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Speaker 1: That's great. Chris Nelson, how are you doing today? Well,

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Speaker 1: how are you doing? Mike? Doing really well? Getting ready

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Speaker 1: to get out there, so looking forward to a safe trip,

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Speaker 1: you know, and looking forward to seeing the game. So

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Speaker 1: my thought was, are you getting your arm warmed up?

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Speaker 1: You think I'm next? I think it'd be fun. I

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Speaker 1: think it'd be fun. Um, just is it? Are you

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Speaker 1: guys having fun? Nelson? With that aspect, we are? We

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Speaker 1: really are, and you know, speaking for myself, I definitely am. Also,

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Speaker 1: you know, it's a good time. What is it about

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Speaker 1: just that that those type of players where the receivers

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Speaker 1: are throwing it that sort of could bring your group

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Speaker 1: together or maybe bring the group joy. I know that

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Speaker 1: sounds silly, but I mean I think you have to

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Speaker 1: find joy in life, right, I mean, like, what is

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Speaker 1: it about that that that that sparks that Well? For us,

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Speaker 1: it's a I would say it's a backyard you know play,

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Speaker 1: so we enjoy you know, it brings us back to

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Speaker 1: our grassroots, you know, just throwing it around. So it's fun.

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Speaker 1: And um, quick quick thought on this game with the

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Speaker 1: Chargers defensively, what do you what do you see from

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Speaker 1: them that's going to challenge you guys on Sunday. What

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Speaker 1: do they do that that is particularly challenging. The first

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Speaker 1: they're well coached, you know, and then there their personnel

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Speaker 1: is legit. You know, both corners I think are very

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Speaker 1: talented UM with speed and good coverage skills. I think

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Speaker 1: in the back end they have some really talented players. Also,

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Speaker 1: we know we know Derwin James well, he's a good

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Speaker 1: player UM. And then you know, look at what they

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Speaker 1: do on the D line, Bosa and the rest of

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Speaker 1: those guys. They're super talented team. Next question Evan Lazar,

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Speaker 1: Hey Nelson, how you doing. I'm well, yourself, I'm doing well. Thanks.

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Speaker 1: I saw it last week, just a couple of downfield

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Speaker 1: chances for yourself from Mac and him kind of going

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Speaker 1: to you on those one on ones on the outs.

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Speaker 1: Do you feel like you guys are getting closer to

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Speaker 1: hitting on those and kind of growing that chemistry on

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Speaker 1: the deep ball. Yeah. I think we're working really hard

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Speaker 1: practicing it, and I think just doing them, uh allows

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Speaker 1: us to do other things, you know, taking those shots

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Speaker 1: allows us to do other things. It opens up the

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Speaker 1: other routes. And you know, at the end of the day,

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Speaker 1: you know, you run hard and you give yourself a shot,

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Speaker 1: and you know, guys they try to defend it, and

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Speaker 1: if you make a play on it, it's explosive play.

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Speaker 1: So if you want, if you get that one, then

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Speaker 1: to a big time play. Yeah, it's interesting that you

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Speaker 1: it feels like just even the intent of throwing it

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Speaker 1: to Kendrick or whatever might you know, get defenses to

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Speaker 1: play you guys a little bit differently. Is that Is

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Speaker 1: that sort of what you mean by that? I see

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Speaker 1: it that way, you know, I think it's always that

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Speaker 1: way when you can get people, you know, threatened by

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Speaker 1: the vertical you know, then the intermediate and um the

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Speaker 1: quick game and gets a little bit more pressure taken

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Speaker 1: off of it. Yeah. Absolutely. Uh. My second question just

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Speaker 1: this Chargers defense, and he mentioned their their match zones

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Speaker 1: and the post snap decisions that they forced the offense

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Speaker 1: into and just for you as a receiver, when they're

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Speaker 1: rotating the safeties and you know, post snap and making

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Speaker 1: those decisions. Well, what are the keys to kind of

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Speaker 1: going up against that that type of defense successfully. No.

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Speaker 1: Number one is eye discipline. You know, you know what

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Speaker 1: you see pre snap, once you see post snap could

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Speaker 1: be different, you know, So you gotta have great eye discipline,

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Speaker 1: keep your eyes up, you know. Uh, you know, and

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Speaker 1: just see the show. And we uh, you know, we

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Speaker 1: do a good job of being well coached by our

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Speaker 1: coach McDaniel. So it's a good job by them, and

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Speaker 1: you know, we just got to make sure to keep

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Speaker 1: our eyes up and see the show. Thanks Nelson, Thank you.

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Speaker 1: Go back to Mike Grease for next question. My last one, Nelson,

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Speaker 1: I'm just curious there's a trip to southern California mean

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Speaker 1: kind of it's kind of cool. Do you and do

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Speaker 1: with the whole see UCLA stuff or not really, not

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Speaker 1: really because you know, Slate's a really good guy. It's

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Speaker 1: not big trash talker. There you go, Thanks Neilson. We'll

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Speaker 1: go last question, Andy hart Nelson. You've you've lit up

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Speaker 1: with a smile a couple different times during this interview,

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Speaker 1: once talking about the trick plays and Southern cal um.

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Speaker 1: You seem to be enjoying your first season in New England.

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Speaker 1: Can you just just talk about that. I'm sure things

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Speaker 1: be enjoying life right now. I am. I think it's

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Speaker 1: a you know, we're practicing really hard and we're having

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Speaker 1: it's been a good time. You know, preparing too this

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Speaker 1: energy in the wide receiver room is is contagious, and

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Speaker 1: it's it's been a good time. And just one more,

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Speaker 1: Chris Ryan, Hey, Now, so an apologist. You've been asked

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Speaker 1: about this already, but just what stands out to you

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Speaker 1: you that they're the LA Chargers? What did I say,

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Speaker 1: San Diego didn't I? Yeah, Yeah, it's an old habit,

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Speaker 1: it's an old age. You didn't want to do the

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Speaker 1: Brooklyn Dodgers. I think you did that so people like

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Speaker 1: know your age or your football all right, So honestly,

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Speaker 1: they're talented. I think both corners are legitimate players. Um,

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Speaker 1: in the back end, you know, we know who Durham

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Speaker 1: James is. We know kind of player. He is, super

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Speaker 1: talented player, very versatile. And then um, you know you

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Speaker 1: So I think we have to be disciplined. We have

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Speaker 1: to get the ball out. And my other questions just

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Speaker 1: comfortable confident fairly early in the season. Well, I mean

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Speaker 1: much you study. And I think my comfort level comes

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Speaker 1: down to preparation. And I honestly feel like the more

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Speaker 1: I prepare for game day, and the more quote unquote

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Speaker 1: comfort I have. You know, you don't you don't only

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Speaker 1: dialed in. But you know, the game slows down when

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Speaker 1: you practice very hard, and I'm sure you know I'm

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Speaker 1: trying to continuously do that so I give myself a

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Speaker 1: good chance to play fast on Sunday. Thanks appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, guys,