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Speaker 1: Put on this morning, let's roll.

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Speaker 2: Uh, you know, Chris McCaffrey running to the NFL rushing

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Speaker 2: title last year maybe not an overlooked because you guys

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Speaker 2: were in the midst of a Super Bowl run. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: And how is that celebrated internally with you guys?

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Speaker 1: And just.

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Speaker 2: How much of it is an effort to repeat that

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Speaker 2: because I don't reflect team's success.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think I think a lot of accomplishments of

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Speaker 3: his might have gotten overlooked last year. You know, he

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Speaker 3: had the touchdown record going on, the rushing title, he's

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Speaker 3: in the MVP race, All.

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Speaker 1: Pro Pro Bowl.

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Speaker 3: You know, when when you got so many accolades going on,

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Speaker 3: sometimes it's hard to acknowledge all of them. But we

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Speaker 3: try to. We try to appreciate everything in that room.

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Speaker 3: And that's that's something Christian and I talk about every day,

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Speaker 3: even even now in training camp, just appreciating, uh, the

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Speaker 3: opportunity that we have to be out here with one

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Speaker 3: just you know, be the absolute best at we can.

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Speaker 3: So we try to try to really appreciate that and

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Speaker 3: not take for granted what, you know, what we've done

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Speaker 3: and what we can do with him, you know.

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Speaker 2: Not practicing for last week or so. I mean, he's

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Speaker 2: freshening up, getting ready for the season.

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Speaker 1: Still.

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Speaker 2: I guess what's his mindset DC going into this year.

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Speaker 3: He always is super determined. He's always striving for more.

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Speaker 3: You know, it really is never enough for him. And

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Speaker 3: you can see, you know, it's killing him not to

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Speaker 3: be out there. Uh, he's always chomping at the bit.

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Speaker 3: And uh he makes sure to remind me every day

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Speaker 3: that he's getting a little bit closer and he's gonna

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Speaker 3: have cleats on that grass here at no time.

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Speaker 1: And you know he's gonna be Christian McCaffrey.

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Speaker 3: He's gonna go do his thing and do one of

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Speaker 3: the best players in the world.

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Speaker 1: What why is Bobby turning?

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Speaker 3: Because he's the best in the world of what he

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Speaker 3: does and he loves it. I don't I don't think

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Speaker 3: there's anything else that he would rather be doing. You know,

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Speaker 3: he tells us all the time. He'll he'll wake up

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Speaker 3: in the middle of the night, he'll just he'll just

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Speaker 3: chuckle to himself about a joke that we've had in

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Speaker 3: our room and all of us laughing together, and just

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Speaker 3: how tight of a group we are and how much

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Speaker 3: the game, and he loves coaching.

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Speaker 1: You know that room. I mean Christian, I mean he

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Speaker 1: coaches everyone. He's a Christian either you does it sometimes

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Speaker 1: take guys like rookies, guys that just get here a

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Speaker 1: second to as to it seems like a very old.

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Speaker 3: For sure, It definitely does, you know, because not everybody

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Speaker 3: coaches the same. And like you said, he coaches very hard.

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Speaker 3: You know, he's he's gonna be very strict. He's gonna

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Speaker 3: be making sure you're on top of every assignment. You know,

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Speaker 3: he doesn't even he doesn't let Christian and I, you know,

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Speaker 3: loosen up at any point, like you know, we got

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Speaker 3: to be on our stuff.

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Speaker 1: We're still my eighth year with him.

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Speaker 3: I still do a running back test before every game

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Speaker 3: and those are a good eight pages. And and that's

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Speaker 3: just you know, that's how he is. But I, I

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Speaker 3: really truly have grown.

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Speaker 1: I've always I've always loved Bobby, but I.

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Speaker 3: Each and every year I appreciate him even more because

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Speaker 3: it is easy sometimes when you've done things for so

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Speaker 3: but he makes sure that can never happen and that

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Speaker 1: And confident in everything you do.

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Speaker 3: Yes, you gotta you gotta turn it in the day before,

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Speaker 3: the night before the game. It is a printed out,

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Speaker 1: You know what, you don't get it back.

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Speaker 3: You turn it in, but if there's anything alarming, he'll

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Speaker 3: be sure to let you know. Yeah, having said all that,

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Speaker 3: I realized there's injuries in cold But as a veteran,

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Speaker 3: how much preseason time do you think, you guys that

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Speaker 3: case by case basis. I really think that really is

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Speaker 1: But I'm quite confident either route that we go.

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Speaker 3: If the starters play a little bit, great, If we

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Speaker 3: much of a difference to me. I think preseason that

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Speaker 2: Brandon's contract status.

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Speaker 1: But Trent isn't here at all. What are you missing

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Speaker 1: The locker room? Yeah, I mean, Trent's an incredible leader.

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Speaker 3: You know, He's got this this aura around him that

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Speaker 3: you know, obviously we all think so highly of him,

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Speaker 3: it just it builds a camaraderie. It definitely pushes other

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Speaker 3: I really am confident that he'll be here soon and

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Speaker 3: I think we'll get things figured out.

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Speaker 2: Your mindset as a return guy with the new rules,

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Speaker 2: and what do you think of like Grenda and Debo as.

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Speaker 3: Returners it seems are Srader and Debos. Yeah, I think

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Speaker 3: it's gonna be a really interesting play. I'm quite excited

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Speaker 3: But guys like Deebo, like Grendo, like Schrader, they're gonna

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Speaker 3: fit that role very well.

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Speaker 1: Is it's very much like a wide.

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Speaker 3: you know, those are your offensive linemen. And when you're

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Speaker 2: Again, told us that he had a little bit of

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Speaker 1: Was there a turning point that you saw, Go ahead

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Speaker 1: and give an example. I'm not.

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Speaker 3: I'm not gonna put too much out there, but you

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Speaker 3: know we talked about earlier. Sometimes it takes some getting

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Speaker 3: used to, uh, you know, a certain style of coaching.

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Speaker 3: And when JP came here, Bobby t wasn't here. He

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Speaker 3: up I think around like week four or five that season,

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Speaker 3: so you know, he hadn't Bobby T hadn't been JP's

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Speaker 3: just took time for him to adjust.

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Speaker 1: I think they've done a phenomenal job.

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Speaker 3: I think what stands out with these rookies for me

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Speaker 3: I think they do a really good job, especially in meetings,

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Speaker 3: just understanding their assignment. And when they do make mistakes,

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Speaker 3: which we all make mistakes we're in the heat of battle,

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Speaker 3: they do a great job of Like when we're watching

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Speaker 3: the tape, before Bobby T can even get to the corrections,

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Speaker 3: nine times out of ten they'll say exactly what they

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Speaker 3: did wrong. And that's good. If if you make a

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Speaker 3: and right away you know, shoot.

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Speaker 1: I wasn't supposed to do that, I was supposed to

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Speaker 1: do this, it's a lot easier to clean up and

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Speaker 1: move on. From there.

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Speaker 2: Is a rookie, this guy and the other guys if

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Speaker 2: or whatever. But is he is that grown more?

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Speaker 1: I mean, does he have more advantage.

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Speaker 3: I just love his understanding of the playbook has has

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Speaker 1: People make mistakes very very quickly.

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Speaker 3: I love, like, you know, a third down, I'm in

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Speaker 3: As soon as we get lined up, he's like, hey,

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Speaker 3: it's not just what he has to know. Now he's

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Speaker 3: kind of understanding what everyone else has to do.

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Speaker 1: Yep. I think