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Speaker 1: What's that, faithful. This is your forty nine Ers team

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Speaker 1: reporter Brionna Janelle and today on You've Got Mail, my

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Speaker 1: special guest is linebacker d Winters. D. Welcome to the podcast.

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Speaker 1: How are you.

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Speaker 2: I'm doing good. How are you doing well?

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Speaker 1: Super excited looking forward to this Sunday against Jacksonville. How

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Speaker 1: are you feeling leading into Sunday?

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Speaker 3: I feel pretty good and I feel like our preparation

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Speaker 3: has been in the right spot, and you know, Sala

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Speaker 3: has been doing a great job of you know, putting

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Speaker 3: the scheme down for us, and you know, we're all

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Speaker 3: confident in what he's doing for us.

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Speaker 2: So very excited.

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Speaker 1: Awesome. Well, let's learn more about you today. D. You're

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Speaker 1: from a small town. I've heard I think it was

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Speaker 1: just what two hundred.

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Speaker 2: And fifty people get that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, what's like growing up in a place that's small.

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Speaker 3: Honestly, it's it's kind of fun because you know everybody. Honestly,

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Speaker 3: from kindergarten to twelfth grade, I knew every kid in

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Speaker 3: the school and it was just great just being able to,

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Speaker 3: you know, have this with this small community and every

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Speaker 3: day you're doing something with somebody that you really love

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Speaker 3: because just like family, So just growing up and burdening it.

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Speaker 3: It made me who I am today, and you know,

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Speaker 3: I'm thinkingful everything that they've taught me.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, what are some of your favorite childhood memories?

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Speaker 2: Man?

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Speaker 3: Honestly, a lot of people don't notice, but I used

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Speaker 3: to like ride horses. So actually, me and my neighbor

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Speaker 3: he would come over to my house and we'd ride

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Speaker 3: back home or whatnot. But those are probably some of

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Speaker 3: the most memories I've had.

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Speaker 1: How old are you when you're starting to ride horses?

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Speaker 1: Because that actually sounds kind of scary sometimes.

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Speaker 3: I think I was like seven or eight, that's when

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Speaker 3: it really started. And then when I got like twelve,

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Speaker 3: I just wanted to do it all the time, Like

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Speaker 3: that's all I could think about football and ride horses.

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Speaker 3: And so just growing up in a small community that

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Speaker 3: I did, that's what everybody else did, so it felt

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Speaker 2: And that's what I love about burning.

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Speaker 1: Did you have a horse like your own horse?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: About that? Five horses do you remember all their names

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Speaker 1: and everything?

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Speaker 3: Show Tom the General, Wild Bill Diamond, and then we

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Speaker 1: Wow, who was your favorite out of the the Okay,

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Speaker 1: that's like saying it was your favorite child exactly. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: How cool.

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Speaker 1: Well, speaking more about football, I heard about growing up

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Speaker 1: and what your favorite time was like playing in Texas.

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Speaker 3: I feel like just my whole high school career, I

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Speaker 3: felt like that was just a dream come true for me,

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Speaker 3: being able to play offense and be a receiver. That's

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Speaker 3: all I jumped about, Like that's all I want to do,

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Speaker 3: run with it. So as far as high school memories,

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Speaker 3: I think, like I said, every year in my high

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Speaker 2: Pretty much it.

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Speaker 1: Who are some of the like NFL stars that you

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Speaker 1: looked up to when you were playing football in Texas

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Speaker 3: Yeah, cam Newton was probably the main one, honestly, and

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Speaker 3: then right Lewis of course and all those guys.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, because eventually you made this switch over to defense.

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Speaker 1: So what was that transition like in college? And then

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Speaker 3: Yeah, the transition was, honest it was hard for me. Like,

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Speaker 2: And I'm like, well, I want to play, So he

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Speaker 3: I was about one to eighty five getting talked around,

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Speaker 1: To be honest, Yeah, it's really cool to hear how

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Speaker 1: you know, Cam new Inn that he played Juko in

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Speaker 1: here's an opportunity for you. When did it click for

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Whenever I made that transition in college, honestly, I

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Speaker 3: was just all right, how do I think as a

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Speaker 3: I was like, all right, I can actually do this.

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Speaker 3: And so I'm very grateful for Coach p and what

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Speaker 3: he's done in my life, and I can't thank him enough.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's really cool. And now you found yourself here

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Speaker 1: at the San Francisco forty nine ers and you made

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Speaker 1: it to this super Bowl in your rookie year. How

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Speaker 1: does that, you know, influence your perspective on the league

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Speaker 1: and impact your growth now entering you know you're a

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Speaker 3: Yeah, honestly, I thought the NFL was pretty easy. Might

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Speaker 3: to the super Bowl the first year. It's pretty crazy,

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Speaker 3: very good. But it just taught me, you know, to

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Speaker 3: cherish every moment, like every season is a new season,

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Speaker 3: every year is a new team. So just going out

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Speaker 3: year three, just doing everything that I possibly can, so,

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Speaker 3: put my best before.

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Speaker 1: Like I said, yeah, well, looking back, what have you

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Speaker 1: learned most from your rookie season? If you could go

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Speaker 3: Honestly, I'll probably tell him to study more. I think

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Speaker 3: there's not like we have a lot of time outside

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Speaker 3: I think just doing things outside of work, you know.

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Speaker 3: I think that's a huge priorty that I have in

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Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean, what's this forty nine ers locker

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Speaker 1: room like now in the twenty twenty five season. What

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Speaker 1: are the vibes? Who do you spend the most time with?

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Speaker 1: Who do you connect with? I'm sure the linebackers who

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Speaker 3: All the lbs, But lately I've been kind of close

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Speaker 3: with Junior, Bergen and Michel and you know, a bunch.

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Speaker 1: Of the rookie you mentioned also, like Junior and mikel.

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Speaker 1: Have they gone to you for advice or is it

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Speaker 1: also friendship? Tell me what your good dynamic is like

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Speaker 2: Oh no, they haven't come to me for an advice.

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Speaker 3: We've just been chopping it up, just asking, you know,

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Speaker 3: You know, just a basic conversation starters. And I think

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Speaker 3: to show their personalities, and I think that's a good

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Speaker 1: And so, yeah, how would you describe mikel was?

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Speaker 2: It was tough to describe. Honestly.

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Speaker 3: I think he's chilling, laid back off the field. You know,

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Speaker 3: on the field, he's a different person. I can tell

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Speaker 1: So I've seen that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's crazy.

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Speaker 1: It's pretty crazy. Now, speaking of that locker room dynamic,

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Speaker 1: obviously the linebackers, you and Fred I mean, a dynamic

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Speaker 1: duo so far this season. And of course all the

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Speaker 1: fans are trying to find nicknames for y'all. Don't know

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Speaker 1: if you've seen online, but I've seen like five nights

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Speaker 1: at fred Dese and Winter Warning. Have any nicknames stood

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Speaker 3: No, we haven't made any nicknames. I actually saw those posts.

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Speaker 3: Some of them, I don't even know where they're from.

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Speaker 3: Like I hear this winters is coming, and I heard

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Speaker 3: friends here the other day. I'm like, what is he talking.

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Speaker 1: About Winter Warning?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Feet a little bit of warn, Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I guess. I'm like, what is he talking about? Out?

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Speaker 3: But I'm starting to catch on a little bit. Okay,

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna go back to them and try to find

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Speaker 3: my best one.

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Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, Winter Warning, I think is like the winner,

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Speaker 1: so fear right now. I think I think that's pretty cool, perfect, awesome.

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Speaker 1: Now we're gonna do a fun little segment, play a

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Speaker 1: little game, and it's called That's Cold with de Winters

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Speaker 1: given your last name, So I'll give you a few prompts.

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Speaker 1: You'll just tell me that's cold if you're into it,

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Speaker 1: or nah, that's not so cold if you're not going

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Speaker 1: into it, and tell us all right, first we'll start

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Speaker 1: with Crocs and fell just signed a deal with Crocs

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Speaker 1: and they've got new niners Crocks, how are you feeling

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Speaker 1: on it? It's cold or not so cold?

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Speaker 3: That's not cold, that's not cool. It ain't got enough

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Speaker 3: cushion for me. I need like some of that's a

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Speaker 3: little cushiony like Birk's the furry con.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. But other than that, nah, all right, rock.

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Speaker 1: Next one, rocking full designer when traveling on the team plane.

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Speaker 1: But then, what's your go to travel fit?

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Speaker 3: I'm going Lulu liman little wind breaker pants and it's

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Speaker 3: like a little suit and I'm going like some all

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Speaker 3: black Track, Wi Scots or something.

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Speaker 2: It's simple cool, like, yeah.

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Speaker 1: Something simple but still shows that you're put together, right,

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Speaker 1: I like it all right. Nineties fashion making a comeback.

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Speaker 2: I love it. Oh that's cold. Cold, that's cold.

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Speaker 1: But what are some of like nineties gear that you'd

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Speaker 3: Honestly, I've just seen other people doing it, like on

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Speaker 1: The first one says, what hobby or activity would you

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Speaker 2: Golf?

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Speaker 1: Golf are a golfer.

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Speaker 2: I got into it in February.

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Speaker 1: That's so cool. Who took you out, like to the

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Speaker 2: Curtis Robinson, Brock and George Actually.

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Speaker 2: Nah, I can't.

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Speaker 3: Gallery can't be around me at this time. I needed

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Speaker 1: So seriously, it's like on TV and everything. All right. Cool.

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Speaker 1: What's been your biggest learning experience in the NFL.

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Speaker 3: I think, honestly just honing in on everything that I

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Speaker 3: I think the importance of recovery is way more impactful

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Speaker 1: Yeah, what goes into recovery because for there a lot

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Speaker 1: like maybe it's a little acupuncture. It's a little massage,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's massage, acupuncture, contrasting red light and high drating

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Speaker 1: It's really a full time job. No, it is awesome. Now,

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Speaker 2: Gotta go Cajun pasta.

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Speaker 3: I just feel like you can't. I mean, you can

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Speaker 3: It has to be or you can make it good.

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Speaker 3: Throw some chili flakes on there, you know, all the

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Have you found the best Cajun pasta here in

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Speaker 2: I made it my last night last night.

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Speaker 1: is fire. Yeah. What does an ideal day off look

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Speaker 1: And then you have to hold on to that energy

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Speaker 3: When I got here, I'm like this honestly, it's still

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Speaker 3: Dude is a beast, Like just the way he thinks

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Speaker 1: Amazing. Well, d that's all our questions today. Is there

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Speaker 2: No, sadly, I can let's do some work.

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Speaker 1: I've been faithful. Yes, be ready to see de Winters

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Speaker 1: this Sunday against the Jaguars. Do you thank you so

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Speaker 1: much for joining us on the podcast. Thank you