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Press Pass | Caldwell: "There's competition with everybody." · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Yeah, they'll be fine.
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  Speaker 2: Good.
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  Speaker 1: What's going on, is.
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  Speaker 3: Shaq Borderman gonna face, it's just a pretty good competition
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  Speaker 3: for Ventrol based on what you've seen so far OTAs
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  Speaker 3: and what does he have to do to kind of
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  Speaker 3: keep a spot here on this roster.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Secks a guy that is a vet that we trust,
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  Speaker 2: so we know what he brings to the table. But
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  Speaker 2: this competition with everybody, you know, when you have a
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  Speaker 2: roster that's just deep, you have a bunch of guys
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  Speaker 2: that are competing for spots and that's just one of
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  Speaker 2: the positions.
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  Speaker 4: I know, Well.
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  Speaker 2: I know they're working hard because I cause we were
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  Speaker 2: working hard twice a day.
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  Speaker 1: Uh this uh this spring.
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  Speaker 2: It's really uh A great school, a bunch of good
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  Speaker 2: coaches over there, and the.
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  Speaker 1: Team, you know, excited about him.
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  Speaker 2: Get an opportunity to play this year and just ready
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  Speaker 2: for them to get a.
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  Speaker 4: Going talk to him about the college offers and all
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  Speaker 4: of that.
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  Speaker 2: Really, I tell him just to focus on being the
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  Speaker 2: best player he can be right now and get better
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  Speaker 2: every day and that other stuff take care of itself.
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  Speaker 2: But he's you guys had a little level head on him,
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  Speaker 2: and he understands that he has to put the work in,
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  Speaker 2: and when he puts the work in, then he'll have
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  Speaker 2: opportunities to do other things.
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  Speaker 4: Josh said, he was talking about how excuse me a
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  Speaker 4: couple of days that were talking about how much with
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  Speaker 4: you being in your second year with a lot of
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  Speaker 4: the group, that he kind of feels like you'll have
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  Speaker 4: a better feel for how players can be used.
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  Speaker 5: In certain situations. And I'm just wondering, do you feel
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  Speaker 5: a little bit more comfortable in terms of being able
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  Speaker 5: to generate a better pass rush because you have you
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  Speaker 5: know more about Trayvon and you know more about some
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  Speaker 5: of these other guys and what works for them.
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  Speaker 2: I think when you look at that the way that
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  Speaker 2: question was asked, you really look at the person. They
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  Speaker 2: understand themselves and we just try to put them in
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  Speaker 2: their best position.
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  Speaker 1: And you go back and you look at it.
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  Speaker 2: Certain guys do certain things well, and we'll ask them
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  Speaker 2: to continue to do that. But the main thing is
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  Speaker 2: just going back me being comfortable. You know, anytime it's
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  Speaker 2: the second time going around, the first time, everything's new.
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  Speaker 2: This time, you know, everything is still new, but it's
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  Speaker 2: you know, I have a little more confidence in being
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  Speaker 2: able to help the guys put them in certain positions.
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  Speaker 2: But at the end of the day, those guys have
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  Speaker 2: went back in off season, they put in the work,
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  Speaker 2: and now it's time for them to let it show
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  Speaker 2: on the field.
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  Speaker 5: Every obviously, every every training camp days important, getting better
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  Speaker 5: each day and all that. How much of a sense
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  Speaker 5: of urgency are you seeing, particularly from the top the
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  Speaker 5: guys that are considered the top three guys, you know,
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  Speaker 5: Josh and Trayvon and then I guess that.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you talk about it competition, This competition up and
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  Speaker 2: down on the whole roster. So when you look at
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  Speaker 2: the competition, guys know that if I'm not up to par,
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  Speaker 2: then there's somebody behind me that's pushing me. And that's
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  Speaker 2: how teams become better, and that's how players become better.
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  Speaker 2: The more you have competition, the better you're gonna be.
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  Speaker 3: When it comes to Tyson Campbell, when you got here
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  Speaker 3: a year ago to now, how much of a change
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  Speaker 3: have you seen in him as a player and a
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  Speaker 3: leader for you guys.
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  Speaker 1: Really the leadership stands out first.
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  Speaker 2: He's a guy that came in, was a young guy,
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  Speaker 2: really talented, and he's starting to put it together. And
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  Speaker 2: when he puts it together. He's able to let his
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  Speaker 2: experience show to the other guys and help the other guys.
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  Speaker 2: But Tyson's a guy that has all the talent in
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  Speaker 2: the world, and you can see the confidence growing in
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  Speaker 2: him and you know happy he's here and ready for
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  Speaker 2: big things this year.
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  Speaker 3: He's one of the kind of young vets on this
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  Speaker 3: team that's really giving back to now the rookies. Antonio
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  Speaker 3: Johnson's the Christian Braswell's helping them after practice work on things.
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  Speaker 3: How much does that help those young guys more have
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  Speaker 3: a player that can kind of echo what you guys
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  Speaker 3: are saying and in the in the meeting rooms and
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  Speaker 3: help them to execute it out on the field.
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  Speaker 2: It's always good to hear from a coach, but when
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  Speaker 2: you have a veteran player that's been there and you
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  Speaker 2: see him on the tape all the time doing it
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  Speaker 2: and doing it well, then as a younger player, that's
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  Speaker 2: someone that.
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  Speaker 1: I tell them you ought to get right behind and.
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  Speaker 2: Listen to everything he has to say. And Tyson is
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  Speaker 2: the type of person that he's willing to help anybody,
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  Speaker 2: you know, whether it's staying after field or watch an
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  Speaker 2: extra film with them, but just being able to be
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  Speaker 2: that example of I was a young guy one time.
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  Speaker 2: Here's a process that I went through, and just help
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  Speaker 2: the guys speed up their process be beneficial.
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  Speaker 5: Can it be for Tyson just to go against a
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  Speaker 5: guy like Calvin Ridley? You know each day when.
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  Speaker 2: You go against the good when, yeah, it helps you out.
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  Speaker 2: And Calvin the gild he's one of the ones. So
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  Speaker 2: it's all about the competition, whether it's within your group
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  Speaker 2: or on the offense. Competition is what makes us the team.
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  Speaker 2: We're gonna be there every day going against offense. They'll
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  Speaker 2: hit a play, we'll hit a play.
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  Speaker 1: So it's just going back and forth.
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  Speaker 2: You learn from that and then that carries over into
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  Speaker 2: a game situations when something happens in the game, you
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  Speaker 2: can get muscle memory back of what happened in training
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  Speaker 2: camp in able to perform that way.
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  Speaker 3: What jams off the top.
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  Speaker 4: But Von Hamilton was riding a bike yesterday as he
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  Speaker 4: banged up at all.
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  Speaker 1: Right, now that's a situation for Fergie. He'll handle that.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, he's working with them and then when he gets
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  Speaker 2: back with us, he'll be back with us. But he
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  Speaker 2: did self justiciating a little bit of drums, right, Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: he's he's out there and again that'll I'll let you
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  Speaker 2: ask Fergie that one.
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  Speaker 4: Okay, he's a league of guys who have been late bloomers,
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  Speaker 4: as past rushers.
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  Speaker 5: Of Cameron Hayward and graham Son Redick. Do you expect
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  Speaker 5: that to happen for somebody like Calevan.
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  Speaker 2: When you look at Kylevon, the tools are there and
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  Speaker 2: he's a smart and talented outside linebacker. He has the
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  Speaker 2: ability to rush, He's shown it and we're just waiting
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  Speaker 2: for him to be healthy and get his opportunity to
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  Speaker 2: get out there and show what he can do.
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  Speaker 5: Do you think do you think that that's all it is,
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  Speaker 5: that he can stay healthy, that the uptick will.
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  Speaker 2: Happen, when when you look at it, he's never really
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  Speaker 2: had the chance for full season and we're waiting for
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  Speaker 2: him to, you know, be healthy. And if you look
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  Speaker 2: at him from time we got here to now, the
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  Speaker 2: work he's put in, it's time for him to you know,
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  Speaker 2: time for the hard work to pay out for him.
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  Speaker 5: Tyler Lacy since he's got here.
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  Speaker 2: Tyler, he's a guy that once we found him on film,
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  Speaker 2: we looked at him, we liked the way he played
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  Speaker 2: the game. And it's still showing now we're still in shorts,
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  Speaker 2: and for d lineman and shorts, it's kind of you
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  Speaker 2: can judge them, but the game's played with pads on,
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  Speaker 2: and we want to wait till he gets the pads on.
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  Speaker 2: But everything we see from now, he's a big, strong,
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  Speaker 2: athletic guy and we're ready for him to put the
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  Speaker 2: pads on.
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  Speaker 5: I know he's still working his way back, but how
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  Speaker 5: big is it to bring a guy like.
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  Speaker 1: Get Smooth here? Last year the team really jeled so well.
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  Speaker 2: Late in the season and certain guys filled into certain roles,
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  Speaker 2: and he's a guy that he has a role on
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  Speaker 2: the team and we always wanted our guys back and
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  Speaker 2: it's good that it took a while to get him back,
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  Speaker 2: but now he's back, and when he's back on the
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  Speaker 2: field with us fully that'll be great. But we just
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  Speaker 2: excited having back his leadership in that outside linebacker room,
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  Speaker 2: defensive line room. He gives us versatility to be able
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  Speaker 2: to rush inside and rush outside. He's a guy that
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  Speaker 2: you know, he wears a bunch of different hats for us,
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  Speaker 2: and it's always good to have a veteran guy to
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  Speaker 2: be able to do that.
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  Speaker 1: Year two, Devin Lloyd Chad Neuma. Now in year two.
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  Speaker 5: Differences now compared.
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  Speaker 4: To last year.
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  Speaker 2: I think you can just watch it on the film.
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  Speaker 2: Last year, you might see a false step here, you
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  Speaker 2: might see a bad eyes, bad eye discipline. But now
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  Speaker 2: it's starting to be more consistent. Still not there consistent
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  Speaker 2: as we want it to be. But there's a play
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  Speaker 2: the other day, Uh, they ran a bootleg again, Devin's
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  Speaker 2: eyes were in the right spot and the play was
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  Speaker 2: really a non factor because his eyes are in the
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  Speaker 2: right spot. That's the progression. You see that he's more comfortable,
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  Speaker 2: he understands where he's supposed to look and able to
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  Speaker 2: do it, and then that just enabled him to make
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  Speaker 2: plays for us.
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  Speaker 1: With Trayvon his.
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  Speaker 5: First year, did you get a sense that he based
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  Speaker 5: it or felt some.
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  Speaker 4: Of the pressure of being that number one overall pick
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  Speaker 4: and trying to figure it out behind to be that
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  Speaker 4: impact guy.
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  Speaker 2: You can look at it that way, cause, like you
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  Speaker 2: think about it, he's the number one pick in the
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  Speaker 2: NFL draft. He was taking number one over everybody, so
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  Speaker 2: you can look at that as pressure. But Trayvon and
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  Speaker 2: a bunch of guys in that locker room, they've been the.
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  Speaker 1: Guy all their lives. So the pressure, they're used to it.
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  Speaker 2: But he just understands now that I'm the guy, I'm
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  Speaker 2: the number one pick, but I'm also a Trayvon. I'm
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  Speaker 2: gonna be Trayvon on the field and my Traymon is
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  Speaker 2: good enough for the Jacks because we trust in his
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  Speaker 2: ability and it's gonna show them pay dividends for us.
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  Speaker 3: Did he feel that way last year or did it
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  Speaker 3: not happen until you says he didn't feel like that?
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  Speaker 1: Start feeling that until the off season.
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  Speaker 2: There's two things to go into it. He's number one
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  Speaker 2: pick and then he's a rookie. So when the rookie,
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  Speaker 2: you have to feel your way. And his personality is
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  Speaker 2: he's a real humble guy. But at the end of
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  Speaker 2: the day, he number one, so he should have that
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  Speaker 2: on his shoulder.
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  Speaker 1: He should be top dog.
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  Speaker 2: And he plays like that in the run game. Now
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  Speaker 2: it's time for him to play like that in the
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  Speaker 2: past game, which he has all the talent in the
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  Speaker 2: world and ready for him to do it.
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  Speaker 3: So you feel like he's playing looser now a little bit,
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  Speaker 3: or can you get a sense.
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  Speaker 5: Of that yet right now?
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  Speaker 2: Because we haven't put the pads on, we haven't gone
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  Speaker 2: against a different opponent. But you can see the confidence
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  Speaker 2: in him, the way he moves around the field, the
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  Speaker 2: way he's more vocal making checks, and just the way
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  Speaker 2: he aligned just more confident, and you know, I'm excited
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  Speaker 2: for him.
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  Speaker 1: Ready to go.
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  Speaker 3: Spelled tray a little bit in the third corner sat yesterday.
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  Speaker 5: What are their young players?
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  Speaker 2: Have you seen pushing tray?
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  Speaker 4: And what have you seen from Dreg that's allowed for
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  Speaker 4: you guys to give.
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  Speaker 3: Him those.
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  Speaker 2: I guess, just like early on in camp, it's really about,
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  Speaker 2: like we talked earlier, competition. We got a bunch of
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  Speaker 2: guys in different positions that are gonna get many reps
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  Speaker 2: out of practice. They're gonna get the reps and the
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  Speaker 2: cream rises at the top. You get your opportunity, you
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  Speaker 2: go out there, you.
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  Speaker 1: Play, you perform.
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  Speaker 2: Then you continue to get more opportunities. And there's a
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  Speaker 2: bunch of guys out there that are vying for different positions.
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  Speaker 2: And again, like I said, competition is great, let's go get.
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  Speaker 5: It that he's earned that opportunity.
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  Speaker 2: I think the position that he came in last year.
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  Speaker 2: Throughout all last year he worked on a practice squad, some.
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  Speaker 1: Got elevated up. You could see him.
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  Speaker 2: To me, it looked like his body changed from when
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  Speaker 2: he first got here till the end of the season.
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  Speaker 2: He is body changed and the techniques he kept working
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  Speaker 2: on and kept working on it, and now it's his
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  Speaker 2: opportunity to go out there and compete.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you, appreciate, thank you, sir. You don't think the
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  Speaker 3: Ace has gotten lot