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Speaker 1: Welcome to the From the Podium podcast, where we feature

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Speaker 1: all of our daily press conferences rolled into one podcast

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Speaker 1: to help you get ready for the twenty twenty five

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Speaker 1: regular season. I'm Brock Danny, and on today's episode, you'll

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Speaker 1: hear from head coach Kevin Stefanski, linebacker's coach Jason Tarver,

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Speaker 1: tight ends coach Christian Jones, defensive tackle Malik Collins, and

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Speaker 1: linebacker Mamu Diabate. First up, head coach Kevin Stefanski provides

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Speaker 1: some injury updates.

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Speaker 2: Okay, excited to be back out here. I took a

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Speaker 2: little day yesterday, as you saw, got a bunch of

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Speaker 2: rain and cool down a little bit, but good. A

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Speaker 2: couple of practices coming up today and tomorrow, and then

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Speaker 2: we'll take another break before we get ready to head

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Speaker 2: down to Carolina. Injury front Kenny Pickett will be back

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Speaker 2: out there in a limited role today.

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Speaker 3: He continues to progress.

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Speaker 2: And then you know, I think the guys are doing

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Speaker 2: a nice job understanding all the work that needs to

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Speaker 2: get done. Their their focused meetings have been excellent. So

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Speaker 2: looking forward to another good day. And and I'd be

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Speaker 2: remiss if I didn't mention Mary Kay, who's not here right,

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Speaker 2: she's she's down in Canton or on her way to Canton.

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Speaker 2: Unbelievable honor for Mary Kay well deserved. So congratulations again

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Speaker 2: to her. But with that, I'll take any questions.

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Speaker 3: He's fine.

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Speaker 4: When when you say limited for Kenny, will you not

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Speaker 4: be doing team stuff?

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Speaker 3: Correct?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Kenny and Kevin with the h him coming back,

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Speaker 5: is your possibility that he would be by joint team workouts?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm not gonna. I don't know.

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Speaker 2: I need to see how it looks today. I'm not

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Speaker 2: gonna get too far past to.

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Speaker 6: Kevin like he's still fully in the quarterback competition then

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Speaker 6: in your guys.

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Speaker 3: Eyes, and then competing for this for sure. Yeah, that's

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Speaker 3: kind of mentioned to you guys before.

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Speaker 2: I mean, obviously disappointed that he's not full go, but

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Speaker 2: he's very, very much.

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Speaker 7: Involved in everything we're doing. He did a little easier

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Speaker 7: for a guy who's been in the league. I mean,

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Speaker 7: do you feel little more comfortable with that with a

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Speaker 3: Of get Yeah, I think so, Chris.

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Speaker 2: I think he's a player that's had a good amount

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Speaker 3: He's had a lot of reps going back.

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Speaker 2: Through the spring and what we've got gotten accomplished so

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Speaker 2: far through training camp. So uh yeah, of course you

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Speaker 2: don't want anybody to be missing action, dude, any injury

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Speaker 2: or that type of thing. But he's done a nice

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Speaker 8: Can you explain why you went to tackling this year

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Speaker 8: and we'll we see it again.

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Speaker 2: I think every year, Tony, you're looking at what your

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Speaker 2: football team needs, where you are from a bunch of

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Speaker 2: it was the thing that we wanted to do in

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Speaker 2: a say it's also in a safe, controlled environment. Uh

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Speaker 2: So it's we've done it here before. It's something that

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Speaker 9: Speaking of walking over over.

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Speaker 5: The next couple of days, I thought Dave canarls that

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Speaker 5: they plan on playing their starters the first couple of

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Speaker 9: Do you know yet what you guys?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I have a pretty good feel for what we're

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Speaker 3: No, No, you guys usually cooperate as well.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, certainly cooperate in terms of the practice that we're

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Speaker 2: gonna have against each other, what we're gonna do when

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Speaker 2: we play each other. But Dave's gonna do what he

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Speaker 2: thinks is best for his team. I'll do it the

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Speaker 2: same for our team.

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Speaker 6: Do you anticipate narrowing the scope of this quarterback competition

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Speaker 6: Carolina to helping for that time.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think for.

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Speaker 2: All of our positions, every single day is an important

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Speaker 2: All of it is in an effort to get ready

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Speaker 9: Reason three day block.

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Speaker 10: How much did you see the rookies rookie QB is

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Speaker 11: Take advantage against their stings.

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Speaker 2: I think, you know, I would say our entire rookie

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Speaker 2: I think they've worked extremely hard. We brought them in

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Speaker 12: With Milly Kellens, what do you think he adds to

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Speaker 2: A veteran player that that plays hard, very very technique sound.

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Speaker 2: He's made a few plays already in camp where you

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Speaker 3: Of the young into that position as well.

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Speaker 12: He talked about having working out with Mason in the break.

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Speaker 12: How valuable can that beat.

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Speaker 4: A guy like Mason?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's invaluable.

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Speaker 2: You know, having a guy that's been there, done that

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Speaker 2: of the trade. And also, you know, I give him

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Speaker 2: a leak a ton of credit just for his work ethic.

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Speaker 2: Just watch him go out here, how hard he practices.

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Speaker 9: Ready for a go, I'm ready for larger than.

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Speaker 13: A number of times.

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Speaker 10: Yeahs he opened the eyes of Anyboddy that he's signed

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Speaker 11: Drafted free agent.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think he's done a nice job Tony I

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Speaker 2: think gauge like a lot of his rookies, but he's

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Speaker 2: he's a very smart kid, so we can line him

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Speaker 2: he's a he's been where he's supposed to be, which

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Speaker 3: But he's also made plays with the bass. He's done

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Speaker 9: I felt.

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Speaker 4: Have you seen his good from a cross standpoint these

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Speaker 6: The years and obviously now majority of retiring, he treated

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Speaker 2: Yeah, my mood's a young player, but but I've seen

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Speaker 2: him get better each year. Uh, he's becoming more and

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Speaker 2: how how much he understands this scheme and and how

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Speaker 2: he's a player that's progressing every single year, every single

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Speaker 10: Kevin.

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Speaker 6: I don't think he's seen team drills the last few prexes.

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Speaker 3: The team injury right now is limited.

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Speaker 2: He's coming along, but he's he'll he'll be fine, I.

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Speaker 5: Say, Danieally, haven't asked a question, but any update on

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Speaker 9: No updates.

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Speaker 3: Everybody is right where we need them to be.

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Speaker 2: They're working hard, They're all on different timetables.

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Speaker 3: But pleased with the progress everybody's making.

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Speaker 9: Anybody's gonna be back in the field today.

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Speaker 3: Kenny Pickett gave you that one, CB.

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Speaker 2: No, how do you how do you feel like the

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Speaker 2: guys attend to Yeah, I didn't that job, obviously. It's

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Speaker 2: it's our job as coaches to uh put it in

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Speaker 2: a controlled setting. It's it's not live in the quarterback obviously,

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Speaker 2: still take care of your teammates. Things that you would

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Speaker 3: So the guys didn't that show.

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Speaker 6: Are we gonna see them around today and tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, potentially, it's it's again, it's a really day by

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Speaker 9: Did did they know that was coming? Yes?

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Speaker 14: How do you see dabated Harold maybe getting the most

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Speaker 2: And David Bring and Harold A Yeah, I think Dave's

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Speaker 2: done a nice job as a teammate already, just with

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Speaker 2: ropes quote unquote. So uh, that's encouraging. And you know,

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Speaker 2: we like versatile football players. I think both those guys

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Speaker 2: it's a it's a really good balance between those two guys.

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Speaker 4: What's the reason rolling one practice against Carolina?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we haven't done I have not done a week

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Speaker 2: one practice versus teams before Tony, So just.

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Speaker 3: Felt like week one one day was the right amount.

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Speaker 6: How do you feel like the youth players best?

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Speaker 2: Nay, Yeah, we love having the youth football players out here.

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Speaker 2: I remind our players all the time that they play

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Speaker 2: a kid's game. They're they're blessed and fortunate and lucky

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Speaker 3: So we love having these kids out here.

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Speaker 1: Next, Linebacker's coach Jason Tarbart discusses how his competitive room

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Speaker 1: can continue to improve heading into week one.

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Speaker 5: Carson, just how much has he even surprised you with

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Speaker 5: his progress from when you you know you got him

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Speaker 5: first time in rookie Minnie Campton.

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Speaker 8: Now, yeah, he's he's so good at remembering and then

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Speaker 8: applying things as they occur, Like he'll surprise me to

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Speaker 8: be like coach, I remember we said this the second day,

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Speaker 8: so then he does it and that's cool. And when

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Speaker 8: he can stay in that process, that's really powerful because

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Speaker 8: he learns so fast.

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Speaker 6: Jordan just making that decision to retire and how it

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Speaker 6: he did.

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Speaker 8: Here lest we love Jordan's You know, he he gave

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Speaker 8: his When Jordan plays and played football, he gave his

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Speaker 15: He was always finishing in the pile, trying to get

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Speaker 8: So that extreme effort is something that we all learned

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Speaker 15: And then you know, he's he's earned his right.

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Speaker 8: He's he's played at the highest level for a really

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Speaker 9: Jason George's retirement. You know, obviously he's a big leader.

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Speaker 4: David's a physical guy.

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Speaker 10: When you get full pads on, everybody's moving slower, but

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Speaker 16: They're different in a lot of their ways.

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Speaker 10: And I think Harold offers you something, right, somebody who

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Speaker 10: I think that's something you'll see on that long play

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Speaker 6: For their team. Christian David and Joe Flacco has such

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Speaker 6: how have you seen those guys interact?

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Speaker 4: And and you kind of continue that so far.

448
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Speaker 16: I think it's a mutual respect.

449
00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:04,800
Speaker 10: I think it's something where Dave really respects Joe and

450
00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:07,120
Speaker 10: he you know, leans on him for a lot of things.

451
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Speaker 16: And I think that's something that has been good to see.

452
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Speaker 17: Right.

453
00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:11,359
Speaker 10: He has a role model that he respects and trusts,

454
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Speaker 10: and that's always something you'd like to see and even

455
00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:16,240
Speaker 10: for an eight year vet, right, somebody who's been in

456
00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:17,720
Speaker 10: the league that long, he still looks for God and

457
00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:20,840
Speaker 10: looks for guys to bounce ideas off of talk to.

458
00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,560
Speaker 10: And he's a very sociable person, right, So him getting

459
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Speaker 10: Joe Flacco out there hanging out with him as always

460
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Speaker 10: great to see.

461
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Speaker 9: Right.

462
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Speaker 16: That means you got a close team on the other

463
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Speaker 16: side of that.

464
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Speaker 9: Have you seen David kind of bring your harrow goll

465
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Speaker 9: on since he's been here.

466
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Speaker 16: I would say the whole tight End group has done that.

467
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Speaker 10: I think everybody in the group has kind of come

468
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Speaker 10: together and just kind of taken on working with him,

469
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Speaker 10: helping him out, helping him learn what it means to

470
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Speaker 10: be a pro. And I think it's on Harrold too, Right,

471
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Speaker 10: He's got to make the decision to be a professional

472
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Speaker 10: player and do everything that mean, do what it means

473
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Speaker 10: to be a pro, whether it's in the building or

474
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Speaker 10: outside the building. So he's got great role models in

475
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Speaker 10: that room. He's got Brendan Bates who's in his second year,

476
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Speaker 10: Blake's in his third, Dave's in his eighth. Misal has

477
00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:02,320
Speaker 10: been playing ball for so long, he's been in and

478
00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:03,920
Speaker 10: out and he's been doing for a long time, so

479
00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:05,560
Speaker 10: he's got a lot of guys to lean on and

480
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Speaker 10: ask questions.

481
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Speaker 16: And I think that's only gonna benefit him.

482
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Speaker 4: What is the the energy that David brahamy We see

483
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Speaker 4: it every day? What does that do for you guys?

484
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Speaker 18: Is you're going through camp, it's hot, and you guys

485
00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:17,000
Speaker 18: are getting guys are starting to work.

486
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Speaker 17: Down a little bit.

487
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Speaker 10: He breaks the monotoni. Yeah, he breaks the monani. You

488
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Speaker 10: walk in that room, you never know what's gonna happen.

489
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Speaker 10: The energy's gonna bring what he's gonna say, he's gonna do.

490
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Speaker 10: And that's it benefits everybody, right cause you know, you

491
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Speaker 10: get you get used to hearing me talk. It starts

492
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Speaker 10: to sound like Charlie Brown's teacher. Right, It's just a

493
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Speaker 10: bunch of murmurs. And you're like, I, I can't do

494
00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:36,399
Speaker 10: this anymore. You start to doze off and then your

495
00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:39,000
Speaker 10: eyes start closing, and and he'll pop in with some energy. Right,

496
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Speaker 10: He'll turn on a rock song and they'll start dancing

497
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Speaker 10: around and getting other guys up.

498
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Speaker 16: And it just he helps break the monani.

499
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Speaker 9: Right.

500
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Speaker 10: I can do what I can, but players have to

501
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Speaker 10: find their own way out of it, and he does

502
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Speaker 10: it for them and that's super helpful.

503
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Speaker 12: How much you're looking forward to seeing Harold in preseason games?

504
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Speaker 12: And what are you looking for him in those outings?

505
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Speaker 16: I just wanna see him go compete.

506
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Speaker 10: I just wanna see him compete, see him go out

507
00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:06,080
Speaker 10: strike guys that are in different, you know, color jerseys

508
00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:08,600
Speaker 10: than him. I wanna see him show what he can

509
00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:10,720
Speaker 10: do with the ball in his hands. Right, he's a

510
00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:13,320
Speaker 10: very balanced runner. So now you're facing somebody that's really

511
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Speaker 10: gonna try and tackle you, gonna bring you down, right,

512
00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:17,080
Speaker 10: there's no rules just we don't have the same rules

513
00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:18,439
Speaker 10: out on this field as we do out there. Right,

514
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Speaker 10: So are you gonna make that tough catch from the

515
00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:21,880
Speaker 10: balls and there somebody's coming at you. Are you gonna

516
00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:23,760
Speaker 10: make that one cut and get up the field or

517
00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:25,760
Speaker 10: are you gonna dance around and lose his five or

518
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Speaker 10: four or five yards? So I think that's something I'm

519
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Speaker 10: looking forward to seeing.

520
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Speaker 19: What's something that you've seen in the Herald that you

521
00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:34,080
Speaker 19: didn't expect in coming out of college at Ballenbreem when

522
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Speaker 19: adopted camp.

523
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Speaker 10: You said, Wow, that's a great question. I would say

524
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Speaker 10: the depth of knowledge that he has and that he

525
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Speaker 10: leans on. Right, you meet with him and you're like,

526
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Speaker 10: I can tell this guy smart. You could tell he

527
00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,080
Speaker 10: thinks through things very well. I think it's more so

528
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Speaker 10: like because he plays safety in high school before he

529
00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:56,160
Speaker 10: got to college to play tight end, so he leans

530
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Speaker 10: on a lot of his defensive knowledge for how he plays.

531
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Speaker 16: Right, I'll I'll watch film, like, you know, what would

532
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Speaker 16: you be thinking of you that safety? And he'll just

533
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Speaker 16: give you an answer quick.

534
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Speaker 10: Right, He's able to lean on a lot of his

535
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Speaker 10: experience to help him be an effective player. And that's

536
00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:12,639
Speaker 10: that's super encouraging, that's extra Yes, absolutely, Yeah, chemistry is

537
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Speaker 10: one thing.

538
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Speaker 14: But how can your unit specifically can help these quarterbacks,

539
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Speaker 14: for quarterbacks in this competition, help them come along, get

540
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Speaker 14: the most out of them as they're looking for that

541
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Speaker 14: week one starter?

542
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Speaker 16: What can your unit do and we do our job?

543
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Speaker 3: That is it.

544
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Speaker 10: We cannot worry about who's throwing the ball. We worry

545
00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,200
Speaker 10: about our route, our assignment, and getting our job done.

546
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Speaker 5: That is it.

547
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Speaker 10: If we're worried about who's throwing us the ball, or

548
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Speaker 10: who's up for this period or who's up for this play, like,

549
00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:38,600
Speaker 10: that's losing football.

550
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Speaker 16: It shouldn't matter who's throwing you in the ball?

551
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Speaker 10: Right, Like, we're out there to do our job no

552
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Speaker 10: matter who's out there, and I think that's the most

553
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Speaker 10: important thing we can do, right cause also, if I

554
00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:49,080
Speaker 10: go out there, I run the wrong route quarterbacks looking

555
00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:50,520
Speaker 10: to throw me the ball, right, that's a waste to

556
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Speaker 10: rep for him. So you can't take food out of

557
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Speaker 10: other people's mouths to feed yourself.

558
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Speaker 16: You gotta worry about what you're doing.

559
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Speaker 17: And that's it.

560
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Speaker 18: How much does it help your gust? We talked about

561
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Speaker 18: it with the one Jones a lot, But your guys,

562
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Speaker 18: how much does it help them to be going against

563
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Speaker 18: Miles Garrett and happened to help out with him and

564
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Speaker 18: figure out, like how to help that left tackle.

565
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Speaker 10: Out When you're playing a ninety nine rated player on

566
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Speaker 10: man right, one of the best players in the league

567
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Speaker 10: as a rusher, that only makes you better, right, And

568
00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:19,360
Speaker 10: it can get a little bit morelized on when you're

569
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Speaker 10: losing a lot, right and you're like, oh my god,

570
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Speaker 10: But you also watch them go out there and do

571
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Speaker 10: it against everybody else, and you can realize that you're

572
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Speaker 10: getting better because.

573
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Speaker 17: You're playing somebody so good.

574
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Speaker 16: So it only competition breeds competition.

575
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Speaker 10: Competition makes everybody better, and I think when you have

576
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Speaker 10: the opportunity to go against such a great player, it's

577
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Speaker 10: only gonna raise your confidence when you win win that rep. Right,

578
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Speaker 10: So I think that's always something that I'm I'm super

579
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Speaker 10: happy to have him on our team.

580
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Speaker 16: It only helps us, only helps us.

581
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Speaker 20: I talked to bay or Harold Bawling Green and he

582
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Speaker 20: sort of just talked about when he transitioned because he

583
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Speaker 20: didn't lay tight end in high school and sweat sight end.

584
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Speaker 20: One of the things that you really noticed was just

585
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Speaker 20: top of the gregue, he kind of picked up on things.

586
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Speaker 4: There's some example of that terrible and he's.

587
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Speaker 18: Been pret quickly or he goes to the stage.

588
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Speaker 16: Yeah, I mean, I I had to get used to

589
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Speaker 16: how he learns.

590
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Speaker 10: But I mean, you you walk him through something, once

591
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Speaker 10: you you tell him something, once you show him some film,

592
00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:13,639
Speaker 10: you get him out there, get him moving and doing it,

593
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Speaker 10: and he'll have it locked in.

594
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Speaker 9: Right.

595
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Speaker 10: He takes good notes, He really focuses in, he pays attention,

596
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Speaker 10: and I think it's just if you tell him something,

597
00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:22,920
Speaker 10: he locks it in. He's ready to go or and

598
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Speaker 10: what he doesn't do is make the same mistake twice,

599
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Speaker 10: and that's really encouraging, right, I Mean, somebody's learning and

600
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Speaker 10: locking things in and remembering it for the next time they.

601
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Speaker 16: Have to apply it.

602
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Speaker 10: So I think that's something that's been really really fun

603
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Speaker 10: to see in.

604
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Speaker 4: College when he was mean, it was obvious on the tape,

605
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Speaker 4: like how creative?

606
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Speaker 11: What pass catch was?

607
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Speaker 20: What are you guys looking forward him to sort of

608
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Speaker 20: develop even more of a blocker.

609
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Speaker 10: Well, he's actually a really good blocker. He's stronger than

610
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Speaker 10: you would think, he's very solid, and what he does

611
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Speaker 10: really good is he has really good hand placement. I

612
00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:53,320
Speaker 10: mean he naturally puts his hands right on the right

613
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Speaker 10: on the breastplate. His hands are usually always inside, and

614
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Speaker 10: he has a good feet. So I would say it's

615
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Speaker 10: just him continuing to bowk up, continuing to get stronger

616
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Speaker 10: and grow as.

617
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Speaker 16: A He's still developing.

618
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Speaker 10: He just turned twenty one about two weeks ago or

619
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Speaker 10: something like that. So just it's it's him developing and

620
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Speaker 10: aiding in his development as a physical person and as

621
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Speaker 10: a as a body, right, And that's where I'm looking

622
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Speaker 10: for As far as a blocker, there's always little things, right,

623
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Speaker 10: It's loading your outside foot to get game ground on

624
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Speaker 10: the first step.

625
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Speaker 16: It's always a little details with blocking that can help him.

626
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Speaker 10: But he's got the basics down and that's something you

627
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Speaker 10: can work with.

628
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Speaker 6: Even and Herald, are you two great pass catching titles.

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Speaker 20: What do you think having them both on the field

630
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Speaker 20: at the same time potentially could do for the Solfings.

631
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Speaker 10: They're great pass catchers, but they're also great blockers, and

632
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Speaker 10: I think that helps more so than just being a

633
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Speaker 10: great pass catcher.

634
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Speaker 16: It's a great question.

635
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Speaker 10: But if you got two guys out there that can

636
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Speaker 10: do both things, then the defense doesn't know how to

637
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Speaker 10: line up. They don't know what personnel will put out there,

638
00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:50,480
Speaker 10: what covers the play, and that only helps the offense.

639
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Speaker 10: So I'd say that's the biggest part of it is

640
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Speaker 10: that they can both. They can do both, and that

641
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Speaker 10: helps everybody on the field, you know, kind of going off.

642
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Speaker 10: How does that self quarterbacks and helping them out more off.

643
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Speaker 16: Yeah, that's a good question.

644
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Speaker 9: It means more breather players.

645
00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:12,399
Speaker 16: For the quarterback.

646
00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:14,439
Speaker 10: That means that he can take his mind off. Right,

647
00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:15,919
Speaker 10: we can hand the ball off, let it run, let

648
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Speaker 10: him have a.

649
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Speaker 9: Breather of play.

650
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Speaker 10: We can go with an RPO, we can go with

651
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Speaker 10: a naked that's more of a breathing play right. He

652
00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:23,680
Speaker 10: has more options for play calls. He doesn't have to

653
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Speaker 10: worry about, Hey, I gotta worry about this drop back

654
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Speaker 10: pass or every time we're in this personnel, we're dropping

655
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Speaker 10: back right. We can do anything out of that personnel,

656
00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,520
Speaker 10: which makes his job easier because it makes the defensive

657
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Speaker 10: job hard.

658
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Speaker 1: Up next, defensive tackle Malik Collins talks about how he's

659
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Speaker 1: been a mentor to rookie Mason Graham.

660
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Speaker 4: What's a transition like for you, you know, signing here

661
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Speaker 4: for you agen see somebody.

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Speaker 11: It's been a right transition.

663
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Speaker 19: I didn't get to get a lot of that off

664
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Speaker 19: season up here in Cleveland, but uh, just adjusting to

665
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Speaker 19: it now, studying the playbook and catching up on a

666
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Speaker 19: lot of films.

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Speaker 11: I'll work with Jock before, so that's helpful that familiar face.

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Speaker 14: Yeah, working Mason grown incite a lot.

669
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Speaker 11: What's that been like when t make.

670
00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:06,399
Speaker 9: Him get u s the NFL as you get.

671
00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:07,760
Speaker 11: Used to see, It's been fun.

672
00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:07,960
Speaker 6: You know.

673
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:09,840
Speaker 19: I trained with Mason a lot of this off season two,

674
00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:14,119
Speaker 19: so working with him and seeing how he moved and

675
00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:16,200
Speaker 19: you know, just pushing each other to get better.

676
00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:17,760
Speaker 4: What do you think thinks he's asking you.

677
00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:21,240
Speaker 11: Uh, I mean he has a lot of things, but

678
00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:23,840
Speaker 11: you know, we just we going there. We have fun.

679
00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:27,119
Speaker 19: We really just vibe off each other and just create

680
00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:29,920
Speaker 19: our create our vibe. How we wanna how we wanna

681
00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,480
Speaker 19: rush together, how we wanna play together? Type of swag?

682
00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:33,920
Speaker 19: We wanna play with care.

683
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:37,159
Speaker 11: So he talked to how did working out with him

684
00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:39,200
Speaker 11: and Sawston come together? This one that he suggested, And

685
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,480
Speaker 11: he suggested that, I mean, he really suggested it. He

686
00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:42,879
Speaker 11: was just like, hey, ro I'm pulling up. So I

687
00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:45,320
Speaker 11: was s I was surprised, but uh, you know, I

688
00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:47,159
Speaker 11: was happy to I was happy to have him there.

689
00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:49,080
Speaker 11: I was even Houston or yeah it was in Houston.

690
00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:50,080
Speaker 9: What do you think she's.

691
00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:54,480
Speaker 19: I don't believe in putting ceilings on nobody. You know,

692
00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,639
Speaker 19: the skies, the limit. What was it been for you

693
00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:02,360
Speaker 19: to click drew me to Cleveland? That I got cut

694
00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:05,959
Speaker 19: and then uh but then you know, having Jack here

695
00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,480
Speaker 19: was a big help, having sworts in this this type

696
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:13,960
Speaker 19: of defense. I think it fitsed me perfectly. And you know,

697
00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,080
Speaker 19: I was happy that they wanted me as well.

698
00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:17,879
Speaker 4: Did did the kind of win inside. Either you got

699
00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:18,679
Speaker 4: cut or you it's like.

700
00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:21,400
Speaker 19: Nah, I wouldn't bother side. All I knew exactly knew

701
00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:22,240
Speaker 19: exactly what was going on.

702
00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:26,840
Speaker 12: And you're talking about the system fitting you, and Mason's

703
00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:29,359
Speaker 12: talked about the switch, you know from kind.

704
00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:30,560
Speaker 17: Of re reacting your Michigan.

705
00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:33,200
Speaker 12: So how do you help him kind of bridge that

706
00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:36,040
Speaker 12: gap to just attack attack like Jim want House.

707
00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:39,920
Speaker 19: I think, I think I I've never played in any

708
00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:41,960
Speaker 19: other system, so I only know one way of playing.

709
00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:45,920
Speaker 19: So I think I think for him it's just like

710
00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:49,520
Speaker 19: to remove a thought or having like to play like

711
00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:51,479
Speaker 19: step with blocks and things like that, and just think

712
00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,800
Speaker 19: about getting off the ball. Just keep things simple. Getting

713
00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:56,760
Speaker 19: off the ball. It's the first thing playing with pad level.

714
00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:58,880
Speaker 19: Bring your hands on all the punts, things like that,

715
00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:01,920
Speaker 19: can hold a lions.

716
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:05,640
Speaker 4: Obviously he gets double team. He'll throw so much animal

717
00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:08,040
Speaker 4: and you Mason little there or it seems like it kind.

718
00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:09,760
Speaker 11: Of takes some pressure on him. Yeah, for sure. It

719
00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:11,880
Speaker 11: just it just comes down to you know, winning your

720
00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:12,520
Speaker 11: one on ones.

721
00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:14,760
Speaker 19: If you if you win your one on ones and

722
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,800
Speaker 19: having production out of it, then that's obviously gonna draw

723
00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:19,640
Speaker 19: a guy from Miles, or draw a guy.

724
00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:22,720
Speaker 11: From Mason or whoever else it might be. I think

725
00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:23,680
Speaker 11: also schematically.

726
00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:26,760
Speaker 19: You know Sworts is you know, he he's an aggressive,

727
00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:29,880
Speaker 19: aggressive guy, aggressive play caller. You know he had dial

728
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:32,040
Speaker 19: up things and that they creates one on ones for

729
00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:33,080
Speaker 19: all of us across the board.

730
00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:38,080
Speaker 4: Sh Shorts, I mean he'll kind of line guys up everywhere.

731
00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:40,280
Speaker 4: He'll do like he'll do like full line changes in

732
00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:41,800
Speaker 4: the middle of a drive. What what are you kind

733
00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:43,880
Speaker 4: of expecting to to do this year?

734
00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:48,360
Speaker 19: I'm expected that I'm I'm really open to doing whatever

735
00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:51,200
Speaker 19: whatever it takes to win. I played for guys that

736
00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:54,479
Speaker 19: they were kind of understudies or swarts in this system,

737
00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:57,680
Speaker 19: whether it was in Houston with with Miko or in

738
00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:01,360
Speaker 19: uh In uh San Francis last year with out there

739
00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:04,640
Speaker 19: with uh Chris, they all came from like source the scheme.

740
00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:07,200
Speaker 11: So you know, just seeing that, you.

741
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:09,560
Speaker 20: Kind of feel like the defense is gonna go as

742
00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:12,200
Speaker 20: you guys up, the groups sort of go and you

743
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:12,880
Speaker 20: guys are coming.

744
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,680
Speaker 11: To drivers for sure. That's why they call us the engine.

745
00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:18,520
Speaker 16: What what's it like.

746
00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:22,480
Speaker 12: Being next to Miles or even on that same line,

747
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:25,160
Speaker 12: is Miles is a defensive Player of the Year.

748
00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:27,479
Speaker 19: Yeah, I mean you get here, you you hear all

749
00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:29,760
Speaker 19: the things about Miles and then you see him go

750
00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:30,160
Speaker 19: to work.

751
00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:31,880
Speaker 11: You see how he come to work every day.

752
00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:34,800
Speaker 19: You see the band, the ability he has, you know,

753
00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:37,120
Speaker 19: and it's just like, you know, it's just kind of

754
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:38,880
Speaker 19: mind bowing to see a guy come out here and work.

755
00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:40,280
Speaker 19: Like we walked in the other day and he was

756
00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:42,560
Speaker 19: already out there doing get offs and I'm like, damn,

757
00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:44,320
Speaker 19: I gotta i gotta wake up earlier to beat him

758
00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:47,640
Speaker 19: to it. So, you know, just having having that type

759
00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:49,240
Speaker 19: of type of guy on the line, it's.

760
00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:51,920
Speaker 12: I'm sure obviously you've seen him play for a long time,

761
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:55,400
Speaker 12: but being up close, is there something like physically that

762
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:57,960
Speaker 12: he does that really surprised you?

763
00:30:58,600 --> 00:30:59,080
Speaker 17: Impressed you?

764
00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:00,800
Speaker 19: I think you just really you gotta see it in person.

765
00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:02,200
Speaker 19: You can see the tape, but when you see it

766
00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:04,120
Speaker 19: in person and see them and see even more, is.

767
00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:07,560
Speaker 11: It explosion or but but you name it, you see it,

768
00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:09,600
Speaker 11: you see it, and you you tell me what you see.

769
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:11,480
Speaker 14: You know, see, you have a couple of batter passes,

770
00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:15,080
Speaker 14: a training camps out there, that a step layer games

771
00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:15,640
Speaker 14: when you're working.

772
00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:17,800
Speaker 11: I I just watched Shelby.

773
00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:19,920
Speaker 19: You know, that's what's something he's always been known for,

774
00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:23,640
Speaker 19: you know, especially if you're in a like a splitter

775
00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:25,880
Speaker 19: position with two two guys on you or.

776
00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:27,920
Speaker 11: Something like that. Getting a hand up can can affect

777
00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:28,240
Speaker 11: the game.

778
00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:35,240
Speaker 12: Did you like, uh do liveblity it's the first time

779
00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:38,640
Speaker 12: tackling to the ground that they done under uh captain back.

780
00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:39,840
Speaker 11: Yeah, I didn't mind it.

781
00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:42,040
Speaker 19: When it's football, it's kind of the same for us

782
00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:44,000
Speaker 19: up front, it's just the runner back get in.

783
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:45,680
Speaker 11: Front of the attacking you know, or run to the

784
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:46,480
Speaker 11: ball attacking him.

785
00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:51,280
Speaker 12: So what do you learn about yourself and any defense

786
00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:51,920
Speaker 12: at this point?

787
00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:53,000
Speaker 10: It?

788
00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:54,000
Speaker 5: Uh?

789
00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:58,880
Speaker 19: I mean it's always continuous learning in the defense, just

790
00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:01,960
Speaker 19: seeing different ways you can run things and make things

791
00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:05,920
Speaker 19: become more available for you. For myself, it's just continuing

792
00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:07,320
Speaker 19: to try to perfect my career.

793
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:10,560
Speaker 4: You guys get your first practices next week.

794
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:14,920
Speaker 20: Obviously, how much do you value that in this time

795
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:16,200
Speaker 20: of year to kind of get it just to go

796
00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:17,240
Speaker 20: against the team.

797
00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:20,719
Speaker 4: And setting and you need to get away against yourself.

798
00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:24,120
Speaker 11: I'm not really a fan of my practices only I've

799
00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:27,520
Speaker 11: only done one in my career, but I mean it

800
00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:29,160
Speaker 11: is what it is. It's on the schedule, so that's

801
00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:29,760
Speaker 11: what's up next.

802
00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:34,160
Speaker 1: Finally, linebacker my mood Diabate talks about how he's ready

803
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:37,160
Speaker 1: to step into a larger role this season after the

804
00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:41,719
Speaker 1: retirement of Jordan Hicks and Jeremiah a Wusu Coromo is injury.

805
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:45,640
Speaker 7: How different does it feel this training care I mean,

806
00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:48,040
Speaker 7: what do you think back to it but two years

807
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:48,880
Speaker 7: ago to now?

808
00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:51,560
Speaker 9: Just I mean, is it feel like night and day?

809
00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:54,160
Speaker 9: You know, compared to what do you compare to the two?

810
00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:57,200
Speaker 13: Yeah, it definitely definitely feels It's a different, different feeling,

811
00:32:57,320 --> 00:33:00,240
Speaker 13: you know, different stage, different stage in my career. But

812
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,080
Speaker 13: it's it's still a train to camp. You know, it's exciting.

813
00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:05,160
Speaker 13: I still love to come out hand and work. It's

814
00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:07,000
Speaker 13: just like you said, it's a it's it's you're in

815
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,760
Speaker 13: a different realm now, so it changes a little bit.

816
00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:12,600
Speaker 6: Then when uh saw you guys tackling to the ground

817
00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:16,240
Speaker 6: for first time under Kevin Stepanski the other as a linebacker. Yeah,

818
00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:18,120
Speaker 6: person talking a little bit about this's just how how

819
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:21,200
Speaker 6: much fun or what other element does that at practice?

820
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:24,240
Speaker 13: Uh, it's exciting, you know, playing linebacker, we love physicality.

821
00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:26,560
Speaker 13: We wanna set that tone for the defense. So being

822
00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:28,240
Speaker 13: able to bring that out in practice and not having

823
00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:30,600
Speaker 13: a savor for the game is very valuable and and

824
00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:32,200
Speaker 13: I'm happy we we're able to do it, and you know,

825
00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:35,080
Speaker 13: we have a blast doing it, and knowing that you're

826
00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:37,280
Speaker 13: knowing that you were the.

827
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:39,680
Speaker 12: First bout almost keep a couple of years ago to break.

828
00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:43,360
Speaker 12: Now you're in such an important position with Jordana picture

829
00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:46,400
Speaker 12: firing and Jkay, it's how does that f How does

830
00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:46,800
Speaker 12: that feel?

831
00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:48,360
Speaker 9: Just to get to this point in your career is

832
00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:50,080
Speaker 9: to kind of bring in circle.

833
00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:52,400
Speaker 13: I mean, honestly just gives me more more motivation, Like

834
00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:54,920
Speaker 13: having more opportunities and being in a better position just

835
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,480
Speaker 13: m just drives me more and confirms that, Okay, my

836
00:33:57,600 --> 00:33:58,160
Speaker 13: work is working.

837
00:33:58,240 --> 00:33:58,840
Speaker 17: Just keep working.

838
00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:01,280
Speaker 13: Uh keep my foot on the guys, don't slow down,

839
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:03,360
Speaker 13: and uh I think everything's gonna work out.

840
00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:04,880
Speaker 17: It's just it's just exactly how I should.

841
00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:07,920
Speaker 14: You've been pointing around about the field through many camps

842
00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:10,600
Speaker 14: or any camps. What's been your life said of trank

843
00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:13,840
Speaker 14: be as aggressively you are before the season concerned.

844
00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:16,200
Speaker 13: Uh just play ball, take take it the day at

845
00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:18,719
Speaker 13: a time, and uh D do my best at lead

846
00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:20,520
Speaker 13: of defense and show 'em not only by worries but

847
00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:24,000
Speaker 13: by example how I play and uh getting in shape,

848
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,360
Speaker 13: getting ready for the season, just taking it, taking it

849
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,080
Speaker 13: a day at a time, not looking at the big picture.

850
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:30,480
Speaker 17: And I think that's how you, uh can produce results.

851
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:33,720
Speaker 12: I know Kosch trver Is talked about using you different

852
00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:35,760
Speaker 12: spots as you gained more experience.

853
00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:37,960
Speaker 9: Yeah, is there a role or a spot that you

854
00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:39,439
Speaker 9: prefer where you think.

855
00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:41,320
Speaker 17: You're best hit? I'm best everywhere.

856
00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:43,560
Speaker 13: Like I feel like I've just b I I've just

857
00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:45,680
Speaker 13: been adding more skills and skills as I've been here

858
00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:48,319
Speaker 13: and uh listening to coach Harbor, the best line back

859
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:50,800
Speaker 13: coach in the NFL, He's he's just He's just allowed

860
00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:52,840
Speaker 13: me to grow and every aspect of the game mentally,

861
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:56,480
Speaker 13: physically and uh confidence wise everything. So I'm ready to

862
00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:57,920
Speaker 13: make plays in any area of the field.

863
00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:00,160
Speaker 6: How do you think, you guys, that's a really just

864
00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:04,359
Speaker 6: kept handled. So not having Jeremiah or Jordan out there

865
00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:07,799
Speaker 6: right now, and obviously from their contributions on the field

866
00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:09,480
Speaker 6: and also from leadership.

867
00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:10,759
Speaker 13: For some uh you know, it's the next next man

868
00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:12,800
Speaker 13: of mentality both on the field and in and in

869
00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:13,880
Speaker 13: the leadership capacity.

870
00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:14,160
Speaker 6: Uh.

871
00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:16,480
Speaker 13: You know jo Jordan Jordan's time here, I spent a

872
00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:18,040
Speaker 13: lot of time picking his brain. I spent a lot

873
00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:19,839
Speaker 13: of time with him. Used to go over his house

874
00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:21,959
Speaker 13: get treatment or y. We spend a lot of time together.

875
00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:24,440
Speaker 13: So uh, it was very valuable time. He taught me

876
00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:26,479
Speaker 13: a lot, and I'm gonna tell those lessons. I'm gonna

877
00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:28,160
Speaker 13: use him, uh to help the room and the team

878
00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:28,520
Speaker 13: be better.

879
00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:30,880
Speaker 4: What's the most valuable thing you think, Hetorian?

880
00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:32,640
Speaker 13: Just what I told you earlier. Take it to day

881
00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:34,200
Speaker 13: at a time. You know, we're not worrying about the

882
00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:36,200
Speaker 13: big picture. I'm worrying about what I could do today

883
00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:36,760
Speaker 13: in practice.

884
00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:39,440
Speaker 4: Did you can talk to him after he announced his retirement.

885
00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:41,160
Speaker 13: Yeah, yeah, I I went over. We we sat there

886
00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:42,640
Speaker 13: and we talked for a good a good amount of

887
00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:43,560
Speaker 13: time and it was good.

888
00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:44,680
Speaker 17: To talk to him. You know, we s we still

889
00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:45,239
Speaker 17: keep a touch.

890
00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:47,880
Speaker 9: Did he give you any of his life into the year.

891
00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:50,280
Speaker 17: I mean, yeah, I'll keep that. I'll keep that to myself.

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Speaker 4: What's uh with with Jordan retiring? And obviously most like

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Speaker 4: Parsons go a marts play.

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Speaker 16: Just what impressed you most about him?

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Speaker 4: His rookie coming in and being him in trouble.

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Speaker 17: I mean he's a he's a real cerebral player.

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Speaker 13: I mean you could tell that from his profile, Uh,

898
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:07,479
Speaker 13: going to UCLA, graduating or engineering. He's a very smart player.

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Speaker 13: He works very hard, as you could tell from being

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Speaker 13: a walk on the to to where he is now. Uh,

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Speaker 13: those are the two things that stands out. He works

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Speaker 13: like a dog, and he's he's very intelligent, very smart.

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Speaker 14: When he lays out a a big hit like he's

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Speaker 14: kind of been doing the past couple of days. What

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Speaker 14: what do you say to him? What does he say

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Speaker 14: to you guys?

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Speaker 13: I mean he doesn't even say much. He knows his

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00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:27,279
Speaker 13: expectance and that that's the cool thing about Carson. He

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Speaker 13: just goes out there in balls and he he doesn't

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Speaker 13: say too much. No, I'm more of the guy I'm

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Speaker 13: gonna make it here. Ah that's not that's not really

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Speaker 13: his style.

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Speaker 17: But I love it.

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 13: He goes out there, he smashes somebody, he gets up

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Speaker 13: like it's a regular Tuesday, and goes back to next play.

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Speaker 20: How much does he sort of lean on you guys

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Speaker 20: who lived with the most veterans to sort of you know,

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Speaker 20: still gainst and knowledge to be able to sort of

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Speaker 20: still so.

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Speaker 13: Uh, he's the He's done a great job asking questions, Uh,

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Speaker 13: you know, asking us what we seeing this?

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Speaker 17: How did you see that? How did you read that?

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Speaker 13: He's just He's a very humble guy, and he wants

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Speaker 13: he wants to be he wants to be the best

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Speaker 13: of whatever capacity it is. He's not scared to ask questions.

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Speaker 13: He's answering questions quickly, and uh, He's been a joy

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Speaker 13: to being around.

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Speaker 10: Do you feel like people are kind of underrating this

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Speaker 10: linebacker room?

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Speaker 3: Who wotso?

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Speaker 9: Jokay?

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Speaker 17: And I mean, I'm sure they are, but like I said,

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Speaker 17: I don't really. We don't really worry about that. We

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Speaker 17: worry about We worry about going out there and pop bawlin.

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Speaker 13: I'm sure there was a certain point of time people

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Speaker 13: don't necessarily look at Jeremiah as an All Pro player,

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Speaker 13: But the time came when you did, so the time

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Speaker 13: will come for the rest.

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Speaker 17: Of us as well.

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