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Speaker 2: This is Evan Ingram tight end for the Jacksonville Jaguars,

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Speaker 2: and this is the NFL Report.

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Speaker 3: Welcome into the NFL Report.

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Speaker 4: James Palmer with you alongside Steve White, was in the

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Speaker 4: wonderful Midwestern portion of the country. We'll get to that

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Speaker 4: in just a second. Because we have monster guests on

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Speaker 4: this show. Steve, we're kind of sticking with that secondary.

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Speaker 4: We're gonna talk a lot about the slot corner position

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Speaker 4: in this game, and that's where we have Tarn Johnson

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Speaker 4: from the Bills, a massive game coming up against the Cowboys.

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Speaker 4: We also have Antoine Winfield Junior from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Speaker 4: They're Walter Payton Mann of the Year nominee. And we

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Speaker 4: have Baldy breaking down the slock corner spot. And oh yeah,

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Speaker 4: one of my favorite players I've ever covered, Andre Johnson.

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Speaker 4: Pro Football Hall of Fame semi finalists at the wide

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Speaker 4: receiver position. One of the greatest players to ever put

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Speaker 4: on a Texans uniform. Steve, this is a monster show.

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Speaker 1: How you doing.

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Speaker 5: This show is absolutely stacked.

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Speaker 2: And as you said, I am in the Natty in

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Speaker 2: Cincinnat because Week fifteen it kicks off Thursday night and

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Speaker 2: then Saturday with a big time slate here on NFL

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Speaker 2: Network with the Vikings at the Bengals where I will

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Speaker 6: Coming up later in the day, the Steelers at the

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Speaker 6: Indianapolis Colts, and the night kicks off with a big

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Speaker 6: one the Denver Broncos at the Detroit Lions. That is

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Speaker 6: Saturday only on NFL Network and JP. You see, there's

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Speaker 6: a lot of teams a lot to gain, a lot

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Speaker 6: which team or teams needs to regain momentum going down

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Speaker 4: I was gonna go with the Kansas City Chiefs lost

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Speaker 3: Steve I was at that game in Arrowhead. We know

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Speaker 4: Penalties are still an issue, receiver spot with drops still

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Speaker 4: I trust Andy Reid, I trust Patrick Mahomes. They've been

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Speaker 4: and Tuato Bylo. I believe in December they have to

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Speaker 4: start getting their momentum back. We know what happened in

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Speaker 4: that make me get a bit of the scaries. When

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Speaker 4: we're seeing Tua get sacked repeatedly. He was pressured on

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Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, look, we just.

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Speaker 5: A couple weeks ago, I said, he's going to be

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Speaker 3: It's interesting you bring up Hendon Hooker.

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Speaker 4: There were plenty of teams I talk to that if

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Speaker 4: I think Steve Justin Fields could play his way out

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Speaker 3: Follow me here.

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Speaker 4: Oh what if they have the number one pick and

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Speaker 5: Oh no, no doubt.

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Speaker 9: Hey listen, listen up as a hell the win man, resilient, resilient,

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Speaker 10: Coaches, players, staff, So proud you guys.

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Speaker 10: Hey, we got this man's back, tough.

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Speaker 3: Oh that was in the Bills locker room after a

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Speaker 4: And now we are joined by Bill's cornerback Tarren Johnson,

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Speaker 11: Would just say the love that we have for one another.

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Speaker 11: I mean, I think it's special, you know what I'm saying.

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Speaker 11: I haven't been anywhere else. I've been with the Bills

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Speaker 10: So it just feel it felt like love. So I

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Speaker 5: That's awesome.

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Speaker 6: How are you guys practicing that Cowboys cadence that here

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Speaker 10: So it's just like just making sure that.

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Speaker 10: And I think it says a lot. It also says

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Speaker 10: I mean just the fact that if you I feel like,

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Speaker 4: And with that, Taren like when you have quarterbacks that

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Speaker 3: Let's get the Steve. Let's get him best exactly.

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Speaker 5: Man. I love the Adaran.

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Speaker 6: When Mike Gilton said that you were one of his

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Speaker 5: The biggest age. We know you're gonna be on a

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Speaker 10: Hey, I appreciate that very much. Thank you guys.

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Speaker 4: Coming up next on the NFL Report, Antoine Winfield Junior,

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Speaker 4: The Walter Peyton Man of the Year nominee for the

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Speaker 5: We're back at the NFL Report. It's considered the league's

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Speaker 6: Honor, the Walter Peyton NFL Man of the Year Award,

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Speaker 6: presented by Nationwide. It recognizes NFL players who've exhibited excellence

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Speaker 6: Award will be announced at NFL Honors Thursday, February.

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Speaker 6: To learn about all of this year's nominees, visit NFL

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Speaker 1: Thank you, I appreciate it.

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Speaker 4: And we saw you in the promo there pushing the

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Speaker 10: Yes one hundred percent.

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Speaker 10: By themselves out here.

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Speaker 4: working on trying to accomplish with that board because I

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Speaker 4: find it fascinating.

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Speaker 10: Yeah.

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Speaker 12: Yeah, so it's pretty much we have like a mentorship

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Speaker 12: program where we meet up with, you know, different groups

450
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Speaker 12: of kids and they come to the facility and we

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Speaker 12: just do different events around Like one thing, we uh

452
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Speaker 12: went with like different like police around the city and

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Speaker 12: they kind of explained like their jobs and how they

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Speaker 12: work in things. So it's really just bridging the gap

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Speaker 12: between you know, just the community.

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Speaker 5: That's why let's talk.

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Speaker 6: A little bit of football right now because the Buccaneers

458
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Speaker 6: are right there a top a very tight NFC South.

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Speaker 6: What do you guys need to do to continue winning

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Speaker 6: ball games like you did last week against Atlanta to

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Speaker 6: clinch that playoff berth.

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Speaker 12: Yeah, we just got to continue winning. And you know,

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Speaker 12: I feel like a big fan coming up with these

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Speaker 12: last few weeks is takeaways, I know, specifically takeaways on

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Speaker 12: our part defensively and just ultimately scoring the ball and

466
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Speaker 12: just feeding off of each other. So I fly, we's

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Speaker 12: got to play complimentary football these last few weeks, and

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Speaker 12: that's just been the goal.

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Speaker 4: Okay, let's talk takeaways and you specifically, because I love

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Speaker 4: that you're on here, Walter Payton Mann of the Year nominee,

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Speaker 4: but we also got to get those Pro Bowl votes up.

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Speaker 3: Anthel, You're one of the best safeties in football. Look

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Speaker 3: at this ninety.

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Speaker 4: Seven tackles Steve, four sacks, four force fumbles, three fumble recoveries,

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Speaker 4: two interceptions, eleven cvus. We're doing it everything on that

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Speaker 4: side of the ball. What I'm curious about is you're

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Speaker 4: a really good blitzer from the secondary. What does it

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Speaker 4: take to be dynamic getting after the quarterback from the secondary?

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Speaker 3: You have to have the poker face.

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Speaker 1: What do you have to do?

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Speaker 12: Anton It's tough because I get id' it a lot,

482
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Speaker 12: so they know I'm coming with when I'm blitzing. So

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Speaker 12: it's of whoever's trying to block me, because they're gonna

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Speaker 12: send somebody to me. They're not gonna let me just

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Speaker 12: run free anymore. And so it's really just about setting

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Speaker 12: them up. You know, I might give him a fake inside,

487
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Speaker 12: jump outside, and just playing with it throughout the game,

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Speaker 12: giving them different looks.

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Speaker 6: So Antwoyio James and I were talking before the show,

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Speaker 6: like it's how crazy, Like he just mentioned how your

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Speaker 6: name isn't on the tip of everybody's tongue when it

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Speaker 6: comes to great players in this league. But also your

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Speaker 6: wide receiver, Mike Evans, when we hear about the great

494
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Speaker 6: wide receivers. For whatever reasons, he seems to get kind

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Speaker 6: of played to the left a little bit. We know

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Speaker 6: he's a future probably first ballot Hall of Famer. What

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Speaker 6: can you tell us about him is greatness and why

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Speaker 6: he is so successful week after week doing what he does.

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Speaker 12: Man, his consistency, I mean, you can see it with

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Speaker 12: the numbers, but that you're gonna say that, I mean,

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Speaker 12: what was it ten years and thousand yards like that's insane.

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Speaker 1: So but it's just he's a great player and we'll

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Speaker 1: be in the Hall of Fame day.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, he is tremendous in the red zone. But you

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Speaker 4: guys as a defense have been really good in the

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Speaker 4: red zone of late. We know you have to do

507
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Speaker 4: that down the stretch here. What makes a really good

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Speaker 4: red zone defense in your mind?

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Speaker 12: I would say, just understanding the concepts that you know

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Speaker 12: you're going to be attacked with, and then also just practicing.

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Speaker 12: You know, we you know, we practiced will and especially

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Speaker 12: when he comes to the red zone, we know that

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Speaker 12: we got to take care of business and keep the

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Speaker 12: offense out of the end.

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Speaker 6: You talk about practicing well, understanding the concepts well, you know, defensively,

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Speaker 6: that comes to your head, Coach Todd Bowles, what kind

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Speaker 6: of coaches he because we know you talk about consistency.

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Speaker 6: Your defense for the most part, has been very consistent

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Speaker 6: since he's been there as.

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Speaker 5: The DC and the HC.

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Speaker 12: Yeah, you know, Coach Bowles, he's one, definitely probably the

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Speaker 12: smartest coach that I know, especially on the defensive side

523
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Speaker 12: of the field. You know, I go up there and

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Speaker 12: with him and he you know, breaks down the you

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Speaker 12: know film with me, and you know, I really just

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Speaker 12: been leaning on him because you know, he's the best

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Speaker 12: to really do it, and so just really leaning on

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Speaker 12: him and just understanding the different concepts is what helped me,

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Speaker 12: you know, make the plays that I'm making, especially with

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Speaker 12: the defense that we have.

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Speaker 4: You've been making these plays since since your rookie year,

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Speaker 4: and I remember being down there I was for some reason,

533
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Speaker 4: the NFL ships me down there and follows you guys

534
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Speaker 4: throughout all of training camp and Brady's down there and

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Speaker 4: you guys go all the way and win a.

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Speaker 3: Super Bowl title.

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Speaker 4: What do you gather from that locker room from that

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Speaker 4: team your rookie season about what you need to have

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Speaker 4: maybe certain aspects as a room to be successful in

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Speaker 4: the postseason and make a Super Bowl run?

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Speaker 3: What did you learn?

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Speaker 12: Yeah, I had so many great players around me, and

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Speaker 12: just seeing them work every single day, like their mentality

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Speaker 12: towards like coming in and taking care of business was

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Speaker 12: the biggest thing for me coming in, especially early on,

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Speaker 12: And it's kind of something I catered to my game.

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Speaker 12: So it's like, when you're in here, you're working. When

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Speaker 12: you're practicing, you're working. It's not you can't just go

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Speaker 12: through a practice and be calm and you know, not

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Speaker 12: make plays. You got to go in there and work

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Speaker 12: like it's a game. And so that's pretty much the

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Speaker 12: biggest thing that I picked up from those older guys

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Speaker 12: when I first got to the league.

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Speaker 6: Antoine, Hey continued success to you and to the Buccaneers, Man,

555
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Speaker 6: what you are doing off the field to help enhance

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Speaker 6: lives means everything, and we appreciate you taking the time

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Speaker 6: and joining us here on the NFL Report.

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Speaker 12: Yes, of course I appreciate it you.

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Speaker 6: Okay, while we're talking about the Buccaneers and things happening

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Speaker 6: off the field, the NFL continued its Accelerator program at

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Speaker 6: this week's league meetings, and the Accelerator program was established

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Speaker 6: in this case to help continue bringing recognition to diverse

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Speaker 6: candidates so they can get hired into league's front offices.

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Speaker 6: And here is Buccaneers front office exect Jackie Davidson with

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Speaker 6: our own Judy Batista.

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Speaker 8: Right, we're here with Jackie david'sen, vice president of football

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Speaker 8: Research for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Jackie, this is your

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Speaker 8: fourth Accelerator program. What are you hoping to get out

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Speaker 8: of this one?

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Speaker 13: I think for this one it's been a lot about

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Speaker 13: individual development and not particularly pertaining. It's a football so

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Speaker 13: all of us are leaders in our respective organizations, and

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Speaker 13: I think it's been great to kind of grow a

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Speaker 13: skill set that could really be useful in business as

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Speaker 13: a whole, but is also applicable to a football team.

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Speaker 8: Maybe, how has how is this version of the Accelerator

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Speaker 8: different and then sort of does it give you maybe

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Speaker 8: a different avenue for development than you've had in the past.

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Speaker 13: Sure, I think, you know, piggybacking off my previous answer,

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Speaker 13: it has been less football intensitive, but it's some of

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Speaker 13: the things that we don't necessarily get on a day

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Speaker 13: to day when we're so you know, scouting centric or

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Speaker 13: you know, salary cap centric.

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Speaker 10: It's it's more about, you know, how you work.

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Speaker 13: Within or most effectively within the team, how you sort

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Speaker 13: of cross generations with all of the people in the building.

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Speaker 13: One of the sessions we just had really kind of

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Speaker 13: hit on something we talk about all the time. That

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Speaker 13: we get older, the players stay the same age. So

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Speaker 13: it's how trying to try to bridge that gap between

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Speaker 13: those generational divides.

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Speaker 8: As you said, stuff that can apply broadly in the

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Speaker 8: business world. Look, we have seen women make some inroads

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Speaker 8: in front office capacities. You've been at it a long time,

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Speaker 8: so you've seen it develop along the way. What do

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Speaker 8: you think women have to do to get even more

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Speaker 8: numbers in these positions and get ready for general manager roles.

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Speaker 13: I think the primary thing is exposure. It's still still

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Speaker 13: kind of astounded by how many people don't realize the

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Speaker 13: number of jobs that are available within a football team.

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Speaker 13: We always think about the front facing ones, but there

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Speaker 13: are a lot of things that go on behind the

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Speaker 13: scenes and areas that women can go into that aren't playing,

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Speaker 13: that aren't coaching, that aren't even scouting. There's all these

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Speaker 13: other in roads that I think we just have to

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Speaker 13: become more visible and let people know they're out there,

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Speaker 13: and then once they're in, you know, do what you

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Speaker 13: can't do to get up the.

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Speaker 8: Ladder your own path. That's a really good example of that, right,

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Speaker 8: no doubt, no doubt, Jackie, Thanks so much.

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Speaker 1: Good to see you.

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Speaker 4: The Bucks have been always good in the front office

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Speaker 4: and aspects of finding different ways to be successful.

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Speaker 3: Jackie a big part of that.

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Speaker 4: Coming up next, Andre Johnson, a Pro Football Hall of

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Speaker 4: Fame semi finalist once again. He actually torched Antoine Winfield

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Speaker 4: Senior a few times in his career. He's up next

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Speaker 4: on the NFL Report. Welcome back into the NFL Report,

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Speaker 4: James Palmer, Steve Wiysch with you, Steve.

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Speaker 3: I'm stoked about this one.

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Speaker 4: This is Andre Johnson, the Texan's great once again, a

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Speaker 4: Hall of Fame semi finalist.

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Speaker 3: One of my favorite people to cover.

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Speaker 4: Even though Dre, you used to make us wait forever

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Speaker 4: before you would talk to the media when you were

626
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Speaker 4: getting out of the shower after a game and you

627
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Speaker 4: would take you were notorious for taking an eternity. Half

628
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Speaker 4: the people would leave and you probably liked it that way.

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Speaker 1: No, not really.

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Speaker 14: I just had to always sat in the cold to

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Speaker 14: for at least thirty minutes after the game.

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Speaker 1: So, uh, that's what really took the longest. Got it?

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Speaker 5: See there it is, Drey. You know, a man's got

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Speaker 5: to do what a man's got to do.

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Speaker 6: But are we know that you're still so involved with

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Speaker 6: this organization and you're doing a lot with the Houston Texans.

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Speaker 6: Just what about some of the things that they have

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Speaker 6: been able to do this year because nobody coming into

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Speaker 6: the season expected them to be in a playoff hunt

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Speaker 6: at this point of the season.

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Speaker 14: Well, I think the biggest thing was just getting the

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Speaker 14: right coach in here, and Demko has done a great job.

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Speaker 1: He's done an amazing job.

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Speaker 14: The guys has brought into what he's brought to the organization,

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Speaker 14: and I also think that.

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Speaker 1: The future looks very bright.

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Speaker 14: You know, he has a great reputation around the NFL,

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Speaker 14: and I think it has also you know, made this

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Speaker 14: place at landing spot for free agents. So guys love

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Speaker 14: him around the league. Guys speak highly of him around

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Speaker 14: the league, and he's doing a great job.

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Speaker 3: And Drew, you played with Themiko.

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Speaker 4: You know him as as a as a player, you

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Speaker 4: know him as a person, you know him as a man.

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Speaker 4: When he was kind of being sought after by every

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Speaker 4: team pretty much that had a head coaching vacancy and

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Speaker 4: wanted Demiko to come into their building, did you get

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Speaker 4: on the phone and be like, I know, Houston's interviewing you.

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Speaker 4: I know you want to come here, but I got

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Speaker 4: to try to push us over the edge in some

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Speaker 4: capacity because you knew kind of the type of player

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Speaker 4: and type of coach he was.

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Speaker 10: No, I.

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Speaker 14: Just you know, he texts me, you know, about him

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Speaker 14: wanting to come to Houston, and I think for me,

666
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Speaker 14: it was just more of just like, you know, I

667
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Speaker 14: reached out to Cal and I just told him, like,

668
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Speaker 14: you know, we need to make sure we make the

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Speaker 14: right decision, you know, on this next hire.

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Speaker 1: And you know, he was in total agreement with me.

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Speaker 1: But I never gave him a name. And when I

672
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Speaker 1: found out Demiko was going to get the job. Man,

673
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Speaker 1: it was period.

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Speaker 6: I'm going to go back to what you said earlier

675
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Speaker 6: about Demiko's reputation around the league.

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Speaker 3: I mean, you were a player.

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Speaker 6: Players talk to assistant coaches to each other, But how

678
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Speaker 6: important is it for you to say, Hey, man, you

679
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Speaker 6: want to come here, you want to play for this guy.

680
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Speaker 6: He's going to get the best out of you. He's

681
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Speaker 6: going to treat you a certain way. Talk to us

682
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Speaker 6: about that grapevine and how much you think that's going

683
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Speaker 6: to help the Texas as long as Demiko Ryans is

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Speaker 6: their head coach.

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Speaker 14: I mean, I think if you look at when he

686
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Speaker 14: was in San Francisco and he was a defensive coordinator,

687
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Speaker 14: the way the guys responded to him, and even then,

688
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Speaker 14: you know, everybody spoke so highly of them, even him

689
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Speaker 14: at being here as a teammate. You know, he always

690
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Speaker 14: had that leadership quality about him. There's no surprise to

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Speaker 14: me or any of his teammates. If you would have

692
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Speaker 14: saw his press conference, there was so many of his

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Speaker 14: former teammates here just so excited for him to be

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Speaker 14: the head coaches. So I've seen every press conference here

695
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Speaker 14: except for dumb capers and when during Dimico's press conference.

696
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Speaker 14: It was the most energy I had ever seen in

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Speaker 14: this building for a head coach that was coming in here.

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Speaker 14: So he had I mean, from local rappers, uh, to

699
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Speaker 14: his former teammates, anybody that was involved in this community

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Speaker 14: was so excited to have him back here because we

701
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Speaker 14: knew what we were getting as a head coach.

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Speaker 4: Boy, oh boy, I'm assuming I'm assuming Bum was fired up. No,

703
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Speaker 4: I bet your bunn was there. Bum was fired up.

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Speaker 4: I guarantee YEA definitely, Yeah, definitely he was.

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Speaker 1: Go ahead, I know he was.

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Speaker 10: I know.

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Speaker 4: I want to touch on that because you mentioned everything

708
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Speaker 4: that you've seen in that building. You have said, you know,

709
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Speaker 4: I think it was recently that you're going to be

710
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Speaker 4: around this organization until they put you in the ground.

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Speaker 3: You just love the Houston Texans organization.

712
00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:32,759
Speaker 4: You spend time on the on the business side, you

713
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Speaker 4: spend time around the football side.

714
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Speaker 3: So with that said, and I've been to a couple.

715
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Speaker 4: Of games this year and seeing what that building looks like,

716
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Speaker 4: what is the biggest difference right now from what the

717
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Speaker 4: last couple of years were and now what it is

718
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Speaker 4: in your mind?

719
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Speaker 1: To me, it's just.

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Speaker 14: It has more of like so when I first got here,

721
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Speaker 14: everything about this organization was kind of family oriented. You

722
00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:06,480
Speaker 14: got to know people on the business side, you know,

723
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Speaker 14: you got to meet their families, you got to you know,

724
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Speaker 14: spend time with their kids, and it just kind of

725
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Speaker 14: it made everybody just kind of want to win and

726
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Speaker 14: do the right things for the organization. And I think,

727
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Speaker 14: you know, in the previous years, everything was so separated,

728
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Speaker 14: and I think now we're getting back to where you know,

729
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Speaker 14: guys are hanging out, spending time with each other, like

730
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Speaker 14: CJ does things for the guys as guys over to

731
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Speaker 14: his house, just to camaraderie.

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Speaker 1: It's so different.

733
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Speaker 14: Like when I was playing, we would sit out in

734
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Speaker 14: the parking lot after the games, win or lose, and

735
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Speaker 14: you know, our kid guys, kids and families would you know,

736
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Speaker 14: just sitting around. We'll talk about the game and you know,

737
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Speaker 14: talk about things we could have done different and fixed.

738
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Speaker 14: And I think that's what it's getting back to. It's

739
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Speaker 14: just you know, bringing back the old things that we

740
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Speaker 14: used to do in the camaraderie is back where it

741
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Speaker 14: needs to be.

742
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Speaker 6: Well, Andre You've got that that aspect of it, which

743
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,800
Speaker 6: is hugely important, but you also got a quarterback and

744
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Speaker 6: CJ Stroud. I mean, what has he done to accelerate

745
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Speaker 6: the success of this team.

746
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Speaker 14: CJ is just an amazing leader. He's a he's a

747
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Speaker 14: leader man, even though he's young. You know, he came

748
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Speaker 14: in right away and grabbed the attention of the team.

749
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Speaker 14: And like I said, he right now to this day,

750
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Speaker 14: he has guys over to his house and you know,

751
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Speaker 14: the guys get to hang out and you know, just

752
00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:42,880
Speaker 14: kind of build as a team. And you know, all

753
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Speaker 14: the guys have brought into his leadership. And one thing

754
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Speaker 14: about CJ that I noticed about him, He's not gonna

755
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Speaker 14: go out there and make the same mistake twice. He's

756
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Speaker 14: a very fast learner. I know people gave him some

757
00:36:57,040 --> 00:37:00,360
Speaker 14: bad press about his learning abilities and things like that

758
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Speaker 14: coming out with the draft, but I mean, he's proved

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Speaker 14: everybody wrong. So I'm very excited about him being our

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Speaker 14: quarterback and the future of his career all Dre.

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Speaker 4: Before we let you go, as I said at the top,

762
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Speaker 4: once again a Pro Football Hall of Fame semi finalist.

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Speaker 4: So I'm curious Steve and I were talking about this.

764
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Speaker 4: Your combination of size and speed was remarkable, and Steve

765
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Speaker 4: keeps bringing up DK Metcalf as like size and speed.

766
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Speaker 4: I'm curious who you like to watch right now, with

767
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Speaker 4: the way you played the game and maybe the way

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Speaker 4: maybe a receiver sticks out in today's game that you

769
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Speaker 4: like watching.

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Speaker 1: I like to watch all of them.

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Speaker 14: AJ Brown is probably AJ Brown and Deebo samw Right

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Speaker 14: now probably my two favorite, because I mean Debo was

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Speaker 14: just I mean they played the game physical like I

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Speaker 14: like to play the game. So DK's a guy I

775
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Speaker 14: like to watch also, But my two favorite right now,

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Speaker 14: we have to say, is AJ Brown and Deebo Sammy.

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Speaker 5: Donjie.

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Speaker 6: We're out of time, so I'm gonna tell him because

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Speaker 6: you know, we keep on talking about DK Metcalf and

780
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Speaker 6: him hitting twenty miles an hour. You were the Big

781
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:20,640
Speaker 6: East sixty meter indoor champion back in the day and

782
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Speaker 6: the Big East one hundred meter track and field.

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Speaker 5: Champion, so you got some skates. I'd like to see

784
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Speaker 5: you and DK go at it in your prime.

785
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Speaker 6: But Andre, thank you so much for joining James and

786
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Speaker 6: out here on the NFL Report.

787
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Speaker 1: Man.

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Speaker 5: That insight was absolutely fantastic.

789
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Speaker 1: All right, thank you guys for having all right.

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Speaker 5: Coming up next, we got Brian Balding, a JP. He

791
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Speaker 5: is gonna tell us about some of his dbs that

792
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:48,640
Speaker 5: we need to give some shine to. So he's gonna

793
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Speaker 5: do it next on the NFL Report.

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Speaker 4: Welcome back to the NFL Report, James Palmer, Steve White

795
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Speaker 4: with you. It's Baldy's favorite films, Baldi's Breakdowns. We just

796
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Speaker 4: kind of stole it for our show because we love

797
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Speaker 4: having Brian Baldinger on every single Thursday. And this is

798
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Speaker 4: why Baldy's the best, Steve, because what do we add

799
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Speaker 4: we're talking secondary, We're talking to multiple slot corners, We're

800
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Speaker 4: talking to Taron Johnson on the show. Baldy and you

801
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:28,040
Speaker 4: wanted to break down really guys in that specific position

802
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Speaker 4: before we get to the players. Could you maybe just

803
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Speaker 4: tell everybody who's listening or watching how this position, in

804
00:39:35,239 --> 00:39:38,400
Speaker 4: your eyes, has gotten so important to defenses.

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Speaker 15: Well, a couple of things. One, the best slot corner

806
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Speaker 15: that I've ever seen is Charles Woodson. He's in the

807
00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:50,160
Speaker 15: Hall of Fame, but he made every single tackle of

808
00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:52,480
Speaker 15: Green Bay like when he was there, like he would

809
00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:54,839
Speaker 15: match up outside off you and two receivers, but if

810
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:57,239
Speaker 15: you were three receivers, he went side because he was

811
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Speaker 15: such a great tackler. So I mentioned ta first because yes,

812
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Speaker 15: most teams march out three wide receivers or they could

813
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Speaker 15: have a flex tight end as one of the receivers.

814
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Speaker 15: But you're matching up like that, and so you might

815
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Speaker 15: go against a flex tight end in the slot. You

816
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Speaker 15: might go against the best receiver on the field in

817
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Speaker 15: the slot. You might be able to go you know,

818
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Speaker 15: if you're playing Dallas Seedee Lamb's going to be in

819
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Speaker 15: the slot, that could be your assignment. If you're a

820
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Speaker 15: man coverage, and then you're expected in the run game

821
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Speaker 15: to be able to beat those receivers trying to block

822
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Speaker 15: you and to get an extra body to the run

823
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Speaker 15: game and shut the run dame down. So it's a

824
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Speaker 15: physical position where you've got to stick your nose in

825
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Speaker 15: there and you've got to be aggressive like Taron Johnson

826
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Speaker 15: is in Buffalo is a He's a force. And then

827
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Speaker 15: at the same time, you got to handle these option

828
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Speaker 15: routes that all these guys run in the in the

829
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Speaker 15: slot where they kind of clear out and you've got

830
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Speaker 15: all this space that you got to defend. You don't

831
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Speaker 15: get the sidelines, you know, as your friend as you're defending,

832
00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:00,239
Speaker 15: you get a defending in space and so if your

833
00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:03,359
Speaker 15: man and man skills, if you don't have them, they

834
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Speaker 15: will be exposed.

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Speaker 6: And that's such a great breakdown because you know, Rende Barber,

836
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Speaker 6: the Hall of Famer, he was the first guy who

837
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Speaker 6: really brought significant attention to that nickel position.

838
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Speaker 5: He said he'd have to go.

839
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Speaker 6: To linebacker meetings, DN meetings, corner meetings, safety meetings to

840
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Speaker 6: talk about the complexity of the position. All the one

841
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Speaker 6: guy who might be playing it at one of the

842
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Speaker 6: best levels right now in the moment, Michael Carter, the

843
00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:30,160
Speaker 6: second with the Jets, what can you tell us about

844
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Speaker 6: how well he is playing?

845
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Speaker 3: Well?

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Speaker 15: You know, they just finished shutting the Houston Texans down

847
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Speaker 15: last week in New York and in that game they

848
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Speaker 15: defended ten passes of Michael Carter had a couple of those.

849
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Speaker 3: But he's a guy right now.

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Speaker 15: With this defense, they play a lot of man coverage

851
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:51,560
Speaker 15: and they put a lot on especially if they're going

852
00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:53,960
Speaker 15: to try and get an extra body to blitz right there.

853
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Speaker 7: And he's been a one guy, just a real constant.

854
00:41:57,920 --> 00:42:02,120
Speaker 15: And yes, Sauce Gardner and Reid or excellent outside, but

855
00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:05,400
Speaker 15: sometimes they're only as good as that slot defender because

856
00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:09,239
Speaker 15: he's taken in all those positions and covering all those

857
00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:13,080
Speaker 15: count to receivers that Houston have, that Buffalo has, and

858
00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:15,920
Speaker 15: all those that Miami has. In all those division games,

859
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Speaker 15: he's stood out. In fact, I did a breakdown on

860
00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:22,759
Speaker 15: Sauce Gardner or DJ Reid this week. They got a

861
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Speaker 15: lot of attention, but a lot of the attention was Baldy.

862
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Speaker 15: Don't leave out Michael Carter the second like he's a

863
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:31,759
Speaker 15: big part of their you know, receiving they're defending, uh,

864
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Speaker 15: anybody who's receiving core right now.

865
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Speaker 4: And we're talking so much about this position, Baldy and

866
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Speaker 4: the versatility you need. I go to Detroit and look

867
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Speaker 4: at Brian Branch, the youngster who's playing safety for them

868
00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:47,480
Speaker 4: and playing nickel for them now. This past week, it

869
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Speaker 4: was kind of interesting. They cut down his snaps big time.

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Speaker 4: They just kind of wanted him to focus on the

871
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Speaker 4: nickel spot and focus on that spot specifically. But what

872
00:42:55,280 --> 00:42:57,600
Speaker 4: have you seen from him as a whole in terms

873
00:42:57,640 --> 00:42:58,840
Speaker 4: of how he plays that spot?

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00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:04,400
Speaker 15: Well, he is, he's got the verse. But when Steve mentioned,

875
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:10,239
Speaker 15: you know, the versatility that's required at that position, you know,

876
00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:14,000
Speaker 15: whether it's playing linebacker, corner, safety, I think he embodies

877
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Speaker 15: all those things.

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Speaker 7: He's very, very comfortable in that.

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00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:22,200
Speaker 15: Space that's between the outside receiver and wherever your tight

880
00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:24,480
Speaker 15: end or offensive tackle is. There's a lot of space

881
00:43:24,520 --> 00:43:26,920
Speaker 15: to defend there. I mean, he's excellent in the island

882
00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:30,239
Speaker 15: making tackles. He's excellent getting off blocks in the run game.

883
00:43:30,719 --> 00:43:34,160
Speaker 15: And then the short area routes that I mean here

884
00:43:34,239 --> 00:43:36,800
Speaker 15: he is, you know, taking the defense the deflection against

885
00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:38,839
Speaker 15: Kansas City right there for pick six.

886
00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:43,480
Speaker 7: But you know he's got this division to really defend

887
00:43:43,560 --> 00:43:44,400
Speaker 7: a lot of space.

888
00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:47,880
Speaker 15: And uh and I think Brian Branch is a future

889
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:50,720
Speaker 15: great player in his business at that position.

890
00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:55,920
Speaker 5: Well, the diamondoor Leonore for the forty nine ers. You

891
00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:56,960
Speaker 5: brought him up before.

892
00:43:57,680 --> 00:44:01,000
Speaker 6: He has been I think he's been interned into a

893
00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:04,360
Speaker 6: starting slot position. Their defense has really taken off a

894
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:05,720
Speaker 6: little bit more on him, please.

895
00:44:07,719 --> 00:44:09,160
Speaker 7: Well, yeah, they were having problems.

896
00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:11,360
Speaker 15: You know, they had lost three in a row, Steven.

897
00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:14,600
Speaker 15: One of those losses was to Minnesota, and really Kirk

898
00:44:14,640 --> 00:44:18,000
Speaker 15: Cousins had their way and they were attacking in the

899
00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:22,040
Speaker 15: really short intermediate routes and you know, Kurt had his way,

900
00:44:22,120 --> 00:44:23,920
Speaker 15: Joe Burrow had his way, and they had to fix

901
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:24,520
Speaker 15: that position.

902
00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:25,680
Speaker 3: And when they put.

903
00:44:25,680 --> 00:44:29,359
Speaker 15: Lenore went from him from outside to inside, that really

904
00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:33,400
Speaker 15: fixed it. The various was excellent out outside, but this

905
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:35,960
Speaker 15: and every time was was very good. They needed to

906
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:39,799
Speaker 15: fix the inside position, and they've reclaimed the position as

907
00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:43,120
Speaker 15: the best defensive football. I think a large part because

908
00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:45,920
Speaker 15: Lenore has really stepped up in the slot and he's

909
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:47,160
Speaker 15: been a force and.

910
00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:50,080
Speaker 7: You know, a great player on the underneath coverage right

911
00:44:50,120 --> 00:44:54,600
Speaker 7: now from the forty nine ers body.

912
00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:57,399
Speaker 4: I look at Mike Hilton and everything that it's gone

913
00:44:57,400 --> 00:44:59,919
Speaker 4: on in Cincinnati. Lose both those safeties, they get younger

914
00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:02,880
Speaker 4: at the cornerback spots, and he's kind of the veteran

915
00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:03,520
Speaker 4: that's been there.

916
00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:04,759
Speaker 3: That's where Steve's at right now.

917
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:06,880
Speaker 4: He's gonna be at the game calling the game on

918
00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:11,680
Speaker 4: Saturday with Cincinnati. He hasn't allowed a touchdown in coverage

919
00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:17,560
Speaker 4: this season. He's quietly having just a monster season inmos defense.

920
00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:21,640
Speaker 15: Well, you can look at the turnaround of the Cincinnati Bengals.

921
00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:23,240
Speaker 15: You could say, well, it was the day Joe Burrow

922
00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:26,120
Speaker 15: got there. You know, Jamar Chase drafted all that. All

923
00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:28,719
Speaker 15: that is true, but really you know they got Trey

924
00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:31,360
Speaker 15: Hendrickson and Mike Hilton, in the same free agent class

925
00:45:31,719 --> 00:45:32,400
Speaker 15: and a Woodsia.

926
00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:34,239
Speaker 7: They got all those guys in.

927
00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:39,040
Speaker 15: One big bundle and they have they literally cemented the

928
00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:42,120
Speaker 15: nickelback positions. I think they weakened Pittsburgh a great deal

929
00:45:42,360 --> 00:45:45,240
Speaker 15: because they have yet to replace Mike Hilton in that position.

930
00:45:45,800 --> 00:45:47,880
Speaker 15: And then the moment they put Mike in there in

931
00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:51,759
Speaker 15: that defense, uh, right now that lou Anarumo runs, I mean,

932
00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:55,120
Speaker 15: whether he's a blitzer where he's excellent. You know, whether

933
00:45:55,239 --> 00:45:58,520
Speaker 15: he's a run force, he's excellent, whether he's in that

934
00:45:58,680 --> 00:46:03,760
Speaker 15: slot or double Keith receivers in a variety of roles.

935
00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:06,839
Speaker 15: Mike Kilton has fixed that position in Cincinnati. And yes,

936
00:46:07,120 --> 00:46:09,319
Speaker 15: well they're still you know, trying to replace Von Bell

937
00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:11,759
Speaker 15: and Jesse Bates and look, Dax still and the young

938
00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:15,040
Speaker 15: guys are back there. But it certainly helps that Mike

939
00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:18,640
Speaker 15: Kilton is there, and he's a communicator and he's.

940
00:46:18,520 --> 00:46:21,879
Speaker 7: A great team guy. You watch any Cincinnati Bengal game,

941
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:24,920
Speaker 7: you'll see this weekend Steve like he is the cheerleader

942
00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:25,600
Speaker 7: on the sideline.

943
00:46:25,640 --> 00:46:26,520
Speaker 3: He never sits down.

944
00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:29,440
Speaker 15: He's cheering the offense on like he is one of

945
00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:34,080
Speaker 15: those guys that team camaraderie. Like he's at the forefront

946
00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:35,880
Speaker 15: of all that in Cincinnati.

947
00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:37,920
Speaker 5: Communicates with the green dot.

948
00:46:38,040 --> 00:46:41,480
Speaker 6: Logan Wilson well also the middle linebacker or the Bengals

949
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:44,160
Speaker 6: they baldly we're a little short here, but Jordan Lewis

950
00:46:44,760 --> 00:46:46,960
Speaker 6: guy used to play outside for Dallas. Now they've moved

951
00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:48,919
Speaker 6: him inside with some of the injuries that they've had.

952
00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:52,719
Speaker 6: That has really helped magnify some of the things they

953
00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:54,160
Speaker 6: like to do defensively as well.

954
00:46:55,520 --> 00:46:56,919
Speaker 1: I agree, I totally agree.

955
00:46:56,960 --> 00:46:58,920
Speaker 15: You know you got Dron Blam's getting all the attention

956
00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:02,439
Speaker 15: this year on Gilmour has been better than anybody could

957
00:47:02,480 --> 00:47:05,759
Speaker 15: have imagined. Yeah, the third component, especially last week playing

958
00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:08,640
Speaker 15: the Eagles with as much three receiver sets as they

959
00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:12,840
Speaker 15: put out there. Jordan Lewis healthy in the slot is

960
00:47:12,960 --> 00:47:14,840
Speaker 15: it's probably his best position.

961
00:47:15,400 --> 00:47:16,680
Speaker 7: He played outside.

962
00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:18,320
Speaker 15: Early in his career coming out of Michigan, but I

963
00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:21,360
Speaker 15: feel like this is his position and he's upgraded the

964
00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:24,400
Speaker 15: overall secondary of the Cowboys. It doesn't get the attention

965
00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:28,080
Speaker 15: because of Dron blans picked sixes and what Michael Parsons

966
00:47:28,160 --> 00:47:30,840
Speaker 15: does every week, but the back end of this defense,

967
00:47:30,920 --> 00:47:35,440
Speaker 15: Donovan Wilson, Jordan Lewis, Malie Cooker like they are very

968
00:47:35,640 --> 00:47:36,839
Speaker 15: sound in what they're doing.

969
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Speaker 1: Unreal.

970
00:47:38,560 --> 00:47:40,440
Speaker 4: I love when we can focus on something like this,

971
00:47:40,560 --> 00:47:43,120
Speaker 4: Steve and Baldi, that we can have This is just

972
00:47:43,200 --> 00:47:46,520
Speaker 4: a deep dive on who's playing a position that maybe

973
00:47:46,600 --> 00:47:48,680
Speaker 4: I think Baldy's getting overlooked quite a bit.

974
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Speaker 3: Toron Johnson said it to us.

975
00:47:50,440 --> 00:47:52,480
Speaker 4: He said, listen, it's one of the hardest spots on

976
00:47:52,520 --> 00:47:55,719
Speaker 4: the field, and specifically in today's game, with everything you

977
00:47:55,840 --> 00:47:56,640
Speaker 4: got to be focused on.

978
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Speaker 3: So I this is one of my favorite ones we've had,

979
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Speaker 3: I think ever on the show.

980
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Speaker 15: Well, Arren Johnson is I mean, first of all, for

981
00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:07,239
Speaker 15: his size to be as physical as he is, they

982
00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:10,719
Speaker 15: would not be the Buffalo defense that Sean McDermott has

983
00:48:10,719 --> 00:48:13,080
Speaker 15: been putting out there. Without his ability to play in

984
00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:16,520
Speaker 15: the slot. He makes Michael Hyde and Jordan Poyer even better.

985
00:48:17,640 --> 00:48:20,840
Speaker 15: And he is and he's very, very versatile, and he

986
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Speaker 15: number seven. He just watch him this weekend against Dallas.

987
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Speaker 15: Everybody Number seven shows up tough, he makes, he leaves

988
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Speaker 15: his mark, He running there a little bit. That's gonna

989
00:48:34,080 --> 00:48:34,560
Speaker 15: be dynamic.

990
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Speaker 3: That's right.

991
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Speaker 5: Hey, appreciate you, Baldy. We'll see you next Thursday.

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Speaker 7: Yep, you next Thursday.

993
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Speaker 6: Make sure to watch us next Thursday and next Monday

994
00:48:44,840 --> 00:48:48,520
Speaker 6: here on the NFL Report seven fifteen pm Eastern times.

995
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Speaker 5: Guys are watching us on the NFL app.

996
00:48:50,719 --> 00:48:53,240
Speaker 6: You can watch us on all the free streaming apps

997
00:48:53,280 --> 00:48:58,160
Speaker 6: like Roku, Pea, copy Pluto. But also remember JP. We

998
00:48:58,520 --> 00:49:00,719
Speaker 6: are a podcast and the show as great as it

999
00:49:00,800 --> 00:49:04,040
Speaker 6: is on TV's on the go even fantastic. Okay, so

1000
00:49:04,520 --> 00:49:06,400
Speaker 6: big game this weekend. I want to go back to

1001
00:49:06,520 --> 00:49:09,680
Speaker 6: the Denver Broncos real quick. Get about fifteen seconds. Tough

1002
00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:12,800
Speaker 6: match up against the Lions. Do the Broncos keep it rolling?

1003
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Speaker 3: They keep it rolling? You know what I'm gonna say,

1004
00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:20,320
Speaker 3: real quick. They have found a slot corner and Jaquan McMillan.

1005
00:49:20,400 --> 00:49:23,160
Speaker 3: They love the kid. They think he has been phenomenal

1006
00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:23,960
Speaker 3: in the slot spot.

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Speaker 4: I love that you asked that, because let's just make

1008
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Speaker 4: this entire show about one position, and we're trying to

1009
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Speaker 4: get it paid.

1010
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Speaker 1: Guys.

1011
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Speaker 3: It is going to be a phenomenal weekend of football.

1012
00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:35,560
Speaker 4: Specifically, watch those guys lining up in that nickel spot.

1013
00:49:35,880 --> 00:49:38,080
Speaker 4: And we're versatile, guys. Listen to us on the podcast.

1014
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