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Speaker 1: I'm just curious, Um, when you look back on last

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Speaker 1: season for yourself, just how do you assess it that

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Speaker 1: even some time sure to look back and think about it,

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Speaker 1: um personally. Uh yeah, the season last year obviously last

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Speaker 1: year and um self assessment. Um, there are a lot

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Speaker 1: of things I thought I could have done better. Um,

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Speaker 1: there are a lot of things that I did well. Um,

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Speaker 1: and there are things that I can build on. So

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Speaker 1: um definitely Uh throwing last year away. There was a

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Speaker 1: lot of things I learned from. But I'm looking forward

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Speaker 1: to this next season and improving um every day. UM

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Speaker 1: out here in O t S. When you say there's

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Speaker 1: some things you can improve, anything you can identify that

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Speaker 1: you're focused on this off season, I mean really every

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Speaker 1: everything from bass security, from blocking techniques, from routes, getting

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Speaker 1: in and out of breaks. Um, really everything that that

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Speaker 1: goes and doing my job every single day. UM. I

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Speaker 1: put an emphasis on it, like to improved. Hey ever,

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Speaker 1: what's going on? Man? Not much? I'm wondering how much. Uh.

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Speaker 1: The whole vaccination issue is something that you guys talk

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Speaker 1: about as players and what what have you. Since this

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Speaker 1: is the approach that most players are are taking on it.

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Speaker 1: Inside the locker room. UM. You know, there really hasn't

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Speaker 1: been a lot of conversation. UM. Definitely, there's not many

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Speaker 1: medical experts in our locker room. Uh that there's something

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Speaker 1: the training room, so we don't really talk about that much. Um.

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Speaker 1: Everybody you know kind of is in their own lane

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Speaker 1: with that. Um everything is kind of their business. And

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Speaker 1: the vaccine is obviously want to get as much information

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Speaker 1: on about that really, just focusing on getting better issues

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Speaker 1: every day out hear Yeah I haven't, can you hear me? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I got you. So obviously this is a contract year

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Speaker 1: for you. UM do you know that obviously? Uh? What

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Speaker 1: is sort of your mindset in that regard? It's just

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Speaker 1: a big year for potentially life changing opportunity for you

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Speaker 1: to make some enormous money next year. UM. How much

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Speaker 1: of a motivating factor is that? Um? Honestly, my motivation

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Speaker 1: is is in the moment right now. UM. All that

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Speaker 1: stuff is UM in the future. I have no control

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Speaker 1: over that. I have control of what I do today

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Speaker 1: on the field, UM, what I do in these meetings,

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Speaker 1: UM to end the day, uh, man, as long as

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Speaker 1: I work hard every single day improve um and do

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Speaker 1: my job for my team. All that stuff will take

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Speaker 1: care of yourself. How are you feeling physically? Obviously last

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Speaker 1: year you were able to kind of move past some

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Speaker 1: of those injury things that I have been frustrating for you.

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Speaker 1: Uh what do you credit that to? Uh? You know,

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Speaker 1: being able to stay healthy? And how are you doing now? Um?

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Speaker 1: You know, I give a credit to a lot of things.

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Speaker 1: I mean, our training staff has has been with me

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Speaker 1: from the day one through all the pain, through all

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Speaker 1: the injuries, um, and definitely a judges approach to every

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Speaker 1: day work. Um. Uh that this last year was the

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Speaker 1: hardest probably I've I've ever worked on the field um

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Speaker 1: during the season, um and and through training camp and UM,

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Speaker 1: I think when you when you work hard every single day,

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Speaker 1: you push your limit. Um, you build like callous on

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Speaker 1: your body. I'd like to say, Um, you're able to

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Speaker 1: be more durable. I'm being able to withstand a lot more.

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Speaker 1: So I'm giving credit a lot to myself and my

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Speaker 1: discipline take care of myself, but also the trainers and um,

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Speaker 1: just the work kind of judge implements for us every

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Speaker 1: single day. Kevil Jones, Hey, Evan, can you hear me, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I got you. Oh it's a miracle. I'm in my car,

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Speaker 1: so I apologize. Um, are you in even better shape

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Speaker 1: possibly than I've ever seen you? And I've never thought

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Speaker 1: of you in any way, shape or form being out

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Speaker 1: of shape. But these couple of O T A s

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Speaker 1: I've been fortunate enough to attend, you just look like

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Speaker 1: you're in as good as shape as I've seen. And

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Speaker 1: you can feel free to tell me if I'm off

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Speaker 1: base there. But but I feel like I know what

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Speaker 1: I'm seeing there. Yeah, I appreciate. I take that as

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Speaker 1: a compliment. Uh. Um, definitely been. I've been grinding with

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Speaker 1: my team back home, my trainers in Atlanta, We've been

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Speaker 1: going hard and they've been They put me through so much.

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Speaker 1: That's such a great plan for me, through the speed, agility,

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Speaker 1: the weight training, UM, through football work. UM. I just

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Speaker 1: really give a lot of credit to them. They kind

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Speaker 1: of invested a lot in me. Um down at Pinnacle

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Speaker 1: UM in Atlanta, and UM, I give him a credit

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Speaker 1: for how I look right now. So definitely, after O

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Speaker 1: T as a minicamp, get back down there, get another

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Speaker 1: month in before camp. So I appreciate that. Though