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Speaker 1: And we welcome you inside the Browns facility here in Maria, Ohio.

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Speaker 1: On Jason Gibbs alongside and Gripple, Episode five of the

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Speaker 1: best podcast available Training Camp addition, Gribbs, a newsworthy day

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Speaker 1: again today out on the practice field. Not for the

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Speaker 1: right reasons, however, some injuries happening. Namely Mack Wilson, the

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Speaker 1: lost starting linebacker for your Cleveland Browns. Second year player

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Speaker 1: from Alabama, carted off the field with a left leg injury. Gribbs,

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Speaker 1: what is the latest per Brown's pr Yeah, what we

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Speaker 1: know right now is that it's a left knee injury

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Speaker 1: that's all we know at the moment. I would say

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Speaker 1: from from our perspective, Jason, it didn't look great, uh,

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Speaker 1: by some trainers and then ultimately was carried off. The

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Speaker 1: very emotional kind of moment for from actors, A kind

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Speaker 1: the best and and it's not not not the worst

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Speaker 1: case scenario. Yeah, I think all of us in taking

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Speaker 1: a look at that video, we're all kind of cringing,

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Speaker 1: especially those of us that have that have had leg

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Speaker 1: injuries like that before. Um, not a good sign. Hoping

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Speaker 1: for the best, wishing the best for for mac Wilson.

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Speaker 1: But we'll wait and see what the medical staff has

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Speaker 1: to say in the meantime. Um, it's not it's not

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Speaker 1: like there's ten linebackers in our linebacker him. So who

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Speaker 1: vacated by Mack Wilson right now? What I think the

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Speaker 1: long term answer for you would be Jacob Phillips. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he's he's he's the player you drafted in the third

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Speaker 1: the from the SEC last year. He's got the pedigree,

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Speaker 1: but he's a super young guy and he's going through

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Speaker 1: So I would imagine he's kind of your your long

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Speaker 1: the midway through the season and was really a spark

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Speaker 1: Out for a while, You're you're gonna scour what's out

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Speaker 1: So we'll see. I mean, it remains a wide open

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Speaker 1: Nick chubbed the update on him today. He is in

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Speaker 1: concussion protocol. Pretty much what we thought yesterday Gribbs, that

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Speaker 1: But the good news is, as we talked about a

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Speaker 1: a look at the injury updates, a lot of them

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Speaker 1: that maybe happens in usual years. Over the spring, Yeah,

431
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Speaker 1: during the spring, it was we had an hour meeting

432
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Speaker 1: pretty much every day, um, a rookie meeting where we

433
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Speaker 1: would uh just talk and have guest speakers coming in

434
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Speaker 1: to try to teach us stuff about what we're going

435
00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:42,439
Speaker 1: to experience. Um, you know, But other than that, we

436
00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:44,320
Speaker 1: weren't able to really get around each other too much

437
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Speaker 1: because we didn't have Mini camp or O t A.

438
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Speaker 1: So really this was the first time we're all meeting

439
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Speaker 1: in person. But the virtual meeting has definitely helped out

440
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Speaker 1: in terms of getting to know some of the guys.

441
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Speaker 1: And now we're in the building and just continuing to

442
00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,000
Speaker 1: bond as a team. And when you walk into the

443
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Speaker 1: facility for the first time and go through a practice,

444
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Speaker 1: what's what's the biggest thing that stands out where you're like,

445
00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:06,480
Speaker 1: this isn't like college anymore. Yeah, coming from f U

446
00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:09,320
Speaker 1: a small school, Um, you know, just being in this

447
00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:13,480
Speaker 1: facility and around these players extremely talented, Um, you know,

448
00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:15,760
Speaker 1: it was eye opening and I'm just extremely grateful to

449
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Speaker 1: be here. And and just like I said, go out

450
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Speaker 1: and produce and make the team and help the team win.

451
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Speaker 1: And when you guys go through a practice like Mondays

452
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Speaker 1: where the offense doesn't have the best day out there,

453
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Speaker 1: what is what what goes on in those twenty four

454
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Speaker 1: hours to get you ready for that next practice and

455
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Speaker 1: kind of bounce back. Yeah, so like you go in, um,

456
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Speaker 1: you know, watch the film, make corrections. Um, obviously, I

457
00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:40,040
Speaker 1: mean every privas there's gonna be some some mishout, some

458
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Speaker 1: m a s um physical mistakes. So we just go

459
00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:46,480
Speaker 1: in and uh correct the mistakes on film and then

460
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Speaker 1: you know, come out and have a better day to

461
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Speaker 1: next day. And then you you mentioned the importance of

462
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Speaker 1: special teams. Clearly for a tight end like yourself, it's

463
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Speaker 1: going to be important. Is that something you have a

464
00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,879
Speaker 1: lot of experience doing or how and how has that

465
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Speaker 1: been adjusting to that? Yeah, in college, didn't play much

466
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Speaker 1: special teams a little bit freshman year, but other than that,

467
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Speaker 1: none at all. And uh, so far, I feel like

468
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Speaker 1: I've done pretty well on special teams. Coach preefer Um

469
00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:13,359
Speaker 1: does a great job working with us, teaching us the techniques. Um,

470
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Speaker 1: the techniques are big for a guy like me. I've

471
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Speaker 1: never played special teams really, so just picking his brain

472
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Speaker 1: and learning all this stuff and watching them with previous

473
00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:23,440
Speaker 1: guys has done. The techniques has really helped me out.

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Speaker 1: And just going out and executing during special teams drills

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Speaker 1: and during special teams team periods. So it's been good

476
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Speaker 1: so far. And then just for you and and the

477
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Speaker 1: and the guys getting out there back on the field,

478
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Speaker 1: how how much excitement was there to actually get out

479
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Speaker 1: there and start playing football and being around a lot

480
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Speaker 1: of people after I imagine months of really not being

481
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Speaker 1: around many people at all. Yeah, Um, you know, we

482
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Speaker 1: didn't know what's gonna happen. We didn't know if we'd

483
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Speaker 1: have a season. Um. So for me personally, just being

484
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Speaker 1: able to get into the building as a rookie and

485
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Speaker 1: and meet all the guys and meet all the older guys,

486
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Speaker 1: the veterans and just pick their brain. That's been really cool.

487
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Speaker 1: And there's a lot of energy around the building and

488
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Speaker 1: we're just looking to you know, keep getting better every

489
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Speaker 1: day and come out with the winning season. And you know,

490
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Speaker 1: we have high expectations, so set the Yeah, for you,

491
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Speaker 1: just how much how much are you thinking about September

492
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Speaker 1: going to Baltimore and really getting your first real NFL experience,

493
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Speaker 1: even if it's not going to be in front of

494
00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,960
Speaker 1: the most fans out there, but just to get that

495
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Speaker 1: first game. How much is that kind of hanging out

496
00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:25,080
Speaker 1: there for you? Right? Yeah, I mean I thought about

497
00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:27,520
Speaker 1: a few times. People ask me about it. Um, obviously

498
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Speaker 1: it's gonna be exhome me exciting, But for me personally,

499
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Speaker 1: like as a rookie, I'm I'm trying to just improve

500
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Speaker 1: every day. UM focused on training camp right now and

501
00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:38,679
Speaker 1: just continue to improve and make the team and do

502
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Speaker 1: whatever I can to help the team win. Harrison, thank

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Speaker 1: you so much and and good luck with the rest

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Speaker 1: of training camp. Really good talking to you. Thank you.

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Speaker 1: Thanks to Harrison Bryant for a few minutes of his time.

506
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Speaker 1: I'm pretty impressive young man, GRIBs. Every time he talks,

507
00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:55,800
Speaker 1: he commands the room a little bit, and the more

508
00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:58,280
Speaker 1: he plays, the more confidence he's gonna get in this

509
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Speaker 1: National Football League. Yeah, if we're keeping unofficial stats at

510
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:06,080
Speaker 1: training camp, he's he's probably the leader, uh In. I

511
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Speaker 1: would say receptions I've seen. I just keep seeing him

512
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Speaker 1: make plays with the second team clearly has established him

513
00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:13,440
Speaker 1: good chemistry at Case. Keenan out there, and I think

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Speaker 1: he just looks the part so far. And I always

515
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Speaker 1: with rookie tight ends, you just have to temper a

516
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Speaker 1: lot with those because it's such a tough position to

517
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Speaker 1: make an impact as a rookie. But I do think

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Speaker 1: he's gonna have a role somewhere on this team this year,

519
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Speaker 1: and I wouldn't be surprised to see, you know, even

520
00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:32,359
Speaker 1: three tight ends out there at some point. Because the

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00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,240
Speaker 1: head coach loves tight ends all right, So how much

522
00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:39,800
Speaker 1: of his playing time in this season will be dictated

523
00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:42,360
Speaker 1: by how well he can block? I mean, I think

524
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Speaker 1: that's huge, and he he talked about how that's been

525
00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,600
Speaker 1: the biggest a dustment. I think the passing and catching

526
00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:50,639
Speaker 1: that comes naturally. It just moves at a faster paced NFL.

527
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Speaker 1: But you know, now this is not comfort to USA anymore.

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Speaker 1: You know, this is this is he's dealing with some

529
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Speaker 1: some big players that he's trying to block. And I

530
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Speaker 1: think that that's gonna be always something is going to

531
00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,879
Speaker 1: be something he works on. Because he talked about having

532
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Speaker 1: to to really focus on maintaining his weight at two

533
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Speaker 1: forty five. So that was a focus him and on

534
00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:10,520
Speaker 1: the on the off season, and that will be what

535
00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:12,520
Speaker 1: he focuses on now that he's in the building. So

536
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Speaker 1: I gotta get bigger and stronger and still be able

537
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Speaker 1: to catch those passes like he has been so far. Alright,

538
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Speaker 1: So the tight end room has Hooper in it, it's

539
00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:24,280
Speaker 1: gotten a joke up, it's got Pharrell Brown, Stephen Carlson,

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Speaker 1: Harrison Bryant. I would think we maybe go with three

541
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Speaker 1: tight ends, maybe four tight ends. Um, there there is

542
00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:36,960
Speaker 1: a stiff competition there there. There's some guys and Carlson

543
00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:39,800
Speaker 1: flashed and has shown some moments. We haven't seen a

544
00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:43,040
Speaker 1: lot from Farrell, but I think Pharaoh's battled the injury

545
00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:45,560
Speaker 1: bug a little bit. But he's shown a little bit

546
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Speaker 1: and giving you a little bit of a taste what

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Speaker 1: he might be able to bring to the table. A

548
00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:51,400
Speaker 1: pretty competitive tight end room. Yeah, you know, I think

549
00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:54,200
Speaker 1: Pharaoh's strength is obviously gonna be blocking, and I think

550
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Speaker 1: that's how he quietly had six starts last year and

551
00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,119
Speaker 1: you lined up in with a heavy package and he

552
00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:01,600
Speaker 1: was out there for the first couple of plays of

553
00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:04,000
Speaker 1: the game. So it's just gonna depend on what they

554
00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,239
Speaker 1: want out of those final a couple of spots. And

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00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,200
Speaker 1: you know, as we were talking about earlier, remember you're

556
00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:11,240
Speaker 1: keeping a fullback this year, So does that affect your

557
00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:13,119
Speaker 1: numbers at tight end? Does that affect your numbers at

558
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,879
Speaker 1: running back? So we'll we'll see how it goes. But

559
00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:18,760
Speaker 1: I liked to ask often Stephen Carlson last year in

560
00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:23,040
Speaker 1: small doses. So it's gonna be competitive. It's I would

561
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Speaker 1: say this early in camp, it's it's hard to read

562
00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:29,719
Speaker 1: and without preseason games. It's gonna be even hard to read. Yeah,

563
00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:35,320
Speaker 1: he really just the no preseason games just affects so much,

564
00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:39,440
Speaker 1: especially on the back end, UH and the special team

565
00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:42,640
Speaker 1: side of things, that I think it just impacts those

566
00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:46,640
Speaker 1: two areas more than any other area in terms of

567
00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:50,560
Speaker 1: being able to make sure, um, you know, Chris Tabor

568
00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:52,560
Speaker 1: used to say it that bottom ten of the roster

569
00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:57,160
Speaker 1: is almost as important, if not more important, in certain

570
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Speaker 1: aspects than some of the guys towards the top end

571
00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,280
Speaker 1: of that. Auster. Yeah, and that was that was something

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00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:04,879
Speaker 1: that Harrison talked about. He didn't play much special teams

573
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Speaker 1: in college, so that he's gonna have to play a

574
00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:10,520
Speaker 1: vital role in in that area. And and that was

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Speaker 1: always It's always that was the way we cheated Gibbs

576
00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,760
Speaker 1: in the preseason. We'd always know who maybe those final

577
00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:18,920
Speaker 1: guys were just one how active they were. That that

578
00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:20,560
Speaker 1: was the That was the way to look smarter than

579
00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,359
Speaker 1: someone else when watching the team. You look who's on

580
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:25,640
Speaker 1: that first team special teams. A good chance they're making

581
00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:30,600
Speaker 1: the team. Yeah, exactly exactly. We move on to Wednesday,

582
00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:35,520
Speaker 1: another day in pads, another practice for your Cleveland Browns. Again.

583
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Speaker 1: They'll go through Thursday, off day on Friday, and then

584
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Speaker 1: back at it for another five days starting on Saturday. Gribbs,

585
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Speaker 1: what do you want to see tomorrow? What are you

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Speaker 1: most looking forward to seeing tomorrow? I just I just

587
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Speaker 1: want a full practice of eleven on eleven because that's

588
00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:52,640
Speaker 1: been that's been the fun parts so far, and I

589
00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:56,840
Speaker 1: think that we've seen it's just been gradual, steady, steady increase.

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Speaker 1: I thought we saw a little bit more of it today.

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00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:01,080
Speaker 1: I imagine we'll see a little bit more of it tomorrow.

592
00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:02,960
Speaker 1: In pads. I mean, this is this is where you

593
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,400
Speaker 1: test the guys fourth day in a row. They're tired. Uh,

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00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:08,880
Speaker 1: you want to see how they're handling everything, both mentally

595
00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:11,520
Speaker 1: and physically. So i'd expect maybe one of the more

596
00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:15,920
Speaker 1: entertaining practice system. Looking forward to it, hoping that what

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00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:19,320
Speaker 1: you're saying does come to fruition. Uh. Make sure you

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Speaker 1: with you tomorrow on Wednesday, episode six, practice number five

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Speaker 1: of the ramp up period to the September opener. In

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Speaker 1: Baltimore for Andrew Gribble. I'm Jason Gibbs. Thanks to Jeff

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Speaker 1: McDaniel for all of his hard work as well. Thanks

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