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Speaker 1: The Colts active once again an NFL free agency back

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Speaker 1: for more is Matt Pryor offensive lineman the JJ Stango.

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Speaker 1: It's I'm Matt Taylor inside the Power Home Solo Radio studio.

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Speaker 1: Matt first off, welcome back to the Colts. Congratulations yeh man,

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Speaker 1: thank you. It's glad to be back here. Um. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's great to be back in this organization. UM had

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Speaker 1: a great year last year, you know, didn't end how

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Speaker 1: we wanted to, so you know we're gonna try to

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Speaker 1: run it back this year. Yeah, you talk about that,

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Speaker 1: that feeling, that motivation. How much did that factor into

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Speaker 1: your willingness and decision to resign with the Colts? Man,

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Speaker 1: It honestly it came down to U. The organization as

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Speaker 1: a whole. It's really tight knit. It's kind of like

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Speaker 1: that college experience. You know, everybody's real tight Ennit. Everybody's cool.

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Speaker 1: There's no separation between positions, so you know, camaraderie is

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Speaker 1: is a big deal when it comes to, you know,

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Speaker 1: playing sports. It kind of keeps that stress level down.

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Speaker 1: So I feel like that had a great role to

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Speaker 1: play to you know, resigning here, UM, coaches staff, um,

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Speaker 1: you know, everything kind of plays a part and to

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Speaker 1: any player signing back with a team or to a

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Speaker 1: new team. Matt, something we heard from your coaches last

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Speaker 1: season is that your physicality really fit in well in

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Speaker 1: that offensive line room. How quickly do you feel like

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Speaker 1: you acclimated to it here in Indianapolis after the trade

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Speaker 1: and how do you think that physicality served you playing

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Speaker 1: this year? Um? The transition wasn't bad. Um. Of course,

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Speaker 1: every offense is different, um, in terms of calls and everything.

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Speaker 1: But you know, Frank was over in Philly, and you

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Speaker 1: know he was over here in Indy, so adjusting to

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Speaker 1: play calls wasn't difficult. And as far as play style,

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Speaker 1: you know, playing next to Ryan and Glow and q Um,

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Speaker 1: you know they they're they play at a high level,

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Speaker 1: so they they escalate you. They make you have to,

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Speaker 1: you know, take that extra stuff forward in your game.

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Speaker 1: So you know, uh, them bringing me along wasn't it

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Speaker 1: made the transition real easy? Matt. You were traded right

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Speaker 1: at the end of training camp, right can mean coming

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Speaker 1: over you were drafted by the Eagles, and then you

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Speaker 1: come over here right before the season starts, right before

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Speaker 1: the live bullets. As they say, what was that like?

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Speaker 1: How hectic of a time period, was that for you? Um?

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Speaker 1: And it was kind of a surprise. Um, but you

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Speaker 1: know football is a lot of surprise. You know, you

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Speaker 1: never know what's gonna happen. Um. Of course, you know

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Speaker 1: leaving Philly, you know, been there for three years, you

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Speaker 1: kind of grow connections with everybody. So the toughest situation

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Speaker 1: or what hit me the most was, you know, leaving

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Speaker 1: the old line room. Um, you know had a great

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Speaker 1: bonds made well, you know, a bunch of the guy's lane, Yeah, Brooks, Kelsey, Jordan,

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Speaker 1: Nate Herbig, you know, all the boys in the room.

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Speaker 1: So I'd say leaving leaving there, you know, not being

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Speaker 1: a part of that was a hard part. But then

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Speaker 1: you know, I'll come over here and I'm I'm a

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Speaker 1: part of a great room. You know, got Straws, big Q.

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Speaker 1: Like I said, Ryan Glow, you got uh Braden Um,

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Speaker 1: Julian who was here so you know Chris Chris reed. Uh.

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Speaker 1: So you know it kind of it was going from

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Speaker 1: one good room to another good room. So you know

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Speaker 1: there was no drop off. But it's it's life though.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you know, you go from like you said,

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Speaker 1: three years getting acclimated to a team, an area, a town,

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Speaker 1: a city, a fan base, and then all of a

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Speaker 1: sudden boom, right before the season starts, you gotta sell

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Speaker 1: a house, buy a house, move the family. I mean, yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's that's tough. I didn't have to do with the selling. Boy,

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Speaker 1: you know, that's why you rent smarter than me. Right,

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Speaker 1: But um, and then you know, from high school to college,

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Speaker 1: you know, you move, uh, and then you know you

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Speaker 1: you're there for four or five years whatever, and then

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Speaker 1: you get drafted you're in another team. So I feel

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Speaker 1: like you kind of adapt to it. Um. Yeah, but

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Speaker 1: know what you make of it, what who you meet

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Speaker 1: is you know how you're gonna adapt to it. So

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Speaker 1: I don't think that that part was hard. Speaking of adapting, Um,

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Speaker 1: how did you get so? I did get so adaptable?

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Speaker 1: When it comes to switching sides of the offensive line,

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Speaker 1: at a high level. When you when your number was called, Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, man, it's it's not easy, obviously, you know,

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Speaker 1: once is he everything's easier said than done. Um. You

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Speaker 1: know people try to play it out as as still football. Um.

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Speaker 1: But you know, once you get used to doing so,

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Speaker 1: when I got drafted to the Eagles, I had to

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Speaker 1: play a little bit of everything. So I think I've

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Speaker 1: done it so much that it kind of just became

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Speaker 1: say anybody just wants to play one spot. So, but

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Speaker 1: it's always good to be able to move around just

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Speaker 1: in case, you know, anybody gets hurt, because you know,

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Speaker 1: the best ability is availability. Right. I felt like it

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Speaker 1: was a good thing. How would you like in it?

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Speaker 1: I'm always curious what offensive linemens say about this. How

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Speaker 1: would you like in going from like right tackle left tackle?

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Speaker 1: Is it like trying to write with your your non

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Speaker 1: dominant hand? It Like, how would you explain that? Um? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's mechanics. Um. Same thing with you know, throwing, if

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Speaker 1: you're throwing if you're left handed and you gotta throw

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Speaker 1: right handed. Um. But you know, you get better at

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Speaker 1: it with repetition, and uh that that goes with anything.

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Speaker 1: It's like learning then instrument you were with multiple times

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Speaker 1: and you know you just get better at it. So

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Speaker 1: that's just like a life lesson anything you do. More

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Speaker 1: repetition you get better at I know what you're gonna say.

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Speaker 1: The standard answer is, you know, anywhere the team needs me. Right.

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Speaker 1: Where do you feel like you're most comfortable on the offensive?

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Speaker 1: I hate to say it, but uh anyway, you know,

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Speaker 1: just need the reps. If I get the reps, I'll

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Speaker 1: but tackle or guard, I don't matter. I mean the

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Speaker 1: Colts had to use ten different starting offensive line combinations

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Speaker 1: last year. Um within that unit? Um has that just

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Speaker 1: the same thing last year. Yeah, I played right guard,

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Speaker 1: Probably the thing was like fifteen or maybe more than that. Um,

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Speaker 1: or I think that's a stamp ready. Yeah, yeah, that's right. Um. Yeah, man,

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Speaker 1: it goes with practice. Even in practice last year, I

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Speaker 1: fright tackle. So it's just a like I said, repetition.

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Speaker 1: Everything matters. Yeah, so we got you here. Uh. Colts

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Speaker 1: fans are learning about a player who was just acquired

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Speaker 1: Yannick and Gockway, and I believe you would have gone

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Speaker 1: up against him. Yeah. So what what can you tell

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Speaker 1: us about Yannick and Gockway and the kind of player

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Speaker 1: that he is and will bring to this Colts team? Uh,

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Speaker 1: Yannick Janick is a man. He's up there man. Uh,

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Speaker 1: he's high motor. Uh. You know, he's he's pretty quick's

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Speaker 1: quick off the edge. Uh. And you know he's one

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Speaker 1: of those guys you never know what kind of move

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Speaker 1: to be on your toes about it. Um. And then

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Speaker 1: he he doesn't like the talk crap, but he was

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Speaker 1: talking a little bit during the game. But you know

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Speaker 1: it's a it's all that's all funny games in the game,

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Speaker 1: so you know, it keeps it keeps the game going.

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Speaker 1: You know, I fan it feels the fire. Um. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's a cool dude. Is is that something where he's

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Speaker 1: got you mentioned he's got those multiple moves, like you

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Speaker 1: don't know if he's gonna give you the chop, if

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Speaker 1: he's gonna give you a bullrush. He's kind of got

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Speaker 1: those different pitches in his arsenal. Yeah. Yeah, I feel

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Speaker 1: like any elite uh end or d tackle, you know,

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Speaker 1: they have different moves and their arsenal too to combat

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Speaker 1: a offensive lineman and you know set up their next move.

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Speaker 1: And you know that's something he brings to the table. Right,

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Speaker 1: that's Matt Pryor with us. Colt's offensive lineman, versatile player.

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Speaker 1: He can play guard, tackle, Hell, he could even play

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Speaker 1: I had it to your resume, man, let's go, let's go.

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Speaker 1: The more you can do. Um. But along this offensive line.

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Speaker 1: You're gonna be playing with a new quarterback again next season,

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Speaker 1: and I know last year, you know, was it you know,

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Speaker 1: obviously an up and down situation dating starting in training

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Speaker 1: training camp two point zer as far as that goes.

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Speaker 1: spring from an offensive lineman stamp point. How long does

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Speaker 1: it take to get adjusted and acclimated with a new quarterback? Um,

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Speaker 1: what are you looking for there? I don't I don't

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Speaker 1: their snap count. I think that's the biggest adaptation you

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Speaker 1: weeks maybe sure, But you know it shouldn't be that difficult,

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Speaker 1: you know. Um, I've never had any struggle with learning

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Speaker 1: repetition is gonna what I mean, what about like cadence

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Speaker 1: a time frame on it. Sure, it's the same with

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Speaker 1: a quarterback, you know, lining up with a receiver throw

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Speaker 1: on the ball. It's gonna take the reps yep. And Um,

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Speaker 1: you know once once we get into Tota's and and camp,

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Speaker 1: it's gonna fall into place. That's what it's all about.

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Speaker 1: Matt Pryor right there, Colts offensive lineman, and we were

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Speaker 1: talking before we started the interview. We did not unfortunately

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Speaker 1: last year with with COVID and the regulations and the protocols. Uh,

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Speaker 1: none of us really cross pads with you last year. Um.

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Speaker 1: And it's one of those things you can see six

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Speaker 1: foot seven, three hundred and thirty two pounds on paper

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Speaker 1: and say, man, that's that's a large individual. But quite literally,

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Speaker 1: you were one of the biggest cults players that we've

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Speaker 1: ever had the pleasure of interviewing here, one of the

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Speaker 1: biggest guys in the NFL. Man, you are, You're getting

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Speaker 1: it done. You're here for a reason, there's no question

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Speaker 1: you do take it to a whole nother level. Yeah man,

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Speaker 1: uh yeah, I can't really find no clue. I gotta

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Speaker 1: get everything. Taylor, Yeah somebody. I bet you do. But

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Speaker 1: you're filling it out and you're one of the best

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Speaker 1: in the biz. And welcome back to the Colts, Welcome

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Speaker 1: back to Indianapolis. Appreciate you, Matt