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Training Camp-Cast 7/26: Defense Stands Out, Jacas Officially Signs, Kayshon Boutte Continues to Impress · Patriots Unfiltered

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  Speaker 1: The defense carried. Day two a Patriots training camp. We're
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  Speaker 1: here to break it down for you.
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  Speaker 2: Let's do it. Welcome everybody to the.
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  Speaker 1: Patriots Training Camp cast presented by New Balance. And we're
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  Speaker 1: back day two. And the good news is my voice
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  Speaker 1: is back to a little bit. Gonn power through this one.
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  Speaker 1: I think we should be fine by tomorrow, Paul, But
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  Speaker 1: thoughts in prayers. But let's start at the top a
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  Speaker 1: little bit of housekeeping stuff. Team officially announced Gabe Acis
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  Speaker 1: did sign. We had that report yesterday, so good news.
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  Speaker 1: We know he's in the building from the picture, and
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  Speaker 1: hopefully we see him on the field soon.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I'm sure he's doing some of the
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  Speaker 2: rehab work and getting himself ready. And I think Evan,
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  Speaker 2: I think you said on Saturday, you know that that
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  Speaker 2: first padded practice, if we could somehow maybe see him
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  Speaker 2: by that time, I think you can. You can play
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  Speaker 2: catch up and get up to speed. But yeah, good sign.
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  Speaker 2: Officially he's on board, So crisis averted now.
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  Speaker 1: Anyway, Gonzol back out there too, fully participating.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I've been really kind of just surprised by how
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  Speaker 3: much he is participating. And he looks like he's in
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  Speaker 3: mid season form got his hands on the pass again
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  Speaker 3: today undercut a route by Kaishan Boody almost picked it off.
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  Speaker 3: So yesterday he had pretty tight coverage on that Aj
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  Speaker 3: Brown in completion, today he almost has a pick. He
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  Speaker 3: looks like he's having a ball out there too, Like
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  Speaker 3: guy's got a smile all over his face everywhere he goes.
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  Speaker 2: He does not look at all.
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  Speaker 3: Like somebody who has disgruntled over a contract negotiation. So
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  Speaker 3: that tells I think all of us have kind of
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  Speaker 3: said the same thing, is are they closer than maybe
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  Speaker 3: it appears? And this is I wonder coming down the
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  Speaker 3: shoot sometime soon, you know, looking at like Wednesday is
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  Speaker 3: the first off day of camp or something like that,
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  Speaker 3: because he seems like he's having a great grand old
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  Speaker 3: time out there for somebody that is supposed to be
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  Speaker 3: in this like stalemate of a contract negotiating.
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  Speaker 2: And that would be again like we just said with
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  Speaker 2: achis that would be a good barometer that first off
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  Speaker 2: day and Wednesday, because after that is Thursday, pass come
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  Speaker 2: on and if there's no contract, I like to see
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  Speaker 2: if maybe the mindset of the attitude changes a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: But I couldn't agree more with everything Evin said, if
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  Speaker 2: you're just watching practice, I almost wonder if it's already
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  Speaker 2: a done deal and they or at least they're very close.
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  Speaker 2: The sides are very close. It's signed.
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  Speaker 1: A couple more housekeeping things in terms of attendance. Reggie Gilliam,
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  Speaker 1: the fullback, was not in attendance. Jeremiah web as well.
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  Speaker 1: You wonder if the team signing Acus, maybe that's connected.
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  Speaker 1: Jeremiah Webb, who's down the receiving depth chart a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: Morgan Moses had one of his days where you see
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  Speaker 1: him for a little bit and then he goes and
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  Speaker 1: does his own thing. I think we're used to that now,
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  Speaker 1: but overall the day guys not uncommon to see the
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  Speaker 1: defense have kind of carry the days early in practice. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: we heard from Kevin Byer, but you know, afterwards he said,
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  Speaker 1: this is kind of usually how it goes. But you
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  Speaker 1: mentioned a nice pass breakup by Gonzalez, also went from
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  Speaker 1: Carlton Davis. Craig Woodson was in the mix as well
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  Speaker 1: on a tip pass off at AJ Brown, So, you know,
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  Speaker 1: just good sign from the defense. We've heard a lot
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  Speaker 1: about wanting to make plays on the ball this year.
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  Speaker 2: Forced turnovers. They were on the today, Yeah, no doubt
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  Speaker 2: about it.
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  Speaker 3: And Milan Williams got his hand on a pass to
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  Speaker 3: the line of scrimmage too, So four or five pass
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  Speaker 3: breakups in this practice A pick it was depends on
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  Speaker 3: how you look at it, right, But always with these practices,
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  Speaker 3: it's like, is this a slobby day for the offense
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  Speaker 3: or was it a great day for the defense. I
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  Speaker 3: think that you can look at it either way. The
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  Speaker 3: beauty's in the eye of the beholder. But my view
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  Speaker 3: on it, I thought Drake may was a little bit
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  Speaker 3: inaccurate today. Sailed a couple of passes. We see that
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  Speaker 3: from time to time with him, especially early on in
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  Speaker 3: training camp when he's trying to get adjusted to some
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  Speaker 3: new faces in the offense. You know, passes to AJ
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  Speaker 3: Brown and Eli Reridan weren't exactly on target. So maybe
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  Speaker 3: those guys are still working on things. I saw after
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  Speaker 3: he threw the pick to Woodson AJ Brown and him
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  Speaker 3: running the same route against the air and just kind
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  Speaker 3: of doing it again against air. So that tells me
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  Speaker 3: that maybe they're still trying to figure out landmarks and
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  Speaker 3: where exactly depths and things like that. So those are
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  Speaker 3: all early day things. I don't think any of us
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  Speaker 3: concerned at all about Drake may one little, small, small,
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  Speaker 3: small seed concern for me, though I haven't been dazzled
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  Speaker 3: by Romeo Dobbs yet, And maybe that's a practice player
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  Speaker 3: versus game player kind of thing.
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  Speaker 2: He is a physical guy.
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  Speaker 3: This isn't really that time of year, but Carlon Davis
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  Speaker 3: was in his hip pocket on a pass breakup. You
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  Speaker 3: just would like to see a little bit more separation there.
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  Speaker 2: I would agree with Evan on that, And I thought
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  Speaker 2: yesterday on Saturday, I thought there was some signs that
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  Speaker 2: he looked more comfortable than what we had seen in
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  Speaker 2: the spring. But today again I thought, basically what Evan said,
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  Speaker 2: he looks a little, I don't want to say, a
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  Speaker 2: step slow, but maybe still a little unsure of himself.
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  Speaker 2: The play that we're talking about with Carlton Davis was
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  Speaker 2: terrific coverage, but I also thought that maybe the receiver
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  Speaker 2: could have done a little bit more to come back
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  Speaker 2: to the ball or sort of body him out, you know,
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  Speaker 2: make sure that he was able to make the catch.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, I'm sure he's still learning the system
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  Speaker 2: and getting comfortable and things like that. But I would
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  Speaker 2: agree with Evan's overall assessment of dont Yeah, that's a
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  Speaker 2: fair point.
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  Speaker 3: Maybe he's playing a little bit slower because he's mentally
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  Speaker 3: trying to go through the routes and things like that. Still,
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  Speaker 3: and we talked to him yesterday and he mentioned that
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  Speaker 3: this is a totally different system than the one he
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  Speaker 3: was in in Green Bay West Coast offense with Matt Lafleur.
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  Speaker 3: But you know, verbiage, route tree adjustments, all that type
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  Speaker 3: of stuff is very, very different. So maybe he's still
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  Speaker 3: kind of catching up on that.
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  Speaker 2: Well, let's talk about a positive though. At the wide
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  Speaker 2: receiver position, which is Kaishan Boody.
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  Speaker 1: We have a streak of two days of nice downfield
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  Speaker 1: catches and his helmet pops off, but we.
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  Speaker 2: Got to keep the helmet off. Yeah, I mean, I
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  Speaker 2: don't know what's going on with the helmet, but yeah,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and Bayer talked, you know, you know, afterwards
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  Speaker 2: about him as well, and we know this is the
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  Speaker 2: way Kevin Bayer talk. We know he's a deep threat,
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  Speaker 2: we know we can get downfield. We saw the plays
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  Speaker 2: that they made last year. Again, not a lot of
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  Speaker 2: volume for Kashan Boody, but when he's called upon, he
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  Speaker 2: generally delivers. Yeah, one more guys.
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  Speaker 1: Just wanted to bring up guys and you mentioned him already, Evan,
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  Speaker 1: and he hasn't really sparked with a play yet, but
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  Speaker 1: Eli rare it and just feels like he's getting opportunities.
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  Speaker 2: He's getting some run with the ones. It's a lot
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  Speaker 2: of do with the depth.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Paul's always has he done any He hasn't
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  Speaker 1: really done anything yet, but I'd like to see him start.
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  Speaker 2: With add to that, Tanner Tanner Tanner Arkins uh reps
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  Speaker 2: with the with the regulars, So yeah, there's obviously opportunities
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  Speaker 2: there Behind Hunter, Henry C. J. Deprie is a guy
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  Speaker 2: who has some experience. He hasn't been on the practice
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  Speaker 2: field yet. He's on pup so uh, I just made
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  Speaker 2: note of Arkin being out there. It was a quick screen,
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  Speaker 2: so obviously they had him out why they're looking to
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  Speaker 2: get him in the blocking aspect that but he's a
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  Speaker 2: bigger guy. Get my eye on him too.
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  Speaker 1: He caught my eye to just coming across the formation
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  Speaker 1: blocking somebody with I mean, it's it's probably close to
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  Speaker 1: the edge as you can get with this kind of
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  Speaker 1: like helmets and shells like, yeah, but you can see
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  Speaker 1: he's got that kind of blocking fire that you know,
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  Speaker 1: maybe that's an opportunity for him. With Julian Hill out,
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  Speaker 1: even as a blocker, maybe he sneaks into the into
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  Speaker 1: the roster.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean he turned on his tap at Illinois,
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  Speaker 3: and this is an impact blocker. It's a guy that
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  Speaker 3: really looked like an extra offensive lineman for that offense.
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  Speaker 3: And that's how he was used, handing the dirt end
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  Speaker 3: of the line of scrimmage, you know, digging out the
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  Speaker 3: nickel Paul, digging out.
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  Speaker 2: The nine technicals he saw him take like that. You know,
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  Speaker 2: that's what he is. Now, you do.
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  Speaker 3: Don't want to be too predictable, right like if eli
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  Speaker 3: Ardan's on the field were passing, if Arkins on the
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  Speaker 3: field were running.
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  Speaker 2: But that's what he does, that's who he is. And
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  Speaker 2: you lose a guy like Julian Hill.
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  Speaker 3: Who was supposed to do that and fill that role.
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  Speaker 3: The third tight end you're going to be blocking, You're
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  Speaker 3: going to be on field goal protection, you're going to
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  Speaker 3: be doing all that stuff. So maybe that blocking role
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  Speaker 3: is there for Tanner. Arkin definitely at the top of
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  Speaker 3: the list I would say of the udfas to maybe
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  Speaker 3: make the roster here.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and one last thing real quick, Mike, before you
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  Speaker 2: wrap it, I would say I did note that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Lomo playing right tackle with Mogan Moses certainly being monitored
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  Speaker 2: today or on his program program, I didn't notice that
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  Speaker 2: Marcus Bryant would come in when they wanted to use
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  Speaker 2: the extra offensive lineman as the right tackle and Lomo
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  Speaker 2: would stay as that sixth offensive lineman. So that's clearly
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  Speaker 2: a role they have targeted for Lomo right out of
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  Speaker 2: the shoot right well, when Moses comes back and it's
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  Speaker 2: the right time and they have a regular starting five
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  Speaker 2: in the offensive line, my guest today he was the
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  Speaker 2: right tackle, but we still want to use him as
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  Speaker 2: that extra offensive lineman because that's what he's going to
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  Speaker 2: start the season game.
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  Speaker 3: He's on the Nate Soulder plan right now. You know
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  Speaker 3: he's going to play backup right tackle, sixth offensive lineman,
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  Speaker 3: jumbo tight end, and if somebody gets hurt, obviously he'll play.
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  Speaker 3: But you know that's what they're doing with him right now,
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  Speaker 3: and I think that's the right approach. The six offensive
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  Speaker 3: lineman role is getting bigger and bigger in the NFL now,
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  Speaker 3: and that's still going to get him his feet wet
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  Speaker 3: in the NFL as a rookie before they probably turn
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  Speaker 3: it over to him in twenty twenty seven.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, one off the field thing was that low I
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  Speaker 1: noticed Lomo and Cronover did like a hype lap right
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  Speaker 1: as they broke up and stretching, Low and Crownover went
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  Speaker 1: running around the field to make the blogs get in
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  Speaker 1: the crowd. So it was a kind of a fun
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  Speaker 1: moment there. But Day two in the books, good one
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  Speaker 1: for the defense. We'll see if the offense can bounce
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  Speaker 1: back in Day three.