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Speaker 1: The the the opt out date seems like it's going to

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Speaker 1: be midweek. We asked, David, I'm gonna ask you. I

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Speaker 1: know you've started the process, but are you have you decided?

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Speaker 1: Are you fully in for the season. I appreciate the question,

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Speaker 1: but I'm gonna be really short today. Actually, I've just

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Speaker 1: been doing a lot of thinking. Twenty twenty I think

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Speaker 1: think one of the biggest reasons why I'm continuing to

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Speaker 1: play football and doing all of this to what's his

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Speaker 1: name and have fun doing it. Obviously, me and my

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Speaker 1: family's mean through a lot this year already, but I've

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Speaker 1: always said it. You guys have known over the last

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Speaker 1: couple of years, I've been big on off the field things,

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Speaker 1: and I think it's very important that a lot don't

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Speaker 1: lose focus on that, and that everyone around football doesn't

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Speaker 1: lose focus on that. So I just wanted to talk

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Speaker 1: about those issues you're in my screen. I just wanted

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Speaker 1: to talk about I think things that have been going

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Speaker 1: on in our country. I think one of the biggest

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Speaker 1: things that you've heard so many people talk about is justice.

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Speaker 1: Obviously for Brianna Taylor, a young woman in our house

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Speaker 1: because of different things. No knock warrants, just a mistake

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Speaker 1: going in the wrong house, something we fought for here

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Speaker 1: in Massachusetts. Equal education with COVID nineteen, and all the

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Speaker 1: different things that I've showed up, the digital divide for

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Speaker 1: different kids, if school remains virtual, kids having laptops, kids

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Speaker 1: having WiFi, I will be some big issues that you know,

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Speaker 1: the crafts are already been a part of, and I

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Speaker 1: see us trying to do something like that to help

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Speaker 1: in the future as a team. Obviously, the healthcare and

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Speaker 1: qualities that you know really stood out with this virus. Communities,

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Speaker 1: different hospitals just not having the resources to help. Um

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Speaker 1: it's been the main reason why African Americans have taken

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Speaker 1: a huge hit from this virus. So these are just

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Speaker 1: some things that I think I want to focus on

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Speaker 1: it and hopefully our team gets behind. I mean, really,

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Speaker 1: our team's already starting to do that. Also, police and

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Speaker 1: And because of that, I actually had a conversation with

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Speaker 1: and I think one of the issues that I want

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Speaker 1: elevate the minorities in the police department, making sure that's

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Speaker 1: that all officers, because those guys and women talk about

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Speaker 1: our country. I mean, I think sometimes we forget about

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Speaker 1: officers who are trying to climb those ranks and do

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Speaker 1: those things, and I want to make sure that we

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Speaker 1: most importantly, it is seeing a change in the sport

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Speaker 1: we play. I think it's key that the NFL wants

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Speaker 1: to get involved and making changes. But I think until

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Speaker 1: we see those changes in our game and the head

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Speaker 1: coaching position and GMS and ownership, seeing you know, African

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Speaker 1: Americans men and women having those fair opportunities to do

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Speaker 1: those same things that we speak about, you know, being

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Speaker 1: done in our country, I think it's hard for us

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Speaker 1: think we have a great group of guys on this team, obviously,

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Speaker 1: only other thing I say about football is a lot

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Speaker 1: of respect to those guys, obviously, the guys that I

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Speaker 1: and it's tough decision right now with everything going on

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Speaker 1: But you know, I think for those guys, you know,

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Speaker 1: it's a tough they make tough decisions. And a lot

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Speaker 1: those guys, like they made a hard decision to forego

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Speaker 1: your contract this year, not to have the opportunity to

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Speaker 1: be around all the guys and how much fun we had.

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Speaker 1: So I have a lot of respect for all those

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Speaker 1: gone through a lot of different things personally, and you know,

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Speaker 1: those guys will still being my friends, still talk to

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Speaker 1: I say is I think it's an absolute joke that

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Speaker 1: they don't want to continue to see guys opt out.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure they're shot about how many guys have opted out,

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Speaker 1: but it's the same thing when we sign a CBA

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Speaker 1: sometimes some of those things that we think are good

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Speaker 1: sometimes back far. You know, we have rookies who are

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Speaker 1: locked in long term contracts and tagged and tag you

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Speaker 1: guys don't think we would love to change that hell

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Speaker 1: about the CBA, but we can't. That's the point of

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Speaker 1: signing an agreement. So I think it's terrible. I think

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Speaker 1: it's b us that the he has changed that date

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Speaker 1: because you guys know Monday will be our first day

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Speaker 1: in the building, so to try to act like guys,

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Speaker 1: I'm making a decision about something other than virtual meetings

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Speaker 1: as a joke, But I think it's something that we

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Speaker 1: go through as players, and when players understand how much

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Speaker 1: prower we have. We've seen things change for us. I

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Speaker 1: mean primarily even with this deal with the COVID nineteen

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Speaker 1: trying to get everything back, we saw some of that strength.

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Speaker 1: So hopefully we'll see how everything turns outcome Wednesday, if

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Speaker 1: that ends up being the deadline. But guys, no matter

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Speaker 1: what they decide. But I'm still out here having fun

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Speaker 1: and figuring things out, so we'll see how we go.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate it, guys,