WEBVTT - Brandon Aiyuk Talks Competition in WR Room | Press Pass

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<v Speaker 1>Kind sure that you've become obsessed with football?

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<v Speaker 2>Is that true? And how so I've been obsessed with football?

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<v Speaker 2>Is there anything that you're doing differently all season? You said, Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>kind of just like making my own plan a little bit,

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<v Speaker 2>like taking the past few years and knowing what I

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<v Speaker 2>need to do and what I want to do and

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<v Speaker 2>kind of making them together. Yeah, Frendy, do you have

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<v Speaker 2>do you have a favorite route? You're running the deep

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<v Speaker 2>cross a lot, You're making a lot of plays on

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<v Speaker 2>that on that ball. Uh, I do have. My favorite

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<v Speaker 2>route is probably when that we're working on the go ball.

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<v Speaker 2>We're trying to get the go ball going. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>we like the deep cross. We talked about that one

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<v Speaker 2>being a free one, a free pretty much a free

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<v Speaker 2>one as long as we get uh past these linebackers

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<v Speaker 2>in this defense.

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<v Speaker 1>You got a bunch of space to work with.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, some of the things that you felt like

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<v Speaker 2>you needed to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Just running just be never run.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh you're talking about the off season, right, Yeah, just

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<v Speaker 2>running more, being able to have my legs, not as

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<v Speaker 2>much as the upper body focus this year, but more

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<v Speaker 2>so just lower body.

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<v Speaker 1>What your conditioning is right now compared to yours past

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<v Speaker 1>and can Uh, how much better can it be?

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<v Speaker 2>I feel good. We'll see you tomorrow when we put

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<v Speaker 2>the paths back on. But it's a little bit different.

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<v Speaker 2>Once you don't have like the Once your mind's not

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<v Speaker 2>going a million miles power, it just seems like your

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<v Speaker 2>body it's just less work that you have to go through.

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<v Speaker 2>So it kind of feels like every play is not

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<v Speaker 2>just a thousand miles per hour and like full exertion

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<v Speaker 2>on the body.

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<v Speaker 1>Just being able to get to spots and just play football.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, just understanding the field, just understanding the playbook, understanding

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<v Speaker 2>what I have to do on east giving play.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, talked about you said that this is as confident

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<v Speaker 1>as they've ever seen you. Uh, do you agree that

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<v Speaker 1>you're as confident as you've ever been in the NFL

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<v Speaker 1>right now? And if so, where's that coming from? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>For sure.

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<v Speaker 2>Just it is my fourth year in this offense, third

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<v Speaker 2>off season in this offense, and then the work that

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<v Speaker 2>I felt like I put in, and then also the

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<v Speaker 2>success that I've had in the years. Put it all

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<v Speaker 2>together and that's what you get. So yeah, for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>Was it for you to have a year like last

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<v Speaker 2>year that that says like, hey, I can do this,

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<v Speaker 2>but I can still do way more. Yeah, just looking

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<v Speaker 2>back on it, you get to see some of the

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<v Speaker 2>success and then also some of the stuff that didn't

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<v Speaker 2>go well, and then you just look at that and

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<v Speaker 2>you really could see where you could take it to.

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<v Speaker 2>So it wasn't just about seeing success, but seeing opportunities

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<v Speaker 2>miss and what it could look like with those had

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<v Speaker 2>those being made. So yeah, just plays, you know, just plays,

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<v Speaker 2>just lead them all the way back to Carolina last

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<v Speaker 2>year at the beginning of the season. Couple uh some

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<v Speaker 2>play goal ball in that s in in that game

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<v Speaker 2>Seattle and the other go ball on the same side

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<v Speaker 2>in that game.

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<v Speaker 1>Touchdown. Chargers touched down the Seattle on playoffs.

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<v Speaker 2>So just stuff like that that you look at and

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<v Speaker 2>you at those with it you can see where you

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<v Speaker 2>could really take it.

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<v Speaker 1>So just about maximizing, like fans can pay themselves a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit. Sometimes in training camp you don't seem to

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<v Speaker 1>do that. You go pretty hard, really hard every day.

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<v Speaker 1>W what is your mindset going into these practices in

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<v Speaker 1>late July, Like what are you trying to prove? Uh, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>it's just trying to put yourself every day.

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<v Speaker 2>We got DV I mean the DVS they're not gonna

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<v Speaker 2>stop talking to us, So we gotta go out there

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<v Speaker 2>and prove it to them every single day, prove to

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<v Speaker 2>ourselves every single day, and then just getting better. We

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<v Speaker 2>talked about it talking with Demo, where like we got

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<v Speaker 2>a couple weeks to be the best version of ourselves

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<v Speaker 2>leading into the season. So we gotta take advantage of

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<v Speaker 2>these day and just looking at it like that.

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<v Speaker 1>You who are you expecting with those guys when when

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<v Speaker 1>the pack comes on you, it's gotten a whole should be.

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<v Speaker 2>We gonna see here, we'll see, but yeah, we expect

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<v Speaker 2>them to, uh come out flying around, put it past

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<v Speaker 2>the use.

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<v Speaker 1>There's no no chimney ward this year. Who's the voice?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, who's voice? Do you here?

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<v Speaker 2>Coming out of that defensive back room this summer.

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<v Speaker 1>All of 'em they all talking, They all talking.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh. They came in I think from a uh spring

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<v Speaker 2>LTA's uh. They started to build their confidence, they started

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<v Speaker 2>to they feel the same way. They feel like, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>they played a little bit, They feel like they could

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<v Speaker 2>take it to another level. And we're out here working

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<v Speaker 2>every single day. So all those guys are working on

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<v Speaker 2>like from amr ambreed Demo, even the young guys. Uh

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<v Speaker 2>twenty two. He's out there balling, he's out there working. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>not afraid to compete at Also, Uh, those guys are

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<v Speaker 2>doing a great job. You al Demo talk a lot

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<v Speaker 2>in the locker room online, like what's your relationship like

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<v Speaker 2>with him?

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<v Speaker 1>In particular?

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<v Speaker 2>That's my doll, that's my doll. But he ch he

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<v Speaker 2>he he's a he's a dog. He's a real dog.

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<v Speaker 2>They kind of they've challenged them since you got here,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think he still a to the to the

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<v Speaker 2>challenge ever since.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh, I not a lot of people can.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of people sat away from the challenge and

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<v Speaker 2>he stepped right into it. He's becoming a player.

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<v Speaker 1>Let him kind of sending the way that you did.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, he's a little bit behind you in terms

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<v Speaker 2>of experience, but is he like taking the same steps

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<v Speaker 2>you did on.

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<v Speaker 1>The offensive side of the ball in terms of raising

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<v Speaker 1>this game.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I'm not over there with them, so I

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't really tell you that. You don't have to ask

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<v Speaker 2>him that. But the way that I see him go

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<v Speaker 2>out there every single day. He was out there every

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<v Speaker 2>day for spring. He's been out there every single day

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<v Speaker 2>in camp so far, going out there working looking to

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<v Speaker 2>get better.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you have that mindset, I'm sure he can

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<v Speaker 1>tw number one receivers.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you guy, do you deep up a little friendly

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<v Speaker 2>uh competition?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you guys? You guys compete with one another? Oh? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>for sure, for sure. I think.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh, just like talking with John in the summer, I

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<v Speaker 2>think I love having him as a teammate just cause

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<v Speaker 2>it's like you have somebody around you that motivates you.

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<v Speaker 1>And I said it before.

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<v Speaker 2>I get to watch him and see the stead that

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<v Speaker 2>he does, what he goes about his business, and that

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<v Speaker 2>most makes me to be better. And I'm sure he

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<v Speaker 2>would say the same thing. So we have each other

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<v Speaker 2>even in games like you out there in the game,

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<v Speaker 2>he might make it play first, or I might make

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<v Speaker 2>it play first. The next play that's coming your way.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like you need to make it play too. But

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<v Speaker 2>it's like it's like that. It's like that, it's like

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<v Speaker 2>a brother that you had, that you that you get

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<v Speaker 2>to watch and see do do big things and you

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<v Speaker 2>and you see where you could take it to and

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<v Speaker 2>you get to see some things that you get to

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<v Speaker 2>do if you do stuff the right way.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, for sure, the way they're they're rotating the quarterbacks.

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<v Speaker 1>How does that impact you when when you're taking your

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<v Speaker 1>reps and how does that affect it when you're tracking

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<v Speaker 1>the ball.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you kind of know who where that ball might

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<v Speaker 2>be depending on who the quarterback is? Uh No, not really,

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<v Speaker 2>Uh not really. You know, we're we're steps, we're timing.

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<v Speaker 2>So if I'm getting to my spots, quarterbacks were proposed

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<v Speaker 2>to put in the exact same spot. Whether it's rock

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<v Speaker 2>or whether it's DA, it doesn't really matter.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't matter.

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<v Speaker 2>Just get to your spot and find the ball. And

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<v Speaker 2>the same for us and out and going out there

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<v Speaker 2>like which receiver is at? They just know we have

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<v Speaker 2>to get to a spot, and yeah it is. I yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I was just talking. I was just talking to the

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<v Speaker 2>end of the locker room just before he came in here,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm like, ba ba cause he throwing uh a

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<v Speaker 2>great ball in the redsidme today.

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, yeah, it was f It was weird

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<v Speaker 1>for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, when you think about that the way late this

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<v Speaker 2>last year without a single healthy quarterback, to come into

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<v Speaker 2>camp and see four pretty solid veterans, all of 'em

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<v Speaker 2>with the ability to make a place out, how good

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<v Speaker 2>does that.

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<v Speaker 1>Field it feels good. It feels good.

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<v Speaker 2>As receivers, we love going out there, especially when we

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<v Speaker 2>have guys, four guys who can put it anywhere it.

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<v Speaker 1>Needs to be.

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<v Speaker 2>But we're four days in now, uh, just looking to

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<v Speaker 2>continue to build. But yeah, for sure as a receiver,

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<v Speaker 2>as a Patt catcher, anybody in this offense, when you

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<v Speaker 2>have four guys who could throw the football, uh, when

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<v Speaker 2>we finished the season where we did last year, definitely

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<v Speaker 2>gives you a little ease when the balls come out

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<v Speaker 2>from each of the different guys.

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<v Speaker 1>Mm No, I mean they're a little they're not all.

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<v Speaker 2>They're a little bit different, so maybe a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>more touched, a little bit more set, a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>more just to depending on how the ball is. But

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<v Speaker 2>we passed catchal and just catch football.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>M