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Speaker 1: Evan, Welcome to Indianapolis. Uh, I think you know on

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Speaker 1: the transports of your game is catching them all on

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Speaker 1: the backfield. Have you watched much of Philadelphia the last

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Speaker 1: couple of years and Shamee Sikin's offense, and do you

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Speaker 1: feel like that's something that fits your game?

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Speaker 2: Well, I would say I haven't had much of a

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Speaker 2: chance to like really look into the specifics of that offense,

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Speaker 2: but I feel like as a player, I can fit

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Speaker 2: into any type of scheme, especially one that that utilizes

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Speaker 2: the back end a bunch of different ways. And so

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Speaker 2: I'm just really looking forward to using that skill set

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Speaker 2: and UH and applying it to the Colts. You know,

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Speaker 2: that pass catching ability, that pass protection, running the ball,

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Speaker 2: you know, all three phases.

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Speaker 3: Jake Arthur, Hey, welcome to Indie Evan, Thank you. So

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Speaker 3: you're obviously coming to a backfield that has a well

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Speaker 3: established player and Jonathan Taylor, but the league is very

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Speaker 3: reliant on committees. Now, is that something you embrace coming

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Speaker 3: in and being part of the cog?

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Speaker 1: Basically? Absolutely?

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Speaker 2: And then you know it's something I've had to do

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Speaker 2: my whole career, is relying on other people to carry

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Speaker 2: the ball to and I'm really looking forward to, honestly,

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Speaker 2: because Jonaha Taylor is a player that I've honestly studied

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Speaker 2: all through college and even a little bit in high

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Speaker 2: school too when he when he was at Wisconsin, and

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Speaker 2: so I'm really looking forward to just being in the

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Speaker 2: same rum as him, uh and picking his brain on

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Speaker 2: things like he's been in the league for some time

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Speaker 2: and had some success and so I want to know

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Speaker 2: what goes into that, and so I love the opportunity

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Speaker 2: to do that.

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Speaker 4: James Boyd, hopefully I'm saying his name right, How did

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Speaker 4: the field to have your teammate, you know, join your

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Speaker 4: college teammate with the with Indya out of Thomas Wild

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Speaker 4: I believe I'm saying it right.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, at a at a Tommy Wall at a bower.

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Speaker 4: There we go. But what did it mean to join

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Speaker 4: him in Indy and kind of have that connection and

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Speaker 4: go through this process together.

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Speaker 1: Oh It's dope.

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Speaker 2: It's dope and really blessing because we've i mean, we've

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Speaker 2: gone through this whole process together. Really, I mean we

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Speaker 2: were roommates at the Senior Bowl and we I mean

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Speaker 2: we connected at the Combine too, So just to like

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Speaker 2: every step of the way, just to be with each

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Speaker 2: other and kind of always check in and uh.

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Speaker 1: And see how we're doing.

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Speaker 2: And then to end up on the same team. It's awesome, really,

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Speaker 2: And uh, I know the Coats are getting a great

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Speaker 2: pass rusher, a great player, a freak athlete. I know

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Speaker 2: you you guys have seen the combine stats and all that,

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Speaker 2: but uh, we always knew that at Northwestern he that

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Speaker 2: he's a he's a freak athlete, and so I'm just

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Speaker 2: excited to see him, you know, in the white and blue.

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Speaker 4: What was your interaction with the Colts during the draft

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Speaker 4: if I can just ask that, you know, real quick.

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Speaker 2: You mean like the phone call I got, or you

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Speaker 2: mean like just through the whole problem, you like.

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Speaker 4: To throughout the whole process and phone call as well.

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Speaker 4: I guess you can give me us about behind the

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Speaker 4: scenes of that excitement.

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Speaker 2: Okay, Well, I would say I had a pretty good

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Speaker 2: established relationship with any backy coach, Coach Smith, and that's

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Speaker 2: really where where it started. Honestly, he was one of

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Speaker 2: the first coaches to have a zoom call with me

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Speaker 2: right after my pro day. We had a great talk

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Speaker 2: at the Combine and I could just tell that, like,

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Speaker 2: he's a coach that I want to play for. He's

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Speaker 2: had a lot of experience in the league and he

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Speaker 2: I could tell just he's got a genuine this to him.

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Speaker 2: And so we hit it off right away. And so

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Speaker 2: just to see that, you know, fast forward a couple

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Speaker 2: of months, you know, that team really sees the potentially me.

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Speaker 1: Is.

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Speaker 2: I mean, you can't ask for any anything more than that.

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Speaker 2: So the call itself, it was it was really cool,

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Speaker 2: you know, being able to just you know, talk with

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Speaker 2: everybody on the staff and just share some connections, like

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Speaker 2: you know, some guys that you know growing up right

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Speaker 2: by the stadium at Northwestern.

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Speaker 1: And stuff like that.

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Speaker 2: And I talked to coach Fits too, and uh he

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Speaker 2: said he had just texted g him and of the Colts,

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Speaker 2: and you know they're saying they know what they're getting

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Speaker 2: out of Northwestern guys, you know, high character people and

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Speaker 2: I'm just so excited about this. I know I'm rambling

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Speaker 2: a little bit, but very excited.

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Speaker 1: I We'll do a few more here, Nate Atkins. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: when you talk about combine testing and athleticism, Anthony richardson

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Speaker 1: your new quarterback obviously stands out. What do you know

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Speaker 2: And what I guess what does it do for running

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Speaker 2: back to play in the backfield with an athlete like

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Speaker 2: Richardson's what.

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Speaker 1: It does for a running back?

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Speaker 2: I feel like it just it just opens up the

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Speaker 2: game more when he can use his feet and do things,

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Speaker 2: and like you have so many different dynamic playmakers on

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Speaker 2: the field at one time. It only helps, honestly, because

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Speaker 2: the defense has to account for not only his arm,

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Speaker 2: but his legs too, and what he can do just

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Speaker 2: to create and just be be a playmaker. And you know,

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Speaker 2: running backs love that because you know, the more they

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Speaker 2: got account for him, you know, the less they're thinking

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Speaker 2: about me. And then that's when I you know, catch

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Speaker 2: them slipping, uh in a sense.

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Speaker 1: And so.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I know he's a freak athlete. I saw

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Speaker 2: the numbers. I'm just excited to get to work with him, honestly.

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Speaker 4: Two more here, Jake Arthur.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, curious what your special teams background is like and

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Speaker 3: if that's something you embrace going into.

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Speaker 1: This next level.

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Speaker 2: Oh absolutely, because I know that that's initially as a

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Speaker 2: running big that's how you how you make the team.

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Speaker 2: You got to show your value so that starts with

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Speaker 2: special teams, and it starts with being able to pass protect,

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Speaker 2: and that's something that I take a lot of pride in.

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Speaker 2: I have some experience at Northwestern before I became the starter,

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Speaker 2: I was on all four phases of special teams, So

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Speaker 2: I'm really living on that type of background to to

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Speaker 2: come into mini camp and come into training camp, and

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Speaker 2: then you know, I'm working with my agent constantly on

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Speaker 2: not only just pass protession things, but just understanding the

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Speaker 2: different roles that are asked of a running back in

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Speaker 2: special teams typically like personal protector, punt team wing, things

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Speaker 2: like that, because I want to master those roles and

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Speaker 2: be able to excel at them early.

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Speaker 1: All right, and the last one here, Georgia Bremer, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: mean you mentioned Coach Fitzgerald earlier. As soon as we'll

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Speaker 1: be really well respected in the NFL circles. How do

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Speaker 1: you think his program and the standards that he set

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Speaker 1: there helped prepare you for the next level.

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Speaker 2: I think the biggest thing is he taught us how

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Speaker 2: to be pros and how to approach everything with a

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Speaker 2: kind of a detail oriented mindset. The biggest thing that

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Speaker 2: I think Coach fits established in his program is just

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Speaker 2: the discipline, and it's creating a culture of people that

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Speaker 2: show up early to things, a culture of people that

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Speaker 2: do all the right things all the time, that are disciplined,

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Speaker 2: that are detailed, and that's really what the NFL is

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Speaker 2: all about. I mean, that's what helps you last in

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Speaker 2: the league, is having that discipline to do what you

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Speaker 2: need to do when you need to do it, because

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Speaker 2: there's not going to be anybody holding your hand anymore

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Speaker 2: with those types of things, and it's all up to

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Speaker 2: you to establish your routine, have a process, and go

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Speaker 2: through that process, no matter how tedious or mundane it

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Speaker 2: might be, you know what I mean. So from a

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Speaker 2: recovery standpoint to a to a training standpoint and a

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Speaker 2: practice habit standpoint, I think just coach Fitz has one

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Speaker 2: of the best programs to really get gets you prepared

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Speaker 2: to approach things as a pro