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Speaker 1: Oh tackle by Steve Taskers, do bus down at all time.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to our number three of the One Bill's

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Speaker 1: Live Steve Tasker, Luke Tasker here with you, Luke sitting

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Speaker 1: in for Maddie Glab today. We're pleased to be joined

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Speaker 1: now by Western New York native, a former Buffalo Bill's

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Speaker 1: wide receiver from two thousand and ten to two thousand

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Speaker 1: and twelve. He was a Saint Joe's Academy graduate, spent

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Speaker 1: the last six years in the CFL playing for the

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Speaker 1: Saskatchewan Roughriders, and recently signed a new contract with the

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Speaker 1: Montreal Alouettes, naming Roosevelt, naming Stephen Luke. How are you doing? Man?

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Speaker 1: Are you doing okay during the pandemic? Yeah? I'm staying safe. Guys.

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Speaker 1: How got doing? We're doing? We're doing probably better than

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Speaker 1: we deserve, truth be known. But what have you been?

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Speaker 1: I know that this you guys have you got to

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Speaker 1: stay ready. You don't know what's going to happen with

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Speaker 1: the CFL. What's been What have you been doing this offseason?

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Speaker 1: Who you've been working out with, where you've been doing it?

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Speaker 1: What's going on with you in your football career right now? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: So I mean I've been staying in shape. I've been training, Uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, uh, Chad Kelly has been around. So I've

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Speaker 1: been training with Chad Kelly. We've been getting after it.

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Speaker 1: So there's been getting some good work. And also been

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Speaker 1: training a couple of kids. Uh. You know, I started

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Speaker 1: And you know, we we continue to do social distancing,

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Speaker 1: good to good to talk to you again. We've uh

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Speaker 1: name and I have trained together for the last five

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Speaker 1: off seasons and and uh, I'm missing you this year. Man.

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Speaker 1: We everything everything's different were there's no more gym's open,

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Speaker 1: there's no more anything. And uh, it's good to hear

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Speaker 1: that you're that you're training and getting ready. How still

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Speaker 1: us in a little bit on your new contract with

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Speaker 1: I was definitely excited, you know that. You know, montrog

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Speaker 1: I've been having a you know, a great career. And

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Speaker 1: a couple of years. You've been balling up. You know,

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Speaker 1: I just want to continue to keep balling. And you

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Speaker 1: know they've been you know, I haven't. We haven't been

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Speaker 1: hearing anything. We've just been I've just been reading what

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Speaker 1: the CFL now naming every you know, the NFL's watching

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Speaker 1: every other sports league's and it's got to be watching

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Speaker 1: the CFL with and how they're handling, and the CFL

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Speaker 1: Now name it. We had this conversational and talking about

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Speaker 1: with UH, with the games that should be played, with

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Speaker 1: with compensation. So unfortunately, that's the most news is that

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Speaker 1: it's it's really hard to make a decision about any

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Speaker 1: of this stuff. So it's it's all to be it's

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Speaker 1: all to be seen, UH and we'll be determined in

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Speaker 1: the next few weeks and months with the CFL. Yeah, Nayman,

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Speaker 1: thanks so much for taking some time. I appreciate you

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Speaker 1: coming on and know Luke was looking forward to talking

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Speaker 1: with you and so was I. I'm glad you hear

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Speaker 1: you're doing well. I wish you the best of luck

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Speaker 1: in the rest of your CFL career and I hope

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Speaker 1: it lasts another decade. My friend, be good, Steve, Steve Luke,

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Speaker 1: thank you guys. Thanks good talking to se