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Press Pass | Kirk: "I can truly just be myself" · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Through red zone drills first time in training camp today,
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  Speaker 1: maybe some of the struggles you guys have, but also
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  Speaker 1: maybe where he saw. Yeah, you know, the tough thing
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  Speaker 1: about the red zone is obviously the field is condensed
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  Speaker 1: and so, um, you know, it's hard down there, you know,
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  Speaker 1: in the league and just in general, you've got to
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  Speaker 1: be on point with your landmarks and your fundamentals and
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  Speaker 1: be disciplined within the play call and so uh, you know, offensively,
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  Speaker 1: we struggled a little bit. Um, but that's some of
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  Speaker 1: the adversity that we're gonna face all training camp and
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  Speaker 1: throughout the season. You know, for us, it's gonna be
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  Speaker 1: great film for us to go back and watch and
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  Speaker 1: just learn from today and uh, you know, move forward
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  Speaker 1: and just keep going getting better that you guys had
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  Speaker 1: struggles in that neck of the woods. I mean, it's
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  Speaker 1: it's a fourth day of training camp. Um, you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's been a longer week and uh, you know, the
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  Speaker 1: defense came out with some energy today. We've had some
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  Speaker 1: success on them earlier in camp, and so it's just
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  Speaker 1: a high competitive, uh day of practice, especially in the
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  Speaker 1: red zone, you know, because that's where touchdowns are scored,
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  Speaker 1: and so guys were ramped up. So uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I thought we handled it. I thought we handled the
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  Speaker 1: university well. And um, we just kept on trucking and
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  Speaker 1: we're gonna learn from it. Yeah. Is that just as
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  Speaker 1: much about chemistry as it is with whatever you guys
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  Speaker 1: are working on off the field. Maybe not like feel chemistry,
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  Speaker 1: but like off the field chemistry. I think it's more
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  Speaker 1: about off the field chemistry. That was our goal. Um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and me and Trevor and Marvin some of
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  Speaker 1: the vets talking about it, and um, you know, me
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  Speaker 1: being in Arizona and Marvin being on you know, two
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  Speaker 1: previous teams, um doing it other and other places. You know,
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  Speaker 1: it's it's a big thing, you know, especially for offensive
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  Speaker 1: skill guys and their quarterbacks. UM to get together and uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, get to know one another and just you know,
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  Speaker 1: build that relationship because it makes it better when you
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  Speaker 1: take the field and you're working hard and you have
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  Speaker 1: days like this, you know where you can come to
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  Speaker 1: each other and you know how to communicate and work
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  Speaker 1: with one another. Dinner tabs you pick up. Uh, we
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  Speaker 1: did a good job splitting all of them. I picked
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  Speaker 1: up a couple of them. Make sure, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we everybody ate eight. Well, so it was good how
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  Speaker 1: you played with you off and get scare old and
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  Speaker 1: take guys that could pile being the all day maybe
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  Speaker 1: could hard to let a lot of fuf. What's like
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  Speaker 1: one of the things that you've taken from those guys
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  Speaker 1: that you work from, those guys that knew no help
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  Speaker 1: having the stakehold. Yeah, I think number one is the
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  Speaker 1: preparation on a daily basis throughout the whole entire season
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  Speaker 1: and the approach, um, you know, out on the field
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  Speaker 1: on the practice field. Uh, the way those guys prepared
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  Speaker 1: and they competed every single day, there was no drop off.
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  Speaker 1: And you know they had that same mentality that they're
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  Speaker 1: going to be the best player on the field, um,
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  Speaker 1: day in and day out. And uh, they were so
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  Speaker 1: great to work with and be able to watch. And
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  Speaker 1: it was the same thing on Sundays. Uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: once once that whistle was blown, Uh, there was no doubt,
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  Speaker 1: you know in their minds that they were the best
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  Speaker 1: player on the field that day and they were going
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  Speaker 1: to go out and perform like that. And so um,
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  Speaker 1: those are just little things that you know, I've been
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  Speaker 1: able to watch and learn from them, and you know, help. Um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, try to apply to my game as wells
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  Speaker 1: many guys that have gotten to guys like that, So
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  Speaker 1: you feel a lot of incredibly lucky. Um. I always
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  Speaker 1: tell him, even telling the younger guys, and Marvin z
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  Speaker 1: Will always asked me, you know what I've been able
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  Speaker 1: to pick up and some of the experiences of you know,
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  Speaker 1: being around them, and uh, you know, I believe I'm
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  Speaker 1: definitely one of the luckiest guys to be able to
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  Speaker 1: play with three guys like that, and you know, I
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  Speaker 1: have nothing but um love and respect, you know for
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  Speaker 1: those guys because they're my big brothers and you know
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  Speaker 1: they helped me ultimately. Uh, you know, get to this point,
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  Speaker 1: we're talking a lot. When you got off of us.
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  Speaker 1: Just what is your relationship like with him? I note
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  Speaker 1: Pomas trip and being a white receiver. Just whatever his
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  Speaker 1: relationship like, it's great, it's it's fun. Um. We have
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  Speaker 1: a very similar demeanor, laid back and um. You know,
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  Speaker 1: our our our serious approach to our game and our work.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, especially when we're out here, you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's all about business, all about getting better and being
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  Speaker 1: the best that we can be. But um, you know,
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  Speaker 1: off the field, you know, we're always sitting next to
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  Speaker 1: each other, always hanging out, always just talking about life
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  Speaker 1: and whatnot. But it's been super easy, you know to
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  Speaker 1: get along with him and just build that relationship and
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  Speaker 1: you know out it too, you know, continue that to
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  Speaker 1: start up the golf almost say, oh, it's definitely me.
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  Speaker 1: I uh, I'm definitely a golf addict. And uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I once once I found out that Trevor, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I was playing and getting into playing, um, you know,
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  Speaker 1: my first signed, you know, and made sure to hit
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  Speaker 1: him up. I was like, the first thing we're doing
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  Speaker 1: is we're going golfing. And so now it's you know,
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  Speaker 1: kind of been our thing. You know, on the weekends
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  Speaker 1: we go out and you know, play some golf, and
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  Speaker 1: it's just they said, it's it's a good, good way
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  Speaker 1: to go out, compete, have fun and just keep building
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  Speaker 1: that relationship. Almost I wouldn't say he's bad. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: he's definitely working, he's getting better. I mean golf is
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  Speaker 1: not an easy game by any means, and so any
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  Speaker 1: amateur golfer could say that they're they're bad because I'll
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  Speaker 1: admit it to I'm bad at times as well. Um
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  Speaker 1: a few um, you know, spent a lot of time
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  Speaker 1: at the Ponto Vidra in the club, and it's just
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  Speaker 1: it's been great. You know, that's just the city of Jacksonville,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, being able to come here and the
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  Speaker 1: hospitality from everybody, and you know, helping us move in
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  Speaker 1: and you know, just all the resources that everybody has
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  Speaker 1: given us has has just been amazing. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: truly I'm so happy that I'm here and and feel
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  Speaker 1: grateful for the opportunity. Not yet, it's on the list
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  Speaker 1: for sure at all coming into this season. Uh. I
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  Speaker 1: know when we first signed, a lot of people are
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  Speaker 1: eyeing the contracting. They had questions, do you feel pressure
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  Speaker 1: at this? Follow me port Not at all. I can
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  Speaker 1: truly say that, Um, I'm playing the most free minded
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  Speaker 1: and and just pressure free and relax football that um
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  Speaker 1: I've felt in a while. Um. You know, I truly
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  Speaker 1: feel that having this new opportunity and a new organization,
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  Speaker 1: new team around some new teammates, I could truly just
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  Speaker 1: be myself and focus on being the best that I
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  Speaker 1: can be for these guys and being the leader and
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  Speaker 1: um just going out there and putting it all on
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  Speaker 1: the line for them, because I truly believe we have
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  Speaker 1: such a great group and um, it's just been a
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  Speaker 1: lot of fun every day taking the field and you know,
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  Speaker 1: every second here has just has been great. So no
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  Speaker 1: pressure at all, Christian. What is it I'm about being
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  Speaker 1: here that allows you to play still relaxed and free? Well,
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  Speaker 1: I think just you know, with with Doug and Press
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  Speaker 1: and the whole offensive staff and obviously um Mr Baki
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  Speaker 1: and Mr Khan, you know, bringing here and um, the
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  Speaker 1: belief in me and what I can do and my
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  Speaker 1: potential to be the player that I know I can be. Um,
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  Speaker 1: there's no words. You know, all you have to do
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  Speaker 1: is go out there and play football. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: I know when I'm at my best, I can be
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  Speaker 1: one of the best. And so that's just all I'm
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  Speaker 1: focused on. And you know, it's a it's a great
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  Speaker 1: feeling outside and the slot in Arizona. And I've noticed
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  Speaker 1: you've been moving all around. You prefer that would you
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  Speaker 1: like to be at one position in the perfect world?
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  Speaker 1: Who who would you like to now? I think I
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  Speaker 1: for sure, Um, you know, prefer to be moved all around,
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  Speaker 1: you know, slotting outside and you know schematically, I know
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  Speaker 1: coaches talk about it week in a week out based
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  Speaker 1: on you know, what the defense does in tendencies wise,
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  Speaker 1: you know, kind of dictate where I'm lined out week
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  Speaker 1: to week. But it just adds a different um sort
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  Speaker 1: of dynamic. And we have so many other guys that
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  Speaker 1: do great things as well, and that's a great thing,
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  Speaker 1: is uh, you know, you won't be able to key
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  Speaker 1: on any type of tendencies that do. Coaches do a
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  Speaker 1: great job of aligning us everywhere. So I feel like
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  Speaker 1: I'm at my best when you know, I can play
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  Speaker 1: a little bit outside and inside and just kind of
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  Speaker 1: get moved around. There is an I modified deep threat
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  Speaker 1: on the team. How much of you guys talk about
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  Speaker 1: what's not necessarily the local media says the national media
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  Speaker 1: with it's not a burner. Is that something that you
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  Speaker 1: guys dissess? Uh? No, it's not a thing that we discussed.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I just laugh because you know, we have
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  Speaker 1: so many guys that have put um, you know, deep
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  Speaker 1: throat ability on tape and I've done it. I've had
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  Speaker 1: success with it, Zay has had success with it, Marvin
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  Speaker 1: has had success with it, and so it's not something
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  Speaker 1: that we pay attention to UM you know, but as receivers,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we're all guys that you know, I would
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  Speaker 1: like to catch the go ball, like to catch the
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  Speaker 1: deep posts. And so it's definitely gonna be a point
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  Speaker 1: of emphasis for us because we know we have the
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  Speaker 1: guys to do it. Preparation and what he does to
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  Speaker 1: be ready for each day. Yeah, I mean he comes
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  Speaker 1: out here and off the bus and you know he
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  Speaker 1: gets into his his warm up in his preparation and
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  Speaker 1: getting his body ready for practice. And then you know,
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  Speaker 1: once we hit the field, you know he's locked in
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  Speaker 1: and he's making sure that we're on point with everything.
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  Speaker 1: And um, you know, the the great thing about him
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  Speaker 1: and what I think is important is the open line
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  Speaker 1: of communication you know, between him and us receivers and
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  Speaker 1: the tight ends and even his offensive line. You know,
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  Speaker 1: if he sees something immediately after the play, he's coming
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  Speaker 1: up to us. We're talking it through and we're making
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  Speaker 1: sure we're getting it right. So that's the kind of
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  Speaker 1: things that you want to see, you know from your
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  Speaker 1: quarterback and just having that communication and getting better for
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  Speaker 1: you to see, especially from my young quarterback, you know, Um,
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  Speaker 1: being able to have you know, that mindset and being
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  Speaker 1: able to pick other guy's brains and to be able
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  Speaker 1: to take coaching, you know, even if it's not from
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  Speaker 1: a coach. You know, I may you know, say hey,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I see this and and I think maybe
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  Speaker 1: try this and it may work. And you know he's
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  Speaker 1: really open to taking that, taking that coaching and taking
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  Speaker 1: um that that kind of reassurance, um, you know from
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  Speaker 1: other guys and so to be able to have that
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  Speaker 1: and that maturity is its great to see already different.
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  Speaker 1: They're getting a little longer for sure. Um you know
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  Speaker 1: in the mornings are getting over here. Uh, and they're
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  Speaker 1: getting a little hotter on the way back. You know
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  Speaker 1: that the more we get into practice. But it's honestly,
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  Speaker 1: it's honestly been great. Um. You know, they made it
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  Speaker 1: a smooth transition. It's a little bit of an adjustment,
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  Speaker 1: but I don't think you know, anybody has has a
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  Speaker 1: problem with it, unless uh, you know, a bus ride
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  Speaker 1: is missed. Then you know that's the only risk that
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  Speaker 1: you gotta take the first buses at the practice. Oh yeah,
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  Speaker 1: definitely definitely being especially if you have a workout, you know,
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  Speaker 1: like defense has a workout today, so definitely won't get
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  Speaker 1: on that first busy. Well, I guess the majority of
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  Speaker 1: old line takes the first wave of buses, so I'm smart.
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  Speaker 1: I take the second wave and try to stay off
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  Speaker 1: of that. Thanks, guys, appreciate it.