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Speaker 1: We will find out his mock draft three point zero

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Speaker 1: At some players that are gonna be covering some of

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Speaker 2: But guys that are already in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: Speaking of the NFL, it is the Insiders come on

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Speaker 1: inside with me, Mike Garrafalo and a cavalcade of stars

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Speaker 1: mister Zeer Line, take a look at Fernando throwing at

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Speaker 4: Thanks Mike alz So, now you dropped another hot mock draft,

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Speaker 4: and I know you like to stir it up, and

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Speaker 4: I'm not one to really give you a lot of

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Speaker 1: It is April first, We're going a lot of conversations

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Speaker 3: They're not going to have that type of competition.

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Speaker 7: So one, he's telling his guys right now, Hey, come

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Speaker 1: Tongue of Iloa Gino Smith, who else like Kyler Murray,

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Speaker 2: We will break it all down.

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Speaker 1: And up next we're gonna hear from our guy Fernando

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Speaker 1: He's gonna go first overall spoiler alert, But we're still

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Speaker 1: We're getting closer now, Fernando, the draft just a little

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Speaker 4: And thanks Mike ge having a chance to look at

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Speaker 4: this rip of Fernanda Mendoza at his pro day, and

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Speaker 5: Well, I mean, I think it's I think it's an

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Speaker 5: I mean, he you see it here, especially from this shot.

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Speaker 8: But then you know, I mean, it's very similar to

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Speaker 8: It's a very easy delivery, it's a very catchable ball.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you talk about it, over the top release. The

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Speaker 4: Today we saw him work a little more under center,

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Speaker 5: And that's why they've got them under center here because

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Speaker 5: And I think that's why you see so many teams

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Speaker 8: No question to answering, we saw some of that during

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Speaker 2: Back to you, MG, thank you, Bucky.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, there are the throws there's a breakdown there from

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Speaker 9: Put an environment in here, Fernando Mendoza sitting here with us.

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Speaker 10: It felt great and one last route of the boys, right,

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Speaker 9: You think about maybe the first time you walked into

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Speaker 11: Where does that kind of come from within you?

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Speaker 10: Yeah, I think it comes from just knowing that preparation

437
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Speaker 10: leads to confidence, and you have confiency play well and

438
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Speaker 10: every single game, every single practice, I want to do

439
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Speaker 10: everything in my power to prepare in order to be

440
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Speaker 10: able to sleep good at night knowing, Hey, whatever the

441
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Speaker 10: outcome is, I want to be process oriented and stick

442
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Speaker 10: to my process.

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Speaker 9: You know, I was thinking about some of those throws

444
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Speaker 9: that you were making there to Elijah and to Omar

445
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Speaker 9: and to ej and some of the kind of real

446
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Speaker 9: world applications of the way that we saw those manifest

447
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Speaker 9: themselves during the season, right, you know, maybe it was

448
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Speaker 9: the scene the bender to Riley, or maybe it was

449
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Speaker 9: the you know, the out to Elijah against Oregon. And

450
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Speaker 9: you know, when you think about those plays that you

451
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Speaker 9: made in the biggest moments, what goes through your mind

452
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Speaker 9: in those kind of pressure situations when you got a

453
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Speaker 9: chance to really step.

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Speaker 11: Up for your team.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, I think a pressure situations, instead of being at a

456
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Speaker 10: high activation level in your nervous system of going crazy, yeah,

457
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Speaker 10: just try to come down to the lower activation level and.

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Speaker 2: Stick to the basics.

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Speaker 10: If you really stick to the basics and stick to

460
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Speaker 10: your process. That's what has allowed us to always rise

461
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Speaker 10: to the occasion any high pressure moments today and that

462
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Speaker 10: was today, Like for example, I wanted and we all

463
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Speaker 10: wanted to work out to be real application. We didn't

464
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Speaker 10: want to do anything crazy, you know, any crazy pro

465
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Speaker 10: day throws, any crazy pro day catches. We want to

466
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Speaker 10: show the teams that we could use these routes and

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Speaker 10: use these timings in the real game and on Sundays.

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Speaker 9: I mean, I was kind of advocating for, you know,

469
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Speaker 9: a reenactment of the fourth and five QB steak and

470
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Speaker 9: then Addie, but look, I understand why that might have

471
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Speaker 9: been a little bit difficult. Yeah, no, no, But otherwise it

472
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Speaker 9: did feel like these were kind of, you know, real

473
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Speaker 9: game applications of things that we're going to see you do.

474
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Speaker 9: We saw you do this year in Bloomington, and then

475
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Speaker 9: of course we're going to see you do in the NFL.

476
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Speaker 9: Speaking of which, all thirty two teams represented here today,

477
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Speaker 9: awesome raiders with a big contingent. Ten folks here owners

478
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Speaker 9: of the first overall pick. And look, I know that

479
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Speaker 9: there's a lot that can happen in the draft. You've

480
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Speaker 9: talked about that, but you've got a chance to meet

481
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Speaker 9: with them, You're going to meet with them some more.

482
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Speaker 9: Think about John and Clinton. I know Tom Brady obviously

483
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Speaker 9: has been a big part of you know, somebody that

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Speaker 9: you looked up to throughout your career. If there was

485
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Speaker 9: one thing that you know you wanted to make sure

486
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Speaker 9: that you let a guy like Tom Brady know about

487
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Speaker 9: you as a quarterback over this process, what do you

488
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Speaker 9: think it might be?

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Speaker 10: I would say, No matter with all the praise, all

490
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Speaker 10: the speculation of being a top pick and all that stuff,

491
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Speaker 10: I'm always gonna be the same for Nana. I'm gonna

492
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Speaker 10: be authentic. I'm gonna serve my teammates, be a servant leader.

493
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Speaker 10: I'm gonna build equity and whatever team by equity by

494
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Speaker 10: first of all, I got to play well, and then

495
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Speaker 10: second off, by building their relationships with my teammates by

496
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Speaker 10: working hard and then also caring about them. And so

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Speaker 10: I've been able to do those two things. I'm gonna

498
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Speaker 10: repair like no other. And I believe I'm trying to

499
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Speaker 10: be the best in me I can possibly become the

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Speaker 10: best of my teammates.

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Speaker 9: And we've talked a lot about the the you know,

502
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Speaker 9: the hunt for complacency with coach sig over the course

503
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Speaker 9: of the last year and throughout that college football playoff run.

504
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Speaker 9: I know you have done your best to just keep

505
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Speaker 9: all the distractions away, right, But that talk about the

506
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Speaker 9: number one pick kind of persist, right. Has that been

507
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Speaker 9: difficult to kind of keep that separated from your work

508
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Speaker 9: and your process.

509
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Speaker 10: Luckily enough, I've been you know, been mentored by coach

510
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Speaker 10: Signetti and this the whole staff here, which has been

511
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Speaker 10: a great staff, and their big mantra is kill complacency.

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Speaker 10: So right, I believe with all the experience we had

513
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Speaker 10: this year being a front runner per se and still

514
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Speaker 10: always being hungry and never tasting that complacency, I believe

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Speaker 10: I really carry that over into this pre draft process

516
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Speaker 10: and now had that you know, you know, pro.

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Speaker 3: Like legit, like real work.

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Speaker 2: Now it's like application that with that.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, and obviously that'll serve you well being a face

520
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Speaker 9: of the franchise when you make it to the NFL.

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Speaker 9: Fernando off the great things, buddy, Thanks for joining us,

522
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Speaker 9: and thanks so much.

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Speaker 1: NFL Draft that's coming Thursday, April twenty third, at eight pm.

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Speaker 1: That's when well I'll be a little after eight pm,

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Speaker 1: but that's when the Raiders are going on the clock

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Speaker 1: and maybe take that guy on the left, and then

527
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Speaker 1: you're going to hear those names after that shortly thereafter

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Speaker 1: the NFL Draft. Lock it here all three days on

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Speaker 1: NFL Network starting on April twenty third, joining us now

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Speaker 1: here on the Insiders as we get ready for the

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Speaker 1: NFL Draft.

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Speaker 2: It's a few short weeks away from.

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Speaker 1: The draft, which begins on April twenty third here on

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Speaker 1: NFL Network.

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Speaker 2: Florida State offensive tackle Micah.

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Speaker 1: Pettis a young man I've gotten a known over the

537
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Speaker 1: last year or so.

538
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Speaker 2: A monster of.

539
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Speaker 4: A human being, but a teddy bear. He's one of

540
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Speaker 4: the nicest guys you'd ever want to meet.

541
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Speaker 2: They could also flap you and put you into the ground.

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Speaker 1: Six foot seven right so, listed at six seven, three

543
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Speaker 1: forty nine as well. Though I'm looking at your face, man,

544
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Speaker 1: and I heard you drop some weight. I can see

545
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Speaker 1: you thinner there. What are we weighing in right now?

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Speaker 12: Well, I'm like three thirty two right now. You know,

547
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Speaker 12: got a chance in the drift process. You go on

548
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Speaker 12: up there to the Sports Academy and getting some great

549
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Speaker 12: work with Duke and his o Mester Amonds team. They

550
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Speaker 12: had me on a meal playing down there and you know,

551
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Speaker 12: a new diet. You know, my whole life, I've been

552
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Speaker 12: on the seafood diet. You know, seafood and I eat it.

553
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Speaker 12: They got me on the right track. I lost over

554
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Speaker 12: like thirty pounds of fat and gained over nine pounds

555
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Speaker 12: of muscle over the town that I was being out there. So,

556
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Speaker 12: you know, looking good, feeling good right now.

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Speaker 2: You talked about Duke and the OL Masterminds.

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Speaker 1: That's Duke of Maddieweather who does a lot of work

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Speaker 1: with both guys coming through the college ranks as well

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Speaker 1: as a lot of pros that he works with. You

561
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Speaker 1: talk about that OL Masterminds. Our guy Brian Baldinger there

562
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Speaker 1: every single year.

563
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Speaker 2: I know he's working with you.

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Speaker 1: On mobility, talking about urgency and these kinds of things.

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Speaker 2: How much has Duke Duke helped you through the process here.

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Speaker 12: Duke's helped me through the process a lot. I've been

567
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Speaker 12: training with him for the like last three or four years.

568
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Speaker 12: You know, I'm getting out there working with him in

569
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Speaker 12: the off season and when we get time off, and

570
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Speaker 12: you know, I'm going to continue to do that because

571
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Speaker 12: he's helped me grow leaves and bounds.

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Speaker 13: As a player.

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Speaker 12: And you know, just like as I say, and the

574
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Speaker 12: work worse, We get in good work down there every time.

575
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Speaker 12: So you know, he just he's a great guy, got

576
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Speaker 12: a great team and a great coach.

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Speaker 1: I was texting with Duke this morning and he says,

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Speaker 1: you know, I think he's really motivated by the fact

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Speaker 1: that he had fifty starts in college and he didn't

580
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Speaker 1: get the Combined invite, he didn't get the Senior Bowl invite.

581
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Speaker 1: He says, there's a chip on this kid's shoulder. You

582
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Speaker 1: were at the Shrine Bowl, which was which we are

583
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Speaker 1: here on NFL Network, But was that something for you

584
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Speaker 1: where you go you know, hey, look, my body of

585
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Speaker 1: work speaks for itself.

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Speaker 13: No, yeah, you know, most definitely.

587
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Speaker 12: I have most confident in myself and my ability and

588
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Speaker 12: I know what I bring to the table. But you know,

589
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Speaker 12: for whatever reason, I'm getting some thrown a little bit.

590
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Speaker 12: But that's okay, man. You know, I'm grateful for the

591
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Speaker 12: opportunities I did have with the with the Hula Ball

592
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Speaker 12: and the Shrine Bowl, and they were able to help

593
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Speaker 12: me showcase my talent and get out in front of

594
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Speaker 12: a lot of teams. You know, there's a lot of

595
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Speaker 12: people that didn't even get those opportunities. So I'm blessing

596
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Speaker 12: and whatever I do. But yeah, I mean I definitely

597
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Speaker 12: got a chip on my shoulder ready to improve myself.

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Speaker 2: Right you're seeing everything down the bottom of the screen there.

599
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Speaker 1: Pro Football Focused and we use a lot of their

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Speaker 1: metrics right there, seventy four point two overall PFF grade.

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Speaker 2: There was another one there that you were thinking were

602
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Speaker 2: second among all senior.

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Speaker 1: Offensive tackles from what I saw PFF wise, if you

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Speaker 1: were to grade yourself, because there's a lot of scouting

605
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Speaker 1: reports on all the draft eligible guys there, there's the

606
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Speaker 1: one I was talking about right there.

607
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Speaker 2: What would you say about your game and maybe what

608
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Speaker 2: needs to grow?

609
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Speaker 13: Oh, I'm a brawler. I like you play through the

610
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Speaker 13: go to whistle. I love football.

611
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Speaker 12: I never would shy away from content in a position

612
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Speaker 12: where you know you get shot away from.

613
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Speaker 13: Content, content coming every play.

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Speaker 12: But you know something I've been working on a lot

615
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Speaker 12: with Duke and coach hand this time off season. Draft

616
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Speaker 12: process is hand placement and first significant content when you

617
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Speaker 12: know you strike people. And then I've been working on footwork.

618
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Speaker 12: I mean, like, obviously I can work on everything in

619
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Speaker 12: my game. If I if I didn't have nothing to

620
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Speaker 12: work on, I'd be an All Pro tackle already second

621
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Speaker 12: year in the league. So you know, you got to

622
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Speaker 12: run your own race and you know, just get better

623
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Speaker 12: every day.

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Speaker 1: Your brother Dell a member of the New England Patriots.

625
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Speaker 1: I saw you that day at Levi Stadium when he

626
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Speaker 1: and his teammates faced the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl.

627
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Speaker 1: How much did that motivate you to see not only

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Speaker 1: him getting into the NFL, but the stage that.

629
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Speaker 4: He was able to play on in the NFL's biggest game.

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Speaker 12: Yeah, growing up my brother, you know, I played up

631
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Speaker 12: on all of his football team. My brother was the

632
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Speaker 12: best athlete I ever seen growing up, played everything like football, baseball, basketball, man.

633
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Speaker 12: Just watching him, knowing we come from the same roots,

634
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Speaker 12: and you know, it's just really a reminder that I

635
00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:51,240
Speaker 12: can do it. And you know, he didn't have his

636
00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:55,520
Speaker 12: ideal draft process or anything like that. He went undrafted,

637
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Speaker 12: but he made a way. He made his way on

638
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Speaker 12: the fifteen roster year at the year he grinded. I'll

639
00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:02,520
Speaker 12: watch them put it in the work every day, and

640
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Speaker 12: you know, seeing him at the Super Bowl is crazy

641
00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:06,800
Speaker 12: because you know we used to you know, make our

642
00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:09,600
Speaker 12: own players and teams on mad and and then go

643
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Speaker 12: at it in the Super Bowl in our living rooms.

644
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Speaker 12: So I mean, you know, it's just crazy that you know,

645
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Speaker 12: we live in that right now and that he got

646
00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:18,760
Speaker 12: a chance to, you know, make it to the big

647
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Speaker 12: stage pretty soon.

648
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Speaker 1: Both of you guys on the NFL rosters will see

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Speaker 1: where it winds up for you before I let you go.

650
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Speaker 4: I know community work is a big.

651
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Speaker 1: Part of what you do, and you've used your NIL

652
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Speaker 1: funds in the past. I think when you're back at

653
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Speaker 1: Mississippi or fro Mississippi to Florida State for those unfamiliar

654
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Speaker 1: with your college career, tell us what you've done community

655
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Speaker 1: wise in the past and what you think you're going

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Speaker 1: to continue to do in the NFL.

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Speaker 13: In the past.

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Speaker 12: You know, Thanksgiving and like Christmas time is really big

659
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Speaker 12: for me. You know, family, you know, being around loves

660
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Speaker 12: and you know everybody doesn't have the financial you know

661
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Speaker 12: security to be able to provide for their children like

662
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Speaker 12: they will want to, and you know it's just no

663
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Speaker 12: reason for a kid to you know, I remember that

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Speaker 12: feeling on a Christmas Day and you know, everything waking

665
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Speaker 12: up and you know getting everything I asked for and

666
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Speaker 12: stuff like that, and I just hurt to like, you know,

667
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Speaker 12: have a kid and not have that or not be

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Speaker 12: able to have a nice Thanksgiving meals.

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Speaker 13: So what I've done in the.

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Speaker 12: Past is, uh, you know, donated toys on Christmas, toy

671
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Speaker 12: drives and stuff like that, and then on Thanksgiving, I

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Speaker 12: do like a turkey drive or chicken whatever they may

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Speaker 12: ask for. I've done that the past three years or

674
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Speaker 12: so ever since I started getting you know, and I

675
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Speaker 12: you know, I was blessed and raising the household that

676
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Speaker 12: you know, you get back to others when you can,

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Speaker 12: so you know, I just try to do in part

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Speaker 12: I also of you know, donated paths and helmets to

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Speaker 12: youth leagues and stuff like that, you know, just stuff

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Speaker 12: like that and giving back to the game that gave

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Speaker 12: me so much, and that's provided me an opportunity to

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Speaker 12: be able to you know, feed for my family. And

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Speaker 12: I just you know, love football. You know, little kids

684
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Speaker 12: getting a chance to you know, play the game I

685
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Speaker 12: grew up loving. You know, their parents don't got to

686
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Speaker 12: worry about their paths or their helmets, you know, that

687
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Speaker 12: type of stuff. So I'll continue to always do that

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Speaker 12: as long as I'm.

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Speaker 13: Able to.

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Speaker 3: See.

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Speaker 1: That's why I've built him as a gentle giant right there,

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Speaker 1: Mike competitives is all six foot seven, cuddly ounces of him.

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Speaker 1: Just don't line up across from him on the football

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Speaker 1: field because he's not going to be that gentle.

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Speaker 2: He's a mauler.

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Speaker 1: Hey, I appreciate you joining us, pal, continued success, continue

697
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Speaker 1: hard work. As you get closer to this draft, you're

698
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Speaker 1: going to hear your name called and we'll be there

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Speaker 1: to celebrate with you.

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Speaker 4: Please come back and join us on the Insiders.

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Speaker 13: Right, Yes, sir, we'll do. Thank you for having me.

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Speaker 1: Great stuff from a humble Mike at Pettis right there,

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Speaker 1: Steve Weisch, come on in.

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Speaker 2: We've got some new news right now regarding.

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Speaker 4: Pooka Nakua, who has had a little bit of an

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Speaker 4: eventful offseason.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, Mike, I was able to confirm a story first

708
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Speaker 7: reporter by the California Post, and that is rams Widers. Ever,

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Speaker 7: Pooka Nakua has checked into a recovery center.

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Speaker 2: This is according to his attorney.

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Speaker 7: Levi mccatherine, who provided me I'm going to read it

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Speaker 7: part of a statement that pook has taken responsibility for

713
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Speaker 7: his well being and has focused on improving his performance.

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Speaker 7: During the off season, Puka voluntarily entered a private facility

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Speaker 7: to focus on his health, personal growth, and overall development.

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Speaker 7: He is committed to using this time constructively so that

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Speaker 7: he can return to the best possible position both personally

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Speaker 7: and professionally. He will complete the program in time to

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Speaker 7: fully participate in all of the Rams OTAs, and puk

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Speaker 7: Is is deeply grateful for the support he's received from

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Speaker 7: his family, friends, coach Sean McVay, and teammates. Now, the

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Speaker 7: Rams did not have any type of response for this.

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Speaker 7: They're considering this a personal situation. But this past weekend

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Speaker 7: I spoke to head coach Sean McVay and I did

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Speaker 7: ask him about some of the off field incidents that

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Speaker 7: Pooka has found himself involved in, and McVeigh said, look,

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Speaker 7: we love Pooka, Nicole, We are totally in him, invested

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Speaker 7: in him as a football player and a person, and

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Speaker 7: that they are going to put their arms around him

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Speaker 7: and make sure that he is fully supported in everything

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Speaker 7: he needs on and off the field.

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Speaker 1: Mike, Yeah, that's great stuff there, Steve, and we were

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Speaker 1: wishing the best for Pooka. Nikua, who's a fantastic football player,

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Speaker 1: and you want the best for him off.

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Speaker 4: The field as well. You're right, the Rams love him.

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Speaker 2: Sean McVeigh loves him as well.

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Speaker 1: I had talked about it when JSN got his steal

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Speaker 1: from the Seahawks. Don't expect it to happen so quickly

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Speaker 1: for Pooka. That could still be in the future. Ye,

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Speaker 1: for him with the Rams, but they want to make

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Speaker 1: sure everything off the field is right for him, and

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Speaker 1: then that hopefully is a part of him making sure

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Speaker 1: that everything is moving in the right direction, both.

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Speaker 4: Football wise and non football wise. Steve, we appreciate you

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Speaker 4: bringing that information in. Again, we wish the best poor

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Speaker 4: Pooka Nikua.

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Speaker 1: Coming up on the Insiders, Yeah, playing fields a big

748
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Speaker 1: part of what the NFL does, both domestically and internationally.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk to the guy in charge of that, Judy Batista,

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Speaker 1: going to handle that. From the NFL's annual meetings. That's

751
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Speaker 1: next on the inside. These are some of the rule changes.

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Speaker 1: Read them all, Read them really quickly.

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Speaker 4: This is what happened at the NFL annual meeting.

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Speaker 1: I would say the most important is the NFL officiating

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Speaker 1: department can now correct clear and obvious misses. If there's

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Speaker 1: replacement officials, also the one a couple or where is

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Speaker 1: it it's down there somewhere. They can now eject a

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Speaker 1: player even if there's not a flag on the field,

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Speaker 1: including throwing a flag on that play. So that's some

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Speaker 1: of the business that was handled out in Arizona at

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Speaker 1: the league meetings, as well as Judy Battista talking to

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Speaker 1: the NFL's field director, Nick Pass.

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Speaker 14: NFL field director, thank you very much for joining the insigos.

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Speaker 14: Let's just get right to it, because this is the

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Speaker 14: only question anybody really cares about. We've got the World

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Speaker 14: Cup coming to the United States this summer. They're obviously

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Speaker 14: using a bunch of NFL stadiums, so there are grass

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Speaker 14: fields in those stadiums, and of course everybody wants to know,

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Speaker 14: why can't we just keep those grass fields?

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Speaker 11: Nicky?

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Speaker 15: If ever, it was so simple, right, I think you know,

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Speaker 15: the biggest thing you got to remember about the World

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Speaker 15: Cup tournament is that it's got exclusivity in these buildings, right,

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Speaker 15: And I think that's one.

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Speaker 11: Of the big pieces.

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Speaker 15: The only thing that's going to see those playing services

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Speaker 15: is going to be World Cup matches, and that's not

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Speaker 15: a normal usage of our venues. The other thing and

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Speaker 15: going to consider is the duration of time. It's only

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Speaker 15: going to be what June and July and then we'll

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Speaker 15: see those those fields exit our stadium. So it's a

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Speaker 15: short term option. It may work well for the World Cup,

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Speaker 15: it may work well for their athletes, who are very

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Speaker 15: different than our athletes. The demands of the game are

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Speaker 15: also very different, and I think just making sure that

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Speaker 15: that is even a viable option for an NFL venue

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Speaker 15: is something that still needs.

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Speaker 3: To be determined.

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Speaker 14: I guess that's a question is how far along are

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Speaker 14: we in the process of determining if all grass fields

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Speaker 14: would even be viable in NFL stadiums.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, as it relates specifically to FIFA, we've been you know, we've.

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Speaker 15: Worked alongside them and tried to learn from them and

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Speaker 15: provide feedback that we know for our own buildings too

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Speaker 15: closely with the Club World Cup tournament last year that

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Speaker 15: was shared some of our venues.

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Speaker 11: And again as we lead into these, you.

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Speaker 15: Know, the research is ever, it's ever going, right, there's

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Speaker 15: non stop to it. So for us, it's about again

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Speaker 15: understanding our athlete, understanding what is our athlete actually need right,

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Speaker 15: what are the demands that they put on the surface

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Speaker 15: that they need, most safe, most playable, right, the prettiest

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Speaker 15: grass we can find, of course, and then ultimately how

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Speaker 15: do we deliver that in a venue that has a

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Speaker 15: lot more than.

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Speaker 3: Just one of it?

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Speaker 15: All?

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Speaker 4: Right?

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Speaker 14: We know coming online over these next few months and

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Speaker 14: a few years, there's going to be a system to

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Speaker 14: sort of rate surfaces, assure that better surfaces are getting

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Speaker 14: into buildings as they upgrade the surfaces. Where are we

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Speaker 14: in that and what can we expect the real tangible

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Speaker 14: result of all of those programs to do.

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Speaker 15: Yeah, we're at the beginning of it, right, but we're

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Speaker 15: in it now. So it's start of this twenty twenty

817
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Speaker 15: six season. Any new installation is going to meet the

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Speaker 15: updated criteria it pertains specifically at artificial services as it

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Speaker 15: sits today. So we've added some traction elements to our

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Speaker 15: testing and our standards alongside the NFLPA again working to

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Speaker 15: improve all of our surfaces.

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Speaker 11: That's happening now.

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Speaker 15: We've already seen the first of those go down on

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Speaker 15: the ground, essentially.

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Speaker 2: Creating an approved products list.

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Speaker 15: So working closely with the industry, closely with the manufacturers,

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Speaker 15: hosting organized testing, using NFL appropriate devices to test, and

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Speaker 15: then accrediting those products to say these are acceptable in

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Speaker 15: the NFL environment, both stadium and in game day venue.

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Speaker 14: I mean, you're the field guy, right when you see

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Speaker 14: a game, I mean when we all see them, especially

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Speaker 14: as we get later in the season and the weather

833
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Speaker 14: is terrible in the Northeast in particular, and you see

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Speaker 14: a ripped up field and you know that there are

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Speaker 14: going to be concerns about it. What are you thinking

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Speaker 14: and are you concerned about the safety element or is

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Speaker 14: it much more not a safety issue, much more.

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Speaker 4: Just sort of a cosmetic issue.

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Speaker 15: Yeah, I think it's so complex. I think most of

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Speaker 15: the time what we see on TV as a cosmetic challenge.

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Speaker 3: Right.

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Speaker 15: The field managers we have in this league are aren't

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Speaker 15: on some of the best in the world. So these

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Speaker 15: are individuals that are making, you know, objective decisions at

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Speaker 15: the right times, and they've done it for years, and

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Speaker 15: they've got the experience and know how to make sure

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Speaker 15: that we've got the appropriate surfaces for game day. The

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Speaker 15: aesthetics are challenged though, of course, you know, when all

849
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Speaker 15: the seats point to one thing in the building, it's

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Speaker 15: got to look the right way.

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Speaker 11: Too, What is your level of concern.

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Speaker 14: We hear it every year from players that they feel,

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Speaker 14: whatever the data may say, they feel different after they

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Speaker 14: play on the athletic surfaces, no matter how good they are,

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Speaker 14: that they want to play on grass if they can

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Speaker 14: as much as they can.

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Speaker 4: How do you respond to that?

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Speaker 14: How do you get to that?

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00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:38,040
Speaker 4: Well?

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Speaker 3: I believe it.

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Speaker 15: I don't think there's any arguing the data that we've

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Speaker 15: found because obviously, you know, again the data comes from

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Speaker 15: a third party group between the NFL and NFLPA, so

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00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:47,920
Speaker 15: there's no fudge in the data. But the reality is

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Speaker 15: they're still telling us something and we need to listen

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Speaker 15: to that.

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Speaker 11: And some of the devices that.

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Speaker 15: We've developed and work towards improving on are now giving

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Speaker 15: us more objective measurements that are more associated with player

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Speaker 15: perception player feel, and I think we've all already recognize

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Speaker 15: some differences, and with that, we'll take that to the

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Speaker 15: industry and find out how can we better inform the

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Speaker 15: industry to provide a better product for us.

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Speaker 14: Are we getting to a point where there will be

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Speaker 14: artificial surfaces that can so closely mimic natural grass that

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Speaker 14: players maybe won't feel as beat up as they say

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Speaker 14: they do.

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Speaker 11: I think it's an absolute possibility.

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Speaker 15: That is the beauty of anything man made, right as

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Speaker 15: we can continue to take the levers and knobs we

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Speaker 15: have available to us and tune that product.

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Speaker 11: And get it to a point where we can listen

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Speaker 11: and respond.

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Speaker 14: All right, final question, can we ever get to a

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Speaker 14: point where we're going to have all natural grass in

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Speaker 14: the NFL?

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Speaker 3: Well?

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Speaker 15: I think the reality is we need to make sure

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Speaker 15: we're providing the best possible surfaces, So it shouldn't really

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Speaker 15: be this conversation of surface type.

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Speaker 11: We need to take a little bit of the emotion

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Speaker 11: out of it.

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Speaker 15: And while it's important to make sure that our players

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Speaker 15: like our surfaces, we need to make sure we're giving

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Speaker 15: them surfaces that are going to meet their demands for

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Speaker 15: game day and then also be as safe as possible.

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Speaker 4: Nick, thank you so much, Thank you.

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Speaker 1: Just over three weeks away till the lights go on

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Speaker 1: in Pittsburgh. That's what the drafts is going to look

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Speaker 1: like right there at Akrashers Stadium.

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Speaker 2: Very exciting.

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Speaker 1: The twenty twenty six NFL Draft just a couple of

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Speaker 1: weeks away. Lance Airline and Brian Baldinger get on end here,

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Speaker 1: because we need to talk draft prospects, we need to

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Speaker 1: talk cornerbacks. Lance, starting with you on LSU's Mansord Delane.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Mansor Delane is you know, he's Baldy. He's one

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Speaker 5: of my top three players in this draft. I think

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Speaker 5: Mansor Delaane is just outstanding. I went back the other

909
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Speaker 5: day and watched him a little bit of Virginia Tech

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Speaker 5: the year before last, and frankly, this year he just

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Speaker 5: took a major step of smothering in man coverage. I

912
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:37,759
Speaker 5: think he has great ball skills, good instincts, has good

913
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Speaker 5: burst to the ball, and then you want that top

914
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Speaker 5: end speed to make up if you make a mistake.

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Speaker 5: For me, Baldy, he's clearly the top cornerback in the draft,

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Speaker 5: and I think right now he's just getting better and

917
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Speaker 5: better and better.

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Speaker 8: And I think one of the reasons why he left

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Speaker 8: Virginia Tech to go to LSU is to go up

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Speaker 8: in competition and go to the SEC where he could

921
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Speaker 8: really flaunt his ability right here, get his hand on guys,

922
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Speaker 8: run with them, and be sticky, be able to defend

923
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Speaker 8: passes just like that on the outside. You know, he

924
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Speaker 8: came away with two interceptions, a bunch of passes. Defense

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Speaker 8: and you can see him in the run game too. Now,

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Speaker 8: the other guy that I really like studying, and I

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Speaker 8: know you do as well, Lance, is I love Chris

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Speaker 8: Johnson from San Diego State because everything you want to

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Speaker 8: see in a corner, including this magic play right here

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Speaker 8: where he came down with the ball. Everything you want

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Speaker 8: to see from a corner, the billy long speed, the

932
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Speaker 8: a billy to mimic a receiver footwork, the billy to

933
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Speaker 8: read routes and run routes better than the receivers. You

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Speaker 8: can see it all from Chris Johnson. In any one

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Speaker 8: of his forty starts that he's had, he shows up

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Speaker 8: pick sixes like this. He's a fun guy to study Lance.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and you know, look at him right there.

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Speaker 5: That's what we call low cut right Torso's longer than

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Speaker 5: the lower half, and that's really good for guys you

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Speaker 5: want to change directions quickly. That's something he's able to do.

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Speaker 5: He is very sticky with routes, able to mirror the

942
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Speaker 5: press release, able to come back on comebacks and mirror

943
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Speaker 5: those comebacks. He is a player that I think has

944
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Speaker 5: a lot of potential to be one of the top

945
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Speaker 5: cornerbacks out of that day. Two group. I think he

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Speaker 5: will be the top cornerback out of the Day two group,

947
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Speaker 5: and I think he goes early in the second round.

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Speaker 5: Those are a couple of our favorite linebackers right there.

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Speaker 1: Mike back tomorrow for another loaded episode of The Insiders.

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Speaker 1: Elijah Surat, the Indiana wide receiver who caught passes from

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Speaker 1: Joe Brady, from Joe Brady, from Fernando Mendoza, Durians Prode

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Speaker 1: and all season along.

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Speaker 2: He will be joining The Insiders as well.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna have plenty of news, you know, we will

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Speaker 1: keep it locked ear from The Insiders see tomorrow