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Speaker 1: Our unique as you can in skill set for an insidelinebacker.

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Speaker 1: He's an he's an athletic kid. You know, he's one

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Speaker 1: of those guys who runs around. He has UH. He

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Speaker 1: plays with some real physical physicality out when he's out

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Speaker 1: there on the field, which adds to UH, you know,

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Speaker 1: his skill sets. So we're excited to have what he brings.

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Speaker 1: Coverage wives about something that you guys didn't have, or

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Speaker 1: he's cut above in that department. Well, he's athlete as

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Speaker 1: one of the things that you know. He's not uh

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Speaker 1: in there because of his size. He's in there because

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Speaker 1: of his athletic ability and his coverage ability. So it's

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Speaker 1: fair to say that that's going to be his role. No,

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Speaker 1: I mean he what I think what he's showing is

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Speaker 1: is the reason why he had success in Arizona and

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Speaker 1: everything else was that he can't play the run and

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Speaker 1: he can't play the pass. So you know, he's obviously

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Speaker 1: familiar with the system. So we're excited to have him

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Speaker 1: here and see see him progress. What did you say

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Speaker 1: to Tay Davis when he laughed, or if you've talked

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Speaker 1: to him since he laughed, Because he was a starter,

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Speaker 1: I'd rather just keep that that's between me and take.

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Speaker 1: We we talked and you know, wished him nothing but

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Speaker 1: the best. He's a great kid, great kid. It's like

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Speaker 1: a pretty quick drop. I mean, he was your star

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Speaker 1: all offseason, started the opener, and then you know, mid

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Speaker 1: plating season he's gone. And just what didn't work out there?

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Speaker 1: You know, guys, guys were playing, you know you said

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Speaker 1: people were performing. Uh. Taste did a heck of a

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Speaker 1: job while he was here, and we would wish him

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Speaker 1: nothing but the best. So I guess one of those

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Speaker 1: guys playing is Mayo. What what's he brought up? David?

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Speaker 1: David has been great. He's been a real uh in

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Speaker 1: addition to the to the group. He obviously when you

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Speaker 1: watch play, he plays very physical. He's a heavy handed player,

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Speaker 1: but he's smart. He's he's uh got years a couple

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Speaker 1: of years experience uh behind him, So he adds something

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Speaker 1: to the table. He comes in, he's got great energy

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Speaker 1: and practice everything. Uh. He really gives consistent, good effort.

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Speaker 1: Valuable is it to have well tream back? I mean

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Speaker 1: you were had him without for a couple of games

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Speaker 1: there in you you seem like you've missed that. Well.

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Speaker 1: You see everybody everybody feels better with him and there Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he he has a great understanding of the defense. Um,

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Speaker 1: he's he has leadership qualities you know that he exhibits

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Speaker 1: all the time. And it's one of those things that

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Speaker 1: the guys, I think, feel very comfortable with amount of

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Speaker 1: field because he's very uh verbal, you know, he he

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Speaker 1: communicates well with the guys, so it kind of removes

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Speaker 1: a lot of doubt for the guys and lets them

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Speaker 1: give him a chance to play faster. I don't think

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Speaker 1: it was blocking the spoken Connolly's injury, just you know,

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Speaker 1: what did you see when he was playing and so

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Speaker 1: of what were you looking forward to him going forward? Ryan?

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Speaker 1: You know, obviously was having a start off very well,

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Speaker 1: was playing well. Um, was having some success which was great,

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Speaker 1: and unfortunately the injury occurred. Um, But he's attacking his

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Speaker 1: rehab just kind of like the way he when he

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Speaker 1: came in here as a rookie or as a real professional.

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Speaker 1: He's diligent and everything that he's doing, he's working hard.

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Speaker 1: Uh So Um, yesterday morning we're talking again. You know,

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Speaker 1: he's already still studying tape. He's back uh kind of preparing,

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Speaker 1: but he's trying to do The biggest thing right now

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Speaker 1: is they make sure he's doing everything you can physically

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Speaker 1: to get the leg ready. Who was he doing on

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Speaker 1: the field that made him successful so quick? I think

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Speaker 1: he's understanding, you know. I think it's one of those

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Speaker 1: things when guys see it and get it. I think

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Speaker 1: that's really helping Ryan a great deal. He wasn't afraid

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Speaker 1: to pull a trigger like he when he saw something

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Speaker 1: he believed that, he went and went to make a play.

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Speaker 1: But which allows guys to play faster. He plays with

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Speaker 1: confidence because his preparation was so well and uh, you

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Speaker 1: know that's really kind of starting to separate him himself

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Speaker 1: from the group where when he first got here you

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Speaker 1: never want to gout he'd heard it the toughest. You

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Speaker 1: would have figured this one a year, he would have

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Speaker 1: got a lot of plans. I really built on tough

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Speaker 1: to get it kind of short circuit hit like that. Well,

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Speaker 1: it's like any injury, you never you don't want to

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Speaker 1: lose anybody, even a veteran, you know, because whether it

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Speaker 1: sets him back or whether you know, you lose his

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Speaker 1: experience or leadership, whatever it may be. But like you're saying,

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Speaker 1: for the young guys, you don't want him to to

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Speaker 1: lose any time. You want to get as my main

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Speaker 1: reps as you can. You know, we can practice all

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Speaker 1: we want, but there's no substitution for game reps. What

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Speaker 1: Davante is doing a nice job. He's big, strong as

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Speaker 1: a kid, can run, can run out on the field. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, he's getting better each week. He's understood getting

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Speaker 1: to know our defense in our meeting rooms and everything else.

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Speaker 1: And he's pushing for time