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Speaker 1: Were you surprised to get the call? I was. I

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Speaker 1: was obviously, you know, hearing I saw, you know, on

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Speaker 1: Twitter and now he might be traded and stuff like that.

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Speaker 1: So um, you know, I was like, Okay, well if

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Speaker 1: he goes out, obviously it could be a possibility. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean I was ecstatic when I got the call.

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Speaker 1: Hit different than getting other workouts, you know, just because

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Speaker 1: it's his home. I feel comfortable with everybody here, and

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Speaker 1: I just like how I left. It didn't settle with me,

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Speaker 1: you know, and uh, just awesome to be able to

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Speaker 1: come back and finish it up drafted by this team

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Speaker 1: in twenty and eighteen. When you did have to depart

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Speaker 1: the organization, how disappointing was that for you? Yeah, it

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Speaker 1: was tough, you know, just because I had a random

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Speaker 1: little hiccup with an injury and then I was out

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Speaker 1: for four weeks and then you know, just trying to

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Speaker 1: get back and I was working to you know, get

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Speaker 1: back in the shape and stuff, and then I got released.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's a business, you know, obviously they have

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Speaker 1: the best interest in hand. For me. I'm it's never

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Speaker 1: a personal issue, you know, but it is a tough

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Speaker 1: fial to swallow and to help me learn a lot

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Speaker 1: through a year. So I feel like I'm improved mentally

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Speaker 1: and physically and just excited to be back. What you

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Speaker 1: learned about yourself as a player a person through this,

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Speaker 1: through this process of leaving not coming back. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: mean there's a lot of ups and downs in life,

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Speaker 1: you know, and it's you know, it's not always going

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Speaker 1: to be a smooth route, you know, to wherever you

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Speaker 1: want to get to, and you just gotta keep fighting

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Speaker 1: through adversity. Man. You know, I've been through a lot

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Speaker 1: of stuff, um not everybody knows about, but you know,

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Speaker 1: it's just about keeping keep putting one step forward and

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Speaker 1: you know, getting to the end of that mountain that

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Speaker 1: you want to get to. And that's kind of the

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Speaker 1: mentality I've had. You know, I knew it wasn't it

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Speaker 1: for me. So you know, in those days that you're

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Speaker 1: not feeling good or you're at home chilling and you

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Speaker 1: don't have no calls, and like two two or three weeks,

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Speaker 1: you're like, man, do you want to keep going? But

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Speaker 1: something just kept me going and you know, knowing that

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Speaker 1: eventually I have an opportunity and so now I'm here.

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Speaker 1: How big of a chip on your shoulder do you

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Speaker 1: have right now? Big? You know, like I said, I'll

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Speaker 1: just keep saying. You know, I left with the unfinished business. Um,

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Speaker 1: and that's how I feel, you know. And for me

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Speaker 1: to be able to come back in this building and

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Speaker 1: you know, be able to you know, start back up

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Speaker 1: and do what I do, you know, it's a blessing. Um.

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Speaker 1: You know. I'm just looking to do whatever I can

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Speaker 1: to help this team. Honestly, it's not about me. It's

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Speaker 1: about helping the team win whatever levels of special teams, practice,

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Speaker 1: squad whatever. So that's where I'm at. What you learn

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Speaker 1: about culture, you know, having an experience with a different

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Speaker 1: team in a different locker room. Can you compare the

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Speaker 1: two and what were your big takeaways there? Yeah? So

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Speaker 1: I don't want to talk about about any other culture,

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Speaker 1: but you know, it is different here, It really is.

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Speaker 1: I know they put pride into it, Frank and all them,

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Speaker 1: but it's a different atmosphere in this building. I've been

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Speaker 1: to a couple other teams and it's just not the

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Speaker 1: same as a brotherhood here. Everybody has a good respect level,

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Speaker 1: everybody wants the best out of each other, and everybody

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Speaker 1: puss each other so I'm just excited to be backman

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Speaker 1: and I'll put my best best foot forward