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Speaker 1: I mean it might be. I don't know. I'm not

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Speaker 1: gonna over analyze things. A little sore, and uh, Sharon

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Speaker 1: was good with me, you know, getting some rest, so

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Speaker 1: we thought it was best to make sure I'm as

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Speaker 1: good as it gonna be when the season starts. This

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Speaker 1: doesn't it doesn't sound like you characterized as an injury.

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Speaker 1: Then you know, I wouldn't say special for you to

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Speaker 1: be back in this uh, this area. Well, I can

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Speaker 1: see a little family while I'm back, but um, other

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Speaker 1: than that, you know, it's still this training camp, um

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Speaker 1: the season. But of course you know, I've never even

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Speaker 1: I grew up here and I've never been to the

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Speaker 1: Lions facilities. It's cool to me to see the facility. Um.

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Speaker 1: And again I get to see a little bit of

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Speaker 1: family with the few hours we have off this week.

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Speaker 1: Families still laugh here. My immediate families all gone, but um,

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Speaker 1: my wife's family is here, and then my extended family. Uh,

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Speaker 1: it's mostly all around around here. If you get to

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Speaker 1: see the defense from a different perspective now from the starline,

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Speaker 1: could I be beneficial to you? Well, yeah, I mean

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna learn no matter what I'm doing,

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Speaker 1: whether I'm in there practicing or if i'm watching. Um,

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Speaker 1: can help them. But also for me, I'm still learning

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Speaker 1: the defense. UM So yeah, maybe stepping back and watching it.

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Speaker 1: UM that practice, I'm still again, you know, learning how

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Speaker 1: What have you learned about the defense so far from

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Speaker 1: seeing as some live environments. Um. You know, for me

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Speaker 1: I kind of knew that coming in. Um, I never

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Speaker 1: do a lot of things that I've done too. UM.

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Speaker 1: So it's a nice fit where I'm familiar with a

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Speaker 1: lot of it. But at my age's nice to be

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Speaker 1: It's kind of fun to have that. Most like you

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Speaker 1: really embraced your mentorship role of some of the young passworkers.

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Speaker 1: You have different this a lot working with them. What

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Speaker 1: do talk to him at the practice. Well, I've been

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Speaker 1: fortunate to, uh, you know, learn from some really great

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Speaker 1: coaches I mean I had Wade Earli out in my

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Speaker 1: career taught me a lot. I had Kevin Green who

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Speaker 1: And really I'm just trying to share with what I've

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Speaker 1: And so I try to, um, you know, help where

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Speaker 1: I can and show them what I've learned and what

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Speaker 1: I've had successful and and the guys are really you know,

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Speaker 1: the young guys have been really receptive, which is good

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Speaker 1: a good sign. Who are some of the players who

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Speaker 1: influenced you gradual were coming up through the ranks. Uh,

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Speaker 1: Antonio Smith was probably one of the biggest to play

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Speaker 1: with him in Houston. Um he was a defensive tackle,

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Speaker 1: but I mean he was just he was a great,

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Speaker 1: defensive line works together, and me and him, I haven't

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Speaker 1: when I was in Houston. How much potential does a

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Speaker 1: young pass rusher like Lorenzo quarter hath how much attention potential? Oh,

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Speaker 1: I mean he's I mean, the sky's a limit for

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Speaker 1: him right now. Um, he's still young. He's got a

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Speaker 1: lot to learn. Um, you know, I try to remember

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Speaker 1: what it was like my rookie year. Uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: he's a lot of times he's playing everything cool, like

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Speaker 1: you know, he's got it, but I know, you know,

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Speaker 1: I know what it was like being there before. Um,

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Speaker 1: he's got a lot to learn, a lot to grow.

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Speaker 1: But he's got all the tools, you know. I mean,

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Speaker 1: like I said before, you guys, he can run. He's fast,

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Speaker 1: it's like a two five sometimes Yeah, I mean five

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Speaker 1: two three four six to what is the what the

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Speaker 1: playing in the three four because usually it's kind of mixed. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: on a lot of pass downs we get to a

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Speaker 1: sometimes on third down, you can show him three or

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Speaker 1: five down or four down UH. And I think it

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Speaker 1: gives the tackles or the quarterback UH different looks they

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Speaker 1: have to pay attention to, and sometimes they mess up

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Speaker 1: their counts UM and it can really be advantageous for

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