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Speaker 1: This is weird. I haven't done this. Yeah, did you

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Speaker 1: did you spend your bubing? I spent with my family,

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Speaker 1: uh in San Diego. My two younger brothers played college

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Speaker 1: ball out there, so I got to see them beat

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Speaker 1: up on some some Spartans, I guess. So it's pretty fun.

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Speaker 1: They play at San Diego State, they played San Jose State.

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Speaker 1: Has been adjusting so far, the pagrises here, sort of

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Speaker 1: integrating into the culture and the team. Um. I think

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Speaker 1: our whole coaching staff and team do a good job

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Speaker 1: with the new guys. You know, a lot of the

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Speaker 1: older guys take us under their wing. And UM. Luckily

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Speaker 1: I had high Tower last year and and of course

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Speaker 1: bent here, so UM had them uh teach me the rope.

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Speaker 1: So it's been good with three games in twelve days

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Speaker 1: starting Sunday. But it's kind of your routine to keep

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Speaker 1: your body ready. I'm gonna stick to my regular routine,

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Speaker 1: to be honest. It's one game at a time. That's

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Speaker 1: our mentality, and right now we have to worry about

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Speaker 1: the jets. UM, so I'm gonna stick to my routine,

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Speaker 1: make sure my body's right for Wednesday practice, and just

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Speaker 1: take them from there. What are the challenges that are

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Speaker 1: unique when you play a team. It's always hard to

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Speaker 1: beat a team twice, no matter what, no matter where

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Speaker 1: you are. You know, Um, they have a bunch of

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Speaker 1: film on us, and hopefully we correct those little mistakes

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Speaker 1: that we had in that previous game we had, um

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Speaker 1: and hopefully, UM, we just do our jobs. That's the

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Speaker 1: biggest thing. As long as everybody does their one eleven.

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Speaker 1: I have faith that we can do whatever we want

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Speaker 1: to do, so do you things allowed you to take

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Speaker 1: on such a larger defensive role this year than you

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Speaker 1: had last year. Just building that trust with my teammates,

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Speaker 1: you know, That's That's been one of the biggest goals

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Speaker 1: that I've had since walking into this facility. I was

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Speaker 1: building the trust with the other ten guys, whether it's

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Speaker 1: on defense or special teams, and then creating that bond

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Speaker 1: and trust with my position coaches. So um, whether whether

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Speaker 1: I was playing d N inside backer, outside backer, I

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Speaker 1: wanted to make sure that I can show that I

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Speaker 1: was adaptable. So that was a big thing for me.

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Speaker 1: I imagine you've got to feel more comfortable in both

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Speaker 1: the scheme and the locker room than you did last

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Speaker 1: year because basically it was like three days before the

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Speaker 1: season that you yeah, yeah, definitely different experiences most definitely. Um,

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Speaker 1: And that goes back to me having those older guys

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Speaker 1: last year who showed me everything, showed me the rugs,

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Speaker 1: the little little things I can steal from this defense,

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Speaker 1: you know. So I'm always grateful for that. When it

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Speaker 1: comes to trying to beat the team a second time,

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Speaker 1: is it made more difficult. Typically they change what they're

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Speaker 1: gonna do to try and beat you. I mean yeah,

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Speaker 1: But the reason why it's so hard to beat another

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Speaker 1: team because they have that nasty taste in their mouth,

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Speaker 1: you know, and the same same goals for us if

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Speaker 1: we were playing a team that we lost to this

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Speaker 1: or these past few games. Um, you have that nasty

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Speaker 1: taste and you want to come back for some revenge,

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Speaker 1: you know, especially since they're coming here to play us

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Speaker 1: at home. So our mentality has got to be a

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Speaker 1: bully mentality. We gotta be ready to be physical on

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Speaker 1: every point of attack. So, um, that's the biggest thing.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it comes with both, you know. Um, they're

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Speaker 1: gonna have some things that are gonna be changed up,

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Speaker 1: but for the most part, it's gonna be a physical game.

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Speaker 1: You gotta you gotta bring you gotta bring your mouth

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Speaker 1: piece because it's it's it's gonna be that type of

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Speaker 1: game every time you play a team twice. What's part

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Speaker 1: of being part of the linebacker court? You mentioned that

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Speaker 1: last year you had um uh Dante and those are

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Speaker 1: also owned. Then Jamie was here on left and came back.

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Speaker 1: That sort of core group of better mind backers last year,

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Speaker 1: and then now this year's a lot of younger guys

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Speaker 1: taking on bigger roles. How has it been part of

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Speaker 1: the group where it's a lot of guys all taking

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Speaker 1: on bigger roles. The biggest thing is just being adaptable.

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Speaker 1: You know, it's the league, you know you it's next

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Speaker 1: man mentality. And Uh, Luckily, like like you said, we've

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Speaker 1: had guys like mac kwan, myself and um and just

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Speaker 1: everybody in general in our in our room who have

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Speaker 1: answered the call and UM and are willing to do

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Speaker 1: whatever we got to do to get on that field,

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Speaker 1: you know. Um. So it's just it's just the mindset

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Speaker 1: you have to have, uh, playing in this sport. You know,

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Speaker 1: anything can happen. Um. So Uh luckily we have those

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Speaker 1: those guys here. Yeah, talking about that continuity how big

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Speaker 1: was it then when you guys got Jamie back in

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Speaker 1: the room ago, it's been great. You know, he brings

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Speaker 1: a lot to the table, especially as an older guy. Um,

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Speaker 1: but but it just brings even more competition for us,

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Speaker 1: and we accept every type of competition. Question. What impresses

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Speaker 1: you the most about watching Jut out of the field.

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Speaker 1: He just brings excitement, you know. I mean there's a

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Speaker 1: lot a lot of things he does, but for me,

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Speaker 1: it's when he brings that energy to both sides of

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Speaker 1: the field. You know, every time he makes a play,

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Speaker 1: everybody's sicked. Everybody's ready to get on the field, whether

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Speaker 1: it's offense, defense, special teams. You know, we're juiced up,

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Speaker 1: and we always wanted to create that domino effect to

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Speaker 1: make another new another great play the following a few plays. So, um,

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Speaker 1: it's that excitement and juice that he brings. Thank you guys,