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Speaker 1: Joined now by rookie Darius Rush. The first walk through

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Speaker 1: under your belt, your first interaction with these players, your

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Speaker 1: teammates here, first time in the NFL. I know it's past,

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Speaker 1: I know it's right on you. But how you feeling.

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Speaker 2: I'm feeling great just to get in this building and

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Speaker 2: get around a couple guys that I'm familiar with, such

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Speaker 2: as Jalen Jones and Julius. Played with those guys and

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Speaker 2: their Senior Bowl and I trained with Jaalen. So just

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Speaker 2: to have familiar faces, and we know we have one opportunity,

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Speaker 2: and that's to come here and just compete. Honestly, we

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Speaker 2: know that we're coming to make this organization better. That's

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Speaker 2: why they drafted us, and we're just here to win

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Speaker 2: some games.

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Speaker 1: There is Chris Pollard went after athletes, freak athletes like yourself.

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Speaker 1: You're a big cornerback, a six to two guy, long reach,

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Speaker 1: played wide receiver, coming to a high school, play wide

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Speaker 1: receiver at college and they switched you over. Are your

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Speaker 1: best days ahead of you as a defensive back?

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Speaker 2: Most definitely, I'll say prior to these past like a

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Speaker 2: couple of years in college, I mean two years of production.

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Speaker 2: But it was great production. So I just feel as

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Speaker 2: though my steeling is still high and it's a lot

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Speaker 2: of production to still go.

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Speaker 3: Now with that transition from wide receiver to corner, how

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Speaker 3: much does that benefit you? Kind of being able to

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Speaker 3: see it from both sides.

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Speaker 2: Of the ball. It benefits a lot, especially being at receiver.

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Speaker 2: You know you want to as a receiver, you want

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Speaker 2: to get open, you know, so you based that off

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Speaker 2: your splits maybe or based off your release. So to

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Speaker 2: identify those and understand what can possibly come next and

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Speaker 2: anticipate what's coming next, it keeps me a little bit

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Speaker 2: ahead of the game. Still. So you know that you're

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Speaker 2: rout tree. You only got outside routes outside releases and

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Speaker 2: inside route inside releases. So based off those kind of

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Speaker 2: releases and the different concepts that come with it, you

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Speaker 2: on the ball.

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Speaker 3: Now you're drafted here with the Colts. We can't really

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Speaker 3: talk about this draft without mentioning the guy they took

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Speaker 3: fourth overall with Anthony Richardson. Now, you played against him

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Speaker 3: last year. How beneficial is it to kind of know

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Speaker 3: that but also know that you won't have to go

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Speaker 3: up against him on.

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Speaker 2: Sundays definitely, because I know I'm going against a guy

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Speaker 2: who loves football and loves to compete. Playing against him

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Speaker 2: and knowing what kind of quarterback he is, I mean, Coase,

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Speaker 2: we got a great one. So the play against him

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Speaker 2: was a great opportunity to see what kind of person

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Speaker 2: he is and just going through this whole process learning

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Speaker 2: the kind of person is. He's a baller, He's a

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Speaker 2: guy who wants to compete and he wants to win games.

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Speaker 1: What kind of quarterback can these Coats fans expect out

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Speaker 1: of you? A cornerback play rather meaning Gus Bradley's defensive coordinator.

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Speaker 1: We know the legion of Boom back in Seattle back

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Speaker 1: in the day. What did he like big corners? And

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Speaker 1: that's absolutely the role that you feel. What do you

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Speaker 1: bring in to Gus Bradley's defense.

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Speaker 2: One thing I'm bringing to this defense is you're bringing

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Speaker 2: a guy in who's going to make plays on the ball,

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Speaker 2: for sure, guy who's gonna come in make plays on

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Speaker 2: the ball, create turnovers. And we're coming here to like

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Speaker 2: I said, we're going to get the offense the ball

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Speaker 2: as many times as possible. Well, we have a goal

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Speaker 2: in mind and that's to get the ball, because it's

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Speaker 2: all about the ball. So that's one thing that we

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Speaker 2: pride ourselves on in that dB room and as the defense.

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Speaker 1: Take take me through. You graduate from South Carolina, Congratulations,

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Speaker 1: sports and Entertainment management memory serves. I mean, after your

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Speaker 1: playing days are done, you're going to be like one

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Speaker 1: of the biggest moguls in sports and entertainment. I can

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Speaker 1: see it already. But from that time before that, combine

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Speaker 1: all the way up into now, what has been the

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Speaker 1: focus for you and what are you doing with your family,

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Speaker 1: your friends, your management team.

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Speaker 2: I say the focus for me it was to really

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Speaker 2: showcase myself, honestly knowing that I'm only two years into

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Speaker 2: like actually playing. But it's like I said, the only

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Speaker 2: difference is guys just have four years of film. That's

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Speaker 2: literally the only difference. In my opinion. I'm still a

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Speaker 2: guy who can compete. I can make plays on the ball.

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Speaker 2: I can play the corner, I can play press man,

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Speaker 2: i can play zone. I'm still a corner at the

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Speaker 2: end of the day, whether it's two years or four years.

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Speaker 2: So that's just me. And that's one thing I really

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Speaker 2: wanted to emphasize in this draft that I am a

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Speaker 2: I'm able to do it.

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Speaker 3: Now take us through. We saw the video of you

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Speaker 3: getting the phone call from Chris Ballard. What is that moment? Like,

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Speaker 3: I mean, I've never been drafted, Jeffer has never been drafted.

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Speaker 3: What was that like for you getting drafted by.

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Speaker 2: The Colts man? Honestly, it was, oh man, it was

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Speaker 2: just it was surreal at the moment, Like the phone

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Speaker 2: has a ring, like since for a couple like two days,

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Speaker 2: I'm like, when is it gonna come? And then just

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Speaker 2: feel that vibration and here it chime, and I looked

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Speaker 2: it was like a ghost for a second. I couldn't

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Speaker 2: believe it. But just to get that call and that

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Speaker 2: saw as Indiapolis coach. I answered, I'm like like, this

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Speaker 2: like a dream come true. So it was. It was

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Speaker 2: so surreal, and it was very appreciative. Honestly, I got

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Speaker 2: off and I was like, very appreciative of the organization.

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Speaker 2: We're even calling me, you know. So I'm just happy

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Speaker 2: to be a Colt, you know.

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Speaker 3: Now in the draft the colt selected three cornerback, so

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Speaker 3: you kind of have three guys that kind of on

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Speaker 3: that to kind of have three guys to just grow

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Speaker 2: Man that you have three guys to come in and like,

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Speaker 2: we're coming in trying to come make an impact, you know,

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Speaker 2: So taking them this rookie minie camp, I mean, we're

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Speaker 2: have a job to do, and we all know we're

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Speaker 2: here to compete for a certain spot, but we're also

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Speaker 2: here to make each other better at the end of

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Speaker 2: the day. On the love for those two guys, but

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna hold them accountable, They're gonna hold me accountable,

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Speaker 2: and we're just gonna make the best of it and

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Speaker 2: make a dynasty here.

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Speaker 1: You know, you're on a field that I watched Peyton

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Speaker 1: Manning walkoff hundreds of times, Bob Sanders, Stefan Gilmour last year,

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Speaker 1: greatness all around there. First day on the job. What's

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Speaker 1: going through your head?

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Speaker 2: It's really it's just really to come out here and

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Speaker 2: just compete, honestly, just to like I said, just can

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Speaker 2: showcase what I can do because they drafted me for

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Speaker 2: a reason. I'm here to fulfill that role that they've

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Speaker 2: got me. I'm here to do so. It's amazing to

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Speaker 2: be here and just grateful for this opportunity.

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Speaker 1: If you want an athlete, we got one right here,

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Speaker 1: Garrius Frush. Appreciate your time, sir,