeah, well,

832
00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:15,680
Speaker 1: clearly deteriorated rapidly, multiple fights breaking out. That's the biggest one.

833
00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:18,000
Speaker 1: And so some lawyers have weighed in. People who are

834
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:20,440
Speaker 1: weighing in on obviously the NFL and the Deshaun Watson

835
00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:23,240
Speaker 1: situation on Twitter have said that in the the NFL's

836
00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:27,760
Speaker 1: uh by laws, they do not practice punish for practice incidents.

837
00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:30,279
Speaker 1: If there is to be a punishment handed out for

838
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:33,319
Speaker 1: this brawl, that is the responsibility of the teams. And

839
00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:36,640
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go out on a limb here and suggest

840
00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:40,120
Speaker 1: that the Rams will not be suspending Aaron Donald for

841
00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:42,520
Speaker 1: any football games, and maybe they'll find him or whatever,

842
00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:44,799
Speaker 1: but there certainly he is not gonna I don't think

843
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:46,399
Speaker 1: they're gonna do anything. I don't think he's gonna miss

844
00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:50,160
Speaker 1: any time as a result of that. So that's kind

845
00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:51,960
Speaker 1: of what what happened. That's the big story I think

846
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:54,480
Speaker 1: in the league today. Those joint fights, I think, and

847
00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:57,480
Speaker 1: the joint practice fights, and it was funny. I don't

848
00:38:57,480 --> 00:39:00,360
Speaker 1: know drug. Did you watch Hard Knocks? I did not

849
00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:03,240
Speaker 1: see it. Okay, so Hard Knocks they had joint practice

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Speaker 1: was very crisp, it was clean, good work was had

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Speaker 1: red zone, but there was also no live football played.

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Speaker 1: There was stutting up, people were getting not to the ground,

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Speaker 1: but it wasn't full on tackle football. This was full

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Speaker 1: on tackle football. There were certainly injuries. There were fights

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Speaker 1: as a result of it as well. How do you

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Speaker 1: balance the desire for tackling And we're gonna get some

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Speaker 1: of our starters are gonna get their first opportunity to

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Speaker 1: tackle this preseason and football with you know we got

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Speaker 1: We had no delays in our joint practice, DUTI fighting,

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Speaker 1: We had none of those issues, whereas there were in

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Speaker 1: clearly these places where they were getting fully physical playing football. Well,

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Speaker 1: it's just really simple. You gotta understand the culture of

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Speaker 1: who you play against in Detroit. That doesn't surprise me

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Speaker 1: because they're about being tough guys far as their coaches concerns,

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Speaker 1: so you're gonna get fights with them. As far as again,

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Speaker 1: don't play, don't practice as anyone in which you played

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Speaker 1: an NFC championship game in or the Super Bowl, just

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Speaker 1: don't do that. Those are two the most physical games

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Speaker 1: that you'll ever play and you don't get over it ever.

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Speaker 1: Probably in football, making a big hit after the whistle

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Speaker 1: can be huge trouble. Can we do a fight in practice?

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Speaker 1: As we've seen all around the NFL, Knowing when to

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Speaker 1: stop is critical for football players and for gamblers. So

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Speaker 1: always set a time livet before gambling and keep things fun.

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Speaker 1: five zero. Nathans Gura and Gerard Cherry Girard time for

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Speaker 1: stock up and step up going in his final preseason game.

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Speaker 1: Whose stock is up? I definitely say everyone is in

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Speaker 1: the backfield stock is up. If you look at what

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Speaker 1: a fum of the previous week. The look of Ford

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Speaker 1: was able to accomplish. His stock is certainly up. And

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Speaker 1: Kelly looked incredible as well. So the running back room.

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Speaker 1: Those three guys who stepped on a football field on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: their stock is up. Who needs a step up? We

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Speaker 1: talked about it all the show. Is really evident that

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Speaker 1: Bill Schwartz and the other guys, not just those two guys,

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Speaker 1: but the rest of the guys. There's a grand opportunity

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Speaker 1: for someone who really didn't know if they had a

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Speaker 1: shot to be an NFL to make this roster. The

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Speaker 1: receiver position, just be consistent, go out there and make plays.

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Speaker 1: Do the right thing from a spacing standpoint on the

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Speaker 1: sideline with a faithball is throwing your way and catching it,

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Speaker 1: making sure you're inbounds, hold on the passes. That are

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Speaker 1: something that NFL players should always make. Do those things,

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Speaker 1: the simple things, and you can make this roster as

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Speaker 1: a wide receiver by just simply being consistent. So the

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Speaker 1: receiver room, other than Cooper, I would say, everyone needs

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Speaker 1: to step up. Yeah, I'll agree with you that wide

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Speaker 1: Mike Done. I think really solidified themselves in backup roles

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Speaker 1: here on this football team. Real quick, gerrite, Okay, what

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Speaker 1: is the big thing, number one thing that you're looking

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Speaker 1: one thing you hope to see and maybe evens about

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Speaker 1: Jacobe Percett that you hope to see Saturday night. I've

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Speaker 1: yet to see us start fast off sably or defensively.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I take that back, I say as a team,

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Speaker 1: But I've get to see a complete game. I want

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Speaker 1: and offense and play a complete game. Let's put starting

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Speaker 1: off fast, and I haven't seen that yet out of three,

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Speaker 1: all three phases. And I think that's a very good point.

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Speaker 1: And you know, look, we're gonna see most of the starters,

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Speaker 1: but we probably won't see all of the starters, probably

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Speaker 1: similar to kind of what we saw down in Jacksonville,

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Speaker 1: I would imagine there. So Saturday night, seven o'clock, of course,

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Speaker 1: the pregame show was getting started, four hours before kickoffs

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Speaker 1: Radio Network. The final preseason game the Browns and the

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Speaker 1: Bears and the Rosters will be cut to fifty three

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Speaker 1: the following Tuesday, and we will get ready for the

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Speaker 1: Browns and the Panthers for Gerade Cherry and our executive

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Speaker 1: producer Jason Gives, along with producer in the studio Meredith Kane.

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