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Speaker 1: I think I'm good. I about talking great things. We've

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Speaker 1: been your first impression to the place here. Um, I'm

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Speaker 1: live and learn the offense. Who was your reaction when

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Speaker 1: when the trade happened there? You know, kind of everyone's

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Speaker 1: focused on the draft and all of a sudden, you know,

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Speaker 1: to Um, it really wasn't a big reaction. I've always

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Speaker 1: rested on him, knowing that God makes no mistakes. So

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Speaker 1: it is what it is. It's a part of the

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Speaker 1: business and I'm happy to be in New England now.

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Speaker 1: You must speed a pretty good idea it was coming

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Speaker 1: since you were I think already here when the trade

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Speaker 1: was reported. Oh, when I was in New York business

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Speaker 1: heaving a personal business for those who don't know you.

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Speaker 1: Wh wh who was just like, how would you describe

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Speaker 1: your game and your strengths? Um, I'm past protector h

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Speaker 1: and I get after it in the running game. I

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Speaker 1: don't talk too much. You just have to see you

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Speaker 1: on Sundays left tackle last year, right, Yes, how comfortable

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Speaker 1: was that for you. UM, I've always been I've always

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Speaker 1: played both sides. I started out playing college left. I

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Speaker 1: played left in high school, really started playing right when

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Speaker 1: I got this University of Florida. UM, But switching sides

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Speaker 1: has never been a real big easy for me. Before

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Speaker 1: that game, it was the last time that you actually

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Speaker 1: started him off tackle. The year before against the Rams

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Speaker 1: a couple of months ago, Kyle Stranahan said you were

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Speaker 1: the best pass protection offensive lineman You've ever seen in

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Speaker 1: his life. Was it surprising to have been traded after

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Speaker 1: receiving that kind of praise from the organization? I mean,

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Speaker 1: as far as reasons go, I don't know the reasoning

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Speaker 1: behind it, But like I said, it's part of the business. UM.

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Speaker 1: You know, you just gotta run with it. Changing mentioned

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Speaker 1: part of the business. Running with it. You've been very

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Speaker 1: doubtful throughout your career Junior college to Florida. How do

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Speaker 1: you think that journey, you know, going from the junior

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Speaker 1: college all the way to SEC and then even with

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Speaker 1: various teams to help you adapt to the NFL. UM,

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Speaker 1: I just I think I just know how to make

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Speaker 1: it work wherever I'm at. UM, that's probably a good

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Speaker 1: asset to have then it's such something like a chameleon.

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Speaker 1: Do you think, thanks for what you limited knowledge, you

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Speaker 1: don't have the patriots that it could be a transition

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Speaker 1: you can make con relatively short order. Consider what was

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Speaker 1: asked to do Shanahan's offense out in San Francisco. Um, well,

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Speaker 1: this will be my fourth offense. From what I've seen,

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Speaker 1: it's some stuff has carried over from some some of

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Speaker 1: the offense that I've been in already, So it should

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Speaker 1: be a pretty easy transition for me. You are in

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Speaker 1: multiple offenses like that, is it almost a benefit in

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Speaker 1: the way that you are still used to picking up

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Speaker 1: off that we are in a new one and maybe

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Speaker 1: it comes at easier. Yeah, it is pretty much a benefit.

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Speaker 1: This really is learning learning a different terminology. Are you

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Speaker 1: looking forward to working with Dante Scarneki? So sure. I

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Speaker 1: heard a lot about him my second year from Coach Flex.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, I've I've heard a lot about them since

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Speaker 1: I've been here, and just a couple of days I've

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Speaker 1: been working with him, I can tell he's gonna get

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Speaker 1: me better. My truth. If you were playing when Jimmy

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Speaker 1: Garoppolo became the starter, but what was it like to

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Speaker 1: see what he did and winning five or sex straight games.

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Speaker 1: I played one game with him against the Bears, uh

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Speaker 1: before I got put on a highr um. Jim was

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Speaker 1: a great guy, great player. I wish nothing but the best,

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Speaker 1: continues to say to him and all the rest of

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Speaker 1: my brothers in San France, a relationship with anybody here, Layers.

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Speaker 1: I knew Shaq Mason before I got here. Is the

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Speaker 1: condition now it was done? It was his shoulder. Is

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Speaker 1: that when ended, I'm in good condition, I'll be ready

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Speaker 1: for training camp. How do you feel like a physical shit,

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Speaker 1: not just the shoulder, but just in general? Like, has

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Speaker 1: that affected your ability to feel like you're in a

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Speaker 1: good place? Nah? Just taking a day out of time.

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Speaker 1: What do you anticipate the competition to be like for

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Speaker 1: best positions possible. Your size trends is difficult for keep

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Speaker 1: big guy. I don't know if you've seen the Niners

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Speaker 1: have ever shown any displeasure with where you were in

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Speaker 1: terms of that aspect that your game. Nah, they feel

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Speaker 1: whoever's back there, do my best to keep it, do

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Speaker 1: a fence to those who shay you're out of shape

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Speaker 1: last year? Nah? I mean if you watch the film,

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Speaker 1: I don't think it will show I still did my

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Speaker 1: the last couple years with the point manners, how do

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Speaker 1: to having to a compete for us? How you know?

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Speaker 1: I mean I was competing every year. Every year I

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Speaker 1: was there, somebody was drafted or brought it in, So

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Speaker 1: you know, I just got a rise to the level

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Speaker 1: the occasion and do what I do. I got been

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Speaker 1: influenced Joe Staley half, Yeah, a big influence on me. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I watched his game, I watched how he worked U

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Speaker 1: and I tried to emulate some of that stuff as

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Speaker 1: well as you know what I'm saying, doing what I

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Speaker 1: do good as well. So just taking beat some pieces

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Speaker 1: of his game and adding demand. I mean, he'd been

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Speaker 1: doing it at a high level for almost twenty years.

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Speaker 1: We'll takeaways from the Patriots two years ago, impressions of

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Speaker 1: think about like the blocking schools to put your kids

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Speaker 1: you were in with Kyle, like pretty different, got into

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Speaker 1: that innner and mean a little early for that technode.

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Speaker 1: It's kind of early, but it's from what I've seen,

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Speaker 1: it's a little carry over. I mean as an offensive linement,

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Speaker 1: it's only so many types of footwear, so many types

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Speaker 1: the trade. What did the next several days kind of

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Speaker 1: probably like ten o'clock, and I was on the phone

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Speaker 1: as Nancy, and she said, I'm gonna try to get

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Speaker 1: you on the earliest flight. And I was on a

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Speaker 1: I didn't sleep for like two days, trying to Yeah,

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Speaker 1: to start target where you have in mind for the

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Speaker 1: startup training camp. No, they just say, I get where

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Speaker 1: wherever I feel comfortable. Where do you feel comfortable? As

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