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Speaker 1: Going on. We were talking earlier about how many reps

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Speaker 1: or what has that work for you? Uh? I mean, yeah,

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Speaker 1: but just trying to be proactive with it and just

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Speaker 1: Just just let it roll around to this time. It

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Speaker 1: makes it easy for you know, for everybody in here.

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Speaker 1: Just stay on the same routine. Just take care of

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Speaker 1: your body early in the year, just let it roll

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Speaker 1: into the late late part of the year. Money the

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Speaker 1: Cardinal's defensive coordinator and stewards have categorized your passing attack

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Speaker 1: as very conservative. Would you agree with that assessment or um? Well,

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Speaker 1: I mean and it just watched the film. I mean

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Speaker 1: just you know, working more on the quick game things

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Speaker 1: like that. But I mean, I guess I don't I

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Speaker 1: don't know are regarding your your growth in the passing

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Speaker 1: you didn't made. It may not have shown up, you

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Speaker 1: know on the box score. How much better do you

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Speaker 1: think you've become in all areas passing from route running

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Speaker 1: that's honestly what I worked on, like I would say,

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Speaker 1: just trying to protect Matt Bailey whoever's in there at QB,

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Speaker 1: So just trying to protect those guys and just yeah,

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Speaker 1: I feel like that my game really elevating that that

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Speaker 1: pick up and just protecting Matt. Do you have the

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Speaker 1: eight most yards from scrimmage in the AFC? What does

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Speaker 1: that mean to you? It's a combination of your ability

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Speaker 1: I didn't really know that. I don't really look at

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Speaker 1: just just because we're all focused on one thing, and

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Speaker 1: that's winning each week, just winning each day things like that. So,

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Speaker 1: I mean, that's great, that's great. Uh. I mean, I'm

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Speaker 1: So I mean, I guess that's an accomplishment. But we

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Speaker 1: Damien used to start the year, you guys, you won

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Speaker 1: two punch. Anybody has h You've been asking your staff

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Speaker 1: count has been really high, and not having him out there,

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Speaker 1: what's what's it been like? And kind of carrying that

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Speaker 1: back here. Yeah, just damn prepared, and just knowing how

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Speaker 1: knowing one of my brothers is down. They can't even

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Speaker 1: You know when not just you out there, but you're

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Speaker 1: getting you know, plays called for you. You're rushing the

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Speaker 1: yourself through that? Do you feel tired in those spots?

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Speaker 1: What do you tell yourself? How do you keep going? Oh? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that just brings me back to like the offseason, just

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Speaker 1: just stay locked in is just next play. Mac was

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Speaker 1: I don't know. My days are confusing that he's treating like,

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Speaker 1: what's lies ahead? You know, a couple of games out

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Speaker 1: You guys are six and six, six, and you know

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Speaker 1: from here on out it's it's it's a new slate.

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Speaker 1: Do you agree with that kind of mindset? Oh? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I agree with that. Just you know, like you said,

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Speaker 1: more big ball games ahead of us, so just playing

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Speaker 1: been tough at all to adjust store? To be honest,

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Speaker 1: now it hasn't really been tough at all. Just now,

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Speaker 1: it has been tough. We were being recruited by Olaho

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Speaker 1: with Jim any interaction in the old Cowler Murray, Uh,

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Speaker 1: so familiar with him. A great guy, great player, and

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Speaker 1: much respect to him. Looked at like you're playing against

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Speaker 1: What's your your mindset when you're across the field room.

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Speaker 1: Uh well, I try not to be a fan first.

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Speaker 1: I remember last year we played the Cowboys. Now it

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Speaker 1: So you got to stay on that same that same

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Speaker 1: waveless they are on and just you know, try to

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Speaker 1: compete back. If you had a moment this year where

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Speaker 1: i'd like to way you play Drissy exchange anything like

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Speaker 1: that plenty of times honestly, and something of that. What

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Speaker 1: the recent years that I think great players, and uh No,

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Speaker 1: had a couple of conversations with those guys, and it's

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Speaker 1: conversations with people I watched on TV. You're what's kay.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you, thank