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Speaker 1: Welcome back to from the Podium. We are back with

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Speaker 1: an off season edition of the show. I'm Jake Valentzig.

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Speaker 1: Today we're going to have two of the newest faces

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Speaker 1: for your Cleveland Browns, wide receiver Jerry Judy and linebacker

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Speaker 1: Jordan Hicks. Starting the day off was Deshaun Watson's newest weapon,

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Speaker 1: Jerry Judy. He talked about how excited he was to

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Speaker 1: join the Browns and why he's always looked up to

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Speaker 1: fellow Alabama wide receiver Amari Cooper.

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Speaker 2: Jerry, just wondering, in reading a little bit about your background,

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Speaker 2: how did you first get to know Mariy. Was it

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Speaker 2: by being from South Florida? Did you get to know

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Speaker 2: him when you were very young or did you have

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Speaker 2: to wait until you got to Alabama to actually get

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Speaker 3: I actually started watching Amar when I was a freshman

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Speaker 3: in high school, you know, because Alabama was recruiting. You know,

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Speaker 3: I also went to school with Calvin Ridley and Sean

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Speaker 3: Burgess and Alabama was crewing them pretty hard. So going

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Speaker 3: to the recruitments trips and being able to see Amara

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Speaker 3: Coople put in work and stuff like that, and started

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Speaker 3: watching this game. Uh, you know, I just started watching

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Speaker 3: him ever since then.

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Speaker 4: Hey, Jerry, so follow up on that. How close have

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Speaker 4: you guys gotten? How excited are you to play with him?

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Speaker 4: And then how good do you think he can be

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Speaker 4: for your game?

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Speaker 3: I'm excited to play with cool you know, Like I said,

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Speaker 3: I've been watching for a long time. So you know,

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Speaker 3: me me studying, me watching him and actually studying it

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Speaker 3: made me become a better player. So now actually being

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Speaker 3: next to him and actually hear his opinions on things

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Speaker 3: on how the word Sartain Ross is going to help

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Speaker 3: me impact me extremely well. So I'm excited to see

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Speaker 3: how this thing.

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Speaker 4: I talked to him a couple of years ago and

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Speaker 4: we were talked about rock running, and he said, you

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Speaker 4: were one of the best in the league. What does

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Speaker 4: that mean? Coming from a guy who's considered one of

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Speaker 3: It means a lot, you know, just knowing how much

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Speaker 3: how great of a rock runner he is, and you know,

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Speaker 3: and being able to for him to just say my name,

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Speaker 5: Hey, Jerry, welcome to Cleveland. Just curious, how can you

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Speaker 5: take your experience in Denver those four years and both

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Speaker 5: from a positive standpoint as well as some of the negatives.

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Speaker 5: And you know, how will that help you with you know,

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Speaker 5: joining the Browns and making you a better players, was

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Speaker 5: a better teammate.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean as a you know, going in different

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Speaker 3: as a rookie. You know, there's a lot of stuff

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Speaker 3: I didn't know. But being around such a great crowd,

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Speaker 3: great guys at the facility, they taught me a lot

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Speaker 3: how to become a pro and how to do certain

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Speaker 3: why take care of your body, how to watch film

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Speaker 3: and do certain little things like that. So whatever I

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Speaker 3: learned from the Broncos, I could just take it to

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Speaker 3: the Browns and just be even more, be even more

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Speaker 5: And you know, being on the final year of your

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Speaker 5: rookie deal, we talked to the Browns about an extension.

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Speaker 5: Is that something you're interested in? And how do you

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Speaker 5: approach this upcoming season?

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Speaker 3: You know, I just I just to be somewhere that

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Speaker 3: you know that wants me to be there and and

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Speaker 3: I don't want to and you know, I want to

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Speaker 3: too much and and all that. So you know, we

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Speaker 3: just we're going to see what happens.

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Speaker 6: Hey, Jerie, Welcome to Cleveland. To just go back to

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Speaker 6: your time in Denver. I guess how do you think

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Speaker 6: that it impacted you as a young player, kind of

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Speaker 6: getting your feet wet in the NFL and having to

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Speaker 7: And you know, it's pros and costs to it.

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Speaker 3: You know, the pros is being able to learn are

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Speaker 7: You know, I can't I can't think of the word

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Speaker 6: And then I know you you mentioned it in the

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Speaker 6: about you know Cleveland so far has been your impression

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Speaker 6: in regards to that, And do you feel like coming

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Speaker 7: Yeah, for sure.

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Speaker 3: You know, just when I stepped in the building, just

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Speaker 3: the energy and excitement that I received when I got there,

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Speaker 3: that made me feel welcomed, and you know, and yeah,

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Speaker 3: I feel like you know first start, you know, just

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Speaker 3: it's gonna be excited just to be able to be

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Speaker 3: So it's just gonna make things a lot more easier

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Speaker 8: If your wanted to go back to you talking about

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Speaker 8: watching Coop and kind of learning from him, what's maybe

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Speaker 8: an aspect of his game that you picked up on

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Speaker 8: that maybe kind of goes under the radar that you've

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Speaker 3: The mostly the thing I really watched about COVID the releases,

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Speaker 3: you know, how he how he manipulated the fringers off

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Speaker 7: You know, so you know that's the biggest thing.

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Speaker 3: Once you beat the guy off the ball, you know,

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Speaker 3: is it's just ross on air after that point, you know.

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Speaker 7: So that's mostly what I took from him, And yeah.

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Speaker 8: That did that have You guys worked a lot together

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Speaker 8: over you know, from even going back to your time

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Speaker 3: That, No, we never had a chance to actually get

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Speaker 3: I hit him up about certain things and stuff like that.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, we ain't really We ain't really Actually we

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Speaker 3: trained by I hung up with like pre draft, like

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Speaker 3: mean now that we teammager, it probably be a lot

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Speaker 9: Do that now, Jerry, welcome to Cleveland. Uh, knowing who

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Speaker 9: you are working with, you know, Amari Cooper, Elijah, what

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Speaker 9: about the skill set that you bring do you think

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Speaker 9: will best compliment the wide receivers room and just the

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Speaker 3: I think I'm I'm a guy that could play all

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Speaker 3: the F, the Z, the X, And I feel like

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Speaker 3: because I've been watching the guy for for a long

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Speaker 3: so you know, It's just going to be exciting just

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Speaker 3: to be able to have three receivers that offer do

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Speaker 3: the same thing right after the catch, create separations.

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Speaker 7: So it's gonna be exciting.

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Speaker 9: And now that you're here as a Cleveland brown what

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Speaker 9: does the rest of your off season look like?

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Speaker 3: Oh, I'm you know, I'm just still still training, you know,

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Speaker 3: most likely catch up with the guy whenever they come

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Speaker 7: So yeah, hey.

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Speaker 10: Jerry, welcome, welcome to Cleveland. How much of your game

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Speaker 10: have we seen in the NFL? Like, how much higher

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Speaker 10: is your ceiling do you think?

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Speaker 7: Uh mean, personally, my sitting very high.

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Speaker 3: You know, I have high expectations for myself, you know,

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Speaker 3: the past few years with exactly why I want to

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Speaker 3: be different circumstances and stuff like that.

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Speaker 7: But you know, I'm here.

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Speaker 3: I'm with my feet at now and I'm a Browns

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Speaker 3: and I'm just ready to be the best version of

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Speaker 10: And how much of kind of reaching the player you

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Speaker 10: think you can be has to do with playing with

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Speaker 10: the Shawn Watson now.

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Speaker 3: You know, always having a consistent quarterback, you know, a

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Speaker 3: great quarterback like DeShawn Watson that knows that it knows

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Speaker 3: where to get the ball on timing, putting in the

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Speaker 3: it's always going to be good for the receivers and

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Speaker 3: to you know, to be the best person in both theirselves.

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Speaker 11: Hey, Jerry, do you think you lived up to your Uh?

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Speaker 11: You put your best in Denver?

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Speaker 12: And if not, why not?

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Speaker 3: You know, I have high expectations for myself, So I

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Speaker 3: don't think I played my best, you know, because as

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Speaker 3: things you gotta go through to really be a successful

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Speaker 3: receiving the league, you know. So right now, you know,

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Speaker 3: I'm just really just not really dwelling on the past

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Speaker 7: All I could control the future.

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Speaker 3: So right now I'm just focusing, like I said that,

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Speaker 11: And can you go in to depth on your attitude,

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Speaker 11: because seem there was some conflict there in Denver.

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Speaker 12: What is your attitude like now?

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Speaker 3: Well, my attitude now is you know, positive and just

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Speaker 3: who Jerry Judy really is. And be able to you know,

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Speaker 3: just consistent win and being a consistent player.

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Speaker 7: You know. So that's was my my head right now.

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Speaker 3: I just want to be the best version of myself

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Speaker 13: Welcome to Cleveland. First off, I know you said in

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Speaker 13: the statement of the team put out that you had

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Speaker 13: heard the Browns were interested in you previously, like a

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Speaker 13: couple of years more. Just uh, when did you first

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Speaker 13: kind of hear of their interest in you? And what

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Speaker 13: Then what are your impressions of the team.

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Speaker 3: Now when they when they first When I first heard

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Speaker 3: they were interested, it was I think in the twenty

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Speaker 3: one season. I think I'm not really too sure. You know,

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Speaker 3: you hear things, but you're not really just you're not

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Speaker 7: It's just all talk.

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Speaker 3: But so actually being here now, you know, it shows

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Speaker 3: how much hot expectations they have for me, So you know,

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Speaker 3: it's exciting for real.

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Speaker 13: And and then obviously the Browns went through an oc

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Speaker 13: James this offseason transition to Ken Dorsey. Just what do

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Speaker 13: you know about him as an offensive coordinator and a

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Speaker 13: with him?

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Speaker 7: Uh?

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Speaker 3: You know, crazy, I'd be watching Kendorsatin was at the

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Speaker 7: So being able to have him as my OC.

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Speaker 3: You know, he was at the Bills, you know, with

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Speaker 2: Yes, Jerry, just wondering how grateful are you that the

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Speaker 3: You know, you know it does as a football player,

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Speaker 7: But you know, I'm control what I can control.

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Speaker 3: Like I said, you turn on the tape to on

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Speaker 2: And are you so grateful that the Browns just ignored

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Speaker 7: Like I said, you know, I don't really.

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Speaker 3: Think that really like it didn't infect me in no

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Speaker 4: What was attractive about signing with the Browns.

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Speaker 2: Hi, Jordan, we just got word or some of us

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Speaker 12: We do this for.

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Speaker 2: How dynamic do you think that linebacking corps can be

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Speaker 15: Extremely, extremely You know, there's a lot of work that

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Speaker 10: Hey, Jordan, welcome to Cleveland. A little more on Jim Schwartz.

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Speaker 10: What was it about playing for him again and what

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Speaker 15: Yeah, obviously we had this success, you know, through our

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Speaker 15: You know, when I look back on my career and

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Speaker 10: And then obviously, you know, you mentioned a guy like

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Speaker 6: Hey, Jordan, another question about Jim, because I know Rodney

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Speaker 15: You know, that's that's what you play this game for.

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Speaker 15: I'm going into year ten, right, I want to win.

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Speaker 15: I played on teams that don't win, and it's it's

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Speaker 15: Right, you see a guy and you watch you put

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Speaker 15: on film and you say, who's who stands out right?

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Speaker 15: Obviously there's certain people on defense and he's one of them.

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Speaker 15: Just his ability to understand, you know, how to attack

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Speaker 15: the ball, how to go, how to how to just

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Speaker 15: use his natural ability his instincts to find the ball right.

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Speaker 15: And obviously the speed and strength is out of the

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Speaker 15: you know, God given something you can't teach.

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Speaker 12: So excited to get around. I'm excited to get around

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Speaker 12: the entire group.

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Speaker 8: Hey, Jordan, I wanted to ask you about you went through.

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Speaker 8: You had an injury scare last year that that you

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Speaker 8: went through. Can you describe going through that and how

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Speaker 8: that you know, you know, what that did for you

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Speaker 8: your perspective wise, and and everything just sort of, you know,

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Speaker 8: as you get later into your career, you know, kind

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Speaker 8: of give you a different outlook on on getting to

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Speaker 8: play this game.

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Speaker 12: Yeah.

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Speaker 15: I mean I've had my fair share of injuries throughout

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Speaker 15: the years, you know, and if it'.

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Speaker 12: Been able to bounce back.

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Speaker 15: You know, last year I had compartment syndrome, which is

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Speaker 15: can be very serious. I got emergency surgery basically to

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Speaker 15: relieve the pressure in my shin, and when I woke

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Speaker 15: up on the table, I was told by the doctor

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Speaker 15: it was a good thing we cut it open because

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Speaker 15: I could have lost my leg right at the worst,

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Speaker 15: you know, and then from there it's like, Okay, you

473
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Speaker 15: could have had muscle damage, you could add nerve damage,

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Speaker 15: you could have had a whole list of things on

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Speaker 15: top of that. So everything everything went exactly, you know,

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Speaker 15: the way you could ever hope for it, right. But

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Speaker 15: you know, being a veteran in this league and seeing

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Speaker 15: a lot of injuries is the first time I've ever

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Speaker 15: seen that one firsthand. And so you know, things definitely

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Speaker 15: get put into perspective. I've got three children, i got

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Speaker 15: a wife, I got a family, right that, you know,

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Speaker 15: if something would have gone south, right, you think about

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Speaker 15: those those thoughts of like man never would have imagined

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Speaker 15: right and so counter blessings. You know, it puts things

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Speaker 15: into perspective of how lucky you are every time you

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Speaker 15: step out there on the field, uh to be able

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Speaker 15: to play the game that so many people love to

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Speaker 15: watch and find enjoyment in, you know, and that we

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Speaker 15: find enjoyment in. Right, We wouldn't be able to play

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Speaker 15: this game if we didn't, So yeah, definitely. But you know,

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Speaker 15: for me, there was a there was a lot of

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Speaker 15: there was a lot of opportunity to show the amount

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Speaker 15: of grit and the amount of fight you know that

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Speaker 15: I try to instill in my kids and my family

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Speaker 15: through that injury, you know, and was able to get back,

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Speaker 15: you know, I was up running around and in a

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Speaker 15: couple of weeks and was able to get back on

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Speaker 15: the field for the last three games of the season.

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Speaker 12: Even going through that.

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Speaker 15: So a lot of learning, a lot of a lot

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Speaker 15: of perspective, but you know, hopefully, you know, was able

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Speaker 15: to to navigate that the right way.

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Speaker 8: How much did your teammates a rally around you, you know,

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Speaker 8: while you were going through it and then you know

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Speaker 8: when when you came.

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Speaker 15: Back, Yeah, quite a bit, right. It was emotional. It

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Speaker 15: was emotional for for a lot of people. And so

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Speaker 15: you know, we had a great, great group of guys

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Speaker 15: out there, really close knit, and so you know, you

510
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Speaker 15: lean on him, You lean on them when you can't

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Speaker 15: be around the facility as much as you want to.

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Speaker 15: You hear the stories of what's going on in the facility,

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Speaker 15: what's going on around the building, and keeps you going.

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Speaker 13: Andy, Jo and welcome to Cleveland. I know we've talked

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Speaker 13: a lot about Jim and you mentioned following him after

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Speaker 13: after you left Philly. How much did you keep in

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Speaker 13: touch with him and did you ever envision yourself getting

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Speaker 13: a chance to play for him again.

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Speaker 12: Yeah, you know, I didn't and we didn't. We didn't

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Speaker 12: keep in touch a ton.

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Speaker 15: I saw him a couple of times, saw him and

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Speaker 15: saw him in Tennessee when he was helping out over there, so.

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Speaker 12: Never never necessarily thought this day would come.

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Speaker 15: Uh, you know, being ten years in the NFL, it's

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Speaker 15: hard to imagine what next year is going to look like. Right,

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Speaker 15: I've been this my fourth team now, and you never

527
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Speaker 15: can predict what's going to happen. So, uh, you know,

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Speaker 15: you keep everything, everything open, and uh, you know, when

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Speaker 15: an opportunity like this presents itself, I can't say no.

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Speaker 13: I know you had to sort of watch the Eagle

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Speaker 13: Super Bowl Super Bowl run on the from the IR

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Speaker 13: But Jim last year talked about just he compared the

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Speaker 13: locker room here in Cleveland this past season to the

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Speaker 13: locker room that year. Just what do you kind of

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Speaker 13: remember and what stands out about the culture in Philly

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Speaker 13: that year and do you get a sense that there's

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Speaker 13: sort of similar vibes here in Cleveland.

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Speaker 15: Yeah, well, I definitely, you know, I've heard amazing things

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Speaker 15: about the culture here and just from my few hours

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Speaker 15: in the building, you can tell it's something special.

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Speaker 12: So you know, it's hard to.

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Speaker 15: Compare, right with it being I haven't met really any

543
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Speaker 15: of the guys yet, But at the same time, you

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Speaker 15: know that culture within a building can it can propel

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Speaker 15: you to win the type of games that a lot

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Speaker 15: of people don't expect you to win, right, And that

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Speaker 15: that was the case for us in seventeen. You know,

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Speaker 15: a lot of us were hurt, right, It wasn't it

549
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Speaker 15: wasn't just me. It was Carson Wentz who was MVP run.

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Speaker 15: It was you know, Jason Peters and Darren Sprolls and

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Speaker 15: Chris Marigos. It was it was a whole list of

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Speaker 15: guys who were impactful on that team.

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Speaker 12: And you know, the.

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Speaker 15: Guys that stepped up believed in each other, right, and

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Speaker 15: there was a culture that was built in that it

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Speaker 15: didn't matter who was on the sideline, didn't matter who

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Speaker 15: was on the field.

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Speaker 12: You know, they were going to ride for each other.

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Speaker 15: So uh yeah, that's that's that's how important culture is

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Speaker 15: and that's why you know, that's why it's something that's

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Speaker 15: that's a folk point.

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Speaker 2: Yes, Jordan, I was, you know, kind of looking over

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Speaker 2: the roster a little bit, and you're one of at

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Speaker 2: least four guys that I can see right now that

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Speaker 2: are you know, in that thirty thirty one year old

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Speaker 2: age range. You've got Shelby Harris, Adarius Smith, Quentin Jefferson.

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Speaker 2: You guys are all longtime savvy veterans, you all have kids.

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Speaker 2: Is it nice to come to a team where that

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Speaker 2: veteran experience is valued and you will have guys like

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Speaker 2: that you'll have plenty of in common.

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Speaker 7: With as well.

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Speaker 15: Absolutely, you know, it's again it's it's just speaks to

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Speaker 15: the culture that I think they're trying to build. And

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Speaker 15: then also you know the fact that they're trying to

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Speaker 15: compete right now, right, it's not always about looking ahead

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Speaker 15: and always going younger.

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Speaker 7: Right.

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Speaker 15: It was that that was the case, I wouldn't have

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Speaker 15: a job right now, right, So, uh appreciate that very

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Speaker 15: much so. But at the same time, you know, it's

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Speaker 15: it's a testament of what's being built here. And uh,

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Speaker 15: you know, you've got to I think there's a good blend.

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Speaker 15: You've got to have a good blend of a veteran

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Speaker 15: leadership along with young, young energy and young players that

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Speaker 15: you know you can build this thing and help help,

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Speaker 15: you know, get this thing going in the right trajectory.

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