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Speaker 4: Good evening, everybody, and welcome to the Kevin Stefanski Show

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Speaker 4: hear my exclusive one on one interview with Marquise Goodwin

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Speaker 4: and we are so happy he is back with the

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Speaker 4: Cleveland Browns. But Gerard, let's start with this the fifty

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Speaker 5: Well, the initial thought is this is a good roster,

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Speaker 6: Know what we got up for a real ball club.

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Speaker 7: You're exactly right about that.

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Speaker 4: The Browns again will stress initial fifty three, and I'll

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

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

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Speaker 4: head coach of your Cleveland Browns, Kevin Stefanski, and coach

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Speaker 4: obviously Today the day that you trim the roster down

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Speaker 4: about earlier today in your press conference. You'll be bringing

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Speaker 4: in a third quarterback, likely on the practice squad. There

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Speaker 4: three running backs and one of them just got here today.

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Speaker 4: Your first look at Pierre Strong acquired from New England.

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Speaker 7: What did you like about him?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know when he was becoming available and through

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Speaker 1: the draft process getting to know him. He's a good

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Speaker 1: size back, has legit speed, can catch the ball out

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Speaker 1: of the backfield, has had some really good moments in season,

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Speaker 1: and then special teams. He provides special teams value, which

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Speaker 1: you're always looking for in some of your backups. So

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Speaker 1: the third runner to be able to provide special teams

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Speaker 1: value is a big deal.

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Speaker 4: Wide receive room. You get Marquise Goodwin back. I mean,

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Speaker 4: I can't I love the guy. I have only got

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Speaker 4: to know him out here and just watching him be

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Speaker 4: everywhere with this team so invested and to get that

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Speaker 4: good news in that green light awesome for him, and

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Speaker 4: I think also awesome for us.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I also love the guy. He's just and I

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Speaker 1: say that he is a great person. His family's unbelievable

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Speaker 1: when he came in on his visit, got to visit

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Speaker 1: with his wife and his kids. I mean, just an

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Speaker 1: amazing person. Just he's wired the right way. So to

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Speaker 1: see him go through what he went through, which is

462
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Speaker 1: not easy, the mental stress that that plays on you

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Speaker 1: when you're not sure if you're gonna be able to

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Speaker 1: play again, and then to get the news that he

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Speaker 1: can come back, and watching him work at it, I

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Speaker 1: can't stress to you how rare it is to have

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Speaker 1: a guy who's not playing be as invested as he

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Speaker 1: was throughout this entire process. I just think about every meeting,

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Speaker 1: every walkthrough, every practice, the guy is like he's practicing,

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Speaker 1: like he's locked in, like he's going to get the

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Speaker 1: next rep cheering on his teammates. That that is not usual',

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Speaker 1: that's very, very very rare. So he's a that we're

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Speaker 1: all rooting for just because of the work that he's put.

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Speaker 7: In and you said earlier week one is possible.

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Speaker 1: It is, Yeah, it's possible. I think we got to

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Speaker 1: always make the right decision with each player and take

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Speaker 1: everything that we know into account when we make those decisions.

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Speaker 1: But yes, it's possible. All right.

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Speaker 4: Nine offensive linemen on the surface, not unusual. Two guards

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Speaker 4: and traditional guard sense, and I think you probably think

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Speaker 4: there's some versatility with guys like even posting Nick Harrison,

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Speaker 4: perhaps Luke Whippler even But is that room settled as

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Speaker 4: you see it or will that be something to watch

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Speaker 4: in the next couple of days.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Honestly, the whole roster is always something to watch.

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Speaker 1: When you talk about the fifty three, it's never the

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Speaker 1: final fifty three on this Tuesday. So yeah, it's definitely

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Speaker 1: something to watch. And that's why versatility and the ability

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Speaker 1: to play different positions is important that you mentioned, Luke,

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Speaker 1: we've worked the men in different spots. We've worked really

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Speaker 1: a lot of our guys into spots that are not

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Speaker 1: their natural position that they've played a lot in. But

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Speaker 1: in the NFL, when you want to keep the right guys,

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Speaker 1: you got to be able to pivot and let guys

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Speaker 1: play some positions maybe that they haven't played.

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Speaker 4: A ton of two guys on the defense who are

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Speaker 4: currently intered Jordan Kunashak Alex Right, So obviously we'll probably

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Speaker 4: see some change on that side of things. A lot

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Speaker 4: of emphasis clearly on special teams with Matt Adams, Mike

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Speaker 4: Ford and some of the linebackers that you kept there.

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Speaker 4: What do you think of kind of that group that

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Speaker 4: you have right now on defense? And obviously the ability

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Speaker 4: of young guys Ronnie Hickman and Mamood to your body

504
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Speaker 4: to go out and make this football team.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, excited about some of these young guys. And they've worked,

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Speaker 1: They've just put in the work. They earned it. I

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Speaker 1: told the team after practice they should be very very

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Speaker 1: proud to make a fifty three in the NFL. It's

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Speaker 1: not easy. It's hard. So for a young guy undrafted

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Speaker 1: to make a football team, they've done something right. And

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Speaker 1: I think you go back to Ronnie and Mamo just

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Speaker 1: plays that they made in these games. Their ability to

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Speaker 1: play special teams is huge. I tell these rookies when

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Speaker 1: they show up on campus, they better get to know

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Speaker 1: Bubba Ventron, get his number, find out what his favorite

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Speaker 1: movie is. I mean, what's his favorite color. He should

517
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Speaker 1: be spending as much time with Bubba as you can

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Speaker 1: because that is a pathway to this roster, and I

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Speaker 1: think both those guys put a lot of work in

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Speaker 1: in that area as well.

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Speaker 4: All Right, speaking of special teams, I thought, maybe we

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Speaker 4: know what was going to happen to Kicker. If the

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Speaker 4: decision has been made, you trade for Dustin Hopkins. Kate

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Speaker 4: unfortunately released and maybe hopefully he'll be back here. But

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Speaker 4: what was it about Dustin Hopkins that you guys liked?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think you know, credit to Andrew and the

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Speaker 1: staff and looking at guys that may be become available,

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Speaker 1: and as you know, in this time of year, you're

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Speaker 1: looking at guys that may be cut, guys that you

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Speaker 1: may have to go trade for. We felt Dustin was

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Speaker 1: the best available guy, and I think the ability to

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Speaker 1: go land him like we did. He's a veteran, a

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Speaker 1: guy that's played big kicked in big games. Excited Adham

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Speaker 1: to the roster.

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Speaker 4: The tragedy of Kansas City jakeem Grant first play just

536
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Speaker 4: gut wrenching, knowing what he's the work he's put in

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Speaker 4: to get back out there is very first play he's

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Speaker 4: out for the season, and one can he just share

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Speaker 4: anything how he's doing emotionally mentally, because obviously it's got

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Speaker 4: to be so tough. And then on the other side,

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Speaker 4: what does that mean for the return game?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, and you know, to you talk about the

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Speaker 1: players that the amount of work that goes into this,

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Speaker 1: and then you'd think about guys that are coming off

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Speaker 1: of injury and Jaquem I'm telling you, the kid has

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Speaker 1: lived in this building and in the training room, in

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Speaker 1: the weight room to get ready for this opportunity. So

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Speaker 1: your heart just aches for him. He puts so much

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Speaker 1: into it and for it to happen how it did

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Speaker 1: on the first play, it's just so so unfortunate. Having

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Speaker 1: said that, he has the right makeup. He is so

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Speaker 1: so strong in how he's come back from injury before,

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Speaker 1: and I've told him this, and I told him this

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Speaker 1: after the game, and it's a true testament to his

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Speaker 1: teammates about how mentally tough he is. So feel horrible

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Speaker 1: for him, but I also know what he's made of

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Speaker 1: and I know he'll bounce back. What it means for

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Speaker 1: a return game, we'll work through it. Obviously, Jerome Ford

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Speaker 1: is a guy that has returned for us previously. We

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Speaker 1: have faith in Jerome if it ends up being drome

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Speaker 1: with by the guys on our roster that can do it.

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Speaker 1: So it's all conversations that we're having right now.

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Speaker 4: Harrison Bryant back at practice for the first time, Jerome

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Speaker 4: Ford was back at practice for the first time. What

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Speaker 4: was it like to see those guys back there along

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Speaker 4: with Marquise.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I thought they all looked really really good to me.

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Speaker 1: I think all of them have stayed in great shape.

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Speaker 1: Harry looks really good. He's as always, He's where he's

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Speaker 1: supposed to be. He hasn't missed a beat when it

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Speaker 1: comes to the mental aspect of this game. So great

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Speaker 1: to see eighty eight out there, Great to see Marquise

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Speaker 1: like we talked about. And then Jerome has really progressed

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Speaker 1: really well. He's had a very very very good spring.

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Speaker 1: In summer, the injury was disappointing in terms of he

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Speaker 1: wasn't able to play in these games, but he's been

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Speaker 1: a very very strong performer going all the way back

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Speaker 1: to the spring.

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Speaker 4: Is there any party that's a little concerned that you've got,

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Speaker 4: you know, outside of Nick Chubb, the most attempts in

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Speaker 4: the National Football League and you're running back room is

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Speaker 4: ten which would be Pierre Strong.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean that's the name of young players, that's

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Speaker 1: the name of the game. Guys. You know, you don't

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Speaker 1: have experience until you do. We think highly of those guys.

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Speaker 1: Jerome's a guy that we've spent all We've spent an

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Speaker 1: entire year with. We've seen him in game, We've seen

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Speaker 1: him produce in the preseason last year. He's spent a

589
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Speaker 1: lot of time in this offseason getting to know our

590
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Speaker 1: offense and spending extra time with the coaches. So we

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Speaker 1: really do have a ton of faith in them.

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Speaker 4: All right, Coach, No, Deshaun Watson, Eliza more illness. You

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Speaker 4: expecting them back this week?

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Speaker 1: I do? Yeah, I do.

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Speaker 4: And then how are things trending with Denzel or too

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Speaker 4: early to say?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's always too early to say. When

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Speaker 1: it comes to a concussion, you just have to follow

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Speaker 1: a protocol, stay true that and that's what we'll do.

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Speaker 4: Coach, thanks so much for the time. Excited to see

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Speaker 4: you get this team ready for Week one against the

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Speaker 4: Cincinnati Bengals.

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Speaker 1: Sir, We're looking forward to it. Thanks. Nathan.

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Speaker 4: All Right, back with more of the Kevin Stefanski Show

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Speaker 4: on the University 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 1: important because I don't want this to be a place

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Speaker 1: where I don't get the truth from our guys.

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Speaker 3: This is the Coach Kevin Stefanski Show.

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Speaker 2: You're listening to the University Hospitals Cleveland Brown's Radio Network.

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Speaker 4: Welcome back to the Kevin Stefanski Show. All along the University

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Speaker 4: Hospitals Cleveland Brown's Radio Network. And I can't tell you

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Speaker 4: how happy I am to be talking with our next guest,

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Speaker 4: Browns wide receiver Marquise Goodwin. Marquise, so happy that this

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Speaker 4: has worked out for you, that you're going to get

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Speaker 4: this chance to play the game that you love and

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Speaker 4: as a member of the Cleveland But what's this, What's

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Speaker 4: this journey been like for you over the last few

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Speaker 4: months to the point where you get the news that yes,

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Speaker 4: you are cleared to return.

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Speaker 8: It's been a challenging journey. I ain't gonna lie.

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Speaker 9: I'm just honored that I got enough grace from God

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Speaker 9: to be able to step out on the field again.

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Speaker 9: He chose me for another year, Kevin, the staff, they

626
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Speaker 9: chose me to be on this team because they saw

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Speaker 9: that I could play up play some type of role.

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Speaker 9: So I'm just I'm honored, I'm grateful.

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Speaker 7: I'm ready to go, man, and we are ready to

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Speaker 7: see you go.

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Speaker 4: But kind of over the last few months, you've become,

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Speaker 4: since you've come here, one of the most popular guys,

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Speaker 4: and that was with not even since we went to

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Speaker 4: train camp. And I'm be able to play just being

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Speaker 4: around to the way that you've mentored the young guys

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Speaker 4: every day, always positive, bringing the juice. It's unbelievable. It's

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Speaker 4: very unique. You know that the way you are, you

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Speaker 4: are a unique human being. And I mean that in

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Speaker 4: the most complimentary way possible. But what was it like

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Speaker 4: kind of being so close, not being able to do it,

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Speaker 4: but then still what would inside of you made you

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Speaker 4: keep that positivity, that smile that made everybody here love you.

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Speaker 8: Man.

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Speaker 9: A grace from God. Man, Honestly, God fill me with

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Speaker 9: a spirit man.

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Speaker 8: That won't be denied. Man.

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Speaker 9: Just overcome with a lot of joy by you know,

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Speaker 9: the position He's put me in to be out there

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Speaker 9: and just to be present has been a true gift

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Speaker 9: for me. And I can't do nothing but give that

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Speaker 9: back to other people. So I credit that to my faith.

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Speaker 9: I credit that to my teammates receiving me and allowing

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Speaker 9: me to be who I am. And I created my

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Speaker 9: coaches for allowing me to have this type of attitude

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Speaker 9: and this type of personality and to bring whatever I

656
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Speaker 9: can to this team and helps win.

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Speaker 4: I'm going to credit you because you're an awesome dude.

658
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Speaker 4: I'm just gonna there's a lot of it that comes

659
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Speaker 4: from right inside of you, which is spectacular. How did

660
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Speaker 4: it feel to get out there in practice today, first

661
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Speaker 4: time in a while.

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Speaker 8: I can't tell you how good it feels.

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Speaker 6: Man.

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Speaker 9: I got chilled right now because I just sat back

665
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Speaker 9: and watched and I was itching to get out there,

666
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Speaker 9: and I was trying to get out there. I was

667
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Speaker 9: trying to get out there and just catch any ball

668
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Speaker 9: that I could. Almost went out there and start playing

669
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Speaker 9: centers just so I could touch the ball, you know

670
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Speaker 9: what I'm saying.

671
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Speaker 8: But no physical contact.

672
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Speaker 9: It felt good to finally catch a ball from a

673
00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:22,080
Speaker 9: quarterback instead of a.

674
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Speaker 8: Drug machine or you know, my wife at home.

675
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Speaker 9: So I'm grateful that, you know, I had that opportunity

676
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Speaker 9: today for show.

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Speaker 4: It's awesome and we certainly can't wait to see this.

678
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Speaker 4: As you kind of come back to it, you were

679
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Speaker 4: able to keep yourself in good condition. I know they

680
00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:40,800
Speaker 4: say there's football shape and then there's you know, good condition.

681
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Speaker 4: But do you feel like you're going to be ready

682
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Speaker 4: to go as soon as the Browns need you.

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Speaker 9: I'ma be ready to go whenever I have to be,

684
00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:49,080
Speaker 9: even if I ain't ready. That's one of the things

685
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Speaker 9: about me is I'm always preparing. You know, I was

686
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Speaker 9: preparing before I was supposed to be ready. Matter of fact,

687
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Speaker 9: I came out the wound before I was ready. I'm

688
00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:02,040
Speaker 9: too much premature. I've always been ready before my time.

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Speaker 4: Yes, well we love that as you think about kind

690
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:08,960
Speaker 4: of you know, you got to watch this team. It's

691
00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:10,240
Speaker 4: one thing to go in and be, but you actually

692
00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:12,360
Speaker 4: got to stand back and observe. And so you came

693
00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:13,720
Speaker 4: here and I remember you did an interview I want

694
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Speaker 4: to stay with NFL Network kind of right at the

695
00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:18,520
Speaker 4: end of OTA's in mini camp, and you talked about

696
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Speaker 4: what you were brought to this team to do to

697
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Speaker 4: help this team win, and then how talented this team was.

698
00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:24,880
Speaker 4: And even since then, they've made some moves. Zarius Smith

699
00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:27,760
Speaker 4: all the things You've gotten to see this team now

700
00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:29,560
Speaker 4: in a way that not many players do because you

701
00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:32,160
Speaker 4: just you've been observing it. How excited are you to

702
00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:34,520
Speaker 4: be a part of it? And does this team have everything?

703
00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:38,440
Speaker 7: In your mind? It needs to do great things.

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Speaker 9: What we have is what we got and that's all

705
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Speaker 9: we need. And I'm excited to be a part of

706
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Speaker 9: his journey with this team.

707
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Speaker 7: Yeah, it's gonna be fun, isn't it.

708
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Speaker 9: It's gonna be more than fun. It's gonna be more

709
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Speaker 9: than fun. And I can't wait.

710
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Speaker 4: I think everybody who is a fan of the Browns

711
00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:57,120
Speaker 4: has been rooting for you. I'm sure you felt that

712
00:30:57,160 --> 00:30:58,800
Speaker 4: out here. You even a train camp. We are out there.

713
00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:00,600
Speaker 4: You're the last person out there. You're family out there

714
00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:02,920
Speaker 4: every day with the fans every single day. Have you

715
00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:05,160
Speaker 4: felt kind of that love not just from your teammates,

716
00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:06,720
Speaker 4: not from the coaches, hung but also just from this

717
00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:09,600
Speaker 4: Browns community at large? Even though you've never, you have

718
00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:11,920
Speaker 4: not yet played a snap for the Cleveland Browns, and

719
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Speaker 4: yet you could feel that love.

720
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Speaker 9: Man, I feel the love for this community for sure.

721
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Speaker 9: Like I just went to Barberinos yesterday and the owner

722
00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:22,480
Speaker 9: sat down and talked to me for like twenty minutes,

723
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Speaker 9: you know, And I'm just grateful that I have a

724
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Speaker 9: community that has embraced me and my family the way

725
00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:33,040
Speaker 9: that they have. This Brown's organization, my teammates, everybody has

726
00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:35,360
Speaker 9: just showed love, nothing beloved. And I ain't even played

727
00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:38,000
Speaker 9: a snap yet, So I can't wait till I catch

728
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Speaker 9: a deep pass and score touchdown. Then you know, the

729
00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:44,800
Speaker 9: love is just going to continue to elevate, and I

730
00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:46,360
Speaker 9: can't wait for that experience too.

731
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Speaker 7: Did you tell the DBS get ready?

732
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Speaker 9: I ain't gotta tell them nothing. If they watch film,

733
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:51,920
Speaker 9: then they already know what's.

734
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Speaker 3: Up, all right.

735
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Speaker 4: One of my favorite things about you, One of my

736
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:57,120
Speaker 4: favorite memories was I don't know if you remember kind

737
00:31:57,120 --> 00:32:00,000
Speaker 4: of early I met. It was late in mini camp

738
00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:02,880
Speaker 4: and they were doing like an opportunity period after a

739
00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:04,800
Speaker 4: practicing there. Maybe it was late in the OTAs and

740
00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:07,120
Speaker 4: you're out there just giving somebody the business, talking up

741
00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:10,400
Speaker 4: your receivers and giving the corners the business. Have you

742
00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:14,320
Speaker 4: been able to elevate anybody else's trash talk game? Because

743
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:16,480
Speaker 4: you're you're firing at a very high level.

744
00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:19,040
Speaker 8: I'll rate myself at a plus trash talker.

745
00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:20,840
Speaker 7: Who else is good? Who else.

746
00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:22,480
Speaker 4: Is there anybody you've seen on this team that can

747
00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:23,800
Speaker 4: get into your stratosphere?

748
00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:25,000
Speaker 7: If you're one? Is there a one? A?

749
00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:28,440
Speaker 8: I mean, if I'm one, then I gotta be one.

750
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Speaker 1: A also and B Is there a two?

751
00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:35,320
Speaker 9: It's really never a two because nobody remembers the number two, right,

752
00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:37,880
Speaker 9: So it's only one. So I got to be at

753
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Speaker 9: the top.

754
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Speaker 8: You know, I'm competitive in everything.

755
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Speaker 6: I love it.

756
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Speaker 8: You know what I'm saying, No, but I do it. Really.

757
00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:46,560
Speaker 9: I had a chance to spend some time with some

758
00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:48,880
Speaker 9: of the greats at the Olympic Games in twenty twelve,

759
00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:54,960
Speaker 9: and Kobe being as he introduced itself to me rest

760
00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:58,920
Speaker 9: in Peace, he told me that trash talking was a

761
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Speaker 9: way that he elevated his teammates game, and so I

762
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:04,280
Speaker 9: kind of try to implement that into my my style

763
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:07,840
Speaker 9: of play and how I motivate guys. And then you know,

764
00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:09,920
Speaker 9: when I'm in the locker room, it's all love. Like

765
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,320
Speaker 9: I just tell them like what I'm doing for the

766
00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:14,080
Speaker 9: young guys who so they don't hate me, because I

767
00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:16,360
Speaker 9: don't want my teammates to hate me, because I go

768
00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:19,360
Speaker 9: hard like I'm a competitor. So when I'm talking, you know,

769
00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:21,200
Speaker 9: I gotta I go right for the juggular, you know

770
00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:22,400
Speaker 9: what I'm saying. I try to get them out that

771
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:25,520
Speaker 9: game so by the time the game come, they'll already

772
00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:28,840
Speaker 9: be sharp. All the trash talk from the sidelines of

773
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Speaker 9: the opposing team, it won't phase them at all because

774
00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:33,800
Speaker 9: they done been through it. You know, you gotta practice,

775
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:36,040
Speaker 9: You gotta practice how you play right there.

776
00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:38,680
Speaker 7: It is a little mamba mentality.

777
00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:40,720
Speaker 8: For you, A lot of mamba mentality for me, for sure.

778
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:41,640
Speaker 7: I love that.

779
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Speaker 4: Is there more trash talk that goes on in the

780
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Speaker 4: game than people would realize?

781
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Speaker 9: It probably is, And that's why I'm never miked up,

782
00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:50,280
Speaker 9: because people think I'm a nice, wholesome dude, and I

783
00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:50,960
Speaker 9: think it.

784
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:52,840
Speaker 8: Should be that way, you know what I'm saying.

785
00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:54,600
Speaker 9: So y'all don't need to hear me on the field

786
00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:56,680
Speaker 9: for real, But yeah, I get personal.

787
00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:58,920
Speaker 8: I google, I google stuff.

788
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Speaker 9: I'm gonna tell you girl, you all that we're gonna

789
00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:05,640
Speaker 9: get dirty because I want you to play the worst

790
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:06,720
Speaker 9: you can possibly play.

791
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Speaker 4: All right, Is there a time that you can remember

792
00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:12,320
Speaker 4: where you drop something on somebody that you had googled

793
00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:14,560
Speaker 4: where you could tell they were shook, and then you

794
00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:16,600
Speaker 4: just blew right by him for a big play.

795
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Speaker 9: It happens all the time. It happens all the time.

796
00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:23,319
Speaker 9: Look at Kansas City Chiefs. I think twenty fifteen. I

797
00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:26,680
Speaker 9: forgot the DB's name, but yeah, I went real hard

798
00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:30,239
Speaker 9: on him, talking to him before the play, and then

799
00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:33,600
Speaker 9: I scored like a forty eight yard touchdown, just dagger

800
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Speaker 9: to the heart boom.

801
00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:42,120
Speaker 8: Yeah. Was he like, man, come on, he ain't saying nothing.

802
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Speaker 9: He's doing more than that. His job was done. He

803
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:46,279
Speaker 9: had to sit down the rest of the day.

804
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Speaker 4: That's an unbelievable story. Marquise again, so happier back, I cannot.

805
00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:55,160
Speaker 4: I'm gonna be watching now when I'm up in the booth,

806
00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:56,600
Speaker 4: I'm gonna be watching to see if I see your

807
00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:57,880
Speaker 4: head bob it a little bit before us.

808
00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:00,520
Speaker 9: Now, I gotta say I never started anything. I only

809
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:03,719
Speaker 9: do that just to be prepared for if somebody coming

810
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:06,040
Speaker 9: me crazy, if you chuck me at the end of

811
00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:08,359
Speaker 9: a play or like try to do something dirty, then

812
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:11,560
Speaker 9: you turn on the switch. Otherwise I'm just playing hard.

813
00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:15,600
Speaker 9: I'm playing clean, no talking, that's just you know what

814
00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:16,760
Speaker 9: I'm saying, playing hard.

815
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,759
Speaker 8: But once you you strike that they poke the bear,

816
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:24,919
Speaker 8: you poke the bear. I'm ready to bite my case.

817
00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:27,000
Speaker 7: I can't wait to see out there. What a great story.

818
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:29,600
Speaker 4: We're so happy for you and feel so fortunate that

819
00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:30,799
Speaker 4: you're a member of the Cleveland Browns.

820
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Speaker 7: So congrats, welcome back, and let's go.

821
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Speaker 8: Let's go, Let's go.

822
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Speaker 4: All right, we'll be back with more of the Kevin

823
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Speaker 4: Stefanski Show all along the University Hospital's Cleveland Brown's Radio Network.

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

825
00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:45,359
Speaker 1: can tell me the truth, and I think that's really

826
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Speaker 1: important because I don't want this to be a place

827
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Speaker 1: where I don't get the truth from our guys.

828
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Speaker 3: This is the Coach Kevin Stefanski Show.

829
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Speaker 2: You're listening to the University Hospitals Cleveland Brown's Radio Network.

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Speaker 2: Here are your hosts, Nathan Segura and you're Rod Cherry.

831
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Speaker 7: Browns fans.

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Speaker 4: Sweepstakes ends August the thirtieth Giroud before we go around

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Speaker 4: the league, Marquise Goodwin's back. I what a just an

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Speaker 4: unbelievable guy. It was great talking to him. His story

840
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Speaker 4: of hitting that touchdown on the corner that he was

841
00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:31,600
Speaker 4: able to distract with some high level, highly researched trash

842
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:35,360
Speaker 4: talk was unbelievable to me. Have you ever experienced anything

843
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:37,600
Speaker 4: like that where somebody threw a trash talk at You're like,

844
00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:39,640
Speaker 4: wait a second, how did they know that? Because he

845
00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:42,560
Speaker 4: did that to a guy on the Kansas City Chiefs

846
00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:45,920
Speaker 4: in twenty thirteen, and then the guy was so stunned

847
00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:48,640
Speaker 4: he kind of stood still and watched Marquis go to

848
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Speaker 4: and run right by him for a fifty eight yard touchdown.

849
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Speaker 5: No one ever got that personal with me, and and

850
00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:56,319
Speaker 5: Google was not that accessible when I played as well.

851
00:36:56,440 --> 00:37:01,799
Speaker 5: So no, I mean, will say some sideways things to you.

852
00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:04,080
Speaker 5: And there are some people who know some personal things

853
00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:07,160
Speaker 5: about you because you may play with them in college. Sure,

854
00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:09,680
Speaker 5: and they pass the information on. So that does occur,

855
00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:12,759
Speaker 5: no doubt about it. But Nah, man, if anything, I'm

856
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:15,000
Speaker 5: the opposite. You say something crazy about me, I'm just

857
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,240
Speaker 5: gonna get more mad and try to do more damage.

858
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Speaker 4: To you.

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Speaker 7: So that's the funny story.

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Speaker 6: He shook him that bad?

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Speaker 7: Did that story crack you up?

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Speaker 2: Like?

863
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Speaker 7: Did you see that happening?

864
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Speaker 6: Oh? You guys have no clue the stuff dudes be saying.

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Speaker 5: On a football field far as just I mean, thank

866
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Speaker 5: god some people aren't miked up because you'd be like, Okay,

867
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Speaker 5: this is not gonna work. So I believe me, I

868
00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:40,880
Speaker 5: understand some stuff. It's that said is so foul and

869
00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:43,640
Speaker 5: so personal that dudes want to fight after the game,

870
00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:44,600
Speaker 5: literally want to fight.

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Speaker 4: It's unbelievable. That's why Marquis said, I will never be

872
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:50,239
Speaker 4: miked up. Great interview with him. Happy to have him back.

873
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:53,279
Speaker 4: He had such a dangerous speed element to this Browns offense.

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Speaker 4: All right, let's go around the league quickly. The Patriots

875
00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:59,840
Speaker 4: have a one man quarterback room. No, not Tom Brady,

876
00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:04,320
Speaker 4: mag Jones, mag Jones. They've released both Bailey Zappi and

877
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Speaker 4: Malie Cunningham. They hoped to get both of them back

878
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Speaker 4: on the practice squad. I can't think of a time

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Speaker 4: when a team as their initial fifty three only had

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00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:14,719
Speaker 4: one quarterback. But I'm sure it's happened before. I'm sure

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Speaker 4: it has, but it is pretty It is pretty wild.

882
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Speaker 4: And by the way, Drod in New England, this is

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Speaker 4: fueling rumors that Tom Brady is coming back.

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Speaker 5: That is hilarious because one thing I can promise you,

885
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Speaker 5: Tom is not coming back to that roster.

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Speaker 7: No way soever. I'll away.

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Speaker 4: If i'll you can take this to the bank. If

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Speaker 4: Tom Brady plays another snap in the NFL, and I

889
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:39,799
Speaker 4: mean plays a snap in the NFL in the year

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Speaker 4: twenty twenty three, there is only one team that he

891
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Speaker 4: will be playing for, in my opinion, the same one,

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Speaker 4: and that is the San Francisco forty nine Ers.

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Speaker 5: You say forty nine's, I'd say Miami. That's funny you

894
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Speaker 5: say forty nine Ers. I think he's all about the

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Speaker 5: flash to dash man, the skills set. But forty nine's

896
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Speaker 5: will obviously be a situation. Us growing up in a

897
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Speaker 5: Bay Area, we recognize what that means to him because

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Speaker 5: he was a forty nine.

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Speaker 7: And you think about it, I mean, they're the team.

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Speaker 4: You know, it's brock Perty and Sam Darnold right now,

901
00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:09,440
Speaker 4: and like they have Deebo and Ayuk and McCaffrey and Kittle.

902
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Speaker 4: It's not like they don't have any flash and dash

903
00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:14,040
Speaker 4: right there. That's and they have the defense. I mean,

904
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Speaker 4: they have it all. He could go off the line.

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Speaker 4: So that's the true reason, think Miami but to come back.

906
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Speaker 7: But that was where the flirtation was.

907
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Speaker 4: That cost Miami a pick, a first round pick, no doubt.

908
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Speaker 4: All Right, the Colts did not find a trade partner,

909
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Speaker 4: and we'll place running back Jonathan Taylor on the puppulist,

910
00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:33,360
Speaker 4: forcing him to miss the first four weeks of the season.

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00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:36,360
Speaker 4: The situation is the backle and this is my stance

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Speaker 4: on it. Curious your stance. Jonathan Taylor got horrific advice

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Speaker 4: from whoever is advising him. Number One, he's on his

914
00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:47,000
Speaker 4: rookie contract. He has absolutely no leverage. Number Two, we

915
00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:49,000
Speaker 4: all know what the running back market is right now.

916
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Speaker 4: So the notion that Jonathan Taylor thought somebody was going

917
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Speaker 4: to give up what Indianapolis valued him att and then

918
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Speaker 4: pay him also ridiculous. Now he ends up not playing,

919
00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:01,880
Speaker 4: that doesn't help anybody, I think, unfortunately, and I'm not

920
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Speaker 4: saying that jim Irsay is in the clear on this.

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Speaker 4: I think he could have handled it better and maybe

922
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Speaker 4: have a situation where he's still playing for the Colts.

923
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Speaker 4: But the way that it went down, but I just

924
00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:12,880
Speaker 4: think Jonathan Taylor stands in the ground, and his refusal

925
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Speaker 4: to take what was offered to him at this point

926
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Speaker 4: is gonna end up costing him money, and it certainly

927
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Speaker 4: is gonna cost him time because he's not playing those

928
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Speaker 4: first four games.

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Speaker 6: It certainly will. And I don't want anyone to be.

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Speaker 5: Disingenuous, but if you're in the process of trying to

931
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Speaker 5: negotiate with someone and win favor with them when they

932
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:32,160
Speaker 5: have all the control because you're under contract, the prudent

933
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Speaker 5: thing to do would be too acquiesce and be favorable

934
00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:40,560
Speaker 5: and kind hearted, not take this hardcore stands, because what

935
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Speaker 5: are you gonna do to Jim irsay, he's got his billions?

936
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Speaker 5: You know what I mean, He's not gonna lose his

937
00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:48,920
Speaker 5: sleepover is He's won his Super Bowl. So this is

938
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Speaker 5: just a bump in the row for him. And on

939
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Speaker 5: top of that, what's since the urgency for him. They're

940
00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:55,719
Speaker 5: in rebuild mode. They're about to try out out there

941
00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:59,960
Speaker 5: in Richardson, a quarterback who many said was too inexperienced

942
00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:01,800
Speaker 5: to be out there in the first place.

943
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Speaker 6: Consider what he did in college, which was limited.

944
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Speaker 5: So you think Earth stays in a hurry to pay

945
00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:08,440
Speaker 5: you and concern about that. No, you only make these

946
00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:11,360
Speaker 5: type of moves when desperation kicks in, and there's no

947
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:14,439
Speaker 5: desperation in any right now. So you're exactly right, Nate Dog.

948
00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:17,520
Speaker 5: He completely misread the situation in hand and got caught

949
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:19,880
Speaker 5: in his own hype. And granted he is a tremendous

950
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:22,879
Speaker 5: running back, but you still have to understand the circumstances

951
00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:24,480
Speaker 5: around you before you make moves like this.

952
00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:26,600
Speaker 6: But you don't know this as a young kid man.

953
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Speaker 6: You learned this uff there.

954
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Speaker 4: That's why I say he's got so I think I

955
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Speaker 4: don't blame I didn't blame Jonathan Tailor.

956
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Speaker 7: I think Johnathan Taylor got bad advice from whoever is

957
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:33,480
Speaker 7: advising him.

958
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Speaker 6: Unfortunately.

959
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Speaker 4: Yes, absolutely, and it's sad to see. All right, think

960
00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:42,080
Speaker 4: you know the most about the You think you know

961
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Speaker 4: the most loyal? This is a tough read here because

962
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Speaker 4: this I'm gonna have to add lib this one.

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Speaker 7: Folks.

964
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Speaker 4: Oh no, I don't know if this is on you

965
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Speaker 4: Do you think you know the most loyal brown superfan?

966
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Speaker 4: Final thoughts here wrapping it up on the Kevin Stefanski

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Speaker 4: Show on the University Hospitals Cleveland Browns Radio Network.

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

975
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:18,440
Speaker 1: can tell me the truth, and I think that's really

976
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Speaker 1: important because I don't want this to be a place

977
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Speaker 1: where I don't get the truth from our guys.

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Speaker 3: This is the Coach Kevin Stefanski Show.

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Speaker 4: Thursday night from seven to eight as we move back

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Speaker 4: to our regular Thursday night timeslot and broadcast live from

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Speaker 4: the Brew Garden in Middleburg Heights. Stop by, meet one

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Speaker 4: of the players, and enjoy great specials on bud Light

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Speaker 4: all evening. That's right, Rod, we're hitting the road next week.

991
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Speaker 4: Back to the remotes for the Kevin Stefanski Show. Getting

992
00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:07,400
Speaker 4: ready for a week one? All right, just kind of

993
00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:09,440
Speaker 4: take us into your mind as a player here, the

994
00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:12,320
Speaker 4: fifty three is done, You're on this team, you got

995
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Speaker 4: a couple days of practice, and you're gonna have a

996
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Speaker 4: little bit of a weekend, and then you come back next

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00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:16,480
Speaker 4: week ready to work.

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Speaker 7: What's kind of the mindset? What should people be focused on?

999
00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:21,880
Speaker 5: You should be focused on your opponent and also making

1000
00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:23,600
Speaker 5: sure that you are doing the right things to stay

1001
00:43:23,640 --> 00:43:26,200
Speaker 5: on the on the squad because there's no guarantees for

1002
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Speaker 5: some of these guys that they're gonna still be on

1003
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Speaker 5: the fifty three. You're exactly right about that.

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Speaker 4: Not only will we be on the road next Tuesday,

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Speaker 4: Cleveland Brown's Daily is gonna be on the road, I'm

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Speaker 4: sorry next Thursday for the Kevin Stefanski Show. Next Tuesday,

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Speaker 4: Cleveland Browns Daily will be broadcasting live from the Buffalo

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Speaker 4: Wild Wings in Aurora. Tuesday, September the fifth, from one

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Speaker 4: to three PM. Special guest Greg Pruitt will sign autographs

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Speaker 4: on site from two to three. Visit the Cleveland Browns

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Speaker 4: Facebook page to learn more. So the Browns initial fifty

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Speaker 4: three is set again. Tomorrow waivers will run. Anybody who

1013
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Speaker 4: was cut that is still on their rookie deal can

1014
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Speaker 4: be clear by noon.

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Speaker 7: Practice squads will be said at one.

1016
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Speaker 4: The Browns left some people to put on IR to

1017
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Speaker 4: get ready for the twenty twenty three season.

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Speaker 7: Four Gerrod Cherry.

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