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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. The Ravens were

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Speaker 1: back on the practice field today preparing for an AFC

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Speaker 1: North matchup on Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers. It was

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Speaker 1: a bonus day of media availability and we had a

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Speaker 1: chance to talk with a handful of players in the

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Speaker 1: locker room. Here is running back Keith Mitchell.

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Speaker 2: Did the feel to be activated and play a game again?

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Speaker 3: It felt good. That was my first time putting on

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Speaker 3: shoulder pads since December last year, so it felt good,

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Speaker 3: just like a warm up game, So now it felt good.

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Speaker 3: I was blessed.

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Speaker 2: Was there emotional at all? Just knowing all you've gone

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Speaker 2: through over the past year to get back to this point.

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Speaker 3: For sure, for sure knowing that it was a career

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Speaker 3: end the injury, So just me being blessed to be

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Speaker 3: able to run and play the game that I love.

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Speaker 2: Yes, it was an emotional The coach Arball talking about

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Speaker 2: the potential of a three headed monster with you guys

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Speaker 2: in the backfield, what are your thoughts on that three

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Speaker 3: Yes, yes, say them boys already warmed up going, so

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna just warm up by kick return and whatever

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Speaker 3: touches I get don't want to step on they toe

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Speaker 3: because they're doing a great job with the duo right now.

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Speaker 3: So but once I get goings three, it's gonna be

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Speaker 3: a dangerous backfield.

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Speaker 2: Justly got you great speed and the ability to take.

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Speaker 2: We saw that last year. I know, in terms of

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Speaker 2: the volume at touches may not be either compared to

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Speaker 2: what you had a year ago. But what you're one said,

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Speaker 2: just knowing that anytime you get it, you could make

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Speaker 3: Yes, sir, just the same mindset as last year. Whatever

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Speaker 3: I get, I gotta make them go. So uh, just

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Speaker 3: having that same mindset, be.

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Speaker 4: Patient to get back. But now do you feel like

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Speaker 4: you have to be patient to kind of get up

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Speaker 4: speed for sure?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? Yeah, just be patient, take advantage of every opportunity

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Speaker 3: that I get. Just hopefully I can get going fast.

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Speaker 4: So what have you heard this week of Belt Deal

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Speaker 4: week and just how big this game always is, especially

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Speaker 3: Yeah, just uh whatever, whatever UH plans they got in

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Speaker 3: the game plan running the UH Special team. Just whenever

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Speaker 3: I'm out there on the UH field, just just know

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Speaker 3: that I had the game took it away for me

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Speaker 3: for ten months. So whatever I get out there, just

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Speaker 2: What was the process like behind the scenes over these

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Speaker 2: last seven months.

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Speaker 3: Ooh, the process from learning how to walk again, trying

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Speaker 3: to get all my infliction back like it it was

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Speaker 3: a long process. Everybody come up me, come up to

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Speaker 3: me and say that went by fast, But to me,

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Speaker 3: it didn't go by fast. It seemed like it took forever.

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Speaker 3: But now the process was it was just grind every day.

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Speaker 3: I didn't go home, probably went home like two weeks. Uh,

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Speaker 3: just been uh up here trying to get back to

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Speaker 3: my last year self. So when I come back that

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Speaker 3: I'm not really missing nothing. So it was a long process.

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Speaker 5: You feel like being able to get close to the

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Speaker 5: speed that you have for.

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Speaker 3: Shirt, for sure, I didn't. I didn't hit faster than

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Speaker 3: what I hit last year. So just being able to

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Speaker 3: do that is just blessed for another opportunity.

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Speaker 2: That was that in the training session or what did

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Speaker 2: you hit that speed?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it was just doing speed work with the strength

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Speaker 3: and conditioning staff just uh yeah, just the speed days.

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Speaker 3: It was getting faster.

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Speaker 2: So so when you when you hit that, was that

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Speaker 2: kind of a milestone to you that Hey, you can give.

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Speaker 1: Me back to your own self.

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Speaker 3: Yep, yeah, yeah, I knew. Once I hit my speed,

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Speaker 3: I was like, okay, now that I got that, now

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Speaker 3: it's time to get the football portion of my ability back.

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Speaker 3: Just yeah, just being able to play football, not just

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Speaker 3: all the time in football. So, Brian, last, at.

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Speaker 5: What point did you sort of feel like, Okay, yeah,

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Speaker 5: I'm turning the corner with this and you felt.

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Speaker 3: Sort of back to so, I say, a couple of

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Speaker 3: weeks ago, but I know I still got some stuff

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Speaker 2: And so.

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Speaker 1: Next is wide receiver or shot batement?

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Speaker 4: What makes these matchups so tough?

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Speaker 6: Though?

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Speaker 4: I know you haven't been here for all of them,

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Speaker 4: but a lot of them are one score games and

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Speaker 4: kind of doesn't really matter what the team is like

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Speaker 4: entering the contest, record.

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Speaker 5: Was, Oh, I just know that it means a lot

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Speaker 5: to the organization, to the division, to the conference. We

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Speaker 5: also know that you know it's a rivalry. You know

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Speaker 5: it means something to the fans. So it's a lot

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Speaker 5: to play for. You know what is division? You know,

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Speaker 5: whether it's for the fans or you know, our community.

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Speaker 5: So there's definitely a lot.

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Speaker 4: To play for this game to be played for first

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Speaker 4: on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: What does that mean to you?

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Speaker 5: It means a lot. You know, we've been here before,

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Speaker 5: we know the task of hands, and we just gotta

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Speaker 5: go our job.

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Speaker 2: We'd like Deontay. It's obviously hard to make a transition

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Speaker 2: mid season. How have you seen him kind of get

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Speaker 5: He's awsomes. I mean, it's been a it's been amazing.

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Speaker 5: Deontay's a you know, phenomena football player. You know, we're

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Speaker 5: glad to have him and definitely give us more weapons,

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Speaker 5: you know, be more creative with our offense. So definitely

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Speaker 5: excited to see what we do with him and you

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Speaker 5: know you do with this offense.

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Speaker 2: Just what what's the challenge of the Steelers defense presents?

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Speaker 2: You know, you've seen him a number of times over

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Speaker 2: the year. Has been talents in a group? What kind

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Speaker 2: of challenge probably gonna throw at you?

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Speaker 5: I was gonna say everywhere, you know, respect to them,

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Speaker 5: you know they're good in all areas and in the

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Speaker 5: back end, linebackers, in up front, but you know, like

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Speaker 5: we always say we can and recal. I think we

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Speaker 5: just gotta come out and you know, do our job

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Speaker 5: and you know, see what happens.

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Speaker 7: Then.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I know you're asked about this does as rivalry

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Speaker 2: in general? Is there anything since you've been here that

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Speaker 2: like first comes to mind when you think of a

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Speaker 5: The last one we had and we didn't win, so

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Speaker 5: we need to just go win this one.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, they've won seven of the last eight. And again

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Speaker 4: I know every season stiff and every game is differ

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Speaker 4: because that sit well with you guys knowing how much

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Speaker 4: of a rivalry it is. And they've taken seven of

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Speaker 5: I wasn't aware of that at all, all our noise

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Speaker 5: that we we lost the ones that we should have won.

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Speaker 5: So I think we're all looking forward to, you know,

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Speaker 5: go out and you know, redeem ourself from the past.

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Speaker 5: You know, get the doubt.

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Speaker 4: Is it safe to say this Steelers defense that talks

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Speaker 4: so much and leads this team has not seen a

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Speaker 4: Ravens offense like this.

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Speaker 5: You know, they got the right to speak, you know,

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Speaker 5: they you know they're winning games and they should be confident.

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Speaker 5: But you know, no, I don't think that, you know,

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Speaker 5: if they're facing opponent, you know, like us with Mark

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Speaker 5: Jackson and all the weapons that we have, So you know,

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Speaker 5: it's definitely a good bottom and I'm society to play with.

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Speaker 1: Next up is wide receiver Deontay Johnson.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 7: I mean, you know, they working me in that slowly,

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Speaker 7: but you know, I'm just I just go out there,

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Speaker 7: you know, whenever they call my number, going to going

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Speaker 7: to uh you know, like I said, I don't know,

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Speaker 7: I don't can't go in there, just expecting a lot,

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Speaker 7: you know, just putting a lot of pressure on myself.

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Speaker 7: You know, however the game goes, you know, I'm I'm

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Speaker 7: all for it.

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Speaker 4: Is it weird being on the other side, That's what.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, it is. Uh just like being back in that

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Speaker 7: stadium where it all started. You know, Uh, it's gonna

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Speaker 7: be different. I actually never been in that way locker room,

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Speaker 7: so it's that's gonna be.

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Speaker 4: Different for me.

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Speaker 7: But like I'm ready to get back there just to

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Speaker 7: meet see the gre good people that you know, made

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Speaker 7: relationships with and stuff like that. But other than that, uh,

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Speaker 7: it's it's a uh a big moment for me. So

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Speaker 7: do you talk to your old teammates all the time,

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Speaker 7: all the time. This week, Uh, I talked to George

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Speaker 7: a lot, Calvin pretty much the officer of guys or

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Speaker 7: the DEEPENSI of guys. You know that I was close with, uh,

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Speaker 2: So how do you feel about this batch?

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Speaker 1: Wait time the other day?

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Speaker 2: What what you guys do you specifically?

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Speaker 4: So?

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Speaker 7: Uh? I talked to T J. Watt a little bit,

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Speaker 7: Cam Heyward, uh, George Pickens, Calvin all to nadge you

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Speaker 7: a little bit, Cam Sutton pretty much the guys that

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Speaker 7: I was that was there with. So you know, we

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Speaker 7: keep in touch with it.

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Speaker 4: But do you have a favorite moment of this rivalry

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Speaker 4: even though that you were on the opposing side for

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Speaker 4: the majority of it?

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Speaker 7: Mm ah, one game when we played I came Braveness

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Speaker 7: came to us twenty twenty one. I had a good

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Speaker 7: game that that game. I had two touchdowns. But yeah,

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Speaker 7: that's why I remember.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, just for you, as you've been here for a

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Speaker 2: few weeks now, how has it been kind of getting

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Speaker 2: up the speed and getting the offense down and all

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Speaker 2: all of the stuff. That goes along with changing teams.

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Speaker 7: It's cool. It's just really the terminology. You just gotta

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Speaker 7: really pay attention to know what you're doing when you

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Speaker 7: get in there. Uh, just to show them that you

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Speaker 7: retaining everything, you putting the right stuff on film.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 7: I'm just taking it one day at a time. So

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Speaker 7: it's it's really just learning the formations and stuff like that.

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Speaker 7: And then, like I said, I'm just My job is

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Speaker 7: to go out there and be me, and that's what

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Speaker 7: I'm trying to do.

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Speaker 2: We also heard from cornerbacker Davis White. The Ravens traded

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Speaker 2: for him last week and a deal with the Rams.

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Speaker 2: He talked about that deal and his thoughts on joining

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Speaker 2: this team. What was your reaction to the move here

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Speaker 2: and how's it been over the past a few days.

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Speaker 6: It's exciting. Anytime you know someone traced for you, that

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Speaker 6: means that they want you and they see some potential

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Speaker 6: in you. So for that, I'm grateful and I'm thankful.

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Speaker 6: I'm just ready to get on the field and play

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Speaker 6: some football. You know, I've been in acting for a while,

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Speaker 6: so it's excited to be able to get the opportunity

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Speaker 6: to go out there and showcase the Tens.

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Speaker 2: What was your first job when you knew it was

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Speaker 6: Uh, you know, for a long time, I always respected

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Speaker 4: What's your realistic expectation for yourself when you do excuse me,

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Speaker 7: Uh, come, I come in.

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Speaker 6: Play football, you know, Uh, line up, get the call,

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Speaker 6: You know, everything's always gonna pay off when you play together.

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Speaker 4: And they grew up in in late But what's your

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Speaker 6: It's it's a lot of guys in the secondary that

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Speaker 6: Uh yeah, Eddie Marlin, you know B Steve's uh you

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Speaker 7: So any time I can come in.

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Speaker 5: A conversation about your potential role in when you could

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Speaker 7: Uh, you know, this team is all about earning it.

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Speaker 6: So if I go out there, wow, uh and practice

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Speaker 2: Previous that, I know, earlier in your career, you know,

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Speaker 1: You to kind of get back to that level.

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Speaker 6: Uh, just playing consistent football, just continue to let the

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Speaker 6: what I mean, getting around guys, it's you know, it

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Speaker 6: And I feel like in this locker room, that's what

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Speaker 5: I know you just gotta here.

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Speaker 4: But what's the kind of obvious thing you see with

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Speaker 6: And I d I haven't got to watch the Stillers

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Speaker 1: So uh.

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Speaker 6: I I had a opportunity to play I'm a couple

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Speaker 6: know what the stiller is about there, about playing tough defense,

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Speaker 7: So uh, you know you limit, you limit.

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Speaker 6: That's with any team on defense. If you limit big

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