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Speaker 1: Welcome back, Thank you, good to be back. Did you

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Speaker 1: always know you were going to sign back?

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Speaker 2: Well, you were waiting for.

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Speaker 1: August last year.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I was hoping to come back. I was glad

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Speaker 3: that conversations started sooner than last year. So it worked

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Speaker 3: out and happy to be here.

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Speaker 2: How do you look at this offensive line when it

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Speaker 2: could be the same five guys right from last year,

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Speaker 2: that's got to be a better starting point.

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Speaker 3: It's always important to have continuity. I think we've talked

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Speaker 3: about that a lot, and we kind of saw the

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Speaker 3: effects of not having that after Andrew got hurt last year.

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Speaker 3: So to start the off season with everybody you know

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Speaker 3: where they're going to be, hopefully that's important.

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Speaker 1: Great.

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Speaker 4: I know it's early, and I know you're not in pants,

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Speaker 4: but what are some of your early impressions of the

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Speaker 4: young talent they brought in? Marcus where Jake is and.

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Speaker 3: You're two and self point, Yes, specifically the offensive line,

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Speaker 3: we are deep, so there's a lot of depth. There's

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Speaker 3: a lot of talent. Marcus looks like he can be

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Speaker 3: a good player. Jake showed a lot of promise last year.

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Speaker 3: Hoping to build on that in year too. That's kind

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Speaker 3: of what you want to see out of your younger

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Speaker 3: players is to take that step forward after being in

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Speaker 3: the system for a year and having the same coaches

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Speaker 3: and all that.

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Speaker 1: So it's it's important for those guys too. You got

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Speaker 1: a lot of new voices leaving the offense. Quarterback, Yes, yeah,

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Speaker 1: you what have you learned about those guys so far?

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Speaker 3: I mean Russ He's been there, done that, been in

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Speaker 3: the league a long time, competed at a high level,

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Speaker 3: ten Pro Bowl, Super Bowl, Bend A two, a lot

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Speaker 3: of experience, and he's just been really good voice to

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Speaker 3: have in the offensive room. As far as the little

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Speaker 3: things where it's like we'll watch a clip, he'll go

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Speaker 3: back like, hey, look at this over here, make sure

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Speaker 3: we watch this, and just like no stone goes unturned

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Speaker 3: with him. And that's very important. I think a lot

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Speaker 3: of guys this time of year trying to be like,

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Speaker 3: all right, it's OTA's it's May, but that's not his

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Speaker 3: mindset and that's going to trickle down to our offense.

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Speaker 2: And that's important for san Addie Jackson.

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Speaker 3: And yeah, there's a lot of personalities in that room.

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Speaker 3: They're all different, not that one's better than the other,

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Speaker 3: but you know, Russ is definitely very detailed. Jamish great

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Speaker 3: like locker room guy, Tommy's Tommy, and then we're learning

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Speaker 3: about Jackson, you know, seeing what he's all about. But

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Speaker 3: they all bring something kind of unique and.

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Speaker 1: Special to the room.

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Speaker 3: So it's gonna be exciting to watch them kind of

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Speaker 3: progress throughout the offseason and training camp experience.

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Speaker 4: I know Edd and Neil played guard in college. He

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Speaker 4: hasn't played it in the pros. In terms of the transition,

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Speaker 4: what is the biggest I think adjustment, if you will,

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Speaker 4: he has to make in switching from tackle to inside.

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Speaker 3: So I've never played tackle in the NFL, so I

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Speaker 3: can't I can't speak to what how hard that position is.

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Speaker 3: But I played Garden it played center, and I just

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Speaker 3: know that inside things happen faster. The guys are bigger,

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Speaker 3: a defensive static, it's easy.

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Speaker 1: To play guard. But they're not static.

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Speaker 3: They're very dynamic, and that's probably one of the challenges

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Speaker 3: So whereas tackles I think Sean o'harris said, you know,

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Speaker 1: They're kind of worried about what's going on over there.

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Speaker 3: When you're in the middle, there's a lot more you

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Speaker 3: and it's not easy. There's not a lot of you know,

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Speaker 1: So is it, though a.

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Speaker 4: Benefit that you're in a quote unquote phone inside? Does

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Speaker 3: I don't think so, honestly, with the ability that you

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Speaker 3: see that these defensive linemen these days, they're not these

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Speaker 3: big fat slugs anymore. They're very athletic, dynamic. You look

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Speaker 3: at the young guy that we drafted in the third round.

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Speaker 3: He's a big dude, but he's very athletic. And then

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Speaker 3: you look at you know, decks inside. That is not

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Speaker 1: Just me personally.

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Speaker 3: So there's definitely, yeah, they're closer to you, but that

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Speaker 2: How is that dynamic ade? I mean he's competing for

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Speaker 2: a spot. Yeah, who are competing to hold on to

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Speaker 2: a spot. You know it could be the same spot.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we're all I mean, we're all competing. There's nothing

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Speaker 3: set in stone. This is may so you got to

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Speaker 3: earn it every day. And that's the reason I think

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Speaker 3: that I've been able to stick around the league for

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Speaker 3: fourteen years because I don't think that I've earned anything

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Speaker 3: Evan feels the same way. I'm sure Jake feels the

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Speaker 3: same way. There's a lot of guys in our room

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Speaker 3: in the reality of the situation, and we'll have nine

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Speaker 1: How valuable are these reps for you? And you've been

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Speaker 1: in the league a long time, obviously.

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Speaker 2: You didn't get easy.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean time on task is very important in

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Speaker 3: the NFL, working with guys talking about continuity earlier, being

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Speaker 3: in the same system and just kind of growing every

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Speaker 3: year and working on detail. Else you're not starting from

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Speaker 3: square one with somebody trying to figure out.

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Speaker 1: Okay, what do I do here?

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Speaker 3: So if you're new to the system, it's more difficult

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Speaker 3: and you got a lot more learning to do and

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Speaker 3: the way I view it as kind of like a

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Speaker 3: college course where it's maybe like your first year in

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Speaker 3: Now hopefully you're in the four hundreds, five hundreds where

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Speaker 3: you're really kind of getting to the nitty gritty of

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Speaker 3: how to find a little bit of an.

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Speaker 1: Edge and be successful. What have you learn about John

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Speaker 1: Michael Schmidz. I love playing next to John.

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Speaker 3: He's a really really smart center and I think he's

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Speaker 3: taken steps every year and hopefully this year, you know,

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Speaker 3: year three, you want to take another step. So you

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Speaker 3: want to be the guy, and I think he is

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Speaker 3: the guy, and we'll just you know, keep going.

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Speaker 2: You what a guy like you, who is you know,

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Speaker 2: signed a one year contract.

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Speaker 1: You're coming back.

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Speaker 2: You've got you know that thirty five, the fact that

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Speaker 2: you can please you know, just tell anyone woing the Giants, Well,

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Speaker 2: I played every snap place to hear you know, I

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Speaker 2: think this four games, I didn't this and how much

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Speaker 2: is that?

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Speaker 1: Just and your take?

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Speaker 2: Just put that down in your resonating and they say, Okay,

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Speaker 2: I guess he's.

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Speaker 1: Not too old.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think age is just a number. It's such

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Speaker 3: a cliche, but it's true, and anybody can get hurt

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Speaker 3: and anybody can stay healthy. So I've been able to

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Speaker 3: stay healthy just in how I prepare and approach the game.

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Speaker 3: And a lot of it is luck to I don't

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Speaker 3: it's take that for granted, but.

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Speaker 1: I don't know.

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Speaker 3: I've played every snap a couple of seasons in my career,

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Speaker 3: and that's just I guess a credit to how I

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Speaker 3: prepare myself for the season, and I guess my durability

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Speaker 3: in getting hit and all that.

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Speaker 2: I mean, he's as at a badge of honor. I mean,

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Speaker 2: if you missed seven snaps, that you know any better

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I don't know. My job is to play,

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Speaker 3: so I'm trying to play. I don't know that I

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Speaker 3: get a badge for that, and I can look back

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Speaker 3: on that. I guess what I'm done and say, yeah,

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Speaker 3: that's pretty cool. But I got to be out there,

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Speaker 3: and I want.

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Speaker 1: To be out there.

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Speaker 2: Any thoughts on the Nicks.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, hopefully NIX and seven. Now we were saying NIX

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Speaker 1: and six, but NIX and seven, you're going you get

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Speaker 1: to go or no.

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Speaker 3: I went to Game one, so that was, you know, shocking,

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Speaker 3: But hopefully figure it out.

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Speaker 1: I'm excited you weren't. I didn't see one celebrity.

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Speaker 3: Yeah no, I was bought my own tickets, took the train,

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Speaker 3: and many of the people you know.

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Speaker 1: All right, thanks guys,