WEBVTT - George Kittle Talks Offseason Training, Recaps Preseason Opener | Press Pass

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<v Speaker 1>And so you guys are out there at every practice.

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<v Speaker 1>You guys watch us all the time. But there's a

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<v Speaker 1>special teams perier where I catch the footballs and I

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<v Speaker 1>I could observe you guys, and you guys really need

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<v Speaker 1>to up your sneaker game.

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<v Speaker 2>It's absolutely atrocious.

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<v Speaker 1>I got some Viomaro's. Those are fire and Grant wears

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<v Speaker 1>vans every single day. New balances. They look like vans. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>those are vans. It's okay, but you wears every day,

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<v Speaker 1>so I need to switch those up. But I observe

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<v Speaker 1>all you guys's shoes, and I am disappointed in you

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<v Speaker 1>guys as a community. So we could up those police.

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<v Speaker 1>It's year eight, guys, let's figure this out together. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>Now it's all you guys.

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<v Speaker 3>You gave a people got a good glimpse of the

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<v Speaker 3>setup you had in Nashville with your front players back

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<v Speaker 3>and stuff was on social media. In the field, in

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<v Speaker 3>the weight room, I'd me asking, how much do you

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<v Speaker 3>think you spent over the years on making yourself a

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<v Speaker 3>better football player?

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<v Speaker 1>That's a great question. I mean, I think I learned

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<v Speaker 1>a lesson early on in my career. My agent told me,

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<v Speaker 1>he was like, you know, what you're a fit thround

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<v Speaker 1>draft pick. You know, you don't have like nothing's guaranteed,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't know how long you're gonna play. But when

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<v Speaker 1>it comes to your body, that's your business. So spend

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<v Speaker 1>money on your body. As long as that you're not

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<v Speaker 1>doing stupid stuff like you don't need to go buy

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<v Speaker 1>three cars, you don't need to buy everything that you want,

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<v Speaker 1>watches and stuff like that. But when it comes to

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<v Speaker 1>your body, ask the vet's what they do, and then

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<v Speaker 1>spend money on your body. And I've done that, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>every single year to try to get back to one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred percenters, you know, make myself better every single year

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<v Speaker 1>in the best way possible. You know, my facility itself

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<v Speaker 1>probably cost me like a million dollars. I had something

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<v Speaker 1>that you know, I had a dream about, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>if you build it, they will come field a dreams

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<v Speaker 1>reference there, little Iowa stuff, And that was my goal

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<v Speaker 1>is just I want a football field. I want to

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<v Speaker 1>train facility. I like to train with other guys, So

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to have enough space. I have anywhere from

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<v Speaker 1>twelve to sixteen guys almost every single day of the

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<v Speaker 1>entire offseason.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a fantastic time.

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<v Speaker 1>I like to put myself around really talented football players

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<v Speaker 1>to one compete against them to see how they're doing,

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<v Speaker 1>but also to bring them along with me because I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like I trained at a really high level of

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<v Speaker 1>the time and so also being able to trade like

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<v Speaker 1>six offensive linemen every single day. So I have guys

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<v Speaker 1>that do pass pro with I have guys who do

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<v Speaker 1>run game stuff with old pads who know how to

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<v Speaker 1>do stuff, and then train out there with tight ends.

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<v Speaker 2>It's always great.

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<v Speaker 1>And then I love training with Trent Taylor all year

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<v Speaker 1>round because he's one of the best released guys I

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<v Speaker 1>think I've ever seen, you know, just his lateral quickness

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<v Speaker 1>and how to get off the line of scrimmage versus guys.

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<v Speaker 1>And I don't know if I can do all the

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<v Speaker 1>things that he does, but I try to copy some

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<v Speaker 1>of the things that he does.

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<v Speaker 2>I take that in, you know, my tool belt.

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<v Speaker 1>Other than that, you know, I do a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I've been a very big advocate for stem

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<v Speaker 1>cells and stuff like that. I try to advocate that

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<v Speaker 1>to all players across the leagues. I think it's very beneficial,

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<v Speaker 1>it's totally legal, and it's very good for you. But

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<v Speaker 1>uh yeah, I mean, I spend a lot of money

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<v Speaker 1>in my body because but you know, at the end

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<v Speaker 1>of the day too, it's if whatever, you if you

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<v Speaker 1>spend fifty thousand dollars on your body one off season,

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<v Speaker 1>it gets you one more year in the NFL.

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<v Speaker 2>Like what vet minimum's over a million dollars. So I

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<v Speaker 2>think that's a pretty good investment.

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<v Speaker 3>When you got when you have the guys that you

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<v Speaker 3>place in Nashville, how did that plan come about?

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<v Speaker 2>And how long was it? Just to have everyone there?

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<v Speaker 2>That was my wife's ideal. It was all Claire. She's like, hey, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>what you guys are here?

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<v Speaker 1>You know, this group of you guys that aren't playing,

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<v Speaker 1>you might as well, like you're going to go to

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<v Speaker 1>you know, Vanderbilt a local high school, or you can

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<v Speaker 1>go to your place. And I'm twenty five minutes from

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<v Speaker 1>the hotel we were staying at. So uh got in

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<v Speaker 1>contact with you know, our head string coat Dush and

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<v Speaker 1>Perry Michael Slap and brought it up to Kyle. He's like, yeah, George,

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<v Speaker 1>you really want to do that. I'm like, have the

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<v Speaker 1>Niners in my house? Of course I want to do that.

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<v Speaker 1>So just being able to have the guys out there,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think a lot of guys too, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>they've never been around, you know, seventy five acres in

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<v Speaker 1>the country, you know, with a gym and the field

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<v Speaker 1>on it too, So it just kind of gives them

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<v Speaker 1>a different perspective on, you know, how their guys live

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<v Speaker 1>and how their guys trained. So if I can inspire

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<v Speaker 1>them to, you know, put a little bit more effort

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<v Speaker 1>in their off seasons, maybe I'll take that.

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<v Speaker 2>Any day of the.

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<v Speaker 3>Week, plans start to come in motion.

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<v Speaker 1>If I have my phone, I'd asked my wife, but

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<v Speaker 1>I think she went over my head. I think she

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<v Speaker 1>called Michael slap directly. I was like, yeah, you're good, sweet.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have his number?

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<v Speaker 2>You do? You? What was it?

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<v Speaker 1>This brief exchange you had with you a few of

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<v Speaker 1>you guys while he was watching practice today? You saw

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<v Speaker 1>that I shouldn't he be watching practice? Sure we're in

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<v Speaker 1>Red for the first time too.

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<v Speaker 2>It's crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>No, there wasn't. Has he Warner Pirates had out there?

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<v Speaker 1>That's hilarious. I mean, I love Ayuk. I've played with him,

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<v Speaker 1>uh for four years. I love his mindset. Every single day.

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<v Speaker 1>You guys asked Mooey, like, you know, do you guys

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<v Speaker 1>miss him, and I think Moody answered it perfect. It's like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we haven't played a game without him yet,

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<v Speaker 1>so as an offense, we don't know how much like

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<v Speaker 1>his pieces are, like you interchange pieces all the time,

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<v Speaker 1>and like, you know, we've had Trent Williams hurt in

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<v Speaker 1>a game and we've still won. So it's like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you miss him, but you can make do with it.

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<v Speaker 1>So we don't know right at the end of the day,

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<v Speaker 1>but I do know that a Yuke is a fantastic

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<v Speaker 1>football player and the energy that he brings every single day,

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<v Speaker 1>this elevates us. So just being able to have a

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<v Speaker 1>conversation with him, because you know, I don't see him

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<v Speaker 1>all the time. I'm in camp mode, and just being

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<v Speaker 1>able to have a conversation with him is fantastic, just

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<v Speaker 1>to you know, how he's doing and if everything's going

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<v Speaker 1>away the way that he wanted to go.

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<v Speaker 2>And it was actually fine.

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<v Speaker 1>We went to dinner on one of our off nights

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<v Speaker 1>and we're pulling out of the out of the out

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<v Speaker 1>of Valet and he parks into Valet and so just

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<v Speaker 1>seeing him, I was like, hey, I haven't seen a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of days. Man, how are you doing so so

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<v Speaker 1>just a chance to see him is always fantastic. Love

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<v Speaker 1>a smile on his face.

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<v Speaker 4>George, what has it been like to have Trent Taylor

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<v Speaker 4>back here?

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<v Speaker 2>Phenomenal? What else? Yes, you know, it's fun.

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<v Speaker 1>They put us across the hall in the hotel together,

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<v Speaker 1>so we get to hang out a little bit there.

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<v Speaker 2>You know.

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<v Speaker 1>Trince, like I said, I work out with him every

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<v Speaker 1>off season. He's a guy who he just grinds every

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<v Speaker 1>single day. He does it the right way. He knows

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<v Speaker 1>what's expected of him every single day. I think you

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<v Speaker 1>guys have watched in training camp too, Like he has

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<v Speaker 1>probably the most catches besides Debo, Like, he catches everything

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<v Speaker 1>you throw to him. He gets open on the routes

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<v Speaker 1>that you wouldn't expect him to open on, like some

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<v Speaker 1>long routes. He's does everything where that you wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>do it. I mean, you guys saw he's blocking his

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<v Speaker 1>tail off in the preseason game. He probably played fifty

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<v Speaker 1>snaps in the preseason game, and he's like complaining about it.

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<v Speaker 1>He's just out there playing football. So like he's everything

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<v Speaker 1>that you want in a teammate and as a.

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<v Speaker 2>Forty nine er.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm just glad that we had the opportunity to

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<v Speaker 1>bring him back there. And I'm also having like a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of stability at punt returner makes me really happy.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not I might have to ever have to worry

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<v Speaker 1>about because I think Trent, you know, his whole career

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<v Speaker 1>has been like top five, top ten most of his career,

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<v Speaker 1>two and partner turning, So that always makes me really

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<v Speaker 1>happy when I don't worry about special teams.

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<v Speaker 4>I thought you, I think, where say a Hall of

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<v Speaker 4>Fame trajectory in your career and maybe if you retired now,

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<v Speaker 4>But do you ever think about that or like if

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<v Speaker 4>you were just staging your career, Like, you know, I've

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<v Speaker 4>accomplished a lot, I'd like to kind of submit my legacy.

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<v Speaker 2>I think if you think like that, it's pretty dangerous.

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<v Speaker 1>And I've just tried to have the same mindset since I,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, got in here as a rookie is just

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<v Speaker 1>a practice my ass off every single day, and.

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<v Speaker 2>Like, if you show up here every single day and

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<v Speaker 2>you played.

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<v Speaker 1>At incredibly high level, then you're gonna continually find yourself

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<v Speaker 1>on the field and continually find yourself and having opportunities

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<v Speaker 1>to make amazing plays and continue to further your legacy

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<v Speaker 1>or whatever that is.

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<v Speaker 2>And yeah, I know I'm been going into year eight.

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<v Speaker 1>I've played good football, but I mean I got plenty

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<v Speaker 1>of great football off in front of me, so I

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<v Speaker 1>all I'm going to focus on is one day at

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<v Speaker 1>a time, and whenever that time comes, it'll happen. And

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<v Speaker 1>you know, whenever the whenever the wheels fall off, that happens.

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<v Speaker 1>And I don't really expect that to happen anytime soon,

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<v Speaker 1>but I try not to think about it like that.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a lot of great players on this football team

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<v Speaker 1>that allowed me to better myself every single day. Holy cow, guys,

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<v Speaker 1>you both get one.

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<v Speaker 2>I was gonna go to him first.

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<v Speaker 3>A couple of tight ends that are impressive, so had

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<v Speaker 3>that pancake.

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<v Speaker 2>In the game fantastic and then the young kid.

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<v Speaker 3>Playing looks good.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you think of those two guys so far?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, it's fun.

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<v Speaker 1>Eric Sobert just same draft class and knowing him a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit throughout our career.

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<v Speaker 2>I always love talking to him. He's a great dude.

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<v Speaker 2>He Uh. What I really like about him is he

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<v Speaker 2>has a fantastic mindset.

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<v Speaker 1>He was like, you know, I'm gonna come out there

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna hit people, and I'm gonna try to get

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<v Speaker 1>better run blocking. I'm gonna try to figure out the

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<v Speaker 1>way you guys run the football. And just to see

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<v Speaker 1>his how he's gotten better in our scheme from.

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<v Speaker 2>OTAs to now, it's awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>And just to see him every single day go out

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<v Speaker 1>go at it with that work ethic. And I means

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<v Speaker 1>like I have a sense of humor once in a while,

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<v Speaker 1>so having he also has a sense of humor. So

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<v Speaker 1>having that bantern in our tidend room is fantastic because

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<v Speaker 1>camp meetings get pretty long and occasionally boring, so yet

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<v Speaker 1>they're always you know, refresh yourself to try to stay

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<v Speaker 1>focused on the little things, and so having him in

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<v Speaker 1>there is fantastic. But he understands and he he gets

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<v Speaker 1>like the standard of the level of play that tidens

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<v Speaker 1>in this room when a play up. And that was

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<v Speaker 1>something that we talked about when I had John Imber

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<v Speaker 1>here's my Titenans coach, and he kind of established that

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<v Speaker 1>he was, you know, we're gonna play at this standard.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're not playing at this standard, you're not gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be in this room. And so he had Inbo for

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<v Speaker 1>training camp last year in Miami, and so he kind

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<v Speaker 1>of understands that. So he came right in this room

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<v Speaker 1>and fit right in because he knows how we want

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<v Speaker 1>to play football, and like he's seen how you know,

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<v Speaker 1>Charlie Warner and ROSTWELLI played and like just the level

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<v Speaker 1>of that they played at. And so for him just

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<v Speaker 1>to come in and accept that and just grind. I've

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<v Speaker 1>really appreciate that my guy Mason playing. Uh, he's everything

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<v Speaker 1>you want in a rookie. You know, he makes some

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<v Speaker 1>dumb mistakes once in a while, but I I made

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<v Speaker 1>a ton of dumb mistakes when I was a rookie,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's doing a good job of not making the

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<v Speaker 1>same mistake twice. He's learning from his mistakes. But he

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<v Speaker 1>gives fantastic effort every single time he's out there. He's

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<v Speaker 1>you know, he leaves every practice practice exhausted, which you

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<v Speaker 1>should do as a rookie because most roogies don't get

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of reps. But he's just flying around everywhere,

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<v Speaker 1>so he's exhausted, and I really appreciate that from him.

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<v Speaker 1>And he does all the extra meetings with our titand coaches,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's always just very eager. He's always asking questions

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<v Speaker 1>and I really appreciate that. And he's just a really

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<v Speaker 1>good rookie who understands that you know, you're not getting

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of reps, but whenever they come to you, you

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<v Speaker 1>have to take advantage of the opportunity. I said him first,

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<v Speaker 1>she said one last time, and you still got an

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<v Speaker 1>excellent at the end.

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<v Speaker 2>Anyways, so we're gonna go there, and then there.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe the complete opposite or a Hall of Fame question.

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<v Speaker 1>In Monday's practice, the ball was thrown to you an

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<v Speaker 1>awful lot and a practice like that, I mean, is

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<v Speaker 1>it is it designed that way or does it just

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<v Speaker 1>kind of happen? And also coming off of a game

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<v Speaker 1>and other ones were getting the only ones that got reps,

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<v Speaker 1>But like, is there something about setting a tone that

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<v Speaker 1>type of a practice.

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<v Speaker 2>Setting a tone?

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, because it's like, uh, like the star as we

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<v Speaker 1>had an off day, travel day, game, off day, and

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<v Speaker 1>then you have that practice, so like you haven't practiced

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<v Speaker 1>a while, so you need to go out there, you

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<v Speaker 1>need to run, you need to do stuff. So you

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<v Speaker 1>want to go out there, and it's not like a

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<v Speaker 1>job through practice. You want to go out there and

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<v Speaker 1>you're like, well, you're it's not gonna be the hardest

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<v Speaker 1>practice of your career and you're not in pads, like

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<v Speaker 1>you still got to go out there and work on stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>So definitely setting the tone you want to go out

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<v Speaker 1>there and take advantage of those reps. I cannot tell

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<v Speaker 1>you why the ball found me multiple times, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>that's just kind of like, you know, every game I play,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like I have one target, I have twelve targets.

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<v Speaker 1>It just is what it is, and I'm happy to

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<v Speaker 1>catch the ball and it's thrown to me. Yes, Jennifer Williams, Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>it did.

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<v Speaker 3>Same thing with being out there.

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<v Speaker 1>Is it like you don't miss him because it hasn't

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<v Speaker 1>been week one yet. Yeah, Trip Williams is Trip Williams.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it's like the greatest football player to ever

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<v Speaker 1>played the game. It's like him and Aaron Donald, I

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<v Speaker 1>mean that I've played against, and you know, for all

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<v Speaker 1>the people who are gonna, you know, list off like

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<v Speaker 1>you know, nineties and eighties players. I'm sorry, but like

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<v Speaker 1>the best I've ever played with. And so yes, he

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<v Speaker 1>and he's also like a massive human being. He's a

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<v Speaker 1>silver back, like he just has a presence to him

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<v Speaker 1>and so yeah, not hav him in the locker room

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<v Speaker 1>at all and stuff like that. It's weird, but you know,

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<v Speaker 1>no one like we all love Trent and he's doing

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<v Speaker 1>what he thinks is best for him, so it's okay.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think Jayalen Moore is inn a good job

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<v Speaker 1>of playing left tackle for us. And I also like,

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<v Speaker 1>I appreciate getting extra reps because the one thing about

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<v Speaker 1>Trent Williams is is I don't need to practice Trent

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<v Speaker 1>that often because he's so good that it's more of me, like, hey, George,

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<v Speaker 1>get out of the way so I can block this

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<v Speaker 1>guy by myself. And I'm like, hey man, you make

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<v Speaker 1>my job easier. So getting the extra reps with Jalen,

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<v Speaker 1>I think is really beneficial because he's gotten a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of snaps for us in the last couple of years,

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<v Speaker 1>and so if I can get really good at working

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<v Speaker 1>with him, Trent will just fit in seamlessly, not worried

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<v Speaker 1>about it.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, guys. Work on those sneakers please,