WEBVTT - Charvarius Ward Discusses the Team's Cornerbacks | Press Pass

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<v Speaker 1>You were your focused this offseason as far as you know,

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<v Speaker 1>trying to take your game.

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<v Speaker 2>To even a higher level.

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<v Speaker 3>My focus, I would say my focus was tryna correct

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<v Speaker 3>my weaknesses from last year. So I think I was

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<v Speaker 3>working on getting in and out of my breaks a

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<v Speaker 3>little quicker and finishing a little bit better on you know,

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<v Speaker 3>some of those pbu's I obviously called more interception that

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<v Speaker 3>I did in my career l last year.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm trying to catch some more next year.

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<v Speaker 3>You know what I'm saying, consider that, uh kind of

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<v Speaker 3>I mean I wouldn't catching them, So yeah, I I

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<v Speaker 3>felt like it was kind of like a weakness.

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<v Speaker 4>There were some penalties that you had early in the

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<v Speaker 4>season that went away late in the season. Was that

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<v Speaker 4>an adjustment by you or just the way that the

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<v Speaker 4>games were called?

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<v Speaker 1>Uh throughout the season?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know, man, last week, I mean last year,

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<v Speaker 3>every time I got a pendancey it was like a different.

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<v Speaker 2>A different reason from the referee. So maybe they started.

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<v Speaker 3>Calling different later in the season towards the playoffs. But

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<v Speaker 3>hopefully they don't pick on me like they did last year.

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<v Speaker 3>For this season.

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<v Speaker 2>You took your game to another level last year, it

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<v Speaker 2>seem boy like the end of the season, you you

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<v Speaker 2>were extremely confident.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, our pro mooney, yep, first time being our pro

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<v Speaker 3>so definitely, uh, definitely took it to another level.

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<v Speaker 2>Last year.

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<v Speaker 3>You can do was freet uhuh catching some interceptions. It's

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<v Speaker 3>just their confidence, you know, knowing I'm a big dog,

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<v Speaker 3>knowing I I was the number one corner you know

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<v Speaker 3>on this team.

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<v Speaker 2>So I feel like I had to play like that

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<v Speaker 2>and I did last year.

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<v Speaker 1>What are the last thing, as building the respect among

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<v Speaker 1>officials that maybe you know, when you get on pro

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<v Speaker 1>maybe they don't call as many things on someone who's

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<v Speaker 1>established as just as far as uh or instead of

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<v Speaker 1>someone they.

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<v Speaker 5>Don't know all that well.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh, I honestly don't know, man I I this year,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm just focused on try to play, you know, try

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<v Speaker 3>to play the game clean as I can.

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<v Speaker 2>Try to keep my hands clean.

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<v Speaker 3>Not grab, you know, not hold if I do hold,

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<v Speaker 3>if I was hold it last year. So i'm'a just

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<v Speaker 3>try to keep my hand hands as clean as possible

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<v Speaker 3>this year.

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<v Speaker 5>So at what point in the off season did you

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<v Speaker 5>did you feel like you were fully back from the

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<v Speaker 5>the surgery and how have you felt here in just

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<v Speaker 5>the first.

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<v Speaker 3>Few days oh, you said, at what point did I

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<v Speaker 3>feel sh I felt good like couple months after, but

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<v Speaker 3>like right now doing the football movements again.

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<v Speaker 2>It it do? It feel kind of weird?

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<v Speaker 3>You know, it's not hurting or anything like that, but

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<v Speaker 3>it's just like my body feel kind of brand new

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<v Speaker 3>to me, you know what I mean. So the doctor

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<v Speaker 3>went in there kind of repaired a bunch of those

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<v Speaker 3>soft tissue muscles. So it it it feels different right now,

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<v Speaker 3>and I'm getting kind of accustomed back to that, you

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<v Speaker 3>know what I mean?

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<v Speaker 2>What is your game? Say that one time game?

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<v Speaker 3>Uh?

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<v Speaker 2>I think he scrappy. He a real good competitor.

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<v Speaker 3>He played with good balance, like his stands like amazing,

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<v Speaker 3>good stands, good balance.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh, super competitor, you know.

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<v Speaker 3>So I think he gonna be able to come in

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<v Speaker 3>and contribute for for sure?

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<v Speaker 1>Is he this group of corners you've had since you've been.

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<v Speaker 2>Here, deepest group of corners? Uh? Sh shit, I don't know. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll see, we'll see you like got demo inside or outside? Uh? Both?

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<v Speaker 2>I like 'em both. I feel like he can be

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<v Speaker 2>all pro Pro Bowl at in both positions. And my opinion, where.

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<v Speaker 5>Do you feel that he's grown the most in a

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<v Speaker 5>couple of years have been playing alongside him.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh demo, Yeah, Uh, just his confidence, his technique and

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<v Speaker 3>uh you know he getting that bleef from the coaches

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<v Speaker 3>now that they that they that they can throw him

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<v Speaker 3>inside or outside and he gonna ball it, you know

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<v Speaker 3>in you the spot.

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<v Speaker 2>So I feel like just their confidence for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you what do you think of would what'd

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<v Speaker 1>you think of that pick that he had the other day?

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<v Speaker 2>Uh, amazing play.

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<v Speaker 3>I think he a you know, quiet young kid, but uh,

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<v Speaker 3>super competitive, are real smart. He talk a lot on

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<v Speaker 3>the field, but like not as much out the field.

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<v Speaker 3>So I mean I think he gonna he could He'll

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<v Speaker 3>be a big dog one day.

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<v Speaker 2>He's gonna take some time. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>Your career, you played on teams that have had high expectations,

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<v Speaker 5>deep playoff runs.

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<v Speaker 2>Disappointing losses, but you know, teams that essentially kind.

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<v Speaker 3>Of always fell bounce back, yeah, and go deep again

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<v Speaker 3>the next year.

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<v Speaker 2>What what do you feel has been a key you

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<v Speaker 2>know for all those teams?

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<v Speaker 3>Uh, just a collection of talent we got and great coaches.

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<v Speaker 3>This year, new opportunity. You know, he didn't finish how

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<v Speaker 3>he wanted to finish the last year but you know

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<v Speaker 3>it's the first start. Everybody's zero and zero right now,

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<v Speaker 3>so you know, this year, we gotta try to finish

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<v Speaker 3>that thing off.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, you've been on both sides of that super Bowl,

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<v Speaker 5>winning one and losing more. When you going through the

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<v Speaker 5>process of kind of recovering from losing one.

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<v Speaker 2>What what?

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<v Speaker 5>How did you kind of get through it or move

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<v Speaker 5>past it?

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<v Speaker 1>What?

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<v Speaker 5>W What was your process?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I moved past those losses pretty quick. You know.

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<v Speaker 3>I try to be a real positive person. So I

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<v Speaker 3>mean it'll hurt, but I'm not gonna like just be depressed,

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<v Speaker 3>cause you know, life it goes on.

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<v Speaker 2>So I mean I'm over it.

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<v Speaker 3>Probably like out there a week or two, and I'm

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<v Speaker 3>really focused on next season and getting better, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>for the next year. You know, we still got a family,

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<v Speaker 3>so you know, I go home to my daughter and

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<v Speaker 3>my girl and I just be chilling with them and happy.

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<v Speaker 1>Got different going again some pretty or even like maybe.

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<v Speaker 2>Debo or this year.

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<v Speaker 3>Nope, mm, they gonna be the I mean they they

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<v Speaker 3>it's bark pretty, the Deebo Sam. You know, we know

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<v Speaker 3>they talented. Uh it's new year, man, they gonna come

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<v Speaker 3>out and you know, be as good as they were

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<v Speaker 3>last year or better stay, but please say