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Speaker 1: Hello, Hey Brandon, welcome back. And uh, do you talk

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Speaker 1: a little bit about your your thoughts and being able

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Speaker 1: to return here and and you know, making the transition

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Speaker 1: last seed then just how you felt you made that

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Speaker 1: transition and about doing that potentially going forward. Yeah, well

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Speaker 1: just uh this offseason was unperpensial, uncontinued to stay the least. Uh,

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Speaker 1: but you know I've just been been coming up lessons

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Speaker 1: is enjoying life and expand active and ready for that call.

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Speaker 1: And uh, you know, it's funny how this this business works.

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Speaker 1: You know, sometimes we robin door you want to play

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Speaker 1: me back to NIXT and that's my story right now.

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Speaker 1: So I'm just you know, I'm fortunate to you know,

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Speaker 1: the team right now. You know I'm in I'm in

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Speaker 1: a good space and it's ready to work. It's ready

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Speaker 1: to do what it takes, you know, to to one

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Speaker 1: to make the squad, but for two to make this

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Speaker 1: team as competitive as we can be to make lint.

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Speaker 1: And you talk about that transition to safety breathing, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's um. You know, it's been my thought process for

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Speaker 1: a few years now when I kind of when I

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Speaker 1: left flip from Dallas. You know, I was trying to

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Speaker 1: figure out ways just to be able, sustained and have longevity. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, I'm always about competition, so always bringing in

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Speaker 1: young beautiful guys that have first League, but allowing myself

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Speaker 1: to just to have my impact on the game and

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Speaker 1: move around on the field, be that versatile player that

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Speaker 1: I've always thought I could be. And um, you know,

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Speaker 1: to get an opportunity to come back here to you know,

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Speaker 1: two for one show that and for two to help

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Speaker 1: these young guys, um, you know, come along as well.

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Speaker 1: How are you feeling physically where you how are you

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Speaker 1: physically and after not he said, uncontting mentionedal I'll season

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Speaker 1: and not being around the team. I've seen some workouts

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Speaker 1: and things like that. How ready are you to be

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Speaker 1: able to play if needed we want? Yeah? I stay ready, man,

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Speaker 1: Uncle Vincent. Though where it was it was a no

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Speaker 1: ota isn't nothing like that. But for myself, my grind

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Speaker 1: never stopped my routine. My process is always the same

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Speaker 1: and I'm just, uh, you know, just just always staying

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Speaker 1: ready for opportunities. Did you ever think about not playing

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Speaker 1: this year just because of what's going on? Regardless of

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Speaker 1: you got an offer or not. Yeah, I have already

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Speaker 1: with all the information, just uh just coming by the

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Speaker 1: Bolos every day with something different. But as we you know,

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Speaker 1: just walk down this hill and then we uh kind

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Speaker 1: of got together, I thought to the family and just

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Speaker 1: trying to educate a decision on you know, if it's

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Speaker 1: worth it or not. And ultimately, you know, it's a

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Speaker 1: great situation to be at home, my own backyard and

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Speaker 1: that would come represent my club one more time to

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Speaker 1: unputed in the time. But if we thought about it

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Speaker 1: early on and we went back and forth three times

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Speaker 1: and you had to make an educating the smart decisions

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Speaker 1: come Hey Brandon's clients and walking back man, thank you

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Speaker 1: all right? Can you just talk about being on a

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Speaker 1: practice squard this whole process? You know, you ever think

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Speaker 1: that you would be on a practice squad at this

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Speaker 1: point in your career and uh no, it's it's it's

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Speaker 1: a little different, man. But I'm all about opportunity. I'm

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Speaker 1: all about just enjoying this journey and his ride, man,

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Speaker 1: and you know, just just the way that the things

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Speaker 1: kind of shake out. Um, you know, I'm just I'm

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Speaker 1: just less to being the building. Whatever the situation where

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Speaker 1: my capacity is I'm making most of it. I'm always

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Speaker 1: trying to grind to get more so to practice. The

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Speaker 1: Chief squad just you know, came at came out of

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Speaker 1: the blue. But you know, I don't have any pride

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Speaker 1: issues or let anything sing away of me. I'm at

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Speaker 1: to a point now I'm playing football because i want

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Speaker 1: to play, and that's that's a good spot to be in.

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Speaker 1: Can you talk about how you've been able to remain

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Speaker 1: as serable issue had over the years. I mean the

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Speaker 1: fact that you haven't this the game is already impress

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Speaker 1: their Brandon. Um, I think one, I have a I

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Speaker 1: have a a great guy that takes me every single

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Speaker 1: day too. All right, try to take care of my body.

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Speaker 1: Were going off the field off season during the season, Um,

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Speaker 1: just twenty four seven and three d man just been

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Speaker 1: been lucky along the way I was, you know, uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, survive some some scares and things like that.

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Speaker 1: But you know, just my thread really I just go

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Speaker 1: through my preparation and just also just a little hints

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Speaker 1: of look along the way. You know, Brandon, have you

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Speaker 1: tried do you take in that streak of one hundred

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Speaker 1: and ninety two starts and and that's something that's meaning

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Speaker 1: meaningful to you going forward. UM, the streak, I mean

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Speaker 1: it's I don't think what streak to you guys, Ask

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Speaker 1: anybody personally. UM, I'm just so consumed. I'm trying to

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Speaker 1: figure a way to get a championship ring. You know,

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Speaker 1: they're playing for to be thirteen years now. I'm I

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Speaker 1: don't have any hardware, So the streak is fine, but

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Speaker 1: I want to end this game with with some hardware. UM.

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Speaker 1: The Autimate team Tropren what did you what do you

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Speaker 1: think of this team on paper? Just what it looks like.

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Speaker 1: We're able to keep up with them at all, even

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Speaker 1: from Afar when you were in Baltimore. Yeah, I always

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Speaker 1: streets and UM just all thirty two teams to see

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Speaker 1: what everybody's doing. But you know this team is UM.

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Speaker 1: When I left, they had two young guys who were

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Speaker 1: able to be away for three years do my thing.

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Speaker 1: But to see these guys just really grow up to

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Speaker 1: become professionals, all stars booking off the field. UM that

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Speaker 1: we added they added to UM the equation this is

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Speaker 1: this year as far as just a pass rush and

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Speaker 1: just some pieces along the way that can help us,

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Speaker 1: you know, get to the next the next spot, you know. Um,

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Speaker 1: so I'm excited for it. I'm looking forward the opportunity

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Speaker 1: to get out here tomorrow and kind of mixed up

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Speaker 1: How do you play catch up to our grand edge

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Speaker 1: in terms of learning this scheme and and figuring out

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Speaker 1: what it did they want? Not like from year, but

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Speaker 1: from what this defense entails. I played catch up by

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Speaker 1: just bury myself in this playbook. Just um, this weakest

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Speaker 1: consume is just getting acquainted and acclimated to a playbook

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Speaker 1: my teammates. Just just the vernacular and the verbs as

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Speaker 1: for for the most part two of years, I've played

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Speaker 1: as you grow older, kind of everything kind of run together.

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Speaker 1: The only thing that changes is the verbs. So I'm

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Speaker 1: get my chicks across to my guys and uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: just taking one day to time. What do you like

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Speaker 1: about playing safety after playing corner for so long? Uh?

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Speaker 1: What I liked about the most is that I get

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Speaker 1: more so just trying to be a fuel general uh

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Speaker 1: open to run in the past game making plays, UM,

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Speaker 1: it's a tribe about to execute. So I'm just excited

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Speaker 1: you know, I guess I guess only time went to

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Speaker 1: just a transaction you always thought you might make late

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Speaker 1: in your career to kind of end your your ability

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Speaker 1: to play in the NFL. Yeah, I've always I've always

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Speaker 1: talked about it early on. I just watched the guys

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Speaker 1: just hoping that I get the opportunity to you just

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Speaker 1: to see if I can make transition as well. So,

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Speaker 1: like I said, well we'll see with this year brings

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Speaker 1: to that transition and the ass to the sea. You know,

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Speaker 1: I'm available across the board, all over the field, So

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm just ready for wherever duty costs. What's

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Speaker 1: your sense of what the team's planting is in terms

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Speaker 1: of how much strength and conditioning, how much transition and

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Speaker 1: even in the game setting strength and conditioning. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I've never stopped training. Um, it's separate march Um. You know,

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Speaker 1: keep it myself ready. But I mean I just I

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Speaker 1: my note cards to the plays that my gear, and

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Speaker 1: I'm just like the rest of the guys around here.

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Speaker 1: So I mean, I'm not too far off. I think

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Speaker 1: You know. It's just I'm just excited to get out

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Speaker 1: you know, having intense practice with my teammates. You know.

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Speaker 1: It's a really different from training on your own and

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Speaker 1: trying to simulate that that intensity and just the uh,

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Speaker 1: just try to make some play, right, Thank you, man.

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Speaker 1: I think you guys