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Press Pass | Doug Pederson Meets with the Media · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Just, uh, how have you seen the players who are
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  Speaker 1: coming together?
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  Speaker 2: Now that you guys are back?
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  Speaker 1: OTAs have sorted, our proteas will start soon. But you
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  Speaker 1: know you're back in the off season program. How have
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  Speaker 1: you seen the guys sort of resmall?
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  Speaker 2: You know, the the the biggest thing is the number
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  Speaker 2: of guys that are here.
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  Speaker 3: I think that's a that's a credit to them. Uh.
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  Speaker 2: With the voluntary program, you know, and I and I
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  Speaker 2: get it, there's workout bonuses and all that kind of
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  Speaker 2: stuff and contracts, but I think other than that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: they want to be here, you know. And then obviously
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  Speaker 2: the defensive guys gets new staff and everything and learning,
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  Speaker 2: and and the offensively just keep you know, keep the
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  Speaker 2: new guys going and and you know, even with the
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  Speaker 2: the guys we've been with now for going on three years,
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  Speaker 2: just keep them coming as well.
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  Speaker 3: So it's been good. Been a lot of energy, you
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  Speaker 3: know out there.
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  Speaker 2: You know Phase two there's we're not competing you know,
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  Speaker 2: against each other offense defense more so than just competing
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  Speaker 2: with yourself and to make yourself better.
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  Speaker 1: And how did the drums and Mary come together?
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  Speaker 3: Or what do you want to see any.
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  Speaker 2: Real I I just think ye it, it comes together
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  Speaker 2: cause you just wanna be able to put eyes on
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  Speaker 2: as many players as you can. And he you know,
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  Speaker 2: he's obviously played, you know, several years in this league
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  Speaker 2: and you know, a a been talent, talented guy, and
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  Speaker 2: and just see where he's at. You know, he was
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  Speaker 2: out of ball, I believe in twenty three and in
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  Speaker 2: twenty two was kind of his last time. He's been
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  Speaker 2: hurt a little bit, So just kind of seeing where
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  Speaker 2: he is health wise, and just see see where he's at,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and and it's nothing, nothing more than just
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  Speaker 2: a coming in and you know, a try out type basis.
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  Speaker 1: The evaluation for Jarvis and the veterans.
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  Speaker 4: Is it different than the evaluation for the rookies.
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  Speaker 2: Not necessarily, you know, we understand and with Jarvis, he
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  Speaker 2: he he's played a ton of football, right and so
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  Speaker 2: we know that, and you know, there there maybe there's
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  Speaker 2: a different expectation, you.
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  Speaker 3: Know with a guy like Jarvis.
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  Speaker 2: Uh but I think more than anything, just kind of
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  Speaker 2: seeing where he is physically mentally. You know, the rookies
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  Speaker 2: are they don't know anything right now, so it's different
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  Speaker 2: and you know we're trying to get them. We won't
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  Speaker 2: get them caught up this weekend to where the vets are.
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  Speaker 2: But at the same time, this is a great opportunity
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  Speaker 2: for them to learn and really, you know, show us
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  Speaker 2: how much they can retain in just a short period
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  Speaker 2: of time.
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  Speaker 4: The releases said last week, how you evaluate where a
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  Speaker 4: lot of streamer is where.
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  Speaker 2: You want to do I think it's hard to say
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  Speaker 2: right now because Gabe is still working through an injury,
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  Speaker 2: you know, so he's not really participating. He's out there
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  Speaker 2: and he's learning, so it's hard to tell, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Christians there. We don't have Brian yet, you know, obviously,
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  Speaker 2: so it's really hard to put the pieces together, you know,
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  Speaker 2: because Phase two is about development and growth with the.
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  Speaker 3: Players more so than it is with the units, you know.
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  Speaker 2: I think we'll have a better understanding going into OTAs
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  Speaker 2: and coming out of OTAs even we'll see how much
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  Speaker 2: Gabe can give us, you know. Again, I don't want
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  Speaker 2: to put him through something that's gonna set back either,
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  Speaker 2: you know. And uh, but but it's it's just hard
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  Speaker 2: right now cause we don't have everybody kind of working
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  Speaker 2: at the same.
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  Speaker 3: At the same time. An injury from last year or yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Do you guys Brian Thomas to like just kind of
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  Speaker 4: follow along what Jarvis is doing in terms of a VET.
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  Speaker 2: I I think, yeah, I I he it's a It
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  Speaker 2: is a really good learning experience for Gali, Brian, you know,
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  Speaker 2: to come in here and see Jarvis, see how he
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  Speaker 2: handles these two days. Listen, you know this is geared
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  Speaker 2: more for rookies, these two days. I mean, Jarvis is
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  Speaker 2: a VET and and he kind of knows what it's like.
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  Speaker 2: So I think it'll be good to kind of see
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  Speaker 2: how Jarvis handles himself, you know, as a professional, and
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  Speaker 2: it'll it'll really I think, at least at least make
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  Speaker 2: a a an impression on Brian.
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  Speaker 3: You know this weekend, where do you go to see Smith?
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  Speaker 2: You guys, I either just think just you know, it's
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  Speaker 2: gonna be a lot of individual a lot of a
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  Speaker 2: lot of drill work, you know, fundamentals teaching, just the
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  Speaker 2: the retention.
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  Speaker 3: Just see what he can re retain.
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  Speaker 2: Just see his athleticism, see him move around again where
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  Speaker 2: there's no no pass rush, no offense, defensive stuff. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it's just it's just a matter of you know, uh,
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  Speaker 2: I think taking what he's being taught in the classroom
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  Speaker 2: obviously take it to the field and then.
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  Speaker 3: You know, m no more than just watching him run around.
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  Speaker 3: How is uh.
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  Speaker 2: Ventral Miller doing or was there any thought of having
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  Speaker 2: him participate in this? Actually him Christian Bradswell, uh Cooper
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  Speaker 2: Hodges because they're on ir they get a pension credit,
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  Speaker 2: so they can't, you know, they can't uh uh be
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  Speaker 2: a part of the rookie minicamp, which is kind of interesting.
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  Speaker 2: But but Ventrail's doing it extremely well.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously he's healthy and he he's moving around really well.
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  Speaker 2: He's you know, he's competing and and doing doing some
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  Speaker 2: really good things out there.
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  Speaker 1: Was surprised, were you even a big guy like Steven
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  Speaker 1: didn't get drafted?
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  Speaker 4: Uh?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, were you Stephen Jones?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah?
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  Speaker 3: I mean did did you?
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  Speaker 1: Were you guys pretty eager to jump into the uh
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  Speaker 1: whatever bidding bidding war there might have been for the services?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, he was one of the guys we
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  Speaker 2: had talked about towards the end of the draft, you know,
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  Speaker 2: potentially drafting and and obviously we went a different direction,
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  Speaker 2: but we were happy to get him, you know, to
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  Speaker 2: get a guy of his caliber here and and uh
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  Speaker 2: get him working with our guys. So we're just excited
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  Speaker 2: to to, you know, get him on the grass and
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  Speaker 2: and watch him, watch him run around.
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  Speaker 1: Were you were you a little surprised that somebody who's
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  Speaker 1: was that productive in college and is that big, such
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  Speaker 1: a big human being, continue to get drafted.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's sometimes it's just the way it goes.
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  Speaker 3: You know, and and.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you can never you can never really predict
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  Speaker 2: where a guy's gonna end up. But we're just happy
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  Speaker 2: to have him and you know, get in with with
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  Speaker 2: the guys we have, you know, starting Monday, you know
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  Speaker 2: when when the rookies can stay and and be.
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  Speaker 3: A part of this. So we're excited about that too.
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  Speaker 1: You see, just specifically at at Gockle.
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  Speaker 2: No, no, I think he'll start there, you know, and
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  Speaker 2: and then we can move him around, move him inside,
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  Speaker 2: you know, different things. So, uh, the versatility that he
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  Speaker 2: can he can show and and it'll it'll show us.
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  Speaker 3: Something this weekend too, you know again, just yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And Doug, I think Brent Morgan ask you a couple
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  Speaker 2: times about the play calling process and your evaluation of
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  Speaker 2: it and going forward ward.
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  Speaker 3: Where are you in.
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  Speaker 1: That gay at this point?
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  Speaker 3: Cause is that something.
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  Speaker 4: You're not gonna deal with the.
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  Speaker 3: Lot I don't play a game til September, so you know,
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  Speaker 3: get some time. How does Lacy an abdul of fit
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  Speaker 3: in the new skame? Never been in Lacey Lacey? Uh,
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  Speaker 3: you know, obviously he's a de tackle, you know. Uh,
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  Speaker 3: he's the type of guy.
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  Speaker 2: That can they can give you some minutes that that
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  Speaker 2: that three that new three technique.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not say new, but you know the the Roy.
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  Speaker 2: Robertson position and and working in side right there. You know,
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  Speaker 2: a guy like jaz Ear Uh is more of your
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  Speaker 2: you know, second long or third down pass rush guy.
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  Speaker 2: He you know, in the new scheme, it's a sam linebacker,
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  Speaker 2: you know, uh, in that position. So if you're in
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  Speaker 2: a three four, he's an outside backer. You know, if
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  Speaker 2: you're in a four to three he could be he
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  Speaker 2: could be off the ball, but you know, chances are
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  Speaker 2: he's gonna be more some pass rush situations in.
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  Speaker 4: The same category you see him. Yeah, yeah, how quickly
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  Speaker 4: do you guys go?
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  Speaker 2: Obviously Cooper oh and Christian Yeah, yeah, they're doing really well.
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  Speaker 3: Duh.
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  Speaker 2: All three of those guys are are really have done
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  Speaker 2: a great job one with their rehab, but this offseason.
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  Speaker 3: So for so yeah, Yeah, all three of them have
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  Speaker 3: been able to work. Yep.
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  Speaker 4: And with special teams being so dramatically different this year kickoff, Mose,
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  Speaker 4: when do you guys get into that? We get into
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  Speaker 4: it and ota you get into it this weekend with.
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  Speaker 2: The rookie we've we've been We've started from phase one,
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  Speaker 2: you know, with our special teams in introducing you know,
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  Speaker 2: the new scheme, the layout, we've we've worked it. You know,
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  Speaker 2: even though we can't compete against each other in phase two,
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  Speaker 2: we're still you know, working through the alignments and assignments
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  Speaker 2: and all that.
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  Speaker 3: We'll work it even with we'll introduce.
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  Speaker 2: It to the rookies this weekend, and then when we
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  Speaker 2: get to phase three when we can kind of go
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  Speaker 2: against each other a little bit more.
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  Speaker 3: It'll give us a bigger or a brighter picture, I.
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  Speaker 2: Think as to how it's gonna unfold for us dog
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  Speaker 2: whatever hopes.
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  Speaker 1: For Jones and Prince this weekend and the young corners
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  Speaker 1: on the roster, how do you see that shipping out again?
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  Speaker 2: You know, I want to be able to just watch
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  Speaker 2: them move around. It's one of the things I explained
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  Speaker 2: to them, you know last night, is you know, some
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  Speaker 2: of the techniques and things might be a little different
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  Speaker 2: than what they learned in college. And and to embrace that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, because we're trying to make them better as
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  Speaker 2: football players and how they how they can help us.
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  Speaker 3: But you know, all three of those guys.
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  Speaker 2: You know, talented guys, obviously guys we wanted, we wanted
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  Speaker 2: here give us depth at the position, you know, and
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  Speaker 2: and just just kind of see, you know, it's just hard.
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  Speaker 2: It's hard because again they're not we're not doing one
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  Speaker 2: on one, so we're not doing the seven on sevens
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  Speaker 2: and all of that. It's this is this is a
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  Speaker 2: time just to see how much they can really understand
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  Speaker 2: the defense just on air, you know.
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  Speaker 3: And and you will know more obviously when.
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  Speaker 2: We get to training camp when pads come on and
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  Speaker 2: their physicality and all that stuff. And but but I'm
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  Speaker 2: excited to get them out there this after or this
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  Speaker 2: morning and and really this afternoon and and uh and
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  Speaker 2: watch them, watch them move, just watch their athleticism, see,
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  Speaker 2: you know, And I think that's for us as coaches too.
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  Speaker 2: It kind of gives us a bit of a better
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  Speaker 2: picture as to how we can uh use them, you know, defensively,
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  Speaker 2: what kind of opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: Or these next two days for undrafted Greens just to
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  Speaker 1: make an impression.
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  Speaker 2: Well, the undrafted guys, you know, we got a lot
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  Speaker 2: of them, and we got a lot of our football team,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, know I was one of those guys,
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  Speaker 2: and so you know, they're just gonna come in and
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  Speaker 2: compete like anybody else, you know, and and you know,
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  Speaker 2: don't worry about, you know, the number of guys in
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  Speaker 2: line as much as just getting better at at at
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  Speaker 2: your craft and then when you get an opportunity, to
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  Speaker 2: make the most of your opportunity. So you know, we
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  Speaker 2: got a good group of undrafted guys, you know that
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  Speaker 2: we signed after the draft and and looking forward to
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  Speaker 2: getting them out.
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  Speaker 3: There government's line.
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  Speaker 1: See if it seems like a guy that people kind
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  Speaker 1: of point out in the undrafted free agency process, they're
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  Speaker 1: surprised that didn't get drafted, what's your early call on him?
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  Speaker 2: You know, another one that's very talented, and you know
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  Speaker 2: it'll be good for him to be able to watch
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  Speaker 2: a guy like Jarvis as well, you know, and see
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  Speaker 2: how see how Jarvis handles himself this weekend and just
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  Speaker 2: watch you know the detail of the routes and and
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  Speaker 2: again how much you know we're gonna put these guys mentally,
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  Speaker 2: probably in more of a you know, testamentally more than
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  Speaker 2: anything this weekend than we are physically. And so for
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  Speaker 2: us too, it's about getting lined up, get out of
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  Speaker 2: the huddle, get lined up where we're going, and then
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  Speaker 2: executing the place. So all of this stuff plays a
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  Speaker 2: big part into you know, their development, their growth, and
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  Speaker 2: and how best they can help us.
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  Speaker 1: We can, uh, basically for the rookies drafted and undrafted,
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  Speaker 1: making sure they're sort of ready for next week.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, these two days we'll kind of prepare
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  Speaker 2: them for next week, you know, cause once they get
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  Speaker 2: in here, you know, obviously they'll be you know, now
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  Speaker 2: they're with an NFL club, you know, right now they're
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  Speaker 2: just we're just rookies. And so come Monday, when everybody
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  Speaker 2: starts walking in here, you know, and they start seeing
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  Speaker 2: all the guys, you know, it makes an impact on them.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, there are a lot of these guys.
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  Speaker 2: You know, obviously they were they were starters in college,
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  Speaker 2: and now they're gonna they're gonna have to take backup
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  Speaker 2: roles and they're gonna compete for for starting positions, or
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  Speaker 2: at least compete for that backup spot and and it
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  Speaker 2: and it changes just a little bit for them.
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  Speaker 3: So this weekend, though, from the meetings to.
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  Speaker 2: The on the field stuff, is really gonna prepare them
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  Speaker 2: for the next you know, five weeks.
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  Speaker 1: I guess that we're here for what you've been able
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  Speaker 1: to see from you know, from talking with Ryan and
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  Speaker 1: and is his scheming for the guys that are returning
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  Speaker 1: on defense? Where do you which positions would you say
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  Speaker 1: would be the biggest challenge to adjusting to r to
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  Speaker 1: what Ryan wants to do.
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  Speaker 3: All of them.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's just a different scheme, right, It's a
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  Speaker 2: different scheme.
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  Speaker 3: And and.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you're you're you're switching gears a little bit
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  Speaker 2: from that that three D you know, three four mode
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  Speaker 2: to to kind of four down mode. And and even
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  Speaker 2: though you spend so much time in you know, four
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  Speaker 2: down defense a lot anyway, and I think some of
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  Speaker 2: the techniques are gonna be a little different. Obviously, there's
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  Speaker 2: learning with the verbiage and terminology linebacker, you know, the
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  Speaker 2: the fits and just the way what I've seen so far,
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  Speaker 2: the way the coaches have have have coached them, and
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  Speaker 2: some of the drill work that they're doing on the
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  Speaker 2: field secondary. You know, you know, if you go back
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  Speaker 2: and watch you know what Ryan's done in his past,
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  Speaker 2: It's a lot of shell defense to start. You know,
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  Speaker 2: even though we'll play some single high stuff, it's you know,
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  Speaker 2: the corners are gonna be in more you know, press alignment,
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  Speaker 2: but not s not necessarily press technique or press coverage,
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  Speaker 2: but press alignment. Still play man mix tho. It's so
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  Speaker 2: it's all different, and so every position is gonna you know,
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  Speaker 2: have to have to learn and and and grow with
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  Speaker 2: the system.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, two of the things that you would you try
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  Speaker 1: emphasis is so much in the in this offseason is
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  Speaker 1: getting faster and getting more physical.
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  Speaker 3: When you look at all the acquisitions that you've.
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  Speaker 1: Made for draft even and draft for you in which
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  Speaker 1: those two areas do you think you I, I don't
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  Speaker 1: know fulfilled more of the of those uh goals?
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  Speaker 2: I you know, the physicality part of it, I I
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  Speaker 2: I kinda I kind of chuckle when people say be
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  Speaker 2: more physical.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, f we play football. It's a physical sport,
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  Speaker 3: right I.
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  Speaker 2: I mean I it's it's how we teach our players
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  Speaker 2: to to you know, maybe you can help 'em be
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  Speaker 2: more physical, just like you can help a quarterback be
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  Speaker 2: more accurate right with his throw.
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  Speaker 3: So it's a matter of just doing it right.
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  Speaker 2: But I I think number one, we've gotten a bigger right,
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  Speaker 2: just physically bigger right with some of the some of
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  Speaker 2: the the draft picks and undrafted guys and even some
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  Speaker 2: of our our players coming back, we've gotten bigger. I
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  Speaker 2: think speed, we've gotten al a tick faster.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, obviously we know Brian Speed is a wide receiver,
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  Speaker 2: and some of the dbs. Now, I mean we've gotten faster.
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  Speaker 2: And then when we put the pads on in in
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  Speaker 2: July in August, we'll see where we are physically. When
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  Speaker 2: w does did Bill shoot?
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  Speaker 4: Does he stay with Trayvon and Josh? Cause he made
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  Speaker 4: such a seem like you made progress with those guys.
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  Speaker 4: Of course he as he had linebackers.
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  Speaker 3: He's he's a little bit both, a little bit of both.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 2: The way it's structured is is Jeremy has the inside
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  Speaker 2: guys the nose and the tackles, and Bill still works
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  Speaker 2: the edge. And you know, but when you're in your
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  Speaker 2: base defense, you know there's some transition there to those
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  Speaker 2: sam backers, which are also kind of your outside edge rushers.
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  Speaker 3: There's a little carry over.
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  Speaker 4: There, and that was the reason for hoping him when
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  Speaker 4: you cleaned out Molisavidas was he had just done such a.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he's he did a he did a great
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  Speaker 2: job with those guys. And then and then just you
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  Speaker 2: know that structure and and what Ryan was looking for
• 15:50
  Speaker 2: and and and how to maximize you know, the coaching
• 15:53
  Speaker 2: on the field,