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Speaker 1: kind of send packing. Yeah, you know, it's tough. It's

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Speaker 1: up somewhere else. What was this day like for you

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Speaker 1: back in what was it twenty fourteen, coming in as

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Speaker 1: an undrafted guy. Yeah, man, it was tough. I remember

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Speaker 1: work and worked even harder. Next question, nor Princeati adrian Um. So,

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Speaker 1: we've seen last season and I think a lot of

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Speaker 1: There's just a lot that makes the NFL kind of

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Speaker 1: just have a question, which is what does it sort

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Speaker 1: feel like now given that it is such an offensive

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Speaker 1: kind of geared toward offense. You know, everybody likes to

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Speaker 1: see the big catches, the bombs, you know, running eighty

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Speaker 1: coaches are getting better, the players are getting better, and

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Speaker 1: you see all these crazy schemes out there, and it

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Speaker 1: just makes defense that much harder. But it also makes

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Speaker 1: it that much fun because when you're on a where

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Speaker 1: It's fun to be a part of that. Have you

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Speaker 1: felt that change throughout the course of your career, Like,

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Speaker 1: Thank you all. Next question, Chris Mason, Adrian. I saw

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Speaker 1: And did you see that tweet that he attacking. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's just his motivation is on another level right now.

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Speaker 1: Kevin Stoney, Adrian, how are you doing good? How about you? Good?

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Speaker 1: You know, the team's a whole lot closer, and guys

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Speaker 1: feel the difference. Thank you. Did you have time for

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Speaker 1: one more? Yeah? Okay, then Chris Ryan, you will be

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Speaker 1: the last one. And thanks thanks for doing the extra

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Speaker 1: question here. Hey Adrian, thanks so much. Ball's wealth you Yeah,

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Speaker 1: no problem. I just wanted to get your upshot on

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Speaker 1: what it's been like working with this defense through training

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Speaker 1: camp and what has stood out to you about it

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Speaker 1: the physicality of it. You know, That's what we focus on, Like,

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Speaker 1: the easiest way to slow down a fast offense is

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Speaker 1: just to be physical with them. They can't run full

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Speaker 1: we've been doing that throughout turning camp. You know, you

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Speaker 1: have a good days and your bad days, but overall,

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Speaker 1: like I feel like this defense opposed to last year,

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Speaker 1: about their positioning, now they know exactly what they're doing

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Speaker 1: and they're just playing a whole lot faster. So I

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Speaker 1: think this defense is physical. Is there a particular guy

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Speaker 1: or is it just collective? It's collective. It's collective. You know,

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Speaker 1: But overall it is just from the front to the back.

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Speaker 1: You can't have any weak leaks and we don't have any,

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Speaker 1: and it's just people are ready ready to play. You

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Speaker 1: an underwhelming season and you got that bad taste in

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Speaker 1: like the defense is kind of putting it on their back.

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