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Speaker 2: Last talk, you talk about guys need to separate themselves

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Speaker 2: and it's only been a week of camp, but have

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: I think they accepted the challenge going into the off season,

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Speaker 3: very pleased with how they came back in shape, ready

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Speaker 3: to go. I feel like there's been good recall from

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Speaker 3: the spring in terms of what we're asking them to do,

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Speaker 3: and guys are making plays like if shown up. It's

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Speaker 3: been various guys as we've went here, but we're kind

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Speaker 3: of starting to see guys show up, making plays and

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Speaker 3: give themselves a chance to earn a bigger role at it.

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Speaker 2: What have you seen from your cornerback position?

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Speaker 3: You guys just picked up a guy operators. Yeah, we

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Speaker 3: signed Mario. It'll be good to get him in here,

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Speaker 3: get him working with the guys. Obviously we had a

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Speaker 3: bree on last week. I think it's a competitive group

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Speaker 3: right now. We're rolling guys in, giving them all opportunities

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Speaker 3: I think the biggest thing for them is day in

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Speaker 3: you see flashes from all of them, and then you

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Speaker 3: see some things that they need to improve on. And

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Speaker 3: again we're early, we got time, but the clock's ticking.

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Speaker 3: So hopefully those guys that's one position they can continue

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Speaker 3: I think next week versus ord Is, next week versus

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Speaker 4: It's interesting because you've moved Nick mccleoud inside, you moved

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Speaker 4: Cordial Flat outside. What was the thought process behind that

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think with both those guys there's versatility, right,

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Speaker 3: So just trying to find the best pieces for us

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Speaker 3: been outside something, he's been inside some. He's played some

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Speaker 3: thought process initially is let's put Flat out there. He

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Speaker 3: hasn't really played out there at this level up to

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Speaker 3: let's let's put him out there and let him get

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Speaker 3: what we have with the versatility aspect of that, and

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Speaker 3: that will continue to evolve with both those guys. We

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Speaker 4: How do you think Slot's done on the outside.

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Speaker 3: I think he's done a good job. I think just

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Speaker 3: like I said previously, I think all those guys just

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Speaker 3: the consistency right like at that position, play in and

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Speaker 3: play out. If you're not playing with technique right, it's

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Speaker 3: going to show up. And we got some good receivers

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Speaker 3: they got to assume. They got to anticipate. They have

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Speaker 1: As a coordinator, that you and the middle linebacker have

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Speaker 1: you can't have instant chemistry. Obviously, you've got to get

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Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, with that position, you want to be on

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Speaker 3: But that doesn't go without saying, like, I want all

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Speaker 3: our guys to have an understanding of why do you do?

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Speaker 1: You and Bobby have to spend more time together, just

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Speaker 3: I mean, I would say things come up a lot more,

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Speaker 3: So it's not like I mentioned in the spring, it's

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Speaker 3: Do you have a vision for Isaiah Simmons. Yeah, I've

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Speaker 3: I felt like he's been ready to go, and he's

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Speaker 3: transitioned to a sub linebacker role for us right now

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Speaker 3: He's played in that role in college, He's been out

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Speaker 3: I've been pleased with his progress up to this point.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that goes to the other guys like

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Speaker 3: they got to earn it too, right, Like, who knows

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Speaker 3: who the best eleven are right now? I don't know

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Speaker 3: I think the opportunity for those guys to get in

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Speaker 3: So I think there's a there's a fine line between

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Speaker 3: saying like nobody here is pegged anybody as the guy Like,

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Speaker 3: that's not the case. They're getting their work. Like you said,

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Speaker 3: it's more about development right now and us as a

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Speaker 1: You're figuring out that best eleven is because you were

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Speaker 3: I think it's a combination. I think, uh, probably not

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Speaker 3: Like there's a lot of moving parts. We signed a

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Speaker 2: As these all guys have proven they can rush the

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I haven't really done a whole lot of that.

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Speaker 3: so we've got the ability to go to that. I

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Speaker 3: And they're battling like that. D line competitions is strong

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Speaker 4: How much of an advantage, just how much an advantage

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Speaker 4: is Dane Belton had with that safety spot with.

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Speaker 3: You know, he's been running with the ones that's.

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Speaker 3: On the field. Yeah, I think obviously we want them

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Speaker 3: it is, And the one thing I'll say for Dane

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Speaker 3: like his job to lose right now, it is his

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Speaker 3: the playmaking ability. I think he's smart. He communicates all

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Speaker 3: those things that you can really I can't really tell

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Speaker 5: Yeah, go ahead, Deontay Johnson seems like a guy who

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Speaker 5: is kind of making some strides earlier.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, man, I've been very pleased with him up to

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Speaker 3: this point. He's he's doing a really good job. I

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Speaker 3: he's done a really good job for U stuffing in

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