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Speaker 1: Why don't to get your take on Dante high Tower

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Speaker 1: so far this year obviously, you know, coming off of

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Speaker 1: last year not playing. What's been your feeling on how

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Speaker 1: he's impacted the game, both on and off the field. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'll start with off the field. You know, he's definitely

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Speaker 1: taken on a leadership role, obviously being voted to captain

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Speaker 1: and even guys who have played in different systems, you know,

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Speaker 1: even like jude On for example, were helping jude On

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Speaker 1: and a lot of things, and just the rest of

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Speaker 1: the guys. He's been great off the field in all aspects,

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Speaker 1: I would say. On the field first and foremost, he

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Speaker 1: brings the physicality to the game that we covered here

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Speaker 1: in New England. Obviously, one of these guys that can

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Speaker 1: get downhill and really rock some of these offensive linements.

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Speaker 1: With some of these offensive linemen, we always talk about

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Speaker 1: setting the tone and he is the tone setter. So

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Speaker 1: he's out there playing well for us no matter what

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Speaker 1: the situation is. Early down, we're down. You know you

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Speaker 1: don't want to take this off the field. I bet

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Speaker 1: it was an instinctive, you know, football player a B

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Speaker 1: but also be able to identify what the offense is doing.

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Speaker 1: Obviously his integral in that role, just like like dev

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Speaker 1: How is he instinctually and also and seeing the play developed,

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Speaker 1: but also kind of seeing where the play is going

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Speaker 1: to head prior to its starting. Yeah, I would say,

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Speaker 1: you know, you know, naturally, he has very good instincts

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Speaker 1: I would also say he puts a lot of work

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Speaker 1: He's always asking me questions, you know, picking my brain.

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Speaker 1: He puts a lot of work into knowing exactly what

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Speaker 1: to expect, even though teams play us differently each and

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Speaker 1: every week. Just his overall awareness is really second to none.

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Speaker 1: Thanks thanks forst Next question, Zach Colox Pedrod, How are you?

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Speaker 1: I'm doing well? Zach? How are you? I'm doing well?

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Speaker 1: I wanted to ask you about Kyle and specifically his

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Speaker 1: I think he has nine pass breaks over his last

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Speaker 1: six or seven games. What about his skill set allows

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Speaker 1: those plays so frequently? Yeah, I would say, you know,

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Speaker 1: Kyle's our Swiss Army knife. You know, you never know

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Speaker 1: where he's going to line up on the end of

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Speaker 1: the line off the ball. He's good in coverage, you

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Speaker 1: can rush the passer. And like you said, his awareness

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Speaker 1: linebackers to have good awareness and in some of those

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Speaker 1: past breakups, you know, it comes through film study obviously,

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Speaker 1: knowing what to expect, and his anticipation is very good.

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Speaker 1: So he's one of these players where you know, it

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Speaker 1: may not always show up on the stat sheet, but

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Speaker 1: he is a very good linebacker, however you want to classify.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he really doesn't fit into any bucket. It's

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Speaker 1: just a guy that can do at all. Next question,

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Speaker 1: Jim McBride, how are you. I'm doing well, Jim, how

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Speaker 1: are you good? Thanks? I wanted to ask you about

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Speaker 1: you know, Bentley has definitely taken leaps and bounds this year,

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Speaker 1: will also say he leads in his own way. You know.

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Speaker 1: He's also taken on more of a vocal leadership role

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Speaker 1: The younger guys feed off of them, the newer guys

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Speaker 1: He does a great job controlling the front. Just one

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Thanks you, And next question Alex batt Hey, Drod,

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Speaker 1: This is definitely a balanced offense. It doesn't matter quarterback

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