WEBVTT - Chris Foerster Talks Importance of Being Consistent on Third Down  | Press Pass

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<v Speaker 1>In their first ever NFL game, Luciano, No Manning, and

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<v Speaker 1>Jolly Fisher.

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<v Speaker 2>They all had, you know, first game issues. They did.

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<v Speaker 3>They didn't play as well as they could have. There

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<v Speaker 3>were some mental errors, there's some physical breakdowns. Uh Ilm

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<v Speaker 3>is really of the three guys. ILMs really played very

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<v Speaker 3>well this camp and in the preseason game.

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<v Speaker 2>We look at him and you know, he's not tall,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean looks like a guard and he's been playing

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<v Speaker 2>left tackle.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that just a numbers issue that you're short on tackling.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, So what happened post I'm sorry to cut you.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry post draft.

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<v Speaker 3>What happens when we would go to the undrafted you

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<v Speaker 3>were going looking to see who we're gonna try and

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<v Speaker 3>size on undrafted free agents, and it was it was

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<v Speaker 3>interesting because we needed to tackle and we look at.

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<v Speaker 2>The tackle list and we're like, gosh, these guys, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean it was thin, it was really thin. And then

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<v Speaker 2>Ilam just stood out.

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<v Speaker 3>He played tackle in college and he's a really really

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<v Speaker 3>good player, and we everybody projected him to guard, and uh,

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<v Speaker 3>we said, you know, most of the time those guys

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<v Speaker 3>they're on the third team, they end up playing in

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<v Speaker 3>the fourth quarter. Of the games, and they're playing against

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<v Speaker 3>kind of the same guys they played against in college.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not like they're starting yet or in a position

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<v Speaker 3>when they're playing. So let's just set them play it out.

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<v Speaker 3>If he can't do it, we'll juggle the you know,

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<v Speaker 3>shuffle the deck a little bit, moom around.

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<v Speaker 2>And so he's he's done that. I don't I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know that his long.

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<v Speaker 3>Term career is a tackle, but he's played very well

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<v Speaker 3>there and you're you're right, he doesn't quite fit the prototype,

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<v Speaker 3>but he's done a good job.

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<v Speaker 2>As preseason.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought Manning Beach speaks pretty bad in that one

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<v Speaker 1>on one. I like the kickstep from Manning. What do

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<v Speaker 1>you see from Manning at guard though, or at center?

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<v Speaker 3>He's got He's got a really good bend, flexibility, balanced

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<v Speaker 3>things that you need inside. He's got good quickness. Uh,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, he's he'll have to learn it's quicker things happen.

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<v Speaker 3>The steps have to be shorter.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh.

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<v Speaker 3>Burford goes through it a little bit. Still, he still

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<v Speaker 3>sometimes kicks bigger like a tackle and needs to keep

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<v Speaker 3>his feet underneath him a little more under control like

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<v Speaker 3>a guard. So there's just it's more of a quickness,

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<v Speaker 3>And I won't say quickness, it's more of just your

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<v Speaker 3>footwork has to be everything has to happen a little

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<v Speaker 3>bit quicker at guard. And that's what Ilm will have

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<v Speaker 3>to learn if he ever makes a transition in.

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<v Speaker 4>Where do you stand with Matt Pryor? It seems like

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<v Speaker 4>he's obviously pretty comfortable as a pass blocker, but you

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<v Speaker 4>know he's not the typical sort of tackle you look

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<v Speaker 4>for in your run game. Where do you sort of

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<v Speaker 4>view him right now?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, that's excuse me, sorry, something something the other day.

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<v Speaker 3>You know he's doing a great job protection wise, You're

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<v Speaker 3>right in the run game, he's not a prototypical guy.

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<v Speaker 3>But I think over the course of time, what I've

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<v Speaker 3>found out is, even though it's not exactly what this

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<v Speaker 3>offense usually has for a tackle guard center, if you

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<v Speaker 3>just keep drilling it, you just keep working. I just

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<v Speaker 3>keep doing it. They keep working on keeping their weight,

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<v Speaker 3>working on their quickness, and eventually you can find a

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<v Speaker 3>middle ground. Yes, he is he ever going to be,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, the typical tackle in this offense. No, but

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<v Speaker 3>but shoot, being able to play on third down into

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<v Speaker 3>and just being functional enough on first and second down

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<v Speaker 3>as run blocker can be good enough. You know that

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<v Speaker 3>third down and piece of pass protection is a big

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<v Speaker 3>piece that that if you can't play on third down,

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<v Speaker 3>you can't play as an offensive lineman in the NFL.

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<v Speaker 2>So having that.

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<v Speaker 3>Down, you can work back and say, well, we can

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<v Speaker 3>just keep doing is I've coached a few few different

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<v Speaker 3>times in my career where you just you come to

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<v Speaker 3>a new new place and you have two or three

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<v Speaker 3>guys they really can't do the things you ask him

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<v Speaker 3>to do, but if you just keep doing it, you

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<v Speaker 3>believe it. You give him reps in the games, reps

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<v Speaker 3>in practice, they can be good enough.

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<v Speaker 2>But sure he's obviously coming from division to.

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<v Speaker 1>Off the line all that much where he got here.

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<v Speaker 4>You talked about it's a pretty big lead.

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<v Speaker 2>It's been a big lead for him.

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<v Speaker 3>It's been uh, he's the last I say, the last

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<v Speaker 3>two weeks he's really started to some things have improved,

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<v Speaker 3>but there was a long stretch there where just it

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<v Speaker 3>was was really hard for him. It is big, it

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<v Speaker 3>is faster, it's a lot of it's different. And I'll

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<v Speaker 3>say I'll say almost more than I almost say more

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<v Speaker 3>than that, but almost more than that is the fundamentals

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<v Speaker 3>that he was coached. Not bad fundamentals, there's different and

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<v Speaker 3>so he developed whatever habits he had in the length

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<v Speaker 3>of time he's played the position. The those habits are

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<v Speaker 3>hard to break right now, and so he's constantly, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>maybe in practicing when he gets in the game reverts back.

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<v Speaker 2>That was a lot of what happened the other day.

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<v Speaker 3>Man, it was like a lot of reverting back with

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<v Speaker 3>the young guys to the way that always plays things.

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<v Speaker 2>We've worked on things that we said we're gonna try

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<v Speaker 2>and get better. At ALFO.

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<v Speaker 3>Everybody just got in the bright lights and it was

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<v Speaker 3>a you know, great environment.

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<v Speaker 2>There was a it was a it felt like.

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<v Speaker 3>An NFL game, a regular season NFL game for so

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<v Speaker 3>many of those guys, and I think they kind of

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<v Speaker 3>reverted back and didn't quite stick with their fundamentals. And

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<v Speaker 3>that's that right now, Joey. That's he step back and

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<v Speaker 3>forth every day. But he has made progress these last.

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<v Speaker 1>Couple of weeks kind of around that or Saturday.

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<v Speaker 2>So they don't improve back again, well I can't.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, we just keep doing it and you just

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<v Speaker 3>hope with a number of reps. As I've said, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>the game, the game reps are worth so much, and

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<v Speaker 3>unless you take practice reps onto the on the game.

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<v Speaker 2>Day, it won't go away.

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<v Speaker 3>You have to trust and try and do the things

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<v Speaker 3>that we ask you to do on game day, and

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<v Speaker 3>then those reps become the real reps. I mean, you can,

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<v Speaker 3>you can bank some good reps in practice, but it's

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<v Speaker 3>just not the full speed competitive when when when everything's

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<v Speaker 3>going and it's truly truly full speed, those full speed reps,

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<v Speaker 3>that's where you've got to just trust it. That's what's

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<v Speaker 3>great about preseason is win loss doesn't count, so you

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<v Speaker 3>can practice those things. That's why I love one on

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<v Speaker 3>one pass rush. I think too much weight is placed

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<v Speaker 3>on the win loss of the one on one pass

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<v Speaker 3>rush to that we talked about the other day. That's

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<v Speaker 3>another full speed rep. Because team periods there's always that

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<v Speaker 3>their gear back just a little so we don't end

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<v Speaker 3>up with pile ups, there's no tackling.

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<v Speaker 2>But that one on one pass rush.

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<v Speaker 3>Man, that's the time to try things because those reps

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<v Speaker 3>become a little more valid than the than the reps.

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<v Speaker 2>They'll they'll have say in the regular part of practice.

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<v Speaker 3>Is that what makes the difference between a guy that's.

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<v Speaker 4>Going to make it well, you you.

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<v Speaker 2>You, You try to tell them, you know, hey, listen, dude,

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<v Speaker 2>you gotta do it. You gotta let it go.

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<v Speaker 3>And it's hard because they want to they want to

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<v Speaker 3>be productive. And I would tell kids all one thing,

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<v Speaker 3>this small thing. Let's say in pass protection, he's continually

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<v Speaker 3>wrapping a hand and and it's causing them problems. And

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<v Speaker 3>if I don't break, if we don't, if you don't

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<v Speaker 3>break this habit here in this first year or so,

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<v Speaker 3>it'll be there your whole career and it will be

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<v Speaker 3>a flaw and it'll be something that people will take

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<v Speaker 3>advantage of over time. Maybe some guys can play like

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<v Speaker 3>that their whole career and be successful. I just think

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<v Speaker 3>you're always going to have a little a little bit.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, like I say, I always refer back to

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<v Speaker 3>Trent because I've been with Trent so long and there's

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<v Speaker 3>still things. He came in the other day that that's

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<v Speaker 3>just there's little things that you realize if I don't

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<v Speaker 3>correct this now, and he knows, he says something doesn't

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<v Speaker 3>feel right. We looked at it and all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 3>it's it's just a little thing. And if he fixes it,

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<v Speaker 3>that doesn't become a problem. But if we don't say

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<v Speaker 3>something about it now, shoot, by week eight, it could

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<v Speaker 3>become a real problem and harder to change for a

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<v Speaker 3>young guy that's compounded you know a bunch, Chris.

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<v Speaker 1>There was a rep yesterday at practice where be I

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<v Speaker 1>think it was eleven on eleven Bial just beat Trent,

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm just kind of wondering. You study all these reps.

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<v Speaker 1>I know you're watching your own guys, but what do

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<v Speaker 1>you think of Beal?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he's been a good player.

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<v Speaker 3>Obviously, he hasn't be out there a lot with injuries

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<v Speaker 3>and everything, So excuse me, he's uh, he's really doing

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<v Speaker 3>a done nice job from what I've seen. I haven't

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<v Speaker 3>paid much attention, uh to him. It's been the last

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<v Speaker 3>couple of days he's been out there. You do notice

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<v Speaker 3>he's out there. But he's a good player, and like

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<v Speaker 3>I said, I have not enough on tape for me

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<v Speaker 3>to say, oh wow, he's really jumping off the screen.

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<v Speaker 3>He's definitely talented guy.

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<v Speaker 1>So last week, you know a lot of guys in

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<v Speaker 1>his level. But like, if I'm not who I am,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, once I diminished, I've done, I'm not gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be just guy.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, you know if he was just uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe above average kind of tackle.

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<v Speaker 3>He still wants to play and play and play, and

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<v Speaker 3>ethical hopefully speak to his passion for this. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>he has desired to know even if he's diminished, Trent

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<v Speaker 3>Williams to to still stay out him.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we'll see if that ever happens. But U but

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<v Speaker 2>he uh.

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<v Speaker 3>I was with uh Jonathan Ogden and Baltimore when his

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<v Speaker 3>last year and it's due to an injury to his

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<v Speaker 3>foot toe injury.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it was he he ended up. And I

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<v Speaker 2>think I wasn't there when he had the final conversations

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<v Speaker 2>with Harball. We we've been let go to and decided

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<v Speaker 2>not to play any longer, you know, And I think

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<v Speaker 2>that was part of the I.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't think he wanted to do that. I think is

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<v Speaker 3>if he couldn't play. Now, there were times Jonathan would say, Know,

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<v Speaker 3>Jonathan might had a sore shoulder and he'd say to me,

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<v Speaker 3>he goes. You know, I'd be like, hey, man, can

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<v Speaker 3>you go today? He's like, eh, you know, I'm playing

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<v Speaker 3>against this guy. I can play this guy seventy to

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<v Speaker 3>seventy five percent. Now if it would have been Freeeny

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<v Speaker 3>Dwight freey from the from the Colts. I don't think

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<v Speaker 3>he could have played at that seventy He would probably

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<v Speaker 3>say I can't, I will hurt the team at seventy

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<v Speaker 3>five percent going against this guy, Whereas you know some

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<v Speaker 3>other guys, it wasn't that way. I do know this,

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<v Speaker 3>and this isn't talking about Jonathan. Now back to Trent.

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<v Speaker 3>Trent does the one thing. There were some questions on

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<v Speaker 3>Trent coming out of college, and you know he loved

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<v Speaker 3>the game as much.

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<v Speaker 2>He didn't he did.

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<v Speaker 3>The weight room wasn't a he wasn't a real fan

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<v Speaker 3>of the weight room in Oklahoma. There's a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>things going on then. But when I met Trent, this

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<v Speaker 3>guy love football. I mean, he loves playing football. I've

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<v Speaker 3>told you before. He's a student of the game. He's

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<v Speaker 3>a football junkie man.

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<v Speaker 2>He knows everything about all the players in the league.

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<v Speaker 2>He loves the game of football. And that's why I

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<v Speaker 2>think for him doing that will be will be.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, he'll he'll definitely I could see that happening

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<v Speaker 3>with him playing that long.

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<v Speaker 2>I also think that he you know, when you do.

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<v Speaker 3>Diminish, because I have seen guys diminish, sometimes you change

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<v Speaker 3>your philosophy on that you're like, yeah, I'm not the

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<v Speaker 3>dominant player I used to be. Can I still stand

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<v Speaker 3>getting beat two or three dimes a game and all that?

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<v Speaker 2>You won't know until you get there.

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<v Speaker 3>But I do think that his passion, his love, his commitment,

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<v Speaker 3>the things he has to the game or just are

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<v Speaker 3>just unbelievable.

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<v Speaker 2>And by the way, you know, he's one of.

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<v Speaker 3>Those guys, Trent, where he goes the weight room not

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<v Speaker 3>it's going to be the strongest guy in the weight room.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why the weight room was kind of like not

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<v Speaker 2>the most important thing to He had other things that

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<v Speaker 2>he knew he needed more than that.

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<v Speaker 1>Does he ever leads you to the punch in terms of, look,

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<v Speaker 1>I got to work on this before you can even

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<v Speaker 1>tell him.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, Trent always he's got thoughts and ideas that are

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<v Speaker 3>well because I've got fourteen other thirteen, other, twelve other

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<v Speaker 3>whatever it is guys to look at, and Trent's usually

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<v Speaker 3>not one of your problems.

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<v Speaker 2>But I did learn early in my career that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>a lot.

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<v Speaker 3>Of people teach that you coach the lowest common denominator

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<v Speaker 3>in the room. And I was fortunate my first a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of early in my career, I wasn't the line coach.

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<v Speaker 3>I was an assistant or something like that. I sat

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<v Speaker 3>and I watched coaches do that. And I also sat

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<v Speaker 3>in a to some very very good players who weren't

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<v Speaker 3>get anything out of the meeting. So so I've learned

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<v Speaker 3>you have to you have to. Yes, you have to

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<v Speaker 3>coach the lowest company. You really coach the highest company.

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<v Speaker 2>You have to. I have to coach every meeting for

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<v Speaker 2>Trent Williams.

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<v Speaker 3>And in that process, I have to work with the

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<v Speaker 3>other guys if I need extra time for the other guys.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm always challenged to.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm always trying to keep things interesting for Trent, for

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<v Speaker 3>for the veteran players in the room, while still being

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<v Speaker 3>able to reach out to the younger guys. Trent's always

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, all these guys, if they're really on it,

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<v Speaker 3>they're probably I want to say, a half step ahead

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<v Speaker 3>of me. They might be more than that, but you

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<v Speaker 3>have to admit it. They they study themselves. I'm you know,

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<v Speaker 3>we get stuck on a scheme. We're looking at the

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<v Speaker 3>other players, we're looking at the defense, we' looking there's

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<v Speaker 3>so much that we look at. Sometimes the player himself

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<v Speaker 3>can come to you first. A lot of them can't

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<v Speaker 3>and say, coach, what do you think about this? Or

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<v Speaker 3>what do you think about that? Trent's trench really good

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<v Speaker 3>that although sometimes you know it's the other way around.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm able to point somethings out to him.

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<v Speaker 4>This is an objectively silly question, but a couple of

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<v Speaker 4>years ago, you try for a touchdown for Trent, do

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<v Speaker 4>you have any hopes of maybe getting me?

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<v Speaker 2>I hope so. I every day.

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<v Speaker 3>He is so much fun to work with and such

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<v Speaker 3>a great guy, and he sure would be great for

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<v Speaker 3>him to end his career with a touchdown. It's just

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<v Speaker 3>really hard. It's kind of like a big red flag. Hey,

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<v Speaker 3>seventy one reporting it tight end. Okay, let's be sure

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<v Speaker 3>we cover him right, because you know that's that's the

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<v Speaker 3>hard one. I go back to Ogden. He did in

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<v Speaker 3>one of his early years in his career, caught a

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<v Speaker 3>touchdown pass and we always talked about Himano it was

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<v Speaker 3>ten years after the fact that we always talked about

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<v Speaker 3>I hope what Trent that happens.

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<v Speaker 1>You guys are looking at some outside tackles when they

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<v Speaker 1>ask you for your opinion, how many plays you need

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<v Speaker 1>to watch of a guy before and what do you

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<v Speaker 1>go do you go to last year's tape, you go

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<v Speaker 1>to his highlight reel? How much film do you need

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<v Speaker 1>to watch on some of these guys to decide, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I like this guy or don't like that.

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<v Speaker 3>Guy you're talking about? Like tryout guys at this time

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<v Speaker 3>of year. Yeah, usually we just it's to try out

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<v Speaker 3>and then if there's film, they'll they'll put together a

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<v Speaker 3>tape that will have the high highlights and low lights

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<v Speaker 3>you can kind of evaluate. I think it all depends

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<v Speaker 3>on the spot. You know, you're talking about a guy

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<v Speaker 3>that's going to be a third or fourth or fifth,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, it just depends on who they are and uh,

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<v Speaker 3>and what spots you're looking. If you're looking for a

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<v Speaker 3>practice squad player versus a guy that might be a

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<v Speaker 3>rotational player, you might have to dig a little deeper.

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<v Speaker 3>But a lot of times you can kind of see

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<v Speaker 3>what a guys and he's kind of built is, we

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<v Speaker 3>have a grade on him, we've probably evaluated him before.

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<v Speaker 3>In free agency, you might take a quick peek again

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<v Speaker 3>to make sure everything looks the same, but it usually

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<v Speaker 3>some form of a highlight reel, not quite as extensive

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<v Speaker 3>as you do in free agency or the college, and

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<v Speaker 3>then you and then you bring them here for the

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<v Speaker 3>workout and you see if they're still moving around physical

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<v Speaker 3>things like that.

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<v Speaker 1>It's important for the your way of thinking, for the

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<v Speaker 1>first offensive line unit to get snapped for this preseason.

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<v Speaker 2>Over in a game. That's a great question. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>tough question, you know.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know what the number of reps is, but

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<v Speaker 3>on both sides of the coin with that, as far

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<v Speaker 3>as what happens when guys play and don't play, I

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<v Speaker 3>do think the game reps are important. I won't use

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<v Speaker 3>offensive line because it is it is important they play together,

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<v Speaker 3>but they get a lot of reps together. We're together

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<v Speaker 3>a lot, and they play a lot of reps together,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, in practice and things. I do know this

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<v Speaker 3>that some players have been with in the past if

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<v Speaker 3>they didn't get the real live reps like ball hand

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<v Speaker 3>the guys have handled the football like all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 3>it's a lot different when they're punching at that ball

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<v Speaker 3>in the first couple of games of the year that

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<v Speaker 3>you have to adjust to it than it is later

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<v Speaker 3>in the year, you know, or as it is if

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<v Speaker 3>you don't if you don't have those reps in training

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<v Speaker 3>camp or practice.

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<v Speaker 2>Right.

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<v Speaker 3>The only thing I do know also is that the

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<v Speaker 3>most tired I've ever seen NFL players, and I'll talk

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<v Speaker 3>about the offensive line, is when they come off the

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<v Speaker 3>field after that first eight or ten play drive in

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<v Speaker 3>the first game of the year, they are flat gassed,

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<v Speaker 3>no matter how many games you played in the preseason

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<v Speaker 3>or how many plays you didn't play in the preseason,

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<v Speaker 3>because it's the first real time that you truly exerted

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<v Speaker 3>everything straining from the you know, snap to whistle every

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<v Speaker 3>single play, trying to win, and they just haven't done

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<v Speaker 3>that enough. As hard as practices, even as the preseason

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<v Speaker 3>games are, it's just I've been places whe we've played

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<v Speaker 3>guys as many as a hundred plays in the preseason.

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<v Speaker 2>Other places they haven't played any plays.

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<v Speaker 3>But either way, when they walk off that field after

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<v Speaker 3>those first couple of series, they're gassed. And it takes

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<v Speaker 3>a game or two, ou't how many it is, but

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<v Speaker 3>to start to get in game shape, the real game

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<v Speaker 3>shape where.

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<v Speaker 2>You're playing full speed, full strain.

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<v Speaker 3>And for us, like a receiver, you know he can run,

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<v Speaker 3>they run, they run, they run, they run, they run

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<v Speaker 3>around well, give enough runs and it's like, Okay, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>in shape, but an offensive lineman is you know, in

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<v Speaker 3>defensive li I mean you're shoving it full. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>it's not just the cardio, it's the strain that goes

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<v Speaker 3>on with it.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's like that takes a lot out of you.

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<v Speaker 3>And it's not the strain in uh team run, the

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<v Speaker 3>strain in pre season two versus the strain in Pittsburgh

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<v Speaker 3>on the road right opening day with the noise and

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<v Speaker 3>the atmosphere and the juices night and day.

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<v Speaker 2>And so that's why, Yes, it's.

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<v Speaker 3>Important, but I always it's cautionary and it's kind of important.

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<v Speaker 2>You know.

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<v Speaker 3>It is nice to get guys some reps and our

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<v Speaker 3>our sports science guys, they'll they'll tell you there's a

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<v Speaker 3>number and there that they think they should play.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what it is.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks, thank you guys,