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Speaker 1: Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. Today was day

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Speaker 1: three of organized team activities here at the under Armour

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Speaker 1: Performance Center, and after today's practice, we heard from the

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Speaker 1: Ravens coordinators Todd Monkin, Zach Orr, and Chris Horton. First up,

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Speaker 1: we'll start things off with offensive coordinator Todd Monkin.

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Speaker 2: All right, I think it.

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Speaker 3: Was no I went last year.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I've been on a lot a lot of times

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Speaker 4: and donated, but I've never I haven't been there.

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Speaker 3: You know, I'm certainly willing to donate. That's this year.

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Speaker 4: Luckily didn't donate, so it felt a lot better. I

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Speaker 4: don't know what it is about winning. It's some about

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Speaker 4: winning makes everything feel better.

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Speaker 3: All we got.

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Speaker 5: Just here too.

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Speaker 2: You know, we talked a little bit about what are

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Speaker 2: some of the scheme changes that you want to make

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Speaker 2: and how you want to see offense to evolve up.

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Speaker 3: Well, I think we want to streamline.

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Speaker 4: We want to make it better for all of our players,

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Speaker 4: Lamar especially, and streamline it in a way that we

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Speaker 4: become a more consistent offense. And everybody's striving for that.

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Speaker 4: And I thought there was a lot of really good

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Speaker 4: things we did last year, but we can certainly strive

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Speaker 4: to be more consistent. Certainly start faster. We've got to

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Speaker 4: work to start fast. I think that that's inevitable. But

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Speaker 4: year two we should be able to do that.

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Speaker 5: It's the first time we've had a chance to talk

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Speaker 5: to you since the PFC Championship game.

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Speaker 6: When you look back at that game, do you have.

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Speaker 7: Any regrets about the way you guys went offensively?

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Speaker 4: You know, obviously, I mean I try not to look back.

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Speaker 4: I appreciate that, but it is what it is. We

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Speaker 4: didn't play well enough, didn't coach well enough, didn't execute

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Speaker 4: at a high level.

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Speaker 3: And that starts with me. I mean, that's the way

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Speaker 3: it goes.

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Speaker 4: I mean, certainly we could have run the ball better,

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Speaker 4: could execute it better, not turn the ball over.

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Speaker 3: But that's what you do.

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Speaker 4: The only way you look back is to learn and

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Speaker 4: get better. What didn't we do well? What was the

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Speaker 4: plan we initially went in with? Was it execution or

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Speaker 4: did we not stick with the plan? That's part of it,

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Speaker 4: Just like it would have been, just like it was

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Speaker 4: the week before, just like it was the week before.

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Speaker 4: That just happened to be then, And it's disappointed, But

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Speaker 4: it's on to twenty twenty four to linger.

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Speaker 7: On this a moment.

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Speaker 6: But I think John said at the time that you know,

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Speaker 6: a lot of folks looked at the rush attempts in

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Speaker 6: the second half. I think there were six, and John said,

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Speaker 6: somewhat dictated by the terms of the game. Is that

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Speaker 6: is that kind of what you see looking back on.

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Speaker 3: It, somewhat.

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Speaker 4: I mean, if you said, well, the rushing attempts were

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Speaker 4: by the backs, it wasn't just complete. I mean, say,

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Speaker 4: Flowers had a couple and Lamar did. So I'm not

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Speaker 4: trying to justify it, I promise you that I'm not.

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Speaker 4: I'm just saying in general, we needed to run the

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Speaker 4: ball better and we didn't. I mean that's a fact.

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Speaker 4: I mean we didn't. You can't control the game if

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Speaker 4: you can't run the football and then not execute at

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Speaker 4: a high level when it presents itself. And there were

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Speaker 4: moments in the game we did but not enough. And

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Speaker 4: you know, in second half needed to run the ball better.

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Speaker 4: But you know we did give ourselves an opportunity in

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Speaker 4: the second half. That's looking at it that I don't

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Speaker 4: regret because we did give ourselves a chance in the

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Speaker 4: second half. We got down in the red zone, we

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Speaker 4: did move it. But we got to run the ball better,

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Speaker 4: we got to tack him the way we you know,

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Speaker 4: plan to attack him, and I gotta do a better job.

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Speaker 3: That's the way it is.

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Speaker 4: I mean, that's what I'm paid to do, and that

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Speaker 4: is do it against the best, you know, when it counts.

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Speaker 4: That's that's it. No, it's okay.

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Speaker 6: Just how does Derek Henry shift the equation for you?

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Speaker 6: Is there something you look more at in your offense?

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Speaker 4: I don't see it that way. I just see another

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Speaker 4: good football player. I mean, Gus had a tremendous year

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Speaker 4: for us, I mean in terms of yards, touchdowns, and

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Speaker 4: we expect the same from Derek. You know, he's a

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Speaker 4: tremendous football player. He's been great. He's been here a

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Speaker 4: whole off season and doesn't really change anything per se

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Speaker 4: because to me, he's a really versatile player. I mean

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Speaker 4: not only running the ball, but get him the ball

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Speaker 4: in space and throwing him the ball and getting him

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Speaker 4: out on the perimeter and see if some of your

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Speaker 4: defensive backs can tackle him. So that's why we're doing

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Speaker 4: this now, that's why we're here out, you know, to

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Speaker 4: work through that and see what we have, cause no

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Speaker 4: one here has worked with him, So now we're just

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Speaker 4: seeing what that is and giving him those opportunities.

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Speaker 8: Thought, I know you're saying you don't think you have

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Speaker 8: to change a lot, But Derek, do you in terms

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Speaker 8: of formation wise, do you expect to maybe be more

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Speaker 8: A lot of till it's been how he's been a

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Speaker 8: lot in the A lot of a under center formation.

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Speaker 8: Do you expect to do that.

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Speaker 3: A lot more? I mean, we'll see.

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Speaker 4: I mean it's uh, we were under centered some this

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Speaker 4: year and we weren't gun some and I expect to

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Speaker 4: be the same, I mean both depending on where we

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Speaker 4: go from here. Do I think that's what they did? Yes,

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Speaker 4: but we're not them, if that makes sense?

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Speaker 3: Like, uh, with.

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Speaker 4: Having Lamar, is that always advantageous to us to be

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Speaker 4: inner center?

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Speaker 3: Probably?

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Speaker 3: You know, is there something to that? Yes?

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Speaker 4: So we'll we'll try to find do the best we

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Speaker 4: can to balance the two, cause you're right, there is

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Speaker 4: a lot of good looks at him playing at the dot,

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Speaker 4: you know, under center.

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Speaker 9: Fading out. Eric and John are very excited about getting

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Speaker 9: test Walker. What are your early depressions of him.

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Speaker 3: What are your hoops at him?

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Speaker 9: What do you think from what you've.

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Speaker 3: Seen of this quick learner. Okay, let's start with that.

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Speaker 4: So that's impressive, you know, to show up and be

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Speaker 4: able to play multiple spots and it's not just knowing

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Speaker 4: your assignment. But I think he's done a great job

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Speaker 4: of executing a technique that makes sense.

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Speaker 3: Because there's nuances with routes.

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Speaker 4: It's not just a drawing, there's other nuances with coverage

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Speaker 4: and adjustments these. That was something I wasn't expecting. So

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Speaker 4: that was what I'm excited about. And obviously his speed

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Speaker 4: shows up in his length, so that's been exciting and

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Speaker 4: I would just continue to work with him, and that's

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Speaker 4: what you do with your young players.

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Speaker 3: And this is a great time to develop.

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Speaker 4: And that's what you love about this time of year

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Speaker 4: is because once you get after a couple of weeks,

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Speaker 4: even in the preseason, it's it's go time.

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Speaker 3: Now it's who plays.

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Speaker 4: But at this point, how do we develop them our

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Speaker 4: skills and then how do we drill it to get

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Speaker 4: the most out of our players and create the best

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Speaker 8: Do you think as a go ahead at the end

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Speaker 8: of the season, John Harbron talk about you guys have

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Speaker 8: went back to the John for trying to you know,

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Speaker 8: continue to advance this office. How much of this offseason

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Speaker 8: was put into the trying to get them the most

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Speaker 8: out of Isaiah Likely.

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Speaker 4: And Mark and Well, everything was going back to the

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Speaker 4: drawing board to say who we want to be moving

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Speaker 4: forward offensively, and that is what you do every year,

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Speaker 4: but even more importantly after your first year, because there's

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Speaker 4: always things you look back and go, all right, we

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Speaker 4: put that in and now that we look at it,

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Speaker 4: hey let's go this direction, let's do this, let's move

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Speaker 4: in these certain directions we want to go. But certainly,

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Speaker 4: you know, with the way Isaiah Likely came on and

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Speaker 4: having Mark Patricard, the white outs we have, we do

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Speaker 4: have tremendous skills. So it's how do we utilize each

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Speaker 4: can we utilize that? So that has been a big

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Speaker 4: part of the off season with those guys and how

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Speaker 4: do we get him when and how on the field.

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Speaker 4: That allows us to be very consistent on offense and

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Speaker 4: score touchdowns.

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Speaker 3: I mean, that's it.

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Speaker 9: Really.

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Speaker 5: Do you feel like you guys as a whole need

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Speaker 5: do a better job getting our shot made more involved?

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Speaker 10: Oh?

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Speaker 7: For sure.

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Speaker 4: You know last year was interesting in the fact that,

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Speaker 4: you know, we had Odell and at the beginning, you know,

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Speaker 4: bait Ha missed off season, then he missed some of

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Speaker 4: put O'Dell at X, you know, and then beginning of

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Speaker 4: their Bateman gets kind of banged up.

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Speaker 3: A little bit, so does Odell. So here you are

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Speaker 3: beginning of the year, but you're already in the season.

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Speaker 4: So now we certainly could have done a better job

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Speaker 4: of moving them around, for sure. But as the year

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Speaker 4: I've seen tremendous growth. But again growth is just because

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Speaker 4: he didn't have an off season last year. In my mind,

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Speaker 4: I didn't see that, but I expect a tremendous year

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Speaker 4: on it, and we certainly could have found a way

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Speaker 4: to give him the ball more. But you know that

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Speaker 4: that's a good thing because last year we did have Mark,

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Speaker 4: then we had Zay Likely, then we've got Jay Flowers

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Speaker 4: and then you've got Odell and after a while and

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Speaker 4: then you're winning games. So you're running the ball. So

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Speaker 4: why does Gus Edwards have all those touchdowns? What are

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Speaker 4: the rushing yards? We're winning games and that's part of it.

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Speaker 4: So when that happens and you have a lot of

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Speaker 4: Hegymore touches well because he touched it, and why do

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Speaker 3: So that's a good problem to have, it really is.

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Speaker 4: Or Lamar took off and ran, you know, all those

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Speaker 4: continue to have great skill players.

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Speaker 6: There was a lot of experience up front from last year.

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Speaker 6: And I know you guys rotated in Daniel and Ben

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Speaker 6: a lot last year and obviously had some injuries to

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Speaker 6: some of the guys who've left. But what do you

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Speaker 6: kind of feel like is the biggest gap that you'll

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Speaker 6: you'll need to cover from the guys you lost from

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Speaker 6: last year and how well that that line play last year.

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Speaker 4: Well, you're right, we did rotate those guys, which was

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Speaker 4: invaluable experience, you know, because you have game tape, not

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Speaker 4: just preseason tape, but against frontline starters of how they played,

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Speaker 4: and it's easy to show them on tape where they

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Speaker 4: need to improve.

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Speaker 3: Where that is. It's not third quarter of the first

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Speaker 4: It's against the best in the world, and so you

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Speaker 4: do have some tape to go back and look, and

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Speaker 4: again we're in the development business. That's why you draft players,

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Speaker 4: That's why they keep coming up and developing. You know,

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Speaker 1: You're listening to Ravens Press Past podcast. You just heard

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Speaker 7: How's it going. How y'all doing alrighty man?

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Speaker 9: Good players walking by us? How does it feel to

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Speaker 7: That's pretty crazy? It's pretty crazy.

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Speaker 12: I mean I used to always, you know, just like

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Speaker 11: Exciting to see the incoming name to Dallas.

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Speaker 7: As for schedule, that didn't dur oh Man, Yeah, it

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Speaker 7: A little early.

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Speaker 4: Talking about how a different relationship with your position coaching, y'alls,

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Speaker 7: Man, I don't think you have to change the language

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Speaker 7: Definitely.

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Speaker 7: Do you have him more deep this year?

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Speaker 7: I think he's one of the top players in the league.

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Speaker 12: My goal for him is to, you know, one day

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Speaker 7: He could play safety, deep safety, box safety.

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Speaker 12: He could play corner, he could play nickel, he could

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Speaker 7: Butts off since day one. Man, So we're excited.

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Speaker 6: Now on how does that feel, as you know, first

445
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Speaker 6: year coordinator, are you sort of does it just kind

446
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Speaker 6: of like make you alert? How do you feel going

447
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Speaker 6: into that part of the schedule.

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Speaker 12: Man, It was funny because coach was talking about this

449
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Speaker 12: the other day and he said, everybody in this league

450
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Speaker 12: is good and if you're not, if you're not prepared

451
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Speaker 12: and you're not doing things the right way, you'll get

452
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Speaker 12: what you'll lose and get your butt kicked.

453
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Speaker 7: By anybody in this league.

454
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Speaker 12: So yeah, you respect that, You respect the guys, well,

455
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Speaker 12: understand respect the team, the quarterbacks, the coordinators that we're

456
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Speaker 12: going to.

457
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Speaker 7: Face as the defense. But we honestly.

458
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Speaker 12: Believe if we prepare the right way, we do, we

459
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Speaker 12: play how we're supposed to play, it's not gonna really matter,

460
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Speaker 12: you know, who we're playing or when we're playing them.

461
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Speaker 2: There's a number of former NFL linebackers who went on

462
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Speaker 2: to the great coaches, right get Ryan Rabel, John Tenny

463
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Speaker 2: of Fears. What is it do you take any inspiration

464
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Speaker 2: and tips and what is.

465
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Speaker 13: It about being a NFL linebackers that helps.

466
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Speaker 2: You g you didn't coach.

467
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Speaker 12: I definitely take uh inspiration from that just playing a position.

468
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Speaker 12: I mean all those guys you named, uh, Demiko Ryans,

469
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Speaker 12: Mike Vrabel, Tonio Pierce, those guys are great players. I

470
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Speaker 12: grew up watching those guys, and I just think the

471
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Speaker 12: linebacker position, you're in the middle of the defense. You

472
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Speaker 12: have to be able to understand what's going on up front,

473
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Speaker 12: understand what's going on behind you, understand what's going on

474
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Speaker 12: beside you, in the run game and in the past game.

475
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Speaker 12: So you have to be you and all those meetings

476
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Speaker 12: they say run game meeting linebackers in there, we say

477
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Speaker 12: past game beating linebackers in there. Okay, protection meeting, blitz

478
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Speaker 12: meeting linebackers in there. So you everywhere you gotta you

479
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Speaker 12: have to have a grasp with the whole.

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Speaker 7: Defense and how it fits together. Because you're in the

481
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Speaker 7: middle of it. You have to execute a.

482
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Speaker 12: Lot of jobs, and uh, you also have to get

483
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Speaker 12: everybody lined up, because what people wanna know the call,

484
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Speaker 12: the people wanna know where they're, where they gotta go.

485
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Speaker 12: They gonna look at you just like how they look

486
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Speaker 12: at Rocn Smith.

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Speaker 13: Now kind of.

488
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Speaker 9: Going off of that Rocn canon to governership with the

489
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Speaker 9: defense pretty much just to use the came here. Now

490
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Speaker 9: that you're out here with players, how much easier as

491
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Speaker 9: are things that you already have that relationship with them,

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Speaker 9: as he has that.

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Speaker 7: Connection with the attorney.

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Speaker 12: Man, it's good, I mean, being Roll, we built a

495
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Speaker 12: great relationship since he since he got here, we continue

496
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Speaker 12: to build on it.

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Speaker 7: I know he knows how role, I know how he rolled.

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Speaker 12: We're comfortable talking to each other, sharing ideas, sharing thoughts

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Speaker 12: with one another. We respect one another, and so it's

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Speaker 12: easier man, for real. And when you have a guy

501
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Speaker 12: like Rokwan Smith in your building, like like everybody has

502
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Speaker 12: preached time and time again, I mean, he's one of

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Speaker 12: the best players in the league, one of the best

504
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Speaker 12: humans walking his earth. And then when you have one

505
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Speaker 12: of your best players being one of your best workers,

506
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Speaker 12: I mean, everybody else looks at that and gets inspired,

507
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Speaker 12: not just players, just coaches and everybody in the building.

508
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Speaker 7: So you know, him being him, still being here is

509
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Speaker 7: a blessing for all.

510
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Speaker 2: Of us the last few years on the sideline. You know,

511
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Speaker 2: you're a really animated, passionate coach and just looking at

512
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Speaker 2: you two practices. It's a little bit different when you're

513
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Speaker 2: the coordinator.

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Speaker 13: Was that a conscious decision or what?

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Speaker 9: Yeah?

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Speaker 12: I got I gotta calm myself down a little bit

517
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Speaker 12: because you know, now after the play, I celebrate. Now

518
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Speaker 12: I gotta get ready to get the next call. I

519
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Speaker 12: can't celebrate too hard that like previous years. I'm just

520
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Speaker 12: listening waiting to hear the call. But now everybody's looking

521
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Speaker 12: at me like, what's the call?

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Speaker 3: What's the call?

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Speaker 7: So I got to have to keep it, you know,

524
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Speaker 7: mild tone. Now.

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Speaker 12: I'm still gonna express my excitement when when the time

526
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Speaker 12: is right, but I definitely have to be aware of

527
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Speaker 12: that because things get moving quick and you have to

528
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Speaker 12: be you have to be planning ahead. Or you got

529
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Speaker 12: the call, what's the what's the next call? You're thinking, Okay,

530
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Speaker 12: what's the down? Just what situation? What have you done before?

531
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Speaker 12: What do you what do you want to do next?

532
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Speaker 12: So you definitely have to be more conscious so it

533
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Speaker 12: won't be as much animations on the sideline as as previous.

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Speaker 7: But you know, it's it's all good.

535
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Speaker 6: Was like to forget for Wes' that's your introductive presser.

536
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Speaker 8: But do you have an idea where you'll be calm plays.

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Speaker 5: During the season.

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Speaker 7: H Yeah, I'm gonna be on the sideline, be on

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Speaker 7: the sideline.

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Speaker 13: Trent Simpson is a player that you know young is

541
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Speaker 13: now stepping in for a big role from one point

542
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Speaker 13: you had to do something similar to that. Just what

543
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Speaker 13: are your first impressions of him and what's it been

544
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Speaker 13: like coaching and working.

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Speaker 12: On Man, It's been great, man. Trent been great since

546
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Speaker 12: day one and nothing has changed. Like the thing I

547
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Speaker 12: loved about Trent when he first got here, and we

548
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Speaker 12: kind of knew talking you know to the people at

549
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Speaker 12: Clemson and people close to him through the draft process,

550
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Speaker 12: that this dude's a hard worker, he's competitive, he's gonna

551
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Speaker 12: do whatever he needs to do to get continue to

552
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Speaker 12: get better every single day.

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Speaker 7: And he did that. Man, even last year when.

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Speaker 12: He knew the situation he was in probably won't gonna

555
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Speaker 12: play a lot, uh.

556
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Speaker 7: Which he didn't. He came in every day, every day

557
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Speaker 7: prepared like a starter. All right.

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Speaker 12: So now you look at the situation where he's in

559
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Speaker 12: a role now where he got a chance to compete

560
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Speaker 12: for the starting job. Man, he's even working even harder,

561
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Speaker 12: which is which is crazy because he was already going

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Speaker 12: one hundred percent. So I've been really impressed with him.

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Speaker 12: He's looked good these first three days. He's been here

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Speaker 12: the whole offseason program. You know, you could tell you

565
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Speaker 12: could see the difference in him. Guys like him, Tavius Robinson,

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Speaker 12: Malie Ham, all these second year players that you know

567
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Speaker 12: from their rookie year. They they starting to take that jump,

568
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Speaker 12: which is exciting to see as a coach.

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Speaker 5: Whether it's guys you've played with, guys you played under,

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Speaker 5: or guys.

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Speaker 7: You coached with him.

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Speaker 5: You've reached out to any of your former defensive coordinators

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Speaker 5: to pick their brain a little bit about kind of

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Speaker 5: making the jump and play calling and and just kind

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Speaker 5: of how they break down their week.

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Speaker 3: And all that.

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Speaker 7: Not n not necessarily.

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Speaker 12: I mean, we've had those conversations before. Honestly, we haven't

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Speaker 12: really had much time really just sit down. Now, some

580
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Speaker 12: of the casual conversations have happened maybe at like the combine,

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Speaker 12: but not nothing too in depth.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 12: Like I said, I think the good thing about it

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Speaker 12: is is just relationship that we've had that I've had

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Speaker 12: with obviously Mike McDonald uh wink when he was here

586
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Speaker 12: when I was working, and even DMPs I got a

587
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Speaker 12: inside look or see like how they broke the game

588
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Speaker 12: down all in all in their own different way, you know,

589
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Speaker 12: how they saw the game, how they thought about calling

590
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Speaker 12: it an and and the how they broke down their

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Speaker 12: call sheet. So just took those nuggets from those guys

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Speaker 12: and try to mix it in with with my thoughts,

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Speaker 12: Cause what's been.

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Speaker 8: Your observations of made now that you had an opportunity.

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Speaker 2: To work with him a little bit.

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Speaker 12: Man, I'm excited about Nate man. Nate's Nate's a hard worker.

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Speaker 12: He's great in the classroom. He's a real smart football player.

598
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Speaker 12: And then the athletic ability speaks for itself. Like obviously

599
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Speaker 12: he's still young, he still got a lot to learn

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Speaker 12: and a lot to work on. But if he continues

601
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Speaker 12: to work hard like how he's working in the classroom

602
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Speaker 12: around the field, I'm really excited about what he's gonna.

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Speaker 7: Be able to do for us this year.

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Speaker 1: That was defensive coordinator Zach Orr after today's third OTA practice.

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Speaker 1: Last up today we have Special Teams coordinator Chris Horton.

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Speaker 10: Good to see you guys today.

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Speaker 14: Man, I'll tell you what, Man, it's exciting being back

608
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Speaker 14: up here. We've had three really good days of OTAs

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Speaker 14: with our with our veteran guys and our young guys,

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Speaker 14: and really, guys, we're just getting back into the swing

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Speaker 14: of this thing.

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Speaker 10: We're just you know, we're we're figuring out some new things.

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Speaker 14: Obviously with the kickoff and kickoff return, and then we're

614
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Speaker 14: trying to really just evaluate our players, uh, the rookies

615
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Speaker 14: and then our veteran guys. I use this time as

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Speaker 14: a lot of just skills and drills, uh, to set

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Speaker 14: the foundation for when we move further down the line.

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Speaker 10: Can do a couple more things.

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Speaker 5: Questions, do you have to do more reps with kickoffs

620
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Speaker 5: and stuff and you normally do in a uh practice,

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Speaker 5: Just kind of get used to it because it's a

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Speaker 5: new play.

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Speaker 10: Uh yeah.

624
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Speaker 14: I think the the way the play is set up, honestly,

625
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Speaker 14: when they when they designed it, they've taken out a

626
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Speaker 14: lot of the running right from from from the thirty

627
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Speaker 14: five yard line. So it honestly allows you to get

628
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Speaker 14: more reps. Uh, and then you get an idea of

629
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Speaker 14: kind of what the play, what the play looks like.

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Speaker 14: I mean, you're really excellent guys to run anywhere from

631
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Speaker 14: twenty to twenty five yards, you know, before they actually

632
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Speaker 14: make contact with a returner. So those are some things

633
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Speaker 14: that we're still we're still figuring out and you guys

634
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Speaker 14: know us and then we're gonna we're gonna practice fast,

635
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Speaker 14: and the more reps we can get of the play,

636
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Speaker 14: the more understanding we get of you know, how we're

637
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Speaker 14: gonna build this thing and kind of how we're gonna

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Speaker 14: put it together.

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Speaker 5: Is it kind of a game changer?

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Speaker 2: I mean, do you do you in a way start

641
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Speaker 2: from scratch and devising how you wanna.

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Speaker 7: To play it?

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Speaker 9: It? It?

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Speaker 10: It really is.

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Speaker 14: You know, it's a it's a it's something new to

646
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Speaker 14: our league and uh, and I talked to the players

647
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Speaker 14: about this, is we're gonna build this thing together because

648
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Speaker 14: we don't we don't really know what it's gonna look like.

649
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Speaker 10: We've seen video from the XFL and we understand what

650
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Speaker 10: that looks like, but.

651
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Speaker 14: We actually gotta get out here and we gotta practice

652
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Speaker 14: it ourselves to kind of see what those angles look

653
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Speaker 14: like and see what we can run and what we

654
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Speaker 14: can't run. So as we go through it, man, this

655
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Speaker 14: off season, we're gonna be putting stuff in, We're gonna

656
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Speaker 14: be taking stuff out, and then and then when it's

657
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Speaker 14: all said and done, it's put together. I do believe

658
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Speaker 14: it's gonna be an exciting play and hopefully we're on

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Speaker 14: then we're on the exciting end of it having a

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Speaker 14: lot of success.

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Speaker 6: Do you see the similarities to it being like a

662
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Speaker 6: one play in ways?

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Speaker 3: Oh?

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Speaker 9: I do.

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Speaker 10: I see the I could see that.

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Speaker 14: You know, it is a lot of close quarters, uh

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Speaker 14: combat type type things.

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Speaker 10: But I think all in all the play is.

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Speaker 14: Set up, it's still gonna be a you know, it's

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Speaker 14: still gonna be a physical play. It's still gonna be

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Speaker 14: a guy whooping the guy's butt across from him right

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Speaker 14: and getting to the football. So I do see that

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Speaker 14: being able. You know, like, are we hitting more downhill?

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Speaker 14: You know, honestly, we don't. We don't know yet, but

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Speaker 14: we're gonna practice a lot of different things this offseason

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Speaker 14: and into training camp.

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Speaker 6: Oh, I was gonna say, it sounds like you're still experimenting.

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Speaker 6: But based on the film you've seen, is there sort

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Speaker 6: of a standard school of thought for for how this

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Speaker 6: play should operate or is it still very in an

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Speaker 6: experimental stage where nobody has a best practice.

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Speaker 14: I think it's I think it's still kind of a

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Speaker 14: kind of an experiment because you know, you really, you

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Speaker 14: really don't know what you're getting until you get out

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Speaker 14: there and you actually you put the guys in those situations. Right,

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Speaker 14: Yesterday was the first time we're able to get eleven

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Speaker 14: on eleven just because of the way the rules are

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Speaker 14: set up, right, so we could work all the drills

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Speaker 14: in the football schools and the kickoff coverage drills, But

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Speaker 14: until you can get eleven guys out there against eleven

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Speaker 14: on eleven and really see and fill the play and

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Speaker 14: being out there, and then you ask the players, right, uh,

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Speaker 14: how do how do you feel?

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Speaker 10: How does that feel? If we want you to do this?

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Speaker 10: Can you do that? And they're like, ah, coach, well,

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Speaker 10: then we keep working those things.

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Speaker 9: Good new kickoff rules.

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Speaker 8: I know.

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Speaker 6: Jump.

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Speaker 9: We'll ask a ton of questions, what was what were

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Speaker 9: the conversations like during that time between you two and

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Speaker 9: how much has you been jumping in.

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Speaker 8: Now that you guys are work shopping stuff.

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Speaker 14: Uh, you know, I th I think the the conversations

705
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Speaker 14: once we once we realized this thing was it was

706
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Speaker 14: gonna it was gonna happen. And I and I think

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Speaker 14: as the as the year went on last year, uh,

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Speaker 14: it was more. Man, it was like, we need to

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Speaker 14: make this play exciting again. And uh and and there's

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Speaker 14: there's ways of just looking at how this play is

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Speaker 14: gonna uh evolve. There's ways that make the play exciting

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Speaker 14: and get the r the ball in your returner's hands

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Speaker 14: and let those guys work. But you know, our conversations

714
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Speaker 14: were we gotta we just gotta adjust, and we gotta

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Speaker 14: adapt to whatever the standards are and whatever the rules

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Speaker 14: are gonna be. Because uh or now I know our

717
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Speaker 14: guys are feel pretty good about Man, we get the

718
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Speaker 14: cover kicks, we get to return the ball again.

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Speaker 10: Those are some things that were lost over the last

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Speaker 10: couple of years.

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Speaker 5: Chris, We've do you feel like it's more might be

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Speaker 5: more conducive covering kicks for linebackers or dbs like smaller DB's.

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Speaker 5: It's a different body type. You kind of have to

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Speaker 5: emphasize now on on on kick coverage.

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Speaker 14: Yeah, I think the Jeff, the guys that originally you

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Speaker 14: wouldn't probably necessarily put out there because of the long

727
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Speaker 14: speed running. Uh you know that stuff's that stuff's kind

728
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Speaker 14: of dead now, right, It's it's a little bit closer.

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Speaker 14: So again we're asking guys to really that's like, when

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Speaker 14: you think about it's like almost like a defense and

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Speaker 14: offensive play.

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Speaker 10: Right. They're in there within five yards apart from each other,

733
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Speaker 10: So I could see us. I could see us using.

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Speaker 14: Them more of a lot of our bigger outside linebackers

735
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Speaker 14: on this face, because they're good with hand to hand combat.

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Speaker 10: They're physical players.

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Speaker 14: So we're gonna again, we're gonna experiment with all these

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Speaker 14: different things as we move forward this offseason.

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Speaker 6: The wisdom time candidates for that spot that's with return

740
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Speaker 6: experience or.

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Speaker 7: Put their recent surprise, guys who.

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Speaker 13: Have that open field ability that maybe wouldn't want to associate.

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Speaker 14: With that that's by I think we'll see the same

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Speaker 14: guys that return in this league. Obviously, it's gonna be

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Speaker 14: first and foremost many you guys I talk about all

746
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Speaker 14: the time, like ball security and great decisions. But I

747
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Speaker 14: do think it's gonna be you know, some teams are

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Speaker 14: gonna only have. I mean, at the end of the day,

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Speaker 14: we're only gonna get where we can get personnel wise.

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Speaker 10: Right throughout the league.

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Speaker 14: And so whoever that whoever that player is, and how

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Speaker 14: we feel about him returning the ball, I think our

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Speaker 14: schemes will match that returner skill set, just like we've

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Speaker 14: done in the past.

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Speaker 10: I can't I could almost guarantee those those guys. You

756
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Speaker 10: know what I'm saying.

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Speaker 11: Along those lines, You guys did bring in Hardy Hardy

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Speaker 11: this offseason. We haven't seen him this week, but what

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Speaker 11: did you like about him and what do you think

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Speaker 11: he can bring? Especially no one replacing Dubernet back there.

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Speaker 10: You know, I think this guy, man, he's a he's electric.

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Speaker 9: Right.

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Speaker 14: Uh, he's he's been a he's been a Pro Bowl player,

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Speaker 14: he's been an All Pro player. And uh, when he

765
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Speaker 14: was sitting there and his name came up, it's just like,

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Speaker 14: oh man, this is like we lost we lost our guy.

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Speaker 14: We need a guy to fill this, to fill these shoes,

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Speaker 14: a guy with some experience. You'd like to have a

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Speaker 14: guy with some experience, so you're not really relying on

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Speaker 14: young guys, especially in the punt return game, right, And

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Speaker 14: then it just allows us to do a little bit

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Speaker 14: more back there.

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Speaker 10: I'm excited about him. I know, the coaches are, the players.

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Speaker 14: Are you know when I talk to the guy, some

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Speaker 14: of the veteran guys like, hey, we got we got

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Speaker 14: Hardy coming in and you know those guys.

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Speaker 10: The guy from the Saints, the guy should be in

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Speaker 10: the Saint cycle.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 14: Man, that's a little returner from the Saints. And so

781
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Speaker 14: he's a he's a well known respective returner in this

782
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Speaker 14: league and we love him.

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Speaker 10: Chris.

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Speaker 6: I mean, obviously these new rules have given you a

785
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Speaker 6: lot of work to do, but in some ways, does

786
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Speaker 6: it feel just like, man, my job has more value.

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Speaker 6: I'm actually scheming how to get yards, not just to

788
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Speaker 6: kneel down out of some of these plays.

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Speaker 10: That's it's that's funny. I mean, it's like it's a

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Speaker 10: play we get the coach, right, uh.

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Speaker 14: I think that, Like we spent a lot of time

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Speaker 14: out here on Wednesday's working kickoff return and I'm screaming.

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Speaker 10: And then you get in the game and.

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Speaker 14: Then the fair catch rules in right, or the the

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Speaker 14: bass have kicked in the end zone and there's not

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Speaker 14: being returned.

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Speaker 10: So you come back in the meeting and you're grade

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Speaker 10: in seventh place.

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Speaker 14: Four punts and three part returns, and you're just like, man,

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Speaker 14: I really want to coach this face.

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Speaker 10: So it does give us a little bit more life.

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Speaker 14: And I think our players, our players want more football,

803
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Speaker 14: right and our players, our players, I said this last year. Man,

804
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Speaker 14: our players live for covering kicks. And I think we'll

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Speaker 14: cover kicks and we'll return kicks and we'll be we'll

806
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Speaker 14: be pretty good at But I am fired up.

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Speaker 9: Man.

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Speaker 10: I told these guys that I was walking up. If

809
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Speaker 10: you don't adapt, you die. So I love my job.

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Speaker 10: I love coaching special teams. So I want to make

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Speaker 10: sure we keep this going.

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Speaker 13: There's a guy that pulls. Harbaugh and Across said they

813
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Speaker 13: wanted to fly around on special teams with Sinuessa Kine.

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Speaker 13: Just what are your first impressions of him?

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Speaker 7: What have you seen?

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Speaker 3: How good?

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Speaker 9: Uh?

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Speaker 10: Just a just a young guy right now.

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Speaker 14: Uh, you know, just trying to figure out our trying

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Speaker 14: to figure out our process.

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Speaker 9: Right.

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Speaker 14: We do a lot, We demand a lot. The standard

823
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Speaker 14: is high. And uh, he's he's working his way, just

824
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Speaker 14: like just like a lot of these young guys. He's

825
00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:48,680
Speaker 14: drafted players, undrafted players. Man, they're just trying to find

826
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Speaker 14: their role and then uh, they sit down on us

827
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Speaker 14: and we kind of help them identify. Okay, here's where

828
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Speaker 14: you're gonna play, here's what we need to see from you. Uh,

829
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Speaker 14: and and let's get this done. But I love his mindset.

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Speaker 14: He is a guy that's very ten of the meetings.

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Speaker 14: That's the one thing I can tell you about this

832
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Speaker 14: whole rookie class. And these guys are they're active in meetings,

833
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Speaker 14: they communicate, and then when they come on the field,

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Speaker 14: you see those things displayed.

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Speaker 10: So I'm excited for you have loss conversations.

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Speaker 9: With Justin Tucker after your kickoff with his reactions.

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Speaker 14: We're we're still going through that process with with Justin,

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Speaker 14: you know. And then as we get into our our kickoff,

839
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Speaker 14: our kickoff part of it, which we'll start again next week. Well,

840
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Speaker 14: you know, we'll just keep talking and trying to do

841
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Speaker 14: a bunch of different things. See what benefits him. He's

842
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Speaker 14: a skilled kicker, right, So I think kickers with skill

843
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Speaker 14: will be able to place the ball in certain spots

844
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Speaker 14: and maybe give you an advantage.

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Speaker 10: So we're gonna be working on those things.

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Speaker 1: That's all we have from today's press conferences. As the

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