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Press Pass | Pederson: "The emotions are high." · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: All right, good morning. UM. I want to start by
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  Speaker 1: saying and just kind of thanking Episcopal for accommodating us
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  Speaker 1: over here. Um, fields are in great shape. Our our
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  Speaker 1: ground screw over the stadium did an outstanding job putting
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  Speaker 1: putting these fields together, Hamsa you know with the Jaguars,
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  Speaker 1: UM did a great job. A lot of work went
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  Speaker 1: into you know, putting this grass down in these fields
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  Speaker 1: and preparation for camp and and uh, you know we're
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  Speaker 1: excited to be here and um, you know looking forward
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  Speaker 1: to uh you know, spending the next few weeks over
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  Speaker 1: here to Piscopal, but but thanking them for for this
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  Speaker 1: opportunity or coach at the level. What's the first day
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  Speaker 1: for any can't need your emotions. I mean it's exciting.
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  Speaker 1: The emotions are are high. And um, you know we're
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  Speaker 1: looking forward to having a really good camp, a good
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  Speaker 1: competitive physical camp and and uh but for me personally,
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  Speaker 1: it's it's exciting to be back out, you know, on
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  Speaker 1: the grass with these guys for another training camp and
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  Speaker 1: and uh you know seeing seeing where we go you
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  Speaker 1: um all of this, I mean having a busting guys
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  Speaker 1: over the costure. What was the thing that worried to
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  Speaker 1: move Yeah, I mean there's some there's some uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: a few issues that come up with that. Um one,
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  Speaker 1: you know, when you when you abide by the c
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  Speaker 1: B A and you got an eleven hour day and
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  Speaker 1: you get a factor in travel and all of that,
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  Speaker 1: it kind of it takes takes up either practice time,
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  Speaker 1: meeting time, you know, whatever you can do. So you
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  Speaker 1: gotta work out, you know, some of those kinks and
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  Speaker 1: and uh but we had, you know, uh, a great
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  Speaker 1: team of guys. We we did a lot of a
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  Speaker 1: lot of research on it, a lot of study. We
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  Speaker 1: drove back and forth in the springtime just to see
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  Speaker 1: how far the drive was going to be and how
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  Speaker 1: long it was gonna take us. And we appreciate the
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  Speaker 1: you know, the police department with you know, giving us
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  Speaker 1: some escorts and and and getting us through some red lights,
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  Speaker 1: and um that helps, you know, because it helps maximize
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  Speaker 1: the time on the field, and and um, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and then and then just kind of seeing it all
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  Speaker 1: come together. Uh, it's been it's been kind of fun
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  Speaker 1: this summer to kind of watch watch the progression of
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  Speaker 1: everything just under in minutes, just under ten minutes, we
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  Speaker 1: got caught by one light period a bus full of
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  Speaker 1: like fifty guys. Yeah, there's quite a bit of bonding
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  Speaker 1: last year. How much of a significant jump do you
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  Speaker 1: expect to to take given better personnel, much more experienced
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  Speaker 1: coaching staff, and having a year behind him the seven
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  Speaker 1: two stars. Well, that's the you know, that's the goal obviously,
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  Speaker 1: is to make a significant jump in year two. Um.
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  Speaker 1: And and I think building off of last year, the
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  Speaker 1: fact that he played the entire season, we can build
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  Speaker 1: off of that. And and really, um, you know, really
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  Speaker 1: expect um, you know, kind of a sky's the limit mentality.
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  Speaker 1: You know, with him, he's in the same he's in
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  Speaker 1: the same frame of mind as well. He wants to
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  Speaker 1: take that next that next step, and not not only
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  Speaker 1: in his growth, but but obviously leading leading this football team. So, um,
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  Speaker 1: today's day one of that. And um, you know, we're
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  Speaker 1: just we're just a sided to be on the grass
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  Speaker 1: with him and the rest of the team that he
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  Speaker 1: expects that to happen, because it is happened for every
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  Speaker 1: a f C quarterback who is you know, put up
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  Speaker 1: any kind of numbers that second year significant jumper, every
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  Speaker 1: single one of them. Yeah, you know, and obviously I
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  Speaker 1: don't like to compare you know, Um that as much
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  Speaker 1: as just hey him just working with Trevor and getting him,
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  Speaker 1: getting him where he needs to be and and um
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  Speaker 1: you know again it's it's it's an exciting time for him,
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  Speaker 1: for us as a staff to really uh kind of
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  Speaker 1: embrace him and the team and and all the pieces
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  Speaker 1: we have around him. On the first few days from
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  Speaker 1: your players, Well, we're in this acclamation phase right now. UM.
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  Speaker 1: So it's much like O. T A. S. You know,
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  Speaker 1: where there's not a lot of physical contact, but it's
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  Speaker 1: sort of an acclamation of of getting back out here
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  Speaker 1: on the practice field and running around the way the
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  Speaker 1: way practices are uh scheduled from a time standpoint, um,
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  Speaker 1: allows the players to kind of build some tolerance in
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  Speaker 1: their bodies here in the next couple of days before
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  Speaker 1: we put the pads on, we're in sort of what's
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  Speaker 1: the status of James Charlminson. Um So going into the
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  Speaker 1: going into training camp, we don't have any pup guys. Um,
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  Speaker 1: James is doing extremely well. Um you know, Uh, he's
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  Speaker 1: gonna be out here and over here. We're just gonna
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  Speaker 1: you know, still take it slow with him and make
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  Speaker 1: sure he's or better. Uh before we put him out
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  Speaker 1: on the field. Um, Darius Williams is another one who's
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  Speaker 1: doing extremely well. You'll see him out here doing some
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  Speaker 1: individual work and running around. I was I would just
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  Speaker 1: say this that we've got two guys that kind of
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  Speaker 1: out of the conditioning test yesterday that uh, we're gonna
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  Speaker 1: maybe Jamal agnew is and it is one that we're
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  Speaker 1: just still gonna kind of day by day with him.
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  Speaker 1: He'll he'll be out here and working with some some
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  Speaker 1: individual work and working with our medical team, but just
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  Speaker 1: kind of day to day with him. And Uh, Devin
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  Speaker 1: Lloyd is the one that um, uh is probably gonna
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  Speaker 1: miss a little bit of time. He's got a little
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  Speaker 1: hamstring that that popped up yesterday on him and um
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  Speaker 1: nothing too significant, but but we're just gonna we're just
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  Speaker 1: gonna be cautious with him and um and give him
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  Speaker 1: some time. What was your mestis to the team when
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  Speaker 1: you guys got together for the first time? Ask between
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  Speaker 1: me and the team, are pleased with the conditioning and
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  Speaker 1: the retention or no, I am, I am, I'm excited.
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  Speaker 1: The energy yesterday was was unbelievable. You know, to get
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  Speaker 1: the guys in the building for the first time, after
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  Speaker 1: about five and a half weeks. And um, the energy,
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  Speaker 1: the excitement, the enthusiasm. It was a long day because
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  Speaker 1: it was a lot of meetings and different things we
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  Speaker 1: had to get through yesterday. But these guys are, Um,
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  Speaker 1: they're in the right frame of mind. They're focused and
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  Speaker 1: ready to go to starting team earlier, you think, and
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  Speaker 1: I think the Raiders started. Yeah, I mean there's there's
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  Speaker 1: a there's an opportunity to bring in you know, bring
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  Speaker 1: in maybe your rookies quarterbacks things like that. But you know,
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  Speaker 1: I wanted to start this first one as a team
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  Speaker 1: and get everybody here together. Um, you know, we've got time.
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  Speaker 1: We got We've got a lot of practices and walked
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  Speaker 1: through before that first game and we gotta you know,
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  Speaker 1: we got a long time before we have a meaningful
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  Speaker 1: game too. So, um, there's there's a lot of great
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  Speaker 1: opportunities here in the next few weeks. Wouldn't been around
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  Speaker 1: a little bit and everything. Uh did you know of
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  Speaker 1: him before this and what what went into that decision
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  Speaker 1: to bring him in? Yeah, you know, had watched him
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  Speaker 1: a little bit, you know in the usfl um this
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  Speaker 1: year and in some of the spots that he's been
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  Speaker 1: in and you know, he's a he's a young guy
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  Speaker 1: that that uh um, you know with e J. You
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  Speaker 1: know e J again with with an injury this offseason
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  Speaker 1: or this summer, we had to make a decision because
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  Speaker 1: we needed another arm in here too, uh to to
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  Speaker 1: you know, um keep throwing and all of that. But
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  Speaker 1: this is a great opportunity for him to really uh
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  Speaker 1: embrace this chance. Uh embrace this opportunity, get some time
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  Speaker 1: and maybe these first couple of games and and uh
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  Speaker 1: you know, get some meaningful, meaningful reps and and tape
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  Speaker 1: out there for not only for us, but but also
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  Speaker 1: for other teams. You guys go first time. I believe
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  Speaker 1: Sunday is gonna be the full padded day. Yeah, what's
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  Speaker 1: your philosophy on getting guys ready physically for a week
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  Speaker 1: one but also making sure that you've got a few
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  Speaker 1: injuries as possible. That Yeah, again, it's you know, it's
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  Speaker 1: you're you're going by the c B A and you're
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  Speaker 1: going by the you know sort of the rules that
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  Speaker 1: are are are put in place, and and again I
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  Speaker 1: want to make sure the bodies are conditioned and and
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  Speaker 1: the tolerance has been built, you know, before we get
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  Speaker 1: into pads and and Um, you know, it just it
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  Speaker 1: just takes time. It takes a little time. Guys are
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  Speaker 1: guys are coming in from from all over the country,
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  Speaker 1: So there's time zone factors that we're looking at and
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  Speaker 1: and different things with body clocks and all that, and
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  Speaker 1: and I just want to make sure that this week
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  Speaker 1: is an important week of of building up. Um, you know,
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  Speaker 1: each each player you're experience. At the end of this
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  Speaker 1: going into September or whatever, do you do you have
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  Speaker 1: a good feel for what your team is are usually
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  Speaker 1: right after this period, you know, I think, I think
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  Speaker 1: you have an idea, but but there's always that surprise
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  Speaker 1: player you know that that really stands out during key
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  Speaker 1: happen It might might be a special teams guy, or
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  Speaker 1: you know, it could be an offense or defensive player.
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  Speaker 1: And and you know, there's always that one or two
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  Speaker 1: surprises that it really makes it hard on your on
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  Speaker 1: the on the staff, you know, when it comes down
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  Speaker 1: to final roster cuts and and um, you just know
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  Speaker 1: at the end of camp you're gonna you're gonna lose
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  Speaker 1: some good players. That's just it's the way the game goes.
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  Speaker 1: And and we know we're you know, obviously we're ninety
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  Speaker 1: one with the with the international, with Io and everything
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  Speaker 1: and right now, but getting to fifty three is hard
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  Speaker 1: and and um, you know, uh, you want to make
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  Speaker 1: sure you're right with the fifty three. But at the
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  Speaker 1: same time, there's always gonna be that one or two
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  Speaker 1: surprises of Duke come out of camp, James not going
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  Speaker 1: on the publist saying about how far he is in
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  Speaker 1: his rehab exactly, it says a lot. It's a it's
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  Speaker 1: a good sign. Now, it's a it's a good sign. No,
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  Speaker 1: not really, because I know, I know, and I've seen
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  Speaker 1: how hard he's worked to get himself back, uh this spring,
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  Speaker 1: this summer. You know, he's he was here all summer
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  Speaker 1: working with the guys and and with Fergie in the
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  Speaker 1: middle with team, and he's done a great job of
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  Speaker 1: putting himself in a position to where we don't have
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  Speaker 1: to do that. And uh, but still still be cautious
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  Speaker 1: with him, and um, you know, make sure he's ready
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  Speaker 1: when when he's ready, I mean hopeful, you know for that. Um,
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  Speaker 1: I can't put a timetable really, and I don't want
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  Speaker 1: to put a timetable on it, but but that's that's
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  Speaker 1: that's probably the target to say to you to see
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  Speaker 1: so make players are working out taking trips. Gosh, I
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  Speaker 1: wish I went with them now. You know, it just
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  Speaker 1: shows I think one sign of leadership with the guys
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  Speaker 1: that that, you know, say, guys like Trevor and and
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  Speaker 1: Josh Allen, guys who you know kind of brought the
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  Speaker 1: group together and um to be able to do that
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  Speaker 1: in the off season on their time, their dime. UM.
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  Speaker 1: I think it just shows a lot of the maturity,
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  Speaker 1: even with young players. And you know, but that's what
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  Speaker 1: it takes. That's what that's what it takes to be
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  Speaker 1: successful in this league to have that you know, camaraderie
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  Speaker 1: away from away from our building, away from coaches, uh,
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  Speaker 1: and take it upon themselves to become good football players.
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  Speaker 1: I will. It's it's expensive, a lot of gifts to buy.
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  Speaker 1: How many trips do you think you made over here
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  Speaker 1: to check out the set up towards today. I made
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  Speaker 1: a couple in the spring, and then we made one
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  Speaker 1: last Friday. UM when when I had you know, the
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  Speaker 1: coach's report, I came over here and checked it out.
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  Speaker 1: And then I was in touch with Hamsa all summer long,
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  Speaker 1: with you know, as as Trent and I were, and
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  Speaker 1: with just updates on the grass and and you know,
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  Speaker 1: videos and and things like that that he could send
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  Speaker 1: me and and uh, but I would say coming over
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  Speaker 1: here personally like three times, you know, between the off
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  Speaker 1: season and last Friday, it is it is, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: this is this is really when I saw it for
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  Speaker 1: the first time Friday, you know, Um, it just uh,
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  Speaker 1: it kind of reminds you of you know, of our
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  Speaker 1: stadium grass and and how well it was this spring.
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  Speaker 1: Is there any you have to sacrifice at all? Practice
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  Speaker 1: was because of this? Certain you get everything in as
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  Speaker 1: you want to get. We get everything done. Um, you
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  Speaker 1: know over here, you know, the only thing that we
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  Speaker 1: got to be careful of is the weather, you know.
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  Speaker 1: But that's why we're in the mornings and and hopefully
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  Speaker 1: the storms stay away in the morning time. But other
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  Speaker 1: than that because we just you know, we just don't
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  Speaker 1: have a ton of shelter to put you guys in. Um.
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  Speaker 1: But no player safety is number one obviously, UM, and
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  Speaker 1: we just got to make make it work. But we've
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  Speaker 1: got plenty of time, all right, Thanks guys,