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Speaker 1: I've got a rant, some kind of random question. The

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Speaker 2: What happened to him?

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Speaker 3: But from what I can remember, it's a quick gameplay.

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Speaker 3: So I set left. Ebo was my first guy in

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Speaker 3: the progression and then I yuk, second, I just saw

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Speaker 3: I tried to put it on him on his back shoulder,

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Speaker 3: and I remember like he he just saw different. He thought,

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Speaker 3: me put it over his shoulder where I thought I

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Speaker 3: needed to put it on him. So we were just

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Speaker 3: not on the same page, you know, second play the

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Speaker 3: game I think it was so yeah, yeah, the explosive.

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Speaker 2: Yeah it was.

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Speaker 1: Your first official snap as it started.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, we were just not on the same page.

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Speaker 3: But from there, I feel like we got got right

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Speaker 1: Play will keep up? Is that what happened?

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Speaker 2: Honestly?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I was like, okay, I need to you know,

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Speaker 3: get into it, and that that hit actually sort of settled,

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Speaker 3: just like the nerves and stuff that I had for

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Speaker 3: that game. You know, I feel like I sometimes need

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Speaker 3: to get hit to you know, get into the game

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Speaker 3: and feel like, all right now I'm good to go,

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Speaker 2: So that hit sort of helped somebody hit you. Nah, No,

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Speaker 2: it's I.

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Speaker 3: Just usually just let the game do it for me.

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Speaker 2: So, yeah, George was laughing. It's kind of laughing at

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Speaker 1: Uh.

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Speaker 3: Probably, I don't really remember, man, I was so locked

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Speaker 3: play or whatever. So but knowing George, you probably was laughing.

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Speaker 2: You reflect on that moment that game, your first start

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Speaker 2: of waiting against Tom Brady the Buckets. What do you

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Speaker 2: think about when you think about that moment that game?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it was huge, just like the confidence you know

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Speaker 3: I can I can play in this league. You know,

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Speaker 3: we were on a roll too, you know, we were trying,

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Speaker 3: and so, uh, it was a huge, huge game for myself,

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Speaker 3: It's a good memory for sure.

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Speaker 1: And when did you know it was broken? Like the

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it was the third down where I scrambled and dove.

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Speaker 3: And then, uh, every drive it just got more painful

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Speaker 1: Your touchdowns that game. You got hit pretty hard, Uh

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Speaker 2: On those plays?

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Speaker 3: But yeah, it was, like I said, it just start

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Speaker 3: So it's like those those guys, man, they make a

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Speaker 3: But in terms of the scheme, the coverage is, and

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they've been huge pieces in the last couple of

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Speaker 1: I'm like this, but that Tampa game was the first

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Speaker 3: You know there's plays that I made and stuff in

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Speaker 3: But you know, the spark, the energy, the chip on

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Speaker 1: So yeah, still you feel like you still have to

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, honestly, I'm still learning with all this

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Speaker 1: You remember your emotional state before going into that game,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean honestly a lot.

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Speaker 1: How do you balance you know, the mindset of stay

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Speaker 3: Kyle's asking of me, but being smart with the ball

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Speaker 3: you know, playing fearless, and that doesn't mean play reckless,

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Speaker 3: but be smart with the ball, play within the offensive scheme.

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Speaker 3: Something happens where it's off schedule, you know, play ball.

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Speaker 3: So I'm still learning that, honestly, but I feel like

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Speaker 3: that's how I look at it right now.

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Speaker 1: We asked a lot of guys on defense yesterday just

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Speaker 3: How do you make sure the guys in the huddle

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Speaker 3: we have so much you know, experience and and you know,

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Speaker 3: it's a it's a long season. Every single Sunday matters

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Speaker 3: that that we all know what's at stake every Sunday.

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Speaker 2: So that's the that's the cool thing about it.

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Speaker 3: I mean, but you know, with new plays and and

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Speaker 3: new things going on for this game planning this week.

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Speaker 2: That's my job.

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Speaker 3: That's where I sort of get on guys and be like, hey,

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Speaker 3: we have to be cleaner here here, here with the

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Speaker 3: little details within the plays and stuff. So I mean,

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Speaker 3: that's I guess where I could get on guys. But

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Speaker 3: I don't have to be in the locker room telling

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Speaker 3: everybody because we have the experience and guys know what

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Speaker 3: to do and what to expect.

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Speaker 2: So thanks guys,