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  Speaker 1: What have you been able to gather from Eric Armstead
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  Speaker 1: in terms of his approach and how to involved your team?
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  Speaker 2: Well, from from the approach, I think just his uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the experience that he's had. I think being
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  Speaker 2: on you know, the team you know, San Francisco and
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  Speaker 2: the success that they've had and bringing that experience to
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  Speaker 2: us and to our some of our young players, and
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  Speaker 2: what that looks like that leadership is going to be,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I think vital to the success you know
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  Speaker 2: that that we have and and having more of those
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  Speaker 2: guys on the on the roster, I think only helps, right,
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  Speaker 2: only helps. And then you know, once we get him
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  Speaker 2: out there on the grass working with the guys, I think,
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  Speaker 2: I think you're gonna see, you know, an ultimate pro
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  Speaker 2: and the way he approaches everything and and that's just
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  Speaker 2: something that again you can't have enough of those guys.
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  Speaker 3: Helps you anticipate by yeah, yeah, yeah, what.
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  Speaker 4: Do you hope that helps most all all those guys?
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  Speaker 2: I think, what it?
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  Speaker 3: What it looks like? What it what you know? What
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  Speaker 3: he can bring?
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  Speaker 2: You know, how how that looks like from and not
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  Speaker 2: so much in training camp as it is. I'm I'm
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  Speaker 2: looking down in December and January what it looks like
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  Speaker 2: towards the end of the season, right, and so you
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  Speaker 2: you you don't have what happened last year happened again,
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  Speaker 2: and and you need guys like that.
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  Speaker 3: They can they can. You know, I can only say
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  Speaker 3: so much.
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  Speaker 2: But when you turn it over to the players and
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  Speaker 2: guys that have been there, done that, it means more
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  Speaker 2: coming from them.
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  Speaker 4: In practice, we've been able to see see this has
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  Speaker 4: made some plays and everything. Has that been consistent thing
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  Speaker 4: with him throughout all the.
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  Speaker 3: Ot s, I it's been, it's been consistent.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he's done a nice job, you know, from
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  Speaker 2: a young player coming in here and and picking up
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  Speaker 2: and doing some things. And you know, it's uh, it's
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  Speaker 2: it's now we're here at the end of the off
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  Speaker 2: season program and and you know we're gonna have some time.
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  Speaker 2: But but what he retains between now and camp and
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  Speaker 2: coming back in great shape.
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  Speaker 3: But he's done a nice job.
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  Speaker 2: He's making plays, you know, and and that's something that
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  Speaker 2: you know, we got to see once we get in
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  Speaker 2: camp and you put the pads on and and and
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  Speaker 2: see what they can do. Then they're going in the
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  Speaker 2: off season with most of the veteran players not here
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  Speaker 2: for mini camp this week. How do you feel about
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  Speaker 2: the team? I mean, can you get a read on
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  Speaker 2: on kind of where the group.
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  Speaker 3: Is as a whole.
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  Speaker 2: I think you get a pretty good idea where everybody is,
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  Speaker 2: where the team is. I think I think you know,
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  Speaker 2: it was successful from the standpoint of of the way
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  Speaker 2: these guys work, the way they came in with the
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  Speaker 2: right attitude, good frame of mind. They worked extremely hard
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  Speaker 2: in the weight room to get stronger, which we needed
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  Speaker 2: to do as well. But I think too you're seeing
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  Speaker 2: the leadership of the team. You're seeing you know, we've
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  Speaker 2: talked about Trevor and and his his impact and in
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  Speaker 2: him you know, doing the thing, taking that next step,
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  Speaker 2: and what I've seen there and the positivity there and
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  Speaker 2: obviously guys like Christian Kirk coming back healthy, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and seeing that and and and you know, this rookie
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  Speaker 2: class has been really good coming in and how they
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  Speaker 2: work in last year's class, So you know, all the
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  Speaker 2: pieces are are sort of coming together here at the end,
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  Speaker 2: and just got to carry that carry that right into
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  Speaker 2: July and August.
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  Speaker 1: When you were when you brought in all this defensive staff,
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  Speaker 1: how much Lee Way going in did you give Ryan
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  Speaker 1: to bring in some of his own guys. Is that
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  Speaker 1: sort of something that's just sort of understood when you're
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  Speaker 1: interviewing a coordinator or does that just sort of beat
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  Speaker 1: bold as the process is going along.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know if it's understood.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you got to have those conversations, right who
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  Speaker 2: who the assistants are gonna be, and who the guys
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  Speaker 2: he's worked with before and are they gonna fit us?
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  Speaker 3: Are they gonna fit me? And getting along and all
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  Speaker 3: that kind of stuff.
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  Speaker 2: And but yeah, each one of the guys we interviewed,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they have they have guys that they want
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  Speaker 2: to bring you know, and and Ryan, Ryan had guys
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  Speaker 2: that he wanted to bring in, and you know, guys
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  Speaker 2: like Chris and Corey and you know, are guys that
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  Speaker 2: that have he's been with before, He's had success with
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  Speaker 2: them before. And that's always a it's always a positive
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  Speaker 2: when when you know you've worked with coaches who again
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  Speaker 2: who have had success around the league or with you,
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  Speaker 2: you know, with you as a coordinator.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, success in this league is still about players.
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  Speaker 4: But how much do you feel like the cohesiveness and
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  Speaker 4: the history that Ryan has, I mean one of them
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  Speaker 4: one of his staff guys the guy played for him
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  Speaker 4: twenty years ago, others are coaches that he's worked with.
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  Speaker 4: How how much do you feel that that component, call.
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  Speaker 1: It a bond, call it chemistry, whatever you want, can
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  Speaker 1: help facilitate the process of winning.
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  Speaker 2: I think I think it just comes down to the trust, right,
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  Speaker 2: and we have to trust each other. Is a staff,
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  Speaker 2: we have to trust our player and and players have
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  Speaker 2: to trust coaches, and and they have to know they
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  Speaker 2: being the players have to know that the coaches have
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  Speaker 2: their best interests right and and and they.
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  Speaker 3: Have their backs. And I think that's where that cohesiveness
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  Speaker 3: comes from.
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  Speaker 2: And whether you've played for get as much, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I played for Andy Reid, you know, in Green Bay
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  Speaker 2: the same thing, and then and then you know, I
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  Speaker 2: didn't play form in college, but obviously in the pros
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  Speaker 2: and then you end up working for him, and and
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  Speaker 2: you know there's there's a trust in a bond and
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  Speaker 2: a relationship there, and I think all those things can
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  Speaker 2: benefit your staff.
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  Speaker 3: Is it hard to get a read.
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  Speaker 2: On an undrafted offensive lineman like Stevens and Jones at
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  Speaker 2: this point of golf seasons?
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  Speaker 3: Pads and stuff like, It's hard, It's hard but he's
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  Speaker 3: doing a nice job.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he's doing a nice job and he and
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  Speaker 2: he's getting he's getting better, and you this time of
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  Speaker 2: year too, it's probably more the mental you know, capacity
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  Speaker 2: and what they can retain from the classroom, you know,
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  Speaker 2: out on the grass. But again, you know, training camp
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  Speaker 2: and put pads on and then and then you'll get
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  Speaker 2: to see more of where those guys are. Positive thoughts
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  Speaker 2: about Cooper Hodges and Ben tro Miller last year for
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  Speaker 2: their injuries, how.
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  Speaker 4: Would you assess both guys this offseason coming back?
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  Speaker 2: I think both guys really Number One, they attacked their
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  Speaker 2: their rehab that's where it starts, and put themselves in
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  Speaker 2: position to to.
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  Speaker 3: You know, help on the football team. I think I
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  Speaker 3: think both.
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  Speaker 2: Guys are in really good, really good shape right now,
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  Speaker 2: in really good positions. They again they came back with
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  Speaker 2: the right frame of mind and and really looking forward
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  Speaker 2: to I think watching these two, these two players in
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  Speaker 2: training camp, you know, and and seeing where where they
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  Speaker 2: can help us.
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  Speaker 5: How much growth has Parker had from maybe this time
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  Speaker 5: last year to.
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  Speaker 3: The time this year.
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  Speaker 2: I think what you're seeing with Parker Washington, the confidence,
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  Speaker 2: the confidence in him playing last year kind of understanding
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  Speaker 2: what it takes.
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  Speaker 3: Watching Christian obviously.
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  Speaker 2: Again another young player that came back in the right
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  Speaker 2: frame of mind and excited to to get on the field.
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  Speaker 2: I think he's another one that's that's healthy now, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and and moving around really well.
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  Speaker 3: And uh, it's good to see.
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  Speaker 5: How much of these next couple of days are sort
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  Speaker 5: of an extension of what you guys have already been
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  Speaker 5: doing with the OTAs and things of that nature.
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  Speaker 2: It's really the same. I mean, it's call it what
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  Speaker 2: you want many camp whatever. I mean, it's really an
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  Speaker 2: extension of Phase three, you know for us, and and
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  Speaker 2: just the development process and continuing that and and really
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  Speaker 2: you know, you're not having a lot of the vets
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  Speaker 2: out there. It's a it's a great opportunity again for
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  Speaker 2: these young players to get the bulk.
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  Speaker 3: Of the work.
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  Speaker 5: Where have you seen the that rookie class sort of grow,
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  Speaker 5: I guess over these last few weeks, And you know,
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  Speaker 5: have you been I pressed?
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  Speaker 1: And what?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I you know, I think in everything their
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  Speaker 2: attention to detail in the building, their work ethic in
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  Speaker 2: the weight room, you know, how they're competing, you know
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  Speaker 2: out on the football field. You know, in all really
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  Speaker 2: Phase two, Phase three, and you know, we've seen a
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  Speaker 2: lot of positivity there, you know, and in there it's
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  Speaker 2: a good group top to bottom, you know. And and
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  Speaker 2: so that's why I think it's good for UH for
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  Speaker 2: them to get the bulk of the work this week
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  Speaker 2: and and then you know, take a little little break
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  Speaker 2: and come back, come back ready to go.
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  Speaker 3: In July, did you guys try to a joint practice
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  Speaker 3: in Kansas City? No? No, no, m hm. Would you
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  Speaker 3: like to have tried to go more than one? Or
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  Speaker 3: is that too much in your opinion?
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  Speaker 2: No, I don't think it's too much. I think to
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  Speaker 2: two is a good number. But you know, you got
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  Speaker 2: to have two teams or at least another team that's
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  Speaker 2: willing to do I never reached out to coach Read
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  Speaker 2: to do that.
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  Speaker 4: In phase three.
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  Speaker 5: If there's a particular goal that you can done, see
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  Speaker 5: that you get.
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  Speaker 1: Training and.
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  Speaker 3: No injuries, stay healthy.
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  Speaker 2: You know, Phase three is more competitive than the other
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  Speaker 2: three phases obviously, and you're doing more offense versus defense stuff,
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  Speaker 2: and and you're just trying to limit you know, the contact,
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  Speaker 2: and you're still teaching, right and you're still developing and
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  Speaker 2: growing your football team. But yeah, I mean bottom line too,
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  Speaker 2: you don't want guys to get hurt this late into
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  Speaker 2: the offseason because it'll set them back.
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  Speaker 3: For training camp.
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  Speaker 2: And we're just now getting guys healthy who've missed a
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  Speaker 2: little bit of phase one, phase two that are going
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  Speaker 2: to be here this week and and that's exciting to see.
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  Speaker 3: So just just we just don't need any setbacks at this.
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  Speaker 2: Time bouncing keep them health as much as you can,
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  Speaker 2: exactly exactly. And that's the that's the hardest thing, because
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  Speaker 2: that they're football players, and and they want to compete,
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  Speaker 2: and and they want to you know, they want to
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  Speaker 2: win every down, whether you're offense or defense, and and
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  Speaker 2: you just got to pump the brake sometime and and
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  Speaker 2: and make sure that uh, you know, we we we're
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  Speaker 2: more teaching than we are competing at this at this time.
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  Speaker 3: Did you have a message for the defense that you
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  Speaker 3: let go?
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  Speaker 5: And what will be your message for once many Captin's
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  Speaker 5: offer for the players aren't here?
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  Speaker 3: I did? You don't want to and I will.
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  Speaker 4: Jack Anderson, what did you see in him to make
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  Speaker 4: the team?
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  Speaker 1: You know, want to claim him with waivers? What do
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  Speaker 1: you see him playing?
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  Speaker 5: Well?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean we just got him.
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  Speaker 2: We get him out there this week and and see
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  Speaker 2: see how he how he fits in and plugs in
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  Speaker 2: and and obviously he gives us depth at the offensive line.
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  Speaker 2: And you know somebody that uh, I think there was
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  Speaker 2: an interest even when he was coming out of school,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and in college and and all of that,
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  Speaker 2: and and it's a great opportunity to you can never
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  Speaker 2: have enough big guys, whether they're offense and defensive lineman
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  Speaker 2: in this league.
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  Speaker 3: And he's another one that uh gives us that depth.
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  Speaker 1: What do you lean on Josh for this week?
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  Speaker 3: Uh, you know, the fact that.
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  Speaker 2: He's here, his leadership, veteran guy. I mean, he's uh,
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  Speaker 2: he appears to be in great shape, like he always is.
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  Speaker 2: And I just think too just now for him, he's
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  Speaker 2: gonna be learning, you know, learning some new new stuff.
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  Speaker 2: And these next couple of days are going to be
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  Speaker 2: great for him and and you know, for the young
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  Speaker 2: guys to to see him, and and I know for
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  Speaker 2: the coaching staff to finally get their hands, you know,
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  Speaker 2: on him, to to start coaching and teaching, and it'll
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  Speaker 2: be it'll be a good, good two and a half
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  Speaker 2: days you know.
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  Speaker 3: With Josh. Here's I guess.
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  Speaker 1: His biggest challenge maybe mantally.
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  Speaker 3: Following up what he did last year.
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  Speaker 2: Well, the challenge is, you know, for any player in
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  Speaker 2: that position I think that's had success the year before,
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  Speaker 2: is can you can you do it again?
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  Speaker 3: And you have to do it again?
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  Speaker 2: And you know the fact that the contract is behind
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  Speaker 2: him now and he can just focus on ball. I
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  Speaker 2: think that's I think that's his main focus, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and and helping helping us. He has to understand too
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  Speaker 2: that he doesn't have to do it by himself. You know,
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  Speaker 2: there's ten other guys on the field that can that
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  Speaker 2: can help him get to where he wants to be too,
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  Speaker 2: and so, but taking a step in the right direction,
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  Speaker 2: you know, being here this week obviously just I think
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  Speaker 2: for him and I know the type of person he
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  Speaker 2: is and the way he works puts himself in a
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  Speaker 2: in a position to be successful. I think, you know,
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  Speaker 2: as he moves forward, he has.
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  Speaker 3: Kind of figguingback on how that he's shown what he
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  Speaker 3: has and he's proven the.
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  Speaker 1: Way in some way, has is what you ask of
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  Speaker 1: him changed at all from now to the previouseason.
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  Speaker 3: No, it hasn't.
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  Speaker 2: You know, He's still He's still Josh. He's still a
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  Speaker 2: big part of the football team. He's a leader of
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  Speaker 2: the football team. You know, I don't have to ask
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  Speaker 2: anymore any less, you know, I just want him to
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  Speaker 2: be him.
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  Speaker 4: And and.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he doesn't have to put any more pressure
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  Speaker 2: or stress on himself. Just just go play and and
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  Speaker 2: you know, help us win games.
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  Speaker 3: What kind of he's been good, He's.
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  Speaker 2: Been uh, you know what he's he's uh, gosh, he's
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  Speaker 2: you know, just another bright spot on defense. Obviously, he's
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  Speaker 2: excited about the new scheme. You know, he's another one
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  Speaker 2: young player that that will be counted on, you know,
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  Speaker 2: even in a leadership role, you know, on that defense.
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  Speaker 3: And amongst the team. And and uh, just a just
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  Speaker 3: a great kid.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, just humble, hard working, wants to improve, wants
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  Speaker 2: to get better, wants to learn, and he's still growing.
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  Speaker 3: And that's the exciting part about him.