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Speaker 1: Welcome to the from the Podium podcast. I'm Brock Danny.

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Speaker 1: Day four of training camp from the Green Brier in

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Speaker 1: West Virginia is complete. On today's podcast, you'll hear from

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Speaker 1: the General Manager of the Browns Andrew Berry, head coach

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Speaker 1: Kevin Stefanski, and Pro Bowl tight end David Nijoku. First up,

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Speaker 1: it's GM Andrew Berry, who gave us his thoughts on

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Speaker 1: the upcoming season and this Browns roster.

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Speaker 2: Okay, so I want to start with probably the most

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Speaker 2: important news of the morning. I heard that Fred and

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Speaker 2: Murph won the inaugural Cleveland Media Pickleball Tournament.

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Speaker 3: Is that correct?

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Speaker 4: Now?

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Speaker 2: I heard the championship comes with an asterisk because I

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Speaker 2: heard Mary Kay was like a Brock party.

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Speaker 5: In the NFC Championship game. I heard that that team

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Speaker 5: would have won. Z that correct? To have that right?

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Speaker 5: I have that right? Okay, I don't believe that, all right?

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Speaker 2: So year two with the Green Brier, we're excited to

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Speaker 2: We're really excited to be back here. We had a

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Speaker 2: great experience last are. The staff here is great. It's

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Speaker 2: a fantastic location for us to come together as a

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Speaker 2: team and really just focus on us and set the

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Speaker 2: foundation for the upcoming football season. You know, as we

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Speaker 2: go into training camp and as we go into you know,

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Speaker 2: deeper into the summer, we're really excited about the group

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Speaker 2: of players, coaches, and staff that we've put together this season,

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Speaker 2: and we're looking forward to the next you know, five

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Speaker 2: or six weeks as we get prepared for you know,

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Speaker 2: Dallas on September eighth. We've got a long way to go,

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Speaker 2: a lot of work to do, but we're we're encouraged

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Speaker 2: by the early returns in camp, and we're looking forward

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Speaker 2: to keep going and you know kind of stack days

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Speaker 2: together and and and ultimately reach the potential of this team.

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Speaker 5: So but that I'll open up for any questions you

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Speaker 5: guys have.

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Speaker 6: Andrew, you were able to kind of resolve the contract

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Speaker 6: situation with Amar. I'm sure you see the camp you

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Speaker 6: spoke about William to stay.

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Speaker 3: And Cleveland past the seasons.

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Speaker 5: I was curious the distension talks.

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Speaker 6: What kind of part of those conversations where you kind

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Speaker 6: of want.

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Speaker 2: To wait to see how to Yeah, Daniel, I you know

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Speaker 2: obviously have the policy I don't talk about, uh, you know, contracts,

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Speaker 2: don't talk about you know, discussions that we've had with

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Speaker 2: individual players I think everybody here understands what Amari has

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Speaker 2: meant to this organization in our affinity for him. He's

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Speaker 2: an excellent player, outstanding human being. He's a really good professional,

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Speaker 2: and you know, one of the things that's you know

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Speaker 2: that's interesting with Amari, you know, assuming normal health. Uh,

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Speaker 2: you know, he has a chance to get to ten

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Speaker 2: thousand yards this year, and he's probably about a year

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Speaker 2: and a half away from having his uh if you

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Speaker 2: look over the course of his career, spending the most

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Speaker 2: time with the Browns relative to to other organizations. So

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Speaker 2: all of those things are important to us. He's he's

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Speaker 2: been a big part of our success last year, and

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Speaker 2: we were glad we were able to resolve the situation

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Speaker 4: Structure first that extend so technically you can do that

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Speaker 2: Same Yeah, so, Tony, nothing that we've done would preclude

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Speaker 5: That's correct.

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Speaker 7: I do think Sean so far his camp and.

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Speaker 5: Actual Yeah, Mary kay, we've been very pleased with Deshaun.

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Speaker 2: I think you've all seen that he's really worked his

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Speaker 2: really like the past year, had a really strong spring.

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Speaker 2: You know, he's done a really nice job here early

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Speaker 7: Year and make back to contracts.

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Speaker 8: So not about any specific player, but my memory serves

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Speaker 8: made correctly. Last year in camp he did multiple restructures.

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Speaker 8: Is that something that you're going to be looking to do,

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Speaker 2: You know, every year is unique, Darryl. I, without necessarily

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Speaker 3: How encouraged a Nick Chubb?

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Speaker 8: We've seen him out here running and I encouraged.

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Speaker 5: Are you where he's at?

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Speaker 2: No, I mean, look, Nick, he's he's Batman right like

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Speaker 2: to him to continue to improve the health of the

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Speaker 9: Any kind of timeline for what you might practice or

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Speaker 9: you kicking out a date.

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Speaker 7: This season when you might like to.

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Speaker 5: We'll deal with the day by day.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and you guys.

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Speaker 10: Should give us seminar and coping with injuries after twice

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Speaker 10: you're with the way, when did that, Nick?

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Speaker 1: You think?

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Speaker 7: I mean obviously probably altered you know, practices, what have you?

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Speaker 10: Is there any think in terms of the roster to

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Speaker 10: kind of building protection in case the inevitable happens.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it's it's a good question, Tom.

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Speaker 2: I think the way we consider I guess attrition within

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Speaker 2: the roster, it's twofold. It's one the level of risk

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Speaker 2: on the every player that you sign or trade for

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Speaker 2: a draft, they don't have the same level of injury risk.

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Speaker 2: You know, some have have maybe a more extended history,

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Speaker 2: some have been you.

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Speaker 5: Know, durable for their entire careers.

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Speaker 2: So that's certainly something that we take into account when

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Speaker 2: we build out a position group. And then the second

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Speaker 2: piece of it is it's why roster building is three

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Speaker 2: hundred and sixty five days a year, because you can

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Speaker 2: never have enough depth. And the groups we always joke

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Speaker 2: the groups that you go into the camp and you're like,

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Speaker 2: oh man, we're really deep here, Like we're gonna either

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Speaker 2: have to release a good player.

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Speaker 5: We're gonna have to work or trade.

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Speaker 2: It seems like those are the groups that you get

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Speaker 2: be or Yeah, So without going too specifically into his

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Speaker 2: to his plan, there will be some you know, level

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Speaker 2: good spot. The volume is at a He's he's got

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Speaker 3: Need to do. We need to increase your cap.

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Speaker 7: Space to pebout business is season no going back to

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Speaker 7: the sean. I mean, it seems like a lot of

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Speaker 3: Relatively short, not not. But is that part of the plan.

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Speaker 5: Is the it's not it's not.

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Speaker 2: I it just I mean, I would I might disagree

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Speaker 2: with that assertion, to be honest, Chris, I think you know,

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Speaker 2: I think perhaps what you know, maybe you've seen in

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Speaker 5: That's where the progression took him.

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Speaker 7: You and Kevin getting the extensions in June, just knowing.

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Speaker 10: You're gonna be here together, and the stability you brought

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Speaker 10: here over these last years.

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Speaker 2: Talking about that, Yeah, it's it's you know, first and foremost,

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Speaker 2: it's a it's a huge blessing. We don't I don't

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Speaker 2: think either of us take it take it lightly. We

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Speaker 2: very much realize that we are in a fortunate position.

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Speaker 2: We have really good ownership who are.

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Speaker 5: Who are really good people.

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Speaker 2: We have an organization where we love working with the

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Speaker 2: people on a daily basis. I have like the easiest

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Speaker 5: And oh, by the way, he happens to be a

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Speaker 5: two time, you know, Coach of the Year.

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Speaker 2: So it's it's a really great situation, and we're looking

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Speaker 2: forward to pushing the organization and pushing the team because

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Speaker 2: we certainly haven't met our long term goals yet.

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Speaker 7: About Cooper continuing.

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Speaker 5: Defenders, I wouldn't get into any those specific studies.

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Speaker 8: Andrew, you were in the front office when this franchise

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Speaker 8: was at its lowest point, and now you're in charge

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Speaker 8: of the football operations where you know, you feel like

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Speaker 8: you're a perennial playoff contender and you're you're trying to

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Speaker 8: climb them out and get.

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Speaker 5: Into a super Bowl.

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Speaker 7: Just where is your level of you.

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Speaker 8: Know, expectation or goals for this team?

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Speaker 2: Issuear so number one, you know, just mentioning the I

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Speaker 2: I'm just gonna talk about this anyway, Darryl. It everything

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Speaker 2: that we went through that during that time, whether it's

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Speaker 2: the internal turmoil, just everything that went with it. It really

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Speaker 2: not take the good days for you know, for for granted.

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Speaker 2: So I want to start off by saying, you know,

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Speaker 2: by saying that in terms of expectation, like I really

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Speaker 2: have two expectations going into every season, and it's for

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Speaker 2: for us to be able to handle adversity however it

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Speaker 2: comes in a high level, professional, professional way. And that's

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Speaker 2: actually one of the things I was probably most proud

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Speaker 5: You know, regardless of when it came or how it came.

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Speaker 2: And I was really proud of that group. And every

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Speaker 2: You don't know what it is, whether it's an injury,

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Speaker 2: a losing streak, you know what, whatever, but you've got

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Speaker 2: to be able to overcome those moments or those stretches

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Speaker 2: if you want to be playing deep into the playoffs.

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Speaker 9: Have you seen developments that drafted, especially maybe last year

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Speaker 9: where to.

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Speaker 2: See, Yeah, I think with Jeremiah really from his rookie year,

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Speaker 2: you know, he's like has like matrix type athleticism where

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Speaker 2: he just has rare movement skills and he can play

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Speaker 5: He's fast. But where he's grown over the past three.

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Speaker 2: Years is his ability to reduce his errors, because sometimes

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Speaker 2: his aggression at times would have him, you know, over commit,

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Speaker 2: and you know, we'd make two plays, give one up,

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Speaker 2: and I think that is something that's decreased over the

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Speaker 2: No, I'd say more generally like I prefer Tony, like

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think the there are two things that excite

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Speaker 2: You dream.

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Speaker 9: Follow Up on Kelson's question by the offense, is there

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Speaker 3: Of people didn't really know what to make of him.

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Speaker 2: Because saw something exceeded expectations, and during year three now

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Speaker 4: For Gregg and Down coming out of their surgery to be.

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Speaker 5: Very, very mature twenty year olds. I was not always.

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Speaker 7: And was there important that the organization considered.

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Speaker 2: So I'll say, first and foremost, from a football standpoint,

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Speaker 2: And it's building relationships specifically in non crisis times because

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Speaker 2: of wanting what's best for the organization and the player

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Speaker 2: and being able to honestly have like maybe difficult conversations

442
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Speaker 2: that are that are clothed in truth.

443
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Speaker 3: You think there's a difference in Building fifteen and.

444
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Speaker 5: I don't.

445
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Speaker 2: I don't think it's too much of it. I really

446
00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:10,720
Speaker 2: don't think it's too much of a difference. I mean, like,

447
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Speaker 2: I guess the way I look at it is like

448
00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:17,040
Speaker 2: you look at Take Patrick Mahomes, take Big Ben, Take

449
00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:19,560
Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers and Brett Farr for most of their career.

450
00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:22,960
Speaker 2: Take Josh Allen, like those in some pretty tough elements,

451
00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,320
Speaker 2: but they're they've been very past happy to you. Take

452
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Speaker 2: Tom Brady, they were pretty past happy in New England.

453
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Speaker 5: So I don't, I don't think there's a I don't

454
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Speaker 5: think there's like a huge difference in that regard.

455
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Speaker 7: All guys have developed on different timelines.

456
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Speaker 8: Right away, your mindset comes a players or where does

457
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Speaker 8: that come from?

458
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Speaker 7: How would you sort of profective practifications for some guy?

459
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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think so.

460
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Speaker 2: I think you guys have heard me always say that

461
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Speaker 2: development's nonlinear, Like I trust me, I would be the

462
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Speaker 2: first to tell you that I would love for it

463
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Speaker 2: to be like, Okay, here's where they are as a rookie,

464
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Speaker 2: then here's where they are a second year of player, like,

465
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Speaker 2: but it very rarely works that way. I mean, I

466
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Speaker 2: don't know, I don't know this, but like, think about

467
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Speaker 2: your own career, was your was your development as like

468
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Speaker 2: a beat writer, was that, you know, was that linear

469
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Speaker 2: in nature? As you think about you know, when you

470
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Speaker 2: started versus where you are now. And my guess is

471
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Speaker 2: that it probably wouldn't be for most people in you know,

472
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Speaker 2: most people in this room. And so it is a

473
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Speaker 2: little bit of a case by case basis, but it's

474
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Speaker 2: probably more so knowing the specific needs or specific areas

475
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Speaker 2: that the individual needs to be supported at different points

476
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Speaker 2: in their career and then really try and leaning into

477
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Speaker 2: those to hopefully shorten the development curve.

478
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Speaker 5: While we go, Chris and I'll go you there, Yeah,

479
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Speaker 5: not as you we're.

480
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Speaker 3: Talking about specific extensions or anything like that, but you

481
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Speaker 3: know you're gonna have it, and you have a number

482
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Speaker 3: of extensions coming up in.

483
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Speaker 9: A relatives you sort of like a puzzle like okay,

484
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Speaker 9: then you know kind of playing out is this?

485
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Speaker 7: You know this, you know prioritize in how everthing impacts

486
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Speaker 7: you on Cap.

487
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Speaker 5: White, Yeah, we we do, Chris.

488
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Speaker 2: It's timing amount, you know how you know what areas

489
00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:06,320
Speaker 2: you want to lean into the roster. That all comes

490
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Speaker 2: into play because you know, we're all given the same

491
00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:12,080
Speaker 2: resources in you in the NFL, and so you only

492
00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:15,560
Speaker 2: have so many, so many dollars to spend, So you

493
00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:17,439
Speaker 2: do have to be purposeful in terms of how you

494
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Speaker 2: map it out. But it's also why we are so

495
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Speaker 2: proactive in that area because we think it allows us

496
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Speaker 2: to get ahead of different markets. We think it allows

497
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Speaker 2: us to.

498
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Speaker 5: Be more.

499
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Speaker 2: I guess, dictate the action, so to speak, in terms

500
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Speaker 2: of how we invest in the roster. Whereas if you

501
00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:40,960
Speaker 2: wait and you wait and you wait, you're usually a

502
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Speaker 2: little bit more subject to market forces, which may.

503
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Speaker 5: May make building the team a little bit harder over

504
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Speaker 5: a multi year.

505
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Speaker 8: Pier Darryl your I want to ask about the young

506
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Speaker 8: receiver development. You know, Schwartz and DPJ got sequences didn't

507
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Speaker 8: work out. You know, this is year two for said

508
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Speaker 8: seems to be a line of optimism thumb when.

509
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Speaker 7: You be able to do you.

510
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Speaker 8: Get guys like you know, Mike Bell, and it's just

511
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Speaker 8: what are your feelings about some of those young receivers

512
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Speaker 8: and their progress and ability to contributing behind you know,

513
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Speaker 8: the three receivers you wound on the trade.

514
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Speaker 5: Bart, Yeah, I feel pretty good there.

515
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Speaker 2: And I think, you know, part of it is when

516
00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:24,000
Speaker 2: if you acquire a player, or how you acquire a player,

517
00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:28,119
Speaker 2: it might be relative to role or relative to you know, expectation,

518
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Speaker 2: Like when we took Donovan, the expectation wasn't necessary that

519
00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:34,440
Speaker 2: he would you know, be a top two receiver. Now

520
00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:36,600
Speaker 2: he was able to play the number two role for us,

521
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Speaker 2: you know, at a high level in twenty twenty two.

522
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Speaker 2: You know, when you take Anthony, the expected expectations like hey,

523
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Speaker 2: can he be a role playing you know, vertical guy.

524
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Speaker 2: Obviously it didn't work out the way that that.

525
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Speaker 5: We had hoped.

526
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Speaker 2: You know, we knew that as part of getting him

527
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Speaker 2: in the late third round. He did have a significant

528
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Speaker 2: uh area of development and is uh you know, in

529
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Speaker 2: his game, but you knew that it may not it

530
00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:05,760
Speaker 2: may not always work out. But I think part of

531
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Speaker 2: it is, like we think of that probably baseline to

532
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Speaker 2: what is the expectation for a role, What is the

533
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Speaker 2: expectation for you know, their skill set, and not every

534
00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:17,359
Speaker 2: not every player is equal in that regard. So maybe

535
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Speaker 2: how we would how we would react to someone hitting

536
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Speaker 2: their goal or maybe someone not quite reaching.

537
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Speaker 5: Their goal would would be different based on the level.

538
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Speaker 3: Of investment in the off season. Were talking about like

539
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Speaker 3: how eamier to.

540
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Speaker 2: In the in the defense, putting in change ups and

541
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Speaker 2: kind of putting in different things. What what do you

542
00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:38,159
Speaker 2: extended to see from the defense in the second year

543
00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:38,840
Speaker 2: of the scheme and.

544
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Speaker 5: What they can feel about the last year.

545
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Speaker 2: To be honest, Kelsey more the same from last year.

546
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Speaker 2: They're pretty dark, gown good last year. I think you

547
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Speaker 2: know some of the tweaks which I won't necessarily go

548
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Speaker 2: into the specifics here, but some of the tweaks that

549
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Speaker 2: Jim has put in. Look no secret we we love

550
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Speaker 2: to rush with four and we love to play a

551
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Speaker 2: lot of pressman coverage. Now that offensive course leaders have

552
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Speaker 2: had a year to look at what we did and

553
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Speaker 2: maybe adjust, you know, what are we doing to be able.

554
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Speaker 5: To have those counter punches in our back so to speak?

555
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Speaker 2: And Gym's always very proactive in terms of staying ahead

556
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Speaker 2: of the curve and verbard.

557
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Speaker 1: Next, head coach Kevin Stefanski discussed why practice got moved

558
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Speaker 1: up today and how the players responded to the change.

559
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Speaker 4: Okay, fire away, guys, Michael and Dwan Jones, not president day.

560
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Speaker 3: Is there an injury?

561
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Speaker 5: Nah, they'll be back out shortly.

562
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Speaker 3: Yeah, all good.

563
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Speaker 5: Yeah, really pleased that we're able to adjust.

564
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Speaker 4: You know, credit to our logistics team, security equipment, uh,

565
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Speaker 4: you name it to get that operation going, changing the schedule,

566
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Speaker 4: getting everything down there. I thought they did a great job.

567
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Speaker 4: I thought the players did a nice job as well.

568
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Speaker 5: Adjusting. That's the name of the game.

569
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Speaker 6: Uh.

570
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Speaker 5: And we'll continue to do that as necessary. But got

571
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Speaker 5: our work in it.

572
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Speaker 4: Adjusted a few different things just being down there, but

573
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Speaker 4: make sure that we got.

574
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Speaker 3: Our working place.

575
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Speaker 5: Brian Allen today, curious if that was a season ending injury.

576
00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:12,880
Speaker 5: We'll see how the roster shakes out.

577
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Speaker 4: Disappointed for him obviously with an injury, but we'll see

578
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Speaker 4: how it shakes out.

579
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Speaker 8: We know you know you like and you ever get

580
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Speaker 8: in the ball ENUF, do you want to wish you

581
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Speaker 8: could do?

582
00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:25,680
Speaker 7: Yeah?

583
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Speaker 4: I mean you go into every game thinking specifically about

584
00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:31,960
Speaker 4: your guys and Dave's top of the list, you know,

585
00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:33,919
Speaker 4: with with who we're trying to get the ball to.

586
00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:37,840
Speaker 4: And then you really as an offense, you design plays

587
00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:41,040
Speaker 4: where he's primary or there's a you feel really good

588
00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:43,040
Speaker 4: that you're going to get a certain look, and then

589
00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:46,159
Speaker 4: it's the quarterbacks job to distribute the ball accordingly. So

590
00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:48,800
Speaker 4: we've gone into games where we didn't think it'd be

591
00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:50,520
Speaker 4: a big game for a tight end and then all

592
00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:52,119
Speaker 4: of a sudden you walk away and they've got a

593
00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:54,959
Speaker 4: ton of catches. So it's really based on how the

594
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:59,800
Speaker 4: defense deploys is where that ball goes. But no secret

595
00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:01,000
Speaker 4: that trying to get Dave of the ball.

596
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Speaker 3: Are you satisfied where that position is as a as

597
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Speaker 3: a whole with what you have with behind David or

598
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Speaker 3: or is that something that you know down he's down

599
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Speaker 3: the road?

600
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I I think, as you know, Andrew

601
00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:18,119
Speaker 4: and the staff are looking at every position constantly. I

602
00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:19,800
Speaker 4: like the guys that we have. I think they're working

603
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,360
Speaker 4: really hard. I like the versatility we have at that position.

604
00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:25,840
Speaker 4: But I know Andrew and and that crew look at

605
00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:27,680
Speaker 4: every position every day, just like the rest of the

606
00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:28,160
Speaker 4: league does.

607
00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:31,040
Speaker 3: David then mentioned that after his accident last season, you

608
00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:34,280
Speaker 3: just felt like his perspective completely changed life. But also

609
00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:37,320
Speaker 3: on the football field, did you notice the shift in

610
00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:38,120
Speaker 3: him out.

611
00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:43,920
Speaker 4: For that, Yeah, that was traumatic and for for what

612
00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:46,680
Speaker 4: he went through and then how he grew from that,

613
00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:49,840
Speaker 4: you know, was was evident, I think from all of

614
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Speaker 4: his teammates. So certainly, when you go through something as

615
00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:55,560
Speaker 4: scary as that, you you learn about yourself. You you

616
00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:59,960
Speaker 4: certainly puts things in perspective. But he's continued to evolve

617
00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:02,160
Speaker 4: as a team leader. We've talked about him over the

618
00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:05,640
Speaker 4: years and his evolution of what he means this football team.

619
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Speaker 4: But that was a scary incident, obviously, and I think

620
00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:09,280
Speaker 4: he definitely learned from.

621
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Speaker 7: Him at him playing thirty six hours later.

622
00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,880
Speaker 4: That just I can't remember if I told you guys this,

623
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:17,280
Speaker 4: but I remember the next day I saw Dave and

624
00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,080
Speaker 4: I was like, Dave, that was crazy. He's like, yeah,

625
00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:22,000
Speaker 4: it was lit, And I'm like, I don't know if

626
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,360
Speaker 4: i'd use that word, but yeah, he's that was that

627
00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:28,840
Speaker 4: was crazy. I'm so disappointed how that game went because

628
00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:30,560
Speaker 4: I would have loved nothing more than to hand him

629
00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:32,280
Speaker 4: a game ball for how he performed.

630
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Speaker 9: I feel inside by his development, But like, where do

631
00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:39,720
Speaker 9: you think he's going the most definite.

632
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:43,200
Speaker 4: I wasn't here for the beginning part of his career,

633
00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:46,000
Speaker 4: you know, when he when I came in, there were

634
00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:49,800
Speaker 4: definitely some ups and downs with Dave, and he's been

635
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:51,200
Speaker 4: He's talked about it, I've talked about it.

636
00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:52,880
Speaker 5: But he's a team player.

637
00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:55,360
Speaker 4: His evolution as a team leader has been the most

638
00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:59,600
Speaker 4: impressive to me. He's a guy that his teammates rely on.

639
00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:02,040
Speaker 4: I I rely on when it comes to the team

640
00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:04,240
Speaker 4: and understanding what we're doing in those type of things

641
00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:07,880
Speaker 4: and where we are and messaging. He's he's on top

642
00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:11,520
Speaker 4: of that from a teammates standpoint eleven personnel.

643
00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:16,720
Speaker 7: This season, But how would that impact aage fold.

644
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:20,440
Speaker 4: I don't know that there's a huge impact personnel wise,

645
00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:23,520
Speaker 4: Mary Kay for Dave, whether you know obviously if you

646
00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:26,280
Speaker 4: go ten personneli's off the field or But I think

647
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:31,280
Speaker 4: anytime you're thinking about how we're gonna play, it's really

648
00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:34,560
Speaker 4: a combination of what we feel are our best lineups,

649
00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:38,920
Speaker 4: what the defense UH is maybe susceptible to and and

650
00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:40,520
Speaker 4: and our game plan is somewhere in the middle. But

651
00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:42,880
Speaker 4: obviously having a tight end on the field is a

652
00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:43,600
Speaker 4: part of who we are.

653
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Speaker 3: I don't know if anyone asked you, because I missed

654
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Speaker 3: the beginning. Do you expect tomorrow to be the most

655
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Speaker 3: competitive practice they yet?

656
00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:57,120
Speaker 4: Yet you're saying yet, I don't. I wouldn't characterize it

657
00:30:57,160 --> 00:30:59,400
Speaker 4: that way, Tony. I think it's pretty competitive. A few

658
00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:01,880
Speaker 4: days ago when we went team in seven on seven

659
00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:04,800
Speaker 4: there was I thought, really good work. So yeah, I

660
00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:07,040
Speaker 4: think one of our core things we believe in is

661
00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:11,479
Speaker 4: competing in everything we do. Uh So, as you know

662
00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:13,760
Speaker 4: training camp, as you get going and the dog days

663
00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:16,040
Speaker 4: kick in and it gets maybe more chippy in those

664
00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:18,680
Speaker 4: type of things, that's natural in training camp. But we

665
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:23,000
Speaker 4: hope to compete in every practice. We're back in shelves tomorrow.

666
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,960
Speaker 4: I think pads come Thursday when you have a.

667
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,400
Speaker 7: Day where we have to move Stuth around or anything.

668
00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:32,240
Speaker 9: Yeah, you did you use that as have a coaching message, right,

669
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:34,560
Speaker 9: take that opportunity to drive some point.

670
00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:36,360
Speaker 5: Did you hear what I said? Come up here?

671
00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:41,000
Speaker 4: You have good earshot there, Scott? Yeah, I mean, of

672
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:44,840
Speaker 4: course it's ah. We adjust that. That's part of this

673
00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:48,440
Speaker 4: game of football, It's part of sports. Team sports in particular,

674
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:50,840
Speaker 4: you have to adjust, You adjust the schedule. You'd just

675
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:53,400
Speaker 4: where you're practicing, Uh, and you have to keep going.

676
00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:56,520
Speaker 4: You gotta focus on what's in front of you. So

677
00:31:56,520 --> 00:32:01,280
Speaker 4: certainly that's the message now again to the real people

678
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:02,959
Speaker 4: that had to adjust to day, which was our equipment

679
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:05,000
Speaker 4: staff or video staff or logistics security.

680
00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:07,680
Speaker 5: That was the real impressive part. Uh, that that I

681
00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:08,480
Speaker 5: saw today.

682
00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:11,200
Speaker 8: Kennon said, was getting praised up and down in the

683
00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,000
Speaker 8: spring by everyone for how he's recording.

684
00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:14,080
Speaker 7: What's like the next.

685
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:16,360
Speaker 8: Steps of what you want to see for him during

686
00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:17,080
Speaker 8: training camp?

687
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:18,200
Speaker 3: Uh?

688
00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:22,400
Speaker 4: Nothing's I think, nothing specific actually other than showing up

689
00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:24,040
Speaker 4: continuing to do his work.

690
00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:26,040
Speaker 5: Uh, in whatever role he's asked to do.

691
00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:29,640
Speaker 4: Said is Uh, he's a he's a pro now, not

692
00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:33,520
Speaker 4: a rookie, So asking him to do a few different

693
00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:35,480
Speaker 4: things in our offense, and and he's really taken.

694
00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:40,080
Speaker 7: The bit for his staff and help. Happened today to

695
00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:41,280
Speaker 7: share some of news.

696
00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:44,240
Speaker 4: Uh, he's got a little bundle of joy is the

697
00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:46,880
Speaker 4: good news. So but I'll let him share the details.

698
00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:51,719
Speaker 3: Learning David out, why what does that? What advantage does

699
00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:54,320
Speaker 3: that create? Do you feel like, especially with you know

700
00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:55,920
Speaker 3: his specific skill set.

701
00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:59,520
Speaker 4: You know over the years there's tight ends that you

702
00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:02,800
Speaker 4: can line up out wide in the backfield in line.

703
00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:05,400
Speaker 5: Dave's done a little bit of everything for us over

704
00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:05,800
Speaker 5: the years.

705
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:09,400
Speaker 4: Not every tight end can do that, but anytime you

706
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:13,240
Speaker 4: put a tight end outside typically it's the physicality. The

707
00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:15,320
Speaker 4: corners are not used to going against guys that are

708
00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:17,320
Speaker 4: two hundred and fifty pounds maybe you know two hundred

709
00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:18,400
Speaker 4: and twenty five pounds max.

710
00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:19,560
Speaker 5: With wide receivers.

711
00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:21,719
Speaker 4: So just the physicality of how those guys come off

712
00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:22,960
Speaker 4: the ball and can get in and out of their

713
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:23,640
Speaker 4: routes and use.

714
00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:25,280
Speaker 5: Their body are some of the things that you'll see

715
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:26,280
Speaker 5: with big tight ends out there.

716
00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:30,600
Speaker 8: And how important when we talk about creating this and

717
00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:32,920
Speaker 8: that to have a tight end like that. So you're thin,

718
00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:35,040
Speaker 8: you're in twelve personel, but it looks like a leather

719
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:36,520
Speaker 8: right's essentially receiver.

720
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Speaker 3: So how important is.

721
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Speaker 4: The absolutely And that goes back to versatility. When you

722
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:43,280
Speaker 4: are in twelve personnel and you can make it look

723
00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:45,120
Speaker 4: like eleven, or make it look like twelve, or even

724
00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,000
Speaker 4: line up a tight end of the backfield, it's twenty

725
00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:48,960
Speaker 4: one all of a sudden, So versatility is.

726
00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:49,720
Speaker 5: An important part of that.

727
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:52,040
Speaker 4: You have to have the guys in order to do that,

728
00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:55,680
Speaker 4: and you see across the league there are different move

729
00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:58,520
Speaker 4: tight ends that you can find in all those spots

730
00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:02,640
Speaker 4: that I mentioned, but having the physical ability and then

731
00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:04,880
Speaker 4: also having the mental ability to do that is rare.

732
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:07,200
Speaker 5: Okay, thanks guys, you appreciate me.

733
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Speaker 1: Last up today, tight end David Nijoku, who is looking

734
00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:12,960
Speaker 1: to take another step forward after a Pro Bowl season

735
00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:13,560
Speaker 1: last year.

736
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Speaker 7: So David, just clanking up those first days before you

737
00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:20,040
Speaker 7: get back out there or was it just at.

738
00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:21,080
Speaker 5: Your way or things pan?

739
00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:23,120
Speaker 3: Now?

740
00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:25,520
Speaker 11: We were, Uh, we have a very special program. So

741
00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:28,480
Speaker 11: I used to listen to Joshi and the trainers and

742
00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:29,040
Speaker 11: something they do.

743
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:30,080
Speaker 3: And I do just that.

744
00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:34,240
Speaker 7: And how did it feel like we're able to get back.

745
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:35,759
Speaker 3: Out there to stay there? Thought?

746
00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:39,880
Speaker 11: Awesome, you know, exciting, exciting, uh, energies all around. So, uh,

747
00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:41,440
Speaker 11: you got to just keep the phone, you know, keep

748
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:42,080
Speaker 11: working every day.

749
00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:46,279
Speaker 2: You'll be Okayn's been growing out there every single day,

750
00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:47,960
Speaker 2: so see him and then so get to catch a

751
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:49,640
Speaker 2: fount from these last couple of days.

752
00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:51,720
Speaker 3: Awesome, Awesome, he's looking like a beast.

753
00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:54,839
Speaker 11: So uh, we gotta just keep stacking these positive days

754
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:57,200
Speaker 11: everything with book the Bookers of Help.

755
00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:00,560
Speaker 6: Due there's so much talk about voting courses bread asking

756
00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:03,560
Speaker 6: you how do you think your whole shame expands in

757
00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:04,240
Speaker 6: the office.

758
00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:07,120
Speaker 3: Man, Let's whatever they need me to do, I'll do.

759
00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:10,879
Speaker 11: Obviously, it's more exciting times like you're you know, we're

760
00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:13,160
Speaker 11: trying to give me the ball more so I'm I'm happy. But, uh,

761
00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:16,319
Speaker 11: whatever they need me to do, block, catch, run, dive,

762
00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:18,600
Speaker 11: duc dip, everything you know I can do.

763
00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:21,000
Speaker 9: We here, you know, talked about maybe it's more spread

764
00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:23,839
Speaker 9: out or you do you feel like you'll be maybe

765
00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:26,200
Speaker 9: away from the in line or did your.

766
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:27,839
Speaker 3: I don't know. It's a good question.

767
00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:30,719
Speaker 11: You know, we're still in our early days of camp,

768
00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:32,920
Speaker 11: so we're still uh you know, figuring out ourself, our

769
00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:34,640
Speaker 11: own I I identity and everything.

770
00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:36,839
Speaker 3: So just one day at a time. But so far,

771
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:39,839
Speaker 3: I'm i'm' happy. Do you like it, you know, spreading out?

772
00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:43,200
Speaker 3: I like everything. I mean anywhere I like it. Thanks,

773
00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:47,399
Speaker 3: it's uh take it easy. You had something targets slash years,

774
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:48,280
Speaker 3: but you're saying.

775
00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:51,880
Speaker 11: That you think that there your Yeah, I mean I

776
00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:55,080
Speaker 11: think you know most of of of the plays that

777
00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:57,560
Speaker 11: I had right the last or a five six games,

778
00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:00,120
Speaker 11: So I feel like, you know, uh god, really we

779
00:36:00,239 --> 00:36:03,000
Speaker 11: put the whole year together, you know, really, Uh you know,

780
00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:06,040
Speaker 11: have consistent effort in you know, uh getting better every day,

781
00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:07,440
Speaker 11: and I think great things will happen for us.

782
00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:09,239
Speaker 3: He did, what's it been like to get to you know,

783
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:11,840
Speaker 3: tummy Reece and just his how his programs is a

784
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:13,400
Speaker 3: interesting you. No, at first I I thought he was

785
00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:14,839
Speaker 3: a weird of but now I think he's a great,

786
00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:15,239
Speaker 3: great guy.

787
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:17,560
Speaker 11: Now he's a he's he's a great, great guy, great coach.

788
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:21,279
Speaker 11: Uh him and Raves together, it's a a great duo comet.

789
00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:24,160
Speaker 7: Seen you working with with when Gradel you know block

790
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:25,520
Speaker 7: and things like that. What is just what is it

791
00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:26,839
Speaker 7: like work all the time?

792
00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:28,640
Speaker 3: Awesome that?

793
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:29,840
Speaker 7: I mean, what have you picked up for.

794
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:32,000
Speaker 3: Awesomeness?

795
00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:37,319
Speaker 11: No, No, he's he's a very hands on guy, you know, uh,

796
00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:40,279
Speaker 11: very old school guy. So you know he he finds

797
00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:43,360
Speaker 11: ways to get uh not necessarily under my skin, but

798
00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:44,960
Speaker 11: like he tries to get in my head and then

799
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:46,440
Speaker 11: I get mad at then we can start going at

800
00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:47,920
Speaker 11: it and then you know it's he's a.

801
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:49,640
Speaker 3: A a great old fashioned coach.

802
00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:51,000
Speaker 7: Do yeah, I mean if you know he was like

803
00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:52,280
Speaker 7: a do you know he got the girls?

804
00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:53,960
Speaker 3: And yeah it's a for young here?

805
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:56,480
Speaker 5: Why is he s friends? Too much time with the target.

806
00:36:57,160 --> 00:36:58,800
Speaker 3: He's with us, man, where the we're the coolest? I

807
00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:02,319
Speaker 3: don't know, ask him, I don't know. Did you see

808
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:06,279
Speaker 3: I was joking? S I see now you know what

809
00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:10,800
Speaker 3: I do that? No, no, no, no, he's a great coach.

810
00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:13,279
Speaker 3: I did not say that. He's a great coach. I

811
00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:15,160
Speaker 3: knew you were gonna take it over the the hill.

812
00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:20,839
Speaker 11: The rest of that Tommy Reese is a great tight

813
00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:24,320
Speaker 11: ends coach, you hear, No, no, no, no, he's a

814
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:25,120
Speaker 11: great tight ends coach.

815
00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:27,200
Speaker 3: I gotta watch you.

816
00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:31,239
Speaker 8: But the rest of that tight end, you know, Jordan

817
00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:36,120
Speaker 8: obviously the veteran and there I guess you, Bonnick that

818
00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:38,120
Speaker 8: it's a little bit different.

819
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:40,080
Speaker 11: What do you Yeah, yeah, I feel like, you know,

820
00:37:40,239 --> 00:37:44,200
Speaker 11: we have uh, we have pros in all aspects, you know,

821
00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:46,080
Speaker 11: in the whole tight end group. I feel like, you know,

822
00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:48,879
Speaker 11: we have the speed, the strength, uh, the backfield help.

823
00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:51,000
Speaker 11: We have everything that we need. So it's up to

824
00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:51,680
Speaker 11: us to put together.

825
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:53,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know.

826
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:54,560
Speaker 6: I like you been asked about this, but I just

827
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:56,960
Speaker 6: a couple of back then from the barn in the

828
00:37:57,040 --> 00:37:58,080
Speaker 6: Fronce and marketing rights in.

829
00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:02,520
Speaker 11: Nagera R thoughts somewhere huge. I mean me being not Nigerian.

830
00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:03,719
Speaker 11: I thought it was one of the best things that

831
00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:06,000
Speaker 11: could happen for us. You know, I feel like there's

832
00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:08,279
Speaker 11: so much talent in Nigeria that we haven't seen yet.

833
00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:10,600
Speaker 11: So uh hopefully God willing we bring it out and

834
00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:12,200
Speaker 11: we'll show case our talents.

835
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:13,279
Speaker 2: Do you think that you.

836
00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:15,919
Speaker 3: Haven't an Now it's the other day that people tout

837
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:16,680
Speaker 3: college plays.

838
00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:19,880
Speaker 8: Uh So, just wondering, you know, what do you like

839
00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:20,879
Speaker 8: about pos to play calling?

840
00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:23,800
Speaker 5: Are obviously in the ball? Uh So what do you

841
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:26,000
Speaker 5: like about that idea? Do you think con Mandy is good?

842
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:27,560
Speaker 11: I mean you ain't seered it better than me. I

843
00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:29,160
Speaker 11: mean he loves getting the ball, so I I I

844
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:32,399
Speaker 11: love Kevin Cohen plays now. I think he calls great plays.

845
00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:34,359
Speaker 11: I think that all of us together, you know, uh

846
00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:36,359
Speaker 11: just you know, brings so many our our our thoughts

847
00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:40,120
Speaker 11: towards you know one another, coaches, players, players, coaches, coaches, coaches, players, players,

848
00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:42,719
Speaker 11: you know, I feel like we can uh really dissect

849
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:43,960
Speaker 11: and get a lot of things done.

850
00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:46,680
Speaker 3: How the different was this off season for you compared

851
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:50,120
Speaker 3: to previous year? I mean.

852
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:54,600
Speaker 11: Not too much different, you know, just the the training

853
00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:59,680
Speaker 11: aspects was probably uh raised, you know, shockingly, but Uh, yeah,

854
00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:01,879
Speaker 11: I mean not too much different, you know, uh, try

855
00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:03,759
Speaker 11: to keep No. I mean, I'm mean you're eight now,

856
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:05,719
Speaker 11: so at some point you have to have like a

857
00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:07,160
Speaker 11: routine and everything going on for you.

858
00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:10,320
Speaker 3: So yeah, m we talked a lot about development. You

859
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:13,760
Speaker 3: made it right now. But for football, was there ever ever.

860
00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:17,600
Speaker 7: A time was early years where you struggled with confidence?

861
00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:19,680
Speaker 3: Struggled with what confidence?

862
00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:22,839
Speaker 7: Now you come off as super confident. I'm just wondered

863
00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:24,400
Speaker 7: if at any time early.

864
00:39:24,239 --> 00:39:25,759
Speaker 11: At those years, what do you what do you mean

865
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:29,600
Speaker 11: by that? Yeah, now you're on the hot sea Huth. No,

866
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:33,480
Speaker 11: I never doubted myself. No, I never doubted myself. But

867
00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:35,160
Speaker 11: I just you know, you know, it's it's it's at

868
00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:37,400
Speaker 11: the end of the day, it's God's timing and I

869
00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:39,920
Speaker 11: am second to him, so I follow his timing. If

870
00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:42,640
Speaker 11: I I follow his uh you know, his steps, and

871
00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:44,680
Speaker 11: I just do whatever I can to just better myself

872
00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:45,080
Speaker 11: every day.

873
00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:48,000
Speaker 7: May Did you leave here last August thinking your big

874
00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:48,759
Speaker 7: seasons coming?

875
00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:51,759
Speaker 11: I think it's coming every year, you know. I I

876
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:53,839
Speaker 11: feel like last year wasn't necessarily not my big season.

877
00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:55,240
Speaker 11: I feel like we just got like a little glimpse,

878
00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:57,520
Speaker 11: but uh, hopefully, like I said, God willing. You know,

879
00:39:57,640 --> 00:39:59,160
Speaker 11: we can put it all together from week one to

880
00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:01,799
Speaker 11: week you know, whenever you get what I'm saying.

881
00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:03,080
Speaker 5: If they have the longist lines.

882
00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:05,000
Speaker 10: You guys are in the third year now with the sean.

883
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:07,480
Speaker 10: Some of the guys in the roster a gat up

884
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Speaker 10: there in the years from now, in your eighth.

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Speaker 3: Year or whatever till. But I'm not a twenty eight

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Speaker 3: I say that, is this a critical season?

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Speaker 5: I know they're all I know, they're all big.

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Speaker 7: And they're all magnified, But does this one feel bigger

889
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:17,800
Speaker 7: than others?

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00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:20,440
Speaker 11: I feel like everyone feels bigger than that in the past,

891
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:21,960
Speaker 11: you know, and this one, that's what better than others?

892
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:23,840
Speaker 3: You know what I mean. I feel like we have

893
00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:27,040
Speaker 3: more uh, veterans that know what it takes, you know

894
00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:27,399
Speaker 3: what I mean?

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Speaker 2: Uh?

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Speaker 3: And I feel like we it's.

897
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Speaker 11: It's really up to us this year. Like I I've

898
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Speaker 11: said every year that's up to us, but that this

899
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Speaker 11: year is really up to us. So I'm excited. I

900
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Speaker 11: like the the the pressure something.

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Speaker 8: The last year sort of after you focused after us,

902
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Speaker 8: I think you're just super crazy school.

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Speaker 4: So I'm just wondering how any this season in that place.

904
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Speaker 7: Being able to start strong here over here for yourself.

905
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Speaker 1: You might this be the best season.

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Speaker 11: You Let me first say that the accident that you're

907
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Speaker 11: talking about, it wasn't accident, but I'm very about to happen.

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Speaker 3: I feel like it changed my perspective, uh.

909
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Speaker 11: I mentally, you know, in terms of just like you know,

910
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Speaker 11: what really matters in life in me and uh, how

911
00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:11,680
Speaker 11: how far the human body can can can go?

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Speaker 3: You know.

913
00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:16,040
Speaker 11: Uh but yeah, you know, I feel like, you know,

914
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Speaker 11: uh pretty much. You know, we've done everything and indvidually

915
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Speaker 11: that we wanted to thus far. But it's up to us,

916
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Speaker 11: you know, to get things done as a team, as

917
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Speaker 11: a whole, and that's what really matters, you know what

918
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:26,839
Speaker 11: I mean. Like, yeah, I had the Pro Bowl last year,

919
00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:28,560
Speaker 11: but I was still kind of pissed, you know, just

920
00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:31,239
Speaker 11: you know, being there, just not being you know, uh,

921
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Speaker 11: practicing for the Super Bowl, you know what I mean.

922
00:41:33,239 --> 00:41:35,880
Speaker 11: So I everyone I believe on this team inspires to

923
00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:39,480
Speaker 11: be in that position of playing for a championship, and

924
00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:41,080
Speaker 11: that's what championship football is all about.

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00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:45,680
Speaker 8: David, you mentioned wanting to play for that championship cause

926
00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:50,680
Speaker 8: your schedule this year's pretty dawn things, but just your

927
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:53,520
Speaker 8: thoughts on the the picture in the AFC and the

928
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Speaker 8: competitiveness in this conference in teams like the Chiefs, Supervills

929
00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:01,759
Speaker 8: and obviously your own did How do you feel you

930
00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:04,480
Speaker 8: guys stack up in just your What are your thoughts

931
00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:07,239
Speaker 8: on the road that lies ahead as you try and

932
00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:08,040
Speaker 8: climb that mount?

933
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Speaker 11: Yeah, I mean, I do believe that the AFC is

934
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Speaker 11: uh the most challenging. And that being said, it's this

935
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Speaker 11: is the best place.

936
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Speaker 3: To be, you know what I mean?

937
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Speaker 11: Uh, we would have wanted easy, you know, if it

938
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Speaker 11: was easy, then this, you know, it's not really worth

939
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Speaker 11: going all out for, you know what I mean? So, uh,

940
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Speaker 11: that's that's the the part of the joy in this

941
00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:31,279
Speaker 11: crazy game is giving it everything you got and still

942
00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:32,960
Speaker 11: uncertain of you know, going all the way?

943
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Speaker 4: Do you plays to you guys advanced to the playoffs

944
00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:39,040
Speaker 4: in the city vision of you dropping to your.

945
00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:40,920
Speaker 2: Your to your knees on the field of.

946
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Speaker 9: The age, all out there and how much that so

947
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Speaker 9: do your.

948
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Speaker 3: Moment you try to unfinished business and need push your past.

949
00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:54,040
Speaker 11: I feel like since I was in first grade and

950
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Speaker 11: I wanted to be a football player in the NFL,

951
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Speaker 11: it was it was at that moment that I I

952
00:42:57,560 --> 00:42:59,480
Speaker 11: wanted to win the championship, you know what I mean? Uh,

953
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Speaker 11: I mean like just being young and just watching it

954
00:43:02,360 --> 00:43:05,440
Speaker 11: on TV, just seeing the emotions. You know, I remember

955
00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:06,799
Speaker 11: it like it was yesterday, you know what I mean.

956
00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:08,440
Speaker 11: So it wasn't at that moment where we lost. It

957
00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:10,160
Speaker 11: was that it was like when I decided I wanted

958
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Speaker 11: to be a an NFL player, you know that, you know,

959
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Speaker 11: the race began.

960
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Speaker 3: I guess you can say, can you agree with Deshaun?

961
00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:19,480
Speaker 7: Do you feel like the connection and the chemistry is

962
00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:21,560
Speaker 7: much better than it has for the first year? So

963
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Speaker 7: howd you get there?

964
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Speaker 11: I do, And just from experience of of of learning

965
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:26,560
Speaker 11: each other, you know, on field and off the field,

966
00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:31,120
Speaker 11: you know, uh, just it's almost like in some ways

967
00:43:31,160 --> 00:43:32,719
Speaker 11: I kind of know what he's thinking before the balls,

968
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Speaker 11: even heights and and vice versa. And that's the type

969
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Speaker 11: of you know, uh connection that we need to uh

970
00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:39,200
Speaker 11: be successful.

971
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Speaker 3: Some people's realized and taking off the season that had.

972
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Speaker 1: To do with your natural connection with the Jolls, Like

973
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Speaker 1: do you think it was more subt yourself and still there?

974
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Speaker 11: I think it was everybody. I think it was everybody,

975
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Speaker 11: even Deshaun included. I think, help you know what I'm

976
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Speaker 11: saying just the connection that we had and the c

977
00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:02,000
Speaker 11: the the the energy that that we had together, if

978
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Speaker 11: it's being together made us wanna play for each other

979
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Speaker 11: that much more, you know what I mean.

980
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Speaker 3: And I also feel like, you know, just getting me

981
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Speaker 3: the bolt times, you know, I can do some things

982
00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:10,759
Speaker 3: with it for myself. Uh.

983
00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:14,120
Speaker 7: Yeah, would you say that last year was more challenging pretty.

984
00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:19,600
Speaker 3: Uh physically or fens challenging in what in in what correlations?

985
00:44:19,840 --> 00:44:21,560
Speaker 8: Yeah, when you talked about pushing through, I mean after

986
00:44:21,560 --> 00:44:24,279
Speaker 8: your accident, pushing your body beyond you thought it could do.

987
00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:26,239
Speaker 3: Do you feel like last year's more.

988
00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:28,440
Speaker 11: I feel like it was it was easier because I

989
00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:30,600
Speaker 11: feel like the the hardest part was going through the

990
00:44:30,760 --> 00:44:34,120
Speaker 11: fire literally and after that, you know, nothing really is

991
00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:36,360
Speaker 11: as painful as getting burned your you know, getting your

992
00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:39,600
Speaker 11: face burned off, so running and you know, pushing you know,

993
00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:42,239
Speaker 11: you know, on the field, I don't think it's anything

994
00:44:42,239 --> 00:44:43,600
Speaker 11: compared to are getting your face burned.

995
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Speaker 3: So I think that was the hardest part.

996
00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:49,239
Speaker 11: Was the the the act of you know, burning my

997
00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:51,800
Speaker 11: face in my hand and everything else started, you know,

998
00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:52,600
Speaker 11: to smooth out a bit.

999
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Speaker 5: That gave it the adversity that.

1000
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Speaker 8: You personally went through and then white full as a

1001
00:44:57,880 --> 00:45:01,520
Speaker 8: team white people last year. What lessons are there to

1002
00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:06,839
Speaker 8: be learned from that experience as you guys coming through.

1003
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Speaker 3: This season, anything worth anything is gonna come with adversity.

1004
00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:12,799
Speaker 3: And that's the beauty of it, you know what I mean.

1005
00:45:13,640 --> 00:45:15,520
Speaker 11: We're gonna be here for another but a few more

1006
00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:17,279
Speaker 11: days and back to Cleveland and you know, grinding it

1007
00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:20,480
Speaker 11: out there too, and they're all pushing towards one goal,

1008
00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:23,320
Speaker 11: just like every other team, and that is so beautiful.

1009
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Speaker 3: You you you get the last year, how that you

1010
00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:28,440
Speaker 3: didn't change.

1011
00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:30,400
Speaker 7: Pective, perspectu and everything.

1012
00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:33,200
Speaker 3: Does that stay.

1013
00:45:33,120 --> 00:45:36,200
Speaker 7: Strong as you could do for this season?

1014
00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:37,319
Speaker 5: You ginue you.

1015
00:45:38,840 --> 00:45:41,120
Speaker 4: More gratitude about that, the way that went down, and

1016
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Speaker 4: it's still fumed.

1017
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Speaker 11: Absolutely, gratitude is the number one thing, you know. I'm

1018
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Speaker 11: so thankful for my heavenly Father for you know, number one,

1019
00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:49,600
Speaker 11: waking me up, waking all of us up here every day.

1020
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Speaker 3: So just that alone is just the utmost gratitude.

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Speaker 7: That does it.

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Speaker 1: For the fourth day of practice from the Greenbrier, We'll

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