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Speaker 1: John Hack feels like the offensive line came out of.

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Speaker 2: The pre season.

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Speaker 3: I think we really started to kind of develop the

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Speaker 3: kind of identity and brand that we wanted to put

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Speaker 3: on display. And we're building from last year, like with

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Speaker 3: returning basically all the guys that we had from last year, uh,

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Speaker 3: continuing to get comfortable and develop that that culture we

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Speaker 3: have as offensive line and going forward. And I feel

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Speaker 3: like I really like where we're at all across the

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Speaker 3: board with our veteran leadership, our young guys, and our

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Speaker 3: coaching staff are all really pulling the right direction. And

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Speaker 3: I feel like we had a good training camp, good preseason,

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Speaker 3: but it doesn't really mean thing until you know, Week

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Speaker 3: one against Washington and we're all super excited to you know,

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Speaker 3: get going and proof who we are.

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Speaker 1: How would you describe that brand? And I think you

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Speaker 1: said brand and identity of the.

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Speaker 2: Offensive line or whatever the word do you use, How

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Speaker 2: would you define that?

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Speaker 3: I think we just want to be kind of what

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Speaker 3: Dave's talks about all the times, smart, tough, dependable, and

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Speaker 3: we really want to be the kind of the heartbeat

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Speaker 3: of this this team, in this offensive unit both sides,

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Speaker 3: the offensive defensive line, And I think we're we're one

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Speaker 3: of the most you know, veteran positions on this team.

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Speaker 3: We've got a lot of great players and I just

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Speaker 3: feel like this this offensive line unit has you know,

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Speaker 3: the chances to be one of the best in the league.

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Speaker 3: And I feel like we've been proven that self, proven

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Speaker 3: that to ourselves each day in training camp, and we're

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Speaker 3: all really excited to get going coming up against Washington.

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Speaker 4: John, You've proven yourself in this league to this point individually,

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Speaker 4: and yeah, this week is always that weird week right

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Speaker 4: between the start at the end of the preseason and

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Speaker 4: started regular season. As a veteran moving forward, now, how

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Speaker 4: do you challenge yourself on a daily basis and also

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Speaker 4: obviously during the game week to be better than what

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Speaker 4: you were of the day before. Lay out a plan

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Speaker 4: for yourself. Here's what I got work on to that

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Speaker 4: years just strong practice.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a little mixture of both. I feel like

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Speaker 3: myself during this time, I'm kind of just focusing on

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Speaker 3: like the little things I see myself, you know, just

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Speaker 3: not necessarily that not focusing on completely, but try to,

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Speaker 3: you know, keep reiterating small things to myself.

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Speaker 2: That's an individual periods. Carrying it over to team.

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Speaker 3: And watching myself in practices and always trying to think

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Speaker 3: of one small thing I can focus on and get.

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Speaker 2: Better at each day.

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Speaker 3: And I feel like I've been doing that this training camp,

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Speaker 3: and I'm starting to feel really good and comfortable with

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Speaker 3: myself and this offensive line as a as a whole,

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Speaker 3: and you know, the five guys we have out there.

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Speaker 3: So it's really kind of weak to week basis things

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Speaker 3: what I'm seeing and either the practice or the game,

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Speaker 3: and what to expect against whichever opponent we're playing and

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Speaker 3: going forward, but at this point not necessarily focused on

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Speaker 3: Washington right now, just kind of keep a building on

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Speaker 3: what I can do to get myself better and our

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Speaker 3: offensive line better.

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Speaker 1: What have you seen from Andrew since he's been activated.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he's I think he was out doing individual individual periods.

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Speaker 3: He's getting there. I mean, he's probably one of the

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Speaker 3: most valuable pieces of our entire team, you know, cornerstone

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Speaker 3: and his franchise right now, and getting him back out there,

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Speaker 3: you know, gets a little, you know, a little jolt

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Speaker 3: to the guys, excited to see our leader and captain

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Speaker 3: out there, and whenever he's ready, we're walking him back

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Speaker 3: with open arms and.

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Speaker 1: Just slide him, Like as much as he's played and whatnot,

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Speaker 1: do you feel like he's the kind of guy you

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Speaker 1: could just slide in after not having him all training.

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Speaker 3: Him, I like to hope, so, for sure, Yeah, he was.

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Speaker 3: He was awesome to play against. I played with you

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Speaker 3: know that time that the first few weeks I had

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Speaker 3: him and made my life a lot easier. And you know,

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Speaker 3: whenever he's ready, glad to have him back. But I

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Speaker 3: don't I don't necessarily feel like there's any hurry to

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Speaker 3: I feel comfortable with this offensive line, where this team,

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Speaker 3: just want him to be his one hundred percent out there,

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Speaker 3: both physically and mentally before he goes out there trying

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Speaker 3: to push him. But you know, that's his decision and

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Speaker 3: he's gonna deal with it how he does.

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Speaker 2: How would you assess all Eric's that thro preseason? How so,

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Speaker 2: how would you assess all Evan has done in preseason?

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Speaker 3: Evan, you know, it's it's a big it's a big transition.

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Speaker 3: I mean every position on the offensive line, center to

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Speaker 3: guard and guard to tackle, they're they're all completely different.

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Speaker 2: Positions.

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Speaker 3: I know, from the outside, they kind of all look

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Speaker 3: and it's a different.

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Speaker 2: World he's doing. He's been doing a great job. He's

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Speaker 2: such a big body.

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Speaker 3: He understands you get you're fee in front of the guy,

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Speaker 3: and you know, it's a little different from tackle.

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Speaker 2: You can't really run people up the field.

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Speaker 3: And you know, he's got the frame, he's got the build,

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Speaker 3: he's got the strength to.

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Speaker 2: Be in there and throw his body around.

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Speaker 3: He's a he's a fantastic run blocker, and you know,

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Speaker 3: bigger bodies on the inside, but you know, you got

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Speaker 3: to stay in front of the guys. It's tougher to

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Speaker 3: stay in front of the guys on the inside because

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Speaker 3: you got to square them.

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Speaker 2: Up and don't give up too much pressure. But he's

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Speaker 2: been doing a good job.

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Speaker 3: Looking forward to him developing, keep getting there, and there

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Speaker 3: definitely is something there and I'm excited to see him

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Speaker 3: keep working at it and he it's I mean, it's

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Speaker 3: tough tough to make a position change just over a

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Speaker 3: training camp, but I think he's been doing a good

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Speaker 3: continues to develop with him.

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Speaker 2: How long they take time to be comfortable when you

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Speaker 2: make that change.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I wouldn't necessarily say I feel comfortable after one

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Speaker 3: full training camp. My rookie year and even my rookie

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Speaker 3: moved all away from tackle to you know, training camp

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Speaker 3: mainly guard, and then once we got into the season,

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Speaker 3: I was scout team center, so being thrown around. I mean,

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Speaker 3: I really don't even think I felt good at that

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Speaker 3: each position, it's it's like a different island center center.

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Speaker 3: You get to be able to work both sides, left

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Speaker 3: and right. Guard is you know, from a tackle's mindset,

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Speaker 3: different mentality. With tackle, you can get get a lot

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Speaker 3: deeper run the defensive end up the field and buy

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Speaker 3: not get and not get pushed back into the quarterbacks.

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Speaker 2: So they're all different and unique in their own ways.

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Speaker 1: Yea, his camp, how he played you know, next to

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Speaker 1: you for a while, because yeah, it's pretty important here.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think bringing him in here was really important.

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Speaker 3: He's done a really good job. He has a versatility.

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Speaker 3: When he was in Cleveland play left and right tackle.

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Speaker 3: When he brings that here, he brings a different different mindset. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: good edge, physical player, extremely twitchy as well.

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Speaker 2: Fun playing against him, playing with him.

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Speaker 3: I played with him in college as well a couple

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Speaker 3: of years and getting back to that with him, it's

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Speaker 3: just cool, kind of kind of those you know, those

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Speaker 3: or college or now you guys are both you know,

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Speaker 3: living out your your dream together and you share that together.

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Speaker 3: So it's been really awesome playing next to him and

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Speaker 3: just kind of feeling, you know, that connection we have.

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Speaker 3: And I mean he's been great. He's he's been that

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Speaker 3: kind of tone cheddar for us at tackle and doing

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