WEBVTT - LISTEN | Jets Safety Bradley McDougald (8/4)

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to another edition of the Official Jets Podcast, powered

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<v Speaker 1>by Amazon Web Services. Ethan Greenberg, Eric Allen, joined by

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<v Speaker 1>New Jet safety Bradley McDougald. Bradley, thanks locks for joining

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<v Speaker 1>us here on the podcast. No worries, it's a it's

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<v Speaker 1>a pleasure to be here, all right. So let me

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<v Speaker 1>start with this. Bradley, can you take us through where

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<v Speaker 1>you were and your emotions when you got the call

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<v Speaker 1>that you were going from the Seattle Seahawks to the

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<v Speaker 1>New York Jets. I was in Uh, it was Saturday.

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<v Speaker 1>It's past Saturday. I was in Columbs, Ohio, US frown

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<v Speaker 1>raised um the West kid. But I was home visiting

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<v Speaker 1>my family, you know, checking on everything, make Surevan was

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<v Speaker 1>okay before I head out to camp. And uh, I

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<v Speaker 1>was supposed to have a flight out Sunday to go

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<v Speaker 1>to Seattle. And uh, I get a call from John Snyder,

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<v Speaker 1>the GM over there, and my my first year actually

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<v Speaker 1>like WHOA, what does he want? You know, I'm about

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<v Speaker 1>to be there tomorrow. Your GM doesn't just call you

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<v Speaker 1>every day, and so calls me and I'm talking to him.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm thinking it's about like COVID testing. Because the you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we were in the big negotiation from the players Association

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<v Speaker 1>to the GM. So I was just kind of I

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<v Speaker 1>called him the day before to clarify on things about

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<v Speaker 1>the news that I heard I faked veteran players. So

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<v Speaker 1>I gave him a call. He asked me. He text

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<v Speaker 1>me back and asked what he called me tomorrow and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, yeah, no words. So he called me the

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<v Speaker 1>next day. So I'm still thinking it's about that, and uh,

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<v Speaker 1>I was letting me know. I was talking for like

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<v Speaker 1>two minutes and then uh, I was just letting me

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<v Speaker 1>know that my concerns and questions been answered a bout

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<v Speaker 1>other players. And then that's when he stopped me, like yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna stop you there. Uh he's just been traded

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<v Speaker 1>to the Jets. And I'm like wait what And then

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<v Speaker 1>you know, he goes on for a couple of minutes

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<v Speaker 1>and thanks me for all the all the things I've

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<v Speaker 1>done for the Seahawks, and I really really appreciated my

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<v Speaker 1>time there in the work I put in for the team.

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<v Speaker 1>And my mind was just so like like lost. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>like wait, like I really got traded to the Jets

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<v Speaker 1>and he's like yeah. He was like, uh, we're waiting

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<v Speaker 1>for the league to approve it. And as soon as

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<v Speaker 1>I said that, I had, like my my phone to

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<v Speaker 1>start vibrating crazy like and the next and the next thing,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I get on Twitter Adam scheffmer Man never

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<v Speaker 1>Adam Scheffer, But I don't know if I like him.

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<v Speaker 1>Last time he tweeted my name, I got fined twenty

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<v Speaker 1>six dollars for a hit that wasn't even illegal. Well, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Adam jeffinitely never just dropped good news from your boys.

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<v Speaker 1>So if your name comes across that thing is it's

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<v Speaker 1>something for real? Is happening? All right? So Schefter is

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<v Speaker 1>a good guy, no doubt about it. You time you

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<v Speaker 1>have an opportunity to meet him friendly, But when you

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<v Speaker 1>found out you were going to be a Jet, what

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<v Speaker 1>were the subsequent conversations Like with your new GM Joe Douglas,

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<v Speaker 1>you knew head coach Adam Gates, and of course you

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<v Speaker 1>knew your new defensive coordinator Greg Williams. In a tense

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<v Speaker 1>fellow man, yeah, get to that point too. But Joe

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<v Speaker 1>Douglas and and Adam Gates, you know, they were more

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<v Speaker 1>than welcoming and just I could hear them, the voice,

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<v Speaker 1>the excitement, how passionate they were to have me and

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<v Speaker 1>how happy it word brought me a lot of comfort

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<v Speaker 1>and made me start thinking how great this was to

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<v Speaker 1>be here as a Jet and the opportunity that lies

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<v Speaker 1>for me. You know, all everyone it was an opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>to play, and this is no different. You know, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>an undrafted your kid going on my eighth year, so

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<v Speaker 1>this is just another place for me to come, come

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<v Speaker 1>in and make my home. And that was the first

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<v Speaker 1>thing I thought of, that this is just another opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>to go win another staff over, another fan base over,

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<v Speaker 1>and and just go make plays in a different uniform.

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<v Speaker 1>That's all it is. And I mean, that's all it's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be. But when I called uh uh Greg Williams,

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<v Speaker 1>he was the same way. He was intense. Like I said,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm used to I got used to a certain style

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<v Speaker 1>of coaching and uh out there in Seattle, and there's

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<v Speaker 1>no right or wrong way to do this. You know

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<v Speaker 1>that everybody's different, everybody's wired different. He's just having to

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<v Speaker 1>be one of more intense coaches I've ever uh, I've

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<v Speaker 1>ever communicated with. But I've never heard a bad thing

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<v Speaker 1>about Greg Williams. I know players that played under him,

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<v Speaker 1>and they all have positive things to say. I actually

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<v Speaker 1>reached out to him first. I called him. Uh, Joe

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<v Speaker 1>Duglas tiving Gates called me, but I called Uh. I

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<v Speaker 1>called him because I just wanted to introduce himself, letting

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<v Speaker 1>him know what kind of player I was, what kind

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<v Speaker 1>of man I was, and how excited I was to

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<v Speaker 1>be here. And the same goes with my my position coach,

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<v Speaker 1>uh Dinar Williams Wilson. Uh, he was just excited. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>They were kind of letting me know. There are no

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<v Speaker 1>bullshit type of guys, and you know they're gonna push you,

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<v Speaker 1>and they're gonna work you, and they dispect expect out

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<v Speaker 1>out of their players, and I can only respect that.

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<v Speaker 1>They're very rare that a player will reach out to

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<v Speaker 1>his coordinator and position coach after the trade. Usually it's twice.

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<v Speaker 1>FIRSTA you said that you wanted to tell these guys

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<v Speaker 1>who you were as a player and as a man,

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<v Speaker 1>So why don't you tell us what you told Greg Williams.

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<v Speaker 1>I just let him know that I was. I'm I'm hungry.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm hung I've always been hungry. I got a chip

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<v Speaker 1>on my shoulder that's never less. I've had success to

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<v Speaker 1>other places, but you know, I still feel like I'm

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<v Speaker 1>one of the most slept on safeties in the league.

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<v Speaker 1>I know you've seen my film, but that doesn't that

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't do gushes to who I am as like, because

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not only a good player, but I'm a good

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<v Speaker 1>guy in the locker room. You know. I like to

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<v Speaker 1>motivate those people around me. I'm really the type of

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<v Speaker 1>person that just letting my play do all the talking.

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<v Speaker 1>But since it was my first time meeting them, there's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be a while before we strapped on the past

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<v Speaker 1>and we actually get to go out there and line up. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>I just wanted them to know that, uh, that they

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<v Speaker 1>got a good guy coming. It was hard working and

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<v Speaker 1>like I said, I'm humble, but I know the value

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<v Speaker 1>I can bring to a team. I know who I

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<v Speaker 1>am as a man. You know. I like to go

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<v Speaker 1>to work every day and giving my all, go home,

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<v Speaker 1>rest up, and and go back and do the same

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<v Speaker 1>thing the next day. And that's that's pretty much it.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not into all the media and all the all

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<v Speaker 1>the talking back and forth from people. I just on

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<v Speaker 1>Sundays to let my play do all my talking. And

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<v Speaker 1>as the type of man I am, um and I

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<v Speaker 1>just wanted everybody know that I was excited about this.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, some guy like you said, some guys don't

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<v Speaker 1>do that, but I wanted to just uh initiate the

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<v Speaker 1>first conversation and and and let them know personally that

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<v Speaker 1>I was excited about this opportunity, and not only excited,

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<v Speaker 1>but I was thankful and grateful for the opportunity. So

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<v Speaker 1>it seems like you're gonna fit in the locker room

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<v Speaker 1>just fine. Actually, on your Instagram post of you, I

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<v Speaker 1>think flying to New York right on the private jet,

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<v Speaker 1>the PJ Marcus May comments. He says, you and I

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<v Speaker 1>are gonna get along just fine. What have your conversation

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<v Speaker 1>has been like with your new teammates and how excited

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<v Speaker 1>are you to finally be able to get on the

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<v Speaker 1>field after a wild, unprecedented offseason. Well, this obviously is,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know it was crazy for a lot of reasons.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, we don't have a O. T. A. S.

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<v Speaker 1>But I mean we were vetting you're going to be

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<v Speaker 1>eighth league if year in the league. You're not really

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<v Speaker 1>worried about that, as it's kind of the time that

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<v Speaker 1>young guys get the rents that they needed, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>when they really take their big jump from year one

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<v Speaker 1>of the year two is in that all those rents

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<v Speaker 1>kind of add up, you know. But um, I I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't take that time off from I want to say

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<v Speaker 1>April to June. I've been down in Texas. I've been

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<v Speaker 1>doing two days for three months now in Texas heat.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm in some of the best shape I've been in,

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<v Speaker 1>and um you know, I'm hungry. I've been hungry. I

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<v Speaker 1>all want to go prove myself, no matter how good

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<v Speaker 1>I had over a year I had before, or what what,

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<v Speaker 1>how far, how far we got in the playoffs, and

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<v Speaker 1>that none of that matter. It's a fresh star, fresh

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<v Speaker 1>opportunity to just go prove yourself because what you did

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<v Speaker 1>last year don't matter. Where you were at last year

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<v Speaker 1>don't matter. None of that can save you. Is about

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<v Speaker 1>the work that you put in. I'm probably as healthy

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<v Speaker 1>as I've ever been, and I used the time really

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<v Speaker 1>just focused on my body, on my mind and uh

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<v Speaker 1>get it best shape as I can get, and and

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<v Speaker 1>just tighten up all my skills. You know, I go

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<v Speaker 1>back in ourselves, gout myself like coaches do. And I

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<v Speaker 1>know I had things to work on, and I feel

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<v Speaker 1>like I used that time to really work on that.

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<v Speaker 1>I was out there with a great group of guys

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<v Speaker 1>to train with Chris Harris. Um he's a KU guy

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<v Speaker 1>in mind. We got a great trainer out there. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a bunch of guys. You know, we're doing seven on

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<v Speaker 1>seven every day. Uh, we're finding ways to still played football,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, while following the rules. And we were you

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<v Speaker 1>know safe about how we lived in in in social

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<v Speaker 1>distance and all those things. But it will still work

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<v Speaker 1>to be done. And uh we got creative with it

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<v Speaker 1>and we still were able to get a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>work in. So UH didn't I didn't really use that

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<v Speaker 1>time as an excuse to take off or or not

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<v Speaker 1>be focused. So um, it was a different offseason. But

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<v Speaker 1>it was a different offseason a positive. You know, you

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<v Speaker 1>just had to do a lot of work from home.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's where I feel like this is gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>a year like the lockout year. You're gonna you don't

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<v Speaker 1>really see who was a true pro and who really

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<v Speaker 1>put the work in and who didn't. What do you

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<v Speaker 1>think about coming into a system where Greg Williams likes

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<v Speaker 1>to have his safeties as interchangeable parts, because I know

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<v Speaker 1>in Seattle, Yeah, you're comfortable playing in the box, but

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<v Speaker 1>you'll go back and play single high. Sometimes they use

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<v Speaker 1>the nickel. It seems like your versatility is gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>a good fit here. I feel like, UH one of

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<v Speaker 1>my I feel like that's one of my strongest suits.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, when I when I first was getting into

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<v Speaker 1>a league, a coach told me, if you a one position,

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<v Speaker 1>you might make the team, but if you could play

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<v Speaker 1>multiple positions and find success of these different positions, you're

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<v Speaker 1>going to make the team. And I always pride in myself.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I was a wide receiver before I did

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<v Speaker 1>two years of UH wide receiver in college and I

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<v Speaker 1>only play safety for two years. I played both ways

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<v Speaker 1>my freshman year, but you know, I bounced around so uh.

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<v Speaker 1>Being an athlete was always one of my strong suits

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<v Speaker 1>and that hasn't changed. And then at this point in

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<v Speaker 1>my career, I used my mind a lot more than

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<v Speaker 1>I ever have. And that makes you play a lot

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<v Speaker 1>faster than you ever could think of, because you could

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<v Speaker 1>be a hell of an athlete. You are out there

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<v Speaker 1>and running four or three, but if you don't know

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<v Speaker 1>what you're doing, you're gonna look like a four or five,

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<v Speaker 1>four or six guys. So it's all about knowing your playbook.

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<v Speaker 1>No one really supposed to but be and not only

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<v Speaker 1>know when you're supposed to be, but the guys around

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<v Speaker 1>you that make you move even better. If I know

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<v Speaker 1>this guy is going to water this guy on the inside,

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<v Speaker 1>where I could play stronger on this side, you know

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<v Speaker 1>what I mean. It's it's a bunch of small things.

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<v Speaker 1>It really all works together, and when you see the

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<v Speaker 1>bigger picture of defenses and how it was really put together,

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<v Speaker 1>you know that's gonna make you a better And one

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<v Speaker 1>of greg one of the first things he told me is,

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<v Speaker 1>you know I lined guys up to their strengths. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna find a way if a guy has a

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<v Speaker 1>certain skill set, I'm gonna find a way to line

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<v Speaker 1>him up and he could be as successful as possible.

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<v Speaker 1>So that was refreshing to here and knowing that he

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<v Speaker 1>had that mindset and he was able to do that

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<v Speaker 1>for players and his statue sos. I know a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of guys that played for him and came in and

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<v Speaker 1>had success, and I plan to do the same thing. Bradley.

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<v Speaker 1>Off the fields, what do you like to do in

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<v Speaker 1>your free time? I know you talked about it a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit before. You're pretty laid back guy. But what

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<v Speaker 1>what do you do if you have a day to yourself? Oh? Man,

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<v Speaker 1>I like to I'm really a home by the guy.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm one of those guys that I don't mind. This

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<v Speaker 1>quarantine thing didn't really phaze me. I don't I've had days,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. I don't leave a house for two days,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. I like to. I like to get a

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<v Speaker 1>whole bunch of cool stuff and put it in my house.

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<v Speaker 1>I got a dog. I got play fest with him

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<v Speaker 1>named Roscoe. You guys are meeting. He's a guh what

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<v Speaker 1>kind of dog? Prince Bullehall? Oh yeah, okay, yeah, he

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<v Speaker 1>already ordered his Jay. He's uh, you know, he's waiting

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<v Speaker 1>on me. He's he's wondering where I'm at. Told him

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<v Speaker 1>I do there like a week ago. But thinks I

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<v Speaker 1>abandoned him. But I gotta get him out here. That

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<v Speaker 1>will bring me a lot of comfort. But no, I'd

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<v Speaker 1>just like to hang out. I like to cook. I

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<v Speaker 1>said that earlier. Cooking is in my one of my interests.

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<v Speaker 1>I really enjoy cooking. Um, thinking about own the restaurant

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<v Speaker 1>one day. But besides that, I'm not really a video

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<v Speaker 1>game guy. I like to watch film. I actually like

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<v Speaker 1>to be a student of the game. I get some

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<v Speaker 1>time off. I like to take that time, especially during

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<v Speaker 1>the season, and just take care of my body, whether

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<v Speaker 1>that's stretching or have somebody stretching me getting massages. I

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<v Speaker 1>just like to take that time off and just reset.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a I'm a hell of a conversationalist. I love

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<v Speaker 1>to be around people, but I feel like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>that wears you out, and I get I get a

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<v Speaker 1>little time to myself, and I just used it to

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<v Speaker 1>refresh and recharge myself. You know, I've been cooking quite

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<v Speaker 1>a bit this off season two. I'm a big fan

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<v Speaker 1>of Hello Fresh, and they tell you how to put

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<v Speaker 1>it all together. I've been doing a good job. But

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<v Speaker 1>enough about me. Let's keep on talking about Bradley. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>what's up with the Twitter handle at Baby League? I

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<v Speaker 1>know there's a good story behind that. And then my

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<v Speaker 1>second part, let's stay and talk about the family. What

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<v Speaker 1>did you do with your grandmother's house this offseason? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>the Baby League, it's actually no story. My older brother

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<v Speaker 1>he had. It's actually when Twitter first started, I told me,

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<v Speaker 1>I promised myself I never made a Twitter like why

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<v Speaker 1>do I want to read with somebody else's random thoughts

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<v Speaker 1>are like this. So one day we were sitting around

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<v Speaker 1>and uh, my brother's handle was Youngly and I don't

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<v Speaker 1>even know where he got that from. And uh somebody

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<v Speaker 1>was like, bro, you might we'll just make one too,

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<v Speaker 1>you could be baby League, and we all just thought

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<v Speaker 1>that was so funny. So I just ended up making

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<v Speaker 1>it and it stuck, you know. And then I also,

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<v Speaker 1>I wasn't trying to get a Twitter hand we become

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<v Speaker 1>famous or easily found. So I'm like, oh, man, I

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<v Speaker 1>really never had a nickname, so but you can call

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<v Speaker 1>me be Mac though. Be mact is my new nickname,

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<v Speaker 1>but um yeah, I never really had a nick game,

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<v Speaker 1>so I just kind of went with it, and it's stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>You know. I was in college. I was still with nobody,

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<v Speaker 1>and then I get verified. It's like, who is Baby League,

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<v Speaker 1>and so it's kind of it's kind of how that happened.

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<v Speaker 1>But uh yeah, this off season, I made one of

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<v Speaker 1>the biggest persons is best persons in my life, remodeled

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<v Speaker 1>my uh uh, totally renovated my grandma's house from top

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<v Speaker 1>to bottom. It was one of the biggest blesses I did.

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<v Speaker 1>And uh the reason I did it because, uh, I

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<v Speaker 1>grew up in a single parent home and uh so

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<v Speaker 1>I spent a lot of time over my grandparents house

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<v Speaker 1>when they when my mom had to work, and the

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<v Speaker 1>weekend summers. You know, I was over there a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>And my grandfather passed when I was in the eighth grade,

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<v Speaker 1>going into ninth grade, and so the house, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>at the time, when I was young kids, one of

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<v Speaker 1>the nicest thing in our family was kind of like

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<v Speaker 1>the pillar. It was like our temple. You know. Everybody

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<v Speaker 1>used to come over there and do Eastern dinners or

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<v Speaker 1>Thanksgiving or Christmas even if you will. And then, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, over the years, my grandma, you know, she's

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<v Speaker 1>strong as she is, but uh, the house just started

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<v Speaker 1>to you know, take the toes a lot for a

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<v Speaker 1>woman and endo and she still taking care of other

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<v Speaker 1>people around her. H She just retired not too long ago.

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<v Speaker 1>So I just thought it would be a great present

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<v Speaker 1>to give her. And plus she's getting older. She still

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<v Speaker 1>had my grandpa with this what he thought was so cool.

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<v Speaker 1>It's hot tub in there, and it was getting hard

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<v Speaker 1>to the point it was hard for her to step

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<v Speaker 1>over into the into the bathtub and one of my

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<v Speaker 1>worst fears where her just slipping the bathsup or something

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<v Speaker 1>crazy like that. So um, yeah, from top to bottom,

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<v Speaker 1>I just made it as nice as possible for and uh,

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<v Speaker 1>it really turned out great. You know, the really tears

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<v Speaker 1>and the contracts that they did a great job. They

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<v Speaker 1>they surpassed anything I thought it could look like. And

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<v Speaker 1>she loves it. I had and and the funniest part

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<v Speaker 1>is so it took about two months and all this

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<v Speaker 1>was during the pandemic too, and they got all that

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<v Speaker 1>done two months, which is incredible. But I had to

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<v Speaker 1>staying in the airbnb and I'm like, Grandma, these are

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<v Speaker 1>the this is what your house is gonna look like.

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<v Speaker 1>She wasn't processing it. Like they knocked down a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of walls and really just gutted the whole house out,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm like, so I kind of wanted her to

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<v Speaker 1>get comfortable to where I feel like to living in

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<v Speaker 1>a new house. And She's like, I don't know about this, baby,

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<v Speaker 1>I kind of just want to go back to my house.

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<v Speaker 1>And so you know a lot of people they want

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<v Speaker 1>to be in their house and they want to be

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<v Speaker 1>if I'm like Grandma, you got a little finished. Like,

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<v Speaker 1>don't like, just be patient, grandma, You're getting a whole

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<v Speaker 1>new house. But uh so she finally comes back and

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<v Speaker 1>she stays in and she loves it and she cries

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<v Speaker 1>and she does all that. But like a week later,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, how does it feel? She said, I don't.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, baby, this this still how does it

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<v Speaker 1>feel like one of those being bees? So I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think this is my house hit And I'm like, no, Grandma,

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's your house. That's what it is. She's like,

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<v Speaker 1>I love it just doesn't feel like mine. I feel

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<v Speaker 1>like one of those being bees she calls them, and

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<v Speaker 1>she calls airbnbes be and bees. So yeah, but that's

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<v Speaker 1>probably one of the best things I've done with my

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<v Speaker 1>money since I started making money. And uh, I'm definitely

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<v Speaker 1>proud of it. Are proudly well. We appreciate the time.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much for joining us here on the

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<v Speaker 1>to the New York Jets Man. Thanks for having me.

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<v Speaker 1>I look forward to me and you guys, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>working with you guys in the Pisa, and I'm und

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