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Press Pass | Pederson: "The leadership has really shown itself." · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: First, the biggest takeaways I think, I think, uh just
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  Speaker 1: kind of where we left off as a as a unit,
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  Speaker 1: as a team, uh, both offensively, defensively and special teams.
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  Speaker 1: You know, the guys obviously came back in the right
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  Speaker 1: frame of mind ready to go to work. Those are
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  Speaker 1: all things here in the last couple of days that
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  Speaker 1: have been in in in pr kind of stood out
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  Speaker 1: to me. The leadership has really shown itself, you know,
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  Speaker 1: within the team, and those are all things that really
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  Speaker 1: you know, next week we put the pads on, so
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  Speaker 1: we'll we'll we'll take another step you know in that direction.
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  Speaker 1: But please where everybody is right now injury, I.
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  Speaker 2: Guess like guys that haven't been well.
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  Speaker 1: And Tyson, Yeah, Devon, Devon's progressing well. You know, he's
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  Speaker 1: still still working through you know, the back and the
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  Speaker 1: spasms there and and you know, hopefully hopefully by next
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  Speaker 1: week he's he's cleared and ready to get He's doing
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  Speaker 1: walk through stuff, he's doing some individual stuff and and
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  Speaker 1: all that. We're just keeping him, you know, out of
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  Speaker 1: the team stuff right now. Yeah, Tyson, this is also
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  Speaker 1: the time, you know, when these guys come back. This
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  Speaker 1: is why we do acclimation phase and their legs get
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  Speaker 1: a little sore, they get a little tight, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and so we're just precaution We don't want it to,
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  Speaker 1: uh to progress to anything serious. So we monitor these
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  Speaker 1: guys really well. Jeff Ferguson does a great job of that,
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  Speaker 1: and coaches do a nice job of you know, getting
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  Speaker 1: some of the younger guys more more reps that way.
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  Speaker 1: So again, just precautionary, and we just don't want something
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  Speaker 1: major to come out of it. I mean, I would
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  Speaker 1: say Calvin, you know, Ridley on offense, just the way
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  Speaker 1: he practices, you know, and it's just, uh, it's a
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  Speaker 1: different speed, it's a different level, and it's encouraging to
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  Speaker 1: me as a coach because it feeds to the rest
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  Speaker 1: of the guys, particularly the young guys. You know, he's
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  Speaker 1: one that's really you know, stood out there defensively. You know,
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  Speaker 1: you mentioned Tyson earlier. I just I just love the
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  Speaker 1: way he came back and and really has embraced I
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  Speaker 1: think him being in that conversation of one of the
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  Speaker 1: top corners in the league, and uh, he's you know,
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  Speaker 1: he's he's kind of picking up where he left off
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  Speaker 1: and doing doing well. Just to get those reps against counting.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's great. I I you know, that's
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  Speaker 1: why I like to go, you know, the starters together
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  Speaker 1: and practice together, cause you're getting you're getting those quality reps, right,
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  Speaker 1: you're getting game speed reps. And and you know when
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  Speaker 1: when Calvin and and Christian and Z and Evan and
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  Speaker 1: TJ and those guys are practicing full speed, that's what
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  Speaker 1: that's what we need, and and uh, it just makes
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  Speaker 1: us makes us better. How much does the evaluation process
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  Speaker 1: really change next week from the past. Not a lot,
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  Speaker 1: you know, It's it's more when the pads come on,
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  Speaker 1: there's a little more obviously physicality, you know, so you
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  Speaker 1: see that schematically, nothing changes, right, it's just a matter
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  Speaker 1: of now, uh, you know, offensive linemen have it something
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  Speaker 1: to hang on to, you know, and it's just kind
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  Speaker 1: of getting used to having the pads on again. Really,
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  Speaker 1: But evaluation wise, you know, it really doesn't change a
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  Speaker 1: whole lot because we're we're looking at everybody, you know,
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  Speaker 1: what they know, what they don't know, and and kind
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  Speaker 1: of taking it from there, start to get a feel
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  Speaker 1: for where maybe Tray Bond's at with comfortability. Yeah, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I mean obviously when you're in shorts like we're in
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  Speaker 1: it's again. It's it's a little harder. It's a little
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  Speaker 1: harder for you know, the offense and defensive lines. It's
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  Speaker 1: just I try to control the tempo there, to control
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  Speaker 1: the pace, right, I just don't need a lot of
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  Speaker 1: the bodies on the ground, and you know, so there's
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  Speaker 1: a different tempo when the Pats come on it. It
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  Speaker 1: we're okay, let's let's go, let's cut it loose. And
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  Speaker 1: so we'll see a little bit more, uh, next week
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  Speaker 1: as we begin that way. But you know, treybon has
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  Speaker 1: has done a nice job so far. Even our guys
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  Speaker 1: on offensive said that he's he's definitely improved from year ago.
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  Speaker 1: Excuse me, good, just good good. It's doing well, you
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  Speaker 1: know what I mean. Young guy that's learning obviously converted
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  Speaker 1: d lineman who we've asked to play a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of you know, full back tight end kind of learning
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  Speaker 1: a new position and uh, you know, just like any
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  Speaker 1: young player, it's it's a it's a challenged a lot
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  Speaker 1: of a lot of information to know and to process
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  Speaker 1: and uh, but he's he's doing well, you know, for
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  Speaker 1: the first couple of days, he's doing good.
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  Speaker 2: Language.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you know, it's not It's
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  Speaker 1: different from playing defensive line. Right, you're in a five
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  Speaker 1: take now he's gotta hear all these words in a
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  Speaker 1: huddle and you know, and and and figure figure things out,
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  Speaker 1: know where to line up and all that. But yeah,
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  Speaker 1: he's doing he's doing good, you know, learning every day
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  Speaker 1: idea of who he is in terms of as a
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  Speaker 1: pass rusher and what his strengths weaknesses are. I think
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  Speaker 1: so I I think last year was was big. He
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  Speaker 1: can go back and which he did all off sees,
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  Speaker 1: go back and watch himself, you know, and then and
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  Speaker 1: then go back and watch other top edge rushers you
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  Speaker 1: know in this league, and and really uh start putting
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  Speaker 1: his pieces together, right, but just understanding the type of
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  Speaker 1: player that he wants to be, the type of player
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  Speaker 1: we ask him to be, and and where you know,
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  Speaker 1: whether he's on the edge or inside. You know, that
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  Speaker 1: versatility that he has and the length that he has,
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  Speaker 1: those are all those are all things that you know
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  Speaker 1: he he he will definitely and has you know, improved.
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  Speaker 2: There's a lot of pressure on that. But a year
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  Speaker 2: or move from that, do you think that or n I?
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  Speaker 1: I you know, I mean that's probably a better question
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  Speaker 1: for him to answer. I was never a first round pick,
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  Speaker 1: so I couldn't tell you that I I I I
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  Speaker 1: would say with these guys, once they get past that
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  Speaker 1: first you know, once you start playing meaningful games, I
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  Speaker 1: think all that goes away. I think I think it's
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  Speaker 1: more for writers and and the public to you know,
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  Speaker 1: he's out there trying to trying to help us win
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  Speaker 1: games on year or two.
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  Speaker 2: Given what he did last year, then you go to
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  Speaker 2: the degree, what's the biggest challenge for him to then
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  Speaker 2: be in that very.
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  Speaker 1: You know, that's a that's a it's a great question
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  Speaker 1: because now you know, as as you look at last year,
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  Speaker 1: it you know, there was the there were some struggles
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  Speaker 1: first part of the season. There were some miscues first
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  Speaker 1: part of the season. You know, back half the year,
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  Speaker 1: we got better. He got better, was more efficient, understood
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  Speaker 1: more situations. Now it has to be that consistency, right,
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  Speaker 1: it has to just be you know, for the for
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  Speaker 1: the seventeen game schedule, it's just got to be every
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  Speaker 1: single week has got to be like that. And that's
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  Speaker 1: where he can and now his understanding of our offense,
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  Speaker 1: he can verbalize and communicate things to us better. As
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  Speaker 1: a staff and and kind of his likes and dislikes
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  Speaker 1: as we get into again the regular season, and but
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  Speaker 1: just having the consistency, and one thing that that really
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  Speaker 1: helps him is having the type of guys around him
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  Speaker 1: that he has and the way they practice, you know,
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  Speaker 1: every single day that that puts him in a in
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  Speaker 1: game like you know, situations, and then it's you know,
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  Speaker 1: my job to make sure that we are practicing these
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  Speaker 1: scenarios and that he understands exactly what we're trying to
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  Speaker 1: trying to get done. But I think that consistency now
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  Speaker 1: will continue to elevate and you know, get his get
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  Speaker 1: his game even better. You know, Uh, as we go
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  Speaker 1: getting injured around the league in training, you just have
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  Speaker 1: to trust your plan and what you.
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  Speaker 2: Guys have decided to do.
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  Speaker 1: Where do you find yourself your value? You know, I
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  Speaker 1: just focus on us and and and do what's best
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  Speaker 1: for us. I mean, it's unfortunate, you know, It's it
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  Speaker 1: seems like every year there's there's a couple of guys
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  Speaker 1: that they get nicked early in training camp. And I can't.
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  Speaker 1: I can't, I can't necessarily worry about all that, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I just got to prepare the football team. The best
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  Speaker 1: I can and and you know, put them in, put
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  Speaker 1: them in in these tough situations. They do a great
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  Speaker 1: The players do a great job of taking care of
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  Speaker 1: themselves and preparing their bodies, and they know, obviously know
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  Speaker 1: the risks involved. But I don't spend a lot of
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  Speaker 1: time worrying about changing something or you know, I I
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  Speaker 1: I I have a pulse of the team. If I
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  Speaker 1: do want to change, than I will. But you know,
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  Speaker 1: we just we're full steam ahead.
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  Speaker 2: How have you felt Walker Cam the situation at Love
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  Speaker 2: Tackle kind of moving Walker a little in different positions?
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  Speaker 2: How has that gone for the first three days?
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  Speaker 1: Great?
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  Speaker 2: Uh, well, so it's the defense then, uh the cornerback position?
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  Speaker 2: Uh I bhil Like we've asked you a couple of
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  Speaker 2: times what that third corner spot? Obviously we know treys
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  Speaker 2: the a pumpet. When we've at a couple of times
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  Speaker 2: now for the first three days, which young guys have
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  Speaker 2: you seen take advantage.
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  Speaker 1: Of the opportunity to Yeah, I mean, yeah, there's a
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  Speaker 1: there's a bunch of different combinations there, right. You know,
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  Speaker 1: Antonio Johnson's played some, Eric Hallett's been in there, Christian Brads. Well,
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  Speaker 1: you know we've got some guys. You know, Grag Junior
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  Speaker 1: has really kind of stepped up a little bit. He's
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  Speaker 1: kind of you know, caught caught the attention. And and
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  Speaker 1: again second year player right uh coming in you know, uh,
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  Speaker 1: Monterrek Brown. I mean, these guys are second year players
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  Speaker 1: who take that They're just like Snoop on offense, right,
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  Speaker 1: you take that second that second year leap. And so
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  Speaker 1: what I see is that as we and again I
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  Speaker 1: think this goes back to the evaluation in pads, you know,
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  Speaker 1: when we put the pads on and just seeing how
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  Speaker 1: they move, how they tackle in preseason games. You know,
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  Speaker 1: all that becomes part of the evaluation process. But you know,
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  Speaker 1: all those guys are really have done a nice job.
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  Speaker 1: There's there's still obviously mistakes being made that we have
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  Speaker 1: to clean up, but I think for the most part,
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  Speaker 1: these guys have have really handled the information. And also
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  Speaker 1: what I see is they spend time with their coaches
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  Speaker 1: at night, you know, really wanting to understand the defense.
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  Speaker 1: You know. Even better, I think you're just seeing his
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  Speaker 1: the maturity. I think you're seeing just second year understanding
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  Speaker 1: the defense.
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  Speaker 2: You know, the.
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  Speaker 1: Terminology, how to you know, and uh, those are the
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  Speaker 1: things I see with him and and you know, uh,
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  Speaker 1: those second year players, just just the un understanding of
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  Speaker 1: even how we practice, you know, and and that that
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  Speaker 1: that that goes a long way a real off season.
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  Speaker 2: What have you sort of seen from him?
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  Speaker 1: And you know where could.
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  Speaker 2: He improve at?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he came back, you know, he came back in
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  Speaker 1: great shape, ready and eager to go. And and just
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  Speaker 1: you know, having an off season where he didn't have
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  Speaker 1: to necessarily rehab you know, and get himself. You know
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  Speaker 1: that just that just takes it off your mind too, right,
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  Speaker 1: you know, you can just focus on getting yourself conditioned
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  Speaker 1: to come back to training camp. And you know the
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  Speaker 1: areas that we're focusing on is just you know, he
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  Speaker 1: he's been such a good shotgun runner throughout his career.
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  Speaker 1: You know, more more under center stuff with him, we
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  Speaker 1: can get we can get better there, you know, and
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  Speaker 1: and just just keeping improving the vision of all the
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  Speaker 1: running backs, you know, just you know, understanding the front,
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  Speaker 1: understanding where the where the whole is and where it
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  Speaker 1: could be, you know, and and so all of that
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  Speaker 1: just comes with time and reps and and again yes
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  Speaker 1: a third year player, but only in a second year,
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  Speaker 1: you know, so so He's another one that we're excited
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  Speaker 1: about and and eager to you know, once the pads
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  Speaker 1: come on to to see him, see him, you know, work.
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  Speaker 2: On that room.
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  Speaker 1: So far again, good room, you know, I I like
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  Speaker 1: obviously you know, Evan kind of picked up where he
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  Speaker 1: left off. And you know, Luke is another one that
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  Speaker 1: young player who uh it's gonna be this would be
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  Speaker 1: big for him, you know, an opportunity, great opportunity for him.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Brenton Strange is learning and and improving, you
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  Speaker 1: know every day. Uh, there's gonna be obviously, you know
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  Speaker 1: there's gonna be a setback here and there. It's it's
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  Speaker 1: just part of the process, right and and and then
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  Speaker 1: we got some young guys Garrett Prince and and you
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  Speaker 1: know who's been here again, another second year player who
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  Speaker 1: was on practice squad a year go, you know, has
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  Speaker 1: done some good things. And overall, you know, Derek's in
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  Speaker 1: that mix, and Sammy's and Josh. I mean it's a
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  Speaker 1: it's a good group, you know, and and some good
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  Speaker 1: competition there is bring from a leadership standpoint, production standpoint
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  Speaker 1: on the team. Just bring. I think there's a calmness,
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  Speaker 1: you know, especially having you know a rookie right tackle
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  Speaker 1: next to him. There's a calmness there. Uh. But but
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  Speaker 1: there's a maturity level, there's uh, you know, he keeps
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  Speaker 1: things really simple and grounded, you know. And and uh again,
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  Speaker 1: he's another one that when you watch him, you watch him.
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  Speaker 1: I know, you guys don't see it, but the way
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  Speaker 1: he comes into the building and the way he prepares
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  Speaker 1: himself for practice and gets his mind right and the
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  Speaker 1: whole thing, that's what pays dividends to the rest of
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  Speaker 1: his you know, lineman lineman, guys, and he's done it
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  Speaker 1: for so many years, and he's been a pro at
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  Speaker 1: it for so many years that you know, it's just
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  Speaker 1: that his overall presence in that group, I think just
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  Speaker 1: calms everybody down and and does a nice job with it.
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  Speaker 1: Excuse me, well, I mean, pads come on, so you know,
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  Speaker 1: I listen. I mean it kind of goes back. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: as far as the injuries, you just don't want anybody
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  Speaker 1: to get hurt, you know. But but we're still gonna
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  Speaker 1: We're still gonna do what we do and and uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, focus on focus on us and and you know,
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  Speaker 1: and and each week, really each day, the goal is
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  Speaker 1: to get better right, and every day is a different
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  Speaker 1: day because it's a new set of challenges for the team.
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  Speaker 1: Right to Yesterday was red zone, the day before was
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  Speaker 1: third down, day before was you know, normal down and distances.
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  Speaker 1: So we're putting the team in different scenarios. So just
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  Speaker 1: understanding that as we go, you know, each week, just
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  Speaker 1: to improve every situation we have. All right, Thanks
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  Speaker 2: M