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Speaker 2: This is the Coach Kevin Stefanski Show. Tonight you'll find

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Speaker 2: out how the Browns are preparing for the season at

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Speaker 2: team headquarters in Berea. You're listening to the University Hospitals

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Speaker 2: Cleveland Browns Radio Network. Here are your hosts, Snethen Zegura

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Speaker 3: Good evening and welcome to the Kevin's the Fanski Show.

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Speaker 4: All along the University Hospitals Cleveland Browns Radio Network. Nathan

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Speaker 4: Zegura alongside the three time, three time three time Super

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Speaker 4: Bowl champion Gerrod Charring. Coming up for you tonight, we'll

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Speaker 4: take a quick look back at Philadelphia that week.

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Speaker 3: That was there.

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Speaker 4: Jidd and I'll have a chance to break that down.

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Speaker 4: Then we'll take a look ahead to the Kansas City

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Speaker 4: Chiefs this weekend and the final preseason game for your

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Speaker 4: as well as two time Pro Bowl cornerback Denzel Ward

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Speaker 3: But Girod. Let's just start with this.

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Speaker 4: How are you how are you feeling about the Browns

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Speaker 4: as we sit here now already three preseason games in

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Speaker 4: Normally that would be the end of it, getting ready

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Speaker 3: I feel very encouraged, Nathan.

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Speaker 5: What we tried to show up in the offseason was

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Speaker 3: So that's very encouraging. Then when you look at the offense.

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Speaker 5: That Shaun Watson did not play, but he did in

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Speaker 5: So that's something that we need to see take place

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Speaker 5: I'm talking playoffs. I'm talking AMC Championship. Yes, I'm talking

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Speaker 4: The work right, going out there and executing when it matters.

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Speaker 4: Let's go back to you know, and it's amazing the

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Speaker 4: But let's go back to those joint practices. You know,

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Speaker 4: That to me is a win in and of itself,

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Speaker 5: That's the barama, as you called it, for trying to

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and that was against They were out there starting

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Speaker 4: Let me jump in on DTR because I've not been

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Speaker 3: Matter of fact, you love it.

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Speaker 5: I don't think you can hide him on the practice squad.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, he's got fifteen catches, two hundred and forty five yards.

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Speaker 4: He's been sensational. And then my mood dea body leads

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Speaker 4: And that's exactly where the Cleveland Browns want to go.

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Speaker 3: But that takes an owner.

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Speaker 4: And I think that people should understand that this type

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Speaker 3: Heck yeah, that registers in the locker room.

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Speaker 4: Well, that's what the Cleveland Browns are doing, and we

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Speaker 4: You're Cleveland Browns Kevin Stefanski. You're listening to the Kevin

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Speaker 1: For me, I'm just trying to make the right decision

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Speaker 2: This is the Coach Kevin Stefanski Show. You're listening to

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Speaker 4: Welcome back to the Kevin Stefanski Show all along the

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Speaker 4: University Hospitals Cleveland Browns Radio Network. Joined now by Brown's

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Speaker 4: head coach Kevin Stefanski and Coach, let's just start with

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Speaker 1: For our team, we're so we're creatures of habit and routine.

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Speaker 1: So what I want to do with this team is

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Speaker 1: So our meeting schedules are a little bit different. How

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Speaker 1: whatever it was, four nights guys were able to go

440
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Speaker 1: out to dinner with each other and spend some time together.

441
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Speaker 6: I just think it's all part of the process.

442
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Speaker 3: How did the pizza turn out?

443
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Speaker 6: Pizza was great? I Mars, you know what happened.

444
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Speaker 1: I haven't told this story to you yet, Nathan, but

445
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Speaker 1: I guess I told the team, right. I told a

446
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Speaker 1: bunch of people that I was bringing pizza in, but

447
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Speaker 1: it was going to be the night before the game. Well,

448
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Speaker 1: apparently there was pizza in there the first night we

449
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Speaker 1: were there, and it wasn't very good, and people thought

450
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Speaker 1: it was my pizza, and it really hurt me and

451
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Speaker 1: hurt my feelings that they thought that that was my pizza.

452
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Speaker 1: So that was the night before the game. We brought

453
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Speaker 1: our pizza in and it got high marks.

454
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Speaker 4: Good love to hear that, all right, when you go

455
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Speaker 4: to the game, let's talk about that for a second. Offensively,

456
00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:19,560
Speaker 4: who or what jumped out to you from your young guys.

457
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Speaker 6: Gosh, there was a bunch, you know.

458
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Speaker 1: I think the big thing for me, and I told

459
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Speaker 1: the team before that game, was I wanted to see

460
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Speaker 1: great effort. And what happens sometimes with young players is

461
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Speaker 1: there's a lot of thinking and it's hard to show

462
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Speaker 1: great effort. But I thought, if you turn on our

463
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Speaker 1: tape and you see even as silly as it sounds,

464
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Speaker 1: as easy as this is after the play, or our

465
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Speaker 1: guys running over to help our guys up, and we

466
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Speaker 1: make such an emphasis on that because it's part of

467
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Speaker 1: being a great team and being great teammates. But it

468
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Speaker 1: also shows you how aggressively aggressively you're playing. So I

469
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Speaker 1: saw that all over the tape. It wasn't perfect, a

470
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Speaker 1: thousand things to clean up, but that's the beauty of

471
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Speaker 1: training camp in preseason games where you have this great

472
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Speaker 1: tape to teach off of, and our starters who didn't

473
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Speaker 1: get a rep in that game, they learned from that

474
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Speaker 1: tape as much as anybody.

475
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Speaker 4: Let's talk about that offensive line that started the game

476
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Speaker 4: for you. Nick Harris had some teaching tape work on

477
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Speaker 4: Jordan Davis just moving the big man out as Joe Thomas.

478
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Speaker 3: I guess he used to say, and.

479
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Speaker 4: I learned this from Brian Baldinger watching his video, was

480
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Speaker 4: if you moved the hip, you move the man.

481
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Speaker 3: I thought he looked good.

482
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Speaker 4: And then for Dwan Jones, that's probably the tough kind

483
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Speaker 4: of matchup a guy who runs a four three nine

484
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Speaker 4: forty off of the edge with Nolan Smith, and I

485
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Speaker 4: thought he held up really well.

486
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Speaker 3: Would you see from those two.

487
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think to your point, that's a tough front

488
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Speaker 1: to block, both in the run and the past. So

489
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Speaker 1: we got some really good run reps. I thought Dewan

490
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Speaker 1: has been taking coaching. There were things that he did

491
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Speaker 1: all the way back in versus the Jets that he

492
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Speaker 1: improved upon. Some of his down blocks I thought were

493
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Speaker 1: really really good or and are getting better. The pass

494
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Speaker 1: pro reps like you mentioned for all those guys, I mean,

495
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Speaker 1: Nick Harris held his own versus some really big guys

496
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Speaker 1: up Frontdwan got a premier first round pick rusher to

497
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Speaker 1: go against for a bunch of good reps. So really

498
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Speaker 1: across the board, I mean as Michael Dunn got Jalen

499
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Speaker 1: Carter for a couple So that's the experience that you

500
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Speaker 1: get in those practices.

501
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Speaker 6: That's the experience you get in those games.

502
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Speaker 4: Coming out of that, we saw for the first time

503
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Speaker 4: to Wan get some reps at left tackle, James Hudson

504
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Speaker 4: get some reps at left guard. That's a lot of

505
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Speaker 4: size on that left sideline. What was the thought there

506
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Speaker 4: and what did you see?

507
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Speaker 1: Yeah, now's the part of camp when you have to

508
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Speaker 1: do that as you start thinking ahead and thinking about, Okay,

509
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Speaker 1: if we lost this guy, what will we do? And

510
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Speaker 1: it's really just an intro to those positions. Those guys

511
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Speaker 1: have not been working at those positions really, they've been

512
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Speaker 1: exclusively at tackle for James, exclusively at right for Dewan.

513
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Speaker 1: But now's the time where you know, we got to

514
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Speaker 1: find out some things in August because you never know

515
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Speaker 1: moving forward kind of what you might have to do.

516
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Speaker 4: All right, defensively in that Philly game, my mood, to

517
00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:35,080
Speaker 4: your body continues to flash. He gets the safety knife

518
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Speaker 4: through for that the classic peanut Tillman punches the ball

519
00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:40,520
Speaker 4: out for a turnover, leads the team in tackles hard

520
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Speaker 4: not to notice them.

521
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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, we've talked a lot about my mood,

522
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Speaker 1: and I think what you see as a sideline of

523
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Speaker 1: sideline player. He plays with great athleticism again going back

524
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Speaker 1: to effort, he plays with great hustle. I mean he's

525
00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:53,280
Speaker 1: all over the field. He gives you everything he has.

526
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Speaker 1: Any time you can make a play on the ball,

527
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Speaker 1: you know, that's playing, that's being ball aware. That's at

528
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Speaker 1: the core of what we do in attack in the football.

529
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Speaker 1: So I thought that play was again another teach tape

530
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Speaker 1: moment for how to get that ball out.

531
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Speaker 4: Yeah, and then Maurice Hurst continues, I feel like last

532
00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:08,760
Speaker 4: couple weeks, two weeks ago half a sack. Last week

533
00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:10,919
Speaker 4: is sack on a beautiful kind of swim move to

534
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Speaker 4: get to the quarterback. He's been so productive in the past,

535
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Speaker 4: been you know, health has been the problem the last

536
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Speaker 4: couple of years.

537
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Speaker 3: How's he progressing for you?

538
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Speaker 6: Yeah? A good football player. He's a technician.

539
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Speaker 1: You know, was a guy that was very very highly

540
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Speaker 1: thought of for a reason as he was coming out,

541
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Speaker 1: because he's got very very sound technique.

542
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Speaker 6: He's athletic, he gets off the ball.

543
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Speaker 1: Another guy that we're excited just continue to watch, and

544
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Speaker 1: he's got the right attitude. He continues to work.

545
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Speaker 4: All right, let's turn our attention now to this game

546
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Speaker 4: against Kansas City Starters. You said most will play about

547
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Speaker 4: twenty to twenty five plays. Let's sart with your quarterback.

548
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Speaker 4: What do you want to see from Deshaun in this one?

549
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Speaker 6: Yeah?

550
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Speaker 1: I think when you get to this game, it's really

551
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Speaker 1: a continuation of everything you've been doing to this point.

552
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Speaker 6: You know, up to date, we.

553
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Speaker 1: Really have one game under our belt, and that was

554
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Speaker 1: important to get out there in front of our fans,

555
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Speaker 1: get through pre game, get through one drive. Now it's

556
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Speaker 1: a couple of drives, and it's moving the ball, and

557
00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:59,080
Speaker 1: it's sitting on the bench for a little while and

558
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Speaker 1: then going back in. So it's just all a continuation

559
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Speaker 1: of ramping up to September tenth.

560
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Speaker 4: In this game, are you gonna want to throw it more?

561
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Speaker 4: Do you want to see him put the ball? Only

562
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Speaker 4: three attempts in that but one drive right and he

563
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Speaker 4: had to run on a couple of ones that we're

564
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Speaker 4: going to be throws. Do you want to see him

565
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Speaker 4: put ball in the air a little bit more?

566
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Speaker 1: You know, we'll see we haven't really gotten into exactly

567
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Speaker 1: what we want to script for those guys. You know,

568
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Speaker 1: it's so important that you're getting your entire team ready

569
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Speaker 1: for September tenth. So there needs to be enough for

570
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Speaker 1: the quarterback, there needs to be enough for the line,

571
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Speaker 1: enough for this wide receiver, this tight end. So really

572
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Speaker 1: you're checking boxes on a bunch of different areas that

573
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Speaker 1: you've just got to get extra work in.

574
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Speaker 4: Well, we see some of the things that we saw

575
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Speaker 4: out here, maybe with you talking about Dewan and James

576
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Speaker 4: Hudson when we see them play some of their unfamiliar

577
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Speaker 4: positions in the games.

578
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Speaker 1: Probably not in the game. That's probably too much to

579
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Speaker 1: ask at this point. For them, it's really and it's honestly,

580
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Speaker 1: it's not just the offensive line, it's really across the board.

581
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Speaker 1: You're trying to get some wide receivers that have been

582
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Speaker 1: playing inside, get them to play outside.

583
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Speaker 6: Because, as we've always talked about, versatility.

584
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Speaker 1: Is the name of the game, and the more you

585
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Speaker 1: can do it really helps you in terms of roster flexibility.

586
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Speaker 1: So that's where it. Now's the time and practice to

587
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Speaker 1: try those things out.

588
00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:04,680
Speaker 4: Some of the guys we have not seen yet coming

589
00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:07,560
Speaker 4: back from injury on defense, a walk Taki Taki on offense,

590
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Speaker 4: Jaqem Grant. Will we see them against Kansas City.

591
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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's really case by case basis with those guys.

592
00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:15,360
Speaker 1: I would like to get Jakeem some opportunities in this game.

593
00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,240
Speaker 1: I think that's important for him. But really it's each

594
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Speaker 1: guy based on what medical suggests is the best thing

595
00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:22,119
Speaker 1: for them as part.

596
00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:22,440
Speaker 6: Of their rehab.

597
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Speaker 4: We know Jaqem's resume, we know he's done All Pro

598
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Speaker 4: Pro bowler returner or extraordinariy we haven't seen him though.

599
00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:29,639
Speaker 4: How's he coming along from what you've been able to

600
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Speaker 4: see out here on the practice field? And does he

601
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Speaker 4: look like the same guy that is an absolute difference maker.

602
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Speaker 1: He does to me. And I think that's something you

603
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Speaker 1: notice with Jaqem at practice. He can be a blur

604
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Speaker 1: at times. I mean, he just is so quick, so fast,

605
00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:43,920
Speaker 1: and he's getting healthy and that's again, it's all part

606
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Speaker 1: of the process. We're trying to get him ready for

607
00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,399
Speaker 1: this season as we ramp up to September tenth, and

608
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Speaker 1: I thought he's kind of he's really hit every benchmark

609
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Speaker 1: where he's supposed to be.

610
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Speaker 4: Have you talked with Kate at all in how's he

611
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Speaker 4: kind of doing this week? With you know, obviously there's

612
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Speaker 4: a lot of talk about him, and obviously these folks

613
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Speaker 4: put him all through the upper how's he kind of

614
00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:02,359
Speaker 4: doing and what have you seen from him kind of

615
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Speaker 4: after that game in Philly.

616
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Speaker 1: Yeah, as you can imagine, you have a lot of

617
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Speaker 1: conversations with your guys, and for us, we focus not

618
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Speaker 1: so much on what's on the external side of this building,

619
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Speaker 1: but what's on the internal side. So, like I've talked

620
00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:16,280
Speaker 1: about Kaid continues to work on his craft. He's very

621
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Speaker 1: very serious about it. He's got a ton of confidence.

622
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Speaker 1: He's working through it. He's working really well in practice.

623
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Speaker 1: Now we just got to take the practice field of

624
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Speaker 1: the game field.

625
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Speaker 4: He's a supreme talent. I mean, there's just no doubt.

626
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Speaker 4: There are very few people on the plane. There's only

627
00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:28,880
Speaker 4: thirty two kick in the league. But of those thirty two,

628
00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:31,359
Speaker 4: there are maybe a subset of six eight that can

629
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Speaker 4: kick the ball the way he does.

630
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Speaker 3: Right.

631
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Speaker 1: Extremely talented. You know, there's a reason we have him

632
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,320
Speaker 1: on our team, reason we drafted him. We're excited about

633
00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:42,000
Speaker 1: all the work he's put in. Again, he's not thrilled

634
00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:43,480
Speaker 1: that he missed those two at the end, I can

635
00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:44,040
Speaker 1: promise you that.

636
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Speaker 6: But that's what guys do.

637
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Speaker 1: They got to bounce back from missus because that's part

638
00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:50,000
Speaker 1: of playing being a kicker in this league. You're going

639
00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:51,880
Speaker 1: to miss a kick. Part of playing quarterback, you're gonna

640
00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:53,679
Speaker 1: throw an interception. Really, it's how do you bounce back

641
00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:53,879
Speaker 1: from that?

642
00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:54,280
Speaker 3: Right?

643
00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:56,960
Speaker 4: All right, let's talk about Kansas City just in general overview.

644
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Speaker 4: What do you want to see? What are a couple

645
00:25:58,560 --> 00:25:59,879
Speaker 4: things you want to see that make feel like, you

646
00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:02,080
Speaker 4: got exactly what you want to have this game on Saturday.

647
00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:02,400
Speaker 6: Yeah.

648
00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:04,639
Speaker 1: It always goes back to the operation and the execution

649
00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:07,440
Speaker 1: for us, whether it's offense, defense, and special teams. It's

650
00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:10,600
Speaker 1: exciting to get on the field versus the Super Bowl champs,

651
00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:13,399
Speaker 1: the team that won the AFC last year, you know,

652
00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:15,359
Speaker 1: in your conference. So it's exciting for us to go

653
00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:18,280
Speaker 1: up against a well coached team with a ton of talent.

654
00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:21,359
Speaker 1: So it's a matter of again, you know, taking what

655
00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:23,320
Speaker 1: we're doing here in the practice fields. We're not going

656
00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:25,280
Speaker 1: to show a lot, but can we go do what

657
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Speaker 1: we're doing and play fast and not have a lot

658
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Speaker 1: of mental mistakes?

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Speaker 4: Do you like the fact that's kind of lined up

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Speaker 4: for you that you got the defending NFC champions, the

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Speaker 4: defending Super Bowl champions, the last two weeks of actual

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Speaker 4: work that you're going to get.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, I think it's important.

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Speaker 1: Listen, the preseason is to get your team ready to

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Speaker 1: play games, and we know that that starts September tenth.

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Speaker 1: But as you get work in that preseason, it's important

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Speaker 1: that you match up against teams that give you a

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Speaker 1: great accounting of where you are. So last week in Philly,

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Speaker 1: this week versus Kansas City. I just think it's an

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Speaker 1: opportunity for us to put our best foot forward versus

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Speaker 1: really good football team.

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Speaker 4: We'll get you out of here on this one next time.

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Speaker 4: When we at this time next week, you'll be down

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Speaker 4: to fifty three. Guys, does this feel like a probably

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Speaker 4: a good thing. The toughest it's going to have been

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Speaker 4: in your time here to get it down to fifty three.

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Speaker 1: It's hard to compare, Nathan, I would say year to year, honestly,

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Speaker 1: But if you're making hard decisions, you're doing something right.

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Speaker 1: And I think that's a credit to our ab and

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Speaker 1: our personnel staff. We as a coach, you wish that

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Speaker 1: fifty three number didn't exist and you could keep them

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Speaker 1: all because you invest so much time and energy and

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Speaker 1: invest in the people. So this it is the tough

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Speaker 1: part of our business, and it's the thing that reminds

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Speaker 1: you that it's a business. Oftentimes we want to just

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Speaker 1: remind ourselves that it's a game, and then sometimes the

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Speaker 1: business aspect comes in, so we'll be ready for when

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Speaker 1: that time comes. But in the meantime, we're looking forward

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Speaker 1: to a great week of practice and then a great

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Speaker 1: game versus Kansasity coach.

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Speaker 6: Thank you so much for the time and best of

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Speaker 6: luck against the Chiefs. Thanks Nathan.

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Speaker 4: Stefanski Show. All along the University Hospitals Cleveland Brown's Radio Network.

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Speaker 4: the Kevin's fancy show. Just heard from the head coach

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Speaker 4: of your Cleveland Browns. Now, let's talk to the two

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Speaker 4: time Pro Bowl cornerback Denzel Ward from earlier today. He

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Speaker 4: went one on one with our Jason Gibbs.

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Speaker 7: Here on the Kevin Stefanski Show. Joined now by Pro

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Speaker 7: Bowl defensive back Denzel Award and Denzel Final week of

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Speaker 7: training camp twenty twenty three and what a month that's been.

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Speaker 7: Greenbrier Hall of Fame Week, extra preseason game, a week

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Speaker 7: in Philly for joint practices. What has the month been

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Speaker 7: like for you?

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Speaker 8: It's been fun, it's been exciting, been building with the guys,

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Speaker 8: getting ready for the season, and I think we're ready

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Speaker 8: to go.

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Speaker 7: Talk to me about the joint practices last week. What

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Speaker 7: did you take away from it and what was it

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Speaker 7: like to go up against someone else?

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Speaker 8: Yeah, that was one of the biggest things, just getting

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Speaker 8: some other guys to go against and compete, get some

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Speaker 8: different looks out there compared to your offense. But those

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Speaker 8: are a talented group of guys. Obviously they're in the Super Bowl.

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Speaker 8: But just being able to go out there and compete

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Speaker 8: with those guys was fun.

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Speaker 7: All right, So what does it mean to have maybe

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Speaker 7: some new faces, let's put it that way, on the

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Speaker 7: defensive line. And how did those guys help you do

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Speaker 7: your job on the back end?

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Speaker 9: Oh Man, in a huge way.

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Speaker 8: Just guys like z Dalvin, just those big guys up

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Speaker 8: front being able to attack the ball and get that

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Speaker 8: ball out maybe a little bit quicker, and the Russian

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Speaker 8: coverage is going to help us out.

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Speaker 9: So looking forward to that.

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Speaker 7: What's it been like with Jim Schwartz here as your

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Speaker 7: new defensive coordinator?

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Speaker 8: Yeah, it's been fun happening him as a coordinator, The

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Speaker 8: scheme he's brought in, his fire he's bringing to the team,

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Speaker 8: and just his expectations he's expecting all of all of us.

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Speaker 7: All Right, you personally, what have you been trying to

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Speaker 7: work on here in this month leading up to the

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Speaker 7: regular season.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, just trying to be consistent, trying to be great,

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Speaker 8: going out there, helping the young guys, working my technique

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Speaker 8: and just going out there playing hard and trying to

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Speaker 8: get ready for the season.

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Speaker 7: After walkthrough today, you spent a lot of time with

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Speaker 7: b Lynch, and we love Brandon Lynch upstairs. And what

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Speaker 7: has he meant because I've seen you do it, I've

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Speaker 7: seen Greg Newsom do it. I've seen MJ do it

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Speaker 7: and a number of other AJ Green a lot of

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Speaker 7: guys working with him. You mentioned technique. Brandon Lynch seems

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Speaker 7: to be a guy that's really big on that technique

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Speaker 7: and he's always working with y'all.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, no question.

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Speaker 8: He works the details with us, and that's the biggest things,

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Speaker 8: Like we go out to the side and just work

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Speaker 8: the details things we may see in the next period

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Speaker 8: or practice. And he's a big hope. So he's one

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Speaker 8: of the reasons while we go out here and play.

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Speaker 7: All right, talking with Denzel A. Ward here, Pro Bowl

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Speaker 7: cornerback for your Cleveland Browns. Brown's getting ready to take

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Speaker 7: on the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday. As coach told you,

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Speaker 7: are you going to play it all this week? Are

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Speaker 7: we going to see twenty one out there on the

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Speaker 7: football field of Arrowhead?

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Speaker 8: Yeah, you'll probably see twenty one out there, yes, sir?

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Speaker 7: All right, how do you get ready to battle what's

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Speaker 7: probably going to be the hottest game you're going to

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Speaker 7: play this season? I mean, it's Arrowhead. It's not exactly

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Speaker 7: the league doing you any favors. Playing in the middle

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Speaker 7: of the day in August in Kansas City.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, it just got a hydrate going into the game.

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Speaker 9: I know what to expect. I think we'll be good.

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Speaker 7: You take a look at this defense as a whole,

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Speaker 7: there's a lot of leadership. You know, Dalvin's coming in,

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Speaker 7: he's joining you. You got a walk back. I think

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Speaker 7: that's a big deal. Cioni's back, jan Thornhill coming over

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Speaker 7: from Kansas City. There's a lot of guys that have

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Speaker 7: done a lot of things and how does that help

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Speaker 7: you know the rest of you guys, you know you're

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Speaker 7: a leader on this defense as well. What was it

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Speaker 7: like to to bring in some additional leadership.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, it's been good.

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Speaker 8: I mean you see that with communication out there on

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Speaker 8: the field, communication in a locker room, and just guys

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Speaker 8: getting on the same page. So the leadership is definitely

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Speaker 8: evident on this team and we're just trying to build

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Speaker 8: upon that.

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Speaker 7: What's it like to go up against DeShawn Watson in

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Speaker 7: this offense every day? And how's this going to prepare

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Speaker 7: you for the season. You talked about going up against

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Speaker 7: Phillies offense, and we know what they're capable of because

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Speaker 7: we saw it last year, But what's it been like

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Speaker 7: going up against this offense every day in practice.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, it's been good. It's been tough. Like I've said

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Speaker 8: a lot of times. As Shawn, he's an elite quarterback,

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Speaker 8: he's his accuracy is great. He puts the ball on

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Speaker 8: the money. So it really forces us to be in

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Speaker 8: perfect positions and make a play on the ball. But

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Speaker 8: we're making each other better though being out here.

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Speaker 7: And you mentioned making each other better. It's going up

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Speaker 7: You know, you're going against DeShawn Watson, but you're going

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Speaker 7: up against a great wide receiver corps And what's it

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Speaker 7: been like going up against Elijah Moore and Amari every

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Speaker 7: day in practice DPJ and you know the rest of

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Speaker 7: that crew.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, the league group of receivers, I said, I think

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Speaker 8: those guys are getting as ready for the season. I

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Speaker 8: feel we're getting them ready as well. Just the competitive

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Speaker 8: nature we got when we come out here, just going

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Speaker 8: at it every day.

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Speaker 7: All right, as you get ready for Kansas City, then

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Speaker 7: you're gonna get maybe a few days like downtime. And

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Speaker 7: how important is that for you guys, giving everything that's

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Speaker 7: gone on here in the past month, Just getting a

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Speaker 7: few days to decompress and then do it for real.

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Speaker 7: A couple weeks later again Cincinnati.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, I think that'd be the biggest thing.

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Speaker 8: Just decompress, time to get your bodies right and get

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Speaker 8: ready for the upcoming game and the season.

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Speaker 7: Most fun thing you did this summer, Oh.

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Speaker 8: I say, probably went on vacation, went on vacation, got away,

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Speaker 8: went on a beat, couple of beaches and just hung out.

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Speaker 7: All right, anywhere specific that you can give any advice

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Speaker 7: to go to.

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Speaker 9: Oh yeah, let's say.

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Speaker 8: I'll say, I don't know, somewhere tropical. Go somewhere tropical.

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Speaker 7: Okay, All inclusive?

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Speaker 9: Oh yeah, I gotta be gotta be.

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Speaker 7: All I'm telling you that that is the only way

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Speaker 7: to go all inclusive. Indeed, I appreciate the time. Wish

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Speaker 7: you all the best of luck this year and good

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Speaker 7: luck on Saturday.

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Speaker 9: Thank you, appreciate it.

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Speaker 4: All right, it's Jason Gibbs with Denzel Award. Good job, Gibbey.

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Speaker 4: We appreciate you taking the time to get that interview

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Speaker 4: and draw. It sounds like we're gonna see Denzel Ward

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Speaker 4: against Patrick Mahomes. How helpful is that for a guy

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Speaker 4: like Denzel and for this secondary to get work in

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Speaker 4: the joint practice against Jalen Hurts AJ Brown, Devonte Smith

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Speaker 4: and then go and get work against Patrick Mahomes and

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Speaker 4: the Chiefs passing attack.

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Speaker 5: You couldn't ask for a better scenario. You're going to

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Speaker 5: get the Super Bowl representatives. When you have those guys

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Speaker 5: in the building, it forces you want to step up.

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Speaker 5: But at the end of the day, it's a measuring

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Speaker 5: stick for you where you stand as a player and

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Speaker 5: as a football team. And when you have the chance

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Speaker 5: to go against the best of the business, you're either

860
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Speaker 5: gonna determine that you belong or you don't. And you

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Speaker 5: hope from the experience you find yourself saying I do

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Speaker 5: belong in this stage and that we can do certain

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Speaker 5: things as a team and me as an individual to

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Speaker 5: help us get there and stay there. So we could

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Speaker 5: not have asked for a better setup to go against

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Speaker 5: Philly one week and then follow out with casey in

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Speaker 5: which they're gonna also allow their starters to participate. Could

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Speaker 5: not ask for a better scenario. And the hope is

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Speaker 5: that we do well. Because if we do well, guess

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Speaker 5: what you're gonna sit back and say, as a player

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Speaker 5: and as a coaching staff, you're gonna sit back and

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Speaker 5: talk about, Hey, we got a chance here and when

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Speaker 5: you start breeding confidence that bad boy can build and

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Speaker 5: if you start putting into work even more so. So

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Speaker 5: it's a great opportunity to go against Casey. Most people

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Speaker 5: are like, ah, man, you don't want that tough of

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Speaker 5: a look. I tell people all the time. You want

878
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Speaker 5: the most extraneous looks that you can possibly get to

879
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Speaker 5: see where you truly are. Never want to be in

880
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Speaker 5: a situation where you feel like you got it done

881
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Speaker 5: the easy way. Go against the best, because from that

882
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Speaker 5: you can determine where you stand. Because football is ultimately

883
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Speaker 5: going to exact it from you. Where you are, you

884
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Speaker 5: can't hide. It will eventually show you who you truly are.

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Speaker 4: It's the ultimate meritocracy, as they say. And yeah, the

886
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Speaker 4: Browns will get some good work against the Kansas City

887
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Speaker 4: Chiefs again. The Stars to play about twenty to twenty

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Speaker 4: five snaps. So I want to take ask you a

889
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Speaker 4: couple of things about the Denzel Wards and there said

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Speaker 4: number one, he loves this scheme. And if you're a

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Speaker 4: corner who can cover and man, you'll make them calling man.

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Speaker 4: How important is that to have?

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Speaker 3: You know?

894
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Speaker 4: The players buy into the scheme because they're pros. You're

895
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Speaker 4: gonna you're gonna do it, and there are only so

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Speaker 4: many coverages, you know, things like that. But when you

897
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Speaker 4: hear him say he loves the aggressive scheme and he

898
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Speaker 4: loves the fire that Jim Schwartz has brought me. Accountability,

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Speaker 4: I thought that was a big word as well. What

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Speaker 4: does that all say to you?

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Speaker 5: Oh, that's extremely important, especially to have buy in from

902
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Speaker 5: Denzel war because he's he's gone into Pro Bowl, he

903
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Speaker 5: has elite level skills and he could have totally been

904
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Speaker 5: in the mindset of and this is just to puts

905
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Speaker 5: you behind a curtain where some guy's like, you know what,

906
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Speaker 5: don't expose me, put me in zone concepts. Let me

907
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Speaker 5: play cover two, let me play cover three and cover four.

908
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Speaker 5: Don't put me in man oh man, no safety help

909
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Speaker 5: in the middle. I don't want that smoke. I want

910
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Speaker 5: to rest off my laurels. But he's not saying that

911
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Speaker 5: because it's a known fact that Jim is going to

912
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Speaker 5: bring the house and that's gonna require man to man coverage.

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Speaker 5: So the fact that Denzel's embracing that, because the thing

914
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Speaker 5: that people don't realize is that zone coverage is a

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Speaker 5: break really for the most part, when you're a dB

916
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Speaker 5: especially a quarterback. But when you're a man and man

917
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Speaker 5: you have to follow a dude completely around the football

918
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Speaker 5: field for the entirety of a play.

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Speaker 3: That's some next level stuff.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and we got some of the best, and you

921
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Speaker 4: think about mj Emerson, Denzel Ward, Greg Newsome. That's one

922
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Speaker 4: of the reasons why you can run that kind of

923
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Speaker 4: a scheme and Jim Schwartz ready to unleash that. I

924
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Speaker 4: think as soon as we get ready for the Cincinnati

925
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Speaker 4: Bengals on September the tenth. When we come back, we

926
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Speaker 4: will go around the league. Plus a little stock up

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Speaker 4: step up. It's the Kevin Stefanski Show on the University

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Speaker 4: Hospitals Cleveland Browns Radio Network.

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Speaker 1: I feel like I have people in the building that

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Speaker 1: can tell me the truth, and I think that's really

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Speaker 2: This is the Coach Kevin Stefanski Show. You're listening to

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Speaker 2: the University Hospitals Cleveland Brown's Radio Network. Here are your hosts,

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Speaker 2: Nathan Segura and youer Rod Cherry.

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Speaker 3: Sweepstake ends August thirtieth.

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Speaker 4: Nathan's Gerra Gerrod Charriots, the Kevin Stefanski Show on the

944
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Speaker 4: University Hospitals Cleveland Browns Radio Network and GIROD. We're gonna

945
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Speaker 4: go around the league now. We'll start in Indianapolis, where

946
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Speaker 4: things have reached an impass with running back Jonathan Taylor

947
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Speaker 4: and the Indianapolis Colts, and the team has said he

948
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Speaker 4: can seek a trade, but the team is looking for

949
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Speaker 4: a first round pick back for Jonathan Taylor, which to

950
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Speaker 4: me makes feel like he won't be traded. But in

951
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Speaker 4: your mind, what teams would be interested and do you

952
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Speaker 4: think anybody will actually give that up and then also

953
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Speaker 4: pay Jonathan Taylor at a time where it feels like

954
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Speaker 4: that's not how it works for the running backs.

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Speaker 5: Well, the only team that makes sense because they lack

956
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Speaker 5: running back depth.

957
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Speaker 3: For me, it will be the Buffalo Bills.

958
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Speaker 5: But at the same time, I don't see this happening

959
00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:50,280
Speaker 5: because they pretty much put him in a paradoxical situation.

960
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Speaker 5: On one hand, you tell me I'm not worth this,

961
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Speaker 5: but you want me to go back and bring first

962
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Speaker 5: round draft picks for allegedly not being worth X amount

963
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Speaker 5: of dollars. So I don't see how that equation adds up, Nathan.

964
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Speaker 5: But the really only team that makes losses to me

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Speaker 5: to where you'll be like, yeah, that's the move that

966
00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:08,120
Speaker 5: you need to make to just give some relief to

967
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Speaker 5: Josh Allen would be the Buffalo Bills.

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Speaker 4: And it's interesting because you look at the Bills, right,

969
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Speaker 4: They've got a second round pick in James Cook, who

970
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Speaker 4: they liked very much. Last year, Dalvin's brother averaged over

971
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Speaker 4: five yards of carry. They brought in Damien Harris, who

972
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Speaker 4: is a very competent goal lineback and was for the

973
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Speaker 4: your New England Patriots. So it would be I understand

974
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Speaker 4: that none of there combined, not on Jonathan Taylor's level,

975
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:32,919
Speaker 4: but you'd have to give up a first round pick

976
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Speaker 4: and then you'd have to pay him a ton of

977
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Speaker 4: money to sign.

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Speaker 3: They're not doing that, So I just I don't see it.

979
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Speaker 4: For him, and I feel badly for the way running

980
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Speaker 4: backs are. Yes, team's value running backs, and I understand

981
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Speaker 4: why the cult are saying, we want a top pickback.

982
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Speaker 4: But here's the thing. You can't have it both ways.

983
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Speaker 4: You can't say you're not willing to pay running backs

984
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Speaker 4: and then also demand first round picks back for running backs.

985
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Speaker 4: So like, if you said, all right, well we'll take

986
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Speaker 4: a third for him, and if if you want to

987
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Speaker 4: pay them, you pay him, that's fine, then maybe you

988
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Speaker 4: have a chance of getting a deal done. But if

989
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Speaker 4: you're holding for a first round pick, especially because Christian McCaffrey,

990
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Speaker 4: that trade that happened will probably be the last of

991
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Speaker 4: its kind in my opinion, because he's a very unique player.

992
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Speaker 4: He's not just a runner, he's a receiver. Like he

993
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Speaker 4: does it all right. It's a strange situation, right.

994
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Speaker 5: And on top of that, he's in a spot to

995
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:18,120
Speaker 5: where the Niners are trying to win right now and

996
00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:20,719
Speaker 5: that mixing at it him does just that. So it

997
00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:22,680
Speaker 5: makes all the sense not to say anytime you bring

998
00:40:22,719 --> 00:40:25,359
Speaker 5: someone in, the mentality and objective is to win right now.

999
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Speaker 3: But you're exactly right.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, all right, let's go to the NFC South Baker

1001
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Speaker 4: Mayfield named the starting quarterback for the Buccaneers. You know,

1002
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Speaker 4: we've seen him now, he's on his fourth team, led

1003
00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:37,480
Speaker 4: the Browns to the playoffs in twenty twenty. Is this

1004
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Speaker 4: his last chance to prove that he can be a

1005
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Speaker 4: starter in the league.

1006
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Speaker 6: Drug.

1007
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Speaker 5: I think he'll always have opportunity because one's first pick

1008
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Speaker 5: in the draft, so that's always gonna give him some

1009
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Speaker 5: weight and opportunities. And there's always gonna be some desperate

1010
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Speaker 5: football teams that want to send somebody out there who's competent,

1011
00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:57,080
Speaker 5: and he certainly is that. And you feel for him

1012
00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:59,280
Speaker 5: because you think about the stuff he's gone through recent

1013
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:03,360
Speaker 5: news and what he's terrible financially. That's horrible to have

1014
00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:06,520
Speaker 5: that happened to you. So you wish him success in Tampa.

1015
00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:08,400
Speaker 5: But no, I don't think this would be his last opportunity,

1016
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Speaker 5: and I hope he makes the most of his opportunity

1017
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Speaker 5: in Tampa.

1018
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Speaker 4: They've got some talent, Mike Evans, Chris Godwin. I mean,

1019
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:17,920
Speaker 4: there's there are some studs there and it's a wide

1020
00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:20,200
Speaker 4: open NFC South, it feels like, so maybe Baker has

1021
00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:22,200
Speaker 4: a chance to really kind of resurrect his career and

1022
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Speaker 4: get it going after you know, time with Cleveland the

1023
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Speaker 4: Panthers and last year late with the La Rams, Jackson,

1024
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:30,839
Speaker 4: Smith and Jigba underwent risk surgery could miss the start

1025
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Speaker 4: of the season. Seahawks have He's a luxury for them.

1026
00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:35,120
Speaker 4: They have DK, Metcalf and Locket. When they get all three,

1027
00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:38,279
Speaker 4: that team is definitely going to be flying. Fans the

1028
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Speaker 4: Browns leader help picking the field design for the twenty

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Speaker 4: twenty three season. All fans are encouraged to vote to

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Speaker 4: decide what design and logos will be featured at midfield

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Speaker 4: at Cleveland brown Stadium. Visit Cleveland Browns dot com slash

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Speaker 4: field vote to cast your vote today. When we come back,

1033
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:54,600
Speaker 4: stop up, steck, stock up, step up. As we wrap

1034
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Speaker 4: it up here on the Kevin Stefanski Show on the

1035
00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:59,320
Speaker 4: University Hospitals Cleveland Browns Radio Network.

1036
00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:02,520
Speaker 6: Trying to make the right decision for each of our players.

1037
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Speaker 2: This is the Coach Kevin Stefanski Show. You're listening to

1038
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:09,240
Speaker 2: the University Hospitals Cleveland Brown's Radio Network.

1039
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Speaker 4: Browns Fans Avocados from Peru will be at seven hills

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Speaker 4: Cleveland Browns Facebook page. Nathan Scurrig, Rod Cherry wrapping it

1046
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Speaker 4: up here on the Kevin Stefanski Show and Gerrod Time

1047
00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:37,560
Speaker 4: for stock up, Step Up. Let's start with stockup. Whose

1048
00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:40,240
Speaker 4: stock is up for you? Headed into this game against

1049
00:42:40,239 --> 00:42:41,240
Speaker 4: the Kansas City Chiefs.

1050
00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:44,880
Speaker 5: Duwan Jones might find himself in a situation where it

1051
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:46,800
Speaker 5: was a question where or not he'd make this team

1052
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:50,480
Speaker 5: based upon what we saw in rookie midi camp to

1053
00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:53,680
Speaker 5: where he may elevate himself with continuing play at a

1054
00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:56,480
Speaker 5: high level to where he might be our swing sixth

1055
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Speaker 5: lining in particular right or left tackles.

1056
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Speaker 3: So his stock is certainly.

1057
00:43:00,560 --> 00:43:02,400
Speaker 5: Up because he's getting reps with the Ones and you

1058
00:43:02,480 --> 00:43:03,480
Speaker 5: have to be impressed with that.

1059
00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:05,759
Speaker 4: Yeah, stock up for me. I'll be a couple of

1060
00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:08,439
Speaker 4: the young guys, My mood dea body on the defensive side,

1061
00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:10,759
Speaker 4: Ronnie Hickman as well. They continue to show up those

1062
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:13,279
Speaker 4: two undrafted free agents every single week, and of course

1063
00:43:13,320 --> 00:43:16,239
Speaker 4: Austin watkinstock is up. I just don't know where it

1064
00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:18,200
Speaker 4: leads for him. I hope to great things on the

1065
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Speaker 4: Cleveland Browns fifty three. All right, who needs to step up?

1066
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Speaker 3: For you, Girard?

1067
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Speaker 5: For me outside, Nick Chubb is the running back room,

1068
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Speaker 5: and what I mean by that is do everything in

1069
00:43:28,640 --> 00:43:30,640
Speaker 5: your power if you're in that room to let them

1070
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Speaker 5: know that, hey, we have the guys in house. We

1071
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:35,560
Speaker 5: don't need to search elsewhere. We can get the job done.

1072
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Speaker 5: So that's what you need to do is step up,

1073
00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:39,360
Speaker 5: because if you do that, you'll find yourself on a

1074
00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:41,759
Speaker 5: very good roster and a chance to play some really

1075
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:42,440
Speaker 5: good football.

1076
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Speaker 4: Jordan Wilkins has kind of caught my eye. He's got

1077
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Speaker 4: over a thousand yards in his career. Five yards of carry,

1078
00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:50,279
Speaker 4: looked good in limited action last week. I'm excited to

1079
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Speaker 4: see him more. And if Nick Chubb doesn't play, you know,

1080
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Speaker 4: there's gonna be some first team reps out there, and

1081
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Speaker 4: I want to see if Wilkins can take advantage of that.

1082
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Speaker 4: For me, step up a simple Gerard's Kaye York. It's

1083
00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:01,719
Speaker 4: getting a lunch time. We need to see Kate York

1084
00:44:01,719 --> 00:44:03,160
Speaker 4: put the ball through the upright, So we need to

1085
00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:05,279
Speaker 4: have a lot of confidence, of belief that that's what

1086
00:44:05,320 --> 00:44:08,360
Speaker 4: he's gonna do when we take on the Cincinnati Bengals.

1087
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Speaker 5: No doubt about it. You have to step up because

1088
00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:11,359
Speaker 5: his games are way too close, not.

1089
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Speaker 3: Too all right. That'll do it for us.

1090
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Speaker 4: For Meredith kine girod Cherry, I'm Nathan Segura saying thank

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