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Press Pass | Liam Coen & Jourdan Lewis Talk Starters, Playtime for Preseason vs. Steelers · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Wanting to sort of breakdown which way you guys are
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  Speaker 1: going to lean in terms of starting starters or have
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  Speaker 1: you figured it out?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we will play everybody, So how long that is
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  Speaker 2: will kind of determine how things are going a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: But everybody's going to play in this game.
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  Speaker 1: Do you expect Travis to play both both sides in
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  Speaker 1: this one? Yep's a hard decision for you to play
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  Speaker 1: those guys.
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  Speaker 2: No, Actually it came to a Actually he was one
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  Speaker 2: of the guys that kind of convinced me. Actually came
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  Speaker 2: in the weight room the other day on the day
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  Speaker 2: off and we talked about it and wanted to play.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of the guys want to play, so you know,
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  Speaker 2: actually you got two new systems on both sides of
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  Speaker 2: the ball and the one joint as I mentioned, so
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  Speaker 2: it kind of I'm not saying it ties your hands
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  Speaker 2: because you can do whatever you want, but it just
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  Speaker 2: kind of everything leans that way is probably being the
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  Speaker 2: best thing for our team right now. Would have kind
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  Speaker 2: of conventionied No, No, Hainzy not convinced, but he just
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  Speaker 2: came up the other day in the weight room was
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  Speaker 2: just like what are we doing? You know, and I'm
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  Speaker 2: like I'm still working on it. We want to play,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and Trevor as well and some of the guys,
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  Speaker 2: so yeah, it'll be good.
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  Speaker 3: Mike Tomlin.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we're actually going to connect today, so we haven't
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  Speaker 2: talked about it yet, so I'm not sure on what
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  Speaker 2: they're doing or not, but we're going to contact today.
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  Speaker 3: You couldn't mentioned it, Trevor. In the first year of
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  Speaker 3: the system. Does that sort of make it more important
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  Speaker 3: to get the first team in?
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  Speaker 2: That's right? I mean, that's so much right. It's like
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  Speaker 2: we have moving parts and pieces on the offensive line
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  Speaker 2: that we you know, new ones, obviously, multiple different receivers, quarterback,
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  Speaker 2: playing a first year system. All of that is kind
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  Speaker 2: of what points to that. And look, if we had
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  Speaker 2: three joints and you know, two days of work by
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  Speaker 2: each of those joints, then we probably wouldn't be playing.
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  Speaker 2: But that's kind of where we're at. So we've got
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  Speaker 2: to go and probably take advantage of these opportunities.
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  Speaker 1: You talked about how co communication is hainesy. Just having
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  Speaker 1: that comfort to come.
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  Speaker 3: To you and be like, hey, it's kind of what
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  Speaker 3: we want to do.
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  Speaker 1: Is that's just a sign of what you're kind of
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  Speaker 1: looking for it is.
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  Speaker 2: You know, like we've we've you know, obviously have a
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  Speaker 2: little bit more experience with some of those kind of
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  Speaker 2: conversations than maybe other guys. But I appreciate, you know,
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  Speaker 2: being able to have that. Trevor called me the other
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  Speaker 2: night and we've talked about it as well on the
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  Speaker 2: ride home a little bit. So yeah, I appreciate that
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  Speaker 2: and definitely more of what you're looking for in terms
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  Speaker 2: of the communication and the ability to be honest and
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  Speaker 2: have a real conversation. And you know, ultimately those guys
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  Speaker 2: have a pulse so much more for what the locker
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  Speaker 2: room is than I do on a daily basis. That's
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  Speaker 2: just the reality. So it was good to hear from
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  Speaker 2: those guys.
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  Speaker 4: How much of what you want to see on Saturday
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  Speaker 4: night is about that.
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  Speaker 2: You're fast after you like you talk about exactly what
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  Speaker 2: I just said to the group just now was what
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  Speaker 2: the evaluation will be will be fundamentals, alignment, assignment. Obviously
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  Speaker 2: situational football is going to come up, as we know,
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  Speaker 2: but we're about you know, we're playing a physical team,
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  Speaker 2: you know, a team that's been known for physicality, regardless
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  Speaker 2: if their first guys are in or not. Right, that's
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  Speaker 2: just how they've played the game for a long time,
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  Speaker 2: and so that'll be a great test for all of
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  Speaker 2: our groups that are going to play to see, you know,
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  Speaker 2: kind of where we're at from physicality standpoint. It's live
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  Speaker 2: tackling that we all know is man, It's it's hard
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  Speaker 2: to get that in a practice setting at times, so
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  Speaker 2: I think that'll be valuable for us as well. It's cheating, okay, Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I think I didn't get anything. I didn't see fer
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  Speaker 2: yet either though. I didn't walk off with him, and
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  Speaker 2: I didn't hear anything. I saw him go down one time,
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  Speaker 2: but he got up, so I haven't heard anything. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I haven't heard anything. I think he would have told
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  Speaker 2: me someone was serious, but he didn't hit me on
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  Speaker 2: any true injury stuff. So it seems like I was
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  Speaker 2: like really settled in over the court.
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  Speaker 3: And again, what were you saying from them?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he's done a nice job being able to go
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  Speaker 2: you know, in and out right and with Patrick coming
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  Speaker 2: off the back and being able to get those valuable reps.
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  Speaker 2: And look, it's still competition, you know. That's the beautiful
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  Speaker 2: part of it is. We don't play for a month, right,
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  Speaker 2: and so you have got now the install is in.
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  Speaker 2: We have done with the installs on both sides of
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  Speaker 2: the ball. So now for the next three weeks we
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  Speaker 2: can hone those fundamentals, techniques, concepts, and schemes and then
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  Speaker 2: also play with rotations, play with different guys in different
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  Speaker 2: spots a little bit, and then as obviously you want
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  Speaker 2: to get in about ten days at least maybe as
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  Speaker 2: close as you can to be able to give them
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  Speaker 2: ops to compete, but also tighten it in so we
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  Speaker 2: know maybe who are our five to six are going
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  Speaker 2: to be. But yeah, he's I've been happy with you.
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  Speaker 2: He's a good pro.
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  Speaker 4: Struggled on offense Tuesday, but yesterday, you know, one of
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  Speaker 4: the best ways that you had and to continue today
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  Speaker 4: he's here a veteran and someone say anything great, great coaching.
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  Speaker 2: Why to say that? But I did challenge them in
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  Speaker 2: the team meeting pretty specifically that you know, not every
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  Speaker 2: play is going to be perfect, not every play is
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  Speaker 2: going to be open. You know, we can't say that, man,
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  Speaker 2: We're just going to dial up every play to be open.
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  Speaker 2: For us to have success, somebody's got to make a play,
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  Speaker 2: Like how many opportunities that we had to make one
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  Speaker 2: on ones and hadn't made them, and we're not going
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  Speaker 2: to just go and make them on Sundays, So kind
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  Speaker 2: of challenge those guys to step up a little and
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  Speaker 2: have more production in terms of, you know, guys just
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  Speaker 2: going out and play the game. Man, it's like it's
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  Speaker 2: your backyard. Everybody runs the same place. Everybody in the
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  Speaker 2: NFL runs the same exact place. It's just who's going
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  Speaker 2: to do it better? Right, Who's going to go make plays?
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  Speaker 2: When we call his own beater and it's man, who's
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  Speaker 2: going to go make a play? You got a one
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  Speaker 2: on one opportunity? So I was pleased, excuse me with
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  Speaker 2: their response. Yeah, I was definitely pleased with the response yesterday,
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  Speaker 2: and then started off pretty good today and as we
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  Speaker 2: got younger, it got a little uglier.
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  Speaker 1: On the side on the sideline.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so it'll be yeah, Shane will go up, John
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  Speaker 2: Van Dam will be up as well, and then a
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  Speaker 2: couple of the assistant position coaches will be up as well,
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  Speaker 2: So those guys will be up on offense.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I know you guys aren't doing heavy game planning
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  Speaker 1: this week, but just in terms of the game week
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  Speaker 1: kind of blow. How did that go for you guys?
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  Speaker 3: Good?
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  Speaker 2: So we kind of treated today from an operational standpoint
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  Speaker 2: like your fast Friday in the NFL. So we had
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  Speaker 2: a little bit of an elongated walk through, good meetings
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  Speaker 2: in the morning, elongated walk through.
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  Speaker 4: You know.
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  Speaker 2: Practice wasn't extremely long, but we got some good work in.
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  Speaker 2: Went actually a little over that what we were supposed
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  Speaker 2: to do to get some of these younger guys a
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  Speaker 2: little bit more extra work. So I felt like it
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  Speaker 2: was it was a good little flow and then we'll
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  Speaker 2: kind of see, you know, how the rest of this
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  Speaker 2: thing goes over the next few days.
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  Speaker 3: How do you feel about preseasons like to play. Do
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  Speaker 3: you feel like that helps you get ready and what
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  Speaker 3: kind of whatever the coach wants.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, whatever coach wants. So if I he asks me
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  Speaker 5: to go out there and perform, I'll go out there
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  Speaker 5: and perform. So it's no problem with me just shopping
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  Speaker 5: in my skills, nothing wrong with it. So I feel like,
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  Speaker 5: you know, first time for the offensive you know group
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  Speaker 5: and defensive group together. I think it's a good thing
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  Speaker 5: that we go out there and you know, try to showcase
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  Speaker 5: it against somebody else.
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  Speaker 1: What's where progress have you seen within yourself within the
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  Speaker 1: scheme over the last few weeks and then also within
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  Speaker 1: the secondary as a whole.
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  Speaker 5: We getting comfortable with you know how co coach Camp
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  Speaker 5: calls it call games and you know, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 5: predicting where he wants to call their different things and
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  Speaker 5: you know what he's expecting. I think we getting comfortable
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  Speaker 5: with that. And you know, we just going out there
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  Speaker 5: trying to make plays. Uh. I feel like we make
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  Speaker 5: a play on the ball every single day, and I
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  Speaker 5: you know, I I really enjoy it.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 5: I think a lot of guys you know, feel the
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  Speaker 5: same way about the defense. And we we'll see what
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  Speaker 5: we doing in uh in the regular season, but as
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  Speaker 5: as far as preseason right now, when in camp, I
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  Speaker 5: think we're doing a pretty good job.
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  Speaker 3: Who's sing your camp? Obviously that seem like every day
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  Speaker 3: you're making your best campus are pro or do you look.
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  Speaker 2: At it like that?
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  Speaker 4: Uh?
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  Speaker 5: Nah, I just look at it as you know, uh,
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  Speaker 5: trying to stack on each day. That's it, you know,
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  Speaker 5: just trying to carry that momentum into to the pre
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  Speaker 5: the regular season. So uh, just going out here and
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  Speaker 5: practicing and making practice extremely hard. So the game is
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  Speaker 5: you know, fa fairly easy, and I'm trying to go
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  Speaker 5: out there and make plays.
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  Speaker 3: What about this defense?
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  Speaker 4: How do you like that you've been able to perform.
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  Speaker 5: Month I I it's it's it gives me places where
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  Speaker 5: I can I can get vision on the ball and
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  Speaker 5: you know, make places more than I have in recent years.
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  Speaker 5: Just going out there, and of of course I don't
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  Speaker 5: mind playing man, which I know I can do pretty well,
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  Speaker 5: and but you know, it gets my eyes on the
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  Speaker 5: on the quarterback and go, go, go, go get the ball,
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  Speaker 5: which I feel like I've been doing this camp where now.
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  Speaker 3: It's an entirely new system. Is it always good to
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  Speaker 3: kind of get out there in that first preseason game
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  Speaker 3: just to see, you know, how it feels and the
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  Speaker 3: communication and everything working. Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: I mean cause when those lights come on and you
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  Speaker 5: playing somebody else, you definitely wanna see how you know,
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  Speaker 5: your your teammates respond to different things and how they
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  Speaker 5: like to play different call and you know they're different uh,
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  Speaker 5: I guess uh characteristics on the field. So I think
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  Speaker 5: it's a really good thing to go out there and
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  Speaker 5: play in a preseason especially given that don't we don't
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  Speaker 5: have a lot of reps in UH camp and against
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  Speaker 5: any anybody else. So I feel like that that's a
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  Speaker 5: uh a key thing to do. Go out there and
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  Speaker 5: see if we can do it and get somebody else.
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  Speaker 3: What are you like about Travis? You being able to
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  Speaker 3: go offense, run over defense.
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  Speaker 5: His willingness to go do it. He wants to prove
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  Speaker 5: people wrong. And I feel like that's them type of
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  Speaker 5: mindset you have to have to go and be an
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  Speaker 5: ultimate competitor out here. Of course he has all the
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  Speaker 5: skill sets, but uh, I think it's the mistal, the
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  Speaker 5: mental aspect of it that that makes him different.
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  Speaker 2: If anyone suggests to him that it can't be done,
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  Speaker 2: does he get angry?
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  Speaker 5: He he wanna he gonna show you. He he gonna
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  Speaker 5: he gonna try and uh do it in tenfold, and
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  Speaker 5: he gonna and make sure that you know, he puts
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  Speaker 5: his his his best foot forward and you know doing it,
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  Speaker 5: you know, both things and whatever they ask him to do,
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  Speaker 5: he wants to do it at full speed. So, like
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  Speaker 5: I said, his mental fort two for it is is
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  Speaker 5: is unmatched.
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  Speaker 4: Sulta motivate him.
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  Speaker 3: All you gotta do is tell him I don't think
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  Speaker 3: you can pull the soft Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I feel like that's something that he He kind of
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  Speaker 5: hangs his hats on cause I n I hear you know,
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  Speaker 5: it's a lot of naysayers out there on him, but
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  Speaker 5: he he he comes out here and c P performs
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  Speaker 5: every single day.
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  Speaker 2: What are you rushing into the receivers?
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  Speaker 4: Just seeing him across ball every day?
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  Speaker 3: Here.
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  Speaker 5: They competitors, man, they go out there and they compete,
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  Speaker 5: They block hard. Uh, they make players on the ball
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  Speaker 5: and uh and they challenging us. I feel like that's
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  Speaker 5: gonna be a uh good for us in the long hall. So,
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  Speaker 5: I mean, we making each other better. But I feel
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  Speaker 5: like they're they're having a really good camp.
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  Speaker 1: What's that relationship with Tyson?
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  Speaker 3: Ben? Like?
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  Speaker 2: Just getting to know him these last three months?
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  Speaker 5: Son, Uh, He's he's extremely funny. I know, I know
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  Speaker 5: a lot of times people don't know that. You know,
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  Speaker 5: he he's a OUs like he's not really that outspoken,
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  Speaker 5: but he he's extremely funny man. And you know, he's
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  Speaker 5: a a great dude to be around. And he he
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  Speaker 5: just wants to soak up the game. Uh, just any
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  Speaker 5: knowledge that I can give him. He wants to learn more.
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  Speaker 5: And Uh, as you can see, man, he's he's taking
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  Speaker 5: it and he's running with it.
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  Speaker 4: You should when you got here, you wanna kind of
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  Speaker 4: embrace that leadership.
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  Speaker 1: Role and just how has that been so far up here?
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  Speaker 5: I mean, like I said, they they brought me here
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  Speaker 5: to be myself. I just wanna be myself, and you know, whatever,
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  Speaker 5: whatever those guys ask me, whatever they need, I don't
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  Speaker 5: wanna be the guy that they can they can lean on.
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  Speaker 5: So I'm just being myself. Honestly, It's not anything unnatural, right,
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  Speaker 5: But besides just going out there playing and leading by example.
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  Speaker 4: You know, you're obviously a lot of success from the
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  Speaker 4: slot and when they go to nickel, that's what you
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  Speaker 4: gonna do. But do you plan on starting in the
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  Speaker 4: base defense and see in the corner?
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  Speaker 5: Whatever coach wants. I I'm a football player, so whatever
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  Speaker 5: coach wants me to do, I'll go do it.
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  Speaker 4: Would you like to do that? Like that opportunity, don't
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  Speaker 4: mind it.
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  Speaker 5: I wanna go play, but I wanna make plays.
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  Speaker 3: That's it.
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  Speaker 5: Wherever I can I can find myself on the field
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  Speaker 5: to go make players, I wanna do it. So it
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  Speaker 5: don't matter if they line me up at linebacker, I
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  Speaker 5: go out there and give my all to go but
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  Speaker 5: make some plays.