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Speaker 3: What's going on?

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Speaker 4: Everyone?

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Speaker 3: Is Gabe Henderson and welcome to the Joint Practice edition

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Speaker 3: of the Minnesota Vikings Podcast. Today we are joined by

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Speaker 3: Cleveland Browns radio analyst Nathlean Zegurra, who breaks down joint

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Speaker 3: practices and what to expect in preseason game number two

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Speaker 3: against the Cleveland Browns on Saturday at three twenty five

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Speaker 3: pm Central Time. It's the first business trip of the

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Speaker 3: season and things are in full swing, so let's get

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Speaker 3: this show on the road. What is going on? Welcome

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Speaker 3: to the Minnesota Vikings Podcast presented by Pepsi. We have

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Speaker 3: just wrapped up Day one of joint practices here in

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Speaker 3: the special privilege of sitting beside a man who has

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Speaker 3: participated in a lot of Vikings practices, far too many

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Speaker 3: in a lot of Vikings games, mister Pete Bursis from

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Speaker 3: the Vikings Radio Network, and Pete, this is a day

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Speaker 3: where the starter's got some really good work.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, and this is this is exactly what you want.

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Speaker 5: And I think the relationship between Kevin O'Connell and coach

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Speaker 5: was a great day of work for everybody.

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Speaker 3: Got a great day for sure, and you talk about

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Speaker 4: And he he still will be the quarterback.

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Speaker 7: I think that's why we all can be very very

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Speaker 6: He's done that.

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Speaker 7: He's done that, and now he just has to you know,

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Speaker 3: Thank you, guys, well, like you said before, that's devastating.

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Speaker 5: I think the Cleveland defense brought a lot of energy, yep,

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Speaker 5: to be able to mix in so many different things.

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Speaker 5: And I think in this at this level, any quarterback

441
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Speaker 5: that's left unmolested in the pocket's going to be able

442
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Speaker 5: to pick you apart.

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Speaker 4: You know what I mean.

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Speaker 5: H Deshaun Watson, man, he had the deep ball that

445
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Speaker 5: he could throw, so impressive, so impressive to that guy.

446
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Speaker 5: But this ability to move and stay up and I

447
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Speaker 5: don't know that was a you know, that's a concern,

448
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Speaker 5: Like you see that first Raiders preseason game and you

449
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Speaker 5: wonder what's going on, but you know, it's a very

450
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Speaker 5: limited number of defensive calls, and you hope that they

451
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Speaker 5: improve going into week two, but still I'm not I

452
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Speaker 5: would imagine with the group of veterans that they have

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Speaker 5: that they're going to be able to find something that works.

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Speaker 4: And I think Flores is going to be able to

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Speaker 4: find a group that works and and you know, go

456
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Speaker 4: from there. Have faith in him.

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Speaker 3: I love it. Well. Everyone knows that you are the

458
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Speaker 3: color analyst for the Vikings Radio network, but our guest

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Speaker 3: today is the color analyst for the Cleveland Browns radio network,

460
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Speaker 3: and his name is Nathan Zagura, and he provided some

461
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Speaker 3: insights earlier in practice that we'll get a lot of

462
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Speaker 3: Vikings fans excited about what's to come and how they

463
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Speaker 3: can prepare for Saturday's matchup at three twenty five pm

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Speaker 3: Central Time in Cleveland, Ohio against the Cleveland Browns. Let's

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Speaker 3: get to it. Well, it is now a pleasure to

466
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Speaker 3: be joined by Brown's Cleveland Brown's analyst, a guy who

467
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Speaker 3: is a Swiss Army knife when it comes to Cleveland

468
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Speaker 3: Brown's content. Mister Nathan Zegurra and Nate Nathan or Nate

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Speaker 3: which one is?

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Speaker 10: Yeah, you had it nailed.

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Speaker 3: It, Nathan. This is an interesting situation for all of

472
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Speaker 3: us here. It's like a homecoming for this Minnesota Vikings

473
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Speaker 3: team with all of the familiar faces both with the

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Speaker 3: Browns and the Minnesota Vikings organization. Rightfully, so you hear

475
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Speaker 3: about Kevin Stefanski, former Vikings office coordinator, Dalvin Thomlins, and

476
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Speaker 3: Jordan Hicks, Zadarius Smith all with the Vikings the past

477
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Speaker 3: couple of years, and seeing that these guys will be

478
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Speaker 3: on the field together, may may or not be practicing,

479
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Speaker 3: but still to be able to come out here and

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Speaker 3: have joint practices with familiar faces. For you guys, walk

481
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Speaker 3: us through that. Oh yeah, it's great.

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Speaker 9: First of all, thanks for having me on. You know,

483
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Speaker 9: the first coaches show I ever did with the Cleveland

484
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Speaker 9: Browns was the Mike Petton Show.

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Speaker 10: Wow, Mike Petton. You know Kevin O'Connell was on that

486
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Speaker 10: staff as well.

487
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Speaker 9: Quacy was here in our front office for becoming the

488
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Speaker 9: general manager of the Vikings, and I remember we actually

489
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Speaker 9: interviewed Quacy on Cleveland Browns Daily after he was announced

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Speaker 9: as the GM of the Vikings, which is the first

491
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Speaker 9: time we've ever interviewed on our show a general manager

492
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Speaker 9: of another team, So a big fan of his. And yeah,

493
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Speaker 9: you got some familiar faces. Aj Green, Nick Mullins. Yeah,

494
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Speaker 9: and then you guys just signed Jordan Kunashik, who's a

495
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Speaker 9: great guy, linebacker, special teams guy. So yeah, a lot

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Speaker 9: of familiar faces. And that's one of the fun things.

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Speaker 9: You know, this is my twelfth season now with the Browns,

498
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Speaker 9: and prior to the Kevin Stefanski or we had a

499
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Speaker 9: lot of turnovers. So I know a lot of people

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Speaker 9: around the National Football League and even go back to

501
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Speaker 9: Pet's first staff. Kevin O'Connell was on it. Last week,

502
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Speaker 9: Green Bay was here. Jeff Hafley was on that staff.

503
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Speaker 9: He's now their defensive coordinator. Anthony Weaver was on that staff.

504
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Speaker 9: He's now the defensive coordinator in Miami. Mike McDaniel was

505
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Speaker 9: on that staff. He's the head coach in Miami. Kyle

506
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Speaker 9: was on that staff, he's that coach.

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Speaker 10: Of the Niner.

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Speaker 9: I mean it goes on. Aaron glenn is the defensive

509
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Speaker 9: coordinator of Minnesota. I would say you put together a

510
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Speaker 9: pretty good staff right there. Did Mike Petton. But yeah,

511
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Speaker 9: it's fun to see the familiar faces. That's one of

512
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Speaker 9: the great things about you know, this league is it

513
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Speaker 9: is in many ways of fraternity, and once you kind

514
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Speaker 9: of get to know certain people who have come through

515
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Speaker 9: your building, your chance are you're going to run into

516
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Speaker 9: him somewhere else. So I'm actually really excited. I can't

517
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Speaker 9: wait Seequacy. I'm a huge fan of his.

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Speaker 3: I mean, thinking of all the names that you just

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Speaker 3: named and seeing the success that both organizations I've had

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Speaker 3: at least in the past three or four years. How

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Speaker 3: have you seen the Browns continue to grow in the

522
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Speaker 3: right direction post Quays and now with Kevin Stefanski leading

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Speaker 3: the helm.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, he's a two time Coach of the Year. I mean,

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Speaker 9: I think if you just from an objective standpoint, if

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Speaker 9: you ask around the lad he's a top five roster

527
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Speaker 9: in the league. You know, obviously we need our quarterback

528
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Speaker 9: Deshaun Watson to you know, regain the form that he

529
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Speaker 9: had as a three time pro bowler and obviously you

530
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Speaker 9: know eight and four as a starter with the Browns,

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Speaker 9: and he's shown a lot of glimpses of that. That

532
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Speaker 9: second half against Baltimore was sensational and unfortunate that it's

533
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Speaker 9: the last time we've seen him. But they put together

534
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Speaker 9: an incredible roster here. It's a well coached team. It's

535
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Speaker 9: an excellent staff, you know, with with Kevin Stefanski Ken

536
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Speaker 9: Dorsey on the offensive side, not to mention you know,

537
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Speaker 9: the Duce Staley and Chad O'shee and Tommy Reese and

538
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Speaker 9: Andy Dickerson. And then you know, defensively with Jim Schwartz,

539
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Speaker 9: one of the best defensive coordinators and is the reigning

540
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Speaker 9: right now NFL's Assistant Coach of the Year.

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Speaker 10: So it's a great staff, it's a great roster.

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Speaker 9: You know, this is this is a team that should

543
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Speaker 9: be a team of consequences here and there are high expectations,

544
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Speaker 9: but that's part of being good. And you know, it's funny,

545
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Speaker 9: is training camp and the off season used to be

546
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Speaker 9: such a big deal around here.

547
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Speaker 10: That was, you know, where we find our savior.

548
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Speaker 9: No, we get to see the savior, and now it's

549
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Speaker 9: get us to the regular season. In fact, other than

550
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Speaker 9: today and tomorrow or Wednesday and Thursday, you know, these

551
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Speaker 9: joint practices.

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Speaker 10: This is probably this is the super.

553
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Speaker 9: Bowl of the off season for the Browns because it's

554
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Speaker 9: the only time you're really gonna see the starters do

555
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Speaker 9: a lot.

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Speaker 3: Yep, and that's the big thing for for us. Also,

557
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Speaker 3: right with Justin Jefferson going against Denzo Ward, You're you're

558
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Speaker 3: not going to see that most likely in the preseason

559
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Speaker 3: if you had to mimic what Kevin O'Connell did in

560
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Speaker 3: preseason game number one, Jordan Madison played, but Justin Jefferson

561
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Speaker 3: did not. He's the highest receiver, highest paid receiver, yeah,

562
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Speaker 3: in the NFL. But I'm just thinking about you know

563
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Speaker 3: where you guys are right now, trying to you know,

564
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Speaker 3: get over that hump. You know what your identity is.

565
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Speaker 3: And I think that's what makes this thing interesting for

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Speaker 3: this Minnesota Vikings team because there's so much change. There's

567
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Speaker 3: a new quarterback, there's a new running back, the offensive

568
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Speaker 3: line is in tech. But we look at this joint

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Speaker 3: practice as a way to see how we match up

570
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Speaker 3: from a physicadgy standpoint, understanding that how does that match

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Speaker 3: up with.

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Speaker 9: These These are big and I would tell you that,

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Speaker 9: you know, two years ago we had the Eagles come

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Speaker 9: here for joint practices and they dominated us and it

575
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Speaker 9: was man, they're pretty good and maybe we're not as

576
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Speaker 9: good as we would like to be, and they went

577
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Speaker 9: on to go to the Super Bowl that year, and

578
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Speaker 9: we're a second away from beating the Chiefs and winning

579
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Speaker 9: that super Bowl. But then last year when we went

580
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Speaker 9: to Philly, we kind of it was certainly either even

581
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Speaker 9: or maybe we would have been slightly ahead on the

582
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Speaker 9: judges card, but that was kind of that's the barometer.

583
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Speaker 9: And so when this one from the Brown standpoint, I mean,

584
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Speaker 9: I think it's very important that the Browns dominate these practices.

585
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Speaker 9: Not to say that the Minnesota Vikings are not a

586
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Speaker 9: good team, but some change. Obviously, Kirk Cousins is not

587
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Speaker 9: there anymore. Hockinson's banged up, you know, like it's Daniel

588
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Speaker 9: Hunter is gone, and I know Grenard has come in,

589
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Speaker 9: but it's a it's a team that is maybe in

590
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Speaker 9: a little bit of a different place there, maybe where

591
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Speaker 9: the Browns were a few years ago. You know, you've

592
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Speaker 9: drafted JJ McCarthy now unfortunate. I'm really bummed we're not

593
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Speaker 9: going to see him.

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Speaker 10: I loved what he our.

595
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Speaker 9: Friends college, Yeah for sure, so I was pumped to

596
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Speaker 9: see that. But you know, eventually it's going to be

597
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Speaker 9: his team, and that's going to be kind of where

598
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Speaker 9: do the Viking go when it's JJ McCarthy's team. So

599
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Speaker 9: the Browns are a fully formed team. We are not rebuilding,

600
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Speaker 9: We are not in a transitional phase. This is a

601
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Speaker 9: fully formed team that is here with you know, seven

602
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Speaker 9: Pro bowlers on the roster a year ago, all back

603
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Speaker 9: veterans like Zadarius Shelby, Harris Mohurst, Quintin Jefferson wanted to

604
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Speaker 9: come here and come back. Quentin Jefferson in a new edition,

605
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Speaker 9: Rodney McLeod wanted to come back. Jordan Hicks wanted to

606
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Speaker 9: come be a part of this who was just most recently,

607
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Speaker 9: you know, the Mike linebacker for the Vikings. This team

608
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Speaker 9: is ready to do great things, and I think that

609
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Speaker 9: needs to stand out. I think the I think there's

610
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Speaker 9: more pressure on the Browns in these joint practices to

611
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Speaker 9: look like the team that they are now. We do

612
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Speaker 9: have some injuries and not everybody as you talked about

613
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Speaker 9: already will be out there. But nonetheless, this is a

614
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Speaker 9: very very good football team and they need to come

615
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Speaker 9: out here and execute.

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Speaker 3: And show that. What are you watching this week with

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Speaker 3: these joint practices, Understanding that you have a knowledge of

618
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Speaker 3: this Vikings team, and you know where the Browns are

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Speaker 3: right now? Where are your eyes when it comes to

620
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Speaker 3: evaluation and trying to see how the Browns get over

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Speaker 3: that home.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean obviously you want to watch, so Ken

623
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Speaker 9: Dorsey's come in. We've implemented some new things in the offense,

624
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Speaker 9: more shotgun based, more spread, more, some more RPOs things

625
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Speaker 9: that you know, Deshaun and Jamis and dtr and are

626
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Speaker 9: more comfortable with. And there still will be the elements

627
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Speaker 9: of things that you saw in Minnesota with Kevin Stefanski

628
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Speaker 9: under center, the play action, boots and all of that,

629
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Speaker 9: and what a great offense that that is as well.

630
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Speaker 9: So we kind of have that hybrid. So I'm curious

631
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Speaker 9: to see that see how DeShawn does. This will be

632
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Speaker 9: kind of the most reps he's going to get prior

633
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Speaker 9: to Week one, gotcha in a in a real competitive situation.

634
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Speaker 9: I'm curious to see how some of the things that

635
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Speaker 9: I've been observing us do that have had a lot

636
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Speaker 9: of success, how that changes against you know, a three

637
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Speaker 9: four front versus just a four down front that we've

638
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Speaker 9: seen obviously here and then Green Bay had the same,

639
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Speaker 9: So that'll be interesting. And then you know right now,

640
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Speaker 9: our biggest question mark just on the roster straight up

641
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Speaker 9: period is left tackle because Jed Wills.

642
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Speaker 10: Has not yet practiced.

643
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Speaker 9: Jack Conklin has not yet pre and so we've had

644
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Speaker 9: you know, James Hudson over there entering his fourth year.

645
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Speaker 9: Jermaina Fetti, who was a former first round pick of

646
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Speaker 9: the Seahawks, is you know, kind of bounce around the

647
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Speaker 9: league hasn't started in a few years. So that makes

648
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Speaker 9: me a little nervous, you know, And so that'll be

649
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Speaker 9: something certainly I'm watching. Defensively, we're this is a good defense.

650
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Speaker 9: I mean, the reigning number one defense. Our back end

651
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Speaker 9: is as good as any in the league. We want

652
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Speaker 9: to have Greg Newsome out here I wouldn't expect, but

653
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Speaker 9: for the most part, other than Hicks, knew some maybe

654
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Speaker 9: Zadarius Dalvin, which is four of eleven, but we have

655
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Speaker 9: good depth at the positions that they're playing.

656
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Speaker 3: And I think that's that's a great reason why Kevin

657
00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:38,000
Speaker 3: O'Connell was very intentional when figuring out what team he

658
00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:40,200
Speaker 3: wanted to have joint practice with. We played the Eagles

659
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,560
Speaker 3: next week, but there was an emphasis on the Browns

660
00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:44,920
Speaker 3: and being able to come here and get some quality work.

661
00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:46,600
Speaker 3: We know the Eagles are a good team also, they were,

662
00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:48,360
Speaker 3: you know, in the Super Bowl a couple of years ago.

663
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,440
Speaker 3: And thinking about this Minnesota Vikings offense and defense, I

664
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:54,520
Speaker 3: think you'll see a lot of our starters get some reps.

665
00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:56,600
Speaker 3: But I think it will be an opportunity for these

666
00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:58,760
Speaker 3: guys to see how they match up, right, Yeah, of.

667
00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:00,800
Speaker 9: Course, and you'll you'll know, Oh, that's the thing about

668
00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:03,040
Speaker 9: these joint practices exactly. I mean, I remember, and Mike

669
00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:05,360
Speaker 9: Petton would be the first one to tell you, twenty fifteen,

670
00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:07,600
Speaker 9: we went up to Buffalo and we were feeling pretty

671
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:09,560
Speaker 9: good twenty fourteen for the Browns at the time. I

672
00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:11,560
Speaker 9: think seven and nine was like a good season and

673
00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:13,239
Speaker 9: it was like, Okay, we're going somewhere. And we went

674
00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:15,640
Speaker 9: up there and they just and they weren't even supposed

675
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,880
Speaker 9: to be that great and they physically just kicked the

676
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:21,880
Speaker 9: crap out of us, and you're like, uh, oh, you know,

677
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:23,680
Speaker 9: and then we went three and thirteen that year. So

678
00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:26,719
Speaker 9: I think that there is there are definitely things that

679
00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,080
Speaker 9: can be be taken from this. And I think another

680
00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:31,040
Speaker 9: reason that this is such a good fit is Kevin's

681
00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:33,680
Speaker 9: history with your organization. A lot of the people leading

682
00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:36,600
Speaker 9: your organization their history here that you know, it's not

683
00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:40,440
Speaker 9: going to turn into you know, fights, yeah, and people

684
00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:41,360
Speaker 9: not getting.

685
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:42,160
Speaker 10: The work right. It's the respect.

686
00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:44,960
Speaker 9: It's going to be structured in a very collaborative way,

687
00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:46,880
Speaker 9: and I think that helps. I think that's going to

688
00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:48,840
Speaker 9: be better beneficial for everybody that's out here.

689
00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:51,640
Speaker 3: I'm thinking about you. You made a good point about

690
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:53,800
Speaker 3: the parallels that you can take away from these joint

691
00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:56,560
Speaker 3: practices and understanding that there will be a lot of

692
00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:00,800
Speaker 3: second teamers and third stringers playing in that Saturday pseason game, yes,

693
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,680
Speaker 3: three twenty five Central time, four twenty five Eastern here

694
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:07,440
Speaker 3: in Cleveland. What what does the evaluation look like for

695
00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:09,520
Speaker 3: those guys who who are going to get more reps

696
00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:12,360
Speaker 3: than what they expected against the Vikings, both in practice

697
00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:13,520
Speaker 3: and in a preseason game.

698
00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:15,719
Speaker 9: I think for us, I really think this is going

699
00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:18,000
Speaker 9: to be from the Brown standpoint and this joint practice,

700
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:20,360
Speaker 9: it's going to be predominantly just the starters and the

701
00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:22,480
Speaker 9: second team. I think that'll be really what you get,

702
00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:24,880
Speaker 9: and then you'll get you know, everybody else who's kind

703
00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:27,600
Speaker 9: of you know, fighting to either make the roster or

704
00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:29,640
Speaker 9: you know, stay in the program as it were with

705
00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:30,560
Speaker 9: those sixteen.

706
00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:31,240
Speaker 10: Practice squad spots.

707
00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:34,040
Speaker 9: I think that's gonna come Saturday, I think, and you

708
00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:36,200
Speaker 9: won't see the starter Saturday, and Kevin's the fancies followed

709
00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:39,160
Speaker 9: a pretty consistent pattern. First preseason game really nothing with

710
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,920
Speaker 9: the starters. Second preseason game as joint practices, They'll get

711
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,480
Speaker 9: a ton of work today, Wednesday and Thursday.

712
00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:46,240
Speaker 10: Won't play, and then we'll get the dress rehearsal.

713
00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:48,680
Speaker 9: We're in Seattle for the preseason finale, and they'll play

714
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,440
Speaker 9: in that game. He's already announced that. So, yeah, this

715
00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:53,280
Speaker 9: is going to be these practices I think will be

716
00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:56,160
Speaker 9: about the good and where that is with our roster

717
00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:59,320
Speaker 9: right now, given obviously the limitations of injuries, but the

718
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:01,720
Speaker 9: game itself, if I think, will be much more about

719
00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,640
Speaker 9: you know, third fourth team guys fighting to you know,

720
00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:05,720
Speaker 9: stay here in this program.

721
00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:08,520
Speaker 3: My final question for you, thinking of the outlook of

722
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:13,120
Speaker 3: these joint practices and the preseason in its totality, how

723
00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:16,200
Speaker 3: do you see the future of joint practices becoming once

724
00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 3: the NFL continues to progress with trying to figure out

725
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:21,160
Speaker 3: three preseason game, two preseason games or yeah.

726
00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:22,640
Speaker 10: And then we all know it's going on two.

727
00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:24,760
Speaker 9: Yeah, it's gonna be two in eighteen games, and hopefully

728
00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:26,200
Speaker 9: they can figure out a way to do that with three,

729
00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:27,880
Speaker 9: but with two buys in the season, and I think

730
00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:29,320
Speaker 9: it would actually be great break it up into like,

731
00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:32,360
Speaker 9: you know, three kind of six game tranches. I think

732
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:38,000
Speaker 9: as this stuff evolves, I do think joint practices take

733
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:39,440
Speaker 9: on more and more importance, and I think you could

734
00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:42,720
Speaker 9: see some teams, you know, doing two sets of joint practices,

735
00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:46,680
Speaker 9: because the truth is, in a preseason game, you're not

736
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:49,320
Speaker 9: guaranteed to get to work red zone, you're not guaranteed

737
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:50,840
Speaker 9: to get to work a two minute drill. You're not

738
00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:53,080
Speaker 9: getting teed to work a lot of the situational football

739
00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:56,959
Speaker 9: that ultimately determines outcomes in games. And so you know,

740
00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:59,479
Speaker 9: I'm sure over the course of the next two days,

741
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:02,400
Speaker 9: you're gonna get two minute drill periods. You're gonna get

742
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:04,600
Speaker 9: goal lines, you're gonna get high red zone, you're gonna

743
00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:06,680
Speaker 9: get low red zone. You're gonna get all of those

744
00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:10,319
Speaker 9: situations third down and mediums, third down and long. You're

745
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:12,319
Speaker 9: gonna get all the things that you really need to

746
00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:16,400
Speaker 9: work on guaranteed set number of reps. Everybody's in on

747
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:19,440
Speaker 9: it to get that really good quality work that you

748
00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:21,000
Speaker 9: just don't get in the preseason games.

749
00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:24,680
Speaker 10: And it's a more controlled environment. Feels a little safer.

750
00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:27,600
Speaker 9: Although we've seen injuries and I'm sure they happen non

751
00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:29,400
Speaker 9: contact and a regular part of the game, part of

752
00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:32,040
Speaker 9: the game, but it feels like you hope that you know,

753
00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:34,120
Speaker 9: it can be a little bit safer for everybody involved

754
00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:34,439
Speaker 9: as well.

755
00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:36,719
Speaker 3: Yeah, I've really liked the model that the NFL is

756
00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:38,839
Speaker 3: starting to turn towards, because if you look at how

757
00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:43,200
Speaker 3: colleges figure out the off season workouts between other teams,

758
00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:45,560
Speaker 3: Like I went to Liberty University and the off season

759
00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:48,240
Speaker 3: we always had seven on sevens or just quick drills

760
00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:50,719
Speaker 3: with UVA. Yeah, and then we'll travel forty five minutes

761
00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:52,480
Speaker 3: up the road to go to Virginia Tech. And a

762
00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:56,200
Speaker 3: lot of those practices weren't televised or they weren't you know,

763
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:58,759
Speaker 3: publicized as they should have been. Sure, and this is

764
00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:01,279
Speaker 3: with you know, many universe, but the fact that the

765
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:05,359
Speaker 3: NFL is starting to follow that model and figure out

766
00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:08,240
Speaker 3: that joint practices are beneficial for you know, the development

767
00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:10,239
Speaker 3: of some of these young guys. I really like the

768
00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:12,720
Speaker 3: way it's going and hopefully it continues to trend upward.

769
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,399
Speaker 10: I could agree more. And I love like the one

770
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:15,839
Speaker 10: on ones.

771
00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:18,200
Speaker 9: The one on ones are that's such a fun part

772
00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:20,680
Speaker 9: of these joint practice and then everybody will get you know,

773
00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:24,239
Speaker 9: the reps in those periods. But I would imagine if

774
00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:25,919
Speaker 9: you look in the crystal Ball, at some point they're

775
00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:28,880
Speaker 9: gonna say, let's just play twenty games, let's not have

776
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:31,400
Speaker 9: any preseason games, and it's gonna be nothing but joint

777
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:34,960
Speaker 9: practices and things leading up to it because the preseason

778
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,240
Speaker 9: games and I'm you know right, I do the color

779
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:41,239
Speaker 9: for our preseason TV broadcast this year as well. It's

780
00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:44,879
Speaker 9: a it's an interesting watch, right it is the third one.

781
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:48,879
Speaker 9: Oh yeah, this is This is gonna be way more

782
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:52,440
Speaker 9: much must see, must watch than anything really you'll see

783
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:54,759
Speaker 9: in a preseason game. Because also in a preseason game,

784
00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:57,359
Speaker 9: it's as vanilla's Vanilla can get in the scheme. There's

785
00:35:57,360 --> 00:35:59,680
Speaker 9: nobody's game play, there's nothing, and nobody wants to show

786
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:01,960
Speaker 9: anything as they're saving it for their Week one opponents.

787
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:04,200
Speaker 9: So I'm actually really excited about this. But I think

788
00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:05,880
Speaker 9: you're right. I think there's gonna be more of this

789
00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:08,480
Speaker 9: in the future. And and certainly fewer preseason games as

790
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:08,840
Speaker 9: it goes on.

791
00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:11,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm surprised the NFL network or CBS is and

792
00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:11,560
Speaker 3: out here.

793
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:14,439
Speaker 9: You know, Oh, there's a lot of national people here's

794
00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:15,000
Speaker 9: out here.

795
00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:18,239
Speaker 3: Filming the actual practice as with live play by play calls.

796
00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:20,280
Speaker 9: Yeah, you know, I don't think. I don't think evan's

797
00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:22,800
Speaker 9: the fans game. Kevin O'Connell be like, yeah, no, no, no, no, no,

798
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:24,319
Speaker 9: you're not. You're not sending any of that.

799
00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:26,840
Speaker 3: Out, not at all. Well, look, we appreciate you joining us.

800
00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:29,400
Speaker 3: Sure they always a pleasure and looking forward to seeing

801
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:32,160
Speaker 3: how the work goes this week and leading up to

802
00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:36,240
Speaker 3: Saturday's preseason game for twenty five Eastern here in Cleveland, Ohio.

803
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:37,520
Speaker 10: Thank you, Nate, all right, thank you.

804
00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:39,279
Speaker 1: Well.

805
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:42,279
Speaker 3: Always great to hear. Another perspective when when talking about

806
00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:45,040
Speaker 3: facing an opponent and just some really good, some really

807
00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:48,360
Speaker 3: good stuff there, Pete, and talking about day two of

808
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:52,200
Speaker 3: joint practices, Now we finally get one more opportunity to

809
00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:57,279
Speaker 3: possibly see Justin Jefferson in action versus another defense and

810
00:36:57,400 --> 00:36:58,240
Speaker 3: that's not wearing purple.

811
00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:00,520
Speaker 5: I agree, And I think the main thing for us

812
00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:04,759
Speaker 5: is offensively is just to kind of match that intensity, right,

813
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:07,560
Speaker 5: and uh, you know which one of that which one

814
00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:10,440
Speaker 5: of the group is going to bring that? You know,

815
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:13,200
Speaker 5: it's Donald's team now, so I think he has to

816
00:37:13,239 --> 00:37:15,719
Speaker 5: be you know, a big part of that setting that

817
00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:18,600
Speaker 5: expectation right, getting getting the guys around and fired up,

818
00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:22,080
Speaker 5: you know, And and you know you're looking for someone

819
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:26,200
Speaker 5: like obviously you know Bradberry, let's say, step up and

820
00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:27,719
Speaker 5: who's having a really.

821
00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:28,560
Speaker 4: Really good campus far.

822
00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:32,239
Speaker 5: You need someone like him to just get that group going, right,

823
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:34,520
Speaker 5: Just get him going and get him fired up, match

824
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:36,719
Speaker 5: that level of intensity. You don't have to jump around

825
00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:40,279
Speaker 5: and yell and scream, but just just be ready. And

826
00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:43,080
Speaker 5: hopefully they'll find that between now and when they get

827
00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:45,879
Speaker 5: together tomorrow and you know we'll go from there. But off,

828
00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:48,160
Speaker 5: it's still waiting to see what the identity of the

829
00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:50,360
Speaker 5: running game is going to be. Aaron Jones is a

830
00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:53,520
Speaker 5: welcome addition, right And in the same questions how much

831
00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:54,960
Speaker 5: of a load is he gonna be able to carry

832
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:56,920
Speaker 5: throughout the season, the less is you know, less is

833
00:37:56,920 --> 00:37:59,040
Speaker 5: more in that respect, So who are going to be

834
00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:03,759
Speaker 5: the guys that step up behind them? You know, Yeah,

835
00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:04,400
Speaker 5: we'll see.

836
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:08,640
Speaker 3: I asked Nathan this question and a couple more questions,

837
00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:10,160
Speaker 3: but I want to before I get to my last question,

838
00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:12,919
Speaker 3: I want to want to ask you this. Understanding that

839
00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:17,200
Speaker 3: these joint practices have become more and more popular, how

840
00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:21,759
Speaker 3: do you see preseason games being treated for backups as

841
00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:22,359
Speaker 3: we move forward?

842
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:24,480
Speaker 5: Well, for backups, I mean they're gonna get it. You're

843
00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:26,160
Speaker 5: gonna still gonna get I think the backups is still

844
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:28,719
Speaker 5: going to get a majority of the playing time. But

845
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:31,560
Speaker 5: it was just interesting how how different the Raiders were

846
00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:33,160
Speaker 5: going about it. They didn't have any joint.

847
00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:35,800
Speaker 4: Practices, so they really they had the starters.

848
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:37,200
Speaker 5: In there in that preseason game, and that's something we

849
00:38:37,239 --> 00:38:41,239
Speaker 5: hadn't seen over the last couple of years. So it's

850
00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:43,480
Speaker 5: an ebb and flow, right, like passing and running. So

851
00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:44,880
Speaker 5: you know you're gonna find a team that has to

852
00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:46,840
Speaker 5: run the football and gets good at it and becomes

853
00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:49,680
Speaker 5: a good offense off of it, and it's it's gonna

854
00:38:49,719 --> 00:38:54,480
Speaker 5: be something different. The control part of the controlled scrimmage

855
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:56,880
Speaker 5: is what this is all about, right, It's it's you

856
00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:59,120
Speaker 5: have a lot more than you would in a normal game.

857
00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:01,799
Speaker 5: You can pick your situations, you can do those things,

858
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:03,239
Speaker 5: you can get the kind of work in that you

859
00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:05,960
Speaker 5: really want and need I think that's the you know,

860
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:07,880
Speaker 5: that's the best part of it, the one on ones

861
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:11,359
Speaker 5: and all the different all the different drills and all

862
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:15,880
Speaker 5: so that you can't get and for all these guys,

863
00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:18,480
Speaker 5: they've been practicing against each other, seeing the same faces

864
00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:20,680
Speaker 5: every day to get out here and to go against

865
00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:23,759
Speaker 5: you know, just a different code uniform. That's that should

866
00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:26,080
Speaker 5: get you fired up right there. But got a lot

867
00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:27,680
Speaker 5: of good work, a lot of a lot of good work

868
00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:29,319
Speaker 5: today and both teams I think got better.

869
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:31,000
Speaker 4: And that's that's the key. Yeah.

870
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:33,879
Speaker 3: And and the key right now is as we are

871
00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:37,800
Speaker 3: recording this, it's about thirty practices ended about twenty thirty

872
00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:40,480
Speaker 3: minutes ago. And the last guy on the field right

873
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Speaker 3: now getting reps and catching the ball is our star

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Speaker 3: wide receiver, Justin Jefferson.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, there's a reason, there's a reason he's good. There's

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Speaker 4: a reason he's the best in the.

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Speaker 5: League, right and uh, you know, so there's it's there's

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Speaker 5: no secret, there's no substitute for hard work.

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Speaker 4: And I mean I remember jj is two years.

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Speaker 5: Ago having a bad day at h at camp and

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Speaker 5: then him staying afterwards and just on the jugs machine,

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Speaker 5: and you know, and that's I think that's the biggest,

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Speaker 5: biggest difference in college.

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Speaker 4: As a college player, you play up to your strengths

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Speaker 4: and they use it as a team.

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Speaker 5: But you get to this level, you got to attack

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Speaker 5: your weaknesses, right, You got to figure out what those

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Speaker 5: are and and and get better and you know, work

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Speaker 5: ethic wise. There's a reason JJ is where he is

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Speaker 5: and it's good to see that he still has it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean for for most fans, if not all fans,

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Speaker 3: if they were in attendance today, today was a great

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Speaker 3: justin Jefferson practice, but maybe to his standards, it was

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Speaker 3: like he left the play, left a few plays out there.

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Speaker 3: So it's always good seeing the great.

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Speaker 5: You're not you're not get the you're not gonna get

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Speaker 5: the calls from the referees here.

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Speaker 4: You know that you will in a game, I think.

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Speaker 5: And uh, but that's what got me excited too, is

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Speaker 5: just seeing the the number of deep attempts and deep

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Speaker 5: throws and It's like, that's what we saw in last

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Speaker 5: week's preseason game, and that's what got this team, put

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Speaker 5: us on the board, got us fired up. Yeah, man,

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Speaker 5: I'm not you know, I'm saying it's not Ernie' Zamps

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Speaker 5: type offense. Maybe yet, but at the same time, we

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Speaker 5: we look good going.

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Speaker 4: Vertically for sure.

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Speaker 3: Kevin O'Connell schemed a lot of good players today and

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Speaker 3: hopefully that continues as we move forward for this Minnesota

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Speaker 3: Vikings team. But Pete, always a pleasure talking to you.

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Speaker 3: Next tomorrow we have another join number. Let's go. A

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Speaker 3: couple of days after that, we have road preseason game

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Speaker 3: number one. In preseason game number two for this Minnesota

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Speaker 3: Vikings team against the Cleveland Browns.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, and I think the main thing right now is

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Speaker 5: the weather. It could come up with a more beautiful

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Speaker 5: day today and tomorrow is supposed to be wonderful, but

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Speaker 5: about eighty percent chance of rain on Saturday, So you

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Speaker 5: know that'll that'll change, you know, how kind of how

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Speaker 5: things go.

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Speaker 4: So hopefully you know everybody will stay dry. Yeah, and.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it just it changes the game a little bit

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Speaker 5: when it's wet and not a lot of grass fields,

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Speaker 5: you know, and so you're out there and the dirt

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Speaker 5: and guys actually might give money, they might they actually

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Speaker 5: might be dirty in this game.

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Speaker 4: So ma, I'm kind of excited. You know, I feel

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Speaker 4: like you needed Cleveland black and blue rains. You know

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Speaker 4: a little bit of mud that's gonna be fun.

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Speaker 3: I love it should be a lot of fun. Three

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Speaker 3: twenty five pm Shutru Time kickoff in Cleveland, Ohio on Saturday,

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Speaker 3: Vikings Zos Browns and we will be an attendance, so

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Speaker 3: for Pete versus Nathan Zagira and all right producer Eric Davidson.

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Speaker 3: My name is Gave Henderson. We will talk to you

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