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Speaker 1: Jeff's Saturday on this final edition of Colt's Happy Hour

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Speaker 1: the Fan and Jeff, the final game is here. It's

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Speaker 1: loose play guy. Um Kurtsey probably you know, is an

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Speaker 1: a little bit. And then you're exactly right about Petrie.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's just you know, he's just lit it

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Speaker 1: He's got five picks, he's got eight PBUs. He is.

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Speaker 1: You know, he's gonna end up being a real gem

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Speaker 1: for them in terms of of of you know, of

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Speaker 1: thing they do a great job of his takeaways. Rick

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Speaker 1: mc cherry right there and Matt Taylor a little inside

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Speaker 1: look on that regular season finale with Rick and Matt

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Speaker 1: here on Colts Happy Hour. Remember Pacers, Pacers, Blazers last

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Speaker 1: seven and your coverage begins here at six thirty. Also,

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Speaker 1: be me, Bill Brooks, Joe Wrights, and the Gorman. That

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Speaker 1: is the Colts game huddle ten until noon coming up

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Speaker 1: on Sunday morning. Right here on ninety three five and

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Speaker 1: the radio network, Lera Overton and the starting quarterback on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: Sam Ellinger Converse. We'll get you back to that coming

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Speaker 1: up next. This live from Castleton, Twin Peaks on a

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Speaker 1: the Colts Happy Hour on ninety three five and one

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Speaker 1: oh seven five the Fan. Hey, welcome back. We're at

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Speaker 1: Twin Peaks on the northeast side and Castleton. You guys

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Speaker 1: have been outstanding. You know what. I gotta give a

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Speaker 1: shout out to Zinc and bud Light for doing this.

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Speaker 1: I don't know how many years in a row we've

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Speaker 1: And believe me, it is so much better when they're

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Speaker 1: playing well and playing well and going into the postseason.

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Speaker 1: But let's face it, we get together every single Friday

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Speaker 1: night of the Colt season and it is awesome. And

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Speaker 1: I cannot thank Zinc and bud Light for doing this

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Speaker 1: each and every year, our friends here at Twin Peaks

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Speaker 1: for having us on this Friday. It truly is one

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Speaker 1: of the highlights of what I do radio every single

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Speaker 1: week bud Light Blue Friday. Now my final time out

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Speaker 1: at Buffalo Wild Wings is coming up in Glendale. That

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Speaker 1: is on Blue Monday, So Glendale Buffalo Wild Wings coming

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Speaker 1: up on Monday, and to look ahead for me, myself

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Speaker 1: and Brent Halverson, our betting analyst. We have a show

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Speaker 1: that is coming up on Thursday. We're gonna go into

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Speaker 1: Thursday for our Larcity Bourbon Locks and Lunazul Tequila Shots.

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Speaker 1: Me Betty analyst, Brent Halverson. That is coming up next Thursday. Meantime,

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Speaker 1: Lara Oliverton from the Radio network and a major player

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Speaker 1: coming up in this regular season finale with the Texans

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Speaker 1: and the Colts and mind under center Sam Ellinger will

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Speaker 1: be that guy for the Colts. Here's Lara and the

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Speaker 1: Sam Conversation join now in studio by Colts quarterback Sam Ellinger,

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Speaker 1: who had the first touchdown pass of his career last

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Speaker 1: week against the Giants. Sam, how do you describe that

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Speaker 1: feeling getting the offense rolling, leading that drive capping it

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Speaker 1: off with the touchdown to Michael Pittman Jr. Yeah. Well,

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Speaker 1: obviously the circumstances weren't weren't the best, and you know,

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Speaker 1: you never want that to happen to Nick, But to

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Speaker 1: go in and go down the field and sustain a long,

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Speaker 1: long drive there, convert on a few fourth downs and

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Speaker 1: then be able to punch it in for my first

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Speaker 1: career touchdown, it was pretty fun. What have you learned

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Speaker 1: most by being surrounded in a quarterback room with Matt

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Speaker 1: Ryan and Nick Foles who have really so much just

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Speaker 1: a wealth of knowledge and have pretty much seen just

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Speaker 1: about everything you possibly can with the experience they bring

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Speaker 1: into the organization. Yeah, it's you know, it's an education

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Speaker 1: that I can't pay for. And there's so many things

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Speaker 1: to learn from both those guys from a starter role,

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Speaker 1: from a backup role, and you know, seeing coverages, how

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Speaker 1: to prepare during the week, how to deal with the

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Speaker 1: ups and downs and the flows of an NFL season,

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Speaker 1: and continuing, you know, to be a competitor through all

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Speaker 1: of that. It's been great to watch both of them,

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Speaker 1: and I'm so thankful for the opportunity. You mentioned the

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Speaker 1: ups and downs of the season there have certainly been

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Speaker 1: many of those this season. You have seemingly just stayed

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Speaker 1: so steady. Your routine has not changed, your demeanor has

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Speaker 1: not changed. What has allowed you to maintain that over

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Speaker 1: the course of the season despite all the different curve balls,

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Speaker 1: all of the changes that you guys have had this year. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think I'm just building out a routine that you

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Speaker 1: do regardless and always preparing like the starter, regardless of

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Speaker 1: the role. I know this year I went from the

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Speaker 1: three to the two, to the one, to the two,

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Speaker 1: to the three to the two to the one, so

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Speaker 1: quite a roller coaster in that regard. But just keeping

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Speaker 1: my routine the same, and you know, being consistent in

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Speaker 1: my preparation and doing the things on a weekly basis

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Speaker 1: to be the best for my role and be prepared

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Speaker 1: to play. I know you mentioned certainly not an ideal

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Speaker 1: situation because of the injury to Nick Foles, who will

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Speaker 1: be out for the season finale, but with the opportunity

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Speaker 1: to start against the Houston Texans, when you go back

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Speaker 1: to those two starts earlier in the seasons, earlier in

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Speaker 1: the season, excuse me, what are the things that you

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Speaker 1: draw upon that you really want to implement knowing you

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Speaker 1: have one more opportunity to put that good film out

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Speaker 1: there and go into the off season strong. Yeah. I

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Speaker 1: think from a preparation standpoint, I know what works and

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Speaker 1: what doesn't for me now, and you know, making sure

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Speaker 1: that I'm getting the ultimate amount of film study and

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Speaker 1: preparation from that standpoint, and then just managing emotions on

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Speaker 1: game day, UM, and understanding you know what to expect.

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Speaker 1: And then I think I felt it a little bit

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Speaker 1: last game two of like it's starting to slow down

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Speaker 1: a little bit. I'm starting to get used to the

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Speaker 1: speed of the game. UM. And just you know, these

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Speaker 1: reps are invaluable, UM. And you know it's it's really

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Speaker 1: hard to come by it, especially at the quarterback position

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Speaker 1: because there's only one guy on a team that's planned

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Speaker 1: at a time, and early on in your career, UM,

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Speaker 1: you know a lot of guys don't get this opportunity.

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Speaker 1: So just making the most of it, UM, continuing to

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Speaker 1: make progress and getting better every snap. You mentioned managing

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Speaker 1: the emotion despite all the preparation that you put in.

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Speaker 1: What is something that you just can't anticipate that it

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Speaker 1: takes just experiencing it live when you go into that

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Speaker 1: type of situation as a pro, I think you know

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Speaker 1: the emotions following when when you're giving the news that

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Speaker 1: you know, this is a this is a big deal,

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Speaker 1: but not making it too big and being prepared and

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Speaker 1: go going through daily to make sure that you know

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Speaker 1: being confident, and then just managing on managing your your

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Speaker 1: emotions and expectations on game day to make sure that

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Speaker 1: let the moment get too big. You've talked a lot

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Speaker 1: about the work you put in in the off season,

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Speaker 1: really working on your game, working on your throwing motion.

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Speaker 1: Where have you seen your game develop the most over

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Speaker 1: these last two years, especially now having those game experiences

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Speaker 1: to drop on as well. Yeah, that's a great question,

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Speaker 1: and I think I'll have a better answer like a

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Speaker 1: few weeks after the season to really like step away

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Speaker 1: and kind of analyze and um, but I think, you know,

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Speaker 1: just continuing to be so early on in this process

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Speaker 1: of development to be able to get the live reps

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Speaker 1: to you know, the live bullets flying, to see what

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Speaker 1: it's like to call the play, to read defenses at

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Speaker 1: the line of scrimmagem. I like the development that come of,

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Speaker 1: you know, the game kind of slowing down. I think,

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Speaker 1: you know, I have a lot of work to continue

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Speaker 1: and then understanding defenses and offenses, and you know, it's

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Speaker 1: a it's a constant pursuit of continuing to get better,

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Speaker 1: to try to become excellent. And so I think there's

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Speaker 1: a lot of things that I've I've definitely progressed from

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Speaker 1: last year to this year. But I know that I'm

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Speaker 1: just scratching the surface. As college players begin their process,

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Speaker 1: the pre draft process where you talk about combine and

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Speaker 1: pro days and private workouts and all of that. I

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Speaker 1: remember when you were drafted talking to the scouts who

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Speaker 1: spent time with you, and they said, this guy's just

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Speaker 1: a winner. When you talk to him, you see what

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Speaker 1: he brings, the leadership, the type of teammate that he is.

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Speaker 1: What is your advice for you know, maybe guys who

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Speaker 1: played with the University of Texas or other guys you

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Speaker 1: know who are coming out of college preparing for the

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Speaker 1: draft right now, about what they can do in those

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Speaker 1: conversations no matter what the stats and the numbers and

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Speaker 1: the measurements are, how they can really position themselves well

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Speaker 1: on those draft boards with like the conversations and the

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Speaker 1: interviews and the engagement that they have with teams. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I mean, obviously you have to be prepared, you have

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Speaker 1: to know your stuff, and UM, I think that a

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Speaker 1: and they'll be prepared for that. But then just being

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Speaker 1: being yourself, being a real real dude. UM. I think

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Speaker 1: a lot of scouts and people through that process, they

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Speaker 1: can see through like if it's if it's not genuine

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Speaker 1: and you're just trying to like kind of go through

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Speaker 1: an interview process. UM. I think that people respect more

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Speaker 1: if you're just yourself. It shows that you're you know,

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Speaker 1: you're confident in who you are and you know your stuff,

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Speaker 1: and um, just trusting yourself and trusting that you're in

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Speaker 1: the position that you're in for a reason and you're

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Speaker 1: getting the opportunities for a reason, and um, just you know,

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Speaker 1: trusting that Hey full disclosure there. I can listen to

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Speaker 1: Sam Ellener talk all day. Seriously, I could listen to

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Speaker 1: them talk all day. Always a good interview with the

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Speaker 1: coach quarterback Coming up on Sunday, that is Sam Ellen

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Speaker 1: You're the form Credit Unique question of the week. Texans

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Speaker 1: wide receiver Brandon Cooks had at least five hundred plus

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Speaker 1: receiving yards and every season dating back to twenty fourteen

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Speaker 1: and will be here in time. Coming up on the

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Speaker 1: We'll get to Matt Taylor and Will Fries coming up

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Speaker 1: receiving yards in every season since twenty fourteen, So when

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Speaker 1: And as you probably have established in your mind, we're

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Speaker 1: talking about three really big time past catchers. DeAndre Hopkins

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Speaker 1: the incomparable at tied end Travis Kelsey continues to roll

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Speaker 1: dropped back by the right guard. Will Fry joins Matt

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Speaker 1: now Matt joining us now second year Men offensive guard

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Speaker 1: Will Fry, second year out of Penn State. Will. Thanks

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Speaker 1: for the time, man, How are you doing well? Thanks

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Speaker 1: for having me on. I appreciate. How are the holidays

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Speaker 1: for you? Christmas and New Year's? I know it's tough

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Speaker 1: because you're you're playing and those days are just more

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Speaker 1: work days, more preparation days. But are you able to

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Speaker 1: compartmentalize at all and celebrate? Yeah? I mean, obviously it's

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Speaker 1: you know, where it comes first type of thing this

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Speaker 1: time of the year. But it was nice heading back

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Speaker 1: to New York. New Jersey had a lot of family

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Speaker 1: come to the game, so all that was able to

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Speaker 1: celebrate Christmas with them, got to see, you know, all

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Speaker 1: the cousins, uncles, all that stuff, So that was real nice.

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Speaker 1: Did you grow up a Giants fan? I actually grew

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Speaker 1: up a Jets fan, did dad? Yeah? Okay, so you

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Speaker 1: got it from your dad? Yeah? Okay, fair enough, Well

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Speaker 1: that explains it. Well, you've started eight games on the

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Speaker 1: season seven at right guard. How have you settled in

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Speaker 1: at that position here? These last two months or so. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: feeling good, feeling like um, making progress every week. You know,

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Speaker 1: I think those game reps are gold and terms of

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Speaker 1: development and uh, you know, just showing you know, playing hard,

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Speaker 1: you know, playing tough and uh, just continue to show

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Speaker 1: improvement every week. I think is you know really important

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Speaker 1: is that the biggest thing is experience. I mean you

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Speaker 1: talk about the game reps. I mean there's nothing that

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Speaker 1: can replace that in terms of growth and experience and

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Speaker 1: building confidence right one. You know, I think you're seeing

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Speaker 1: different guys, different styles of players every week. Just getting

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Speaker 1: those experience against those guys is like you said, it's tremendous.

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Speaker 1: It's you know, it's valuable in terms of you know, okay,

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Speaker 1: where do I need to improve? It really shows you

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Speaker 1: know what needs to be better. And you know, I

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Speaker 1: think watching those games week and week out, being able

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Speaker 1: to make those tweeks and adjustments as you know, the

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Speaker 1: key to growth. You know, those seven weeks. Like I said,

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Speaker 1: where you've been the starter at right Guard, where do

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Speaker 1: you think you've improved and really grown from then to now?

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Speaker 1: I think it's Delfie the confidence and you know the

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Speaker 1: mental side of the game. You know, um, you believe

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Speaker 1: deep down that you know this is you know you

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Speaker 1: can do it, and it's just a matter of being

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Speaker 1: able to do it when the time comes. And uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, stringing some you know wins together. Um, you

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Speaker 1: know individually, you know, week in and week out. Um,

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Speaker 1: it just builds a confidence and you know what you

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Speaker 1: can do and you know, eventually getting to towards the

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Speaker 1: type of player that you want to be. Where are

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Speaker 1: you now compared to last year as a rookie. I

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Speaker 1: mean it's got to be night and day. I would think. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know, um, obviously having another season of offseason of

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Speaker 1: learning the playbook and becoming more comfortable, you know, you know,

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Speaker 1: becoming closer with the guys that you're playing next to. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, building that camaraderie. Uh, you know, whether it's

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Speaker 1: an old lined dinner or you know, just hanging out

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Speaker 1: with the guys. And I think that plays a big

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Speaker 1: role in you know, trusting each other on the field

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Speaker 1: and m you know, becoming a closer, better unit overall.

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Speaker 1: Will fries is with this offensive guard for the Colts

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Speaker 1: compared to last year you mentioned it, I mean just

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Speaker 1: in terms of feeling more relaxed and more comfortable from

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Speaker 1: your rookie season to your sophomore campaign. I mean, you

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Speaker 1: know where the locker room is now, you know what

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Speaker 1: time to go here, where the lunch room is. I mean,

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Speaker 1: as a rookie, all of that is being thrown at

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Speaker 1: you for the first time. You're going through camp for

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Speaker 1: the first time. I mean, it really feels like you've

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Speaker 1: settled in, so to speak. Yeah, you know, I think

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Speaker 1: you know to that some degree, that's true. But at

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Speaker 1: the same time, if you're comfortable, you're not improving, right,

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Speaker 1: And I think that the important thing about developing, you know,

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Speaker 1: not only individually as a unit as a team, is

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Speaker 1: there has to be some level of you know, uncomfortableness,

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Speaker 1: you know, and I think you know kind of the

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Speaker 1: way things have gone, you know, there certainly is an

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Speaker 1: aspect of that, But I'm just really talking about pushing

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Speaker 1: yourself every single day being uncomfortable. But that's the only

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Speaker 1: way you're going to grow, and that's the only way

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Speaker 1: to grow as a unit as a team. All right,

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Speaker 1: Will Fries is with us. Before we go on any further,

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Speaker 1: I gotta ask you what is your least favorite potato

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Speaker 1: based nickname? Because I know you got him right. You mean,

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Speaker 1: over the years, you've had to have heard Spud or

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Speaker 1: Idaho or Curly. I mean, what does your least favorite

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Speaker 1: go to? I don't have a least favorite, but I

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Speaker 1: guess everyone now knows that came on the hard Knox's

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Speaker 1: My nickname is sput around here. Yeah, um, you know

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00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:19,640
Speaker 1: got that from Ryan Kelly. First we go ta Is. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it was that you catch up. You know, it's got

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Speaker 1: to catch up to everyone, right, but Spud stuck and

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Speaker 1: you know, ever since then, Uh, just what I've been

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Speaker 1: going by. All right, fair enough, I appreciate you playing

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Speaker 1: along with that one. All right, I'm gonna go back

791
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Speaker 1: to college. At Penn State, you literally played every position

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Speaker 1: except for center along the offensive line. How do you

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Speaker 1: explain your versatility and your ability to do that? Um?

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Speaker 1: You know, I think it's just want to be committed

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Speaker 1: to doing a good job all the time. Um. You know,

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Speaker 1: I think the team is very important to me, and

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Speaker 1: I want to do whatever it takes to help the

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Speaker 1: team win. And you know, wherever they put me, you know,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna do it with the best of my ability.

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Speaker 1: So that's kind of where it comes from. Do you

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Speaker 1: think guard is your best spot? Though? In terms of

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00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:03,400
Speaker 1: your long term future in the NFL. Yeah, sure, you know,

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00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:05,440
Speaker 1: I think it is. I think, uh, you know, we

804
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:07,040
Speaker 1: getting comfortable at one spot and getting a lot of

805
00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:09,920
Speaker 1: reps there, like we talked about, um, you know, you know,

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00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:11,880
Speaker 1: builds that growth and you know, like to keep doing that.

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Speaker 1: All right, you played with three different quarterbacks now or

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00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:17,920
Speaker 1: you will have played coming up on Sunday as Sam

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Speaker 1: Ellinger becomes the third quarterback you've played with this year,

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Speaker 1: on top of Matt Ryan and Nick Foles. What are

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Speaker 1: the subtle differences for you guy to guy, quarterback to quarterback,

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Speaker 1: not only at the line of scrimmage, but in the

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Speaker 1: huddle as well with all those different signal callers. Yeah, no,

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Speaker 1: I think first things first is, you know they're all

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Speaker 1: tremendous quarterbacks and they do a great job, you know,

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Speaker 1: leadership wise, you know, commanding, you know, at tension in

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Speaker 1: the huddle and you know, getting guys in the right spot.

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Speaker 1: You know, I think all three of those guys have

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Speaker 1: you know, shown in the past, and you know I

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Speaker 1: have done a good job with that. Um. You know,

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Speaker 1: with Sam coming in, you know, you know a guy

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Speaker 1: that I'm close with, you know, same draft class, and

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Speaker 1: you know, I'm excited for him to, you know, show

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Speaker 1: what he's got it again, right, Um, you know, I

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Speaker 1: think he does a really good job preparing every single day.

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Speaker 1: You know, can't say enough about out you know, Uh,

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Speaker 1: he's the guy in the first parking spot. He gets

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Speaker 1: here early, you know, works his tailoff, and I'm excited

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Speaker 1: for him to, you know, get an opportunity and uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, show what he's got because you can do it.

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Speaker 1: Will Fries is with US offensive guard for the Indianapolis Colts.

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Speaker 1: For Jeff Saturday coming in. What was it like for

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Speaker 1: you making that switch from Frank Reich as your coach

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Speaker 1: for the first year and a half of your career

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Speaker 1: to Jeff who you saw on TV you knew him

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Speaker 1: well through the Ring of Honor with the Colts. How's

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Speaker 1: it been for you getting to know Jeff Saturday as

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Speaker 1: the head coach? Yeah, you know, I you know, really

839
00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:37,520
Speaker 1: love a coach Reich and you know, definitely, uh, you

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00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:39,680
Speaker 1: know miss him. And uh, you know, Jeff's been awesome too.

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Speaker 1: You know, he came in here, like you said, and

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Speaker 1: is a guy that everyone knows and you know he's

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00:42:45,239 --> 00:42:48,240
Speaker 1: done it and shown it all and you know, getting

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Speaker 1: to know him more and his silent and he's very

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Speaker 1: demanding and you know, I you know, really appreciate that

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Speaker 1: because it's pushed for me to you know, kind of

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Speaker 1: take that next step and you know, have that accountability

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Speaker 1: that you know it's it's not okay to us up,

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Speaker 1: it's right, you know, you know from you know there's

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Speaker 1: other guys are lying on you and um, you know

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Speaker 1: something to take a lot of pride and you don't

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Speaker 1: ever want to be the guy that you know, let's

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00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:09,400
Speaker 1: to the unit down. So that that's been awesome, you know,

854
00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:11,880
Speaker 1: getting that accountability you know, you know, not afraid to

855
00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:13,680
Speaker 1: call guys out, and that sort of leadership there has

856
00:43:13,719 --> 00:43:15,239
Speaker 1: been really good. And I think that's what he said

857
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Speaker 1: about you. You're a guy that takes this game very

858
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Speaker 1: seriously and you're not one to make the same mistake twice. Yeah. No,

859
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Speaker 1: I mean kind of back to that, like take a

860
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:26,120
Speaker 1: lot of pride in that, you know, with right something

861
00:43:26,239 --> 00:43:28,160
Speaker 1: goes wrong or you mess up, it's get it right

862
00:43:28,200 --> 00:43:30,840
Speaker 1: the next time. And uh yeah, I know he's overseeing

863
00:43:30,840 --> 00:43:33,440
Speaker 1: the entire team, but at times, is it like with

864
00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:36,480
Speaker 1: Jeff Saturday having a second offensive line coach. Yeah, you know,

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Speaker 1: I think he definitely, you know, just because his offensive

866
00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:39,920
Speaker 1: lineman spends you know, a good amount of time in

867
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Speaker 1: the room and uh, you know adds you know, valuable

868
00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:45,239
Speaker 1: input and things like that, you know, just seeing it

869
00:43:45,239 --> 00:43:47,800
Speaker 1: from a different perspective and uh, that sort of stuff.

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Speaker 1: Last couple of things with Will Fries with us for

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Speaker 1: you in your journey. You're number two in the NFL

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Speaker 1: with the Colts. Who are some guys in the locker

873
00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:57,239
Speaker 1: room that have helped you along your way, that have

874
00:43:57,320 --> 00:43:59,359
Speaker 1: helped you grow into the player that you are now

875
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:02,800
Speaker 1: as a as a regular starter along the offensive line. Yeah,

876
00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:05,160
Speaker 1: I mean there's a ton of you know, really tremendous

877
00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:07,080
Speaker 1: dudes in the locker room, a ton of great leadership,

878
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:09,960
Speaker 1: you know on the offensive line. You know quentn Nelson

879
00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:12,560
Speaker 1: and Ryan Kelly, you know, obviously guys have been here forever,

880
00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:14,320
Speaker 1: had done it all, played a lot of really good football,

881
00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:16,399
Speaker 1: and getting extra play with them and learned from them

882
00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:18,400
Speaker 1: has been really good. You know obviously kind of like

883
00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:20,080
Speaker 1: I said it before. You know, those you know, veteran

884
00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:22,880
Speaker 1: quarterbacks Matt Ryan and Nick Foles. You know, those guys

885
00:44:22,920 --> 00:44:24,960
Speaker 1: you know, have a lot of respect for you know,

886
00:44:25,120 --> 00:44:26,880
Speaker 1: they've seen it all and you know, can help you

887
00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:28,960
Speaker 1: work through some things, you know, not offensive, lot and

888
00:44:29,040 --> 00:44:31,400
Speaker 1: much just being you know a person, and you know

889
00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:34,960
Speaker 1: a player in the UH in the NFL, and you know,

890
00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:36,680
Speaker 1: on the defense side of the ball. I mean, obviously

891
00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:38,360
Speaker 1: you don't spend a lot of time with those guys,

892
00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:40,960
Speaker 1: but you know, Zayah Franklin, you know, tremendous leader and

893
00:44:41,160 --> 00:44:43,480
Speaker 1: uh you know, has a lot of good, really good

894
00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:45,920
Speaker 1: things to say to get the team going. And you know,

895
00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:47,560
Speaker 1: I think a lot of guys really look up to him,

896
00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:49,799
Speaker 1: and you know, the way he's been a leader this year, Yeah,

897
00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:52,279
Speaker 1: no question about. I mean, he talked about opportunity right there,

898
00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:55,200
Speaker 1: stepping into it and making the most of it. You know,

899
00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:58,280
Speaker 1: I'm sure you've you've been following this Damar Hamlin story

900
00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:02,719
Speaker 1: from AFAR and obviously that that falls into that football

901
00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:05,880
Speaker 1: brotherhood category. I mean, even though you know you're not

902
00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:09,719
Speaker 1: teammates with him, you can certainly appreciate the magnitude of

903
00:45:09,719 --> 00:45:13,080
Speaker 1: this situation, just as a player in the NFL will.

904
00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:15,560
Speaker 1: How how tough has it been kind of watching and

905
00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:19,600
Speaker 1: monitoring this story from Afar, knowing that this impacts everybody, Yeah,

906
00:45:19,640 --> 00:45:23,800
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously incredibly sad and praying for him, his family,

907
00:45:24,040 --> 00:45:27,480
Speaker 1: you know, the whole Buffalo Bills community really makes you

908
00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:29,440
Speaker 1: realize at the end of the day that you know,

909
00:45:29,680 --> 00:45:32,040
Speaker 1: we're playing a game and to see something so tragical

910
00:45:32,040 --> 00:45:35,000
Speaker 1: like that really puts things in perspective. And just praying

911
00:45:35,080 --> 00:45:38,040
Speaker 1: for you know, him, his family and everyone that's close

912
00:45:38,080 --> 00:45:40,080
Speaker 1: to him that you know, it's a you know, good

913
00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:44,200
Speaker 1: healthy recovery. Yeah, everything like that, no question about it. Lastly,

914
00:45:44,239 --> 00:45:47,040
Speaker 1: will what's the mood of this team right going into

915
00:45:47,040 --> 00:45:49,840
Speaker 1: the last game of the season. It's the last time

916
00:45:49,920 --> 00:45:53,440
Speaker 1: that that locker room, how it's currently constructed now, will

917
00:45:53,680 --> 00:45:56,520
Speaker 1: be together. I mean, inevitill be. There's always changes in

918
00:45:56,640 --> 00:45:59,959
Speaker 1: every offseason. Trying to snap this sixth game losing skis.

919
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:02,919
Speaker 1: You know what, what's the urgency level and the mood

920
00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:04,759
Speaker 1: of the team going into the last game? You know,

921
00:46:05,080 --> 00:46:07,240
Speaker 1: obviously like it is every week, it's you know, as

922
00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:09,960
Speaker 1: high as it possibly can be. I mean the urgency.

923
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Speaker 1: I think that it's important that everyone plays as hard

924
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:14,839
Speaker 1: as they possibly can to finish the season strong, you know,

925
00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:17,960
Speaker 1: and I think week and week out, you know, we

926
00:46:18,200 --> 00:46:20,239
Speaker 1: have guys that play hard. Everyone plays hard. We know,

927
00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:22,279
Speaker 1: we have a team that plays hard and obviously things

928
00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:24,719
Speaker 1: I've gotten our way, but you know, guys lay it

929
00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:27,200
Speaker 1: all out there, you know, for this team, and you

930
00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:29,120
Speaker 1: know it's a testament to you know, the culture of

931
00:46:29,160 --> 00:46:31,799
Speaker 1: the team. You know, I think we have a lot

932
00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:33,520
Speaker 1: of really good dudes, a lot of guys that really

933
00:46:33,560 --> 00:46:36,080
Speaker 1: care and play hard and you know, just to go

934
00:46:36,120 --> 00:46:37,879
Speaker 1: out that last game, lay it all in a line

935
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Speaker 1: one more time, play as hard as you can and

936
00:46:40,360 --> 00:46:42,880
Speaker 1: just just finished strong. So you know, the builds momentum

937
00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:45,319
Speaker 1: for the off season. Now, that's incredibly well said right there.

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Speaker 1: That's Will Fries, offensive guard for the Indianapolis Colts. Will

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Speaker 1: thanks so much for the time and the great insight

940
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Speaker 1: and best of luck in the regular season. Finally, thank

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