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Rookie Diary With Mac McWilliams: "A Very Motivated Guy" · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: So, first of all, man, happy New Year too. Same
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  Speaker 1: to you, man, How did you How did you spend it?
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  Speaker 2: Oh? Yeah, me and my girl We had went to
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  Speaker 2: see the.
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  Speaker 3: I guess fireworks yesterday when it hit twelve, were downtown,
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  Speaker 3: so it was nice.
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  Speaker 4: Man.
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  Speaker 2: I loved to think about it.
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  Speaker 1: Do you have any family traditions growing up for New Year's?
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  Speaker 2: I know it's not New Year as we don't. Do
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  Speaker 2: you have any.
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  Speaker 1: Personal goals or specific resolution going into this year?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I would just say the same thing that I
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  Speaker 3: always say, you know, making sure I maintain every day,
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  Speaker 3: make sure I just you know, do the right things
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  Speaker 3: at the right time, be there when I'm needed, you know,
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  Speaker 3: be accountable, you know, just a little thing that make
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  Speaker 3: me a better.
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  Speaker 2: Person on and off the field.
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  Speaker 1: How eager are you for this week? But how do
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  Speaker 1: you also balance that excitement with staying present and calm
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  Speaker 1: in the moment.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm really excited for this weekend.
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  Speaker 3: Man. I get a chance to go out there and
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  Speaker 3: show my ability with the guys around me, So I'm
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  Speaker 3: really excited for it.
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  Speaker 2: I'm taking everything in for.
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  Speaker 3: Right now, making sure I stay levelheaded, make sure I
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  Speaker 3: get them on playbook and things like that.
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  Speaker 2: Making sure I get the in and.
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  Speaker 1: Outs, knowing that you have a role this week. As
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  Speaker 1: your weekly preparation changed it.
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  Speaker 3: I know, no, sir, it haven't changed. I was I'm
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  Speaker 3: always gonna prepare like I'm.
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  Speaker 2: Gonna starter it. So it was the same preparation.
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  Speaker 1: Or in terms of like your scheduling or meetings or
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  Speaker 1: anything like that.
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  Speaker 3: Uh No, I wouldn't say that I come in and
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  Speaker 3: meet at seven thirty all the time.
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  Speaker 2: So it's nothing new.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I remember you saying that you and uh coming
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  Speaker 1: in like six or six thirty. Have you still been
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  Speaker 1: doing that?
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  Speaker 2: Yes?
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  Speaker 1: What we have and how are those sessions going. Do
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  Speaker 1: you feel like you're seeing a lot of benefit from that?
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  Speaker 3: Definitely, you know, just coming in, getting a early you know,
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  Speaker 3: getting an early.
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  Speaker 2: Ups on your guys, on your partners.
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  Speaker 3: You know, it's going over what practice looks like and
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  Speaker 3: things like that, and things like that.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it just gives me a upper advantage.
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  Speaker 1: Not looking for anything particularly specific, but what's the Christian
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  Speaker 1: Parker's message been for you personally?
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  Speaker 2: This?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, stay level head, you know, just be who you are.
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  Speaker 3: He wanted me to come out there and just play
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  Speaker 3: football at the end of the day, you know, they
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  Speaker 3: drafted me to, you know, just to be here and
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  Speaker 3: be available, So you know, that's what I'm gonna do.
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  Speaker 1: Not having played a snap since October twenty sixth, you
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  Speaker 1: had a unique perspective to see the game from a
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  Speaker 1: different lens not playing. What did you maybe learn from
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  Speaker 1: watching the game that you're hoping you could apply on Sunday.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I'd definitely say one thing I can take away
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  Speaker 3: way from it. You know, just watching him back, you
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  Speaker 3: could tell that the game is real fast games way
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  Speaker 3: faster than college. So you know, you know, just having
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  Speaker 3: that mindset and you know you gotta think faster now
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  Speaker 3: that you're in the bigger leagues, having a white mindset,
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  Speaker 3: and you know, just being motivated.
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  Speaker 2: That's all just about.
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  Speaker 3: Once you got the confidence to do something, you can
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  Speaker 3: go out there and do anything. So I'm very confident
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  Speaker 3: in my ability in myself personally.
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  Speaker 1: So what's the biggest lesson or tool you picked up
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  Speaker 1: this season, having you know, played and played under vic
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  Speaker 1: fan jail.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, the biggest tool I I probably say is just
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  Speaker 3: being more aggressive.
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  Speaker 2: You know, uh big he he's very aggressive.
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  Speaker 3: Well not like a aggressive ass in like fighting wise
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  Speaker 3: or nothing like that, but the way he approaches the
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  Speaker 3: way he wants his defense to be is real aggressive.
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  Speaker 3: So you know, just me studiums, just sitting down watching
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  Speaker 3: how God's practice and things like that.
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  Speaker 2: It really transformed in for me on the field and
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  Speaker 2: off the field.
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  Speaker 1: Family coming after this game, right yew, Yeah, they will
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  Speaker 1: be everyone, even I.
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  Speaker 3: Don't think Fan's gonna come out, but I know my
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  Speaker 3: Mom's coming out in my grant and my.
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  Speaker 2: My sister kids coming out to.
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  Speaker 1: What stands out to you about the Commander's Receiving Corps.
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  Speaker 2: They that said they're a big group. Uh, they're very solid.
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  Speaker 3: Uh, they got great catch radius at the port of
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  Speaker 3: attacking the good in w in space, you know, and
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  Speaker 3: once they catch the ball. You know, Debo he's one
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  Speaker 3: of the best yacht receivers in the league right now.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, Terry one of the best deep guys.
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  Speaker 3: So you know, just having that having that mindset, you know,
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  Speaker 3: just going out there and dominating.
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  Speaker 1: Man, what's something you're gonna be particularly mindful of? You
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  Speaker 1: talking about Debo being really good in space, it's kind
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  Speaker 1: of difficult to bring down, and then you have Terry
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  Speaker 1: who can stretch the field. What's something that you're gonna
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  Speaker 1: be particularly like reminding yourself going into that one.
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  Speaker 3: Just be who I am at the end of the day.
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  Speaker 3: It's football at the end of the day, so the
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  Speaker 3: ends and I was gonna be the same.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 3: It's critique here and their emotions here and there and
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  Speaker 3: things like that for Mason changes.
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  Speaker 2: But at the end of the day, you gotta line
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  Speaker 2: up and play football.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, your mindset's never changed. I give you a lot
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  Speaker 1: of credit for that. You've never waivered and you oftentimes
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  Speaker 1: will say I gotta be who I am.
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  Speaker 2: Yea for those who don't know, who is that person?
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  Speaker 2: A very motivated, very motivated guy.
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  Speaker 3: Man, I'm real motivated and I'm I just believe in
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  Speaker 3: everything about me. You know, Ever since I was born
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  Speaker 3: and side I came out the room, my mama always told.
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  Speaker 2: Me that I was gonna be who I am today.
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  Speaker 3: So, you know, just having that confidence from her and
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  Speaker 3: she instilling it, installing it the meat, you know, just
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  Speaker 3: gave me the benefit and just made me reap on.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned your your mother a few different times in
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  Speaker 1: our conversations, and you said that she really helped you
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  Speaker 1: instill that patience. Is that something that that you apply
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  Speaker 1: every day or is it something that remind yourself or
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  Speaker 1: it's just automatic.
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  Speaker 2: There's definitely natural for me.
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  Speaker 3: My mom's a very poised woman, so he raised five
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  Speaker 3: kids on our own, So you know, just having that
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  Speaker 3: point and just watching her go about her daily life.
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  Speaker 3: It really, like I say, and it started me and
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  Speaker 3: I'm gonna take it away me for life.
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  Speaker 5: Brandon.
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  Speaker 1: When I was talking to him yesterday, he mentioned how
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  Speaker 1: much A Dory has helped him. And I've had a
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  Speaker 1: lot of conversation with.
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  Speaker 2: The Dory this year.
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  Speaker 1: Have any of the veteran guys sort of been you know,
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  Speaker 1: either you know, get taken you under their wing this
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  Speaker 1: week or you know, kind of watching film with you
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  Speaker 1: or doing anything different to kind of bring it along.
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  Speaker 2: And yeah, we always watch them together.
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  Speaker 3: So it really wasn't like they doing this just because
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  Speaker 3: they know that I'm playing this week or something like that.
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  Speaker 3: But I was like Cooper and quon Y No, I
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  Speaker 3: really say them the main two guys and Reblack and Show,
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  Speaker 3: Uh they are we all come together. Uh well, I
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  Speaker 3: watch Field with them guys all the time. You know
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  Speaker 3: it It's very exciting just I get the ins and
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  Speaker 3: out front of them guys. Uh, you know, they been
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  Speaker 3: here a little while so they understand a little bit
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  Speaker 3: more than I do, so you know, just getting the
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  Speaker 3: knowledge from them in applying it.
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  Speaker 1: How about someone like Michael Carter, Yeah, who plays inside,
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  Speaker 1: he's played safety, similar s type of things except for
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  Speaker 1: the safety part, but you play corner as well. The
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  Speaker 1: h how is how has he been uh a benefit
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  Speaker 1: to you or how is he how has he made
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  Speaker 1: an impression on.
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  Speaker 2: Your uh young career?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, h he's been great man ever since he came in. Uh,
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  Speaker 3: he's been one of the he's been one of the
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  Speaker 3: more vocal guys, you know, since ever since he been
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  Speaker 3: in the league for the minute, so you know, he
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  Speaker 3: understands the game.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, we we talk here and there. We will.
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  Speaker 3: We don't talk as much because we would be so
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  Speaker 3: d uh this distance from each other. But it's not
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  Speaker 3: nothing like nothing like no bad blood against us and
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  Speaker 3: nothing like that.
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  Speaker 2: But we definitely get up.
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  Speaker 3: Here and there especially and walk through them things and
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  Speaker 3: we get and we talk about football. So he's definitely
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  Speaker 3: been a big He been a big help contributing to
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  Speaker 3: the way I'm going by this rookie year.
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  Speaker 2: So come in for.
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  Speaker 1: Sure, do you have a big play, celebrashit or anything no, right, No,
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  Speaker 1: I don't spur the moment type of thing. How about
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  Speaker 1: like handshakes with teammates. I've seen a lot of a
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  Speaker 1: lot of you guys have that. Do you have it
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  Speaker 1: with any anybody in particular?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah?
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  Speaker 3: I got a couple of handshakes. I got a handshake
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  Speaker 3: with Drew Keeley.
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  Speaker 2: Cool, and I gotta make one Q all right.
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  Speaker 1: I saw that they were voting for the top one
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  Speaker 1: hundred players. Brandon said that he had Quinnon one and
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  Speaker 1: Cooper two. I believe, in fact, do you have your
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  Speaker 1: top two that you're willing to share.
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  Speaker 2: I'm the same too.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I actually put them right next to each other,
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  Speaker 3: so it's one and one.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, and lastly, what's on the pregame playlist?
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  Speaker 2: Man Kodak? No flocking? Oh no scrimming? All right?
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  Speaker 1: Oh well yeah, I think you put me onto that,
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  Speaker 1: all right, Mac?
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  Speaker 2: Thanks man I appreciation, Thank you,