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Press Pass | Etienne, Oluokun & Rees-Zammit Talk Mindset for Season Opener vs. Dolphins · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Uh nah, I'm I'm just excited honestly, just to get
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  Speaker 1: the season started off the right way. And uh going
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  Speaker 1: down there in Miami's it gonna be hot. So just
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  Speaker 1: really got a hydrate and I feel like, uh we win.
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  Speaker 1: I feel like everyone's excited. Everyone's especially how we ended
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  Speaker 1: the last season, just to get that bad taste out
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  Speaker 1: of our mouth. Were happening, get that bad taste out
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  Speaker 1: our mouth? So we ready to be excited.
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  Speaker 2: How important is it to start the year off on.
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  Speaker 1: The right place? What did that?
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  Speaker 2: Ah?
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  Speaker 1: Now that's very important. I mean I feel like that's
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  Speaker 1: what you gonna just steamroll our whole season, just the
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  Speaker 1: way we start and uh way we show who we
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  Speaker 1: are and when we put on film.
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  Speaker 2: Look, you've talked about something.
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  Speaker 1: Trevor's talk about it soon during more in a passing
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  Speaker 1: game this year, how much would you, I guess be
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  Speaker 1: enthusiasts are excited to have a bigger love that way.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I'm very excited. Any time it's a chance
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  Speaker 1: to get the bottle in my hands, I'm very excited.
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  Speaker 2: Man.
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  Speaker 1: I'm a playmaker. Uh, I love I love playing football.
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  Speaker 1: I love the battle on my hands. So anytime I
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  Speaker 1: can get a chance to get the ball, no matter
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  Speaker 1: how it is. I'm very excited.
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  Speaker 2: Who is your favorite Rooki? Favorite rookie, man, I don't
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  Speaker 2: like none of 'em.
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  Speaker 3: That I lie.
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  Speaker 1: I lie shots of Jay and Jones. Man.
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  Speaker 2: You know Florida State looking uh what it bit about?
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  Speaker 2: Huh what? Uh?
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  Speaker 1: I think it's got beeflaud of State. W We ain't
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  Speaker 1: looking to how either, but you know it was week one.
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  Speaker 1: We played the number one team, so you know it's
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  Speaker 1: the only way is up from here.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's a good team winning.
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  Speaker 1: That was a great team. And then uh, it's tired
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  Speaker 1: to watch my brother play Saturday, So yeah.
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  Speaker 2: They try.
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  Speaker 1: If you're talking about you know, fast start not just
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  Speaker 1: from a team perspective, but for you the running backs obviously,
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  Speaker 1: you guys are getting those touches early housing pound boarders
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  Speaker 1: and where you just kinda gets trip ball and rolling
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  Speaker 1: a little bit too.
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  Speaker 2: Just gotta moved through the season.
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  Speaker 1: Uh really for me, I just gotta be just j
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  Speaker 1: just obsessed with opportunities I get throughout the season. Uh
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  Speaker 1: weather it's six, weather's twelve. Just do the most what
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  Speaker 1: I got. And now I feel like that's just gonna
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  Speaker 1: trickle down throughout the room. And now if I set
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  Speaker 1: that tone for the guys, uh, we're gonna have a
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  Speaker 1: great season.
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  Speaker 2: Try conference level in the offensive. One to veteran group
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  Speaker 2: up front, and.
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  Speaker 1: Added a much morse up years as it's another ten
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  Speaker 1: year guy with this.
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  Speaker 3: Group, all to be able to get it done.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, most definitely, I'm I'm just so excited to go
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  Speaker 1: out there and and and just see misplay. I feel
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  Speaker 1: like miss is going to bring a great intenity to
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  Speaker 1: the Alvison line. And uh, just the way that he
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  Speaker 1: like just on our grenade, just the way that he
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  Speaker 1: kind of just get out in open field. I feel
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  Speaker 1: like he's he's very fast, He's very quick, and now
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  Speaker 1: I feel like I love to like having a refrigerator
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  Speaker 1: running in front of him. It don't get no better
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  Speaker 1: than I feel when going into this week.
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  Speaker 4: Excited just to uh, you know, play against another opponent.
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  Speaker 4: You know we always had preseason and stuff, but just
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  Speaker 4: uh where all the everything matters, kind of taking that
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  Speaker 4: into practice.
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  Speaker 2: Every red matters.
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  Speaker 4: But just go out there be able to start our
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  Speaker 4: record off the right way. That's what we're looking forward to.
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  Speaker 2: What stands out to you about the Dolphins on place
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  Speaker 2: they got a lot of speed obviously they know that.
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  Speaker 4: Uh, just the way they utilize guys probably try to
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  Speaker 4: find matchups, get the guys the ball in space, get
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  Speaker 4: the guys the ball in space. So it's all about
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  Speaker 4: how we're communicating and adjusting to to what they do. Yeah,
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  Speaker 4: we just had to own what we do. I think
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  Speaker 4: it's week one, so a lot of things might not
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  Speaker 4: have been seen before. Obviously, think they have ways to
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  Speaker 4: find whays to get their guys the ball. Bef we
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  Speaker 4: own what we're doing on defense and just be confident
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  Speaker 4: bumps and communications or matches and communications, get guys on
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  Speaker 4: guys you uh, eliminate a lot of their catch and
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  Speaker 4: run stuff. So that's our goal, I think. Uh, but
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  Speaker 4: be being tune of to our game plan. I think
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  Speaker 4: that's the key to week ones in the whole NFL.
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  Speaker 2: What's your confidence level? Obviously with the new defensive scheme,
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  Speaker 2: it seems like they're gonna be kind of switching everybody
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  Speaker 2: out a lot.
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  Speaker 4: You could feel like you guys will figure some stuff
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  Speaker 4: out on the fly once you get out there.
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  Speaker 2: What's the competence in our scheme? Uh? The most confidence. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: we've been practicing it for a long time.
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  Speaker 4: I think we've been springing lit a lot of Miami
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  Speaker 4: stuff throughout preseason.
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  Speaker 2: The coaches have said, so all we've known is what
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  Speaker 2: we're going through Week one.
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  Speaker 4: Uh so as long as we master what we've been
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  Speaker 4: doing on the few we talk about mastering technique and chip, Yeah,
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  Speaker 4: champion the scheme, master technique. Uh take that in the
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  Speaker 4: Week one, flying around, have fun, play football.
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  Speaker 2: It's a long season. But how important is it to
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  Speaker 2: start this season only on a good note? Important? Always,
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  Speaker 2: just because that's what we've been doing all preseason.
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  Speaker 4: And then obviously you think you have a recipe, you
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  Speaker 4: don't want to see your recipe have to change and
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  Speaker 4: stuff just because you didn't get the goal that you
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  Speaker 4: you don't didn't look how you wanted it to look
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  Speaker 4: coming out for Week one. Then you know some of
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  Speaker 4: the guys might panic and stuff just because we put
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  Speaker 4: so much effort and everything into it. Uh, you obviously
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  Speaker 4: want your stuff to look how it's supposed to look.
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  Speaker 3: Is there a theme or model for this season? I
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  Speaker 3: know last year think takeaways was the saying a lot
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  Speaker 3: of guy for a lot of guys. Is is there
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  Speaker 3: anything that you guys have discussed as a defense going.
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  Speaker 1: Into this year.
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  Speaker 2: We talking about attack. We got attack hats, someway, so
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  Speaker 2: we got attack hats. That's all it is.
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  Speaker 4: Every day attack, try to get better, grow every day attack.
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  Speaker 4: Whatever they put on the field, got to be the
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  Speaker 4: aggressors out there every time you step out.
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  Speaker 1: Like fun to play in a defense like that or
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  Speaker 1: that's tach kind of that attack mindset.
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  Speaker 2: I love it. I love it.
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  Speaker 4: I think, uh the personality kind of adapt to the
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  Speaker 4: personality of the coach. Credits to coach Nielsen, you know,
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  Speaker 4: bringing that in his energy never changed this day in
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  Speaker 4: day out. Credit to him. Like first you're looking at him,
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  Speaker 4: but that's really him. He loves it. He loves coming
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  Speaker 4: in early, bringing that energy and bringing people along with him.
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  Speaker 4: So that's kind of what we're adopting as a defense.
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  Speaker 4: You see us kind of grow with it every day.
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  Speaker 3: Like McDaniel slowly proving himself as one of the premier
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  Speaker 3: play callers in the league.
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  Speaker 2: Right to face an offense that.
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  Speaker 1: I'll give you so many different looks to start the season.
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  Speaker 1: How nice is that for you guys early.
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  Speaker 2: On in the year. Yeah, it's just kind of what
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  Speaker 2: I was talking about earlier.
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  Speaker 4: I think week one, it's all about what you do
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  Speaker 4: out in the field, like as a defense, owning your calls,
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  Speaker 4: owning what your responsibilities, and playing within yourself if you
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  Speaker 4: try to worry about anything that they can pitch at you.
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  Speaker 4: I mean it's the first game. Uh, they can come
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  Speaker 4: out with a whole new different offense as you're expecting.
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  Speaker 4: It's about owning your calls and owning your plays, being
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  Speaker 4: able to communicate through them match on match however we're
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  Speaker 4: supposed to do it, and then play through that play football.
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  Speaker 2: I love a love that that y'all can take through
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  Speaker 2: the field too. Since it's gonna be the first game
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  Speaker 2: with Neilson here in.
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  Speaker 4: Jacksonville, so they yeah, I mean, I'm not gonna reveal
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  Speaker 4: any schemes and stuff, but it's all about attack mindset.
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  Speaker 4: Whatever we problem in the field, however they line up
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  Speaker 4: or we're supposed to be aggressors out there, that's what
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  Speaker 4: we're aiming to do.
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  Speaker 3: That's why Jackson Oh, it's graze to be here. I
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  Speaker 3: think this probably gives me the like the best opportunity
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  Speaker 3: to to really learn and continue to learn, continue to improve.
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  Speaker 3: And you know that we're an exciting team and yeah,
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  Speaker 3: we've got good ambition so I think this was probably
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  Speaker 3: the perfect scene for me to to come.
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  Speaker 4: To running back in Kansas City receiver here.
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  Speaker 3: Out of that transition, I think I'm much better off
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  Speaker 3: playing receiver with my size and strength. I think that's
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  Speaker 3: probably a position that suits me a lot more. I
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  Speaker 3: think it was a good experiment to try running back
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  Speaker 3: out at the Chiefs, but I think we all we
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  Speaker 3: all realized that I'd probably probably be a receiver eventually.
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  Speaker 3: And and here we are today, and you know, I'm
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  Speaker 3: loving I'm loving training and receiver. I'm loving learning, learning
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  Speaker 3: the role, and you know, going to continue to improve.
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  Speaker 3: A surprise the Chief let you go or or were
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  Speaker 3: you expecting to maybe get back.
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  Speaker 1: To sign.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, it was what it was like. I tried
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  Speaker 3: as hard as I can to to improve every day,
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  Speaker 3: and I think it was more down to to me
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  Speaker 3: playing running back and the strength of running back they
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  Speaker 3: had that team. You know, was I expecting it? I
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  Speaker 3: don't know, But you've got to deal with these things,
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  Speaker 3: and setbacks are going to come in in everyone's careers.
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  Speaker 3: Is just how you bounce back. And you know, I'm
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  Speaker 3: here loving it, loving my new teammates and coaches and
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  Speaker 3: ready to rip him for.
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  Speaker 2: A while, right dating back to what the spring.
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  Speaker 3: Correct, I mean I talked I talked to a few
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  Speaker 3: teams back in when it was the end of March,
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  Speaker 3: so you know we've had a good connection and and
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  Speaker 3: here we are today. So I'm happy when you signed.
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  Speaker 4: Did you know this team played two games in London?
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  Speaker 3: I mean yeah, I mean the Jags are They're notorious
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  Speaker 3: for going to London, and you know, obviously, I'm I'm
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  Speaker 3: from I'm from the UK, and you know it's going
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  Speaker 3: to be great to go back home and you know,
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  Speaker 3: be able to catch up with friends, but also be
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  Speaker 3: able to learn on the field and and and play
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  Speaker 3: play in London, and you know, all the boys are
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  Speaker 3: so excited. So yeah, we're looking forward to new envision what.
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  Speaker 4: That will be like for you.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, as far as your stardom goes over there,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, I'm going as a Jags player, so I'm
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  Speaker 3: I'm gonna go over there, do what do what I
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  Speaker 3: need to do. And you know we're all looking forward
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  Speaker 3: to playing those two games in Wembley and Tottenham Hotsford Stadium.
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  Speaker 3: So you know we've got a few games before that
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  Speaker 3: and then and then we're off.
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  Speaker 2: How hard is it to do what you're trying to do.
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  Speaker 3: With you I'd say it's pretty challenging. You know, the
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  Speaker 3: first game of American football ever played was was a
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  Speaker 3: month ago, so it's very challenging. And yeah, I can
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  Speaker 3: feel that. But at the same time, this is my dream.
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  Speaker 3: So I'm very determined to to make this dream of
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  Speaker 3: reality and try and break into this team. And I
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  Speaker 3: mean that's everyone's goal, is to get into the fifty three.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, I'm gonna continue to learn the playbook.
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  Speaker 3: I think that's probably the most important thing right now.
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  Speaker 3: You know, since changing teams and changing complete playbook playbooks,
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  Speaker 3: then I need to try and learn as quick as
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  Speaker 3: possible to have a chance as a as much translate
• 8:50
  Speaker 3: as you thought you might or or or less. Uh
• 8:54
  Speaker 3: it's a tough question. Like there's some some chansfers, but
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  Speaker 3: I think a lot of the the concepts and I'm
• 9:01
  Speaker 3: playing a new position, so I've got to learn complete
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  Speaker 3: different stuff to what i was learning the Chiefs. So
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  Speaker 3: but yeah, it's good. It's good to learn to learn
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  Speaker 3: this new playbook. And you know, I'm trying my hardest
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  Speaker 3: every day to try and take in as much as
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  Speaker 3: I can and trying to use my coaches and teammates
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  Speaker 3: to help me in a long way. You get a
• 9:18
  Speaker 3: lot of questions about rugby.
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  Speaker 1: You're teaching these guys a finger.
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  Speaker 3: Too, Yeah, trying to teach them a thing or two.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, we're fully for that. I mean this game week,
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  Speaker 3: we're fully focused on football. Maybe in the bye week
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  Speaker 3: usher them a few things.
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  Speaker 2: How many times are you play?
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  Speaker 3: How many times played in Wembley? Yeah, I've never played
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  Speaker 3: in either stadium. I've watched many games. I think my
• 9:38
  Speaker 3: first game of American football I watched in Wembley was
• 9:41
  Speaker 3: it was the Washington Redskins obviously the Commanders now, but
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  Speaker 3: against the Bengals in twenty sixteen. Maybe it was quite
• 9:48
  Speaker 3: a long time ago for me, but I've never actually
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  Speaker 3: played in my other stadium. I've obviously gone to watch
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  Speaker 3: teams play many times, but it want to play a Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I mean it was probably younger than that, but that
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  Speaker 3: was the first opportunity I could go to a game.
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  Speaker 2: You know. My dad took me and.
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  Speaker 3: My brother to go watch and I was I was
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  Speaker 3: quite young man, so I think I was like fourteen
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  Speaker 3: or thirteen. So yeah, I've I've loved it ever since,
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  Speaker 3: watching my first game on TV, never mind in real
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  Speaker 3: life about football. That it's I mean, my dad brought
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  Speaker 3: me up to watch watch as many games I could.
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  Speaker 3: I mean that was his that was his first love
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  Speaker 3: for sport with American football, and and he brought me
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  Speaker 3: up the same way.
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  Speaker 1: It was his team.
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  Speaker 3: His team was the Redskins, So that's why we went
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  Speaker 3: to our first game in Wembley to watch them. But yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I've I've loved it ever since then and now I'm
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  Speaker 3: I'm being able to train and play it.
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  Speaker 2: What's one course?
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  Speaker 3: So I'm gonna just say you're within my arms and
• 10:51
  Speaker 3: reading the Super Bowl champs and obviously around some some.
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  Speaker 1: Big name players in here.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean not many people like realize what I
• 11:00
  Speaker 3: actually doing back home, like friends and stuff. You know,
• 11:04
  Speaker 3: they they're they're on with their jobs and I'm on
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  Speaker 3: with mine. So it's it's interesting. I think my family
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  Speaker 3: are probably the most proud of me. They've come out
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  Speaker 3: to They came out to Kansas City and now they're
• 11:14
  Speaker 3: coming out to Jacksonville to live. So that just goes
• 11:17
  Speaker 3: to show how how tight my family is. And yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I'm trying to make them proud as much as I can.
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  Speaker 4: Is this heat different than anything else you've experienced.
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  Speaker 3: I mean I used to come to Florida every year
• 11:28
  Speaker 3: for an annual holiday to Orlando just around the corner.
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  Speaker 3: I mean I've trained in Turkey, which is very hot.
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  Speaker 3: We did our World Cup training camp there, so I
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  Speaker 3: don't know. The heat, isn't I quite like the heat. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I'm loving training all right, Thanks you guys.