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Speaker 1: And we welcome you into episode twenty nine of the

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Speaker 1: best podcast available. We continue to chug along into June County,

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Speaker 1: down the days to the start of the NFL season

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Speaker 1: and the brown season and Dribble. There were rumors out

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Speaker 1: there about us maybe going somewhere for some joint practices.

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Speaker 1: The last few years, we've hung out in fabulous places Tampa, Indianapolis. Uh,

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Speaker 1: this year we will be home, so will the other

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Speaker 1: thirty one teams in the National Football League. No joint practices,

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Speaker 1: everybody staying at their facilities, and uh, for some teams,

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Speaker 1: it's it's almost unfathomable because frankly, they've never had training

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Speaker 1: I mean, there's some big changes here, Yeah, and that

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Speaker 1: it's it's interesting because for the Browns it's it's a

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Speaker 1: small development because it sounds like joint practices were in

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Speaker 1: You imagine with the relationships that Kevin Stefanski has in

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Speaker 1: work with one of those teams. That's a small minor inconvenience,

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Speaker 1: But I would say, just like last year. The team

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Speaker 1: they've got to change all their plans. I mean that,

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Speaker 1: even though that place isn't far removed from Indianapolis, they

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Speaker 1: can't go there because that requires staying in dorms and

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Speaker 1: things like that. So this is an understandable move, and

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Speaker 1: I think a lot of us probably expected the joint

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Speaker 1: this that's not completely necessary. I don't know if all

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Speaker 1: of us fully thought through that the possibility of stopping

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Speaker 1: in the cards. And I do think at least you

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Speaker 1: but I do wonder the teams like the Colts the Steelers,

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Speaker 1: been part of what they do for years. Yeah, and

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Speaker 1: I look at it. Is it the Saints that go

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Speaker 1: to the Greenbrier that leave New Orleans their deal was

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Speaker 1: up though? I think that's going back there was a

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Speaker 1: that Greenbrier resort. Yeah. I mean I look at teams

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Speaker 1: adjust on the fly. And I think all Pittsburgh fans

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Speaker 1: in Pittsburgh Steelers Brass have ever known as Latrobe, PA

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Speaker 1: for training camps. So, uh, some big changes coming for

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Speaker 1: some of these football teams. For us, You're right, we

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Speaker 1: But um, even a team like the Bengals who doesn't

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Speaker 1: last couple of years, haven't they They've been able to

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Speaker 1: go I think to the University of Cincinnati. They have

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Speaker 1: that's technically breaking the rule. I think. So, I mean,

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Speaker 1: I mean, things could really things could really change. A

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Speaker 1: as we take a look at our own football team.

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Speaker 1: We had a couple of guys addressed the media this week.

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Speaker 1: Joel betoni Are Pro Bowl guard. Always good to hear

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Speaker 1: from him and always some really pointing and comments. And

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Speaker 1: you learn a little bit when when Joel talks, is

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Speaker 1: he's become the elder statesman of this football team. Your

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Speaker 1: takeaways from Joel Betonio's meeting with the media earlier this week.

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Speaker 1: I think he was a good person to hear from

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Speaker 1: he did. He gave some good insight a couple of nuggets,

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Speaker 1: and mostly about one Kevin Stefanski really stressing how proactive

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Speaker 1: that's gonna be the big thing. We keep hearing about

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Speaker 1: and I think that's the thing that we're probably just

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Speaker 1: I think it's just gonna be. Again the mental aspect

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Speaker 1: it definitely looks more and more. And you're starting to

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Speaker 1: of the National Football League, time now for our interview

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Speaker 1: every year. I think, you know, the league does a

431
00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:25,080
Speaker 1: pretty good job of knowing what other teams need, whether

432
00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:29,840
Speaker 1: it's positionally or um you know, trace wise, uh, just

433
00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:32,359
Speaker 1: in terms of teams had the same philosophy for a while,

434
00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:35,159
Speaker 1: but it just you know, it becomes down to a

435
00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:39,040
Speaker 1: few options, and sometimes who you thought would be in

436
00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:43,480
Speaker 1: there in their range ends up not and vice versus

437
00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:46,000
Speaker 1: So I think we do a good job of probably

438
00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:49,280
Speaker 1: getting that part right, the player of pieces, just there's

439
00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:51,959
Speaker 1: too much human error and in that part of it. Well,

440
00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:54,120
Speaker 1: in that line of thinking, how fortunate was it that

441
00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:58,199
Speaker 1: a guy like as accomplished as Grant becomes available for

442
00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:00,320
Speaker 1: you guys at that point in the second round. Again,

443
00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:03,040
Speaker 1: you know, we we felt so good about it that

444
00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:05,679
Speaker 1: you know, obviously we moved back and uh, you know,

445
00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:09,080
Speaker 1: we hope he brings that ball hockey skill set that

446
00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,560
Speaker 1: he's had an l shoot to our to our team,

447
00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:14,359
Speaker 1: but you know, he had a he had what some

448
00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:17,920
Speaker 1: would consider a rough nineteen just battling through some injuries,

449
00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:22,760
Speaker 1: but just his entire profile, his entire resume, you know,

450
00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:25,960
Speaker 1: to get a player like that, you know, the first

451
00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:29,080
Speaker 1: part of the second round is not a bad not

452
00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:33,119
Speaker 1: a bad pick. Yeah, not too chevvy at all. We

453
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Speaker 1: will take that. You missed your guys Bishop and Zagura

454
00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:40,040
Speaker 1: doing cartwheels the night of that goodness on Friday night.

455
00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:43,119
Speaker 1: It was it was a little crazy, to say the least.

456
00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:46,800
Speaker 1: We're talking with Vice president of player Personnel Glenn Cook,

457
00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:51,080
Speaker 1: and um, you take a look at this whole team,

458
00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:54,720
Speaker 1: the draft process. You guys working apart until this week,

459
00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:57,440
Speaker 1: but you have the coaches still aren't back in and

460
00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:00,560
Speaker 1: the players aren't back. But what is have been like

461
00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:05,000
Speaker 1: in your limited in person workings with Kevin Stefanski and

462
00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:09,479
Speaker 1: his staff? And Kevin is mr cool? Uh you know

463
00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:13,080
Speaker 1: you probably won't get a ton of emotion get her

464
00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:16,360
Speaker 1: bad out of him. He's extremely surreal. Um. I think

465
00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:19,080
Speaker 1: he does a good job of driving the message. Uh,

466
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Speaker 1: he's he's been very calculated. I've noticed just in our

467
00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:25,199
Speaker 1: team meetings of just giving our guys thoughtful things to

468
00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:29,919
Speaker 1: think about, whether it's personal related to football or other things,

469
00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:33,840
Speaker 1: uh auxiliary, But he's just very you know, I've been

470
00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:39,360
Speaker 1: really impressed with just his preparedness and calculation around how

471
00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,680
Speaker 1: he's trying to developed the group, even being a way,

472
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Speaker 1: you know, which is extremely tough when you have ninety players,

473
00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:52,080
Speaker 1: multiple coaches, personnel, part of the other football operations downstairs,

474
00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:55,120
Speaker 1: all on a zoom call. And you know, he's done

475
00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:59,080
Speaker 1: a really good job just organizing that entire operations. That

476
00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:02,200
Speaker 1: I've learned a lot just sitting in on those team

477
00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:05,920
Speaker 1: meetings and and and other things. And is it safe

478
00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:08,440
Speaker 1: to say that he, you guys have done a pretty

479
00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:12,000
Speaker 1: good job already of identifying the traits that that his

480
00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:14,680
Speaker 1: staff and and he's looking for player wise, because it

481
00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:16,200
Speaker 1: seems like a lot of these guys check all the

482
00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:21,920
Speaker 1: boxes extremely clear in the communication. It's it's easy easier.

483
00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:26,520
Speaker 1: I'll say, let me, uh forget Huber's there, But it's

484
00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:29,320
Speaker 1: easier when you know what you're looking for. Uh. You know,

485
00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:31,840
Speaker 1: the coaches really laid it out on both sides of

486
00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:36,440
Speaker 1: the ball in terms of whether it's physically mentally trace

487
00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:39,520
Speaker 1: wise and it's just things that are scheme specific. We

488
00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:42,640
Speaker 1: were pretty, like I said, we were pretty prepared, um,

489
00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:44,880
Speaker 1: you know, to make decisions around that when we got

490
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Speaker 1: to the draft, and even when you look at our

491
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Speaker 1: free agency um and any other h you know later

492
00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:52,920
Speaker 1: sign as we've made. You know, he he did a

493
00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,600
Speaker 1: really good job of just helping guide us in terms

494
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Speaker 1: of what he needs, uh in order to be successful.

495
00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:02,240
Speaker 1: And I guess the one type of signing and player

496
00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:05,240
Speaker 1: acquisitions is identifying almost like a new position at fullback.

497
00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:07,600
Speaker 1: I mean, how that's like a It seems like that

498
00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:10,280
Speaker 1: was made point clear right away for you guys to

499
00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:14,720
Speaker 1: start linebacker. Uh. You know, I'm miss and don't miss

500
00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:20,200
Speaker 1: a fullback, I think, Uh, it's it's a valuable position

501
00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:23,400
Speaker 1: in in this scheme. And you know, we felt really

502
00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:28,480
Speaker 1: good about uh bringing over any from Denver Um. You

503
00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:31,320
Speaker 1: know that that that trade was something we thought through

504
00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:34,200
Speaker 1: for a good amount of time and we're able to

505
00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:37,159
Speaker 1: pull through on that. But yeah, the fullback is a

506
00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:41,280
Speaker 1: new position, and you know it's people say it's dying out,

507
00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,320
Speaker 1: but there's still still some pretty good ones out there,

508
00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:45,360
Speaker 1: and it was gonna help us have a really good

509
00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:48,439
Speaker 1: running game. Having a guy who's athletic being able to,

510
00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:52,080
Speaker 1: you know, be versatile in this scheme like Andy and

511
00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:54,760
Speaker 1: Black for what what what I feel like it's two

512
00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,000
Speaker 1: of the best in the league is going to be

513
00:27:57,119 --> 00:28:00,399
Speaker 1: really exciting to watch. And Glenn, I'll just says, I

514
00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:02,200
Speaker 1: mean for us, I mean, we've been out of the

515
00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:03,560
Speaker 1: office for a couple of months. I think a lot

516
00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:05,960
Speaker 1: of us are anxious to get back. How much does

517
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,560
Speaker 1: all of this, the promotion, the new front office, and

518
00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:11,199
Speaker 1: then just the waiting period you've had. What kind of

519
00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:13,359
Speaker 1: excitement level do you put on just getting towards the

520
00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:17,159
Speaker 1: season and getting this this this going, I mean, and

521
00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:21,320
Speaker 1: it gives you a greater appreciation for the game and

522
00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:23,960
Speaker 1: some of the things you, you were able to experience

523
00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:27,800
Speaker 1: day to day and never have to think about I

524
00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:29,960
Speaker 1: think we've all had a chance to sit around and

525
00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:32,840
Speaker 1: think about man just being able to go to an

526
00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:36,719
Speaker 1: eleven o'clock walk through or you know, a quick thirty

527
00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:41,920
Speaker 1: minute um you know walk through session, or team meeting,

528
00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:45,600
Speaker 1: sitting down at lunch with you know, you guys and

529
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:49,520
Speaker 1: the players. I really appreciate that more and I think

530
00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:54,280
Speaker 1: we'll all show more gratitude around those opportunities, just because, again,

531
00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:56,200
Speaker 1: you know, until it gets taken away, sometimes you just

532
00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:59,760
Speaker 1: don't know how how fragile and important those moments are.

533
00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:02,880
Speaker 1: So I'm definitely excited to get people back in the building.

534
00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:05,520
Speaker 1: It's a ghost town right now, but I just a

535
00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:09,520
Speaker 1: protocol and making sure, uh it's safe for for our

536
00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:12,280
Speaker 1: for our organization, we do bring people back. But I'm

537
00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:17,000
Speaker 1: definitely excited to get that going. All right. So you

538
00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,600
Speaker 1: were at the U as a linebacker from oh four

539
00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:22,280
Speaker 1: to oh six, oh seven with an injury oh eight

540
00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:26,600
Speaker 1: you played. I've gone through and found the top four

541
00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:29,360
Speaker 1: players I think that you might have gone up against

542
00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:34,680
Speaker 1: in practice daily Devin Hester, Greg Olsen, Travis Benjamin, Frank Gore,

543
00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:38,520
Speaker 1: who was the toughest or am I missing one? Well

544
00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:44,640
Speaker 1: my first year? Uh, I mean Kelly Winso was there. Um,

545
00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:48,000
Speaker 1: did not see that one. That was my fault. Kind

546
00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:50,840
Speaker 1: of that class was my first year. Um, it was

547
00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:55,719
Speaker 1: there last year. Back far, the toughest was Franker cardst

548
00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:57,720
Speaker 1: guy I've ever had to tackle, one of the strongest

549
00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:00,840
Speaker 1: people I've ever gone up against. Think him and Maurice

550
00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:04,360
Speaker 1: Jones Drew are probably the two strongest people I've ever

551
00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:07,360
Speaker 1: encountered in a football game. Um. But yeah, back far,

552
00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:11,720
Speaker 1: Francore is tougher than anybody him and Sean t. But

553
00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:14,920
Speaker 1: frank is Frank is tough as nails as you can

554
00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:19,120
Speaker 1: see with you know him still playing. Yeah, I think

555
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:22,640
Speaker 1: that that says enough, all right, And then I have

556
00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:27,440
Speaker 1: to ask one other question. You played football at Miami,

557
00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:31,760
Speaker 1: but yet you got drafted by the Chicago Cubs. I

558
00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:35,680
Speaker 1: did out of college. Did you play baseball? For you? Now?

559
00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:39,120
Speaker 1: You want the full story of the short story we

560
00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:43,280
Speaker 1: have in the world depending on you always? Uh. So,

561
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:45,720
Speaker 1: I played in high school. Actually went to my high school,

562
00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:49,640
Speaker 1: Shamana Madonna shout out to shaman I uh, which was

563
00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:53,240
Speaker 1: a pretty good high school baseball team before I got there.

564
00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:57,800
Speaker 1: I think we're ranked in the nation my eighth grade year.

565
00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:01,160
Speaker 1: So I actually went there to play baseball. All that was.

566
00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:06,040
Speaker 1: Baseball was my first sport, and I got there always

567
00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:09,080
Speaker 1: had played football. I loved it. Just went out for

568
00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:12,400
Speaker 1: the team, um and we ended up being really, really good.

569
00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:14,880
Speaker 1: John Beason was on my team, Carry Williams, two guys

570
00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:17,640
Speaker 1: who played in the NFL. We had like a class

571
00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:22,160
Speaker 1: of sixteen or seventeen guys with the one scholarships. Uh,

572
00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:26,200
Speaker 1: but I still played baseball kinda was in and out

573
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:29,200
Speaker 1: of it. Scouts would come in and recognize, like I

574
00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:32,760
Speaker 1: was considered a five tools player, but I just someone

575
00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:35,720
Speaker 1: gravitated towards football for a number of reasons. Getting a

576
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:38,160
Speaker 1: scholarship offer. Went to Miami thinking I was gonna be

577
00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:39,920
Speaker 1: able to play both. I kind of got the uh

578
00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:42,320
Speaker 1: oh yeah, you know, like you know that's a part

579
00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:46,360
Speaker 1: of the package. You come here play both sports. Of course,

580
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:49,120
Speaker 1: I go to try to talk to this coaching staff

581
00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:52,160
Speaker 1: about going down in the spring, and it was like, well,

582
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:54,960
Speaker 1: if you if you go out for baseball, you probably

583
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:58,800
Speaker 1: want to earn a scholarship. So that killed that until

584
00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:04,000
Speaker 1: I was done. And then try to cut the story down.

585
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:07,800
Speaker 1: Someone who scotted me in high school reached out to

586
00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:10,160
Speaker 1: me after the draft my my last year at Miami

587
00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:13,920
Speaker 1: and said, Hey, having to workout looking for some you know,

588
00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:18,160
Speaker 1: former baseball players who have athleticism and you know, maybe

589
00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:22,800
Speaker 1: potential developmental people in the minors and want to bring

590
00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:26,120
Speaker 1: you in. So go to a workout. I told people

591
00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:28,120
Speaker 1: I had an out of body experience because I hadn't

592
00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:31,280
Speaker 1: touched the bat, I hadn't thrown a ball. I was

593
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:34,960
Speaker 1: hitting Homer's to dead center. You know, had a really

594
00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,640
Speaker 1: strong arm just from being in good shape from football.

595
00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:39,400
Speaker 1: And so they said, hey, we're gonna draft you the

596
00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:42,520
Speaker 1: third day. We don't know when or where, would just

597
00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:45,240
Speaker 1: be by your phone and the rest is kind of history.

598
00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:49,720
Speaker 1: So great experience. I went I think like over twenty

599
00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:53,800
Speaker 1: in my first twenty at bats. Uh couldn't catch up

600
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:57,360
Speaker 1: to a curveball, and UH kind of fought my way

601
00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,760
Speaker 1: to two d or close to two hundred by the

602
00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:04,680
Speaker 1: end of it. So it was it was fun. Yeah,

603
00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:07,120
Speaker 1: not many people. Yeah, I took four years off and

604
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:12,160
Speaker 1: then I got drafted by the Cubs. No big deal. Hey,

605
00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:16,160
Speaker 1: we we appreciate your time. Congratulations on the promotion again,

606
00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:19,479
Speaker 1: well deserved. And we couldn't be happier for you. Uh,

607
00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:22,160
Speaker 1: Gribble hopes that you're jumper is all right and doing

608
00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:27,360
Speaker 1: okay here. I'm ready for some basketball man that I've

609
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:29,360
Speaker 1: been with. I've made in some withdrawal. I haven't played

610
00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:32,560
Speaker 1: like three months at least basketball and flag. I don't

611
00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:37,360
Speaker 1: know which one? Which one? Right? Well, Bury, do you

612
00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:40,760
Speaker 1: think bury your hot bag in the flag football? I

613
00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:43,120
Speaker 1: don't know. There's probably too much risk there. We we

614
00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:47,520
Speaker 1: can't lose Berry going down to al or something, so

615
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:53,040
Speaker 1: we we appreciate everything. We hope you and your family

616
00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:57,160
Speaker 1: continue to stay safe during this crazy time. If it's

617
00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,520
Speaker 1: not one thing, it's another thing. And we wish you

618
00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:02,120
Speaker 1: all the to luck. And we all can't wait to

619
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:04,480
Speaker 1: be in the same building with you again soon. And

620
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,680
Speaker 1: here's hoping we're all playing some football and getting some

621
00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:11,680
Speaker 1: Browns football in here. In no likewise, I'm ready for

622
00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:15,560
Speaker 1: the dog pound there to cause a ruckus uh this fall,

623
00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:19,719
Speaker 1: So hopefully we get back out there. Thanks to Glenn Cook,

624
00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:23,520
Speaker 1: the vice President a player Personnel, the new VP of

625
00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:26,440
Speaker 1: player personnel for the Cleveland Browns. But a guy, GRIBs,

626
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:29,880
Speaker 1: we've got it. We all have a great relationship with it.

627
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,360
Speaker 1: I mean, he is one of the more personable people

628
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:35,239
Speaker 1: that you will see from that side of the building. Uh.

629
00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:38,520
Speaker 1: And we call that side of the building the front office.

630
00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:42,080
Speaker 1: The coaches, they have their own wing in the building,

631
00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:44,879
Speaker 1: and sometimes those guys spend a lot of quality time

632
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:46,920
Speaker 1: behind closed doors and you don't really see him, you

633
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:49,040
Speaker 1: don't get a chance to know him. He's one of

634
00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:52,600
Speaker 1: those guys though, that quite personable and a great guy.

635
00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:55,000
Speaker 1: We couldn't be happier for him. Yeah. I played some

636
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:56,680
Speaker 1: hoops them before too. He can he can play some

637
00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:59,880
Speaker 1: basketball also. And I think our new mission now is

638
00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:02,640
Speaker 1: gotta get footed to that uh where that out of

639
00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:05,720
Speaker 1: body experience he had where he's just mashing home runs.

640
00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:08,839
Speaker 1: I someone had to have recorded it somewhat. There's no

641
00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:11,239
Speaker 1: way that no one doesn't have a copy of that.

642
00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:16,320
Speaker 1: I mean for him again, when I saw it and

643
00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:19,040
Speaker 1: you know, doing a little homework before the interview, and

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Speaker 1: it says drafted by the Cubs, and I'm like, okay,

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Speaker 1: so he played he played baseball at Miami and he

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Speaker 1: got noticed. No, he didn't play it. He took four

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Speaker 1: years off and was good enough to be drafted into

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Speaker 1: pro baseball. Okay, we can all be so lucky. So

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Speaker 1: um other big takeaways from him, thoughts thoughts on what

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Speaker 1: he had to say. I said, you know, I've talked

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Speaker 1: I've talked to Glenn recently, and I've talked to the

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Speaker 1: quite see the new new guy in the VP of

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Speaker 1: football operations, and you just get the sense that the

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Speaker 1: tone has been set by Andwbury in that front office,

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Speaker 1: and it's it's a very I wouldn't say relaxed, but

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Speaker 1: it's just they feel comfortable with what they're doing. And

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Speaker 1: I think they're competent in what they're doing. And I

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00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:02,480
Speaker 1: think that was made pretty clear by the way and

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Speaker 1: has kind of looked back on the past few months

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Speaker 1: and not really really being a big deal for them.

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Speaker 1: And I think the you asked a good question there

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Speaker 1: about the college football season. I mean, that's that's a

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Speaker 1: big one for them. I mean, now is the time

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Speaker 1: where they might have been not doing as much, but

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Speaker 1: come to the fall, they it'll be it'll be tricky

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Speaker 1: to get around and and try to get to these games,

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00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,799
Speaker 1: get to these practices, uh, and get all the information

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Speaker 1: that they are comfortable getting because part of being an

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Speaker 1: information driven organization like the Browns. Are you gotta get

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Speaker 1: the guys in the ground to get the information, you know.

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00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:35,960
Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's the that's the big part of it. So, uh,

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Speaker 1: they've got a lot of scenarios to go through. But

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Speaker 1: again from the very beginning, time has been on the

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Speaker 1: NFL side with all of this. So time is now

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Speaker 1: we're now at a hundred days until the season gets started,

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Speaker 1: so it's winding down, but still a lot can happen

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Speaker 1: over these hundred days. Yeah, a lot can happen. And

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Speaker 1: you know, we were we were lucky enough this season

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Speaker 1: for the draft to happen still to happen because a

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Speaker 1: lot the guys on the ground that will be reporting

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Speaker 1: to Glenn Cook had already been in college towns and

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Speaker 1: and been there on weekends watching football games in person

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Speaker 1: and watching tape and getting to know these guys before

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Speaker 1: we were on shutdown. Uh, you know that that process

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00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:21,800
Speaker 1: starts early. That process starts, as you mentioned, with spring

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Speaker 1: ball and then with a fall and I think if

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Speaker 1: you don't have that, then I think it becomes a

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Speaker 1: real big challenge to to draft players that you really

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Speaker 1: are blind going into or have to rely on someone

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Speaker 1: else telling you either they're good, they're bad. They're good citizens,

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Speaker 1: not good citizens. Yeah. Now it's hopefully they can get

692
00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:48,840
Speaker 1: we get we all start at the same time, and

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Speaker 1: we look back on all the speculation as being unnecessary.

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Speaker 1: But I think that's that's the best case scenario. But

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Speaker 1: it just seems like they're gonna have to be able

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Speaker 1: to adjust and adapt on the fly. We've been doing

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Speaker 1: it for months now. It'll just be the next step

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Speaker 1: in that. In that direction, How important do you think

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Speaker 1: it was for Andrew Berry to keep as many guys

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Speaker 1: as he did there? There wasn't a lot of turnover

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Speaker 1: after the draft, No, very little, And I think that

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Speaker 1: you had to turnover pretty much right away and with

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Speaker 1: when he when he came aboard and otherwise though, it's

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Speaker 1: a lot of people he would became familiar with. And

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Speaker 1: I think that there's, uh, there's good reasoning behind that.

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Speaker 1: I think that he he had that comfort level, that

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Speaker 1: familiarity with him and during his first time here. I

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Speaker 1: think mostly the thing that encouraged me was just how

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Speaker 1: many guys he elevated. I think that's the that that's

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Speaker 1: the big thing that I saw when we were putting

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Speaker 1: out that information. I mean, and I don't want say

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Speaker 1: males and females, I mean elevating them into into roles

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Speaker 1: uh that they weren't in before, but that he trusts

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Speaker 1: them to execute. And I think that for a lot

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Speaker 1: of new g ms, it's just easy to come in,

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Speaker 1: clean house and and bring in new new people. But Uh,

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Speaker 1: Andrew Berry knew that there were good people in the

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Speaker 1: organization and really that believed in the way he was

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Speaker 1: going to set it up. And I think that really

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Speaker 1: helped in this in this transition. And you mentioned it.

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Speaker 1: I mean, the front office under Andrew Berry is in

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Speaker 1: lockstep and they are marching right alongside that coaching staff.

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Speaker 1: And I think it's impressive to hear Cook talk about

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Speaker 1: Kevin Stefanski and his staff and Stefanski and how he's

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Speaker 1: handled things and how he's leading on that side of

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Speaker 1: the football operation. Yeah, I think it's become just pretty

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Speaker 1: clear that they are on the same page of knowing

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Speaker 1: what the staff wants. And I think that's why it

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Speaker 1: just seems like all these guys fit into the way

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Speaker 1: you can. That's it's it's almost easy to pick where

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Speaker 1: these guys are gonna go on the field. When these

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Speaker 1: guys end up getting on the field, so I think

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Speaker 1: the communication has been been great and I think that

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Speaker 1: I think it will help and I think it will

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Speaker 1: result in what we believe is going to be a

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Speaker 1: better team this one well, and I think that's why

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Speaker 1: everybody is in. We all want to see football because

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Speaker 1: we have leadership from top to bottom, and we have

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Speaker 1: a plan in place, and it's going to be very

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Speaker 1: exciting to see this all come together and hopefully into

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Speaker 1: January playing some really meaningful football games. We want to

742
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Speaker 1: thank Glenn Cook for his time. We want to thank

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Speaker 1: Jeff McDaniel for all of his hard work, and of

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00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:25,840
Speaker 1: course the Browns public relations department who's been working NonStop

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Speaker 1: in the building, and who are all over the place.

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