WEBVTT - Jalen Graham: ‘Giving a 110%’ | Press Pass

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<v Speaker 1>It's call how much better are you as in for

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<v Speaker 1>at player now the a year ago?

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<v Speaker 2>Uh?

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<v Speaker 1>I would say, just like a lot, a lot a

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<v Speaker 1>lot better. Uh being able to be in a room

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<v Speaker 1>for a whole year around great guys like coach Holland,

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<v Speaker 1>and then you get to watch Fred dre and last year,

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<v Speaker 1>ob watch the guys fly around every Sunday. So it

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<v Speaker 1>can't do nothing but uh get better and learn from 'em.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>You two personalities, and it seem like an easy going guy.

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<v Speaker 3>It's easy to talk to you in the locker room,

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<v Speaker 3>but on the field you just seem like all business.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. I mean I feel like most of us gotta

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<v Speaker 1>have like on the football field. You can't kind of

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<v Speaker 1>be the same as you are off the field, especially me.

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<v Speaker 1>I play linebacker on defense, so can't really be as

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<v Speaker 1>cool and calm or no like I am off the

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<v Speaker 1>field on the field, Uh, just uh fast, physical and violent.

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<v Speaker 2>Like last year at this time, you were playing a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of real wine back. This year might be a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit more world on the outside walls.

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<v Speaker 3>Is is that right?

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<v Speaker 2>And I did playing line a middle last year, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>make it easier to play the outside roles this year?

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<v Speaker 3>Uh?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so I am playing a little bit more. I

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<v Speaker 1>just been uh rotating in wherever they need me at.

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<v Speaker 1>But uh, like you said, just playing starting at that

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<v Speaker 1>mc uh for me, it just helped knowing kind of

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<v Speaker 1>what everybody does. So switching to uh Sam and willis

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<v Speaker 1>made it the easier adjustment.

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<v Speaker 3>Is it?

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<v Speaker 1>Where like specifically group Uh? I would like to say

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<v Speaker 1>like actually being in the box I was in college

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<v Speaker 1>more so like outside in kind of and now just

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<v Speaker 1>just playing in the box, being comfortable in the box. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>How the linemen get to you from being in the box,

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<v Speaker 1>from the way being outside, So just kind of everything

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<v Speaker 1>that goes with it. Just just getting better at it

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<v Speaker 1>and seeing it and it's slowing down for me. So

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<v Speaker 1>that's good.

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<v Speaker 3>Can you know just a difference to with just a

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<v Speaker 3>couple this practice and maybe one more to go before

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<v Speaker 3>the cut from ninety to fifty three? Different at practice? Uh?

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<v Speaker 1>Not really? I think for us it's every every day

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<v Speaker 1>we were going out there giving one hundred and ten

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<v Speaker 1>percent uh and and doing whatever Kyle has us doing

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<v Speaker 1>as far as periods and everybody's gonna give it. They

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<v Speaker 1>all about teams.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you feel more comfortable teams than you were a

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<v Speaker 2>year ago.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh yeah, I think it's uh just like just like linebacker,

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<v Speaker 1>it's another year uh in the room, uh, doing the

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<v Speaker 1>drills outside. Uh, kind of just being more acclimated to

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<v Speaker 1>the way we do different things on special teams. So yeah, definitely.

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<v Speaker 2>How cool is it good for you to have green

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<v Speaker 2>Law and Warner to the best to do it right now?

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<v Speaker 1>Uh example as a extremely great Uh Like I said earlier,

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<v Speaker 1>just being able to watch them for a whole year

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<v Speaker 1>and now another year going into the off season, uh

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<v Speaker 1>and coming out into the year. It's just been great

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<v Speaker 1>to watch them and see how they operate, uh, their pros, pros,

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<v Speaker 1>everything they do. They try to be the best at it,

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<v Speaker 1>and they're they're as good as they are. They're always

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<v Speaker 1>trying to be better, so that that's always a good thing.

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<v Speaker 3>So you're a year ago, you're probably just you know,

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<v Speaker 3>keeping your head above water and trying to keep up.

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<v Speaker 3>And now you've done it for a year, do you

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<v Speaker 3>look around at this unit and what you have in

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<v Speaker 3>the pieces you haven't placed and think and this this

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<v Speaker 3>could be a really good defense.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, definitely. I think, uh last year we had

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<v Speaker 1>a really good defense, and I think, uh, every day

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<v Speaker 1>they brought uh guys in and guys back for us

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<v Speaker 1>to have another good defense this year. I think everybody's

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<v Speaker 1>out there just working each day and uh trying to

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<v Speaker 1>be the best we can be. Do you ever a

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<v Speaker 1>connection with uh a little bit?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yep.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh I had uh met him with Actually, the first

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<v Speaker 1>time I seen him was like my freshman year. He

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<v Speaker 1>was getting kind of award type thing for a homecoming game,

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<v Speaker 1>so that was the first time I seen him. And

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<v Speaker 1>then when I had came on my thirty visit, we

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<v Speaker 1>actually got to talk a little bit more and everything,

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<v Speaker 1>so that was great.

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<v Speaker 3>Is it fun for you to watch? You got like

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<v Speaker 3>Mustafa and Kyle said, Man, the guys are real plumper.

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<v Speaker 1>U Oh yeah, yeah, definitely.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>He he just go out there play a hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>ten miles per hour and he played defensiveway should be played.

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<v Speaker 2>So anything else alright, Thank you appreciate it.