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Speaker 1: What are your initial impressions of M Brian day Balls offense? Like,

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Speaker 1: have you gotten your hands on the playbook before today?

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Speaker 1: If so, what do you think? If not, I'm sure

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Speaker 1: you looked at some film at this offense, right, So

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Speaker 1: what are your initial impressions of what it'll mean for

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Speaker 1: for you guys? I mean, uh, yeah, it's the first day.

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Speaker 1: So I just got my hands on the playbook. I

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Speaker 1: just got our I pass today, got got to look

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Speaker 1: through some stuff for only a couple of minutes. I

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Speaker 1: mean we had to break up to day so, but

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Speaker 1: I mean I've seen guys in in the offense. You know,

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Speaker 1: you got Cold Beasley, uh Stefan Days and those guys.

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Speaker 1: I've seen those guys operating. Um has a chance to

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Speaker 1: be explosive. We just have to do our part and

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Speaker 1: work hard and talk in Hey, chef, how's it gone?

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Speaker 1: How's it going on? You're curious what the business side

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Speaker 1: of this offseason was like for you with the pay cut. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: the regime comes in and that's kind of your first impression.

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Speaker 1: So just what was that like going going through that? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean they wanted me here. I wanted to be here.

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Speaker 1: We were able to work something out that made sense

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Speaker 1: for both sides, and um, you know, I've moved on

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Speaker 1: from it. Um, you know, just just looking forward to

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Speaker 1: getting to know these guys and getting to know this

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Speaker 1: playbook and uh, trying to do my part and win games.

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Speaker 1: Pat Leonard, Hey, chef, what's up in that? Um? Did

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Speaker 1: you did you think it was the right decision to

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Speaker 1: to fire the last coaching staff. We haven't really talked

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Speaker 1: to you guys since, just wondering, Uh, you know, as

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Speaker 1: somebody who gave it all for that staff, what what

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Speaker 1: you thought of that decision by the organization. I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's a that's a little bit over my head. I

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Speaker 1: didn't for taking that decision. Um, that's not in my

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Speaker 1: pay grade. So uh, that was a decision that they made.

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Speaker 1: And I'm here with this new staff and that's all

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Speaker 1: I'm focused on right now. Perfect. Hey, chef, how do

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Speaker 1: you balance the joint excitement of still being here, being

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Speaker 1: a senior member of the men, a senior member of

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Speaker 1: the team, and and the sadness of missing some of

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Speaker 1: the guys that you've gone to war with. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: mean that's that's just a part of the game. Um.

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Speaker 1: You know, I've had guys that I've played with throughout

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Speaker 1: my career, that I've built a bond with. You know,

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Speaker 1: you talk about Evan Ingram like that's like my brother.

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Speaker 1: Um so and I've been with him the last five

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Speaker 1: years and uh does not see his face in the

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Speaker 1: building today? Is um you know it's it's tough on me,

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Speaker 1: but at the same time, I'm happy for him and

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Speaker 1: his new journey. And um, you know, I'm I'm I

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Speaker 1: still have great contact with him and a lot of

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Speaker 1: the other guys that I played with. But that's just

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Speaker 1: the nature of the beast. Laciano. Thanks Starling, Thanks for

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Speaker 1: doing this. To appreciate it. Um, I'm curious. I know,

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Speaker 1: I'm guessing you didn't want to take a pay cut,

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Speaker 1: and I know that's a tough thing for a player

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Speaker 1: to accept. And also you know the reality of your

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Speaker 1: injury situation. Did you consider it all all saying no

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Speaker 1: and taking your chance on the free agent market? Um?

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Speaker 1: And also you know how how tough is that to

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Speaker 1: to come back to the team. Yeah, it's it's tough, man,

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Speaker 1: But um, you know, I I did the pros and cons,

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Speaker 1: and the pros outweigh the cons um by a landslide. So, uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, I did a lot of talking to my

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Speaker 1: family and ultimately it was the best situation for me

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Speaker 1: my family, Um, and I was super happy that we

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Speaker 1: if everything goes the way that I hope that it goes,

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Speaker 1: So UM, yeah, just I'm focused. Like I said, I'm

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Speaker 1: focused on right now, Uh, doing everything in my power

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Speaker 1: to get better, get back on the field, and to

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Speaker 1: stay on the field and learn this book right now.

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Speaker 1: So that's where my head is. My focus is Tom Rock, Hey, chef,

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Speaker 1: where are you physically right now? And and when do

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Speaker 1: you think you'll what what what kind of a timeline

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Speaker 1: I really don't have an idea. I'm taking a day

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Speaker 1: my guys. Thank you. Art Stapleton, Hey, chef, I hope

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Speaker 1: you're doing well. But a little bit on on the

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Speaker 1: the injury itself, I mean for you physically. I know

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Speaker 1: it's a lot easier for someone to kind of put

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Speaker 1: a blueprint in front of you to come back from

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Speaker 1: that injury. But considering where you've been your entire your

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Speaker 1: entire career, what you've gone through, how much of the

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Speaker 1: emotional component was involved here? And you know, do you

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Speaker 1: to be. Yeah, for sure. Um, you know I went

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Speaker 1: lot of talking with my mom th about the early

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Speaker 1: every day just trying to get better at something. And um,

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Speaker 1: you know I've been listening to the traders and hearing

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Speaker 1: what those guys have to say, and um, you know,

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Speaker 1: doing everything that they ask of me. So that's all

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Speaker 1: I can do, and that's what I'm focus on. Like, sure,

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Speaker 1: we'll take two more, Tom canavan, Tom, go ahead, you're

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Speaker 1: not hip. I'm sorry my I didn't think I raised

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Speaker 1: my hand, But anyway, can you can you discuss about

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Speaker 1: have there been any changes that you've noticed in the

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Speaker 1: team about how they're trying to prevent injuries this year? No,

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Speaker 1: haven't really really heard much on that. Um. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: mean actually in the team meeting today we went over

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Speaker 1: I know they have those caps and stuff now that

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Speaker 1: pretty much all that is. But we've only been in

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Speaker 1: gotten to detail on on any of that stuff. Thank you,

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Speaker 1: Paul Shwarts, last one here. It's throwing. Good to see you,

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Speaker 1: Good to see you. Um that first press council Brian

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Speaker 1: Dable was pretty um um, you know, interesting to see

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Speaker 1: you're on crutches there. Uh, this new group did not, Um,

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Speaker 1: you have made no place for them, for this GM,

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Speaker 1: you they wanted you back. Um what does that say

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Speaker 1: was a part of my you know decision on coming back.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I wanted to be around the group of

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Speaker 1: that I got from those guys when talking to him.

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Speaker 1: And so it's always great to be wanted. And UM,

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Speaker 1: you know, you take your chance in free agency. You

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Speaker 1: don't know where you're gonna end up. You don't know. Uh,

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Speaker 1: some of the people. I still have ties with a

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Speaker 1: lot of people in this building, So UM, you know

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Speaker 1: they're new, but I know Kevin A rooms. I know,

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Speaker 1: um you know Triggs, I know a lot of people

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Speaker 1: And then um yeah, ultimately I wanted to go somewhere

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Speaker 1: where I was wanted, and that's what I got from

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Speaker 1: those guys when I talked to him real quick initially.

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Speaker 1: Did you wonder about that? Did you wonder if, like,

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Speaker 1: they don't know me, you know, yeah, I mean you

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Speaker 1: never know what's gonna happen in this business man, so

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Speaker 1: uh that that thought actually did run across my head.

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Speaker 1: But um, you know, everything works out for a reason,

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Speaker 1: and I felt like, uh, this is the best place

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Speaker 1: for my family and I and uh, I'm happy we

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