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Press Pass | Arik Armstead on Jaguars Defense Having All the Pieces · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: I've been able to accomplish a lot for like the
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  Speaker 1: past few months. As soon as I signed, I came
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  Speaker 1: out for OTAs and it's just been great getting adjusted
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  Speaker 1: here in Jacksonville and me and my teammates and you know,
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  Speaker 1: my family's here now, are getting settled in and uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, from a football perspective, just being in the meetings,
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  Speaker 1: being able to be around the guys, learn this scheme,
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  Speaker 1: help everybody out, and then still continue my process of
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  Speaker 1: getting back out on the field and rehabbing all that.
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  Speaker 2: So it's been amazing being here thus far.
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  Speaker 3: What have you been able to see, because you know,
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  Speaker 3: maybe as a player on the field practicing, you might
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  Speaker 3: see something differently than when you're able to just sit
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  Speaker 3: there and kind of get a bird's eye view kind
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  Speaker 3: of what have you seen from the defense and just
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  Speaker 3: just the team in general.
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  Speaker 2: We have a talented group.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I wouldn't have came here and signed here
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  Speaker 1: if I didn't feel like I was coming to a
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  Speaker 1: team that you know, has a real opportunity to win
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  Speaker 1: a Super Bowl, and I think we have all the
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  Speaker 1: pieces to get it done. And I'm excited to get
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  Speaker 1: out there and be a part of that journey and
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  Speaker 1: that process of getting there. But man, we have a
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  Speaker 1: we have an amazing team, and you know, I love
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  Speaker 1: love what we're doing defensively. You know, I don't know
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  Speaker 1: the all the offensive schematics, but defensively, I love what
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  Speaker 1: we're doing and what we're trying to get accomplished out
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  Speaker 1: there and the style of play that and that standard
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  Speaker 1: we're trying to set.
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  Speaker 4: How much do you feel like you need to do
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  Speaker 4: or want to do before the regular season to be
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  Speaker 4: ready or do you feel like some of the preseasons
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  Speaker 4: tough is unnecessary? You unnecessary at this point in your career.
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  Speaker 1: As long as I'm feeling as long as I'm feeling good,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I'm ready to go. So definitely, you know,
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  Speaker 1: want to continue my process of getting back, getting back
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  Speaker 1: out in practice and you know, playing some football before
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  Speaker 1: we get ready to go Week one.
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  Speaker 3: So it's up to you.
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  Speaker 4: You want to play in the preseason before just to
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  Speaker 4: kind of knock the rust off or.
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  Speaker 1: No, I'm just going with the process that they have
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  Speaker 1: for me, and you know, I'm feeling great. I'm getting
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  Speaker 1: better and better each day, So gonna continue with the
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  Speaker 1: plan and you know, getting myself ready in the position
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  Speaker 1: to be out there to help my team win.
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  Speaker 2: So that's what I'm doing currently, along for the ride.
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  Speaker 1: Now, yeah, it's been great, you know, being a teammate
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  Speaker 1: with Get for a couple of years. He's a great dude.
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  Speaker 1: So having a familiar another familiar face, uh, to the
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  Speaker 1: to the group. He's an accident player, excellent guy. He's
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  Speaker 1: going to help our team a lot, right, I don't know,
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  Speaker 1: GI give this chilled out a lot over the years
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  Speaker 1: from what I heard, so he'd just be chilling out
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  Speaker 1: for real, your.
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  Speaker 4: Veteran presidence, obviously, do you have a favorite paper piece
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  Speaker 4: of advice you give him to somebody here in your time,
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  Speaker 4: you know, here.
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  Speaker 2: At camp in Jacksonville.
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  Speaker 1: There's a lot of things, you know that I've learned
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  Speaker 1: throughout my uh my career. I feel like I've been
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  Speaker 1: in a lot of different situations, good teams, bad teams,
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  Speaker 1: dealt with injury, He's dealt with overcoming a lot of
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  Speaker 1: different things. So just, uh, whenever I see a guy,
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  Speaker 1: you know, struggling in a situation, just trying to you know,
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  Speaker 1: help them out, give them advice and whatever whatever that
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  Speaker 1: may be. But you know, the main thing I just
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  Speaker 1: remind everybody is that you know, this is this is
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  Speaker 1: not uh A, you have a short window and this NFL.
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  Speaker 1: You know, our careers aren't long, and so you want
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  Speaker 1: to take full advantage of everything and give what you're
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  Speaker 1: all and you know, work on your craft, work on
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  Speaker 1: your game, you know, really really take ownership over over
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  Speaker 1: what you want to get done with your career as
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  Speaker 1: an individual and then team wise as a team too,
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  Speaker 1: because you know, it's it's it's it's all.
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  Speaker 2: It's a it's.
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  Speaker 1: Always changing, and uh you know, this season we have
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  Speaker 1: one opportunity as this group as as a whole to
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  Speaker 1: make our impact and and let people know what we're
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  Speaker 1: about and then it's over with. So you know, we
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  Speaker 1: got to take advantage of us being together in this opportunity.
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  Speaker 2: That we have.
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  Speaker 1: Is just kind of my my experience of being around
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  Speaker 1: this league and seeing how it changes from year to year.
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  Speaker 2: This defense slumped at the end of last year. What
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  Speaker 2: was the year? What was the biggest attraction for you?
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  Speaker 2: How much of it was a combination of Trayvon and
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  Speaker 2: Josh and what they could do as a past rushing combos.
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  Speaker 1: I was, you know, coming here, I was looking at
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  Speaker 1: the opportunity from a whole looking at the not just
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  Speaker 1: our defense, but the rest of the guys as well too,
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  Speaker 1: on our whole team. And like I said, we definitely
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  Speaker 1: have what it takes to get it done. And I'm
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  Speaker 1: excited to be a part of of you know, this
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  Speaker 1: next step and this journey and getting bringing here consistent
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  Speaker 1: you know, consistent winning and uh, you know, I don't
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  Speaker 1: I don't really know what happened, you know last year.
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  Speaker 2: You know, last year is last year. It's a new year.
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  Speaker 2: Like I just said, everything is changing year to year.
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  Speaker 1: We have an opportunity now to do something special with
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  Speaker 1: this group that we have, and I'm I'm definitely excited
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  Speaker 1: about it. Of course, Josh Trayvon, not even just Josh Trayvon,
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  Speaker 1: you know all the other guys too. Roy is a
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  Speaker 1: great player, all uh big Ham is a great player.
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  Speaker 1: Speaking about upfront, lad, you know all the guys, Lacy,
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  Speaker 1: all the guys that have been here. We definitely have
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  Speaker 1: a I know I'm probably missing some, but we definitely
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  Speaker 1: have a good group that can play something lee ball.
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  Speaker 2: So as you're approach to.
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  Speaker 4: Be Campton preseason changed over the.
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  Speaker 1: Years, Uh no, not really, you know, I just want
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  Speaker 1: to put my best foot forward, get myself ready to
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  Speaker 1: you know, have a dominant season.
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  Speaker 2: Is always my goal.
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  Speaker 1: And you know there's throughout the years, Uh there's different
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  Speaker 1: situations that arise, like the what I'm in now, But
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  Speaker 1: this isn't uncommon for me, you know, having to get
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  Speaker 1: myself get myself ready with a little bit of limited time.
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  Speaker 2: But my goal is to to feel good, to feel.
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  Speaker 1: Good and uh, you know, get off to a good
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  Speaker 1: start in the season and prepared to have a dominant season,
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  Speaker 1: but also at the same time realizing that it's a
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  Speaker 1: seventeen game season and you know, my my goal is
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  Speaker 1: always to be my best when my best is needed,
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  Speaker 1: and I think I have a great track record of that,
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  Speaker 1: and looking at a season as a whole, I want
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  Speaker 1: to get off to a good start obviously, but also
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  Speaker 1: I want to be, you know, there for my team
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  Speaker 1: when they need me the most in December, in January,
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  Speaker 1: in February. So that's always been my goal.
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  Speaker 3: How about these joint practices do they show you anything
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  Speaker 3: as a player as a team that a preseason game
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  Speaker 3: might not.
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  Speaker 1: I think the joy practicers are good, you know, just
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  Speaker 1: to just to break up the monotonia camp and go
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  Speaker 1: against some different guys, you know, being a part of
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  Speaker 1: this for a lot of years. You know, guys get
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  Speaker 1: tired of going against each other. So bringing in a
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  Speaker 1: new team, you know, being able to hit somebody else
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  Speaker 1: in your teammate and also too, I think it's good
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  Speaker 1: for from a schematic standpoint, you know, going against different
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  Speaker 1: offenses and different defenses and you know, they they we
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  Speaker 1: approach things a little differently, and so it's a good
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  Speaker 1: opportunity for us to get better and work on and
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  Speaker 1: you know what we're trying to accomplish as well.
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  Speaker 4: I know you said the Jackson, have you on a
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  Speaker 4: plan for your comeback?
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  Speaker 2: Go?
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  Speaker 4: For you, what would be your goal to be fully
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  Speaker 4: ready to go and no limitations on yourself.
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  Speaker 2: I mean my.
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  Speaker 1: Goal is is always to be there to help my
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  Speaker 1: team win game. So you know, definitely week one is
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  Speaker 1: a goal for me. But I'm going to you know,
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  Speaker 1: continue to you know, take it day by day and
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  Speaker 1: you know, continue with the plan that they have for me.
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  Speaker 2: And feeling good.
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  Speaker 1: Everything is trending very positively, so that's amazing. And like
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  Speaker 1: I said, I want to help my team win games,
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  Speaker 1: so I definitely want to be out there as much
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  Speaker 1: as possible. But I'm going to continue to stick with
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  Speaker 1: the plan that they have for me.
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  Speaker 2: So during this.
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  Speaker 4: Time when you're not on the field as much, I've
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  Speaker 4: seen you around kind of help guys. How important is
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  Speaker 4: that from a guy from your perspective has the experience,
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  Speaker 4: but also stepping into a new team to have that
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  Speaker 4: leadership off the bat even though you're not always on the.
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  Speaker 3: Field, right.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's uh, it's a it's a new experience for me.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I was one place for for nine years
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  Speaker 1: and so this is a this is a new experience
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  Speaker 1: for me. So navigating that of being new, but also
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  Speaker 1: you know, having their respect and trying to be a
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  Speaker 1: leader and help people with the knowledge that I have.
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  Speaker 1: It's been a great experience for me. I feel like
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  Speaker 1: getting me out of my comfort zone and it's been amazing.
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  Speaker 1: We have a lot of great teammates and you know,
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  Speaker 1: I'm excited to I was excited to, you know, help
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  Speaker 1: them in as many ways as I can. Now I'm
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  Speaker 1: excited to get back on the field and help them
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  Speaker 1: on the field and and kind of lead more by
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  Speaker 1: example as well.
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  Speaker 3: Ye know, now that you've now that you've sort of
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  Speaker 3: been around Josh a lot more, you've seen him practice.
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  Speaker 3: What sort of stands out about him.
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  Speaker 2: I've known about Josh since he entered the league.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I think we consider drafting him when he
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  Speaker 1: was on the Niners and so I you know, did
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  Speaker 1: my research, and man, he's he's been an amazing player
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  Speaker 1: since he stepped into this league. And you know, he's ad.
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  Speaker 1: He adds so much to a team, not only what
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  Speaker 1: he's able to do on the field, but the top
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  Speaker 1: of guy that he is. You could tell he was
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  Speaker 1: you could tell he was raised the right way and
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  Speaker 1: all those different things that all has different life experiences
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  Speaker 1: and you know, help him, you know, be a great
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  Speaker 1: person to an organization. And also on the field, he's
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  Speaker 1: an amazing football player. So I can't wait to take
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  Speaker 1: the field with him and and the.
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  Speaker 2: Rest of the guys. Yeah, appreciate you guys.