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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Ozone Podcast, presented by by Star Credit

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Speaker 1: Union with Jaguars senior writer John Osan. All Right, welcome

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Speaker 1: to this week's Ozone Podcast. And we have a repeat

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Speaker 1: guest this week, but it's it's a repeat guest that

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Speaker 1: Merit's been a repeat guest to me. One of the

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Speaker 1: most amazing stories on this team, uh this year, one

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Speaker 1: of the best stories in this team this year, and

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Speaker 1: one of the most productive players, Travis c. Tian. I

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Speaker 1: appreciate you joining the Ozone Podcast again. Yes, so I

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Speaker 1: appreciate your having me again. Now. The first time we

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Speaker 1: talked was last offseason and O T A. S And

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Speaker 1: And the reason I wanted to get you back in

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Speaker 1: was because it feels like a lot has changed for you.

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Speaker 1: Uh that when we talked in the off season, you

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Speaker 1: sort of hoped and thought you were going to be

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Speaker 1: coming back strong, but have come back very, very strong.

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Speaker 1: I guess my first question is did you really believe

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Speaker 1: it in the off season? Were you hoping or where

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Speaker 1: is your confidence level now that you've shown yourself. Honestly,

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Speaker 1: I probably uh, I really believed. I probably had um

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Speaker 1: I was sticking much bigger for myself. Honestly, I feel

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Speaker 1: like I am back, I am healthy, I am doing

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Speaker 1: things that I love to see and just getting that

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Speaker 1: confidence back about myself. But I feel like I left

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Speaker 1: a lot of players out there in the field, and

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Speaker 1: I wish I could have those back. And uh as

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Speaker 1: I have a continue to just keep growing and keep

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Speaker 1: getting better weekend the week out. And that's always when

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Speaker 1: we're talking to the locker room after the games and

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Speaker 1: even during the week, that's usually the first thing you say.

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Speaker 1: Even after a hunter Yard game, you focus more on

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Speaker 1: the plays that could have been there. Uh. Has that

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Speaker 1: always been your approach? I guess yes, sir, I always

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Speaker 1: been my approach. Just I've been a competitor. I just

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Speaker 1: wanted to be the best player that I can be

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Speaker 1: each and every time I step on that field. So

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Speaker 1: I feel as if I'm always getting better. I'm always

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Speaker 1: up just critiquing my craft. Uh, I'm going to continue

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Speaker 1: to turning the right direction as a player. UM, tell

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Speaker 1: me about this team right now? In talking to people

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Speaker 1: I throughout the season, there's been such a confidence h

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Speaker 1: A tough loss last week. Where is the team mentally

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Speaker 1: as you go into Tennessee. I feel like we just

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Speaker 1: hit a reset. We just hit a hard factory reset,

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Speaker 1: and I feel like everybody's back on ground zero, and

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Speaker 1: now we just excited for opportunity to go out there

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Speaker 1: and show ourselves, just to show the world who we

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Speaker 1: wasn't who we was. We wouldn't put out our best

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Speaker 1: try to fix that, and thankfully were having another opportunity.

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Speaker 1: We can't let that happen again. So I feel as

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Speaker 1: if everyone hit a factory reset, everyone's locked in on

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Speaker 1: this uh this moment, disapponent and I know that's just

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Speaker 1: a big the biggest game of our season. So when

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Speaker 1: the internet's down and that wheel spinning, you just hit

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Speaker 1: the reset button. That's what you guys did, Yes, sir, Yes, sir.

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Speaker 1: I feel as if when when my WiFi at home

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Speaker 1: Got you just unplug it? So? Uh so where are

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Speaker 1: you at now? Mentally? I mean, you know, obviously I

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Speaker 1: Has that helped you going into games now? Uh? Yes, sir.

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Speaker 1: Uh definitely, the definitely set that help you definitely go

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Speaker 1: it definitely helps. But um, I feel like that your

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Speaker 1: confidence is never a problem, was it? No, sir, My

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Speaker 1: conference never was a problem. I've been playing football in

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Speaker 1: getting to see about that because looking at your stats, Anger,

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Speaker 1: And I feel as if the coaches that have been

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Speaker 1: And and here's still a lot of stuff in us too.

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Speaker 1: since then, been through a lot in the NFL urban

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Speaker 1: injury success. Uh, what have you learned about the NFL

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Speaker 1: now you have to lock it in with your teammates

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Speaker 1: And I feel like that's what I've probably just learned

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Speaker 1: mean at this point? Uh again, don't si your rookie

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