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Speaker 1: Hello, how's it going good with you? About who's going

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Speaker 1: to be.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, We've had good conversations. And really what I've been

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Speaker 2: focusing on is what I can control.

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Speaker 1: Put a lot of thought into that.

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Speaker 2: Things I can control throughout the year, in the past

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Speaker 2: and the future, and right now that's today. Really focused

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Speaker 2: on having good walkthroughs, which we did, and then have

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Speaker 2: a good practice. So it's what I can do, control

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Speaker 2: what I can control.

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Speaker 1: You, uh get away also kind of thing about Yeah, for.

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Speaker 2: Sure, Like I said, UH, spent a lot of time

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Speaker 2: thinking about focusing on things I can control, and that's

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Speaker 2: important in this league.

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Speaker 1: There's a lot of things that pop up.

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Speaker 2: But at the end of the day, I can control

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Speaker 2: my attitude and my effort, which I have great effort

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Speaker 2: every day. I come in and work hard, and that's

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Speaker 2: all you can ask for. Really, and really, like I

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Speaker 2: talked about, have a good day to day and carry

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Speaker 2: that into the weekend.

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Speaker 1: Really, that's time we talk to you. You are coming

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Speaker 1: out of the X rate room and physically I'm curious

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Speaker 1: how good? Yeah, I feel good.

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Speaker 2: Obviously, when you play, you know, half a season, there's

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Speaker 2: gonna be some bumps and bruises, but overall, I feel

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Speaker 2: pretty good. I'm definitely working through some things, but everyone

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Speaker 2: is right, and you have a great training staff here

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Speaker 2: that's does a great job of getting us ready for

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Speaker 2: the game. So I really appreciate those guys.

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Speaker 1: Limited. Are you limited in anyway.

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Speaker 2: Like I said, just not really. I mean I have

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Speaker 2: things that I'm working through. Everybody does, right, You're playing

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Speaker 2: NFL games every week. You know, every week's a car

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Speaker 2: crash in its own way, right, So you're trying to

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Speaker 2: get back from that. And I do think the bye week,

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Speaker 2: like you talked about, it definitely helped get the body

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Speaker 2: back and I'm looking forward to finishing this thing strong.

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Speaker 1: So I mean that's playing. I think I always work

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Speaker 1: really hard for that.

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Speaker 2: Really put a lot of attension and detail into the week,

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Speaker 2: like I talked about, and a lot of that decision

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Speaker 2: making is things I can't control. But I can't control

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Speaker 2: my attitude and my effort like I talked about.

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Speaker 1: And I'm really.

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Speaker 2: Thankful overall just to be in the NFL and be

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Speaker 2: playing quarterback, you know, and Thanksgiving, right, it's a great

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Speaker 2: week to be grateful for a lot of things and

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Speaker 2: to play this game, the game we love together. I

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Speaker 2: think that means a lot to me, regardless of the situation.

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Speaker 1: A lot of quarterback competitions a huge draw. I think

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Speaker 1: those experience is when it comes to absolutely yeah.

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Speaker 2: I mean I've dealt with this my whole life, and

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Speaker 2: whether it's Pop Warner, high school, college obviously was a

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Speaker 2: part of a I wasn't really in it, but I

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Speaker 2: was with Jalen and Tua, and I witnessed everything. I

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Speaker 2: heard every conversation, watched everything, watched every move between each guy.

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Speaker 2: So I learned a lot about both of them and

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Speaker 2: then learned about a lot about myself too. Just trying

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Speaker 2: to learn from their situation and talking with Jalen and

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Speaker 2: Tua and having those friendships is always good.

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Speaker 1: That's the plan. I think you starts at your plan

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Speaker 1: or what you're saying, what your team's playing at us

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Speaker 1: we'll see, right.

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Speaker 2: I mean, we've had those conversations, and like I talked about,

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Speaker 2: just focusing on the control bulls and being where my

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Speaker 2: feed are is very important. And at the end of

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Speaker 2: the day, like I said, I'm thankful to be here

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Speaker 2: to be the quarterback, and I'm going to continue to

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Speaker 2: work hard and put in the hours every day.

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Speaker 1: That's all you can do and see where we're at.

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Speaker 1: Ryan says that you and Bailie and even Wilgrier all

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Speaker 1: got first team reps in week's practice.

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Speaker 2: Has that been different sharing first team reps.

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Speaker 1: With other quarterbacks? Not too bad?

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Speaker 2: No, I think everyone has to get a chance to

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Speaker 2: and you know, when I don't get the reps, just

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Speaker 2: receivers or as an equipment manager, and just make sure

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Speaker 2: I'm getting all the throws that I need.

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Speaker 1: Nat would it be unfair of the quarterbacks if you

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Speaker 1: didn't know who was going to start right up until Sunday.

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Speaker 2: I've seen it all, so I'm not really worried about that.

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Speaker 2: I think, like I said, I'm going to control what

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Speaker 2: the end of the day, like I said, I've seen

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Speaker 2: a lot of different things play out and a lot

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Speaker 2: of different competitions and all that stuff. So I've learned

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Speaker 2: a lot from different people, and my my main point

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Speaker 2: is that you can only control what you can controls.

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Speaker 1: Trying to earn that starting role that you really like

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Speaker 1: having done how doing not really just be me.

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Speaker 2: Just focus on like I talked about it and I'm

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Speaker 2: saying it over and over again, but focus on bringing

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Speaker 2: And I'm trying to figure out what I can do

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Speaker 2: So it's all learning experience and I might know it'll

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Speaker 2: work out in the end.

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Speaker 1: The game, like Germany, you had a lot of good

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Speaker 2: You fellows feel like kind of a baseball analogy where

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Speaker 2: you just need the break of loop or leading something

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Speaker 2: kind of get yourself going. Yeah, sports, there is a

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Speaker 2: or why they didn't go well, So that's very important.

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Speaker 1: I feel like we moved the ball, but I definitely

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Speaker 2: My execution consistently, and that comes from doing all the

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Speaker 1: So just do everything right and that'll carry over to

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Speaker 2: I think obviously, like I always talk about, when you're

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Speaker 2: gonna keep going. Like I said, it will always all

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Speaker 2: And I'm fighting through you know the vines, right, You

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Speaker 2: to make it work just through your work ethic and

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Speaker 1: You guys are sharing reps. How does that put you

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think, like I said, you take advantage of

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Speaker 1: So at the end of the day, you.

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Speaker 2: Know, I've played a good amount of snaps in the NFL,

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Speaker 2: and I feel confident. You know, I can go out

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Speaker 2: study and and all those things which you know. This

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Speaker 2: defense we're about to play presents a lot of issues,

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Speaker 2: so they they blitz a lot. Obviously their coach is

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Speaker 2: the house. So the quarterback has to be really in

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Speaker 2: key with you know how to do protections and and

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Speaker 2: your reads and everything. And it takes a lot of

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Speaker 2: experience in this league. You know whether you failed at

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Speaker 1: To that money you have to do just to be

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Speaker 1: as successful. I really just do my part, and it's

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Speaker 1: very simple. You hand it off.

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Speaker 2: If it's a run play, get into the right play.

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Speaker 2: If it's if it's a run play it's not good,

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Speaker 2: get into the right play. And then as a quarterback passing,

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Speaker 2: you throw it to the open guy and keep it simple, right.

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Speaker 2: I always read about people keeping it simple and hard times,

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Speaker 2: and that's very important to just boil it down that

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Speaker 2: this is what I'm supposed to do, and it's really

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Speaker 2: that's all it comes down to. I'm not super picky.

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Speaker 2: I like like the sweet potato cast roles with like

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Speaker 2: the marsh marshmallows. Yeah, yeah, that Stacey told me that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. I don't know if I have ten minutes worth.

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Speaker 1: But Thanksgiving memories high school or anything, just playing ball, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean one of my favorites Thanksgiving.

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Speaker 2: Just we'd always practice in high school on Thanksgiving and

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Speaker 2: then he'd go out there and coach and it was

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Speaker 2: just funny because he never wore anything besides the same

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Speaker 2: outfit every day. And after practice we'd go off the

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Speaker 2: field and then you know, the family and fans and

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Speaker 2: you know, our classmates were all there giving us, like

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Speaker 1: And then usually that Friday or yeah Friday.

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Speaker 2: We'd play our big rival in Rains, so they're a

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Speaker 2: really good team and it was always like that each year,

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Speaker 2: So that was definitely some of my favorite memories.

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Speaker 1: You think Coach Belichick would go for the neon? Probably not?

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Speaker 1: All right, thank you,