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Press Pass | Evan Engram on Connection With His Teammates and Being a Leader · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Over the last couple of days. How have you sort
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  Speaker 1: of seen it? What do you expect to sort of
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  Speaker 1: work on and get better at. Yeah, it's been awesome.
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  Speaker 2: The energy is great, the the commitment to the work.
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  Speaker 1: We understand this the first couple of days. There's gonna
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  Speaker 1: be some wrinkles.
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  Speaker 2: Here and there, But I mean from as far as
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  Speaker 2: the mental errors and the effort and the concentration has
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  Speaker 2: been through the roof. And you know, early on this
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  Speaker 2: early in camp, that's all you can ask for right now.
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  Speaker 2: So I just love seeing all the guys locked in.
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  Speaker 2: We definitely got a little trip on our shoulder.
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  Speaker 1: That's the way we've been moving. The defense is competing well,
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  Speaker 1: we're protecting each other.
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  Speaker 2: I love the way we're working, and we understand that
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  Speaker 2: there's a lot more room for improvement.
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  Speaker 1: Where do you think you can go in this offense?
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  Speaker 3: How can you sort of e ball from what you've
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  Speaker 3: done the last couple of years.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think one, you know, whatever I'm asked to
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  Speaker 2: do to continue to perfect that, I know I've been,
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  Speaker 2: you know, really having a lot of success underneath in
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  Speaker 2: the past couple of years, and there's still room for
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  Speaker 2: improvement there. And I'm in continuous search for that as well.
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  Speaker 2: But I'm obviously hope this year some more opportunities downfield
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  Speaker 2: get more vertical. When I think, you know, the way
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  Speaker 2: all offense is being built through camp, that's gonna be
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  Speaker 2: that's gonna be a lot of great opportunities.
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  Speaker 1: So I gotta go earn that as well.
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  Speaker 2: So definitely it's a it's a journey and improving there
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  Speaker 2: and I'm getting the reps and having the conversations with
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  Speaker 2: Trevor and getting on the same page. But really, whatever
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  Speaker 2: this team needs me to do, I want to maximize
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  Speaker 2: that role the best as I.
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  Speaker 3: Can do that off season as well.
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  Speaker 1: That's really a fun concern.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's honestly, it's uh, it's a lot of work
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  Speaker 2: that needs to be done on my part. I definitely
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  Speaker 2: would love to get more opportunities that way, but uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I gotta I gotta show that I can
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  Speaker 2: do I gotta prove that I can do it and
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  Speaker 2: practice and and you know, get on the same page
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  Speaker 2: with Trevor and there's some things that we got to
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  Speaker 2: work on there.
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  Speaker 1: So I have to go earn that.
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  Speaker 2: And I think, uh, you know, the way I work
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  Speaker 2: and the way I committing with the great coaches and
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  Speaker 2: teammates I have, and the great offense that we're building,
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  Speaker 2: we're all going to get those opportunities. We're all gonna
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  Speaker 2: be able to eat off those opportunities. So as long
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  Speaker 2: as I continue to put the work in and and
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  Speaker 2: seek improvement in there, I think the opportunities will come
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  Speaker 2: out and I have to cash in a ship on
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  Speaker 2: the shoulder.
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  Speaker 1: Still, even after all this time, for sure, I mean yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean what the other way? Who we wanted? Honestly?
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  Speaker 2: Uh, definitely, Uh, Obviously we're turning the page. But we
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  Speaker 2: got work to do, we got something to prove. So
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  Speaker 2: it's really to ourselves. We know how talented we are,
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  Speaker 2: we know the goals we want to achieve and uh,
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  Speaker 2: and we know the work that needs to be put in.
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  Speaker 2: So we're not taking one day for granted, We're not
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  Speaker 2: taking one rep for granted. You know, all the all
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  Speaker 2: the guys are locked in. They understand what's that stakes?
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  Speaker 1: Being the team that people are doubting. Can you relate
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  Speaker 1: to that or you know, wanting to prove people wrong? Maybe?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I think obviously, Yeah, everybody likes likes
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  Speaker 2: a nice underdog story. But you know, the way we
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  Speaker 2: see ourselves as we see ourselves as a really really
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  Speaker 2: good team. The way we work and the way we
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  Speaker 2: see ourselves is a team that should not be slept on.
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  Speaker 1: So but we gotta go prove that.
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  Speaker 2: And at the end of the day, we're gonna get
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  Speaker 2: opportunity every Sunday to go out there and compete, and
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  Speaker 2: we got to cash in on those ops. So and
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  Speaker 2: you know, our success is going to be determined on
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  Speaker 2: how we work this camp and how we better each
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  Speaker 2: other this camp, how we attack every single day in
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  Speaker 2: the grand days and the doll days of camp. It's
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  Speaker 2: gonna build the mental forty two two attack weekend and
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  Speaker 2: week out in the season. So obviously, yeah, we got
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  Speaker 2: some work to do, and we'll love to prove the
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  Speaker 2: haters and the doughters wrong, but we got a lot
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  Speaker 2: of work to do to prove ourselves right first.
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  Speaker 1: And then that will come naturally. Last summer kind of
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  Speaker 1: started a domino effect that for this young core, your extension.
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  Speaker 3: Last summer kind of started a domino effect with this team.
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  Speaker 1: What does it mean to you, I guess to see
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  Speaker 1: this team locking on this young part, I mean it
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  Speaker 1: means everything.
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  Speaker 2: Honestly, I think from a business standpoint and as an
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  Speaker 2: athlete standpoint, getting that that sense of security, coming into
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  Speaker 2: every single day knowing you're wanted here, knowing that you're
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  Speaker 2: taking care of and and the franchise seas you're worth here.
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  Speaker 2: It means a lot to the players. It meant a
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  Speaker 2: lot to me. So obviously there was you know a
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  Speaker 2: lot of guys you know, accomplished a lot of big
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  Speaker 2: goals here this season and this off season, and there's
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's going to add to their tank this
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  Speaker 2: season for sure. I was gonna give them another edge
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  Speaker 2: to come here to work at peace, but hungry, hungry
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  Speaker 2: for more, hungry to win.
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  Speaker 3: For Brian and Gage, Brian and Gabe, their presence might help.
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  Speaker 1: You, oh man, I mean you can put them anywhere
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  Speaker 1: on the field.
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  Speaker 2: Gabe was here for Ricky Leani camp and he sent
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  Speaker 2: me some some clips and him running some some slot
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  Speaker 2: routes and he was joking around he was gonna try
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  Speaker 2: to take some of my inside routes, my underneath rout
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  Speaker 2: so uh yeah, So I was like, should I'll take
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  Speaker 2: the yards for ketch that you came in with? So
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  Speaker 2: uh But yeah, those guys are awesome. They're great to
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  Speaker 2: be around with their hard workers. BT is super smart,
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  Speaker 2: super smart, super locked in. I don't think I've seen
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  Speaker 2: him have it in me once since he's been here,
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  Speaker 2: so that that just tells a lot about his mentality, and.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, the future is really bright for him.
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  Speaker 2: And Gabe is a great energetic guy, but you know
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  Speaker 2: on Sundays he's he's a clutch player. He's a big
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  Speaker 2: time player, He's a big time playmaker. So yeah, I
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  Speaker 2: just love having those guys around and implementing them in
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  Speaker 2: the offense. It's been really smooth and really natural.
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  Speaker 1: His team from last year's team.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you said, the guys are locked in now
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  Speaker 3: more than ever. Does anything is anything different this time around?
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  Speaker 1: There's a lot different, for sure.
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  Speaker 2: I think it starts with the players, starts with the
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  Speaker 2: leaders in the locker room. We're just I think we're
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  Speaker 2: just moving different a little bit. I'm not gonna go
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  Speaker 2: into detail, you know, some of the things that we've
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  Speaker 2: talked about and came together about, but we're all moving different,
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  Speaker 2: and I think there's just a lot more sense of urgency,
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  Speaker 2: a lot more belief in what we can accomplish, and
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  Speaker 2: we understand that the work needs to be put in
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  Speaker 2: to go accomplish those things. So yeah, I think it's
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  Speaker 2: I think it's just in the locker room. We're just
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  Speaker 2: moving different where. Yeah, that's all I'm.
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  Speaker 1: Gonna say that.
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  Speaker 3: I pretty exciting. You're in your eight I think is
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  Speaker 3: the third season for the Jag. Yeah, I mean, how
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  Speaker 3: does that feel free? I mean, you're a veteran. All
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  Speaker 3: these guys are locked in. They're rookies, but they're all
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  Speaker 3: locked in. How does that feel for you? Knowing that
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  Speaker 3: you can count on those guys?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I just got chills you said that. I'm
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  Speaker 2: so blessed. Guy has been really gracious to my life
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  Speaker 2: and my career. So I'm blessed to be going into
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  Speaker 2: year eight, year three here, have the best two years
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  Speaker 2: of my career here, and you know, to be one
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  Speaker 2: of the leaders, and you know a guy to look
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  Speaker 2: too for for you know, leadership, accountability, set an example.
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  Speaker 2: I don't take it lightly, I don't take it for granted.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm also learning from a lot of great guys
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  Speaker 2: next to me too. There's a lot of other great
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  Speaker 2: vets in our locker room. And seeing the young guys
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  Speaker 2: come in and just seeing them locked in and committing
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  Speaker 2: to the standard that we're setting here, it's inspiring as well,
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  Speaker 2: so I'm obviously I'm blessed to you know, be a
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  Speaker 2: creeping up on being the old vet.
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  Speaker 1: But the young.
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  Speaker 2: Guys are inspiring as well, so it's it's a great
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  Speaker 2: situation to be in.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you guys,