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Speaker 1: Welcome in too. From the podium, I'm Jason Gibbs from

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Speaker 1: the Cross Country Mortgage Campus here in Barrea, Ohio. The

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Speaker 1: Browns practiced on Monday as they began preparations for the

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Speaker 1: Bengals in week one of the twenty twenty three NFL season.

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Speaker 1: A short practice on a hot day at the Cross

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Speaker 1: Country Mortgage Campus. The podium not too many guys only.

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Speaker 1: Head coach Kevin Stefanski and two players spoke after practice.

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Speaker 1: They were good ones, Zoe and worth a good listen today.

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Speaker 1: Coach Stefanski, the first of the podium, gave a quick

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Speaker 1: preview of how the team is preparing for Cincinnati.

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Speaker 2: Getting any update on Denzel.

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Speaker 3: No takeing down going through the procol did see Duskin

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Speaker 3: out there?

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Speaker 4: You'll see you practice.

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Speaker 2: Not here today, help here tomorrow.

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Speaker 4: We're going to a week and.

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Speaker 5: You don't have your corner when you're going up against

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Speaker 5: Joe burrowar Chase to Tyler.

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Speaker 3: What does it do to your preparation? Well, I mean,

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Speaker 3: i'd say Denzel's in the protocol, so we've got to

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Speaker 3: work through that to see how it goes. We know

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Speaker 3: what type of challenges is. It's a huge challenge they're

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Speaker 3: really good coaches. We know what you're getting.

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Speaker 2: Into, Kevin.

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Speaker 6: When you play a team like this that you know

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Speaker 6: so well, and there hasn't.

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Speaker 2: Been a ton of turnover, but what is that week

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Speaker 2: of preparation like?

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Speaker 3: It's pretty unique, and I'm sure it's unique for them

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Speaker 3: as well on that side. Just there's so much tape

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Speaker 3: to watch of your scheme versus their scheme, and they've

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Speaker 3: obviously evolved over time just like we have. I'm speaking

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Speaker 3: our offense and their defense. But there's certainly a lot

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Speaker 3: of tape to look at and a lot of different situations.

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Speaker 3: I mean, third down and red zone and two minutes,

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Speaker 3: you name it. We've kind of been in all those

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Speaker 2: When did you, like start Cincinnati? Has it been sprinkled

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Speaker 2: in for months?

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Speaker 3: I think every team honestly, it's when that schedule comes

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Speaker 3: so you start thinking about it now. You also want

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Speaker 3: to you know, if you believe in your pros says,

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Speaker 3: you don't want to get too far ahead. Uh So

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Speaker 3: we've tried to pump the brakes a little bit and

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Speaker 3: not give the players a game plan too early.

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Speaker 4: Uh.

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Speaker 3: So it's it's you gotta fight that urge back in

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Speaker 3: April to start game planning because you don't know yet

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Speaker 3: what you're good at. I think what you're good at

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Speaker 3: as a team evolves throughout the season as well. So

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Speaker 3: you try to go in with a plan that the

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Speaker 3: update and and change some of the nuance and and

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Speaker 3: pivot based on what you're getting from other.

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Speaker 4: Teams with the changes.

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Speaker 3: You have a cornerback claiming the one what would be

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Speaker 3: your third cornerback. We have a bunch of guys that

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Speaker 3: have options or we have options there with a bunch

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Speaker 2: So we'll work through that this week.

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Speaker 3: Diffness standing in.

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Speaker 4: A sick No, you'll be here tomorrow.

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Speaker 7: Tevin Wells always looks like he's in a good places

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Speaker 7: just then you've been around in your except the detective

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Speaker 7: difference this year, it just seems to be from the

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I mean, you know, I talk to him and all

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Speaker 3: that every year you're getting a little bit better at

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Speaker 3: gives you some good perspective in that way. So yeah,

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Speaker 3: I think I put Miles in that category of somebody

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Speaker 2: How much you think you have the guys at Z,

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Speaker 2: Dalvin and Obo might be able to free.

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Speaker 3: Up well, yeah, you know something we talked about when

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Speaker 3: we added Z, when we added Obo, uh y, you

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Speaker 3: know when we added Dalviny the more guys you can

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Speaker 3: Ultimately you'd love to create one on ones for everybody

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Speaker 3: uh at at times. But you know that Miles gets

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Speaker 4: Do they wanna slide the miles?

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Speaker 3: Do they want to play a tight end over there?

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Speaker 2: Do you wanna put a running.

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Speaker 3: Do you wanna uh you know, do you wanna max protect?

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Speaker 3: Those are all things that each week teams UH think

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Speaker 3: Rodneys group football player. He's He's has a lot of

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Speaker 3: has a heavy way about how he plays. I can't

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Speaker 3: tell you how many times he's calling out routes before

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Speaker 3: So I think his one of his strong suits is

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Speaker 3: uh But when looking at the office, we'll see those

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Speaker 3: are all things I think this week you work through

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Speaker 3: and you have a plan going into game one of

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Speaker 3: So those are all things that we're talking through.

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Speaker 8: Cincinnati his Cincinnati has obviously added to Orlando Brown the

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Speaker 8: left tackles wide. You know, Flip, how much have you

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Speaker 8: had a chance to see that line on you know

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Speaker 8: in the preseason, you know, and what how much of

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Speaker 3: Well, we've played against both those guys, so we know

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Speaker 3: those guys obviously moving to Joan over there to the

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Speaker 3: for us, and those are good football players. It means

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Speaker 3: they added good football players, which is no surprise. They

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Speaker 3: definitely bolstered what they're doing, So we have to be

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Speaker 6: A tendency pieces against the batle Just what that said

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Speaker 6: about he especially a year in the second.

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Speaker 3: Years speaking, Yeah, Donovan's you know a guy that has

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Speaker 3: made big plays period, whether it's versus the Bengals or

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Speaker 3: the quarterbacks really trust know where he's going to be,

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Speaker 3: very friendly target to throw the ball to.

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Speaker 1: Wide receiver. Donovan People's Jones was next. He talked about

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Speaker 1: how he's built a trust with Deshaun Watson and how

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Speaker 1: the offense is preparing to face a new look Cincinnati

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Speaker 4: Your mindset now that where one is here, it's uh

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Speaker 9: You know, ready to have a great week this week

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Speaker 9: with my teammates, get everything down in and get ready

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Speaker 10: Last season, you really showed your ability to make those

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Speaker 9: Uh.

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Speaker 10: What have you worked on, uh coming into this season

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Speaker 10: to elevate your game.

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Speaker 9: Either for really just trying to get better in every

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Speaker 9: single way, whether that's at the catch point, whether that's

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Speaker 9: my knowledge of the game, knowledge of defenses, situa, situation

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Speaker 8: A lot of men.

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Speaker 6: What having more keys back and what what.

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Speaker 4: Does that mean?

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Speaker 9: Uh? It means a lot. Uh My keys is dope

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Speaker 9: brings great energy. You know, either a savvy vat's got

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Speaker 9: a lot of experience. Uh.

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Speaker 4: Just a great dude.

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Speaker 6: And that I mean like we're were you surprised to

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Speaker 6: obviously happy to have him back.

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Speaker 4: I mean, definitely happy to have him back. Definitely have

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Speaker 4: It's great for the group, it's great for everybody. Just

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Speaker 2: Come down for a minute.

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Speaker 4: He's act.

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Speaker 10: He's so excitable when you're out there, him in the

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Speaker 4: He got He's got a lot of good energy.

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Speaker 8: Sinc it ain't lost most of their safeties and I

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Speaker 8: would see Jesse was a a big time player for him.

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Speaker 8: How different are they in the back the back end

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Speaker 4: Uh on the film.

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Speaker 9: Uh, it's a different group definitely, But you know we're

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Speaker 9: gonna focus on doing what we gotta do. You know,

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Speaker 9: we'll study them, study their tennessees and do what we

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Speaker 5: I know we asked you about the Shawn way after

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Speaker 5: the Green Bris that if you's as you spent before

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Speaker 2: You cant to different.

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Speaker 10: How have you seen him progress and.

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Speaker 9: How a long about in the princete you just continuing

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Speaker 9: to get better, continue to be the leader of the team,

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Speaker 9: and just every day he's out here encouraging the guys,

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Speaker 4: We see his efforts, so it elevates the team.

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Speaker 6: It's to know throughout your career you've made a lot

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Speaker 6: of big plays against the thing's I guess how much

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Speaker 6: do you look forward to this rivalry?

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Speaker 2: He matched up?

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Speaker 4: How mean sc I did to play in the NFL

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Speaker 9: I Yet there's definitely a special one, you know going

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Speaker 9: in the week one first Cincinnati.

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Speaker 10: How much is a fast start bit stress given it

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Speaker 10: you play all three your rivals in the first full.

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Speaker 9: Reason, Definitely, we're definitely looking forward to having a fast start,

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Speaker 9: giving up putting our best foot forward.

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Speaker 11: Watch him, watch him as any kid and he's like

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Speaker 11: looking forward to all the offense.

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Speaker 4: Finally going in for the real games.

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Speaker 11: How that this and always what can you just press

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Speaker 11: a button and execute all those plays that we haven't

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Speaker 11: seen at the moments another one?

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Speaker 9: It It takes work, it's gonna take patience, it's gonna

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Speaker 9: take effort, discipline, and that's things that we're working on

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Speaker 9: this week and every week.

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Speaker 2: Are you excited us about the stuff that we haven't seen?

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Speaker 4: Absolutely? Absolutely?

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Speaker 6: Tell of them.

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Speaker 5: Have you had to sort of learn how to adjust

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Speaker 5: it all through the style of a fall that DeShawn

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Speaker 5: kind of staying work, vision and those good things in himself.

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Speaker 5: How do you feel like you've come along that way?

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Speaker 9: Yeah, He's very dynamic, can make a lot of different

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Speaker 9: plays on the field. So us as receivers, you know,

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Speaker 9: our job is to get open for him and match

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Speaker 9: his skill set.

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Speaker 8: You seem to develop it last year was one of

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Speaker 8: the guys that really seemed to connect with him when

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Speaker 8: he got back on the field. Where do you, uh,

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Speaker 8: when did you attribute kind of attribute that to that

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Speaker 9: Just continuing to work, continuing to make plays in practice,

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Speaker 9: his trust in me, my trusting him, him trusted me

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Speaker 10: What is made Joe so good young?

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Speaker 10: We just talked to Kevin and he said that you

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Speaker 10: You guys have to play your all pre division accordance

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Speaker 4: You're running out.

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Speaker 7: You've been teammates with Miles Garrett for a few months

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Speaker 1: Having played for him help you to help these younger

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Speaker 8: What are those three receivers trying to compliment to each other?

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