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Speaker 1: Late fifteen to ten touched up.

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Speaker 2: What's Up?

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Speaker 3: Guys, Welcome into a brand new episode of Chargers Weekly,

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Speaker 3: presented by Splittero as always, joined by the Voice of

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Speaker 3: the Chargers, Matt Muney Smith. I'm Chris Hayry and Buddy

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Speaker 3: a little shell shocked. Just coming off the field. Did

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Speaker 3: not look good.

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Speaker 1: Rashaun Slater goes down on a cart and you know,

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Speaker 1: I hate.

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Speaker 3: To speculate, but I just know looking at Rashawan and

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Speaker 3: the optics did not look good.

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Speaker 4: No, it's a bummer, man, and I'm sure it's gonna

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Speaker 4: come through. In the pod, you're talking about what I

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Speaker 4: believe is the best player on the team. I think

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Speaker 4: when you just talk in relation to the position across

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Speaker 4: the league, that Rashaun Slater's in the conversation as the

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Speaker 4: best left tackle in football. You know, is he the best?

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Speaker 4: I'm sure others would say Trent Williams or trust Tristan,

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Speaker 4: but he's in the conversation. I mean, he's and to

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Speaker 4: be able to put him on an island and not

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Speaker 4: have to worry about sending any help over there. We

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Speaker 4: know how good that left side of the line has

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Speaker 4: been year and a year out with Slater running the

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Speaker 4: ball to the left and then you know, to not

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Speaker 4: have like you said, don't want to speculate, but here's

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Speaker 4: kind of the way I saw it unfold. The way

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Speaker 4: that we're you know, as we're taping this right after

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Speaker 4: it happened, is it was it was a seven on

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Speaker 4: seven drill, but it was it was three offensive linemen

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Speaker 4: versus two defensive linemen. And I do I believe it

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Speaker 4: was Bozeman's Ion Slater, if my mind served my memory

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Speaker 4: serves correct. And Slater just went down like just kind

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Speaker 4: of and I don't know if he wasn't expecting the

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Speaker 4: engagement from the defensive player, or if Zion might have

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Speaker 4: leaned into him a little bit. Somebody something happened to

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Speaker 4: his left leg where he just went down immediately. And

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Speaker 4: I think we've been around sports long enough to be

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Speaker 4: able to read people's body language. He was very upset.

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Speaker 4: I think it's just I'm not going to speculate on

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Speaker 4: what the injury is as we're taping this. You'll probably

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Speaker 4: know by the time you see it. But he's very emotional.

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Speaker 4: He threw his helmet, he pounded the back of the cart.

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Speaker 4: I mean, it was a you know, you could hear

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Speaker 4: that bang ring throughout training camp, every player came up,

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Speaker 4: gave him a hug, and then he just immediately sunk

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Speaker 4: his head and threw a towel over his face and

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Speaker 4: had to be helped into the locker room. And we

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Speaker 4: know how much he loves to compete, how many injuries

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Speaker 4: he's played through in his career. He's an absolute, you know,

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Speaker 4: to use the term warrior. He's one of those guys

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Speaker 4: that plays through anything and everything to be out there

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Speaker 4: to protect Justin's blindside and man for it to be

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Speaker 4: a seven on seven drill on August seventh. It's a

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Speaker 4: real gut punch.

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Speaker 3: Complete air out of Elsagunda, that entire field and the

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Speaker 3: fans watching. And this was supposed to be a celebratory day.

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Speaker 3: Keenan Allen back in powder blue, and you know the

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Speaker 3: crowd was into it, a lot of pops for number

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Speaker 3: thirteen and then you know it was hot out there

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Speaker 3: today too, you see, and Branson Taylor, the rookie, he

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Speaker 3: went down earlier in practice as well.

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Speaker 1: But when number seventy.

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Speaker 3: Goes down, it completely changes everything that you want to

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Speaker 3: do offensively. This was probably the best tackle duo in

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Speaker 3: football when you combine Alton Slater and just what they

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Speaker 3: there's just a lot of questions as to A, how

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Speaker 3: do you replace him in the short term and b

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Speaker 3: what do you do in the long term in an

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Speaker 3: I think it is just so frustrated right now Mondy

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Speaker 3: because a just as a guy.

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Speaker 1: You just you really feel for Rashawn May's.

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Speaker 3: He's a great dude, highest of character, and just somebody

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Speaker 1: On year in a year out. That was the constant.

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Speaker 3: We knew it was gonna be Alton Slater, we knew

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Speaker 3: it sounds like, you know, that was something we were

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Speaker 3: like they're part of the best five. Has it changed

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Speaker 4: Well, to me, that's that's the big question. You know

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Speaker 4: and try to figure out does it make more sense

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Speaker 4: I think that's ultimately And look, this is a reminder,

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Speaker 4: you know, when we were doing when they were dipping

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Speaker 4: that sort of thing, and a lot of people were asking,

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Speaker 4: why don't you just dust Trey and that nine million

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Speaker 4: where you can go get and we kept pointing out like, look,

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Speaker 4: you you want depth on the offensive line, man, you

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Speaker 4: do not want to mess around if one of these

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Speaker 4: position they would be in right now if they had

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Speaker 4: that's why you need that swing tackle to be able

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Speaker 4: to account for an injury like this. So that, to

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Speaker 4: me is probably what's going to be the most interesting

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Speaker 4: is do they want to break up the mountain on

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Speaker 4: the right side of the line, to put Joe at

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Speaker 4: left tackle, where obviously he played at Notre Dame and

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Speaker 4: was great against the Raiders, and that Week eighteen contest,

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Speaker 4: or do you just put Trey back at left tackle

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Speaker 4: and whor's Jamari saw you're in that COMPETI conversation.

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Speaker 3: Go back to twenty twenty two when saw you're fielding

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Speaker 3: very admirably for Slater on that left side. I think

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Speaker 3: it was twenty twenty two. It was, Yeah, when Slater

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Speaker 3: was a rookie, and that's a guy that we've we've

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Speaker 3: heard coach Harbaugh and company talk about just coming into

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Speaker 3: the outside, Pipkins. I feel like it would be natural

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Speaker 3: to it came out to right tackle, bring All to left.

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Speaker 3: But again, like you said, it kind of breaks that up.

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Speaker 3: But we saw All at the end of last year

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Speaker 3: play left tackle. I believe was that Raiders game Rashaun

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Speaker 3: you said, he did it at Notre Dame. You know,

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Speaker 3: there's no silver lining to this, Okay, let me just

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Speaker 3: say that. When I say that, at least there are

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Speaker 1: The problem is we're just kind of there's time on this.

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Speaker 4: There's never tackles.

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Speaker 3: There's never tackles unless you are giving up an elite

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Speaker 3: a surplus. But nobody's given them away tackles in August.

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Speaker 4: No, And the only reason why Trent Williams got traded

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Speaker 4: is it was a contract impass.

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Speaker 1: That was Washington.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, they didn't want to pay him, and he demanded

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Speaker 4: bite him in the tail because he's still arguably the

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Speaker 4: best left tackle in football and has been for that

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Speaker 4: Tunsel just got traded, you know, back to from Houston

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Speaker 4: Houston when he was in the conversation, is one of

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Speaker 4: the best left tackles in football, So like, can it happen? Yes,

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Speaker 4: when you just paid the guy, that's the thing, the contract.

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Speaker 4: It's hard to now take on money and someone who's

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Speaker 4: you know it would have to be a short term.

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Speaker 4: It's just yeah, it's it's not I wish, I wish

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Speaker 4: I had answers. I just I keep having, you know, unfortunately,

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Speaker 4: the back of that cart, it just leaves a lasting impression.

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Speaker 4: That's that's such a bummer, you know.

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Speaker 3: I was just I was thinking about this drive it

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Speaker 3: compared to in that wildcard game in Houston, and you

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Speaker 3: know the constants again where Rashawn and Joe. I mean,

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Speaker 3: you look at all across the offense that there was

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Speaker 3: really no running game two point nine yards to carry,

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Speaker 3: You're bringing Nause, bringing Amarion.

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Speaker 1: There's just so many more weapons on the outside.

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Speaker 4: You know.

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Speaker 3: The one kind of question in that Houston game was

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Speaker 1: With center and left guard.

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Speaker 3: It looks like Bradley and Zion right now, or as

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Speaker 3: I mentioned earlier, one of the five best according to

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Speaker 3: coach Harball. Now you have a kind of a cloudy

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Speaker 3: that you know, remember I remember his rule.

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Speaker 4: It's funny, Chris, you're reading my mind. I'm going to

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Speaker 4: it right now, because look, you're talking about a guy

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Speaker 4: was Sam Tevey, Forrest Lamp, Dan Feeney, Trey Turner, and

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Speaker 4: Brian Beloga was on active retirement at right tackle and

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Speaker 4: stealing I shouldn't say that. Trey Turner and Dan Feeney

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Speaker 4: for a slam, I mean forgive us, yeah, I mean

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Speaker 4: he you know, those guys, like I said, they're not

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Speaker 4: Justin Herbert put up the best rookie season by a

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Speaker 4: is where he comes into play. This is where Shane

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Speaker 4: Day comes into play. Where all of these coaches and

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Speaker 4: it's one of the best coaching staffs in the NFL. Okay,

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Speaker 4: we have to adjust now, we've got to adjust what

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Speaker 4: or if you just want to put alt on that

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Speaker 4: We trust that he's going to do what we saw

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Speaker 4: for the majority, if not all, of last year. And

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Speaker 4: then you send your help to the other side, to

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Speaker 3: This happened forty minutes ago. Just you know, if you're

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Speaker 3: watching this on a Friday, we're taping this forty minutes

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Speaker 3: the way, KeAndre Lambert Smith is going to join us,

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Speaker 3: I wanted to mention that at the good time with him. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: if you have an effective running game, and that can

432
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Speaker 4: work as well. But I think to me, like one

433
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Speaker 4: of the more interesting things is also, you know what's

434
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Speaker 4: this going to look like on game day? Because I

435
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Speaker 4: can't imagine they're going to keep six receivers active on

436
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Speaker 4: game day?

437
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Speaker 1: Like that's well, I mean, do you count Darius Davis?

438
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Speaker 4: Yeah, six receives, That's what I'm saying.

439
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Speaker 1: So we already have and we've talked about Rager and Rice.

440
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Speaker 4: In some of these other guys that I mean, I'm

441
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Speaker 4: just talking about, Like, I think that's that's a different

442
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Speaker 4: conversation about how that might work for the room with

443
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Speaker 4: the addition to Keenan. But for me, it's like if

444
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Speaker 4: you have Q, Keenan, ladd Darius, right, and then you're

445
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Speaker 4: gonna have between Trey and KLS, I think will be

446
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Speaker 4: that fifth receiver. It's hard to carry six receivers on

447
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Speaker 4: game day when you need depth in the secondary, depth

448
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Speaker 4: on the defensive line.

449
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Speaker 1: You know, who's the sixth receiver.

450
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Speaker 4: So that's the question. I think that's now what becomes

451
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Speaker 4: an intense competition. I think between these two rookies when

452
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Speaker 4: it comes to who's going to be active on game

453
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Speaker 4: day and which one of the two fits into that

454
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Speaker 4: room better. You know, we always talk about those because

455
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Speaker 4: that's why they call it a basketball team, because usually

456
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Speaker 4: have five guys that are active on you know, so

457
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Speaker 4: build your basketball team. Who's my power forward, who's my

458
00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:02,879
Speaker 4: point guard, who's my shoot you know, who's my volume shooter?

459
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Speaker 4: Kind of So that's that to me, is going to

460
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Speaker 4: be interesting how this thing shakes out.

461
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Speaker 3: I argue that I think the biggest winner in all

462
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Speaker 3: of this is both Trey, Harris and KLS because the

463
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Speaker 3: amount of attention that Keenan and Ladd present to the defense,

464
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Speaker 3: especially KLS with that four to three seven speed. I mean,

465
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Speaker 3: you know, Justin will find you. If you're one on

466
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Speaker 3: one and you beat your man, Justin will find you.

467
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Speaker 3: Seame with Trey Harris, So I think a learning from

468
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Speaker 3: Keenan in the room, but also just having that extra

469
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Speaker 3: veteran who knows this. And you bring up a good

470
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Speaker 3: point about brazil Man, like you want a guy who's

471
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Speaker 3: been there with those bright lights on them. The one

472
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Speaker 3: thing I will say is, as familiar as it looks

473
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Speaker 3: to fans, this is unfamiliar to Keenan, Like he has

474
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Speaker 3: never practiced at the Bowl, he has never had this

475
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Speaker 3: coaching staff as his coaching staff. There's been a lot

476
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Speaker 3: of turnover even from last year's roster to this year's roster,

477
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Speaker 3: so a lot of new guys still going to take

478
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Speaker 3: some time I think for Keenan to really kind of

479
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Speaker 3: integrate into this team.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, well, I think the most important connections there though,

481
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Speaker 4: right it's justin Herbert. Yeah, and we know those guys

482
00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:08,680
Speaker 4: were special together. So I think that at least you know,

483
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Speaker 4: I know where you want me to be. He knows

484
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Speaker 4: where you're going to be, and that's why I'm going

485
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Speaker 4: to throw the ball with anticipation and expect you to

486
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Speaker 4: be there. I'm like, that's the most important part of it.

487
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Speaker 4: But I do think it probably adds some new wrinkles

488
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Speaker 4: and a new approach to Greg Roman's playbook when you

489
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Speaker 4: have those two guys that are most effective from the slot,

490
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Speaker 4: and how you want to build that out, particularly on

491
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Speaker 4: third down. So it's it's exciting to see him out there.

492
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Speaker 4: It's exciting to see the fans, you know, when he

493
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Speaker 4: was just running routes on the more and people cheering,

494
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Speaker 4: it was a real It was a great start to

495
00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:41,040
Speaker 4: practice today with Keenan out there, having a bounce in

496
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Speaker 4: his step and catching passes from Justin Herbert. So there's

497
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Speaker 4: some positive.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: By the way, there's also a game on Sunday that

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Speaker 3: we haven't even discussed before we get to KLS. Let's

501
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Speaker 3: just maybe give us a ten thousand foot view of

502
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Speaker 3: what we're expecting Sunday.

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Speaker 1: I think quarterback competition.

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Speaker 3: You think the depth chart came out and said trade

505
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Speaker 3: Lance or Taylor Heinez.

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Speaker 1: You didn't say, no, that's a competition. Yeah, it's a competition.

507
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Speaker 4: That's a full flaw. And I think I think you're

508
00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:09,280
Speaker 4: probably looking at a I think you're probably looking at

509
00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,640
Speaker 4: a two quarterback team. I think now you know last

510
00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:13,760
Speaker 4: year they carried three. If I had to guess, I

511
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Speaker 4: would think it's probably two moving forward, So that's something

512
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Speaker 4: to keep an eye on. I think the other I

513
00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:21,480
Speaker 4: think the other position groups. You saw what Nico Reid

514
00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:23,479
Speaker 4: did out there, You saw what Myles Purchase did out there.

515
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Speaker 4: I think the secondary is incredibly competitive. Are they going

516
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Speaker 4: to carry five safeties? You know, Tony Jefferson is so

517
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Speaker 4: important in that room, had an interception in the Hall

518
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Speaker 4: of Fame game, So I think that's the question. You know,

519
00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:38,800
Speaker 4: if it's Derwin, Aloie, Elijah and and Mickens, you know

520
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Speaker 4: who's played really well and his looks to be maybe

521
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Speaker 4: a special team or potential core four guy, and and

522
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Speaker 4: then is that fifth guy going to be Tony? So

523
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Speaker 4: that's keep an eye I thought Caleb Murphy played great.

524
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Speaker 4: He did that in that Hall of Fame game, and

525
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Speaker 4: we know this coaching staff is familiar with them practice.

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Speaker 1: Where did he go to school?

527
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Speaker 2: Again?

528
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Speaker 1: It was it Farris.

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Speaker 3: It was like their Division two had like twenty five

530
00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:02,680
Speaker 3: sacks or something senior year exactly.

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Speaker 4: So, and I think you need that special team or

532
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Speaker 4: you need that Chris Rump special teamer two ley two

533
00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:12,000
Speaker 4: polo two special teams slot filled for the four core guys.

534
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Speaker 4: And and I think Caleb's shown that he can be

535
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Speaker 4: that guy. So that's something to keep an eye on.

536
00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:16,159
Speaker 4: We're going to.

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00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:23,520
Speaker 3: See Chris Rump, Kellen Vore, old old Chargers coaching staff.

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Speaker 1: The offensive line.

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Speaker 3: It looks like so Zion had that that one snap,

540
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Speaker 3: but for the most part, it seems like.

541
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Speaker 4: He botched exchange. He had a high and he had

542
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Speaker 4: a high snap. Look. I think they just want to

543
00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:36,640
Speaker 4: get this thing moving, and it's like, and I thought

544
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Speaker 4: he blocked well. I thought he blocked really well in

545
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Speaker 4: that game, and when we talked about it, you know

546
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Speaker 4: that Friday after the game. So but I think they

547
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Speaker 4: just want to get it settled. And now it's going

548
00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:46,040
Speaker 4: to have to be settled on a different sort of

549
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Speaker 4: front with the loss of Slater.

550
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Speaker 3: So defensively, Kyle Kinard it looked like he was off

551
00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:53,840
Speaker 3: to the side today as well as Junior Colson. Colson

552
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Speaker 3: played well into the second half. Good to have den

553
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Speaker 3: Zel back. But as far as the linebacker room, we

554
00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,439
Speaker 3: know what Dayon and Denzel provide. I think if Junior

555
00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:04,879
Speaker 3: can play Sunday, big spot for him.

556
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Speaker 4: Yeah, for sure. I mean he played the second most

557
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:08,879
Speaker 4: snaps of any player, and I think that tells you

558
00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:11,040
Speaker 4: that this coaching staff wants to see it. They're like,

559
00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:13,680
Speaker 4: you know, you got put behind the eight ball last year,

560
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:15,680
Speaker 4: Let's see it. I thought there were some really good

561
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Speaker 4: from Junior had a great tackle for loss. I think

562
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Speaker 4: there was some things that he's got to clean up,

563
00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:22,199
Speaker 4: kept kind of getting sucked in on some of those

564
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Speaker 4: pass plays that went to the outside. So I think

565
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Speaker 4: they'll probably want to see a little more from him

566
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Speaker 4: as well, because right now I think we've seen your

567
00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:31,280
Speaker 4: starters are probably Denzel and day On and it's been

568
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Speaker 4: Troy Die who's been that third linebacker as it stands

569
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Speaker 4: right now. So look, this team is deep, which is

570
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Speaker 4: what makes these preseason games fun because you've got guys

571
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Speaker 4: playing that are going to get that are going to

572
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Speaker 4: be in the rotation on Sundays. We know how Jesse

573
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Speaker 4: Minner likes to rotate these guys, and I would suspect

574
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Speaker 4: you're gonna have some legitimate competition out there from guys

575
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Speaker 4: that you're going to see get a handful of snaps

576
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Speaker 4: at least every single Sunday.

577
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Speaker 3: I got a few shout outs from from Canton, uh

578
00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:59,280
Speaker 3: Nick and Darren saw you guys at the enshrinement. You

579
00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,520
Speaker 3: guys listen to the post and appreciate that. And then

580
00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:05,920
Speaker 3: Scott Elliott saw you at the ensronment said, uh, say hello,

581
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Speaker 3: I'm mat Money Smith.

582
00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:07,919
Speaker 1: Oh so there you go.

583
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Speaker 4: Well, thank you.

584
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Speaker 1: Uh so shout out to you guys, thank you for

585
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Speaker 1: watching and listening.

586
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Speaker 4: And real quick before we get the KLSSI do you

587
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:16,200
Speaker 4: want to mention Molly? Uh you interviewed her on CBS,

588
00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:18,320
Speaker 4: little girl Molly that I talked to at a couple

589
00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:20,520
Speaker 4: of different Charger practices and kept showing me the video

590
00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:23,280
Speaker 4: of you interview in her last year at the ball,

591
00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:25,600
Speaker 4: and so I kept saying, Molly, I promise I will

592
00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:27,800
Speaker 4: mention you, and I forgot for like three weeks. But

593
00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:30,480
Speaker 4: here you go, Molly. There is your there's your shadow Molly.

594
00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:32,240
Speaker 4: So there's there's something worth a smile.

595
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Speaker 3: It started tough, ended on a high note with Molly.

596
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Speaker 3: All right, without further ado, here's KLS well Money. He's

597
00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:43,040
Speaker 3: become an instant fan favorite. Key and Dre Leverard Smith

598
00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:46,280
Speaker 3: joins us on Chargers Weekly, and Key and Dre just

599
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:48,679
Speaker 3: described the last three weeks you're making plays on the

600
00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:50,920
Speaker 3: field and the fans are certainly taking notice.

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Speaker 2: Uh it's crazy.

602
00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:53,600
Speaker 5: I was just talking to my you know, one of

603
00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:55,359
Speaker 5: my uncles who just came to visit me at practice,

604
00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:57,400
Speaker 5: and I told him it's been it's been not short

605
00:27:57,400 --> 00:27:57,960
Speaker 5: of amazing.

606
00:27:58,040 --> 00:27:59,000
Speaker 2: A little overwhelming.

607
00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:01,440
Speaker 5: Uh, but I mean I'm just taking it all in

608
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:03,320
Speaker 5: and not trying to get caught up in it too

609
00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:06,199
Speaker 5: much because I mean, just been experiencing a lot of

610
00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:10,960
Speaker 5: love on social media d ms, you know, from the family.

611
00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,120
Speaker 2: Friends, everybody. Ls.

612
00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:15,919
Speaker 5: I just I just told somebody else I felt bad

613
00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:17,280
Speaker 5: I couldn't sign all the autographs and.

614
00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:19,199
Speaker 2: They told him I had to come up here. But

615
00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:20,320
Speaker 2: you know, I'm just walking.

616
00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:22,840
Speaker 5: By kill that's Dray big play. I'm just like, yo,

617
00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:26,840
Speaker 5: I don't got a problem with it. I ain't gonna lie.

618
00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:27,520
Speaker 5: I love it.

619
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Speaker 2: But you know, it's been amazing. Man. I'm just trying to,

620
00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:30,760
Speaker 2: you know, continue to.

621
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Speaker 5: I feel like it's just a start, So continue to,

622
00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:36,399
Speaker 5: you know, prove myself and earn respect to my team, first,

623
00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:38,520
Speaker 5: coaching staff, and the fans.

624
00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:41,320
Speaker 4: Uh. You let me write to what my first question

625
00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:43,960
Speaker 4: is selfishly, is the guy that's calling the games? You know,

626
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:45,920
Speaker 4: I want to make sure I get you right. So

627
00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:49,520
Speaker 4: everybody says kalless, But you have an interesting name because

628
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:53,000
Speaker 4: you could be key. You can be Dre. You could

629
00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:58,720
Speaker 4: be Lambeau. You can be snitty like like what but right,

630
00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:00,680
Speaker 4: like what nicknames did you have growing up? And what

631
00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:03,040
Speaker 4: do you like best? Or is it Lambert Smith or

632
00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:04,520
Speaker 4: is it like what do you prefer?

633
00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:06,600
Speaker 2: So I'm so happy you asked that question.

634
00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:11,600
Speaker 5: So people in the locker room, like teammates, friends, they

635
00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:13,680
Speaker 5: call me Dre. Okay, So like when I got here,

636
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:16,800
Speaker 5: I got kind of introduced as k Les, so like

637
00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:19,200
Speaker 5: I had to start telling like k Mack for instance,

638
00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:22,120
Speaker 5: to see me like klss. I said, Hey, Matt, you

639
00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:25,200
Speaker 5: call me Dre like you feel me so friends and

640
00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:27,480
Speaker 5: like guys my age and the people I see, you know,

641
00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:29,720
Speaker 5: interact with on the day to day, my teammates, I'm like,

642
00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:31,600
Speaker 5: y'all can call me Dre kalles, I feel like it's

643
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:35,040
Speaker 5: more for the announcers and maybe the coaches sometimes.

644
00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:36,280
Speaker 4: But do you not like it?

645
00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:36,440
Speaker 2: No?

646
00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:38,920
Speaker 5: I like it, but it kind of originated my last

647
00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:42,200
Speaker 5: year at Auburn's hold.

648
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Speaker 1: On it is Bundy of friends or is Bundy of play?

649
00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:47,600
Speaker 1: No established friend?

650
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Speaker 2: But you can so you can basically call me anything, honestly, Dre.

651
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Speaker 5: I did see a poster at practice somebody brought it

652
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,120
Speaker 5: to practice and said, Lambo, I'm like, I kind of

653
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:58,680
Speaker 5: gave myself that nickname back in the day and it

654
00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:01,240
Speaker 5: didn't stick yourself.

655
00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:03,240
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, I have a lot of likes like that.

656
00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:04,240
Speaker 2: Great it is.

657
00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:08,959
Speaker 5: It is big Tray everything. The only thing I say

658
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Speaker 5: about big player Dre. We kind of got big play Dre,

659
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:16,080
Speaker 5: Big play Tray. I seen Quay the big play play.

660
00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:19,840
Speaker 5: I'm all right, big play kind of but uh man,

661
00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:23,360
Speaker 5: I take everything you know, call me anything, Okay.

662
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:25,600
Speaker 4: Well, you know what if it's big play Trey Andre,

663
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Speaker 4: that could work two your working at the same time.

664
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Speaker 4: That's that's all right. I'm gonna file that one.

665
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Speaker 2: That due opened me exactly but that can become something

666
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Speaker 2: exactly right, you.

667
00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:37,080
Speaker 3: Think it's gonna I go back to your your draft

668
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Speaker 3: call when Jim Harball calls you and he says, what

669
00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:41,480
Speaker 3: do you get a load of our quarterback? Yeah, but

670
00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:43,520
Speaker 3: when he gets a load of me, you know, just

671
00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:46,240
Speaker 3: that confidence right from the beginning. Take me back to

672
00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:48,600
Speaker 3: to draft day, because I'm sure you thought you were

673
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:51,880
Speaker 3: going to go before the fifth round. Uh, but sometimes

674
00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:54,520
Speaker 3: it's just it's the fit, right, and the fact that

675
00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:57,640
Speaker 3: s J got on the call and said hey, unanimous

676
00:30:57,640 --> 00:30:59,080
Speaker 3: in this building. We all wanted you here.

677
00:30:59,280 --> 00:30:59,520
Speaker 2: Yeah.

678
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:01,520
Speaker 5: So the thing is like, that's what a lot of

679
00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:03,760
Speaker 5: people would imagine, like, oh, I know you wanted to

680
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:05,800
Speaker 5: go before the fifth. When people kept asking me like

681
00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:07,680
Speaker 5: we're right, anything you're gonna go, I literally told him

682
00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:09,160
Speaker 5: I just told you, I go to a good situation,

683
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:12,719
Speaker 5: like because I always knew, like it's people who went undrafted,

684
00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:14,440
Speaker 5: Gates Hall of Famer.

685
00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:15,800
Speaker 2: It's right, people.

686
00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:18,440
Speaker 5: Who went late and around and now they're Hall of Famers.

687
00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:21,280
Speaker 5: So I'm like, it doesn't matter. Only different that separated.

688
00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:23,720
Speaker 5: That is the money at the beginning and contrasts and

689
00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:25,320
Speaker 5: stuff like that. But I'm like, man, I just want

690
00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:26,800
Speaker 5: to go to a situation where I got a chance

691
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:30,120
Speaker 5: to prove myself and uh what the elite gun slinker

692
00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:32,760
Speaker 5: back there? And the thing is I didn't. I had

693
00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:35,240
Speaker 5: no idea I was coming to La so it kind

694
00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:36,800
Speaker 5: of was shocking. And then when I took it in,

695
00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:38,760
Speaker 5: I'm like, all right, that's ten back there. So that's

696
00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:40,440
Speaker 5: where that when he said wait to get a load

697
00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:42,560
Speaker 5: of our quarterback, I'm just like, man, wait till you get

698
00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:48,200
Speaker 5: a load of me, Like, you know, just appreciative, like

699
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:50,000
Speaker 5: I said, caught me off guard, but I'm happy to

700
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:50,200
Speaker 5: be in.

701
00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:53,680
Speaker 4: LA when like, I'm sure you saw it. But we

702
00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:56,520
Speaker 4: were talking to Greg Roman, an oppressor, and he said,

703
00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:58,840
Speaker 4: you know, he reminds me and he was going through

704
00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:00,520
Speaker 4: it and he mentioned Braindon Lloyd, like, oh, that's an

705
00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:03,200
Speaker 4: interesting yeah. And because you know, when we were talking

706
00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:04,680
Speaker 4: about Brandon Lloyd, it's like, you know, I just always

707
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:06,720
Speaker 4: start a brand Lloyd. It's kind of that physical boundary

708
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:09,080
Speaker 4: kind of you know, playing fifty to fifty balls. So

709
00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:11,720
Speaker 4: like who do you see like or who did you study?

710
00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:13,520
Speaker 4: Did you study? Guys come out like I want to

711
00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:14,360
Speaker 4: I want to play like that.

712
00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:17,720
Speaker 5: This is another great question at the perfect time. So

713
00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:21,080
Speaker 5: it's funny how the world worked. My favorite receiver ever

714
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:23,960
Speaker 5: growing up Antonio o' brown. Okay, and I wear eighty four.

715
00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:28,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, my favorite recently you look like, hey, I appreciate that.

716
00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:31,520
Speaker 2: That's that's a big, big time compliment. My favorite receiver

717
00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:34,320
Speaker 2: like more current the gang Kanan Allen.

718
00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:34,680
Speaker 3: Wow.

719
00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,000
Speaker 5: So it's funny how I wore eighty four and I

720
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,400
Speaker 5: came to LA and I came him back. So I

721
00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:43,080
Speaker 5: beg those two guys Man and Omar Cooper, like anybody

722
00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:45,719
Speaker 5: who you know, nice route running and I grew up

723
00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:47,640
Speaker 5: a stillis fan, so that's what kind of ab kind

724
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:49,760
Speaker 5: of caught my eye. And just the swagger he played with,

725
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:52,920
Speaker 5: the confidence he played with, never seen him get guarded

726
00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:54,800
Speaker 5: to Tony toe tap, just his aura on.

727
00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:57,520
Speaker 2: The field was just everything, and I loved it.

728
00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:01,120
Speaker 5: And then, like I said, Kanan Omar Cooper, any guys

729
00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:03,640
Speaker 5: more recent run routes. I try to just you know,

730
00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:06,120
Speaker 5: I feel like that's what separates me and I like

731
00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:06,560
Speaker 5: to get open.

732
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:08,720
Speaker 4: I like to run routes. And we shot on that

733
00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:09,920
Speaker 4: touchdown at the Hall of Fame game.

734
00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:12,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, like that. You know what I'm saying. It's

735
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:13,080
Speaker 2: a lot of love.

736
00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:15,800
Speaker 5: Yeah, but just I feel like that's the way it

737
00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:17,560
Speaker 5: really can separate you as a receiver if you're not

738
00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:19,800
Speaker 5: the I feel like I'm pretty fast, but you that's

739
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:20,960
Speaker 5: something that you don't got to be faster?

740
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:22,360
Speaker 4: Do you? Four three seven?

741
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:22,880
Speaker 5: Yeah? Yeah?

742
00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:24,560
Speaker 2: Okay, okay, faster than pretty fast.

743
00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:26,400
Speaker 4: I mean, wonderfu you being humble?

744
00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:28,640
Speaker 2: But come on, yeah, okay, I got the speed. Yeah.

745
00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:29,760
Speaker 1: Where all do you?

746
00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:30,000
Speaker 4: Man?

747
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:31,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, we're all do you?

748
00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:31,240
Speaker 4: Hey?

749
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:32,680
Speaker 1: What was that first interaction with Keenan?

750
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:35,479
Speaker 2: Like, what was it? I dopped him up.

751
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:37,239
Speaker 5: I said, I didn't want to be I didn't want

752
00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:38,680
Speaker 5: to come off to fan boy.

753
00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:39,800
Speaker 2: I'm a he's my teammate.

754
00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:42,320
Speaker 5: Now it's still counter of saying him. I'm like, all right,

755
00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:43,680
Speaker 5: that's Keenan, that's Keenan Islan.

756
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:45,840
Speaker 2: And he was walking.

757
00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:48,360
Speaker 5: I just went to them all smooth, like, hey, nice

758
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:51,240
Speaker 5: to meet you, drapped him up at Keenan, and I

759
00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:53,600
Speaker 5: kept it pushing. Now when I turn around, I was like,

760
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:58,120
Speaker 5: but then even after practice.

761
00:33:57,800 --> 00:33:58,719
Speaker 2: I just talked to him.

762
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:00,200
Speaker 5: I said, man, you know, I want to I want

763
00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:03,080
Speaker 5: you to watch my routes and just help me, you know,

764
00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:05,600
Speaker 5: critique me and see what you see, because, like I said,

765
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:07,960
Speaker 5: that's what I was watching before getting into the lead

766
00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:10,600
Speaker 5: throughout college. And it's just funny, you know, seeing him

767
00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:12,520
Speaker 5: at practice as soon as he ran his first route,

768
00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:15,600
Speaker 5: I said, yeah, that's ken But I said that boy, yeah,

769
00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:16,560
Speaker 5: that's the releases.

770
00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:18,440
Speaker 4: So like, how how do you get better at that?

771
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:22,360
Speaker 4: Like what is it that you've experienced that someone like

772
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:25,720
Speaker 4: Keenan can say? Is it just the nuances? Is it?

773
00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:27,799
Speaker 4: Is it little things that only someone like him can

774
00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:29,279
Speaker 4: pick up? Like what do you expect to get out

775
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:29,480
Speaker 4: of that?

776
00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:31,640
Speaker 5: It's kind of like a uh, So, I feel like

777
00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:33,799
Speaker 5: a lot of it is filled. But I also feel

778
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:35,759
Speaker 5: like if you just got those certain tools in your

779
00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:38,799
Speaker 5: bag and you know when to apply him, you can

780
00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:40,799
Speaker 5: get open. Like I feel like it started back when

781
00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:43,840
Speaker 5: I was at Penn State and I'm behind John Dotson,

782
00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:46,200
Speaker 5: and he the first one I seen do a split release.

783
00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:48,120
Speaker 5: He got it from Devontae Adams. I didn't know that,

784
00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:50,759
Speaker 5: so I sar. I'm watching his one on ones as

785
00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:53,160
Speaker 5: I'm watching mine. I'm watching his reps, and then I'm

786
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:54,840
Speaker 5: just going out there and I'm just trying new stuff

787
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:58,799
Speaker 5: and it either stick or don't. So like, I also

788
00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:01,919
Speaker 5: came up with Parker Washington. He's in Jacksonville right now.

789
00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:04,000
Speaker 5: You know he came in. He's from Texas, so he

790
00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,440
Speaker 5: had sweet feet. So he's teaching me different stuff on

791
00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:09,120
Speaker 5: my feet at the release and routes. So I'm just

792
00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:11,200
Speaker 5: taking all of these pointers and I don't got no pride,

793
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:12,919
Speaker 5: So it can be if I'm on Instagram and there's

794
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,600
Speaker 5: somebody at the high schooler he do a nice release.

795
00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:17,719
Speaker 2: Anything I like, I'll screen record it.

796
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:19,080
Speaker 5: I'll just look at it and I'll just try to

797
00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:21,000
Speaker 5: add it to my game and then just kenon like,

798
00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:23,360
Speaker 5: I'm always all right one on ones and now that

799
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,439
Speaker 5: I'm here and I can ask us the iPad, I'm

800
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:27,960
Speaker 5: going back watching his one on ones. Here I'm asking

801
00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:31,479
Speaker 5: my coach to put on a B film. Ab wasn't.

802
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:33,080
Speaker 5: I mean, he was a good route runner. But as

803
00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:36,680
Speaker 5: far as crafting, it's like, you know, I'm looking anywhere

804
00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:39,240
Speaker 5: anywhere I can find it. You know, I'm scrim recording

805
00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:41,600
Speaker 5: and trying to add to my arsenal and if a

806
00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:42,560
Speaker 5: stick it does.

807
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:45,560
Speaker 3: Describe what it's like in that room. It's a very

808
00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:49,160
Speaker 3: interesting route keen into the mix. You saw what Lad

809
00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:51,439
Speaker 3: did his rookie year last year and just his route

810
00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:55,840
Speaker 3: running ability. Yeah, Trey drafted high Quentin in year three.

811
00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:59,520
Speaker 3: What's it like kind of picking the brains of guys

812
00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:01,720
Speaker 3: that have done at really all different levels.

813
00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:04,120
Speaker 5: Yeah, I feel like, like I said, I feel like

814
00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:08,120
Speaker 5: it's no sense of you know, pride or what's the word. Like,

815
00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:11,040
Speaker 5: nobody's too good to you know, talk and figure out

816
00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:13,040
Speaker 5: we can get better at And the funny thing is

817
00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:14,759
Speaker 5: we all so it's four of us in there, that's

818
00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:17,719
Speaker 5: class of twenty twenty, and everybody's on different years, which

819
00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:19,239
Speaker 5: is it's funny had the NFL work.

820
00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:23,319
Speaker 2: Somebody, somebody was like, Lad, get your young bull. I said,

821
00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:26,279
Speaker 2: I'm older than them last people, and it was like,

822
00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:28,520
Speaker 2: the NFL. Don't go off your age, you go off

823
00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:30,200
Speaker 2: years in the league. And I'm like, okay, I get that,

824
00:36:30,239 --> 00:36:31,960
Speaker 2: you know, Lad, I get it. I get all right the.

825
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:35,319
Speaker 5: Veat I'll be that. But the thing is, we all

826
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:38,839
Speaker 5: graduated twenty twenty. Q's on year three, Lad on year two,

827
00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:40,879
Speaker 5: I'm on my first year, and traded on his first year.

828
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:43,400
Speaker 5: They all classes twenty twenty, so I mean we're all

829
00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:47,200
Speaker 5: around the same age. We clicked and then, like you said,

830
00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:49,640
Speaker 5: you add a Vat guy in there, like like Kingan,

831
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:52,400
Speaker 5: I'm pretty sure you know we all grew up watching

832
00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:55,040
Speaker 5: them and all studied this game at some point and

833
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,959
Speaker 5: definitely gonna take advantage of it. And like you say, Lab,

834
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:00,800
Speaker 5: when I first got here, and watch how he stops.

835
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:04,640
Speaker 5: I'm watching watching some of his tape durned indie indie drills,

836
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:06,200
Speaker 5: and I like to think I stopped pretty good. And

837
00:37:06,239 --> 00:37:08,839
Speaker 5: I'm like, all right, if we both stop good, let

838
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:11,440
Speaker 5: me just see what separates him from me. Let me

839
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:13,440
Speaker 5: try to steal that or get an edge if I

840
00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:15,239
Speaker 5: like something he does a little better than me, or

841
00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:17,239
Speaker 5: why he does it better. I'm gonna look at it.

842
00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:19,880
Speaker 5: I'm gonna ask him. You know, no pride there. So

843
00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:21,880
Speaker 5: I feel like, you know, it's an open book. Everybody's

844
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:23,399
Speaker 5: open book, and you know, we all trying to get better,

845
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:24,840
Speaker 5: all trying to be the best.

846
00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:27,799
Speaker 4: You mentioned class of twenty twenty more high school, right,

847
00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:30,880
Speaker 4: yes you were, so you win to state championship like

848
00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:32,759
Speaker 4: that part of the country A lot of times it's

849
00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:35,520
Speaker 4: vat Tech, it's you know, I don't know if it's Uva,

850
00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:37,560
Speaker 4: but like you know, Maryland or kind of like in

851
00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:39,480
Speaker 4: that range. How you end up it Penn State? Like

852
00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:41,640
Speaker 4: who did they? Who else offered you? Like did you

853
00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:43,960
Speaker 4: think about staying closer to home and kind of what

854
00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:44,879
Speaker 4: what led the Penn State?

855
00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:45,399
Speaker 2: Yeah?

856
00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:48,480
Speaker 5: So originally, and I gotta say it's it's funny you

857
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:55,399
Speaker 5: say vo Tech and Ibould say, like v Tech vtail Yeah, yeah, yeah,

858
00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:58,520
Speaker 5: But so originally I wanted I kind of grew up

859
00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:01,920
Speaker 5: looking at Virginia Tech. My uncle went there, so I'm like,

860
00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:03,719
Speaker 5: all right, I went to a few games growing up.

861
00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:05,680
Speaker 5: I wanted to go to Jinia Tech, and uh, I

862
00:38:05,719 --> 00:38:09,920
Speaker 5: think what it was is I forgot who recruited me, Oh,

863
00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:13,120
Speaker 5: coach Jared Parker. So when he was originally at Virginia

864
00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:16,840
Speaker 5: Penn State, you know, I clicked with him. And before

865
00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:18,799
Speaker 5: I even before he got ended up at Penn State,

866
00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:21,840
Speaker 5: he was at West Virginia and I went to a

867
00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:25,359
Speaker 5: camp there. I'm sorry he was at. Uh, I've been

868
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:27,920
Speaker 5: out of college a little minute. He was at I

869
00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:31,960
Speaker 5: want to say Kentucky or some duke. He was at

870
00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:33,600
Speaker 5: one of those schools, and I went to a camp

871
00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:36,239
Speaker 5: and I connected with him, and uh, I just wanted

872
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:37,600
Speaker 5: to go to a big time program.

873
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:39,680
Speaker 2: And he got the job at Penn State.

874
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:42,440
Speaker 5: So I already had that relationship with him through the

875
00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:44,920
Speaker 5: recruiting process, and I ended up going there on a visit.

876
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:46,799
Speaker 5: Went to a white out game with kJ and Himler

877
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:50,120
Speaker 5: crib the slamt versus O State, and so you need it. Yeah,

878
00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:51,960
Speaker 5: I love playing in front of the big time crowds.

879
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:54,759
Speaker 5: And that sold me. I mean it like it's no

880
00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:57,000
Speaker 5: less than one hundred six thousand each game, which is true.

881
00:38:58,120 --> 00:38:59,759
Speaker 5: So I'm like, man, I love being Beaver, and I

882
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:02,560
Speaker 5: up and beaver with number one, just like kJ. So

883
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:05,640
Speaker 5: I mean it was definitely a great experience. And then yeah,

884
00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:06,760
Speaker 5: I finished my career at Auburn.

885
00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:11,319
Speaker 3: So you mentioned Justin at the beginning of that, Chris, Sorry, yeah, please,

886
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:14,400
Speaker 3: you can tell the humility of Dre that's what you

887
00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:16,560
Speaker 3: because you said.

888
00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:17,960
Speaker 4: My uncle his uncle's camp chancellor.

889
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:24,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, a fifth round pick to right, sir, Yeah, sir,

890
00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:25,719
Speaker 3: did James Madison recruit you?

891
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:26,359
Speaker 1: I'm sure they.

892
00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:30,080
Speaker 5: Tried you, that's right. I wouldn't say that. I want

893
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:32,520
Speaker 5: to say that said. I've been on a cousin. I

894
00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:35,360
Speaker 5: forgot all my office honestly, I had about thirty five.

895
00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:36,400
Speaker 2: Yeah.

896
00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:38,440
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's good worked out alright.

897
00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:39,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure.

898
00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:43,200
Speaker 3: So the quarterback here number ten. Uh have you ever

899
00:39:43,239 --> 00:39:44,440
Speaker 3: played with the quarterback like that?

900
00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:45,400
Speaker 1: And what is it like?

901
00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:48,440
Speaker 3: Ketching balls from him? Always kind of being ready because

902
00:39:48,719 --> 00:39:49,560
Speaker 3: he'll find you.

903
00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:53,359
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's been. I mean I like the thing. I mean,

904
00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:54,480
Speaker 2: I love it.

905
00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:58,520
Speaker 5: I love one of QB Like I've seen him make

906
00:39:58,520 --> 00:40:02,040
Speaker 5: a pass where like the receivers right here, the defenders

907
00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:03,880
Speaker 5: right on him, he put it right over the helmet,

908
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:06,759
Speaker 5: like in stride, like the defender didn't have a clue

909
00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:08,560
Speaker 5: the ball was coming. I love it because I feel

910
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:10,719
Speaker 5: like I'm always ready to catch the ball, like I

911
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:12,239
Speaker 5: want the ball I want you to throw it to

912
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:14,520
Speaker 5: me when the guy's on me, because you can be

913
00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:16,600
Speaker 5: covered and they still make a catch. And that's why

914
00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:18,000
Speaker 5: I like contest the catches.

915
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:18,520
Speaker 2: I'm my man.

916
00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:21,160
Speaker 5: So I love that he you know, he trusted guys

917
00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:23,080
Speaker 5: enough to do that, and I feel like I'm building

918
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:23,799
Speaker 5: that trust with him.

919
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:25,400
Speaker 2: I mean, i feel like, if you see me out.

920
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:27,600
Speaker 5: There, I'm not saying it's one hundred percent, like all right,

921
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:30,400
Speaker 5: Dre Callin's going, he gonna make this, I'm going, but

922
00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:32,000
Speaker 5: I'm trying to build that. I'm trying to get into

923
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:33,480
Speaker 5: that point. But I felt like, you know, he's starting

924
00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:34,359
Speaker 5: to trust me a little more.

925
00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:35,560
Speaker 2: But it's great.

926
00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:39,920
Speaker 5: I mean, I've never seen somebody a quarterback work as

927
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:42,080
Speaker 5: hard as him. I mean, even over the break, he

928
00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:42,759
Speaker 5: was still in here.

929
00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:43,680
Speaker 2: I was here.

930
00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:45,640
Speaker 5: He was in here, and it was kind of emptying

931
00:40:45,719 --> 00:40:48,120
Speaker 5: here and you could just see him like doing abs

932
00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:51,680
Speaker 5: and we do when we're doing conditioning. I seen him

933
00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:54,399
Speaker 5: do the conditioning test and then run more sprints out

934
00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:56,160
Speaker 5: of the condition to test. When I ran my condition

935
00:40:56,239 --> 00:40:57,920
Speaker 5: the test, I was on my knees at the end

936
00:40:58,000 --> 00:40:59,239
Speaker 5: of it. I'm like, Yo, there's no way I can

937
00:40:59,239 --> 00:41:01,239
Speaker 5: go no more. So just seeing a level that he

938
00:41:01,239 --> 00:41:04,600
Speaker 5: pushes himself to, and uh, you wanted out to a quarterback.

939
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:06,440
Speaker 5: You know he you know he got that grit to

940
00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:09,480
Speaker 5: on that fire, and uh, you want to get open

941
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:10,239
Speaker 5: for a guy like that.

942
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:11,680
Speaker 2: You know he wanted to catch the ball. You don't

943
00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:12,279
Speaker 2: want to drop it.

944
00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:15,080
Speaker 4: So when when did you know, Uh, I would love

945
00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:16,839
Speaker 4: to you know, the touchdown in the Hall of Fame game,

946
00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:19,200
Speaker 4: you're lined up. I think Boodle's playing press, man, I

947
00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:21,400
Speaker 4: think he's playing press. Yeah, So when did you know

948
00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:23,600
Speaker 4: did you know you had leverage before the snap? Did

949
00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:25,600
Speaker 4: you know you had him dusted after your release? Like

950
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:28,920
Speaker 4: from that? When when that thing lines up? When do

951
00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:30,440
Speaker 4: you know I knew?

952
00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:31,960
Speaker 2: When did I know I was getting it? When?

953
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:34,000
Speaker 4: Did Yeah? When did you know that this this guy's done?

954
00:41:35,239 --> 00:41:37,560
Speaker 5: So, I mean I left, I left the huddle, Trey said,

955
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:39,759
Speaker 5: I need you. So in my head already, I'm like,

956
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:42,040
Speaker 5: all right, I gotta get open. I'm getting open, right,

957
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:45,279
Speaker 5: And uh made my move and like I said, a

958
00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:47,960
Speaker 5: lot of it is feel like I just was was

959
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:51,239
Speaker 5: sliding to it outside and I just went made my

960
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:52,919
Speaker 5: little move at the top, and I kind of knew

961
00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:54,640
Speaker 5: it was over when I mean I caught it and

962
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:56,800
Speaker 5: I had my visit or field and I didn't see nobody.

963
00:41:57,160 --> 00:41:59,480
Speaker 5: All I seen was a touchdown, so I'm like, I'm

964
00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:02,160
Speaker 5: getting the down and I just felt a little clip

965
00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:03,640
Speaker 5: at the end, but on my arm right here hit

966
00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:05,880
Speaker 5: the little I flipped on purpose. I could have just

967
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:07,799
Speaker 5: you know, failed any type of way hit a little

968
00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:11,040
Speaker 5: front flip. But yeah, once I caught the bar and

969
00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:13,399
Speaker 5: knew it was over. And I purposely did that because

970
00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:16,360
Speaker 5: I was into the boundary and I worked them outside

971
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:18,480
Speaker 5: so when I catch it, I'm not too far as

972
00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:20,719
Speaker 5: close to the linebackers. So when I caught it on

973
00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:22,680
Speaker 5: my all right, it's gonna be a catching knife. And

974
00:42:22,719 --> 00:42:25,000
Speaker 5: that's like I played out caught it knife that immediately

975
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:29,319
Speaker 5: on the Jets. And that's the thing you know, money

976
00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:31,480
Speaker 5: ever talking about. Okay, it's one thing to do in practice.

977
00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:34,320
Speaker 5: Can you translate it to the game. You did it immediately?

978
00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:39,120
Speaker 3: Another opportunity on Sunday against the Saints. Now that you

979
00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:41,640
Speaker 3: have a preseason game under your belt, Like, how are

980
00:42:41,680 --> 00:42:45,520
Speaker 3: you approaching Sunday knowing that you're still gonna get more opportunities.

981
00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:48,520
Speaker 5: Kind of like like every game, I mean, I do

982
00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:52,799
Speaker 5: my little journaling I talked to the man upstairs and

983
00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:55,359
Speaker 5: I just focused on, you know, the little details, and

984
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:56,600
Speaker 5: I feel like it was a lot of stuff that

985
00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:58,560
Speaker 5: I could have got that can get better on. From

986
00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:02,799
Speaker 5: the last game. Everybody see the touchdown and the little

987
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,279
Speaker 5: fade catch, but I also felt like it was a

988
00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:07,640
Speaker 5: few routes where I could have did stuff better here

989
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:11,600
Speaker 5: as far as a block there. So just having those,

990
00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:13,560
Speaker 5: you know, things that I can get better on and

991
00:43:13,640 --> 00:43:17,080
Speaker 5: make sure, uh don't mess them up again in the

992
00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:19,279
Speaker 5: next game. I feel like to getting open part is

993
00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:21,279
Speaker 5: just a part of a receiver. I gotta get up

994
00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:23,120
Speaker 5: and I gotta gutch the ball, but just you know,

995
00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:25,640
Speaker 5: honing in on the little little details of the position,

996
00:43:25,719 --> 00:43:27,840
Speaker 5: you know, the stuff that the fans and stuff probably

997
00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:30,320
Speaker 5: don't see. Sure making sure you know clean on that.

998
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:34,920
Speaker 4: When you mentioned both Ab and Keenan, you know there's

999
00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:37,640
Speaker 4: there're guys that can certainly play outside and are effective outside,

1000
00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:39,680
Speaker 4: but they do a lot of their work from the slot.

1001
00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:42,799
Speaker 4: Just kind of as far as your your college career,

1002
00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:45,640
Speaker 4: the way you you visualize yourself is it is it

1003
00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:47,640
Speaker 4: actually at z is. I'm sure it's all three, but

1004
00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:51,080
Speaker 4: what what did you always visualize yourself kind of doing

1005
00:43:51,120 --> 00:43:53,239
Speaker 4: playing where where Where did you see yourself lining up

1006
00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:54,240
Speaker 4: mostly in the NFL.

1007
00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:57,320
Speaker 5: Yeah, So, like you said, it's kind of weird because

1008
00:43:57,480 --> 00:44:00,440
Speaker 5: I kind of played all positions throughout sohigh school I

1009
00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:02,960
Speaker 5: played the slot primarily, and then I went to Penn

1010
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:05,879
Speaker 5: State played outside for three years than my last year

1011
00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:09,160
Speaker 5: moved around outside into the slot, and I always thought

1012
00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:10,839
Speaker 5: I was more of a slot. I'm like, all right,

1013
00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:15,120
Speaker 5: I'm quick, I'm a mismaster any safety linebacker. And I

1014
00:44:15,160 --> 00:44:17,920
Speaker 5: also got enough signs to go beat press on the outside.

1015
00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:20,560
Speaker 5: And then I went to Auburn and I only played outside.

1016
00:44:22,080 --> 00:44:25,080
Speaker 5: So I mean, like you said, I can play all three,

1017
00:44:25,120 --> 00:44:27,480
Speaker 5: but if I could, you know, all right, I definitely

1018
00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:29,439
Speaker 5: love doing a lot of working the slot as well,

1019
00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:32,520
Speaker 5: just because I feel like the slot allows you to

1020
00:44:32,560 --> 00:44:35,000
Speaker 5: be more savvying your routes, and that's something that I

1021
00:44:35,080 --> 00:44:37,600
Speaker 5: that's like my number one trait in my head. So

1022
00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:40,040
Speaker 5: the slots of the guys who do the choice routes

1023
00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:42,239
Speaker 5: and savvy enough to sit in this hole and know

1024
00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:45,000
Speaker 5: how to work behind his backer and read the defense

1025
00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:47,680
Speaker 5: on a run. I like doing stuff like that, but

1026
00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:50,560
Speaker 5: I don't mind going on the outside and being at

1027
00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:53,480
Speaker 5: backside go ball stop route because.

1028
00:44:53,239 --> 00:44:54,680
Speaker 2: At end of the day is one on one as well.

1029
00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:57,000
Speaker 2: So I like it.

1030
00:44:57,000 --> 00:44:59,759
Speaker 3: I like it all ye Drake last one for me.

1031
00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:03,640
Speaker 3: And when you get to the NFL, obviously everything's different.

1032
00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:07,759
Speaker 3: Training camp is different. A coach Harball training camp is

1033
00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:11,600
Speaker 3: probably different. What's the the maybe the thing that surprised

1034
00:45:11,600 --> 00:45:15,640
Speaker 3: you the most about being a charger specifically with Jim Harball.

1035
00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:18,480
Speaker 3: And you know, we always hear competitors welcome, especially training

1036
00:45:18,520 --> 00:45:21,600
Speaker 3: camp in competition is fierce really at all levels.

1037
00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:24,759
Speaker 2: Yeah, Uh, I'm not gonna lie, I don't.

1038
00:45:25,040 --> 00:45:27,120
Speaker 5: I don't really got nothing that just took me by

1039
00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:30,720
Speaker 5: like total surprise. I mean, I feel like it's definitely

1040
00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:34,640
Speaker 5: easier than college camp. I mean in what ways, Like

1041
00:45:34,719 --> 00:45:38,120
Speaker 5: as far as the time that we hear so, I

1042
00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:40,040
Speaker 5: mean college camp you're waking up at six and you

1043
00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:43,279
Speaker 5: go on to eight like every day. Now it's it's

1044
00:45:43,320 --> 00:45:45,359
Speaker 5: probably not I don't even remember like when we put

1045
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:47,520
Speaker 5: on past specifically, but I think it's when once you

1046
00:45:47,600 --> 00:45:49,680
Speaker 5: put on pass from like all right, you maybe go

1047
00:45:49,719 --> 00:45:51,560
Speaker 5: to the first few practices no pass, but once you

1048
00:45:51,600 --> 00:45:54,719
Speaker 5: put on pass past the rest of camp, uh, we

1049
00:45:54,719 --> 00:45:57,560
Speaker 5: we go. We go past pretty a good amount of

1050
00:45:57,560 --> 00:45:59,360
Speaker 5: times here, but it's just as far as the amount

1051
00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:02,719
Speaker 5: of time were in A it's not it's not too

1052
00:46:02,719 --> 00:46:05,279
Speaker 5: crazy that some guys say this, this camp is more

1053
00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:08,160
Speaker 5: easier than some other camps that they've been at as

1054
00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:10,920
Speaker 5: far as the time in the building, but as far

1055
00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:12,560
Speaker 5: as out there, like when when we on the field,

1056
00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:16,960
Speaker 5: we definitely compete into a high level and you know,

1057
00:46:17,200 --> 00:46:19,879
Speaker 5: making each other better. But it's not never really quitting

1058
00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:22,759
Speaker 5: by surprise, you know, I was, I was writing for this.

1059
00:46:23,560 --> 00:46:25,799
Speaker 4: He's been written. Yeah, all right, last one would get

1060
00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:28,799
Speaker 4: you out on an easy one. I think you've had

1061
00:46:28,880 --> 00:46:31,720
Speaker 4: some pretty good uniforms man in your in your career,

1062
00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:35,080
Speaker 4: the iconic Penn States, just the white Navies, no names,

1063
00:46:35,320 --> 00:46:38,320
Speaker 4: you know, as classics as it gets games there you

1064
00:46:38,360 --> 00:46:41,680
Speaker 4: go game you got Auburn with that iconic AU on

1065
00:46:41,719 --> 00:46:43,520
Speaker 4: the on the helmet, orange and blue. And now you

1066
00:46:43,640 --> 00:46:46,280
Speaker 4: got the arguably the best uniforms in in the NFL

1067
00:46:46,320 --> 00:46:49,000
Speaker 4: and the power Blues. Like so A, what's your favorite

1068
00:46:49,080 --> 00:46:51,080
Speaker 4: charger combo? Have you seen them all? And you have

1069
00:46:51,120 --> 00:46:54,080
Speaker 4: a favorite one and B of those three? Go ahead

1070
00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:55,439
Speaker 4: and just it's fine recommend order.

1071
00:46:56,080 --> 00:46:59,160
Speaker 5: Uh well, I feel like that's easy I'm putting, well,

1072
00:46:59,200 --> 00:47:02,839
Speaker 5: so the favorite one in La Yeah, the combo. It's

1073
00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:05,719
Speaker 5: it's so many different combos. I'm gonna definitely go with

1074
00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:07,680
Speaker 5: the ones we just wore. I feel like those are cold.

1075
00:47:07,800 --> 00:47:10,160
Speaker 5: Like the white with the blue pants with the blue

1076
00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:12,799
Speaker 5: socks that's never been worn before. Yeah, I know that

1077
00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:14,560
Speaker 5: that was That was that was pretty dope, and I

1078
00:47:14,600 --> 00:47:16,239
Speaker 5: feel like it was nice and clean, like I got

1079
00:47:16,280 --> 00:47:20,280
Speaker 5: this picture it's posted on Instagram, like it's the first

1080
00:47:20,280 --> 00:47:23,880
Speaker 5: picture when I'm like dipping somebody up after the touchdown,

1081
00:47:24,080 --> 00:47:26,359
Speaker 5: and I just felt like I just looked at real

1082
00:47:26,440 --> 00:47:29,520
Speaker 5: nice in it. I had the blue gloves, the blue bottoms,

1083
00:47:29,560 --> 00:47:30,320
Speaker 5: the white cleaves.

1084
00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:31,080
Speaker 2: It was clean.

1085
00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:35,960
Speaker 5: Ah, but I can't wait to throw on the Uh

1086
00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:39,840
Speaker 5: then we got the all gold like that kind of

1087
00:47:39,840 --> 00:47:42,480
Speaker 5: color rush, you know, I can't wait to throw on that.

1088
00:47:42,680 --> 00:47:45,000
Speaker 5: Like I said, we got we got so many the navies,

1089
00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:46,920
Speaker 5: We got so many different colors.

1090
00:47:47,280 --> 00:47:48,640
Speaker 1: Herd to beat that Penn State one though.

1091
00:47:48,680 --> 00:47:53,319
Speaker 2: Now. Uh So if I rank the uniforms or I'm

1092
00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:57,800
Speaker 2: not gonna lie l a.

1093
00:47:57,840 --> 00:48:02,800
Speaker 4: Uh, Auburn's underrated. Man. That blue top, white pant combo

1094
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:05,600
Speaker 4: with the orange like it, that's a that's a good Uni.

1095
00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:09,440
Speaker 5: But the Pen State is it is underrated to but

1096
00:48:09,480 --> 00:48:11,120
Speaker 5: I do, I do like the name on the back,

1097
00:48:11,800 --> 00:48:15,080
Speaker 5: So I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go l a Auburn,

1098
00:48:15,160 --> 00:48:18,160
Speaker 5: Penn State. But Penn State and Auburn both only had two,

1099
00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:21,960
Speaker 5: Like we didn't have too many jerseys Oregon. Yeah no,

1100
00:48:22,239 --> 00:48:25,439
Speaker 5: it was only like a Penn State away. Your word,

1101
00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:27,440
Speaker 5: the white on white home you were the blue on

1102
00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:31,799
Speaker 5: white Auburn the same thing, blue on white.

1103
00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:33,040
Speaker 4: White on those all whites are pretty sweet.

1104
00:48:33,120 --> 00:48:35,480
Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, but can't right there.

1105
00:48:35,480 --> 00:48:37,319
Speaker 1: He's gonna get you fresh all year.

1106
00:48:40,239 --> 00:48:40,759
Speaker 2: Let's do it.

1107
00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:47,640
Speaker 1: Look for him, smile. I got you all right, Hey, Drey.

1108
00:48:48,160 --> 00:48:51,920
Speaker 2: Lambert k Yes, sir, Lambo Lambo got a stick, we

1109
00:48:51,960 --> 00:48:52,360
Speaker 2: can make that.

1110
00:48:53,680 --> 00:48:57,320
Speaker 1: We could do Lambo Ladd and Lambo KALs. So I

1111
00:48:57,320 --> 00:48:59,920
Speaker 1: don't know, j that's on you.

1112
00:49:00,040 --> 00:49:03,520
Speaker 4: You you have to Lambo Lamb get a touchdown in

1113
00:49:03,560 --> 00:49:05,200
Speaker 4: the game on Sunday and I'll call you Lamba.

1114
00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:06,120
Speaker 2: Yeah.

1115
00:49:06,520 --> 00:49:07,640
Speaker 4: I think Lambo and Lambo.

1116
00:49:07,760 --> 00:49:09,839
Speaker 5: I think it's gotta be Lambo because like I don't

1117
00:49:09,880 --> 00:49:12,600
Speaker 5: got like a when you go l l like Lambo lad,

1118
00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:15,279
Speaker 5: that goes off smooth like it's not.

1119
00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:17,320
Speaker 1: It's just gotta be Lambo.

1120
00:49:17,480 --> 00:49:21,280
Speaker 2: Its gotta be Lambo or Dre Lambeau or like Kay Lambo.

1121
00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:23,480
Speaker 2: I can get creative with it.

1122
00:49:24,320 --> 00:49:25,560
Speaker 1: Touchdown, figure it out.

1123
00:49:26,520 --> 00:49:28,600
Speaker 2: We'll do a Dre.

1124
00:49:28,719 --> 00:49:32,160
Speaker 3: We appreciate you, man, I appreciate good luck on Sunday

1125
00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:34,720
Speaker 3: and we'll talk to you guys next week for money.

1126
00:49:34,920 --> 00:49:38,799
Speaker 2: I'm Chris and Drake has been both up