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Speaker 1: How you been. I'm good. How you doing, Tom. It

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Speaker 1: seems like it's Jibal and the kids now in the

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Speaker 1: outside linebackers room. Huh. It makes me feel so little, man. No,

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Speaker 1: I think it's a great group of guys. Man. Um,

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Speaker 1: I would feel old at all. Man. I just feel

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Speaker 1: like I'm spreading knowledge. What's Uh, what's this season been

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Speaker 1: like for you? And just the experience. And it seems

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Speaker 1: like now with the injuries that you know you're gonna

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Speaker 1: be counted out even more. Um. I mean I'm still

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Speaker 1: getting a field for it. Obviously missing the first half

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Speaker 1: of the season. Uh. Um, but embracing it, man, filling

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Speaker 1: filling home, Uh, enjoying the football environment again. Uh, being

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Speaker 1: around a great group of guys. I mean, I love

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Speaker 1: the energy here. Um. Everyone's hungry here, man. Uh, guys

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Speaker 1: want to play football. Uh. Looking for answers, acting questions. Um,

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Speaker 1: it's been fun. LEVI, Hey, je Ball, thanks for doing this. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Wondering if there's ever been a time in your career

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Speaker 1: where you've seen something like this where the top four

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Speaker 1: guys when the season open for the Giants are not

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Speaker 1: gonna be in uniform here for the next three weeks.

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Speaker 1: Marcus Golden was traded. Lorenzo Carter of Shane and facral

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Speaker 1: are on our I R. It's a you know, guys

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Speaker 1: who weren't even on the roster in week one of

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Speaker 1: the starters. Now have you seen something like this, um

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Speaker 1: in my in my ten years, I can't quite say have,

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Speaker 1: but but we all know in football it's always about

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Speaker 1: the next man up and always being ready for your opportunity. UM.

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Speaker 1: You know, it's it's it's it's tough with football and

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Speaker 1: obviously not having an all season this year, a lot

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Speaker 1: of guys, a lot of injuries, uh, and and things happen,

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Speaker 1: but we know in football, we always got to be

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Speaker 1: prepared and ready to go whenever your numbers called. Um,

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Speaker 1: I think like a saw a linebacker room. We got

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Speaker 1: we got a great group of guys. UM all want

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Speaker 1: to eat young guys, young talented guys. UM that you know,

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Speaker 1: at any given time that day able to make a play.

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Speaker 1: And then what what were you doing week one before

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Speaker 1: you signed with the Jaguars, Like, what were you doing?

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Speaker 1: Did you watch Week one on your couch at home? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I did, I was. I was in South Florida, man. Uh,

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Speaker 1: just just being a dad, you know, Uh, living living

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Speaker 1: the norm life, I guess, which hasn't been so norm

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Speaker 1: uh since since I can remember, So it was different,

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Speaker 1: you know, being in South Florida, was back home and

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Speaker 1: on the couch, you know, watching football. But in my

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Speaker 1: head knowing that I kind of missed it, you know,

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Speaker 1: I missed football, and I knew I would have the

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Speaker 1: opportunity to help a team. And I'm just happy I'm

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Speaker 1: here and able to help help guys out. And if

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Speaker 1: I could ask one more, it's chasing Russell Wilson, Like

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Speaker 1: I don't know if you've done it somewhere in the past,

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Speaker 1: uh in your career, if you faced him or just

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Speaker 1: from watching tape. What a guy like him? Especially, what's

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Speaker 1: it like rushing him with? You know what principles I

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Speaker 1: guess are important? Uh? Just standing after him. Man, he's

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Speaker 1: a guy that's gonna make plays, He's gonna run around. Uh.

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Speaker 1: It's it's it's just standing after him, standing standing standing

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Speaker 1: a ball hawk. I mean, we know this guy is dangerous.

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Speaker 1: He's gonna run around, create players down field for his

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Speaker 1: guys being here seeing the secondary they do so little covering.

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Speaker 1: If we could just keep him in the pocket as

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Speaker 1: much as possible, um, and keep it from running around

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Speaker 1: as much as possible, I think give us a great chance. Hey,

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Speaker 1: I've got two for you. Um. You know you've got

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Speaker 1: more than fifty sacks in your career. Um, but do

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Speaker 1: you ever have one? You know, like like you did

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Speaker 1: at the end of the game last week? That was

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Speaker 1: really a game ender of have I have man? And

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Speaker 1: those are very rare, uh, special moments, Um, you know

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Speaker 1: where your numbers called and you actually get the opportunity

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Speaker 1: to make make the play. Um, I mean it was.

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Speaker 1: It was a great feeling. It's one that always brings

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Speaker 1: you back. And uh it's I think it's no better

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Speaker 1: feeling as like a defensive guy. And the other the

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Speaker 1: other question I had for you is, you know you've

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Speaker 1: I'll be honest, it was. It was very humbling. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Because you go through the workout and I mean I've

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Speaker 1: it was very humbling. Uh practice squad. I just knew

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Speaker 1: And uh that that was my mindset. Um, obviously been

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Speaker 1: just jump right back into it. I kind of wanted

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Speaker 1: a few reps. I mean, just I think every football

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Speaker 1: mean after a few practice reps, I think I was

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Speaker 1: ready And um, I mean I'm glad I'm here. We'll

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Speaker 1: take one more from Jamal. Have you heard from Justin

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Speaker 1: talk at all about where it his number? See? When

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Speaker 1: I got here, that was the biggest pressure. I was like, yo,

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Speaker 1: you're giving me this number. It's one of the greats

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Speaker 1: I had the same pressure kind of an indie with

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Speaker 1: you know, that was another monster. Um, no, I have it, man,

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Speaker 1: But on the throw the number, Um, you know, I'm

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Speaker 1: of it and uh, just you know, rock out as

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Speaker 1: a g man. And then can I just ask you

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Speaker 1: real quick about what it means about to this defense

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Speaker 1: that two of the biggest players were made by you

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Speaker 1: who came on late to this team, and Nico, who

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Speaker 1: on Sunday. What you know, what does that say about

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Speaker 1: about this defense in the way constructed? Uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: be ready when your numbers called. I mean, we we

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Speaker 1: all practiced, are we all go out there and give

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Speaker 1: your numbers called me. Nko was a guy that we

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Speaker 1: didn't know it was gonna get reps. I mean, we

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Speaker 1: I mean maybe it was his second play and he

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Speaker 1: it's it's it's crazy how your numbers called and you're

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Speaker 1: able to answer. But a heck of a job by him.