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Speaker 1: I wanted to know how difficult the last couple of

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Speaker 1: weeks have been in the wake of Jacob Blake, UM,

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Speaker 1: and how you feel the organization and you guys are

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Speaker 1: um handling it as a as a group, and you

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Speaker 1: know what you hope to do more in the future. No,

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Speaker 1: obviously it's a tough situation. UM. You know that and

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Speaker 1: everything else that's going on in the world, you know

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Speaker 1: obviously you know, as a black man, it definitely affects

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Speaker 1: me heavily. And you know, we've come together. We've had

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Speaker 1: countless talks about you know, how we can make real

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Speaker 1: change and make real impact. And you know, I think

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Speaker 1: we've done a good job. Um. We're all in charge

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Speaker 1: of certain areas where you know, where we're helping with

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Speaker 1: police reform, you know, educational inequalities, food inequalities, UM. And

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Speaker 1: we've been having very healthy and productive conversations. Obviously we

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Speaker 1: can't do it alone, but you know, we all have

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Speaker 1: large platforms where our voices can and be heard and

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Speaker 1: you know, make a huge impact. Then, you know, I

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Speaker 1: definitely think that we've been doing a great job of

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Speaker 1: using our voice. How well do you know, Logan Ryan,

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Speaker 1: who's gonna be your new sort of wingman in the secondary.

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Speaker 1: And uh, how excited were you when when he finally

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Speaker 1: agreed to the terms first contract here. You know, obviously

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Speaker 1: you know, I'm a Jersey guy. He's a Jersey guy,

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Speaker 1: so you know, I don't know him personally, but you know,

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Speaker 1: obviously I know of him, heard of him. You know,

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Speaker 1: he's had a very productive career, you know, wherever he's

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Speaker 1: been at. And you know, I definitely think it's a

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Speaker 1: great acquisition. He will definitely helped the team. He's a

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Speaker 1: little older than you. You You never played against him and

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Speaker 1: uh uh high school or even college, right, Nah, Nope,

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Speaker 1: never got a chance to line up against him after

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Speaker 1: a whole training camp here, what you're at the defense?

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Speaker 1: How much better can it be next year than last year?

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Speaker 1: Now that you've added a bunch of playmakers in the

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Speaker 1: you know, I'm not really focused on last year. Man

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Speaker 1: the new year, new folks, there's new opportunity. You know,

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Speaker 1: we've all stepped up to the task, and you know,

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Speaker 1: we've been working hard, we've been working well in cohesion. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: you know we're not where we want to be, and

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Speaker 1: that's fine. You know, we still have you know a

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Speaker 1: week a week or so until the game. So I

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Speaker 1: definitely think we're heading in the right direction. You just

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Speaker 1: gotta keep stacking good days on top of good days

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Speaker 1: and you know, put the final product out there on

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Speaker 1: Monday night, which we're excited about. And one other off

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Speaker 1: field question with the pandemic, we're about a week away

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Speaker 1: from teams traveling from playing football games where you're gonna

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Speaker 1: be tackling, you know, guys from other Staiths and other teams.

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Speaker 1: How safe do you feel when that in a week

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Speaker 1: when new variables are introduced. I mean, I think the

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Speaker 1: league has done a good job following CDC guidelines, you know.

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Speaker 1: You know, I know we've done a good job of

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Speaker 1: you know, testing everyone every day, you know, all throughout

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Speaker 1: the building, um, you know, wearing our masks, keeping our

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Speaker 1: six ft of space, you know. I I would like

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Speaker 1: to think that other teams have been doing on that

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Speaker 1: I think if we keep following the proper guidelines and

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Speaker 1: you know, staying discipline throughout the year, I think I

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Speaker 1: don't think much of it. Man. You I trust the league.

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Speaker 1: I trust I trust what we're doing here, and uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, I'm just happy we we can still go

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Speaker 1: out there and do what we love. Man. So you know,

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Speaker 1: that's that's that's my take on in terms of leadership

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Speaker 1: within the within the locker room. If you go back

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Speaker 1: to you know, I don't know if I had told you,

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Speaker 1: or if I would have told you all the circumstances

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Speaker 1: this team needed to deal with that maybe just the

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Speaker 1: players would have had doubts as to how close the

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Speaker 1: group could be, that would there be enough leadership for

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Speaker 1: some new guys from old guys blending? I guess my

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Speaker 1: question is are you surprised with how close this team

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Speaker 1: appears to be considering the circumstances that you've dealt with

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Speaker 1: outside of a traditional can room, where, let's face it,

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Speaker 1: that's kind of where the team bonds. Um. You know,

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Speaker 1: football is the ultimate team sport, so obviously the better

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Speaker 1: better you want to play for him. Um. I think

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Speaker 1: we've done a great job, even though we're maintaining our distance.

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Speaker 1: You know, we've done a great job of getting to

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Speaker 1: know one another, even tracing back to the spring, you know,

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Speaker 1: having zoom calls and you know, everybody on this on

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Speaker 1: text and chains or or getting to know the new guy.

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Speaker 1: You know, we we have a policy. We're not a policy,

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Speaker 1: but the guys do a great job. But whenever we

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Speaker 1: get a new guy in the building, go up to him,

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Speaker 1: introduce ourselves, you know, make conversation, get to know that guy,

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Speaker 1: make him feel welcome. You know, that's our thing, man,

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Speaker 1: and I think we've done a pretty good job of that,

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Speaker 1: regardless of the circumstances. Hey, bro, let's trying to get

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Speaker 1: your take on, you know, going up against Evan everyday

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Speaker 1: and practice and how much you think that matchup will

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Speaker 1: benefit you in your face and uh, obviously I don't

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Speaker 1: have to talk about the elite qualities he possessed. So

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Speaker 1: seeing him every day definitely helps me. You know, a

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Speaker 1: tight end that's four force feed quick, can go up,

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Speaker 1: hot point the ball, great bridge, great routes. You know

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Speaker 1: it's only gonna make me better, you know, So I

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Speaker 1: take it. I take it. I take the challenge head

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Speaker 1: on each and every day, and I know he does

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Speaker 1: as well to just go out there and compete because

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Speaker 1: we know we're gonna make each other better. And that's

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Speaker 1: the beauty of it. You know, all those guys Caden

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Speaker 1: tor Loolo you know myself, Chance, Julia Love, you know,

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Speaker 1: just the constant competition, knowing that we're pushing each other

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Speaker 1: to get better. You know, I think it will definitely

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Speaker 1: show on game days. They gave him a touchdown on

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Speaker 1: that last one. What you think about you know, you

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Speaker 1: guys know that's a lie. If that's live, that's a tackle,

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Speaker 1: you know what I mean, We're a week away. I'm

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Speaker 1: not gonna do anything and clip his hills or anything

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Speaker 1: because we need that guy. But you know, people, people

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Speaker 1: who know the circumstances, No, that's a tackle, you know.

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Speaker 1: But it's offensive league. We know that they want to

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Speaker 1: see they want to see points scored. Man, we we

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Speaker 1: we know what we're up against. So you know it

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Speaker 1: is what it is. But you know, in my book,

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Speaker 1: that's a tackle.