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Speaker 1: Welcome to another NFL Draft edition of the From the

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Speaker 1: Podium podcast. I'm Gabe Klea. It was a very busy

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Speaker 1: night too for the Cleveland Browns, as they selected four

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Speaker 1: players over the course of rounds two and three. On

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Speaker 1: this loaded episode, you'll hear from assistant general manager Glenn Cook,

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Speaker 1: Assistant general manager Catherine Hickman, linebacker Carson Sweessinger, running back

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Speaker 1: Quinn Sewn Judkins, tight end Harold Fannin, junior quarterback Dylan Gabriel,

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Speaker 1: general manager Andrew Berry, and head coach Kevin Stefanski. Assistant

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Speaker 1: general manager Glenn Cook discussed the hard running style of

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Speaker 1: Quinn Sjown Judkins.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so obviously with the move down yesterday, we felt

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Speaker 2: like we were in a pretty strong position coming in

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Speaker 2: today into today adding the additional pick on top of

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Speaker 2: what we had yesterday.

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Speaker 3: So we felt like, and I.

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Speaker 2: Think Andrew has addressed just just being really intentional about

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Speaker 2: adding impact players, guys who affect the short end long term.

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Speaker 2: So we feel like we had the two guys that

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Speaker 2: that do that, you know, two different stories. Quin Shawn

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Speaker 2: you know, he transferred, you know, up here in the

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Speaker 2: Buckeye County, Bluckeye State. He brings a brand of football

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Speaker 2: that we want. AFC North back, exceptionally strong, physical, tough, productive,

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Speaker 2: three down guy. I know, Uh, Deuce was extremely excited,

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Speaker 2: wanted to drive down and pick him up tonight. And

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Speaker 2: then Carson, I mean you talk about a guy who's

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Speaker 2: a walk on, and not only a walk on, but

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Speaker 2: you know, really a one year starter started you know,

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Speaker 2: three games into into this season and and just took

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Speaker 2: off and extremely productive, extremely smart, very versatile, kind of

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Speaker 2: fits exactly what the identity we want, you know, on defense.

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Speaker 2: So for us, it was really about maximizing these picks.

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Speaker 4: You know.

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Speaker 2: Obviously, I'm sure you guys will asked about trades and whatnot,

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Speaker 2: and you know, you guys know Andrew, he's gonna take calls.

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Speaker 2: You know, there's opportunities on the table, but we felt

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Speaker 2: like it was best to sit. So with that, I'll

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Speaker 2: open it up, Yeah, I think, you know again, it's

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Speaker 2: just you know, we work through the process, uh, evaluate

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Speaker 2: the players, and just really excited about his skill set

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Speaker 2: and how he fits into what we want to do.

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Speaker 3: Like I mentioned, he's he's.

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Speaker 2: Very very very tough, very physical, very strong, and he

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Speaker 2: just plays a brand of ball that we want. So

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Speaker 2: you know, look, both those guys are really talented. You know,

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Speaker 2: for us, it just came down to you know, preference

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Speaker 2: in this in this option, I wouldn't say it played

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Speaker 2: a significant amount. You know, it really came down to

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Speaker 2: just the value of the player. And it's funny, I

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Speaker 2: was thinking about it myself, you know, given our track

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Speaker 2: record quote unquote in which you you know, people may

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Speaker 2: think we think about positional value, you know, to walk

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Speaker 2: away with the running back in the linebacker. You know

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Speaker 2: you might be surprised. But again, it's really about maximizing

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Speaker 2: the impact of the players as opposed to just you know,

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Speaker 2: targeting positions are school athletes. But you know, I think

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Speaker 2: you take it on a case back case basis. You know,

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Speaker 2: you evaluate the player. There's talent on across the country.

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Speaker 2: We trust our scoffs to do the work. They really

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Speaker 2: put a lot of work in. You know, we we

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Speaker 2: can't say enough about how much time they put into

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Speaker 2: going across the country. And that's just scouring every inch

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Speaker 2: of inch of this uh of this land. So I

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Speaker 2: wouldn't say it's it's really specific to big school, small school.

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Speaker 2: It's it's really taking a bad case by case basis

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Speaker 2: and trusting your process.

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Speaker 5: Glenn, I know you said a little bit ago just

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Speaker 5: the differences between Quinchon and Trayvon, But was there one

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Speaker 5: specific trait that separated Quincheon than Travion.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't want to make it a Travion versus

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Speaker 2: quench On. I was really answering in the question. You know,

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Speaker 2: for us, it's really just feeling good about what Quincheon

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Speaker 2: probably transition to, and so just his style of the ball,

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Speaker 2: the way he plays. Again, I want to focus mostly

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Speaker 3: We'll get with both of these kids.

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Speaker 6: Do you do you view them as guys that will

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Speaker 2: Well, you know what, these guys all develop at different paces.

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Speaker 2: Like I said, it's it's a little bit about making

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Speaker 2: tell you if if we won't withhold their opportunity to

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Speaker 2: we're not gonna put pressure on them to show up

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Speaker 2: they want and be be excellent. It's really about the

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Speaker 2: long term focus. But of course, if you know, if

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Speaker 2: we're not going to prevent him from touching the football.

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Speaker 7: So I know your linebackers can have to play every position.

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Speaker 7: Do you see Swessinger filling a specific role immediately?

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Speaker 2: I mean we'll see kind of similar to that. You know,

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Speaker 2: I think if you would to ask what the vision

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Speaker 2: exceptionally great football IQ. I have no questions about his

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Speaker 2: ability to the green dot. If that's what we need

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Speaker 2: it's about getting the best combo out there, Tony. So

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Speaker 2: if it's him playing Sam will you know, coming in

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Speaker 2: he's got a ton of versatility. That's probably what excited

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Speaker 8: Quinch On shows the transfer and stay in school rather

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Speaker 8: than come out last year is his evaluation from it

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Speaker 8: all in terms of I mean, he was he produced

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Speaker 2: So yeah, I mean it's possible, you know, it's it's possible.

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Speaker 2: I think it's it's a credit to him that he

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Speaker 2: he probably wanted to win to and they had a

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Speaker 2: the positives about him as opposed to anything else.

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Speaker 4: These guys.

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Speaker 2: I think it does add a different dynamic, right because

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Speaker 2: if you say, back in the day, most kids stayed

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Speaker 2: It's put a little bit of a different weight on

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Speaker 2: we think they are because now you're kind of mapping

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Speaker 2: even a full season or full year. So it does

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Speaker 2: add a different element, but you know, we've worked through it.

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Speaker 2: I think all teams have probably faced a similar challenge,

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Speaker 2: So it has putted an interesting element, but nothing that

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Speaker 2: I don't think we've been.

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Speaker 10: Able to maneuver with Carson with his trajectory from you know,

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Speaker 10: being a starter last year and just the amount of

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Speaker 10: that you do from him? With that increased workload and

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Speaker 10: just kind of like that last season for him.

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Speaker 2: Can you elaborate more when you say like increased workload,

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Speaker 2: are you referring to like him playing.

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Speaker 10: More and playing more and just the evaluation of him

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Speaker 10: as a player in general.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's definitely a unique evaluation, you know, just it's

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Speaker 2: is potentially even more meat on the bone in terms

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Speaker 2: of the development. We're excited about that. He's twenty two

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Speaker 2: and there's obviously still things he can improve at. But

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Speaker 2: ultimately what he did show, you know, made us really

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Speaker 11: Just two things with Swash and your glunt. How much

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Speaker 11: does his value on special teams because he played that

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Speaker 11: it seems like he's ant high IQ player too, with

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Speaker 11: the ability to read and react quickly.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, like I said, really really smart. Yeah, like

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Speaker 2: I said, I don't think we will have any concerns

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Speaker 2: you definitely would love to have them be a part

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Speaker 5: With Queen schewan, what allowed him to be so productive

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Speaker 5: from a scoring touch or scoring standpoint forty five touchdowns

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Speaker 5: and then do you see him as a guy that

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's probably a little bit, a little

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Speaker 2: bit bit of a utilization thing. I mean, he's so big,

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Speaker 2: he's so strong. You think about when you get down

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Speaker 2: you want a guy who can honestly just power through

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Speaker 2: Sometimes you just can't block it perfectly, the defense tries

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Speaker 2: to tighten up. So I think that's a component to it.

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Speaker 2: And also he's just really talented, you know, Like you

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Speaker 2: talk about a kid's five eleven to twenty squats over

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Speaker 2: six hundred pounds, runs under four or five. So there's

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Speaker 2: just honestly, he's just a very gifted individual. I can't

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Speaker 2: really tell you how he does it all the time,

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Speaker 2: you know, So like I think that's just things.

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Speaker 3: That we're excited about. Like I said, you.

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Speaker 2: Guys know, we're playing in Division where there's some really

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Speaker 2: good defenses that we're going to face and their mantras

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Speaker 2: to stop the run game and you know, get after

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Speaker 2: be just as physical as the guys he's going against,

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Speaker 2: it only helps Glenn.

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Speaker 12: With Quinn Shawn, again, what about his ability to catch

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Speaker 6: Catherine, let's start with Carson. What did you like about

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Speaker 13: Well, first off, Hi, everyone, good to see everybody.

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Speaker 14: You're thinking of a very versatile, athletic, instinctive player with

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Speaker 13: It comes to versatile versatility.

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Speaker 14: It gives them pieces to interchange and you know, attack

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Speaker 14: Extremely productive in his last year, and also very productive

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Speaker 5: Hey, Katain, I know, Uhlene just said that. You know,

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Speaker 13: And long term.

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Speaker 14: And when you have a player like Mason who who's

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Speaker 13: Oh I don't think. I know Carson will do the

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Speaker 14: So really it's about it's about getting this football team

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Speaker 10: You mentioned Carson's off field stuff, uh and Journey. When

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Speaker 14: I mean I like to say we're building a team,

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Speaker 13: To work hard. That's what we're about.

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Speaker 14: You have to be physical and tough to plan in

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Speaker 14: That brand at football is really important to us, and

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Speaker 12: Catherine with Judkins, I mean, how important is it that

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Speaker 15: Can you just talk about how Judkins will fit in

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Speaker 16: Catherine, how along those lines with Quinn Schawn him sort

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Speaker 13: Definitely shown that cut cut.

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Speaker 13: So I'll say it again because it's just so important.

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Speaker 14: Means to this organization is is is umongous and it

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Speaker 5: Is there a concern that it was only one season

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Speaker 14: I'm not going to say a concern, but it's definitely

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Speaker 1: Linebacker Carson Swesssinger talked about his conversations with linebackers coach

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Speaker 12: Hey, Carson, this is Ashley Bastak from Cleveland dot Com.

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Speaker 12: I just wanted to ask about your former walk on status.

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Speaker 12: It seems to be something people talk a lot about

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Speaker 12: So how do you think that chip on your shoulder

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Speaker 17: I think you know this of of the walk on,

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Speaker 17: you know, since I was born, even going against my

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Speaker 9: You have it, it's never gonna leave.

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Speaker 17: So so it's gonna be something that continues to drive

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Speaker 6: Carson, how would you describe your playing style and what

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Speaker 18: Yeah.

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Speaker 17: I think my place style is really what you're getting

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Speaker 10: Contribute Carson camraon justice to this five Cleveland here, Glenn

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Speaker 10: So for you your development, how do you envision maybe

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Speaker 10: taking another step in the NFL, especially here with the

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Speaker 10: Cleveland Browns kind of guiding the way for you?

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Speaker 17: Yeah, I think for I think for me, I'm always

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Speaker 17: looking to take the next next step and you know,

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Speaker 17: trying to find any any small way that I can improve,

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Speaker 17: any big way that I can improve. And you know

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Speaker 17: that's that's exactly the mentality that I'm taking in into

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Speaker 17: this uh, into this next age. And you know, regardless

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Speaker 17: of of where I started, my goal is to get

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Speaker 17: better each day. And you know that eventually, when you know,

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Speaker 17: when you're willing to show up and outwork anybody else,

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Speaker 17: it's going to lead to success. And that's the mentality

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Speaker 17: and I'm continuing to take with me.

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Speaker 19: And you sound exactly like the type player Jim towards

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Speaker 19: once what what is your interaction with him been in

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Speaker 19: this process?

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Speaker 18: Oh, it was great.

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Speaker 17: It was great just just hearing about the defense and

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Speaker 17: and where you know, where I fit and and and

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Speaker 17: what they envision and you know, just the toughness that

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Speaker 17: that the defense is going to have and that we're

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Speaker 17: going to bring and and that's something I'm excited for

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Speaker 17: and I'm ready to get to work and and you know,

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Speaker 17: help contribute to that.

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Speaker 20: Carson, justin Cooper here, ESP and Cleveland. I was wondering

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Speaker 20: if any of the players on the defensive side of

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Speaker 20: the ball have reached out to you yet, and if so,

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Speaker 20: you know, what have they said said to you when

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Speaker 20: it's the messaging been.

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Speaker 17: Yeah, I've had some of them reach out and it's

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Speaker 17: it's really just been supportive. Tell me to enjoy the

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Speaker 17: moment and then you know, be ready to get to

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Speaker 17: work and and you know, that's That's what I'm ready

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Speaker 17: to do. And so I'm I'm looking forward to it,

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Speaker 17: to meeting everybody in person and getting to work.

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Speaker 11: Carson. Joe Radiot the Associated Press. How much did last

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Speaker 11: year just with the with the coaching change, but also

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Speaker 11: the move to a Big ten kind of you think

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Speaker 11: elevated your game and also just what just what effect

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Speaker 11: did Coach Mallow have on you?

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Speaker 17: Yeah, I think all of that, you know, helped helped

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Speaker 17: grow my game and and get me better at football.

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Speaker 9: I think, uh, coach mLOY.

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Speaker 17: Specifically really get me my opportunity to play that I've

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Speaker 17: been waiting for. And I can't thank him enough for that.

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Speaker 17: You know, just having the belief and to be the

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Speaker 17: player that you knew I could be and you know, just.

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Speaker 18: A Big ten.

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Speaker 17: I mean that's a that's the toughest football you're going

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Speaker 17: to play in terms of you know, you got you

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Speaker 17: got it all in the Big ten and so I

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Speaker 17: think that really prepared you and just just ready to

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Speaker 17: bring that toughness to another level.

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Speaker 5: Now, Hey, Carson, while you weren't playing a ton earlier

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Speaker 5: in your career, did you know you had that type

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Speaker 5: of season in you that you had last year? And

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Speaker 5: what if you did, why were you so confident?

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Speaker 16: Yeah?

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Speaker 17: I think you always got to have the confidence in

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Speaker 17: yourself when you step on the field. That's what's going

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Speaker 17: to allow you to play best and play type of football,

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Speaker 17: you know, and you know, for me, it was just

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Speaker 17: waiting until until I got the opportunity to prove it,

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Speaker 17: and you know, thankfully I was blessed to have that

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Speaker 17: opportunity this year. And you know, once once I got it,

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Speaker 17: I was I wasn't gonna let it get away from me.

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Speaker 17: And you know, when you have have that mentality that

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Speaker 17: you never know how many opportunities you get, so you

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Speaker 17: better be prepared for the one you're given, you know,

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Speaker 17: and and take advantage of it. And you know, I

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Speaker 17: was thankful enough to be able to get that opportunity

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Speaker 17: and run with it this year.

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Speaker 21: Hey, Carson, cause you're so with the Cleveland Browns.

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Speaker 13: I know you obviously got.

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Speaker 21: To talk to coach Tarbor as well. What was that

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Speaker 21: conversation like and just his excitement level about adding you

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Speaker 21: to this room.

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Speaker 17: Yeah, Yeah, talking with coach uh been amazing, even just

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Speaker 17: just the talk throughout the whole process. You know, both

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Speaker 17: you both UCLA guys who are bringing some of that

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Speaker 17: over California guys, and just just the level of detail

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Speaker 17: he has in his coaching and and you know, all

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Speaker 17: the answers he has is something that that I know

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Speaker 17: is going to be super beneficial and super excited to

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Speaker 17: be able to get to work with him and and hopefully,

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Speaker 17: you know, I'd assume it's unnce versus, but just really excited.

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Speaker 1: Former Ohio State running back Quinn Shawn Judkins discussed his

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Speaker 1: angry running style.

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Speaker 22: Hey, Quinn Schewn, wanted to ask you, Obviously, you're coming

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Speaker 22: to a franchise that has had a star running back

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Speaker 22: the last several years in Nick Chubb. Just wanted to

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Speaker 22: know how much you've watched Nick over the years and

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Speaker 22: how much do you see some similarities in at least

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Speaker 22: your style, the way you run and everything to what

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Speaker 22: Nick does.

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Speaker 9: Definitely when you watch guys like Nick, he's had success

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Speaker 9: in college and his career and as far as what

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Speaker 9: he's done in the NFL as well, he's an older

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Speaker 9: guy in the league, and I feel like that's a

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Speaker 9: guy that you can always learn more from, and you know,

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Speaker 9: he has a lot of tools in his bag and

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Speaker 9: things that he could teach the young guys like me.

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Speaker 16: Hey, Quinn Sewn, congratulations. Spencer Jermy with Cleveland Brown's on SI,

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Speaker 16: if you are uniquely you're you're sort of in a

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Speaker 16: unique situation where you played in both the SEC and

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Speaker 16: the Big Ten. Just how do you feel playing in

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Speaker 16: both the two best conferences in college football prepared you

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Speaker 16: for the NFL.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, I feel like for myself that was positive for me.

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Speaker 9: Just having to play in the two hardest conferences in

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Speaker 9: college football and playing in two different environments. Well, I

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Speaker 9: feel like the SEC has a different style of play

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Speaker 9: and a big ten as well. They're just two different

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Speaker 9: but getting the opportunity to play both of them has

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Speaker 9: helped me excel and further my career and be better

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Speaker 9: as a player. But just playing with a lot of

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Speaker 9: great players, well, especially at my time at Ohio State.

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Speaker 18: Gett to be.

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Speaker 9: Around so many great guys and compete against them every

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Speaker 9: day also.

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Speaker 11: Help me too.

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Speaker 12: Hey, Quinn Shawn, this is Ashley Bastok from Cleveland dot Com.

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Speaker 12: Just what was the moment, like, quhen you got that

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Speaker 12: call from the Browns. It looks like on the feed

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Speaker 12: you had stepped out of the room maybe and your

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Speaker 12: mom answered your phone.

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Speaker 18: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: I went to go get a drink.

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Speaker 9: I went to go get a cup of eliminade, and

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Speaker 9: I came back and my mom was like, oh, like,

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Speaker 9: they're on the phone, And I was like what, So

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Speaker 9: I dropped the.

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Speaker 4: Phone and there they were.

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Speaker 9: They were on the phone. I was just so excited

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Speaker 9: and so.

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Speaker 12: Thrilled to be a Brown How quick did you run

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Speaker 12: back in the room to grab it from her?

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Speaker 4: Pretty fast?

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Speaker 18: When they were here?

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Speaker 9: My name?

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Speaker 4: Pretty fast?

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Speaker 9: I ran back really fast. I wasn't that far away.

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Speaker 9: I literally had just stepped away, and man, my phone

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Speaker 9: wrung so fast.

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Speaker 23: Hey, Quinneawn. Obviously, the Browns drafted Mason Graham yesterday. I

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Speaker 23: got you're probably pretty familiar with having gone against him.

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Speaker 23: You probably know exactly what he brings to a defense.

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Speaker 23: So can you talk about that a little bit? And

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Speaker 23: then how excited are you to maybe match up with

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Speaker 23: him a little bit in camp?

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Speaker 9: I definitely now I've played him, they are competitors. I

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Speaker 9: feel like in today again, that's what that's what you need.

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Speaker 9: A guy that plays with passion and I played him

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Speaker 9: before you. I feel like he's a guy that plays

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Speaker 9: with passion and he's very technical in what he does

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Speaker 9: and shoot, I look, I look forward to that. Man.

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Speaker 10: How much success of last year's success with Ohio State

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Speaker 10: versus how much success you had, you know at Old

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Speaker 10: Miss last year, specifically, how much does that give you

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Speaker 10: the confidence to come into this league and hope to

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Speaker 10: make an immediate impact to the run game with the

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Speaker 10: Cleveland Browns.

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Speaker 9: Just because I know what it takes to win and

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Speaker 9: to win a national championship. Like I said, I've won

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Speaker 9: in high school. I won a championship and to go

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Speaker 9: to the next level and win a championship in high school,

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Speaker 9: so I mean in college. But but I've always had

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Speaker 9: that leadership and I know what it takes, just a

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Speaker 9: tool that you have to bring in asart from the

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Speaker 9: physicality things that you bring to the game and athletically,

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Speaker 9: what does it actually take to win a national championship?

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Speaker 9: And you know, hopefully I can go and that's what

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Speaker 9: I plan on doing, is going to the next level

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Speaker 9: and winning the Super Bowl for this organization.

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Speaker 6: Quin Schean, what was the pre draft process like with

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Speaker 6: the Browns? And I guess clearly you were taken by

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Speaker 6: surprise that they Pickture at thirty six, But did you

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Speaker 6: have an inkling that they were legitimately interested in bringing

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Speaker 6: into Cleveland?

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Speaker 9: Definitely? I was supposed though. I was supposed to have

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Speaker 9: an upcoming visit with them, but I couldn't make it

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Speaker 9: because my mom had had surgery and my dad's birthday

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Speaker 9: he was coming up. He had this party, so I

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Speaker 9: couldn't make it. My mom had just had surgery, so

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Speaker 9: I couldn't make it to my visit with the Browns.

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Speaker 9: But throughout the draft process, I had a meeting with

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Speaker 9: them at the Combine and they went great. We talked

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Speaker 9: about ball, we talked about off the field things as

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Speaker 9: far as you know, what do I like it, and

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Speaker 9: about me as a person, and I felt like they

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Speaker 9: got to know me more and I left that meeting

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Speaker 9: feeling great.

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Speaker 4: About the organization.

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Speaker 24: Quinn Shawn Leo Doherty w oio. Can you compare the

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Speaker 24: emotions between winning a national championship and now getting drafted

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Speaker 24: by the Browns?

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Speaker 9: I mean, each one gave me a different emotion of themselves.

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Speaker 9: Like winning the national championship, you get to see the

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Speaker 9: confetti fall, all everybody just running around. It's just like

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Speaker 9: so much adrenaline that's going through your body. And then

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Speaker 9: I would say, when you hear your name called on

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Speaker 9: national television to where you're going to play football for

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Speaker 9: a long time. So I think those two are are

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Speaker 9: just two different emotions in themselves. But I definitely felt

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Speaker 9: great about it, and I definitely enjoy each and every

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Speaker 9: one of those.

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Speaker 25: Quin John Mark Schwab also woo you and your teammate

647
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Speaker 25: Travon Henderson were both right there in the draft order.

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Speaker 25: A lot of people wondered who would go first. He

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Speaker 25: win a couple of picks after you. What has this

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Speaker 25: process been like for the both of you to go

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Speaker 25: through this together, and obviously you're watching where each other

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Speaker 25: goes and who goes first.

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Speaker 9: Right, I think really been and support of each other.

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Speaker 7: Man.

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Speaker 9: I think me and Trey have a great relationship, Like

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Speaker 9: I've said before, outside of football, me and him truly

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Speaker 9: want what's best for each other. And you know, whoever

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Speaker 9: went first in the draft, it didn't matter. I got

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Speaker 9: to ask this question before too, and they asked him

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Speaker 9: how would I feel if he was drafted? And you know, I, honestly, man,

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Speaker 9: I don't feel great about it. I think he's a

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Speaker 9: guy that deserves it. And no matter if I was drafted,

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Speaker 9: if I was to be drafted first or him be

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Speaker 9: drafted first, it wouldn't have mattered to either one of us, because,

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Speaker 9: like I said, I know what it takes to win

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Speaker 9: a national championship, and that's what it takes himselfish gods

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Speaker 9: who truly puts the program first, and that's who we

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Speaker 9: both are.

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Speaker 7: On that note, I was just gonna ask did you

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Speaker 7: have a friendly butt with him who'd go first?

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Speaker 9: No, we did not have a friendly bet. Honestly, throughout

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Speaker 9: this draft podcast, we were just in supported each other,

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Speaker 9: no asking how each other's business were going, and just

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Speaker 9: checking up with each other's mentally and making sure each

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Speaker 9: other we were both okay during good.

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Speaker 26: Hey Quinnchean, do you know anything about Jerome Ford with

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Speaker 26: the Browns? And if so, how do you think you

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Speaker 26: guys can compliment each other?

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Speaker 9: I feel like that those are those are areas that

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Speaker 9: you know, just me being a drafted organization, those are

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Speaker 9: things you can always learn and figure out. But I

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Speaker 9: mean just me being a part of this organization and

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Speaker 9: what I'll bring to it. I think I'll definitely have

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Speaker 9: a lot of success of who I am as a player,

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Speaker 9: what I bring to the game, and how I work

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Speaker 9: well with others. So a lot of great players around me,

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Speaker 9: and I think.

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Speaker 4: We're gonna go really far.

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Speaker 19: Hey quinnch On, you might be the first running back

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Speaker 19: in Brown's history. Too major in bio engineering?

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Speaker 9: Uh?

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Speaker 19: Could you talk about what your plans are then after football?

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Speaker 22: Yeah?

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Speaker 9: So, so I'll plan on I plan on going back

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Speaker 9: to school and get in that degree post football. That's

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Speaker 9: something that has always interested me. I have a degree

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Speaker 9: right now, I'm doing human resources, but that is something

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Speaker 9: else that I definitely want to get into post career.

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Speaker 9: I've always been interested in it, something I look forward to.

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Speaker 27: Quinn John's John Table Fox say, you said you couldn't

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Speaker 27: make that visit because of your mom's surgery and yet

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Speaker 27: other obligations. When you realized you couldn't make that visit,

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Speaker 27: did you think the realization of being maybe taken by

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Speaker 27: the Browns could have been that would have ended it

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Speaker 27: from there?

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Speaker 13: And were you surprised that they came back later?

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Speaker 9: No, definitely not. Probably our great organization.

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Speaker 17: They understood, you know, my situation.

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Speaker 9: They understood you know, my mom, she had just had

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Speaker 9: a serious surgery and just a circumstance. So they were

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Speaker 9: very understanding, and you know, we tried to work them

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Speaker 9: out before that state of the sixteenth where you couldn't

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Speaker 9: take a last visit because I had just had a

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Speaker 9: visit with the Giants like a day before the last visit,

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Speaker 9: So it just was unfortun that I couldn't make it

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Speaker 9: out there.

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Speaker 16: Hey, Quinja On this is special German again. I'm sure

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Speaker 16: through your conversations with the Browns. You did some you

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Speaker 16: had some talk on about Kevin Stefanski's offense, and I'm

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Speaker 16: sure you've watched some of that as well. Just how

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Speaker 16: do you feel that his system will maximize your skill

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Speaker 16: set and how you'll fit into this thing.

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Speaker 4: I think I feel great in this offense.

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Speaker 9: You know who I am as a player, the physicality,

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Speaker 9: the vision of lootiveness, the ability to be used outside

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Speaker 9: the tackles and being the spot and also being one

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Speaker 9: on one situation with linebackers, and that's why I feel

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Speaker 9: that that's why I am as a player, and that's

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Speaker 9: why I feel like I feel so great in this offense.

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Speaker 9: And this is such a great situation for me because

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Speaker 9: there's the offense that I sail in because those are

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Speaker 9: the things that I bring to the game. They'll be

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Speaker 9: passion as well and the great the things that you

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Speaker 9: can't coach. So that's why I definitely look forward to

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Speaker 9: for this year.

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Speaker 16: And then as a follow up, I don't know how

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Speaker 16: much you interfaced with Douce Staley during the pre draft

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Speaker 16: process and your conversations with Cleveland, but how excited are

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Speaker 16: you to work with him and somebody who's obviously done

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Speaker 16: at a high level at the end the NFL.

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Speaker 9: Man, I think you're always excited to learn from gods

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Speaker 9: like that that's done that at a high level and

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Speaker 9: being consistent as well. I always learned things from guys

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Speaker 9: like that. They always have knowledge, and uh, those are

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Speaker 9: the guys when you go into a locker room that

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Speaker 9: you you kind of bun to.

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Speaker 5: Heyquation what allowed you to score as many touchdowns as

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Speaker 5: you did?

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Speaker 9: Man, just just my coaches put me in a great position,

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Speaker 9: aside from you know, physically who I am as a

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Speaker 9: player and what I do on the field. You know,

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Speaker 9: coaches being very schematically smart put me in the right

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Speaker 9: position to go out there and execute. And also my

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Speaker 9: team as well, my old lineman, Uh, they do a

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Speaker 9: great job at executing. They work hard, and that's really

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Speaker 9: why I succeed so much I couldn't do with my

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Speaker 9: teenage and coaches.

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Speaker 5: And Lebron desistant GM mentioned your contact balance while you're

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Speaker 5: still getting in that area.

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Speaker 9: That's that's just who I am as a player.

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Speaker 6: Man.

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Speaker 4: It's something I always harped on.

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Speaker 9: Really just trying to excel at it. I feel like

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Speaker 9: at disposition those are That's one of the most things

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Speaker 9: that that changed you and puts you in that one

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Speaker 9: percent that everyone else can't do. Have that contact balance

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Speaker 9: and still be able to run outside of gotten to

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Speaker 9: break tackles and do things of that nature.

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Speaker 4: And those are the things that others can't do.

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Speaker 9: And that's why I feel like I separate myself at

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Speaker 9: as well.

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Speaker 22: Quinn schun A lot of people remember that final drivep

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Speaker 22: against Penn State, and just when you're in that moment,

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Speaker 22: how much do you just sort of feed off of that,

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Speaker 22: you know, getting the ball over and over and kind

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Speaker 22: of kind of taking the will away from feeling the

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Speaker 22: will going away from a defense as you as you're

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Speaker 22: just kind of pounding the ball against them.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, man, I think I think as a competitor, that's

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Speaker 9: who I am. Like, I love to see the defense

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Speaker 9: wear down. I love to see them when I run

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Speaker 9: the ball and get fifteen yards. They're they're tired of hell,

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Speaker 9: and they don't they don't like that I'm getting the

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Speaker 9: ball again. I can see it in the highs. They

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Speaker 9: don't want me to get the ball again because they

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Speaker 9: don't want to They don't want to tackle me. Those

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Speaker 9: guys don't want to tackle, So it's like I look

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Speaker 9: forward to those moments when the it's crunch time in

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Speaker 9: the game and it's closing, you want to close the

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Speaker 9: game out or or whatever situation it is. I look

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Speaker 9: forward to being the player that has the ball and

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Speaker 9: going to make an impact.

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Speaker 10: Gwen John, you got a taste of it in Columbus

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Speaker 10: with Ohio State, obviously, but this state of Ohio is

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Speaker 10: notorious for their passion for football. How much are you

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Speaker 10: looking forward to getting acclimated to the Dog Pound and

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Speaker 10: the fan base here with the Browns.

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Speaker 9: I looked forward to it, definitely. I had a lot

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Speaker 9: of different events here throughout my draft process or before

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Speaker 9: my draft process actually, or I had to autograph sign

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Speaker 9: is and it just meet so many people from Ohio,

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Speaker 9: Like a lot of them are Cleveland fans, and the

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Speaker 9: way they embrace this culture of what it takes to

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Speaker 9: be you know, Cleveland Brown or Cleveland Brown fan, and

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Speaker 9: what it's like to be a part of this organization.

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Speaker 9: So I definitely look forward to it. I get to

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Speaker 9: stay home and do something special, so I'm super excited

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Speaker 9: and happy.

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Speaker 24: Quinn Shawn, I was curious if you've heard from Ryan

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Speaker 24: Day yet and what he had to say about staying

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Speaker 24: in the state of Ohio.

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Speaker 18: No, my phone.

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Speaker 9: He probably my phone, like business, It's probably called me

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Speaker 9: as well. But I've definitely caught in the night and

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Speaker 9: we're talking the topics. If I talked to my opposition coach,

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Speaker 9: I've seen him call me. What that's I was drafted?

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 9: We were just so excited about the situation here and

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Speaker 9: what I can do and who I am as a

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Speaker 9: player and what I'll bring to this team.

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Speaker 20: Quin Schawn justin Cooper here again, Hey, I was wondering

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Speaker 20: how you're a feeling about the Browns first round draft

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Speaker 20: pick Mason Graham. Was there going to be some beef

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Speaker 20: that needs to be squashed to start the season.

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Speaker 4: Nah, there's no beef. Man.

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Speaker 9: Like I said, it's one team. We all have one vision,

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Speaker 9: which is to win. And like I said, the guy,

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Speaker 9: I've been my whole career just putting team first and

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Speaker 9: doing what I can to help this.

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Speaker 4: Organization with.

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Speaker 12: Quinchan, just a quick one, where have you been watching

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Speaker 12: the draft currently? And like, how many family members friends

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Speaker 12: do you think you've had with you?

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Speaker 9: So right now I'm watching the draft in Atlanta and Georgia.

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Speaker 9: I have any family in my house as I think

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Speaker 9: there's a lot of people.

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Speaker 18: Can get off.

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Speaker 3: Like my coaches.

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Speaker 9: Trainer is just everyone that's big gett far.

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Speaker 3: So that's who all tonight tight end.

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Speaker 1: Harold fan and Jr. Expressed his excitement to be staying

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Speaker 1: in the Orange and Brown as a former bowling Green Falcon.

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Speaker 8: Harold, are you in Canton right now? And what do

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Speaker 8: you think about getting to play in northeast Ohio?

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Speaker 18: Yeah? Man, I'm camping right now this week. Uh, you know,

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Speaker 18: I mean growing up in there people A man, I'm

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Speaker 18: definitely excited, big big brown fami there else. You know,

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Speaker 18: they all excited a little good.

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Speaker 3: Do you just really like Orange and Brown as your colors?

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Speaker 18: Yeah? Yeah, got to let's well and greedy. Yeah.

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Speaker 22: Hey, Harold, what did I ask you? Your best games

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Speaker 22: last season were against the biggest opponents Penn State, Texas,

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Speaker 22: A and M. How much kind of described just the

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Speaker 22: way you kind of hell evaded your game and how

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Speaker 22: much does that show kind of NFL scouts and the

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Speaker 22: Browns specifically, you know what you're capable of at this level?

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Speaker 18: Yeah, I mean pretty much. You know, it's kind of

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Speaker 18: just shows I guess NFL teams that you know I

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Speaker 18: can I can do it against you know, bigger opponents.

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Speaker 18: You know, it ain't it ain't just like I'm just like,

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Speaker 18: you know, just doing against you know, smaller teams. I

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Speaker 18: can do it against the bigger things as well.

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Speaker 10: Hey, Harold, you set so many school records and FBS

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Speaker 10: records and so many different areas. How do you feel

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Speaker 10: like your versatility is going to be able to translate

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Speaker 10: here with the Browns and in the NFL.

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Speaker 18: Yeah, I feel like the way my play style is,

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Speaker 18: you know, maybe to move around a lot and do

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Speaker 18: a lot of different things kind of just really opened

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Speaker 18: the play book up a little bit, just because I'm

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Speaker 18: you know, I just had to play out of position

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Speaker 18: a little bit.

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Speaker 12: Hey, Harold, just wondering how much time you've spent watching

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Speaker 12: David Njoku, what you think of his game, and what

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Speaker 12: you think about coming into a tight end room with him.

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Speaker 18: Be honest, I've never really watched any guy in I've

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Speaker 18: never ever watched Dave with a Joe dude. You know,

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Speaker 18: I probably watched a few of his games here and there.

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Speaker 18: But you know, obviously I'm very excited to be in

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Speaker 18: the thing room. You know already know he does.

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Speaker 26: Hey Harold, how did uh you know, playing in a

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Speaker 26: pro style system under uh, you know coach Loeffler help

883
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Speaker 26: prepare you for the NFL.

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Speaker 18: Uh, I definitely say, uh, you know, just because coach

885
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Speaker 18: Leftward is like an NFL type type of guys. So

886
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Speaker 18: we kind of I kind of you know, already have

887
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Speaker 18: to feel for like the playing and stuff like that,

888
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Speaker 18: and uh, I feel like it should be okay, can

889
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Speaker 18: when it comes I guess plays and stuff like that,

890
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Speaker 18: and you know how you coaches things like that, and.

891
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Speaker 26: How does your defensive background from from McKinley kind of

892
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Speaker 26: affect how you play tight end?

893
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Speaker 3: How did how did it shape you? And what was

894
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Speaker 3: that transition?

895
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Speaker 18: Like yeah, you know, like you said, I'll just play

896
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Speaker 18: defensive back. So I kind of got an idea, you

897
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Speaker 18: know how how you know, like I guess when I'm

898
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Speaker 18: running out to whatever. It's kind of just know like

899
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Speaker 18: where where what makes a dB feel uncomfortable and stuff

900
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Speaker 18: like that is because I didn't I didn't play it myself.

901
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Speaker 18: I don't obviously I know it makes me, uh feel uncomfortable.

902
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Speaker 18: So I kind of just take knowing that, you know,

903
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Speaker 18: basically knowing what what the DV don't want you to do.

904
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Speaker 18: I kind of like already you know how that feel.

905
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Speaker 18: And I kind of think about what if I was

906
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Speaker 18: guarding myself, like, how would I mean, you know when

907
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Speaker 18: it comes to rout running and.

908
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Speaker 4: Stuff like that.

909
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Speaker 5: Here, how do you reflect on it? And how special

910
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Speaker 5: was it to have a season that a lot of

911
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Speaker 5: people say, was, you know, the most the best in

912
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Speaker 5: the history of college football for a tight end.

913
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Speaker 18: I mean I definitely say I'm very blessed, you know.

914
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Speaker 18: I mean, obviously I could have done it on my

915
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Speaker 18: teammates and stuff like that. My folks was sitting yet,

916
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Speaker 18: but yeah, I mean it definitely just blessed, and you know,

917
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Speaker 18: let's enough to do something like that.

918
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Speaker 7: Harold, how much did your games against Texas Tech and

919
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Speaker 7: Penn State put you on the map?

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Speaker 18: Do you think, oh I said that, Yeah, I guess

921
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Speaker 18: it really didn't put me on the match because, yeah,

922
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Speaker 18: I mean I was no rank you know, I mean,

923
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Speaker 18: I never was a you know, hike tilt guy. So

924
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Speaker 18: you know when I kind of had that like that

925
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Speaker 18: and put stuff like that on the face, you know,

926
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Speaker 18: it kind of really helped the open doors for me.

927
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Speaker 6: Hey, Harold, you said you don't spend a lot of

928
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Speaker 6: time watching tight ends.

929
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Speaker 3: I'm just kind of curious though.

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Speaker 6: Is there somebody that you grew up admiring and wanting

931
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Speaker 6: to be like as a player?

932
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Speaker 18: Yeah, if you know, being enough people of high on

933
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Speaker 18: my Velans actually stillage fan. So I used to watch

934
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Speaker 18: Le'Veon bell a lot, and you know that's back when

935
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Speaker 18: I was younger and I used to play running back.

936
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Speaker 18: But I mean that's who I pretty much grew up

937
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Speaker 18: watching art.

938
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Speaker 13: How special is it to you too?

939
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Speaker 10: At every level now call Ohio home, from college, high

940
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Speaker 10: school to college to to now in the NFL.

941
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Speaker 18: Yeah, I mean it's definitely a blessing. I mean it's

942
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Speaker 18: kind of you know, close to home, but I guess

943
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Speaker 18: that's a blessed.

944
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Speaker 6: Uh you know.

945
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Speaker 18: I mean I've never really excited to be like this.

946
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Speaker 18: I would be at uh you know, and that's coming up.

947
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Speaker 1: Quarterback Dylan Gabriel discussed his collegiate journey through three schools, UCF, Oklahoma,

948
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Speaker 1: and Oregon and discussed the opportunity to learn behind Joe

949
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Speaker 1: Flacco and Keddy Pickett.

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Speaker 15: Hello, Dylan, just wondering about all of that quality time

951
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Speaker 15: that you spent with the Cleveland Browns heading into this process.

952
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Speaker 15: It really flew under the radar, but it seems like

953
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Speaker 15: you had a pretty good idea that you were coming

954
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Speaker 15: here to Cleveland and why is this a good fit

955
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Speaker 15: for you?

956
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think, you know, just starting out, had built

957
00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:27,040
Speaker 4: a true relationship with them, and I think naturally in

958
00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:29,640
Speaker 4: this process when you're around them, you know for quite

959
00:45:29,640 --> 00:45:32,120
Speaker 4: some time you're able to you know, talk through ball

960
00:45:32,200 --> 00:45:34,440
Speaker 4: and you know, get to know one another. And you know,

961
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Speaker 4: I truly felt like those relationships were built, and you know,

962
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Speaker 4: I'm so glad I'm a Brown. But two, you know,

963
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Speaker 4: I think just excited for for what to come. Know that,

964
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Speaker 4: you know, when we talk ball and have had conversations,

965
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Speaker 4: this is right where I need to be. And it's

966
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Speaker 4: perfect the way it played out. You know, it's kind

967
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Speaker 4: of all that that pageistry's done and now I'm a Brown,

968
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Speaker 4: So it's that's all that matters.

969
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Speaker 19: And Dan, what do you well, ken benefit will be

970
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Speaker 19: for you to be able to learn from Joe Flacco.

971
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think that's huge. You know, I think as

972
00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:15,680
Speaker 4: a guy who's played a lot of ball myself, you know,

973
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Speaker 4: I obviously know there's still a lot for me to learn.

974
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Speaker 4: And then on another piast, you know, me being a

975
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Speaker 4: vet in college, I know how much I was able

976
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Speaker 4: to share knowledge in college with you know, some younger guys,

977
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Speaker 4: and you know, I'll be doing the same learning from Joe,

978
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Speaker 4: you know. I think it's a unique situation and having

979
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Speaker 4: a guy like him that uh has a lot of

980
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Speaker 4: knowledge and has played a lot of ball. He seem

981
00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:39,759
Speaker 4: more works and what doesn't. And I think, you know,

982
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Speaker 4: just being able to be a sponge and be around

983
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Speaker 4: him will definitely benefit.

984
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Speaker 22: Me doing kind of off of that your own experience,

985
00:46:46,680 --> 00:46:50,359
Speaker 22: you know, six years in college, three different programs, so

986
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Speaker 22: I imagine you know, three somewhat different schemes. What can

987
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Speaker 22: you you know, what has that imparted on you and

988
00:46:57,040 --> 00:46:59,880
Speaker 22: what have you been able to How has it forced

989
00:46:59,880 --> 00:47:02,640
Speaker 22: you to sort of grow over that time.

990
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Speaker 4: Yeah, naturally there's growth, you know, And I think the

991
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Speaker 4: ability to be around a bunch of different schemes, a

992
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Speaker 4: bunch of great coaches that have been you know, very

993
00:47:12,239 --> 00:47:15,560
Speaker 4: successful at the college level but also are respected at

994
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Speaker 4: the NFL level, and just being able to grow in

995
00:47:18,040 --> 00:47:24,799
Speaker 4: that way. Terminology, offensive scheme, just the amount of variations

996
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Speaker 4: that I've been accustomed to and have adapted too quickly. Naturally,

997
00:47:28,920 --> 00:47:32,000
Speaker 4: you just know more about ball and you know, I'm

998
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Speaker 4: very glad I had those experiences. They all built me

999
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Speaker 4: up to where I am today.

1000
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Speaker 18: But like I said, you.

1001
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Speaker 4: Know, there's more for me to learn and continue to grow,

1002
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Speaker 4: and I look forward to bringing what I got to

1003
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Speaker 4: the table. But then also you know that growth that

1004
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Speaker 4: I'm gonna make.

1005
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Speaker 3: Hey, Dylan, congratulations. Brand's leadership has.

1006
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Speaker 26: Been talking about, you know, open competition for starting quarterback

1007
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Speaker 26: with you know, veterans Joe Flacco. Can you Pickett here?

1008
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Speaker 26: What are your expectations for how you might fit into that?

1009
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Speaker 18: Yeah?

1010
00:48:02,239 --> 00:48:06,000
Speaker 4: I think for me, you know, my definite expectation to

1011
00:48:06,120 --> 00:48:08,960
Speaker 4: just creating value and creating impact, you know, and that's

1012
00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:11,160
Speaker 4: wherever I've been. You know, I only know how to

1013
00:48:11,160 --> 00:48:13,759
Speaker 4: be the starter, but I also know that, you know,

1014
00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:16,360
Speaker 4: a healthy quarterback room is important, and being able to

1015
00:48:16,360 --> 00:48:20,000
Speaker 4: compete day in and day out is naturally what happens

1016
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Speaker 4: and part of what we do. But I look forward to,

1017
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Speaker 4: you know, whatever I walk into and being able to

1018
00:48:26,719 --> 00:48:29,040
Speaker 4: get around the guys and and like I said, creating

1019
00:48:29,040 --> 00:48:31,719
Speaker 4: and that create value in anything in every way I can.

1020
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Speaker 10: Dylan, obviously, quarterback is a position of need for the

1021
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:39,920
Speaker 10: Cleveland Browns, and you talked about the competition with Joe Flacco?

1022
00:48:40,080 --> 00:48:42,839
Speaker 10: Can you Pickett this summer? So for you, I mean

1023
00:48:42,840 --> 00:48:45,440
Speaker 10: that that comes with some pressure. How do you anticipate

1024
00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:50,200
Speaker 10: handling that and what makes you a good fit for

1025
00:48:50,400 --> 00:48:51,600
Speaker 10: handling that kind of pressure.

1026
00:48:52,760 --> 00:48:54,759
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm built for it. You know, I've done this

1027
00:48:54,800 --> 00:48:56,680
Speaker 4: all my life. I've been playing quarterback from a young

1028
00:48:56,719 --> 00:48:59,719
Speaker 4: age and has stepped into you know, top tier programs

1029
00:48:59,719 --> 00:49:03,120
Speaker 4: that demand success, you know. So I'm built for this.

1030
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Speaker 4: I'm ready for it. It's the new challenge. And although

1031
00:49:06,320 --> 00:49:08,279
Speaker 4: there's unknown and it may be a first time for

1032
00:49:08,360 --> 00:49:11,719
Speaker 4: me in terms of being in the NFL. You know,

1033
00:49:12,239 --> 00:49:16,040
Speaker 4: I think just my ability to adapt in college and

1034
00:49:16,680 --> 00:49:19,880
Speaker 4: be around a team and you know, different teams in

1035
00:49:19,920 --> 00:49:22,760
Speaker 4: that way allows you to be able to adapt quickly

1036
00:49:22,840 --> 00:49:25,960
Speaker 4: and know, you know, naturally when you walk into a building,

1037
00:49:26,000 --> 00:49:28,000
Speaker 4: you got to be prepared. You get to earn daily

1038
00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:30,640
Speaker 4: influence from your teammates, and then that allows you to

1039
00:49:30,680 --> 00:49:33,520
Speaker 4: continue to challenge. So for me, Press there is a

1040
00:49:33,560 --> 00:49:35,040
Speaker 4: lot of fun that's that you look forward to as

1041
00:49:35,040 --> 00:49:37,560
Speaker 4: a competitor and you run towards it.

1042
00:49:38,320 --> 00:49:42,040
Speaker 5: Hey, John, I know you said this is it played

1043
00:49:42,040 --> 00:49:44,640
Speaker 5: out perfectly you winding up with the Browns, But how

1044
00:49:44,680 --> 00:49:47,120
Speaker 5: were the last couple of days like for you is

1045
00:49:47,160 --> 00:49:49,840
Speaker 5: you watched everything on fold, didn't know where you're going

1046
00:49:49,880 --> 00:49:53,240
Speaker 5: to go, and you and the rest of the quarterbacks,

1047
00:49:53,239 --> 00:49:55,520
Speaker 5: obviously it's a huge talking point with the draft. What

1048
00:49:55,560 --> 00:49:57,799
Speaker 5: are you thinking as all these pigs go off the board?

1049
00:49:59,520 --> 00:50:01,960
Speaker 4: Yeah? I think for me, I'm at peace knowing that

1050
00:50:02,920 --> 00:50:06,000
Speaker 4: each situation is different and everyone's got their own journey,

1051
00:50:06,440 --> 00:50:09,640
Speaker 4: And for me, I had trust in my journey. And

1052
00:50:10,120 --> 00:50:13,720
Speaker 4: you know, I've been living this journey as a player

1053
00:50:14,160 --> 00:50:17,400
Speaker 4: for myself, and there's consistent talks about who I am

1054
00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:17,920
Speaker 4: as a player.

1055
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Speaker 18: How you know it'll.

1056
00:50:19,160 --> 00:50:21,839
Speaker 4: Translate in that sense, but I continue to prove it.

1057
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Speaker 4: And for me, it's a production based business and producing

1058
00:50:27,360 --> 00:50:30,799
Speaker 4: and getting results is my way of life. So I'm

1059
00:50:30,840 --> 00:50:34,000
Speaker 4: excited to continue to prove it, you know. And whatever

1060
00:50:34,160 --> 00:50:36,399
Speaker 4: was going to happen, and you know, obviously we're here now,

1061
00:50:37,160 --> 00:50:39,520
Speaker 4: I was at piece of it, knowing that God's got

1062
00:50:39,520 --> 00:50:41,600
Speaker 4: a plan, and I just want to stay close to

1063
00:50:41,800 --> 00:50:42,840
Speaker 4: the path you have set up for me.

1064
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Speaker 15: Jillan, I remember talking to you at the Senior Bowl

1065
00:50:47,760 --> 00:50:51,920
Speaker 15: and being really struck just by how incredibly confident you

1066
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Speaker 15: are in your game and in yourself, and you know,

1067
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Speaker 15: it's different than most rookies, it seems to me. But

1068
00:51:00,680 --> 00:51:05,319
Speaker 15: my question is with you coming in here and competing

1069
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Speaker 15: with not only Kenny, but with a Super Bowl MVP

1070
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Speaker 15: who's heading into his eighteenth season and has played a

1071
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Speaker 15: million games, just how do you approach that from a

1072
00:51:18,840 --> 00:51:24,080
Speaker 15: confidence standpoint and not be rattled or let that moment

1073
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Speaker 15: be too big for you?

1074
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Speaker 4: For sure? Well, Number one, they're my teammates now, you know,

1075
00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:31,719
Speaker 4: and I've got a level of respect for my teammates

1076
00:51:31,840 --> 00:51:34,279
Speaker 4: and being able to build that, and that's going to

1077
00:51:34,280 --> 00:51:36,440
Speaker 4: happen from day one. You got to build that and

1078
00:51:36,480 --> 00:51:40,120
Speaker 4: put time in and build trust. But two, I'm confident

1079
00:51:40,120 --> 00:51:43,080
Speaker 4: in my abilities. You know, I know what my strengths are.

1080
00:51:43,800 --> 00:51:45,520
Speaker 4: I know what I'm able to do. I know what

1081
00:51:45,640 --> 00:51:47,319
Speaker 4: I bring to the table, and I'm confident in that.

1082
00:51:48,200 --> 00:51:51,080
Speaker 4: But also know that I'm a sponge. I can learn

1083
00:51:51,120 --> 00:51:54,440
Speaker 4: from anyone, you know, and that's Joe or another rookie

1084
00:51:54,440 --> 00:51:57,959
Speaker 4: that's coming in with me. So in either way, I'm

1085
00:51:58,000 --> 00:52:01,080
Speaker 4: just excited to learn. I'm excited to grow, but I'm

1086
00:52:01,080 --> 00:52:04,360
Speaker 4: also excited to compete because, like I said, it's a

1087
00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:07,759
Speaker 4: business about results and that's what I've been focused on

1088
00:52:07,920 --> 00:52:10,520
Speaker 4: I want to win, and that's what I'm going to

1089
00:52:10,520 --> 00:52:11,480
Speaker 4: continue pride myself on.

1090
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Speaker 5: Hey, Dan, are you bothered when people focus on your height?

1091
00:52:15,760 --> 00:52:18,759
Speaker 5: And you know, Kevin Spansky said, it's not ideal, but

1092
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Speaker 5: you've been able to overcome it and be really productive.

1093
00:52:21,440 --> 00:52:22,520
Speaker 3: How have you been able to do that?

1094
00:52:23,719 --> 00:52:23,919
Speaker 19: Yeah?

1095
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Speaker 18: You know, I think.

1096
00:52:26,080 --> 00:52:29,800
Speaker 4: This whole time, you know, my journey, everyone has.

1097
00:52:29,640 --> 00:52:30,640
Speaker 18: Focused on limitations.

1098
00:52:30,719 --> 00:52:34,720
Speaker 4: Naturally, people do that, you know, But that's why it's

1099
00:52:34,920 --> 00:52:35,840
Speaker 4: a game of producing.

1100
00:52:35,960 --> 00:52:36,960
Speaker 18: It's my way of life.

1101
00:52:37,760 --> 00:52:39,640
Speaker 4: It's how I've had to live, which is producing on

1102
00:52:39,680 --> 00:52:42,759
Speaker 4: a high level in order to make sure that, you know,

1103
00:52:42,800 --> 00:52:45,960
Speaker 4: my play is respected on a certain level. And for me,

1104
00:52:47,640 --> 00:52:51,359
Speaker 4: I'm playing against these first and second round, third round

1105
00:52:51,400 --> 00:52:53,680
Speaker 4: picks that I'm seeing off the board, so I'm excited

1106
00:52:53,680 --> 00:52:57,279
Speaker 4: to continue compete against them, but also knowing that I've

1107
00:52:57,280 --> 00:52:59,279
Speaker 4: played against these guests, you know, and at the end

1108
00:52:59,280 --> 00:52:59,680
Speaker 4: of the day.

1109
00:52:59,600 --> 00:53:00,799
Speaker 18: It's eleven on eleven.

1110
00:53:01,800 --> 00:53:04,239
Speaker 4: How decisive are you? You know? How can you steed

1111
00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:08,239
Speaker 4: up your processing? Can you be deadly accurate? And that's

1112
00:53:08,280 --> 00:53:11,759
Speaker 4: all stuff that translates to the NFL. So that's what

1113
00:53:11,760 --> 00:53:14,440
Speaker 4: I'm focused on. And like I said, he's got to

1114
00:53:14,480 --> 00:53:17,040
Speaker 4: continue to grow. It's a game of getting better as well,

1115
00:53:17,480 --> 00:53:20,520
Speaker 4: and that's what I've continued to do at each stopped.

1116
00:53:20,600 --> 00:53:24,560
Speaker 1: Finally, general manager Andrew Berry and head coach Kevin Stefanski,

1117
00:53:24,600 --> 00:53:27,000
Speaker 1: who discussed their four picks on night two.

1118
00:53:27,080 --> 00:53:30,680
Speaker 28: So busy Friday night for us this year. I'm really

1119
00:53:30,680 --> 00:53:32,239
Speaker 28: excited about the four guys that we added to the

1120
00:53:32,320 --> 00:53:35,640
Speaker 28: roster this evening. Maybe give you kind of a quick

1121
00:53:35,680 --> 00:53:39,680
Speaker 28: hitter on each player. So first with Carson, I think

1122
00:53:39,719 --> 00:53:42,560
Speaker 28: you guys know our history here is we haven't necessarily

1123
00:53:42,600 --> 00:53:45,120
Speaker 28: invested a ton of resources, you know, in the off

1124
00:53:45,120 --> 00:53:49,200
Speaker 28: the ball linebacker room, with really Jeremiah being the notable exception.

1125
00:53:49,239 --> 00:53:53,080
Speaker 28: In twenty twenty one, we felt like Carson was a

1126
00:53:53,080 --> 00:53:57,960
Speaker 28: pretty unique player at the position. Fast athletic, really good

1127
00:53:57,960 --> 00:54:01,279
Speaker 28: in the passing game, he can blitz, and he's he's

1128
00:54:01,320 --> 00:54:04,399
Speaker 28: super smart and aggressive. We felt like he was really

1129
00:54:04,440 --> 00:54:08,520
Speaker 28: another modern day archetype at the position, and we really

1130
00:54:08,560 --> 00:54:11,719
Speaker 28: felt like he could really elevate that position groom, you know,

1131
00:54:11,719 --> 00:54:13,799
Speaker 28: if we can get into his potential at maturity. So

1132
00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:16,279
Speaker 28: we really excited to add him to the team with

1133
00:54:16,440 --> 00:54:20,160
Speaker 28: Q you know, rugged run style. I'm sure a lot

1134
00:54:20,200 --> 00:54:22,200
Speaker 28: of people in this room have seen him at at

1135
00:54:22,200 --> 00:54:28,360
Speaker 28: Ohio State this year. Really a bell cow, versatile runner

1136
00:54:28,400 --> 00:54:31,000
Speaker 28: who can run through you, run by you, run around you.

1137
00:54:31,920 --> 00:54:33,920
Speaker 28: We're really excited to have him available to us at

1138
00:54:33,920 --> 00:54:37,600
Speaker 28: the thirty six pick with Harold. He's really kind of

1139
00:54:37,600 --> 00:54:39,759
Speaker 28: the queen on the chessboard. He's a really good ball

1140
00:54:39,800 --> 00:54:44,240
Speaker 28: in hand player, can separate as a pass catcher despite

1141
00:54:44,280 --> 00:54:46,640
Speaker 28: being a little bit under size. He's really a good

1142
00:54:46,680 --> 00:54:49,880
Speaker 28: movement style blocker, and he fits perfectly in terms of,

1143
00:54:50,400 --> 00:54:52,800
Speaker 28: you know, what Kevin and Tommy want to do philosophically

1144
00:54:52,840 --> 00:54:53,560
Speaker 28: on the offense.

1145
00:54:54,440 --> 00:54:55,040
Speaker 3: And then Dylan.

1146
00:54:56,200 --> 00:54:57,640
Speaker 28: You know, we spent a lot of time with Dylan

1147
00:54:57,640 --> 00:55:00,000
Speaker 28: throughout this process. You know, brought him in right out

1148
00:55:00,080 --> 00:55:02,839
Speaker 28: to the combine. You know, did obviously the private visit

1149
00:55:02,880 --> 00:55:07,920
Speaker 28: and workouts out in Eugene. Decorated college career, very accurate,

1150
00:55:08,120 --> 00:55:12,160
Speaker 28: very poised throws with the anticipation, good mobility. We just

1151
00:55:12,160 --> 00:55:15,239
Speaker 28: thought he had a really well rounded game. And the

1152
00:55:15,239 --> 00:55:16,920
Speaker 28: biggest negative that you can say about him is like

1153
00:55:16,920 --> 00:55:19,279
Speaker 28: he doesn't have ideal hype. But that's not something that

1154
00:55:19,320 --> 00:55:21,279
Speaker 28: we felt like showed up in his game or his

1155
00:55:21,320 --> 00:55:25,399
Speaker 28: film at UCF Oklahoma, and certainly not at Oregon this year.

1156
00:55:25,480 --> 00:55:27,719
Speaker 28: So we're really excited to add these these young guys

1157
00:55:27,719 --> 00:55:30,560
Speaker 28: to the room and excuse me, to the roster.

1158
00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:32,560
Speaker 3: With that'll open up for questions.

1159
00:55:32,280 --> 00:55:35,560
Speaker 29: Andrew, you know, throughout this entire dat process, you've talked

1160
00:55:35,560 --> 00:55:40,239
Speaker 29: about volume and maximizing the volume the picks. Yeah, you've

1161
00:55:40,239 --> 00:55:43,520
Speaker 29: talked about this entire process about maximizing value. At ninety

1162
00:55:43,520 --> 00:55:46,279
Speaker 29: four with Traudeur Sanders still on the board, a guy

1163
00:55:46,320 --> 00:55:48,239
Speaker 29: that you spent a lot of time with, why was

1164
00:55:48,280 --> 00:55:49,640
Speaker 29: the value not there to take him?

1165
00:55:49,680 --> 00:55:52,240
Speaker 3: And at quarterback take Dylan? Yeah.

1166
00:55:52,280 --> 00:55:55,680
Speaker 28: You know, like I said, we really felt strongly about uh,

1167
00:55:55,920 --> 00:55:59,000
Speaker 28: you know, Dylan throughout this process. You think he's a

1168
00:55:59,120 --> 00:56:02,040
Speaker 28: he's a he's a really strong, really really good prospect.

1169
00:56:03,280 --> 00:56:03,440
Speaker 22: You know.

1170
00:56:03,480 --> 00:56:04,759
Speaker 28: That's not to say that we didn't meet with other

1171
00:56:04,880 --> 00:56:08,439
Speaker 28: quarterbacks that thought we thought were you know, really talented

1172
00:56:08,480 --> 00:56:11,480
Speaker 28: players and good people. But you know, we felt wrong

1173
00:56:11,520 --> 00:56:13,480
Speaker 28: about Dolan. We think he's an excellent player, and you know,

1174
00:56:13,480 --> 00:56:16,440
Speaker 28: felt like he was the most supportriate player to pick, but.

1175
00:56:16,520 --> 00:56:21,800
Speaker 22: For both looking at Dylan's numbers, more than twenty career

1176
00:56:21,840 --> 00:56:26,000
Speaker 22: passing attempts but only thirty two interceptions, kind of going

1177
00:56:26,000 --> 00:56:29,400
Speaker 22: back kevinuntil you talking about taking care of the football.

1178
00:56:29,440 --> 00:56:31,520
Speaker 22: How much of that when you looked at his game

1179
00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:34,080
Speaker 22: and talking you know, how much of that you know

1180
00:56:34,280 --> 00:56:36,080
Speaker 22: was was part of the evaluation with it.

1181
00:56:37,360 --> 00:56:38,359
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, like.

1182
00:56:38,360 --> 00:56:41,640
Speaker 30: Abe said, Chris, it's such a when you're looking at

1183
00:56:41,719 --> 00:56:44,200
Speaker 30: any position, you're looking at so many things in total,

1184
00:56:44,239 --> 00:56:46,719
Speaker 30: but certainly when you bring up those that amount of

1185
00:56:46,719 --> 00:56:50,480
Speaker 30: attempts versus those interceptions, that's a speaks to the quarterbacks

1186
00:56:50,520 --> 00:56:52,799
Speaker 30: decision making. So that's certainly one of the things that

1187
00:56:52,840 --> 00:56:55,799
Speaker 30: you're excited about with watching Dylan, with being around him,

1188
00:56:55,880 --> 00:56:58,840
Speaker 30: understanding how he thinks about the game and understands how

1189
00:56:58,880 --> 00:56:59,800
Speaker 30: to take care of the football.

1190
00:57:00,520 --> 00:57:03,880
Speaker 15: Can maybe both of you address how much time you

1191
00:57:03,920 --> 00:57:07,120
Speaker 15: guys spent with him at the Senior Bowl and you know,

1192
00:57:07,239 --> 00:57:09,640
Speaker 15: having Jacques there coaching the team that he was on,

1193
00:57:09,719 --> 00:57:12,680
Speaker 15: and also having Bubba there, how much did that give

1194
00:57:12,680 --> 00:57:14,680
Speaker 15: you a little head start on on the email?

1195
00:57:15,080 --> 00:57:19,480
Speaker 28: Yeah, I'd say, you know, for really all of our projects,

1196
00:57:19,480 --> 00:57:21,360
Speaker 28: we try and get as many touch points as possible.

1197
00:57:21,960 --> 00:57:24,440
Speaker 28: I think I'd mentioned in my pre draft press are

1198
00:57:24,560 --> 00:57:27,800
Speaker 28: just you know why we think with the quarterback position,

1199
00:57:28,720 --> 00:57:30,400
Speaker 28: you know, the additional time, the additional in verse and

1200
00:57:30,480 --> 00:57:31,240
Speaker 28: visits are important.

1201
00:57:31,280 --> 00:57:33,240
Speaker 3: So with Dylan obviously has a.

1202
00:57:33,240 --> 00:57:35,760
Speaker 28: Lot of college film in a in a number of

1203
00:57:35,760 --> 00:57:38,680
Speaker 28: different environments, in different offensive systems. You see him for

1204
00:57:38,720 --> 00:57:40,480
Speaker 28: the full week at the Senior Bowl where he's just

1205
00:57:40,560 --> 00:57:42,320
Speaker 28: kind of thrown into the mixed new offense.

1206
00:57:42,440 --> 00:57:44,400
Speaker 3: See that he really passes that test.

1207
00:57:45,280 --> 00:57:47,840
Speaker 28: You see him, meet with him, you know, you know

1208
00:57:47,920 --> 00:57:50,880
Speaker 28: at the combine, we bring him in the you know,

1209
00:57:50,920 --> 00:57:52,720
Speaker 28: I guess what three days after the combine ends for

1210
00:57:52,840 --> 00:57:55,640
Speaker 28: the top thirty visits, go out and see him in

1211
00:57:55,680 --> 00:57:58,520
Speaker 28: Eugene and you know, do the private workout and visit

1212
00:57:58,560 --> 00:57:59,000
Speaker 28: and everything.

1213
00:57:59,040 --> 00:57:59,760
Speaker 3: So we felt like we.

1214
00:57:59,720 --> 00:58:04,000
Speaker 28: Had a really strong feeling of what we believe to

1215
00:58:04,040 --> 00:58:06,800
Speaker 28: be his strengths and weaknesses throughout the process and got

1216
00:58:06,800 --> 00:58:08,280
Speaker 28: to know him really well, like a lot of the other.

1217
00:58:08,280 --> 00:58:11,880
Speaker 19: Quarterbacks in this classy Kevin, you get answer this when

1218
00:58:11,880 --> 00:58:15,840
Speaker 19: you talk to these guys in these interviews. What kind

1219
00:58:15,840 --> 00:58:19,240
Speaker 19: of read do you get on how receptive a player

1220
00:58:19,280 --> 00:58:22,320
Speaker 19: will be to learning, like he'll have to be learning

1221
00:58:22,360 --> 00:58:24,680
Speaker 19: under Joe and Kenny Pickett.

1222
00:58:25,360 --> 00:58:27,320
Speaker 30: I think every single one of our guys that we

1223
00:58:27,360 --> 00:58:31,800
Speaker 30: bring in Jeff understand that they're rookies and they have

1224
00:58:31,840 --> 00:58:34,840
Speaker 30: work to do. No different than any position. And I

1225
00:58:34,880 --> 00:58:38,320
Speaker 30: think you know AaB's point just about these four guys

1226
00:58:38,320 --> 00:58:42,400
Speaker 30: that we're bringing in tonight and at Mason from it

1227
00:58:42,640 --> 00:58:46,440
Speaker 30: was that yesterday. These are good players, These are good people.

1228
00:58:46,760 --> 00:58:49,560
Speaker 30: These are people that we want in our building. We

1229
00:58:49,600 --> 00:58:52,800
Speaker 30: want them to we want to embrace them into what

1230
00:58:52,840 --> 00:58:53,360
Speaker 30: we believe.

1231
00:58:54,080 --> 00:58:57,160
Speaker 3: But they are certainly made of the right stuff.

1232
00:58:57,800 --> 00:59:01,600
Speaker 30: And part of that, to your question, Jeff, being made

1233
00:59:01,640 --> 00:59:04,880
Speaker 30: of a you know, having that makeup where they're not

1234
00:59:04,880 --> 00:59:06,200
Speaker 30: finished products and they know they have a.

1235
00:59:06,200 --> 00:59:06,960
Speaker 3: Lot to learn.

1236
00:59:07,480 --> 00:59:10,760
Speaker 30: They'd be very very smart all these guys to learn

1237
00:59:10,800 --> 00:59:12,160
Speaker 30: from these veterans in the building.

1238
00:59:13,360 --> 00:59:15,360
Speaker 5: I get one for each of you guys, Andrew, when

1239
00:59:15,400 --> 00:59:18,840
Speaker 5: you're watching quarterbacks go off the board, like, was Dylan

1240
00:59:18,880 --> 00:59:21,200
Speaker 5: a guy that you kind of targeted at this spot

1241
00:59:21,840 --> 00:59:23,520
Speaker 5: the whole time? Or like, how did that kind of

1242
00:59:23,520 --> 00:59:25,080
Speaker 5: play out as you're watching the other guys.

1243
00:59:24,840 --> 00:59:28,240
Speaker 3: Go Yeah, No, he was, you know, really really he was.

1244
00:59:28,360 --> 00:59:31,200
Speaker 28: He was among the shortlist of players that we were considering,

1245
00:59:31,600 --> 00:59:33,440
Speaker 28: you know, well before the draft at this at this

1246
00:59:33,480 --> 00:59:34,959
Speaker 28: potic Scott, Yeah.

1247
00:59:34,640 --> 00:59:37,160
Speaker 5: And Kevin, how do you evaluate the what Andrew called

1248
00:59:37,160 --> 00:59:40,680
Speaker 5: the lack of ideal height for a quarterback in this league.

1249
00:59:41,360 --> 00:59:42,240
Speaker 3: It's a good question.

1250
00:59:42,600 --> 00:59:45,680
Speaker 30: Obviously, there's guys that have come before Dylan. There are

1251
00:59:45,720 --> 00:59:48,080
Speaker 30: guys that come after him that don't have the quote

1252
00:59:48,160 --> 00:59:51,680
Speaker 30: unquote ideal heights. But he's hasn't held him back in

1253
00:59:51,720 --> 00:59:54,120
Speaker 30: his career. You know, he's been that hype for a

1254
00:59:54,120 --> 00:59:56,439
Speaker 30: long time. He finds a way to get it done,

1255
00:59:56,440 --> 01:00:00,680
Speaker 30: and you know that's so important. There's quarterbacks different shapes

1256
01:00:00,680 --> 01:00:02,040
Speaker 30: and sizes. You have to be able to move in

1257
01:00:02,040 --> 01:00:03,440
Speaker 30: the pocket, you have to feel the pocket, you have

1258
01:00:03,480 --> 01:00:06,040
Speaker 30: to find throwing lanes, you have to change ourm angles.

1259
01:00:06,400 --> 01:00:08,920
Speaker 3: All that comes innately, I.

1260
01:00:08,880 --> 01:00:12,040
Speaker 30: Think to players based on how they've kind of played

1261
01:00:12,040 --> 01:00:13,200
Speaker 30: the game their whole life.

1262
01:00:15,040 --> 01:00:19,360
Speaker 7: Than their Andrew. Just two things about Gabriel, First, just

1263
01:00:19,400 --> 01:00:22,920
Speaker 7: coming and it seems an older player six years experienced,

1264
01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:28,000
Speaker 7: twenty four years old coming under that. But also just

1265
01:00:28,080 --> 01:00:33,480
Speaker 7: before him, Milroe went to Seattle totally different styles. Obviously

1266
01:00:33,640 --> 01:00:36,800
Speaker 7: was Milroe among the considerations at that pick.

1267
01:00:37,040 --> 01:00:39,160
Speaker 28: So for your first ones, it probably goes back to

1268
01:00:39,320 --> 01:00:41,400
Speaker 28: when you ask about the h thing before the draft,

1269
01:00:41,520 --> 01:00:44,400
Speaker 28: like that's that's a that can be a factor in

1270
01:00:44,720 --> 01:00:48,680
Speaker 28: a prospect's profile. But there's no single like eliminator, like

1271
01:00:49,200 --> 01:00:50,800
Speaker 28: you know, every prospect is going to have strengths and

1272
01:00:50,840 --> 01:00:54,800
Speaker 28: weaknesses in their profile. Probably age with quarterback, there's a

1273
01:00:54,800 --> 01:00:57,640
Speaker 28: little bit more fluidity with that, honestly, Tony and I

1274
01:00:57,640 --> 01:01:00,479
Speaker 28: think also the difference is, like you think of age

1275
01:01:01,360 --> 01:01:03,840
Speaker 28: in the context of their college career. So like with Dylan,

1276
01:01:04,440 --> 01:01:06,760
Speaker 28: the guys played football been a starting quarterback since he's

1277
01:01:06,800 --> 01:01:09,040
Speaker 28: been eighteen years old. You know, in college football, this

1278
01:01:09,080 --> 01:01:12,040
Speaker 28: is not a player who you know, it took several

1279
01:01:12,080 --> 01:01:13,840
Speaker 28: years for him to become the starter, and you know,

1280
01:01:13,920 --> 01:01:15,600
Speaker 28: didn't you know, didn't become the starter un till he

1281
01:01:15,680 --> 01:01:17,240
Speaker 28: was was an older college senior.

1282
01:01:18,040 --> 01:01:18,680
Speaker 3: So we we did.

1283
01:01:18,760 --> 01:01:21,480
Speaker 28: We didn't feel like that was a major detriment in

1284
01:01:21,560 --> 01:01:23,600
Speaker 28: terms of his in terms of his UH, in terms

1285
01:01:23,600 --> 01:01:25,800
Speaker 28: of his profile, and in terms of jail And we

1286
01:01:25,840 --> 01:01:27,200
Speaker 28: spent a lot of time with him obviously knew him

1287
01:01:27,200 --> 01:01:29,800
Speaker 28: really well, know him really well from Tommy's experience in Alabama.

1288
01:01:29,840 --> 01:01:33,840
Speaker 28: You're right, very different styles. But we've always said with

1289
01:01:33,880 --> 01:01:38,000
Speaker 28: the quarterback position, like our view is, we want to

1290
01:01:38,000 --> 01:01:42,960
Speaker 28: make sure that we build around that player according to

1291
01:01:42,960 --> 01:01:48,040
Speaker 28: their strengths. So Jalen straints are very different than other prospects.

1292
01:01:47,680 --> 01:01:48,160
Speaker 3: In the class.

1293
01:01:48,160 --> 01:01:51,440
Speaker 28: Straints, you know, if we had selected him, you know,

1294
01:01:51,480 --> 01:01:53,400
Speaker 28: we would have build a built an offense that we

1295
01:01:53,400 --> 01:01:55,360
Speaker 28: thought was appropriate for his strengths, and you know, we

1296
01:01:55,360 --> 01:01:57,240
Speaker 28: would do the same for for any quarterback.

1297
01:01:56,840 --> 01:01:57,440
Speaker 11: In the room.

1298
01:01:58,160 --> 01:02:02,200
Speaker 10: Speaking of building around him, this was a skill player's kind.

1299
01:02:02,080 --> 01:02:02,720
Speaker 13: Of day for you guys.

1300
01:02:02,760 --> 01:02:05,480
Speaker 10: You said Day two is a sweet spot for the draft.

1301
01:02:05,600 --> 01:02:09,400
Speaker 10: So for you, what did you maybe like about what

1302
01:02:09,440 --> 01:02:12,400
Speaker 10: this draft offered and how do you envision these editions

1303
01:02:12,760 --> 01:02:15,760
Speaker 10: coming into what you hope is another revamped offense this year.

1304
01:02:16,440 --> 01:02:19,200
Speaker 28: Yeah, so I guess I'll go with the last part

1305
01:02:19,240 --> 01:02:23,920
Speaker 28: of your question, Cam. You know, with with Q, we

1306
01:02:23,960 --> 01:02:26,320
Speaker 28: feel like he's just a very well rounded back and

1307
01:02:26,360 --> 01:02:28,880
Speaker 28: we've we've obviously been spoiled over the past couple of years,

1308
01:02:28,960 --> 01:02:32,360
Speaker 28: you know, particularly with with Nick and Kareem, and we

1309
01:02:32,400 --> 01:02:35,080
Speaker 28: feel like he is he is very much in that

1310
01:02:35,200 --> 01:02:37,640
Speaker 28: mold in terms of skill set, not necessarily saying that

1311
01:02:37,680 --> 01:02:39,920
Speaker 28: he's going to with certainty to develop into one of

1312
01:02:39,960 --> 01:02:40,440
Speaker 28: those players.

1313
01:02:40,480 --> 01:02:41,200
Speaker 3: We certainly hope.

1314
01:02:41,040 --> 01:02:43,440
Speaker 28: That's the case, but we think that he can he

1315
01:02:43,480 --> 01:02:46,360
Speaker 28: can be a bellcow runner that can can really carry

1316
01:02:46,400 --> 01:02:49,480
Speaker 28: the load for us. And then Harold like he's he's

1317
01:02:49,480 --> 01:02:53,720
Speaker 28: a mismatch piece for us. In terms of how you know,

1318
01:02:53,760 --> 01:02:56,240
Speaker 28: defenses are going to have to account for, you know,

1319
01:02:56,320 --> 01:02:58,200
Speaker 28: him and David on the field when we're in twelve

1320
01:02:58,200 --> 01:03:01,640
Speaker 28: personnel and you know whether he he's split out, whether

1321
01:03:01,640 --> 01:03:03,960
Speaker 28: he's in a traditional alignment, whether he's in the backfield.

1322
01:03:04,040 --> 01:03:06,680
Speaker 28: Like he gives us that flexibility for Kevin and Tommy

1323
01:03:06,680 --> 01:03:08,800
Speaker 28: to be really creative in terms of how they design

1324
01:03:10,200 --> 01:03:14,200
Speaker 28: personnel packages, formations and ultimately scheme up the run and

1325
01:03:14,280 --> 01:03:17,120
Speaker 28: pass game. And in terms of terms of Dylan, I

1326
01:03:17,160 --> 01:03:19,640
Speaker 28: kind of touched on him already, but you know that's

1327
01:03:19,640 --> 01:03:20,440
Speaker 28: how we would view it.

1328
01:03:21,360 --> 01:03:25,320
Speaker 6: A question for both first free Andrew and then I

1329
01:03:25,320 --> 01:03:31,520
Speaker 6: have one for you to Kevin with Carson Andrew, did

1330
01:03:31,600 --> 01:03:33,600
Speaker 6: Jim give you a bear hug when you drafted him

1331
01:03:33,600 --> 01:03:36,640
Speaker 6: and you mentioned you're open, like you guys haven't spent

1332
01:03:36,720 --> 01:03:40,040
Speaker 6: a lot of draft capital on that particular position. What

1333
01:03:40,120 --> 01:03:44,919
Speaker 6: was it about him that you know had you using

1334
01:03:44,960 --> 01:03:46,960
Speaker 6: that thirty third pick on him?

1335
01:03:47,080 --> 01:03:52,600
Speaker 28: Yeah, I think the biggest thing for us is guys

1336
01:03:52,800 --> 01:03:54,880
Speaker 28: on the at the off the ball linebacker position. For

1337
01:03:54,960 --> 01:03:59,400
Speaker 28: us to maybe go outside of the norm, we have

1338
01:03:59,480 --> 01:04:01,800
Speaker 28: to project the to be able to do something you know,

1339
01:04:01,880 --> 01:04:03,840
Speaker 28: special or well above average in.

1340
01:04:03,840 --> 01:04:04,480
Speaker 3: The passing game.

1341
01:04:04,680 --> 01:04:08,000
Speaker 28: And for Jeremiah that was really his ability as a blitzer.

1342
01:04:08,000 --> 01:04:09,360
Speaker 28: Like he was a he was a great run defender

1343
01:04:09,400 --> 01:04:10,920
Speaker 28: because he could you know, he could he can make

1344
01:04:11,000 --> 01:04:13,360
Speaker 28: plays behind the line of scrimmage and everything. But he

1345
01:04:13,480 --> 01:04:16,360
Speaker 28: was really special or is really specially I should say,

1346
01:04:16,360 --> 01:04:18,960
Speaker 28: as a blitzer. With Carson, his profiles maybe a little

1347
01:04:19,000 --> 01:04:22,400
Speaker 28: bit different in the fact that he showed himself to

1348
01:04:22,440 --> 01:04:25,280
Speaker 28: be a really strong coverage player, you know, whether man

1349
01:04:25,360 --> 01:04:28,320
Speaker 28: or his own. He very much like Jeremiah, He's very

1350
01:04:28,600 --> 01:04:30,120
Speaker 28: you know, very good in the in the run game,

1351
01:04:30,280 --> 01:04:34,280
Speaker 28: very instinctive, uh, you know, surefire tackler. But when we

1352
01:04:34,320 --> 01:04:37,280
Speaker 28: look at that position and if we're going to invest,

1353
01:04:37,360 --> 01:04:41,520
Speaker 28: you know, significant resources, it's hey, can this player contribute

1354
01:04:41,560 --> 01:04:42,880
Speaker 28: above and beyond on third down?

1355
01:04:43,680 --> 01:04:46,560
Speaker 6: And and for Kevin, with adding Harold to your tight

1356
01:04:46,640 --> 01:04:49,720
Speaker 6: end room, we know how I made your love tight ends.

1357
01:04:51,760 --> 01:04:53,840
Speaker 6: He really seemed to stand out in the in the

1358
01:04:53,880 --> 01:04:57,120
Speaker 6: big games against the bigger opponents. How much did that,

1359
01:04:57,280 --> 01:05:01,120
Speaker 6: you know, catch your eye? And when when you're those highlights,

1360
01:05:02,880 --> 01:05:05,840
Speaker 6: did that get you doing a little lobbying for form

1361
01:05:05,840 --> 01:05:06,360
Speaker 6: with Andrew?

1362
01:05:06,520 --> 01:05:09,960
Speaker 30: No lobbying, Yeah, I mean I think with Harold that

1363
01:05:10,080 --> 01:05:13,200
Speaker 30: the tape kind of speaks for itself. An extremely productive player.

1364
01:05:13,240 --> 01:05:15,680
Speaker 30: We did a lot of work on Harold. Uh, can

1365
01:05:15,680 --> 01:05:16,080
Speaker 30: I tell him?

1366
01:05:16,080 --> 01:05:18,720
Speaker 3: We went to do you get them? Where we where?

1367
01:05:18,720 --> 01:05:22,800
Speaker 30: We had the we had the lunch at Frickers, which

1368
01:05:22,840 --> 01:05:26,920
Speaker 30: was lovely. No, So did a ton of work on Harold.

1369
01:05:27,280 --> 01:05:28,800
Speaker 30: The tape jumps out like you said, I mean you

1370
01:05:28,800 --> 01:05:32,320
Speaker 30: watched Penn State, watched Texas A and m uh, he's

1371
01:05:32,360 --> 01:05:35,160
Speaker 30: a very productive player. Coach Loffler did an awesome job

1372
01:05:35,200 --> 01:05:38,280
Speaker 30: with him at Bowling Green, moving him around the board

1373
01:05:38,320 --> 01:05:41,640
Speaker 30: like a B said, like the Queen and chess and uh,

1374
01:05:41,680 --> 01:05:42,880
Speaker 30: he's very versatile.

1375
01:05:44,120 --> 01:05:44,840
Speaker 3: He's a young man.

1376
01:05:44,880 --> 01:05:47,280
Speaker 30: I think he's just twenty years old, so there's a

1377
01:05:47,280 --> 01:05:51,360
Speaker 30: lot of development there, but excited about the versatility that

1378
01:05:51,400 --> 01:05:51,880
Speaker 30: he brings.

1379
01:05:51,880 --> 01:05:52,959
Speaker 3: And and it's on tape.

1380
01:05:53,360 --> 01:05:56,320
Speaker 30: He really lines up all over like he's a wildcat quarterback.

1381
01:05:56,360 --> 01:05:58,720
Speaker 30: He's a that's a you know, he does a lot

1382
01:05:58,720 --> 01:06:00,680
Speaker 30: for the football team. And it's a young player that

1383
01:06:00,680 --> 01:06:01,200
Speaker 30: we feel like.

1384
01:06:01,120 --> 01:06:05,280
Speaker 28: In have you guys talked to Harold yet? It's just okay,

1385
01:06:05,280 --> 01:06:06,880
Speaker 28: Well when he comes here, next time you talk to him,

1386
01:06:06,880 --> 01:06:09,200
Speaker 28: ask him how he picked Frickers as the restaurant.

1387
01:06:09,320 --> 01:06:09,960
Speaker 3: Just ask him.

1388
01:06:10,080 --> 01:06:13,480
Speaker 12: Okay, Andrew, I had another Harold question actually along those

1389
01:06:13,520 --> 01:06:15,120
Speaker 12: lines of what Kevin was talking about with him being

1390
01:06:15,160 --> 01:06:17,960
Speaker 12: only twenty and that young, Like, was it similar to

1391
01:06:18,560 --> 01:06:20,960
Speaker 12: David you guys were evaluating him back then to think, Hey,

1392
01:06:20,960 --> 01:06:23,240
Speaker 12: this kid's not even going to be twenty one until

1393
01:06:23,320 --> 01:06:24,120
Speaker 12: a few months.

1394
01:06:23,880 --> 01:06:26,280
Speaker 28: From No, it's a it's a good observation, actually, I

1395
01:06:26,320 --> 01:06:31,040
Speaker 28: think so this maybe even kind of blends into your

1396
01:06:31,120 --> 01:06:32,600
Speaker 28: questions about you know, age, Tony.

1397
01:06:32,640 --> 01:06:35,560
Speaker 3: I think if you think oftentimes about.

1398
01:06:35,280 --> 01:06:39,360
Speaker 28: The top of the draft, it's it's like age combined

1399
01:06:39,400 --> 01:06:43,560
Speaker 28: with some form of early production and the physical characteristics

1400
01:06:43,560 --> 01:06:45,040
Speaker 28: for that player to be able to get on the

1401
01:06:45,040 --> 01:06:48,160
Speaker 28: field early enough to develop. And I think for Harold,

1402
01:06:48,240 --> 01:06:50,040
Speaker 28: the way we looked at it is like, Okay, here

1403
01:06:50,240 --> 01:06:55,800
Speaker 28: is a twenty year old pass catcher who's you know,

1404
01:06:55,840 --> 01:06:58,880
Speaker 28: playing a playing at a midted major and he's the

1405
01:06:59,000 --> 01:07:01,480
Speaker 28: guy that everybody knows how to has, knows how to

1406
01:07:01,560 --> 01:07:05,160
Speaker 28: excuse me, knows that they have to stop. And you know,

1407
01:07:05,200 --> 01:07:08,880
Speaker 28: whether he goes to college station or you know, at

1408
01:07:08,920 --> 01:07:11,560
Speaker 28: at Penn State, and he's the best player on the

1409
01:07:11,560 --> 01:07:15,040
Speaker 28: field like nobody, nobody at twenty years old, and he's

1410
01:07:15,080 --> 01:07:17,360
Speaker 28: the one person going in that two of the top

1411
01:07:17,400 --> 01:07:19,800
Speaker 28: defenses in college football have to stop. So like, yeah,

1412
01:07:19,840 --> 01:07:23,000
Speaker 28: that way is heavily there are very few you know,

1413
01:07:23,040 --> 01:07:25,000
Speaker 28: skill players that can do that at you know, later

1414
01:07:25,000 --> 01:07:26,520
Speaker 28: in their cause career. And for him to be able

1415
01:07:26,520 --> 01:07:29,640
Speaker 28: to do that, you know with you know, with uh

1416
01:07:29,720 --> 01:07:32,440
Speaker 28: maybe not a dynamic supporting cast, you know, at twenty

1417
01:07:32,480 --> 01:07:34,720
Speaker 28: years old, it's it's incredibly out a young twenty year

1418
01:07:34,720 --> 01:07:38,200
Speaker 28: olds at that it's it's very impressive. Again, it's not

1419
01:07:38,240 --> 01:07:41,040
Speaker 28: the end all be all, you know in terms of youth.

1420
01:07:41,120 --> 01:07:44,040
Speaker 28: But I guess think about it this way, like for

1421
01:07:44,120 --> 01:07:47,360
Speaker 28: him to do that at twenty you know, at Bowling Green,

1422
01:07:47,360 --> 01:07:50,840
Speaker 28: whereas if you think about an individual athlete who did that,

1423
01:07:51,000 --> 01:07:53,280
Speaker 28: what would have done that at twenty three at I

1424
01:07:53,320 --> 01:07:56,440
Speaker 28: don't know, LSU, Like there is some important context there

1425
01:07:56,440 --> 01:07:59,520
Speaker 28: in terms of, you know, the quality of the performance.

1426
01:07:59,560 --> 01:08:00,720
Speaker 3: So we do weigh that.

1427
01:08:00,920 --> 01:08:04,240
Speaker 28: It's not again it's not like it's the tonic shift

1428
01:08:04,240 --> 01:08:06,800
Speaker 28: in terms of how we would view the valuation, but

1429
01:08:06,960 --> 01:08:07,800
Speaker 28: it does mean something.

1430
01:08:09,600 --> 01:08:10,560
Speaker 11: This one's for you, Kevin.

1431
01:08:11,160 --> 01:08:15,040
Speaker 15: In talking to Dylan at the senior ball, he's obviously

1432
01:08:15,520 --> 01:08:18,639
Speaker 15: very very confident. He's played a ton of football. Well,

1433
01:08:18,680 --> 01:08:21,000
Speaker 15: he have a chance to come in here and compete

1434
01:08:21,040 --> 01:08:23,320
Speaker 15: for the starting job, just as much as Kenny will

1435
01:08:23,400 --> 01:08:24,800
Speaker 15: and just as much as Joe will.

1436
01:08:25,080 --> 01:08:28,040
Speaker 30: I think all of our players are competing for starting jobs,

1437
01:08:28,080 --> 01:08:31,719
Speaker 30: I think. But the most important part for any player

1438
01:08:31,760 --> 01:08:34,760
Speaker 30: walking into our building is really focusing on the work

1439
01:08:34,760 --> 01:08:36,800
Speaker 30: that's it's going to entail, Mary Kay, Because as you know,

1440
01:08:36,880 --> 01:08:39,479
Speaker 30: it's a lot coming at these guys early, so we'll

1441
01:08:39,479 --> 01:08:41,760
Speaker 30: get our hands on them in a couple of weekends

1442
01:08:41,840 --> 01:08:45,479
Speaker 30: at the Rookie Mini Camp, but we anticipate all of

1443
01:08:45,479 --> 01:08:48,599
Speaker 30: our players to carve out a role, whether that's as

1444
01:08:48,600 --> 01:08:50,920
Speaker 30: a starter, as a backup, And it's really no different here.

1445
01:08:51,280 --> 01:08:54,439
Speaker 15: And how will it? Will it present some challenges for

1446
01:08:54,479 --> 01:08:57,639
Speaker 15: you to divide up the quarterback reps. You've never really

1447
01:08:57,640 --> 01:08:59,040
Speaker 15: had to do that before quite.

1448
01:08:58,800 --> 01:09:01,760
Speaker 30: Like this, sure, I think gets over the course of

1449
01:09:01,840 --> 01:09:05,080
Speaker 30: time been around, and Tommy and Bill have been around

1450
01:09:05,240 --> 01:09:08,320
Speaker 30: examples where you have sometimes four guys, So there's there's

1451
01:09:08,400 --> 01:09:11,840
Speaker 30: ways to maximize reps. I would be the best way

1452
01:09:11,840 --> 01:09:16,200
Speaker 30: to put it. Let's go name then Tommy and Spencer

1453
01:09:16,240 --> 01:09:20,080
Speaker 30: and Kelsey and then Scott. See if we can remember

1454
01:09:20,120 --> 01:09:36,559
Speaker 30: that yuh.

1455
01:09:34,640 --> 01:09:39,160
Speaker 26: Hey, Andrew, I know that you know needs or perceived

1456
01:09:39,240 --> 01:09:43,040
Speaker 26: needs don't necessarily drive you know, you're thinking in a draft,

1457
01:09:43,080 --> 01:09:50,120
Speaker 26: but you know j Oka has an uncertain situation. Nick

1458
01:09:50,200 --> 01:09:53,479
Speaker 26: Chubb's not under contract, and David Nijok who has one

1459
01:09:53,520 --> 01:09:56,719
Speaker 26: year left on his deal. So to pick players on

1460
01:09:56,720 --> 01:10:01,120
Speaker 26: on Day two and those positions, uh, does that set

1461
01:10:01,160 --> 01:10:05,160
Speaker 26: you up for you know, however those situations may play out.

1462
01:10:05,240 --> 01:10:07,240
Speaker 26: Is it is that you know, when you think of

1463
01:10:07,640 --> 01:10:10,120
Speaker 26: one foot in the present one in the future. Is

1464
01:10:10,160 --> 01:10:11,559
Speaker 26: that what we're talking about here?

1465
01:10:11,720 --> 01:10:13,920
Speaker 28: Yeah, look, Nate, I think that's a I think that's

1466
01:10:13,960 --> 01:10:16,240
Speaker 28: a fair observation. Not to say that that's what drove

1467
01:10:16,320 --> 01:10:19,000
Speaker 28: the decisions or the or the strategy, but you do

1468
01:10:19,080 --> 01:10:21,080
Speaker 28: keep all those things in mind. I'd say it's less

1469
01:10:21,120 --> 01:10:24,000
Speaker 28: from a Okay, this is where we ended up going

1470
01:10:24,000 --> 01:10:26,400
Speaker 28: into the draft, but like holistically in the off season,

1471
01:10:26,439 --> 01:10:29,160
Speaker 28: as you like, as you enter February and you think, Okay,

1472
01:10:29,560 --> 01:10:31,479
Speaker 28: here's what we think we're gonna do in free agency.

1473
01:10:31,520 --> 01:10:32,400
Speaker 3: Here the strengths and the.

1474
01:10:32,320 --> 01:10:35,000
Speaker 28: Weaknesses of the draft class, how does that match up

1475
01:10:35,040 --> 01:10:37,920
Speaker 28: with the short and long term you know of the roster? Like, okay,

1476
01:10:37,960 --> 01:10:40,400
Speaker 28: no secret, this was gonna be a really strong running

1477
01:10:40,400 --> 01:10:42,799
Speaker 28: back class, right, Like everybody heard that going into the draft.

1478
01:10:43,720 --> 01:10:45,400
Speaker 28: You know, we thought it made sense for us to

1479
01:10:45,560 --> 01:10:48,240
Speaker 28: take a young back. You know, whether it was you

1480
01:10:48,280 --> 01:10:50,559
Speaker 28: had thirty six where we did, or you know later

1481
01:10:50,640 --> 01:10:54,160
Speaker 28: on and where you are in that room, does you know,

1482
01:10:54,240 --> 01:10:57,000
Speaker 28: does factor into it? Won't drive the decision, but it is.

1483
01:10:57,120 --> 01:10:58,560
Speaker 28: It is a part of the calculus.

1484
01:10:58,760 --> 01:10:59,280
Speaker 3: And then.

1485
01:11:00,800 --> 01:11:03,360
Speaker 26: Just one for you, Kevin, if you if you're in

1486
01:11:03,360 --> 01:11:07,200
Speaker 26: a situation where you're you're playing a rookie quarterback, just

1487
01:11:07,240 --> 01:11:10,120
Speaker 26: the fact that he's left handed, how much goes into that?

1488
01:11:10,200 --> 01:11:10,280
Speaker 6: If?

1489
01:11:10,439 --> 01:11:12,880
Speaker 3: If anything? Yeah, not a ton Nate.

1490
01:11:13,040 --> 01:11:18,320
Speaker 30: Uh, there's you know, the ball spirals a little bit differently,

1491
01:11:18,320 --> 01:11:21,519
Speaker 30: but you know there's been plenty of examples of guys

1492
01:11:21,560 --> 01:11:24,719
Speaker 30: and that have have done.

1493
01:11:24,560 --> 01:11:25,320
Speaker 3: It at a high level.

1494
01:11:26,400 --> 01:11:30,200
Speaker 7: Okay, Andrew, it seems everybody in the country is surprised

1495
01:11:30,840 --> 01:11:34,479
Speaker 7: what's happening to Shador except everybody in the NFL. So

1496
01:11:34,960 --> 01:11:37,639
Speaker 7: is what's happening to him being undrafted at this point

1497
01:11:37,880 --> 01:11:40,280
Speaker 7: coincide with your ranking of him?

1498
01:11:40,720 --> 01:11:43,960
Speaker 3: You know what I think it's I think it's.

1499
01:11:43,880 --> 01:11:47,639
Speaker 28: Unfair for me to to comment in in I guess,

1500
01:11:47,920 --> 01:11:49,720
Speaker 28: you know, maybe on behalf of the industry. All I

1501
01:11:49,760 --> 01:11:53,479
Speaker 28: can say is this you know, the time that we

1502
01:11:53,640 --> 01:11:57,479
Speaker 28: spent with Shador, you know, and what he's done throughout

1503
01:11:57,479 --> 01:12:00,240
Speaker 28: his college career is impressive. He's an impressive he's an

1504
01:12:00,240 --> 01:12:03,960
Speaker 28: impressive young man. He's a really he's a really good quarterback.

1505
01:12:05,160 --> 01:12:08,080
Speaker 28: You know, sometimes you know, fit comes into play. And

1506
01:12:08,120 --> 01:12:10,599
Speaker 28: I'd also say this, you know, there are there are

1507
01:12:10,600 --> 01:12:14,960
Speaker 28: four more rounds of the draft, and then maybe lastly

1508
01:12:15,040 --> 01:12:17,360
Speaker 28: it's it's it's less about where you get picked and

1509
01:12:17,479 --> 01:12:19,080
Speaker 28: what you do after you get picked. You know, that's

1510
01:12:19,120 --> 01:12:23,600
Speaker 28: the most that's really the most important thing. And you know,

1511
01:12:23,600 --> 01:12:26,040
Speaker 28: knowing getting to know him over the course of the spring, like,

1512
01:12:26,120 --> 01:12:28,760
Speaker 28: you know, he has a ton of resolve and I

1513
01:12:28,800 --> 01:12:29,320
Speaker 28: think he's.

1514
01:12:29,120 --> 01:12:32,120
Speaker 3: Gonna find himself in a really good spot. Kevin, this

1515
01:12:32,200 --> 01:12:33,040
Speaker 3: is fring more for you.

1516
01:12:33,840 --> 01:12:37,200
Speaker 16: But with with Quinn Sewn, Glenn sort of mentioned, you know,

1517
01:12:37,360 --> 01:12:39,280
Speaker 16: one part of his game where he maybe needs to

1518
01:12:39,360 --> 01:12:41,599
Speaker 16: prove a little bit is catching past his third down

1519
01:12:41,640 --> 01:12:43,680
Speaker 16: sort of being used that way as you kind of

1520
01:12:43,680 --> 01:12:46,719
Speaker 16: think through what this backfield looks like with him, obviously

1521
01:12:46,760 --> 01:12:49,200
Speaker 16: I have Jerome Ford on the roster already. How do

1522
01:12:49,240 --> 01:12:51,240
Speaker 16: you sort of see his role? Is it more like

1523
01:12:51,240 --> 01:12:52,680
Speaker 16: a first down, second down thing? Like how are you

1524
01:12:52,760 --> 01:12:53,920
Speaker 16: kind of picturing that coming together?

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Speaker 18: You know?

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Speaker 30: I think again, I would point out that these guys

1527
01:12:57,160 --> 01:12:59,600
Speaker 30: are young and it's our job to develop them, and

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01:13:00,040 --> 01:13:01,280
Speaker 30: they're not finished products.

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Speaker 3: He has a.

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01:13:02,960 --> 01:13:06,400
Speaker 30: Very legit skill set right now and a skill set

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01:13:06,400 --> 01:13:08,240
Speaker 30: that we can use and when he has the ball

1532
01:13:08,280 --> 01:13:10,360
Speaker 30: in his hands, whether we hand it to him or

1533
01:13:10,360 --> 01:13:11,720
Speaker 30: throw it to him, you know, we want to use

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01:13:11,800 --> 01:13:14,360
Speaker 30: him in a bunch of different ways. But that's something

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01:13:14,400 --> 01:13:16,920
Speaker 30: that will always with all of our players, identify things

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01:13:16,920 --> 01:13:18,400
Speaker 30: that we're going to help them get better at. And

1537
01:13:18,400 --> 01:13:20,240
Speaker 30: that's what That's what Deuce is here for. That's what

1538
01:13:20,280 --> 01:13:23,600
Speaker 30: I'm here for, to help our guys reach that potential

1539
01:13:23,720 --> 01:13:26,800
Speaker 30: because we're drafting young men here that are that are

1540
01:13:27,040 --> 01:13:29,000
Speaker 30: you know, that are just not finished products.

1541
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Speaker 28: Can I make one other point on that if you

1542
01:13:31,120 --> 01:13:34,960
Speaker 28: guys remember when we took Nick in twenty eighteen. You know,

1543
01:13:35,000 --> 01:13:36,920
Speaker 28: his rookie year, he had a strong rookie year. But

1544
01:13:36,960 --> 01:13:38,639
Speaker 28: the thought going into is like, okay, well, he can't

1545
01:13:38,640 --> 01:13:40,800
Speaker 28: play on third down because he doesn't know he doesn't

1546
01:13:40,840 --> 01:13:42,720
Speaker 28: catch it well enough. Like okay, like what's he going

1547
01:13:42,760 --> 01:13:44,600
Speaker 28: to be like as a protector? And he spent that

1548
01:13:44,640 --> 01:13:46,599
Speaker 28: whole offseason that was his focus. He's like, look, I'm

1549
01:13:46,600 --> 01:13:48,880
Speaker 28: just going to catch a ton of passes, touch you know,

1550
01:13:48,880 --> 01:13:50,479
Speaker 28: a ton of balls off the drug machine. I'm going

1551
01:13:50,520 --> 01:13:53,280
Speaker 28: to be great on pass pro and he became a

1552
01:13:53,320 --> 01:13:56,360
Speaker 28: good third down player for us. So to Kevin's point

1553
01:13:56,400 --> 01:13:59,280
Speaker 28: about development and these being young guys, like none of

1554
01:13:59,280 --> 01:14:01,639
Speaker 28: these players are being in his finished products, but part

1555
01:14:01,680 --> 01:14:05,200
Speaker 28: of our job is to help them improve and grow,

1556
01:14:06,080 --> 01:14:09,719
Speaker 28: you know, both on the field and off of it.

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01:14:09,960 --> 01:14:13,280
Speaker 5: And you're following up on what what Nate asked you,

1558
01:14:14,320 --> 01:14:18,840
Speaker 5: does a pick of Carson say anything about ja Oka's

1559
01:14:18,880 --> 01:14:21,360
Speaker 5: recovery from the injury, Like, does that signal that he's

1560
01:14:21,400 --> 01:14:23,439
Speaker 5: not going to be good to go Scott?

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01:14:23,520 --> 01:14:26,639
Speaker 28: It doesn't like it, and it's it's it's the right question.

1562
01:14:26,680 --> 01:14:29,439
Speaker 28: I totally understand, Like that did not drive the decision

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01:14:29,479 --> 01:14:31,360
Speaker 28: for Carson. I want, I want to be.

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01:14:31,280 --> 01:14:35,120
Speaker 5: Clear there were completely healthy, would Carson still be in play?

1565
01:14:35,320 --> 01:14:35,840
Speaker 3: Absolutely?

1566
01:14:36,160 --> 01:14:45,200
Speaker 11: Yeah, absolutely, Just falling up on Carson Andrew he he

1567
01:14:45,320 --> 01:14:50,200
Speaker 11: had one great year as a linebacker. What's it? Is

1568
01:14:50,240 --> 01:14:54,240
Speaker 11: there a concern about just the mott, the short sample

1569
01:14:54,360 --> 01:14:58,519
Speaker 11: size and also just as versatility on specialty and sow

1570
01:14:58,560 --> 01:15:00,679
Speaker 11: much is that a benefit at least in the short term.

1571
01:15:00,760 --> 01:15:02,400
Speaker 28: Yeah, no, so it is something we you know, we

1572
01:15:02,400 --> 01:15:04,280
Speaker 28: we talked about, like, yeah, you'd love to have a

1573
01:15:04,960 --> 01:15:05,719
Speaker 28: robust sample.

1574
01:15:05,760 --> 01:15:07,479
Speaker 3: I think, honestly, that's probably part.

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01:15:07,320 --> 01:15:10,200
Speaker 28: Of the reason it was discountant, because you know, his

1576
01:15:10,280 --> 01:15:16,800
Speaker 28: year is outstanding and physically, mentally, subjectively, objectively pretty hard

1577
01:15:16,840 --> 01:15:19,360
Speaker 28: to find, you know, holes in his game in terms

1578
01:15:19,400 --> 01:15:22,920
Speaker 28: of the kicking game part of it. You know, his speed,

1579
01:15:23,040 --> 01:15:27,320
Speaker 28: his instincts, his tackling ability. It'll play well, you know,

1580
01:15:27,360 --> 01:15:29,800
Speaker 28: as he contributes in that phase. And obviously he has

1581
01:15:29,840 --> 01:15:32,519
Speaker 28: some experience doing it from college. So uh, you know,

1582
01:15:32,600 --> 01:15:35,200
Speaker 28: we think that there's a nice, uh, a nice short

1583
01:15:35,280 --> 01:15:36,839
Speaker 28: term and long term role for him.

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01:15:38,000 --> 01:15:39,000
Speaker 13: For either of you.

1585
01:15:39,680 --> 01:15:42,920
Speaker 21: One of the things that Harold talked about at Senior

1586
01:15:42,920 --> 01:15:46,040
Speaker 21: Bowl was wanting to show coaches and gms that he

1587
01:15:46,080 --> 01:15:48,160
Speaker 21: can block as well, and so what did you what

1588
01:15:48,200 --> 01:15:50,080
Speaker 21: have you seen on film from him that he can

1589
01:15:50,200 --> 01:15:52,519
Speaker 21: be a blocker in that role at tight end and

1590
01:15:52,560 --> 01:15:54,240
Speaker 21: that he can grow in that area as well.

1591
01:15:56,160 --> 01:15:58,760
Speaker 28: Honestly, I think people just look at his weight and

1592
01:15:58,760 --> 01:16:00,840
Speaker 28: assume he can't block, and because he's such a good

1593
01:16:00,880 --> 01:16:04,479
Speaker 28: pass catcher. But I just think that's totally incorrect. Like

1594
01:16:04,680 --> 01:16:08,400
Speaker 28: he shows plenty of that on film. You know, certainly

1595
01:16:08,400 --> 01:16:10,080
Speaker 28: how we use him as a blocker may be different

1596
01:16:10,080 --> 01:16:12,000
Speaker 28: than how we would use David just because of their

1597
01:16:12,040 --> 01:16:14,600
Speaker 28: body types. But I just honestly, I think that's a

1598
01:16:14,600 --> 01:16:15,559
Speaker 28: bit of a lazy narrative.

1599
01:16:16,160 --> 01:16:20,639
Speaker 30: Yeah, I think Kelsey's really When you're talking about tight ends,

1600
01:16:20,640 --> 01:16:23,880
Speaker 30: there's so many different jobs that go into it, and

1601
01:16:24,120 --> 01:16:27,160
Speaker 30: some of them are the traditional inline hand in the dirt.

1602
01:16:27,800 --> 01:16:30,200
Speaker 30: Got to cut off a two hundred and eighty pounds

1603
01:16:30,600 --> 01:16:32,800
Speaker 30: six technique who became a seven technique and that's really

1604
01:16:32,800 --> 01:16:36,080
Speaker 30: hard for Then there's also jobs you have to be

1605
01:16:36,200 --> 01:16:39,240
Speaker 30: from the backfield, coming across the line of scrimmage to

1606
01:16:39,280 --> 01:16:42,120
Speaker 30: block the defensive end, or inserting as a you know,

1607
01:16:42,160 --> 01:16:45,040
Speaker 30: a rap blocker on a gap scheme. So there's so much,

1608
01:16:45,600 --> 01:16:47,920
Speaker 30: so many different jobs that come from that room. And

1609
01:16:47,960 --> 01:16:51,040
Speaker 30: to AB's point, it's our job to put him in

1610
01:16:51,080 --> 01:16:53,920
Speaker 30: position to succeed and not you know, ask him to

1611
01:16:53,920 --> 01:16:57,280
Speaker 30: do things that are are not within the scope of

1612
01:16:57,320 --> 01:16:58,320
Speaker 30: what his skill set is.

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