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Shaquill Griffin: "I Feel Like I'm Home" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Hey, don't welcome back.
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  Speaker 2: I guess you don't really had a chance to say
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  Speaker 2: that pressor now, but I just don't come together to
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  Speaker 2: chat it up press back.
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  Speaker 1: Oh man, I think a lot of decisions.
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  Speaker 2: Uh. It was tad bit different when I first got here,
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  Speaker 2: telling people getting a chance to play with my brother,
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  Speaker 2: you know for over three years, I said, Now coming
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  Speaker 2: back here, Uh with a fiance and three kids, Uh,
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  Speaker 2: tad bit different. You know a lot of equations that
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  Speaker 2: to think about before making the final decision. So one
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  Speaker 2: thing about it, My fiance, my kids are right behind me,
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  Speaker 2: so you know, made this decision easier to come right
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  Speaker 2: back home where it all started. Sound like you got
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  Speaker 2: some perspective on the game and family just talk about that.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, Like I said, it's definitely different. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it's a little different when you got three babies running around.
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  Speaker 2: But uh man, you know they give me extra spirit
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  Speaker 2: to come out here and continue to do what I
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  Speaker 2: gotta do, you know, being over here nine years now
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  Speaker 2: in this league and continue to do it at a
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  Speaker 2: high level. H man, it feels great. I remember talking
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  Speaker 2: to Show around the sideline earlier. I said, I finally
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  Speaker 2: what I was saying, you know, when you get a
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  Speaker 2: little older, your warm works get a little longer. I said, uh,
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  Speaker 2: I got the daddy strength. Now I understand that part,
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  Speaker 2: so you know, uh, it's cool. You know, it's a
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  Speaker 2: different perspective of getting a chance to do things and
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  Speaker 2: continue to provide for my kids and show them the best,
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  Speaker 2: the best way to do things and continue to be
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  Speaker 2: that leader.
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  Speaker 1: A little different scheme.
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  Speaker 2: To come back to here. How do you feel about
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  Speaker 2: Mike Rocoll's.
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  Speaker 1: Team so far? I love it.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, It's still give me a chance to be aggressive.
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  Speaker 2: I know with a lot of the things that I'm
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  Speaker 2: good at is putting hands on. Get a chance to,
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  Speaker 2: you know, press up. You know, I love to change
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  Speaker 2: up parties about it too as well. Get a chance
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  Speaker 2: to get a little bit more aggressive.
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  Speaker 1: You know that.
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  Speaker 2: I think the best thing about it You give everybody
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  Speaker 2: a chance to do what they do best, you know
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  Speaker 2: is off coverage or press coverage. Everybody got a position
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  Speaker 2: where they can make the best place for themselves. What
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  Speaker 2: were the discussions like with that new coaching staff when
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  Speaker 2: you were trying to make your decision where you were
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  Speaker 2: going to do next, obviously not being here anymore? Oh man,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think it was tough when it came to
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  Speaker 2: you know, just either talking about the the schemes or
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  Speaker 2: just meeting with the new coaches. You know. I I
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  Speaker 2: felt that home soon as I came here on the
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  Speaker 2: first visit. Uh, get a chance to see some familiar faces.
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  Speaker 2: But like I said, I feel like the coaches was
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  Speaker 2: mind you. You know, it's a little different now my
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  Speaker 2: coach is a little closer in age, so that's a
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  Speaker 2: little different. But man, I feel like a lot of
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  Speaker 2: the talks, you know, it's something that we can relate to,
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  Speaker 2: and it was all good.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: Is it a great conversation, great scheme, And I felt
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  Speaker 2: like the main thing was it was just about being
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  Speaker 2: here and being home and being comfortable. Uh, the coaches
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  Speaker 2: was it made it easier for me to make the
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  Speaker 2: decision to be here today.
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  Speaker 1: Where do you see yourself? Then? Oh, whatever road they
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  Speaker 1: need me to be.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like as of right now, you know, they
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  Speaker 2: give me a chance to come in and bringing me slow,
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  Speaker 2: to get a chance to you know, get my feet
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  Speaker 2: back under me. But you know, while I'm in this process,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I can you have seen me on the
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  Speaker 2: field I pull young guys to the side. It could
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  Speaker 2: continue to teach them everything that I've learned. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I still got a lot of tricks in my bad
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  Speaker 2: that I learned when I first got here from you know,
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  Speaker 2: the Richard Shermans and uh, you know, so I'm get
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  Speaker 2: continued to get whatever I can't whatever road it is
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  Speaker 2: for me, uh, if it's coming in or different packages,
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  Speaker 2: or being here to make sure I expire the young
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  Speaker 2: guys to continue to lead the right way, you know,
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  Speaker 2: for the future to come. So whatever it is, I'm
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  Speaker 2: a team player first. I've been around long enough to
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  Speaker 2: make sure whatever role is, I'm gonna do it to
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  Speaker 2: the best of my ability.
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  Speaker 1: What what what agents are your kids?
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  Speaker 2: I have a five year old son, a two year
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  Speaker 2: old daughter, and they had a three month year old son.
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  Speaker 2: Y'all probably be your guests who run the house the
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  Speaker 2: middle child. But yeah, you'll be here soon, she says,
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  Speaker 2: she ready to meet her fans, So let's see how
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  Speaker 2: that goes.
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  Speaker 1: You had to visit with the Raiders and Pete before
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  Speaker 1: you come here, right, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I got
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  Speaker 1: a chance to meet with Pete and in Vegas.
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  Speaker 2: Uh. I think it's a time where Pete was competing
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  Speaker 2: for everybody to go to Vegas. Uh. You know, you
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  Speaker 2: know it was only right, but again a chance to
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  Speaker 2: see Pete that was still good.
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  Speaker 1: You know, still got love for Pete.
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  Speaker 2: But uh, it felt it felt right being back home,
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  Speaker 2: backwell started even and Pete wasn't here. I still feel
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  Speaker 2: the same loves when it comes from you know, the
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  Speaker 2: players that's still here. You're talking about the Jay Reves
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  Speaker 2: and the guys that are still around right now, and
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  Speaker 2: then the Twelves. You know, it felt like I never left.
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  Speaker 2: So Uh, I feel like I'm in the right spot.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I feel like I'm home and I feel
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  Speaker 2: like I made the best decision.
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  Speaker 1: About the environment. What's the coaching staffs never yet, but
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  Speaker 1: how they're running what's different?
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  Speaker 2: You see what's different? I feel like the way they
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  Speaker 2: run it. I feel like we still work hard. I
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  Speaker 2: feel like a lot of the things haven't changed. I
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  Speaker 2: feel like we still look you know, uh, players first,
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  Speaker 2: when it comes to how we run things around here,
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  Speaker 2: make sure the players give everything they have to this
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  Speaker 2: game and to the message that you know, Mike is
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  Speaker 2: given us. Ultimately, I think the only thing that's different
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  Speaker 2: is I think our coach is a tab at younger
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  Speaker 2: Mike saying you're sneaking day the housing process of kind
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  Speaker 2: of getting caught.
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  Speaker 1: Out, Like I wasn't trying to get my coaches in trouble. Uh.
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  Speaker 2: Just you know, I was excited to get my feet
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  Speaker 2: back running around the grass. So you know, I got
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  Speaker 2: me a few reps here in there, just you know,
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  Speaker 2: quick burst here and there. You know, nothing crazy, But
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  Speaker 2: I definitely want to get my coaches in trouble. So
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  Speaker 2: I doubt it back today, you know, and I get
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  Speaker 2: my more reps tomorrow. So yeah, I'm taking the slow again.
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  Speaker 2: I want to get my coaches in trouble year.
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  Speaker 1: Oh oh man.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, I think that was a amazing time to be
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  Speaker 2: with Sam, to get a chance to get a chance
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  Speaker 2: to see him uh fight back from everything that he
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  Speaker 2: has going through, uh through this league to show you
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  Speaker 2: that he's one of the best qbs in this league.
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  Speaker 2: And I feel like, uh we learned a lot from
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  Speaker 2: each other. Uh. You know, the main thing about uh
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  Speaker 2: me and Sam the camp, uh being to get a
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  Speaker 2: chance to play with each other.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: We push each other as hard as we can, you know,
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  Speaker 2: when it comes to you know, learn different plays or
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  Speaker 2: different schemes or different disguises. You know, I feel like
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  Speaker 2: my job is to make sure he's had his best
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  Speaker 2: ability so when the game come, everything else is much easier.
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  Speaker 1: So uh, that's something that we continue to do. Uh.
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  Speaker 2: Me and him continue to talk, you know, uh every
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  Speaker 2: single day, so you know that's something continue to work
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  Speaker 2: on the build on what he uh did last year,
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  Speaker 2: stress on the second d oh. I feel like the
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  Speaker 2: one thing about it, uh he he gets through his
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  Speaker 2: reads really quick.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: One thing about it, uh eat man. Uh, Sam is
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  Speaker 2: really smart, and you know he can get a chance
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  Speaker 2: to get his pre snyle reads way before he even
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  Speaker 2: get to the line, and a lot of this stuff
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  Speaker 2: is already pre the term and getting chance to you know,
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  Speaker 2: read the coverasure a lot faster.
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  Speaker 1: And I feel like when it comes.
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  Speaker 2: To Sam man uh, the things that he can do
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  Speaker 2: and get how he can read his over and get
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  Speaker 2: him done early. You know, I think that's the hardest
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  Speaker 2: part for us secondary to get a chance to find
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  Speaker 2: with open holes.
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  Speaker 1: It's quick and don't give a chance for people to adjust.
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  Speaker 2: Brother is doing good. He's supposed to be higher week one. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: so I'd be excited to see him. He's doing a
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  Speaker 2: lot of good things off the field.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: He started his own motivational speaking firm, and ain't got
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  Speaker 2: into a different tech companies, so you'll see him a
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  Speaker 2: lot more. I told him he ain't got no choice
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  Speaker 2: but to come here and support, so he'll be here
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  Speaker 2: week one.
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  Speaker 1: I make sure he'll be right here at this facility.
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  Speaker 2: Oh man, uh young fast I draw. I feel like
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  Speaker 2: been seeing uh the rookie show up a lot lately.
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  Speaker 2: Uh And there's a lot of plays where you don't
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  Speaker 2: see a lot of rookies.
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  Speaker 1: Move the way you move, make the plays he make.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it just shows the top of you know,
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  Speaker 2: room that we have back there, you know, to get
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  Speaker 2: a chance they can have the rookie being on the
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  Speaker 2: same level as some of these older guys. And uh man,
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  Speaker 2: I feel like that room is gonna be phenomenal. I
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  Speaker 2: can't wait to see what the guys do this year.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like I got a lot of good key
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  Speaker 2: parts count fifteen yes, yes, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Nice names.