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Rookie Diary with Mac McWilliams: "I Just Stepped In And Did My Role" · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: All right, So I know you're a big horror movie guy.
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  Speaker 1: We just started October. If I know this is a
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  Speaker 1: question that you may not have the answers to off
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  Speaker 1: the top of your head. Top five horror movies. I
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  Speaker 1: figure Screams probably number one for sure.
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  Speaker 2: I go scream.
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  Speaker 1: Then I go be counting one to five, five to one.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going one to five.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going scream.
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  Speaker 3: Halloween Friday the thirteenth Friday versus Jason, and I wouldn't
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  Speaker 3: say this. My field for isn't really a scared movie.
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  Speaker 3: It's it's kind of scaring with and funny movie.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, scared movie too.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I love that one.
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  Speaker 4: That's a good You get a chance to see weapons,
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  Speaker 4: yet No, I didn't.
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  Speaker 2: What's what's its own?
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  Speaker 1: It should be just out of theaters. You might see
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  Speaker 1: it on demand.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, okay, now I'll definitely go to and then.
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  Speaker 1: Though you'll you'll like it's it's kind of different.
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  Speaker 2: I said weapons, right, Weapons?
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  Speaker 1: You're like, uh, so you played eleven snaps career high. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: what was your your takeaway and your performance?
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  Speaker 2: I feel like I did what was needed for the team.
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  Speaker 3: You know, they needed a guy to, you know, step
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  Speaker 3: up in a venom position and play on her return say,
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  Speaker 3: you know I was available at the time, so you know,
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  Speaker 3: I just stepped in and did my role.
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  Speaker 1: Have you ever played gunner before?
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  Speaker 3: I know, I haven't died my first time. You know,
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  Speaker 3: a little tweaked here and there.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, I definitely felt like I saw some of the rest.
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  Speaker 3: I could have did better. Uh, used my hands a
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  Speaker 3: little bit more. But you know, it's an all level
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  Speaker 3: working process.
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  Speaker 4: It seems like a really challenging position to play, especially
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  Speaker 4: one that if you haven't played it before. What's the
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  Speaker 4: key to being a really effective one? Like watching Keeley
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  Speaker 4: every week?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, just like I said, Keylan, he's he's good with
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  Speaker 3: using his hand and he's quick and he's real fast,
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  Speaker 3: So you know that's all it's about, just winning with
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  Speaker 3: speed and using your hands and you know, getting the
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  Speaker 3: finish out of the way or you know, create separation
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  Speaker 3: front of the fender.
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  Speaker 1: Speaking of Pie, you know you've got a chance to
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  Speaker 1: be him. You're in the room with him though, you.
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  Speaker 4: See him work every day, to see him go out there,
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  Speaker 4: what's something that he brings to the table that a
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  Speaker 4: lot probably don't know on the outside that you see.
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  Speaker 2: Every day HeLa a real physical guy. Uh.
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  Speaker 3: Probably guys don't see like probably y'all don't see it
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  Speaker 3: from him because h y'all looking in from the outside.
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  Speaker 3: But you actually pay attention to him. A real physical guy.
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  Speaker 3: He liked to get his hands on people early in
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  Speaker 3: the routes and things like that. So you know, I
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  Speaker 3: love everything about him.
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  Speaker 2: Uh. One thing. Everybody know, he's fast. So yeah, I
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  Speaker 2: devastate the physical part.
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  Speaker 4: What measures did you guys take against the heat in Tampa?
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  Speaker 2: I can hear you.
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  Speaker 1: What measures? What measures did you guys take against the
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  Speaker 1: heat in Tampa?
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  Speaker 2: We were well prepared.
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  Speaker 3: For it, I think, uh, you know, and he started
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  Speaker 3: through the Monday, the Monday practice that we had, but
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  Speaker 3: we came in no money.
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  Speaker 2: Uh. Coach talked to us, taught us.
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  Speaker 3: About how the heat was gonna be uh, and we
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  Speaker 3: just made sure he came in and did what it
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  Speaker 3: was like even though we're working the sauna, get in
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  Speaker 3: the saun and things like that, staying after, make sure
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  Speaker 3: we're drinking our water keeping waters near us.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, we were well prepared for the game.
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  Speaker 1: How about during the game, did you do anything to
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  Speaker 1: like block the sun.
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  Speaker 2: Or Nah, you can't lock it.
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  Speaker 3: But we definitely had a little shade under our little
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  Speaker 3: things where we go sit down, you know, after driving
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  Speaker 3: things like that.
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  Speaker 2: In the pre game, we wore making sure that we
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  Speaker 2: stayed high graded.
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  Speaker 1: So at the first time Fish got to see you
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  Speaker 1: play a pro game.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, it was what he what were his thoughts? He
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  Speaker 3: loved everything about it. He was so happy for me.
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  Speaker 3: After the game, he called me and told me how
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  Speaker 3: proud he was. We snapped a couple of photos after
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  Speaker 3: the game and things like that that that you know,
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  Speaker 3: it was a brotherly love thing.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, that's awesome, man, So special teams you aren't think
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  Speaker 4: you're a part of.
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  Speaker 1: Has two touchdowns this season through four games.
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  Speaker 4: What from being around him stands out to you about
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  Speaker 4: what makes Michael play so effective?
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  Speaker 2: He's very unique at the details.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I feel like little god, I mean teams
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  Speaker 3: around well, I couldn't say teams, I really don't. I
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  Speaker 3: haven't played every team, but from just from college, you know, Uh,
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  Speaker 3: I feel like teams they didn't lock it on.
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  Speaker 2: The main detail in the little details. You know.
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  Speaker 3: When I got up here, Uh, that's the main thing.
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  Speaker 3: It was about the little details. You know, that's separated though.
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  Speaker 3: So making sure we got the little details, and like
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  Speaker 3: I said, it was starting from practice the whole week,
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  Speaker 3: so you know, we got our detail and made sure
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  Speaker 3: it was in the right spot at the right time.
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  Speaker 2: We executed him.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously, you're a rookie, so this is what you know.
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  Speaker 4: But how surprising it is it to see starters playing
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  Speaker 4: on special teams.
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  Speaker 2: It's not surprising because it was the same way in college.
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  Speaker 3: So I really wasn't surprised by I'm just good to
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  Speaker 3: do whatever best for to see he.
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  Speaker 1: Get a chance to see your former UCF teammate.
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  Speaker 2: U R J Hen Harvey RB.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Uh, second round pick for them. What makes him
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  Speaker 1: a good player?
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  Speaker 2: He's a great back. I say, what is his speed?
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  Speaker 3: Uh? He ran a fourth fur a at the comebine,
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  Speaker 3: so guys thought come and then they thought it.
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  Speaker 2: Was slow than what they what they expected. So you know,
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  Speaker 2: he ran out there, ran a good time.
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  Speaker 3: And me just watching him from previous years of playing
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  Speaker 3: with him at uh UCF Uh, he's real.
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  Speaker 2: He's elusive, you know.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: He he sees the holes very well, he reads his
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  Speaker 2: blocks and things like that, so he kill me be
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  Speaker 2: a big key.
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  Speaker 1: He's a good kick returner as well.
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  Speaker 2: Sure.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, So What's what stands out to you when you
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  Speaker 4: look at the Denver Broncos and what they present from
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  Speaker 4: uh from an offensive standpoint.
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  Speaker 2: Really, they keep everything in the same you know.
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  Speaker 3: Uh, even if they getting zebra or lion and things
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  Speaker 3: like that, they make sure all their formations look the same. Uh.
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  Speaker 3: Every they gotta play for every other play, you know
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  Speaker 3: that whatever whatever formation they and they got three four
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  Speaker 3: players to it, So you'll probably get this play next time,
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  Speaker 3: get three four letter three four plays later, you'll get
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  Speaker 3: the same.
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  Speaker 2: Formation with a different play the next time. So you know,
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  Speaker 2: you just unique style of play.
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  Speaker 4: I understand you, like, uh, hiking and and hunting or
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  Speaker 4: fish and all that. Uh, what's the any crazy places
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  Speaker 4: you've been able to hike to or.
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  Speaker 2: Not down here?
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  Speaker 3: I haven't, but I used to go like my grandad
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  Speaker 3: us to take me, like hunting when we was down
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  Speaker 3: in Florida. It's been alone. It's been a very long
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  Speaker 3: time since I went hunting. When I'm definitely gonna go
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  Speaker 3: out there very soon.
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  Speaker 1: Like you have goals, like like do you go into
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  Speaker 1: it with goals? Like I know, like if you go fishing,
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  Speaker 1: you have goals for that too.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Uh no, I don't actually have no so I'm
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  Speaker 3: don't just out there for a good time, you know,
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  Speaker 3: and if I see something that.
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  Speaker 2: I like, you know, I go at them.
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  Speaker 1: So you find out to be sort of like I
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  Speaker 1: guess in a way, relaxing.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, uh that And you know I go jet skiing
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  Speaker 3: a lot too when I was in Florida, so you know,
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  Speaker 3: just getting out there in the water on the jets,
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  Speaker 3: you know, relaxing my mind, seeing the water and just
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  Speaker 3: clearing my head.
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  Speaker 1: your hobbies.
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  Speaker 1: So what's one thing you're looking to work on this week?
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  Speaker 2: I definitely say it, just more discussive teams.
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  Speaker 3: You know, make sure like I said, the little details
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  Speaker 3: and think shot, I get my hands in the white
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  Speaker 3: place on the right time.
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  Speaker 4: How about the I don't know if you guys still
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  Speaker 4: do it this year, but I know last year rookies
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  Speaker 4: would be able to say with meal.
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  Speaker 1: They wanted, yeah, have you gotten your chance?
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  Speaker 2: I haven't, but I got today.
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  Speaker 3: They came up to me and told me I got
• 9:40
  Speaker 3: the music for the team and TOMORROWO what do you
• 9:44
  Speaker 3: got called future flash?
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  Speaker 4: It only okay that you get to pick with, which
• 9:49
  Speaker 4: is it's just one song where you get to pick
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  Speaker 4: a whole playlist just so for for the team meal
• 9:54
  Speaker 4: when it is your turn with what's what's yours?
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  Speaker 1: And fries blue cheese or wrench French?
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  Speaker 2: I hate blue see.
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  Speaker 1: Oh that's where we different.
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  Speaker 3: I like.
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  Speaker 1: I like blue chee. I like both. I don't like
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  Speaker 1: everybody from.
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  Speaker 3: Like everybody that down here that I don't talk to,
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  Speaker 3: they say they're like blue cheese.
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  Speaker 1: Oh really, I thought I was a odd one.
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  Speaker 2: No, I see that. I felt.
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  Speaker 3: That's how I felt, because everybody like, I'm like blue cheese.
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  Speaker 2: No, no way, I can eat a blue.
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  Speaker 3: Cheese hot hot wings or bread and wings or I'm
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  Speaker 3: like regular wings, bread and rings.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not to get a hot sauce. Guy, I don't
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  Speaker 2: like hot sauce. I really don't like hot sauce unless
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  Speaker 2: it's like hot fries.
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  Speaker 1: Like that, Okay, I appreciate it.
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  Speaker 2: Man, we're gonna talk to