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Speaker 1: Where does it say about the defense were early on

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Speaker 1: I'm thinking about I think it was third and twenty

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Speaker 1: and then they converted and the next play, you guys

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Speaker 1: get the turn over. Ye ill tell me about that.

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Speaker 1: That's swing there, just resiliency. You know, it's it's all

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Speaker 1: about the next play. Um. You have to play the play.

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Speaker 1: So for us, just understanding what we did wrong, UM

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Speaker 1: and how we could fix that. So having a short memory. UM,

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Speaker 1: when the next play comes, it's about alignment, assignment, key technique,

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Speaker 1: then play our harts all. So that's that's really all

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Speaker 1: it is. Especially with this defensive unit. We gotta make

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Speaker 1: sure that we're all spreading to the ball in um,

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Speaker 1: you know, in efforts to make impact plays. Like you

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Speaker 1: said several times, you've you've been around a while now,

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Speaker 1: have you ever seen so many injuries in one name?

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Speaker 1: Is that one? I know, it's it's been it's been

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Speaker 1: a while since I've seen that many injuries in a

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Speaker 1: in a single game. But you know, this is um

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Speaker 1: arguably the last gladiator sports. So we know what we

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Speaker 1: sign up for, and you know, it's it's just about

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Speaker 1: going out there and giving it are all. You know,

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Speaker 1: we have coaches that have taught us how to play

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Speaker 1: the game the right way. So um, just got to

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Speaker 1: continue with those techniques and everything else. You leave it

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Speaker 1: up to guy. How did how did I was getting

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Speaker 1: What were you doing before you signed back here? Like

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Speaker 1: were you training somewhere? Were you like? What were you doing? Uh? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: training my off? Um. You know, I'm I'm a guy.

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Speaker 1: I'm in year seven, but I'm twenty seven. I'm still young.

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Speaker 1: I still got a lot of ball left uh to

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Speaker 1: be able to play the game at a high level

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Speaker 1: as well. So really just taking all the success and

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Speaker 1: adversity that I've had over my career, um, and just

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Speaker 1: continuing to pour it out. Um, giving the opportunity. The

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Speaker 1: Giants brought me in and and love what they saw.

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Speaker 1: So this is it's a blessing to be here, Um,

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Speaker 1: to pick it up. I'm gonna be here a little

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Speaker 1: longer now. Uh. You know, coming in last year for

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Speaker 1: the last four games. Um, but I love the energy,

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Speaker 1: love the vibe. And it's a lot different than when

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Speaker 1: you were here for the last four gave the last year. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's a it's a lot more pepping our steps. Um.

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Speaker 1: We get a lot of the young guys believing as well, um,

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Speaker 1: which haven't haven't achieved a lot of success here in

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Speaker 1: these past few years, and um, you know less with

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Speaker 1: the giants, so you know, them getting a taste of

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Speaker 1: what winning looks like and all of that good stuff matters.

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Speaker 1: You know. The humbling part about it is it's a

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Speaker 1: twenty four hour rule, you know, and you gotta move on.

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Speaker 1: You gotta move on quickly. So how did we can

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Speaker 1: explain pre game, ahead of the game going with during

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Speaker 1: the week, what was going to be happening at those

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Speaker 1: inside backward spots because it seemed like there was a

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Speaker 1: pretty steady flow of guys in and out of the game. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm a coach, had a game plan and then from

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Speaker 1: there he just wanted to um just kind of roll

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Speaker 1: with the puncher. So for us, we gotta entrust in

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Speaker 1: our coaches and whatever. And you know, for me, whatever

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Speaker 1: situation that they um put me in or anything that

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Speaker 1: that you know, these coaches and these these guys want

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Speaker 1: for me, I'm gonna do. It looks like it looks

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Speaker 1: like on taste sack that you guys are pretting a

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Speaker 1: little game there and they picked you up and left

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Speaker 1: him clear path. Yeah, that was a beauty. That was

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Speaker 1: a beauty right there. I can't wait to see that

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Speaker 1: on film. Did you know you'd be on the field

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Speaker 1: like six days seven days after you signed? Like, was

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Speaker 1: that always the plan or did they say we might.

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Speaker 1: You know, have to work up from the practice squad. Everything,

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Speaker 1: everything that I've gotten is earned. Um, And that's all

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Speaker 1: coach told me, just you come in and earn so um.

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Speaker 1: Like I said, it's just a blessing to be here. Um,

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Speaker 1: I know I got a lot that I can add

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Speaker 1: to to this team. So it's about patience, it's about

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Speaker 1: um and just being a steward of the game. I

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Speaker 1: love the locker room. I love the guys that are

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Speaker 1: right here. You weren't in draining camp anywhere. Right, it's

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Speaker 1: not the first time, the first time, naturally, naturally, naturally

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Speaker 1: the ego speaks. But I know, I I know I

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Speaker 1: can still play the game at a high level. I

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Speaker 1: know I'm still one of the best linebackers in the league.

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Speaker 1: It's just granted opportunity. Um, you know. So I'm just

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Speaker 1: blessed to be here, to to be able to add

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Speaker 1: you know that value. So it's a blessing. Playing snow

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Speaker 1: complaints this what did you ever think you were done

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Speaker 1: or you like retiring or even though yours you couldn't

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Speaker 1: still play, do you ever think of retiring or were

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Speaker 1: you like, no, I'm still gonna wait for the call,

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Speaker 1: wait for the call. Just it's all about timing. It's

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Speaker 1: all about timing, and for me it was it was

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Speaker 1: just important to control what I can control. UM. So

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Speaker 1: that's that's really where my mindset is. Who called you?

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Speaker 1: Who called you from the joints? Um? I know I

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Speaker 1: end up talking to Tim McDowell. Um, another game. I forget, yes,

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Speaker 1: my guy Gomber, I forget who else called me? Um.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, it was. It was a nice, nice transition

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