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Speaker 1: What are you thinking like pineapple, watermelon, and then this

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Speaker 1: You know, it's funny, it seems like every year in

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Speaker 1: I was just talking about the twenty seventeen Houston game

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Speaker 1: for some of you guys that remember how hot that

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Speaker 1: game was. So you know, it's great to get out there,

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Speaker 1: have to think when you're hot, tired, you know all

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Speaker 1: the things that make football great. One of the things

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Speaker 1: that Max said in May was you wanted to go

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Speaker 1: this building. Begin How have you seen that manifest itself

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Speaker 1: over the last year. I mean, look, I think that's

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Speaker 1: something important. You got to do every year, right, no

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Speaker 1: matter who you are. You know, when the respect to

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Speaker 1: And you do that by constantly showing up every day,

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Speaker 1: being dependable, working hard. You know, that's how you earn

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Speaker 1: You earn the respect and you know something that Matthew

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Speaker 1: Slater has to do every year. I have to do

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Speaker 1: every year. Whoever, you have to do that every year.

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Speaker 1: And you got to have that competitive drive in you.

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Speaker 1: What does one be for you now? Nine years in

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Speaker 1: your career, blessing man? You know, never, you know, I

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Speaker 1: didn't think I would be here in nine years, you know,

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Speaker 1: So you know, I think it's a great opportunity. You know,

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Speaker 1: you get to open up at home. Always great, you

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Speaker 1: so super competitive, you know, those things you love about,

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Speaker 1: you know, the opening weekend of NFL football. No was

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Speaker 1: saying earlier this morning that the Eagles have the best

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Speaker 1: A lot of guys drafted in the first round, a

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Speaker 1: You know, and a lot of guys that you know,

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Speaker 1: good mix of guys who have done it for a

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Speaker 1: playing from behind obviously that's playing into their strength. Talking

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Speaker 1: about Mac before as well, but just for there, just

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Speaker 1: off season March. That's the CBA is April now a right, No,

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Speaker 1: he look, he's done a great job. He's super competitive,

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Speaker 1: he loves loves football, you know, and like all of us,

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Speaker 1: we had a big challenge this year, right you know,

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Speaker 1: And I think there's a challenge every year to be

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Speaker 1: so be stepping out and feel Yeah, it's a huge blessing.

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Speaker 1: teammates coming back, Tom Brady, what's it going to be

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Speaker 1: like seeing him around here after a couple of years

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Speaker 1: how he treated me. I mean, you go on and

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Speaker 1: to see him. When he was here, you guys were championship.

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Speaker 1: You know. O would me as someone who's been here

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Speaker 1: the rest is a crash landing, right. I mean there's

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