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Speaker 1: Welcome to You've Got Mail, presented by Delta Dental. I'm

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Speaker 1: your host Brianna Janelle, and today's episode features forty nine

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Speaker 1: Ers quarterback Brock Party. We sat down with him during

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Speaker 1: training camp to talk about life off the field and

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Speaker 1: what it's like being a new dad. Plus he answers

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Speaker 1: questions directly from the faithful. If you'd like your question

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Speaker 1: featured on a future episode, be sure to follow the

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Speaker 1: forty nine Ers on social media to submit. Now make

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Speaker 1: sure you follow You've Got Mail on your favorite podcast

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Speaker 1: platform and on SiriusXM. Now Here's Rock Party. The news

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Speaker 1: of the month of the year is that you've become

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Speaker 1: a dad. Congratulations to you and Jenna. You've got a

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Speaker 1: lot going on, whether that be attention from your new

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Speaker 1: contract or baby Millie or getting ready for the start

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Speaker 1: of a football season. How do you stay grounded throughout

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Speaker 1: it all?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? I think, I mean, Jenna and I are faithful,

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Speaker 2: just with our faith in God, and so that's number one.

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Speaker 2: And I think through that we understand who we are,

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Speaker 2: what our purpose in life is and getting up every day,

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Speaker 2: you know what are we doing? And obviously playing quarterback

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Speaker 2: for the forty nine Ers is my job and so

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Speaker 2: training and Jenna taking care of things at home, but

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Speaker 2: also like us coming together and loving on our family

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Speaker 2: and friends and everybody and keeping things as simple as

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Speaker 2: we can. And you know, being in this position, there's

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Speaker 2: a lot of things and people that want to pull

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Speaker 2: you in different directions with things and throw things at

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Speaker 2: you and whatnot. And I think just being married and understanding,

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Speaker 2: you know what, we're trying to get out of life

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Speaker 2: and make an impact, like that's been our four focus.

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Speaker 2: And obviously having the contract and the baby and everything

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Speaker 2: this year happened this offseason. It's been great. But you know,

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Speaker 2: we just try to keep things as simple as possible.

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Speaker 2: We're human and we've still got to prioritize our date

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Speaker 2: nights and going out and getting lunch together or whatever,

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Speaker 2: and so I don't know, we're still learning all of that.

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Speaker 2: But having your best friend by your side to be

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Speaker 2: able to do that with has been such a blessing

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Speaker 2: and and so anyways, that's sort of what it looks like.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, all good things, All good things. This off season,

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Speaker 1: also spent some time with George Kittle out in Nashville.

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Speaker 1: We heard you were over at Kittlefest. Can you tell

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Speaker 1: us what that was like, and really just what it's

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Speaker 1: like building relationships off the field.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, man, it was awesome. Had a great time training

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Speaker 2: out his place all summer and then Kittlefest, having all

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Speaker 2: really fun. And he's got so many great people in

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Speaker 2: there and you know, we had our equipment guys out,

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Speaker 2: we had teammates out, teammates that we used to play

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Speaker 2: with and that are on other teams now. But it's

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Speaker 2: just nothing but love and everyone coming together and having

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Speaker 2: a good time. So that was really special. But obviously

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Speaker 2: getting around George and the off season has been great

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Speaker 2: and again seeing his work ethic, what what it's take

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Speaker 2: for him to get where he's at now in his career,

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Speaker 2: it's been it's been an honor for me to just

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Speaker 2: be able to sit back and train with him and

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Speaker 2: see and so he's he's an extraordinary human. Obviously, a

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Speaker 2: great teammate, a great friend, and we've gotten really close, man.

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Speaker 2: So it's been awesome to be around George.

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Speaker 1: Definitely now taking a look I got Instagram we've seen

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Speaker 1: you've gone golfing, you've gone fishing. Do you have a

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Speaker 1: favorite non football hobby that you've picked up this offseason?

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Speaker 2: Man, I started golfing two off seasons ago, and I

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Speaker 2: we can pete so hard on the football field, but

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Speaker 2: when you get out and golf with your buddies and stuff,

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Speaker 2: like you're competing again in a different way. Yeah, it's

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Speaker 2: more like mental. It's all about like your form and

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Speaker 1: How far are you taking the golf game? Because your

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Speaker 2: You go out there and you play a legit tournament.

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Speaker 2: But he goes going out there and competing against other

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Speaker 2: one day I'll be I'll be ready to go and

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Speaker 1: That'd be awesome, all right. Now, training camp days are

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Speaker 1: long and intense. How do you keep things light with

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Speaker 2: Yeah? I think, man, just the jokes in the locker room,

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Speaker 1: Has there been one that stood out, like, could you

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Speaker 2: There's there's been so many good ones I can't off

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Speaker 2: know the jokes before meetings, the hanging out. I mean

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Speaker 2: there's a lot of dead time in between you know, meetings,

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Speaker 2: there's nothing better. When you talk to guys that finish

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Speaker 2: it's it's always a good time just in between meetings

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Speaker 1: So I love it. Now we'll close out the podcast

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Speaker 1: with some fan questions. We threw a pull up on

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Speaker 1: they'd like. So first on the list is what is

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Speaker 1: your favorite Adam Sandler movie?

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Speaker 2: My favorite Adam Sandler movie would probably be Grown Ups?

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Speaker 1: Okay, Yeah, is that a new watch or is just

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Speaker 1: a classic favorite?

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Speaker 2: Probably a classic favorite?

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Speaker 1: YEA, love it. Now, if you weren't playing football, what

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Speaker 2: If I were not playing football, Man, I.

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Speaker 1: Know it's been your whole life.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I know, it's been everything. I don't know. I

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Speaker 2: don't know if it'd be like real estate or something

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Speaker 2: I don't know it'd be tough. Yeah, I'd probably just

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Speaker 2: like see like I would state alumni, you know, resources

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Speaker 2: so I feel like something with good relationships and I

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Speaker 1: There's no world where rock Pretty is not a quarterback.

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Speaker 1: It's what you're saying.

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Speaker 2: I mean, this is what I've dream on my whole life. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: that's why I'm so honored to be here.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, no, I love it.

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 1: What are your go to snacks on a road trip?

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Speaker 2: I go to snacks on a road trip would probably

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Speaker 2: be some like oreos and milk.

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Speaker 1: Okay, milk on a road trip.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, if I could somehow find ways to dunk the

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Speaker 2: oreos and the milk is so good?

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Speaker 1: Are you driving while dunking?

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Speaker 2: Not if? Yeah, I usually have to be a passenger

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Speaker 1: So I love that. Okay, perfect. Now let's see how

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Speaker 1: does it feel balancing life in the NFL and being

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Speaker 1: a new dad. Do you have any new dad Hacks?

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Speaker 2: Honestly, just any any downtime that I get to be

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Speaker 2: so fine little date nights. So I think that was

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Speaker 2: my little dad Hacks.

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Speaker 1: I love it. Now. Just two more from the Faithful.

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Speaker 1: You always seem calm under pressure. How do you stay

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Speaker 2: And so in those moments, it's almost like, you know,

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Speaker 2: let's give it up to God and let's see what

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Speaker 2: is the way that I love my teammates and loved

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Speaker 2: everyone in this organization and being on top of my job.

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Speaker 2: So I don't know, having that kind of mindset has

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Speaker 1: Yeah, great perspective. That's so valuable. Final one, Now this

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Speaker 1: question is a little odd to me. I'm not gonna

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Speaker 1: be made about you, you would definitely be the hero.

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Speaker 1: But this question says, if you could be a villain

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Speaker 1: from any movie, who would you be and why?

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Speaker 2: Man, gosh, I don't know. Maybe maybe Mega Mind because

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Speaker 2: he turns good. Yeah. Yeah, I mean be a villain

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Speaker 2: at first and then maybe turn good or something. I

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Speaker 2: don't know why Mega Mind came came to my mind.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's he's always thinking, he's always playing.

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Speaker 2: That's it, that's it, that's it.

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Speaker 1: All right. Well, Brock, thank you so much for joining

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Speaker 1: us on the podcast. I really appreciate the time. Alo