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Speaker 1: Damien, How you doings? How are you doing good? I

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Speaker 1: got some help today. I got my assistant. He says,

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Speaker 1: you're one of his favorite players. Well, I appreciate that. Man.

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Speaker 1: Have you new year to you? Guys? There you go

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Speaker 1: right on. We're watching you in practice today and seeing

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Speaker 1: the energy you know where they're just early and you

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Speaker 1: see we leave pretty early. But where does that energy

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Speaker 1: that we see from you in practice? Where where does

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Speaker 1: that come from? Is that sort of a concerted mindset

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Speaker 1: from you to sort of set the tone for the day. Um,

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Speaker 1: this is who I am. I love this game. I

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Speaker 1: love this team. I love having the opportunity to go

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Speaker 1: out and do what I love every day. So it

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Speaker 1: brings me a lot of joy and a lot of excitement.

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Speaker 1: So you know I'm on the field, I just I

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Speaker 1: can't help myself sometimes, but you know, I definitely try

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Speaker 1: to affect the guys around me, and you know, if

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Speaker 1: I can bring some positivity, get energy, some good vibes,

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Speaker 1: you know, I love to do that just so we

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Speaker 1: can all be out there with a positive mindset and

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Speaker 1: just go out there and try to play our basketball.

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Speaker 1: Next question Tyler bruns Fall by Jimy Pride, Hey, Damien,

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Speaker 1: How are you good? How are you doing doing well?

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Speaker 1: A bit of a different question for you. I actually

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Speaker 1: asked a Hunter this earlier, but with the news of

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Speaker 1: John Madden passing, I was wondering if you remember the

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Speaker 1: first time you played as yourself in a Madden video game. Um.

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Speaker 1: I never played as myself honestly, Um, that has never happened.

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Speaker 1: So just never interested in checking it out. I'm just

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Speaker 1: I'm not that guy. Um. I you know, sometimes people

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Speaker 1: I know do, but you know, I try to stay

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Speaker 1: away from it. Never had any of your like friends

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Speaker 1: hit you up saying they played as you before in

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Speaker 1: the game a few times. Yeah, you know, it's honestly,

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Speaker 1: it's an honor to be in the situation, you know,

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Speaker 1: just to be on a video game that I played

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Speaker 1: growing up as a kid. You know, it's tremendous. Uh.

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Speaker 1: You know, it's just a great feeling. Um. But like

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Speaker 1: I said, I've never played as myself. I just like

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Speaker 1: to sit back and let everybody do it. Okay, say

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Speaker 1: you appreciate it. My next question Jim mcbridan, followed by

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Speaker 1: Mark James Damien, Happy New Year, Happy New Years. Um.

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Speaker 1: So when you're when you're preparing to play a team

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Speaker 1: that's been hit by COVID as much as the Jaguars

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Speaker 1: have this week. Is the preparation more against the scheme

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Speaker 1: or and and not against kind of personnel matchups or

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Speaker 1: or Yes, they still have to balance that. Um. You know, Fortunately,

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Speaker 1: it's just the world we live in. Um. You know,

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Speaker 1: everybody has to deal with it, and when it comes

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Speaker 1: to our jobs, we just got to do what we can.

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Speaker 1: We can't control who from the other team is gonna

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Speaker 1: play or you know who's not gonna play. We just

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Speaker 1: gotta show up. We know what they do, we know

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Speaker 1: their scheme, and we gotta come, you know, be ready

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Speaker 1: to do our jobs. Basically, I mean, it's not really

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Speaker 1: about who's out there because it's not something that we

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Speaker 1: can control. So you know, we can't worry about that.

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Speaker 1: You're gonna get a chance to watch the game tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna do my best. Thanks, Damian. Next question Mark Daniels,

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Speaker 1: follow by Chris Ryan Damion the ball as well. Um,

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Speaker 1: how would you describe being coached by Ivan Fears And

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Speaker 1: what do you think it's about Ivan that makes him

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Speaker 1: a good coach? Man? Um, Um, you know the thing

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Speaker 1: that I appreciate the most about oys is and you

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Speaker 1: guys talked about my energy earlier, but as I'm sure

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Speaker 1: for this organization. So you know, that's what I appreciate

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Speaker 1: the most. But you know, he's been coaching a long

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Speaker 1: time and he's seen a lot of football, So he's

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Speaker 1: a great mind of the game obviously, UM, And he's

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Speaker 1: seen just how the game goes, He's seen it evolve

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Speaker 1: and off the field, UM, have been great for us

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Speaker 1: as players. And you know, he just he's he's a

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Speaker 1: having him around. Thanks Damon, And final question with Chris Ryan. Hey, Damien,

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Speaker 1: that's how you feel about it, and if so, where

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Speaker 1: how do you manifest it? Well? I appreciate that. Um yeah,

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Speaker 1: I just try to go out there and do my job.

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Speaker 1: You know, however, I got to do it. Um, I know,

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Speaker 1: I got a job to do like the other teen

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Speaker 1: I try to do, nothing more, nothing less to try

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Speaker 1: of along those lines, like you're like an intellectual guy.

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Speaker 1: You seem very you know, chill, you have the positive energy,

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Speaker 1: So do you have to like go to a place

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Speaker 1: to speak, to get yourself mentally in that spot. Again,

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Speaker 1: I appreciate the compliment, but I just, you know, like

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Speaker 1: I said, I just try to go out there and play.

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Speaker 1: Um yeah, like I alluded to earlier, I know, I'm

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Speaker 1: So I don't take it for granted. I just go

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Speaker 1: can U, you know, with that in mind, because I

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Speaker 1: know not everybody has this opportunity, So to go out

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Speaker 1: there and give it my best and give it my

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Speaker 1: all and play my heart out every Sunday. Thanks appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Thank you,