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Speaker 1: Welcome back here on the Colts Audio Network. The off

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Speaker 1: season workout program for the Colts Continuez. I'm Matt Taylor,

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Speaker 1: joined right now by second year offensive lineman for the

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Speaker 1: Indianapolis Colts. That would be Bernard Ryman. Bernard, thanks so

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Speaker 1: much for the time today, sir.

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Speaker 2: How are you good?

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Speaker 3: Thank you for having me?

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, So let's start with your off season.

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Speaker 1: How good does it feel to be back around football

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Speaker 1: with your teammates after I'm sure a long off season,

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Speaker 1: after a four to twelve and one season, those long

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Speaker 1: winter months are over, it's the springtime. Everybody's back. What's

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Speaker 1: the feeling of energetic atmosphere here with the Colts?

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, I mean just excited to be back. Gettings have

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Speaker 3: worked together. As you said to you, you know, you

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Speaker 3: you think about the games, you you rewatch the tape

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Speaker 3: right and it's it's frustrating, but you know it motivates

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Speaker 3: you to work even harder. And then a lot of

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Speaker 3: the off season work kind of you you work either

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Speaker 3: by yourself or with a different group of guys or

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Speaker 3: you know, it's just a small group of guys. And

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Speaker 3: now having you know, you know, having the whole team

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Speaker 3: on the field again with everyone getting coached, with your

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Speaker 1: How much more comfortable do you feel now compared to

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Speaker 1: this time last year? And I just mean life in general, right,

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Speaker 1: Acclimating to the NFL, learning an NFL playbook, learning the building,

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Speaker 1: knowing where everything is. I mean, you've got all of

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Speaker 3: Yeah, for me personally, it's a huge difference of just

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Speaker 3: you know, getting settled in, getting to know everyone, kind

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Speaker 3: my fiance and I we love Indie and it's awesome.

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Speaker 3: It's awesome place to live. So I think we both

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Speaker 1: I know you talked about this earlier in the offseason,

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Speaker 1: but now that you've had time to reflect and kind

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Speaker 1: rookie season, how do you think it went for you?

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Speaker 1: What were your main takeaways from your first year with

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Speaker 3: Obviously not good enough and like not you know, didn't

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Speaker 3: work into the off season. Obviously improvements were made, but

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Speaker 3: rewatched that tape and you kind of work on those

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Speaker 1: Well, it's like I said, you didn't miss a beat

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Speaker 1: I mean, you look the part right now, I mean

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Speaker 1: pounds in the right areas, right, it's the right kind

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Speaker 1: You know, one final thing about last year as a rookie,

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Speaker 1: I mean, you know, I mean you've been a fan

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Speaker 2: It's a business, right, Things happen.

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Speaker 1: People come and go, But for you last year as

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Speaker 1: How How tough was it for you as a guy

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Speaker 1: New coach now Shane Steich and certainly got a lot

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Speaker 3: So even in like the offensive meetings, he he he

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Speaker 1: And how about your new position coach Tony Sperano Junior.

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Speaker 1: In a short amount of time, how much has he

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Speaker 3: I mean absolutely, I mean the details he's been you know,

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Speaker 1: It's Bernard Ryman with us offensive tackle for the Colts

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Speaker 1: going into year number two. Last year, I don't have

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Speaker 1: How do you view the NFL now in terms of

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Speaker 3: Stadiums get bigger, the pressure gets, you know, a little

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Speaker 1: Right, early impressions of Anthony Richardson Now at the quarterback position,

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Speaker 1: And he's a rookie going through so much, right, Rookie

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Speaker 1: So all right, the NFL schedule is out announce that

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Speaker 1: Everybody knows and loves your story coming from Austria. How

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Speaker 3: Yeah, this is an unbelievable feeling. Yeah, you know, seeing

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Speaker 2: No doubt about it.

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Speaker 1: Now, you said the last time that a lot of

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Speaker 3: Yep, correct, seven dollars drive. Yeah, so it's definitely doable.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I'm sure that that phone is going to

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Speaker 1: get that support. Lastly, we talked earlier again into the

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that was your first taste of the NFL.

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Speaker 3: and yeah, you're six hours ahead, you know, watching games

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Speaker 3: So it's it's a little bit more difficult to be

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Speaker 1: And for you growing up in Austria, when you found

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Speaker 1: was that a huge priority for you to go watch

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Speaker 3: Oh? Absolutely, I mean I think that was my I

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and what year was that, like twenty fourteen?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it was the Steelers Vikings scheme. Yeah, I know

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Speaker 3: at home, I still have like the ticket sellers, so yeah,

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Speaker 3: check what year that was.

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Speaker 1: And when you're watching that game, are you just like,

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Speaker 1: I can do this, I can I can play in

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Speaker 1: this league? Was that thought ever going through your mind

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Speaker 3: To be honest, I just thought it was like the

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Speaker 3: coolest thing ever. Of course I had just started playing football,

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Speaker 3: so at that point, I you know, you know the players,

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Speaker 3: you know the league, but you have no idea how

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Speaker 3: to get there, and it's kind of a dream, but

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Speaker 3: not really a goal because you don't even think it's

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Speaker 3: awesome and.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's crazy that works. Such a cool story.

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Speaker 2: You're such a great guy.

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Speaker 1: You have such a great story, great personality, Bernard, thank

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Speaker 1: you so much for your time. Best of luck the

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Speaker 1: rest of this offseason and stay healthy all right.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much