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Speaker 1: Love to check in with a member of arguably one

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Speaker 1: of the most athletic families in the United States. I'm

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Speaker 1: talking about Alec Pierce and your brothers and you obviously

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Speaker 1: playing at the highest levels. Hey, fun part is this

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Speaker 1: time of year you're getting better and everything we see,

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Speaker 1: you're getting putting on weight and everything like this. My

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Speaker 1: first question is a similar situation happened to you in

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Speaker 1: your draft. Colt saw it at number two, saw what

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Speaker 1: they wanted, picked you right there. This recent draft, same thing,

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Speaker 1: ad Mitchell available at the top of the second. You

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Speaker 1: and ad Mitchell have that sort of connection. Do you

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Speaker 1: feel any added pressure going into training camp this year

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Speaker 1: adding another dynamic receiver?

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Speaker 2: You know, I think it's definitely just a big year

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Speaker 2: for me individually. I know, I wouldn't say it's added

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Speaker 2: pressure from that. I just know for myself, like the

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Speaker 2: third year, that's kind of when you want to take

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Speaker 2: a big jump, you know. And I think I've done

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Speaker 2: some good things in my first couple of years, but

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Speaker 2: I need to work on that consistency and just be

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Speaker 2: more consistent. So definitely just a big year for me

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Speaker 2: in training camp and working really hard, working on some

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Speaker 2: things as the offseason, you know, route running stuff like that,

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Speaker 2: and just trying to become more of a well rounded player.

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Speaker 1: That's my next question. You're not just an over the

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Speaker 1: top guy. You're a big receiver, a strong receiver, create

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Speaker 1: separation with your size, which is rare in this league.

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Speaker 1: But you're not just an over the top, down the

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Speaker 1: field guy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. No, I definitely been working on that, you know,

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Speaker 2: trying to learn from like Hit, how he uses his

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Speaker 2: body and his strength. Well, I've added probably a few

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Speaker 2: pounds of muscle.

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Speaker 1: Well, I'm just gonna say, let me stop you right there.

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Speaker 1: This Matt, this guy is a different man from where

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Speaker 1: we were last year and especially from year one coming

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Speaker 1: out of Cincinnati. Where you are. I mean, obviously you

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Speaker 1: can tell you're bigger. Are you playing it the same weight?

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Speaker 2: Oh, you have just gained probably three four pounds, may

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Speaker 2: five pounds.

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Speaker 1: It shows.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's done a great job. And new strength staff

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Speaker 2: in there, they've been doing a great job. Kind of

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Speaker 2: different more to like the more kind of college type workouts,

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Speaker 2: hitting it four days a week. So it's been good

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Speaker 2: for me. I think that's just better for myself.

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Speaker 1: Ellick.

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Speaker 3: For you, your first year was your first year you come in,

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Speaker 3: getting acclimated to everything, learning a new playbook for the

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Speaker 3: first time. Last year, you learned a new playbook under

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Speaker 3: Shane Stike, and this is the first year since you've

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Speaker 3: been a pro anyways that you're coming back to the

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Speaker 3: same offense for the second executive season. With that in mind,

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Speaker 3: how much easier is this spring compared to last spring

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Speaker 3: because you've been there, done that with the playbook and

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Speaker 3: the terminology.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure, it's definitely, you know, a lot more familiar.

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Speaker 2: And then I think that allows you to once you

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Speaker 2: gotta line up, what I got, what type of route

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Speaker 2: I got to run, And you can actually kind of

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Speaker 2: slow down, look at the defense and you know, figure out, Okay,

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Speaker 2: maybe they're in this coverage here or this coverage, and

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna do this to beat that or that. So

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Speaker 2: it kind of allows you to worry less about what

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Speaker 3: So from your standpoint too, last year, Anthony Richardson is

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Speaker 3: a rookie, gard your minshew is competing for time. This year,

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Speaker 3: everybody knows Anthony Richardson is the guy. He's healthy, he's

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Speaker 3: coming back, he's getting more acclimated. It looks like, just

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Speaker 3: from a physical standpoint, that the shoulder surgery really never happened.

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Speaker 3: From your standpoint, how good is it to know that

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Speaker 3: you know who your quarterback is going to be and

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Speaker 3: you can spend this time in the off season getting

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Speaker 3: that synergy that you need going into training camp.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's great, it's definitely. You know, that's so much

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Speaker 2: importance just a chemistry between the receiver and quarterback. You know,

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Speaker 2: you look across the board. You can watch film from

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Speaker 2: know chemistry like you know, like an Aaron Rodgers DeVante

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Speaker 2: of those like tough plays, tough throws, tough catches just

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Speaker 2: just like chemistry is just so important and it definitely

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Speaker 2: you know, makes elevates both the quarterback and receiver.

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Speaker 3: What is it about Anthony Richardson's game that can really

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Speaker 3: compliment you as a receiver.

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Speaker 2: I think his playmakeability, you know, being able to get

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Speaker 2: that's definitely like, you know, hopefully we can we can

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Speaker 2: change those Those players change the game right there.

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Speaker 1: So it's absolutely what I was going to ask you,

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Speaker 1: Alec Pierce, Anthony Richardson, Matt, those are the guys that

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Speaker 1: were always the captain and pick first on the school

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Speaker 1: yard when they're playing football. That's how good these guys are.

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Speaker 1: They were better than everybody else, Which brings me to

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Speaker 1: ar He's a scrambler. Normal quarterbacks would have sacks and

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Speaker 1: or not your route is done. You see your quarterback scrambling.

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Speaker 1: How do you go into that playground mode with Anthony

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Speaker 1: Richardson for a completion something downfield perhaps or even across

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Speaker 1: the middle. I mean, just something making chicken salad out

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Speaker 1: of chicken, you know what.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we've definitely been working on that. You know, they

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Speaker 2: do have they watch it. They show us a lot

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Speaker 2: work on scramble and just kind of it's all about

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Speaker 2: just being on the same page with other receivers out there.

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Speaker 2: You know, you see one guy going deep, you you

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Speaker 2: space and it's like playing basketball there. So yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 2: it's definitely, you know, something we're working on and very cognitive.

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Speaker 3: Now.

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Speaker 2: I know they kind of force a couple scrambling, you know,

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Speaker 2: seven on seven, but they might tell them it's just

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Speaker 3: Just a wrap of that, you know. And what other

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Speaker 3: ways have you seen Anthony grow? Like, how does he

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Speaker 3: look like a better quarterback in the spring compared to

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Speaker 2: Definitely his leadership skills, you know, I think he's a

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Speaker 2: lot more comfortable in the huddle just commanding the offense

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Speaker 2: and just being that leader out there, captain.

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Speaker 3: So you can just sense it in his voice, right,

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Speaker 3: just he has more of a command. Not that you

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Speaker 3: didn't buy into him last year or believe in him

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Speaker 3: last year. It's just like, all right, this guy he

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Speaker 3: really has the playbook down now.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, No, I definitely understand that. And I think, just

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Speaker 2: speaking for myself, I can kind of sens it in

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Speaker 2: him to like, I think being here the second year

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Speaker 2: a lot more comfortable, you know, everyone around the building,

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Speaker 2: you know, so I can just feel that kind of

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Speaker 2: comfortability from him, like m and just like poison in

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Speaker 2: the huddle, like even actually outing in the football field,

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Speaker 2: but just kind of like just running the offense.

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Speaker 1: You know, what looks like a great three days for

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Speaker 1: you coming out of this camp before you have a

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Speaker 1: long break before training camp. What does it look like

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Speaker 1: for you over three days of you getting better?

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Speaker 2: You know, I just want to see the team go

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Speaker 2: out here and do a you know, just look look

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Speaker 2: really clean, you know, secute and make plays beyond all

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Speaker 2: our assignments and rolls. Let's just have three clean days.

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 3: Going back to add and I Mitchell at the beginning

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Speaker 3: of the conversation, in what ways can you help him?

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Speaker 3: In what ways do you really admire his game? And

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Speaker 3: you know, taking pick from his game and try to

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Speaker 3: add it to your repertoire.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely, I've been watching, you know, a lot of

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Speaker 2: his routes. Definitely, like he we caught, we caught sauce.

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Speaker 2: He does a good job, does a really good job

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Speaker 2: with like we say, put a little hot sauce on

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Speaker 2: the route. You know, he does a really good job

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Speaker 2: with that, kind of almost like freestyle out there. Look. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: so yeah, definitely can work on that and learn from

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Speaker 2: like these little moves that he's got.

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Speaker 1: All Right, thanks so much, Alex. I know you got

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Speaker 1: to get to the field, appreciate it to have a

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Speaker 1: great camp. We'll see you a training camp yep at

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Speaker 1: a boy