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Speaker 1: Joining me now it's Patri's offensive lineman, Joe Tuney. Joe,

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Speaker 1: it's good to see you, my friend. How are you doing?

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Speaker 1: Good to see you too? Not too bad? How are you?

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Speaker 1: First of all, right out of the gate, how are

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Speaker 1: you doing with all this? I mean, I know there's

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Speaker 1: a lot going on. This is a lot going on

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Speaker 1: in your personal life. This is a lot going on

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Speaker 1: and your life that's not going on with this football team.

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Speaker 1: How in the heck is Joe Tuney doing? Yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 1: not too bad. It's kind of taking a day by day,

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Speaker 1: you know, even hour by hour, just you know, just

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Speaker 1: trying to see things unfold and react to them. And

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Speaker 1: you know, it's such a new year, new situation, new season,

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Speaker 1: so it's trying to make the most of it and

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Speaker 1: uh yeah, just approach the best way possible. Let's talk

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Speaker 1: about this offensive line and the role that you've played,

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Speaker 1: because it's good thing that when I look up your

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Speaker 1: name in the dictionary, it says versatile right next to it.

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Speaker 1: You're able to play a multitude of different positions. How

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Speaker 1: are you handling that? Obviously pretty well? Yeah, it's you know,

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Speaker 1: you know how football goes. People go down and you

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Speaker 1: have to shuffle people around it, and um, you know

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Speaker 1: we've got a couple of guys playing different positions. Um

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Speaker 1: so just part of the game. You know, the more

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Speaker 1: you can do, the better for the team. And I

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Speaker 1: just want to be out there wherever I can and

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Speaker 1: you know, playing with the team. So um, stay just

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Speaker 1: going on, right, just do what I can. I know

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Speaker 1: you played offensive line all your life, but did you

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Speaker 1: play much center? And rolling up a little bit when

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Speaker 1: I write when I got to college NCY State, Uh,

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Speaker 1: my first two years there, but after that not too much.

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Speaker 1: But you know, throughout my career here, you know, I'd

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Speaker 1: always takes snaps, you know, practice just in case, you know,

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Speaker 1: as a you know, extreme backup. But you know they

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Speaker 1: came in handy, I guess. So it helps came in

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Speaker 1: handy in a big way. Oh is David Andrews helping you? Obviously?

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Speaker 1: You guys are best of friends, right, Yeah, he's He's

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Speaker 1: great to you know, bounce ideas off of see what

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Speaker 1: he thinks about certain situations or certain plays or how

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Speaker 1: he approaches things. So just a great resource to have,

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Speaker 1: you know, wealth of information playing the position so long

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Speaker 1: and so well. So um, really glad that he's been

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Speaker 1: there and super helpful. Take us inside that offensive line

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Speaker 1: room because obviously there's a lot of pride now room,

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Speaker 1: you guys have done a remarkable job and to see

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Speaker 1: this run game go the way it is functioning, it's

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Speaker 1: pretty impressive. Thanks. Yeah, it's big more. Well, just there's

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Speaker 1: always things that we want to improve on and work on,

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Speaker 1: you know as we look back over the film each week.

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Speaker 1: And um, but you know we take pride and running

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Speaker 1: the ball and we want to encourage you know that,

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Speaker 1: And um, it just takes the group effort. You know,

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Speaker 1: tight ends, wide receivers, running backs running hard. So um,

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Speaker 1: just you know, trying to do what we can and

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Speaker 1: play with great effort. That's the main thing. Let me

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Speaker 1: ask you this, is it different blocking for a running

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Speaker 1: quarterback or a quarterback that runs as opposed to a

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Speaker 1: quarterback that just stands it in the pocket and throws.

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Speaker 1: Now that you have Cam Newton, I think you're the

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Speaker 1: fundamentals remain, you know, regarding you know, pass or run blocking,

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Speaker 1: and um, you're trying to execute the technique that you've

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Speaker 1: been taught so much and trying to do your highest

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Speaker 1: ability with highest efforts. So um, you know, that's kind

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Speaker 1: of mindset that we approach with. And um, I think

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Speaker 1: that's been consistent. How do you like the Bill Belichick

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Speaker 1: concept when he talks about no matter what happens, no excuses. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, just you know, it's just gotta it's football,

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Speaker 1: you know, you gotta, you know, do what you can,

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Speaker 1: and um, just you know, try and contribute to the team.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, it's just how it is. Hey, Joe, it's

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Speaker 1: football in twenty twenty, that's what it is. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's true. I'm true. Hey, good luck this Sunday against Denver.

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Speaker 1: Thank you. I appreciate you. You're talking to you. You too,

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Speaker 1: my friend. Thanks