WEBVTT - Brandon Aiyuk: 'We're All on the Same Mission Here' | Press Pass

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<v Speaker 1>In the regular season mode now or is it been

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<v Speaker 1>that way since yeah started?

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<v Speaker 2>Uh, I mean today was like you can't practice, so

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<v Speaker 2>not really not really still I mean still.

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<v Speaker 3>Just the mindset, same mindset.

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<v Speaker 4>You're pretty close with Trey Lance up throughout last off season.

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<v Speaker 5>Have you spoken to him since his departure.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I saw him.

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<v Speaker 2>I saw him for the game, and I saw him

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<v Speaker 2>yesterday as well, So yeah, I saw Yeah, I think uh,

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<v Speaker 2>I think he was good. I think it was in

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<v Speaker 2>a like some weight was lifted off of him. It

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<v Speaker 2>looked like to me. But I think he's in the

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<v Speaker 2>give spot.

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<v Speaker 5>Did weird seeing him on a on a team that.

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<v Speaker 2>You know has been competing with you guys in the

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<v Speaker 2>playoffs for NFC supremacy. Yeah, for sure, for sure. But

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<v Speaker 2>we all know how it goes. That's the that's the

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<v Speaker 2>craziness of this league.

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<v Speaker 3>We know how it is.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, for sure seeing him in a in a

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<v Speaker 2>cowboy uniform is different. Seeing the edges and stuff on

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<v Speaker 2>social media is a little bit a little bit weird,

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<v Speaker 2>but for sure happy for him.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Are you looking forward to finally getting into a real

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<v Speaker 4>game in about ten days?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>The last two the last two preseason games, just getting

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<v Speaker 2>a feel for like game day, like how it is

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<v Speaker 2>the night before, how it is waking up in the morning,

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<v Speaker 2>going down on the field warming up. In the last

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<v Speaker 2>two games, got a little taste of that, so but

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<v Speaker 2>excited now for the real thing coming up here in

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit.

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<v Speaker 5>One more thing on Trey. How much I guess do

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<v Speaker 5>you credit him working with you in the off season's

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<v Speaker 5>last two off seasons to kind of help you raise

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<v Speaker 5>your game?

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<v Speaker 3>I think, just, uh, what do you mean by that?

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<v Speaker 1>What do you mean you guys did a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>work beside just here, but you know, away from the

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<v Speaker 1>facility during the.

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<v Speaker 5>Summers or springs. I mean, how much ex did that

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<v Speaker 5>help your career advance?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh? Just uh, we just watching him like he came in.

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<v Speaker 2>Knowing how to work, being able to structure his own

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<v Speaker 2>off season structure, everything, so just being able to be

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<v Speaker 2>alongside him, uh, kind of flow with him as well.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'll take I definitely credit him for that. The

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<v Speaker 2>way that he is in terms of offense, like a quarterback.

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<v Speaker 2>You know how quarterbacks are in terms of getting ready

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<v Speaker 2>to come into training camp.

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<v Speaker 3>So stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 2>Credit to him, But he's on his own past. Now

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<v Speaker 2>we're on different paths now, and we're just focused on

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<v Speaker 2>people in this building and myself right now.

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<v Speaker 6>Should you have any sense something like that could happen

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<v Speaker 6>or or were you sort of surprised by it?

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<v Speaker 3>Uh? Not really surprised.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh, I mean it's still surprising just cause it's a

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<v Speaker 2>close friend of mine that he came in.

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<v Speaker 3>He came in here after me.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been with him this on tart time and then

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<v Speaker 2>to see him go and what two seasons? Yeah, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>so I would say surprisingly can that standpoint, But just

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<v Speaker 2>in terms of how stuff goes, I can understand how

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<v Speaker 2>it goes, and I understand the competitor that he is,

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<v Speaker 2>so he wants to compete and go out there and

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<v Speaker 2>give a chance to show who he is to.

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<v Speaker 3>Himself into the world. So not surprising that aspect.

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<v Speaker 5>In terms of the competitiveness of training camp.

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<v Speaker 4>Uh.

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<v Speaker 5>You you've had several now with this team offense versus defense.

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<v Speaker 5>How do you think this year stacked up, uh to

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<v Speaker 5>to to.

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<v Speaker 3>Your previous seasons? Just for myself or just for the team?

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<v Speaker 5>Probably?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, probably for both. I think this all it's a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit different just cause when you when you understand

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<v Speaker 2>like what to when you know what to expect and

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<v Speaker 2>how stuff goes. It's a little bit different, but I

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<v Speaker 2>think we had a great camp from the competition wise,

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<v Speaker 2>from the defensive side of things versus the offense. From

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<v Speaker 2>our our unit, especially the receiver unit. We feel like

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<v Speaker 2>we came in from day one and just continue to

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<v Speaker 2>stack up until whatever the last twenty one I think

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<v Speaker 2>today's twenty one or something like that. Just continue to

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<v Speaker 2>send our trajectory in the right direction and then for myself,

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<v Speaker 2>just uh being able to stack again. I feel like

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<v Speaker 2>I stacked another all season and stacked another training camp

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<v Speaker 2>and now we just let the chips forward in May

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<v Speaker 2>and can play football. Just the fun part now, training

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<v Speaker 2>camp is that part where it's like you kind of

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<v Speaker 2>have to get ready for us. You don't really wanna

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<v Speaker 2>do it. You're excited to come play football again, but

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<v Speaker 2>you understand the grind that it is. The season's that

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<v Speaker 2>same grind as well, but it's playing football football more

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<v Speaker 2>so just football now.

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<v Speaker 3>So excited for that.

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<v Speaker 1>Rays Or have you looked at all at at Patrick

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<v Speaker 1>Peterson and and Joey Porter junior and and obviously you

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<v Speaker 1>got some history with Peterson, I would.

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<v Speaker 2>Imagine that yeah, we say, yeah, we seen Peterson a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of times up here. We saw him up here

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<v Speaker 2>in twenty in twenty one, I think we saw him

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<v Speaker 2>last year as well, and joint practices, and then I've

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<v Speaker 2>seen some stuff from their young corner, uh like on

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<v Speaker 2>social media and stuff, but I haven't got into it yet,

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<v Speaker 2>So we'll look at that. Watch the preseason game of

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<v Speaker 2>those guys lash last week. They did a good job,

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<v Speaker 2>uh spec and the receivers over there did a good

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<v Speaker 2>job too, So I'm excited for the matchup.

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<v Speaker 3>It's gonna be fun, but we know it's gonna be h.

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<v Speaker 2>We're kicking this thing off right away and we're getting

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<v Speaker 2>to it, so it'll be fun.

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<v Speaker 7>Your experience, what what is the difference between the college

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<v Speaker 7>wide receiver and the NFL wide receiver.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean just the urgency, just the urgency about everything.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a different urgency that you have to play with,

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<v Speaker 2>that you have to approach the game with, that you

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<v Speaker 2>have to study with, and just realize how fast stuff move,

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<v Speaker 2>stuff moves, how fast people move, how stuff everything moves.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh So, if I would say, yeah, one word, I'll say,

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<v Speaker 2>urgency's in a lot.

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<v Speaker 3>He's doing a great job. He's in a great job.

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<v Speaker 3>He's in a great job.

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<v Speaker 2>He's, like I said, speaking on our unit earlier, he's

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<v Speaker 2>pushed our unit forward as well in a good way

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<v Speaker 2>coming out here, hand on this business in the preseason game,

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<v Speaker 2>going out there and practice every single day. I've seen

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of rooky receivers coming in here and not

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<v Speaker 2>be able to including myself, include not be able to

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<v Speaker 2>handle whether it's the grind of a whole entire training

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<v Speaker 2>camp or the mental aspect of it. He's in a

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<v Speaker 2>great job with everything, so I'm excited to see where

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<v Speaker 2>he could take it to feel like.

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<v Speaker 5>He's keeping more prepared mentally.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe absolutely absolutely credit to him himself coming in ready

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<v Speaker 2>to go.

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<v Speaker 6>Is this is this week? Like? Is it? Is it

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<v Speaker 6>weird at all? You know, you it's kind of a

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<v Speaker 6>light week and then you've got time off before the

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<v Speaker 6>you know, the the first week to ramp up at

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<v Speaker 6>How do you sort of deal with that that sort

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<v Speaker 6>of weird time.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I'm trying. We're still trying to figure it out.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I think a lot of us mighta woke

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<v Speaker 2>up today thinking that today was like like what you're saying,

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<v Speaker 2>the light week which we were in for surprise today,

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<v Speaker 2>uh or maybe just me. I don't know, but uh

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<v Speaker 2>just tryna just tryna stay focused, you know, clean up,

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<v Speaker 2>have a chance to I think we got three prices

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<v Speaker 2>in seven days or whatever depending I'm not sure exactly,

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<v Speaker 2>but we have a ch opportunity now to come down

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<v Speaker 2>from camp and just get our minds right, get our

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<v Speaker 2>bodies back right, and still fine tune as we get

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<v Speaker 2>ready for week one.

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<v Speaker 5>What was your first camp with Christian McCaffrey, like I asked,

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<v Speaker 5>because it seems that he brought NonStop energy every day

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<v Speaker 5>that he that he was out there.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, this our first time with our first time

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<v Speaker 3>with c mac.

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<v Speaker 2>He got to cause he he came in whatever KC

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<v Speaker 2>whatever week that was, so we didn't have camp with them,

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<v Speaker 2>and then we didn't really get to grind with him

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<v Speaker 2>last year. This year him coming in, he gets to

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<v Speaker 2>see how we go about stuff and even bring his

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<v Speaker 2>own hisn't like you said, his own energy to to

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<v Speaker 2>the team and bring us all together and like I.

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<v Speaker 3>Said, push everybody forward. So I think that's what he did.

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<v Speaker 5>See he has a lot of depth on the corner.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh, give me your thoughts on Jambis and the rookie

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<v Speaker 1>out of Texas.

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<v Speaker 5>What's he looking like to.

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<v Speaker 3>You, he looked good. I think he looked early on.

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<v Speaker 2>He came out early on, he looked good.

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<v Speaker 3>I think to me personally, he's been quiet. That's my dog.

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<v Speaker 3>That's that's my dog.

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<v Speaker 7>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>He been quiet a little bit the past few He

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<v Speaker 2>had a good play in the game preseason game that

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<v Speaker 2>he needs to finish. But we all have stuff that

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<v Speaker 2>we need to finish. So I think he's in a

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<v Speaker 2>good spot to continue to work. Like we had another

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<v Speaker 2>day out there today to go out there and rewrite

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<v Speaker 2>the last thing for ourselves. And as long as he

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<v Speaker 2>has that mindset, I think he'll be just fine.

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<v Speaker 5>How thou chez damdor. Leanor's who he changed from last

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<v Speaker 5>year this year?

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<v Speaker 3>I think the confidence he was.

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<v Speaker 2>He was calling me uh in the off season saying

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<v Speaker 2>that he was working on new stuff and he's grinding

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<v Speaker 2>and he's.

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<v Speaker 3>Licking up dudes.

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<v Speaker 2>But he he he's I think he's I feel like

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<v Speaker 2>he became a professional this year, going out there every

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<v Speaker 2>single day on top of his on top of his stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>grind him working, bringing energy to the defense, and like

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<v Speaker 2>I pushing us forward.

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<v Speaker 7>So yeah, h I somewat of a heavy question for you.

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<v Speaker 7>You you lobausly more comfortable, you know, like talking to

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<v Speaker 7>us and just do general which is maybe gopture. How

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<v Speaker 7>you been in the NFL for a while, but you

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<v Speaker 7>maybe a year or two ago, SI your trust issues, uh,

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<v Speaker 7>your indication even in though maybe around here, has that changed?

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<v Speaker 6>How?

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<v Speaker 7>How have you grown u as a person and you

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<v Speaker 7>know at the bonds you formed here you have changed

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<v Speaker 7>you anyway?

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<v Speaker 4>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>I think just kind of understanding how stuff goes, getting

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<v Speaker 2>to know people, people getting to know me and just understand.

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<v Speaker 2>I think, Oh, I think are a lot of miscommunications

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<v Speaker 2>came from not understand each other.

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<v Speaker 3>So I think now.

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<v Speaker 2>I've I've put out who I am every single day,

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<v Speaker 2>so and they and the people around this building, I

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<v Speaker 2>put out who are they are every single day, So

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<v Speaker 2>we pretty much we understand that.

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<v Speaker 3>And as long as we know that, uh, who.

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<v Speaker 2>We are and what we're here to do every single day,

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<v Speaker 2>I think a lot of stuff other than that can

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<v Speaker 2>can be worked with. But we're all on the same

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<v Speaker 2>mission here. We're all trying to go for one goal.

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<v Speaker 2>But obvious, yeah, I just growing up. I'm I came

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<v Speaker 2>in the league at twenty one, I'm twenty five now,

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<v Speaker 2>So just growth, getting older, being more comfortable, being not

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<v Speaker 2>being scared to be myself, just being myself.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, was that.

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<v Speaker 4>Maybe the beginning of your career happened during the COVID

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<v Speaker 4>and all that kind of mm uncertainty.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah yeah, yeah, that was a long time ago, but yeah, good,

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<v Speaker 2>appreciate it.