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  Speaker 1: How you guys doing? Good to see you.
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  Speaker 2: Appreciate you guys showing up today. It's been a long week.
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  Speaker 2: I thought for sure there would be nobody here. I'd
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  Speaker 2: be able to walk out, check the camera, and leave.
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  Speaker 2: But I knew I could count on you guys.
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  Speaker 1: He did mention you first. Appreciate it. How you good, DRock? Yeah, sorry. Struggling.
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  Speaker 2: New technology here. Alright, I like it.
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  Speaker 3: Now that you've been able to see the same five
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  Speaker 3: kind of mesh together along the line over the last
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  Speaker 3: couple weeks, how happy are you guys with their progression
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  Speaker 3: and just their comfort around one another?
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  Speaker 2: I think the progress is certainly exciting.
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  Speaker 4: I don't know that that progress is ever done because
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  Speaker 4: it's going to be probably a couple different iterations between
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  Speaker 4: now and the beginning of the season or even the
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  Speaker 4: beginning of the season to the end of the season.
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  Speaker 2: You're never satisfied. You're never necessarily content with it.
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  Speaker 4: But It's really enjoyable to see those guys progress in
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  Speaker 4: their communication and chemistry, working together, whether it's in the
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  Speaker 4: protection game, picking up twist games, or whether it's in
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  Speaker 4: the run game, identifying different fronts. So really excited about
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  Speaker 4: the future and outlook of that group.
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  Speaker 2: When you're calling.
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  Speaker 4: Plays in the preseason finale, are you calling specific plays
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  Speaker 4: to get a specific look at.
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  Speaker 1: One guy or two guys on a specific play.
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  Speaker 2: Just to fill out the mind on whether.
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  Speaker 1: He's going to make the roster or not?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a great question.
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  Speaker 4: There are instances where you are certainly calling a specific
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  Speaker 4: play for a certain guy because you want to give
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  Speaker 4: him an opportunity to go make a play or run
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  Speaker 4: a certain route or an offensive lineman make a certain block.
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  Speaker 4: And then there are other plays where you want to
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  Speaker 4: see three guys work together and say, can these three
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  Speaker 4: guys work cohesively together to execute a concept or a
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  Speaker 4: release pattern as receivers or a certain block combination by
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  Speaker 4: the offensive line? So sometimes it's one guy, sometimes it's
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  Speaker 4: three guys, and then sometimes it's the whole offense.
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  Speaker 2: Can they execute a certain concept?
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  Speaker 4: So there's kind of, a little bit of a science
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  Speaker 4: to it sometimes where you're calling plays where you might
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  Speaker 4: not always call on a real game because you're trying
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  Speaker 4: to get things evaluated, but we know that's the purpose
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  Speaker 4: of preseason to hopefully set us up for success when
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  Speaker 4: the games are counting in the regular season.
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  Speaker 5: How tough is this week kind of narrowing it down
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  Speaker 5: to 53 when you've got so many guys out here putting.
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  Speaker 2: In it every day?
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  Speaker 4: I probably don't have words to describe how tough it is. Honestly,
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  Speaker 4: it might be the worst part. There aren't very many
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  Speaker 4: bad parts about coaching and especially being here at the Jaguars,
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  Speaker 4: an organization like this, but it probably is the worst
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  Speaker 4: part having to see guys who work so hard in
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  Speaker 4: the offseason, guys who you care so deeply about, who
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  Speaker 4: have invested so much in the team, and everything they
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  Speaker 4: put out there on the field and see them leave is,
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  Speaker 4: you know, probably the toughest part in coaching. So it's
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  Speaker 4: extremely difficult. Like I said, I don't have words that
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  Speaker 4: do it justice because you appreciate all the work that
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  Speaker 4: these guys put in.
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  Speaker 3: Liam said yesterday he's happy with the progress of the
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  Speaker 3: running game. I'm sure you guys had an idea of
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  Speaker 3: how C-Rod and Toon would kind of complement each other,
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  Speaker 3: but just seeing that kind of come to life over
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  Speaker 3: the last month, what's that been like?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it was.
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  Speaker 4: Certainly long awaited with the spring. We didn't get to
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  Speaker 4: see those guys working together. So to actually see them
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  Speaker 4: in live action really between this joint practice and the
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  Speaker 4: Carolina joint practice, kind of see both those guys hit
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  Speaker 4: their stride with some of the different run concepts we've
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  Speaker 4: been trying to hit and some of the different reads
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  Speaker 4: we've been developing and really see those guys be able
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  Speaker 4: to go out and play fast, finally hit their groove
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  Speaker 4: and not have to go out there and think about
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  Speaker 4: who am I reading, what am I looking at, and
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  Speaker 4: just go out there and play and play free. So
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  Speaker 4: that's been the most exciting part about seeing those guys
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  Speaker 4: reach that level of progression. Like I said with the
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  Speaker 4: offensive line, that progression's never done, but it's nice to
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  Speaker 4: kind of hit that threshold and see the glimpses of
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  Speaker 4: their hard work, their studying in the meeting rooms, their
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  Speaker 4: work in the indoor and the walkthrough rooms, see that materialize.
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  Speaker 2: How would you describe Trevor's offseason? Could you do it
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  Speaker 2: in like one or two words?
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  Speaker 1: One or two words? Describe the offseason.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, man. I don't know if I can do one
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  Speaker 2: or two words, D-Rock. That's a tough one. I don't
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  Speaker 2: even know if I could do 10 words, to be
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  Speaker 2: honest with you. That's a really tough one.
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  Speaker 4: I would say that if I had to pick one
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  Speaker 4: or two, progress would probably be in there, process, consistency.
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  Speaker 4: One of those three would probably be among the two
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  Speaker 4: because I probably have said it a thousand times.
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  Speaker 2: You guys are probably sick of hearing it, how we
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  Speaker 2: know that progress is not a straight line.
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  Speaker 4: But the consistency to show up day after day after
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  Speaker 4: day and build on what we had last year but
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  Speaker 4: not take any of those details and fundamentals and foundational
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  Speaker 4: steps for granted and continue to work over and over
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  Speaker 4: and over at those things, whether it's a drop in
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  Speaker 4: technique and fundamentals or whether it's a read or whether
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  Speaker 4: it's just calling a certain play or a certain motion.
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  Speaker 2: All of those things are so important.
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  Speaker 4: They're critical for the success of not only the quarterback
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  Speaker 4: but all 11 on the offense. And he's a guy
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  Speaker 4: that has continued to work at all aspects of that,
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  Speaker 4: which is, once again, why he's such a joy to coach.
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  Speaker 3: It seems like Amir Gula just showed up consistently throughout camp.
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  Speaker 3: What's it been like just being around him and what
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  Speaker 3: he's brought to the room with.
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  Speaker 1: All his experience?
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  Speaker 2: Amir's been awesome to be around.
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  Speaker 4: I was fortunate enough to be around him briefly in Carolina,
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  Speaker 4: and it's like time has stood still.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he hasn't changed at all.
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  Speaker 4: He works so hard at it. He's one of the
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  Speaker 4: first guys in the building taking care of his body,
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  Speaker 4: doing all the extra work, rolling around doing flips on
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  Speaker 4: the physio ball, all sorts of stuff I can't even describe.
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  Speaker 4: I don't even know what he's doing in there. You'd
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  Speaker 4: have to ask him what some of those moves are called.
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  Speaker 4: But he's such a pro about it, his approach from
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  Speaker 4: the off-field stuff, taking care of his body, and that
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  Speaker 4: carries over to the same way he prepares in the classroom,
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  Speaker 4: in the meeting room, film study, all that stuff. So
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  Speaker 4: I think he's a great guy not only for the
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  Speaker 4: offense and what he adds as a player, but he's
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  Speaker 4: a great guy for the young backs, the young receivers,
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  Speaker 4: the young offensive linemen to be around and see a
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  Speaker 4: guy that's had sustained success for so long in this
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  Speaker 4: league and what that actually looks like.
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  Speaker 5: I know we've spoken a lot about how impressive C.J.
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  Speaker 5: Williams has been, but what's been the biggest progression that
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  Speaker 5: you've seen from when he came in the door in
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  Speaker 5: rookie minicamp to now?
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  Speaker 2: That's a good question.
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  Speaker 4: I don't know that there's one thing that necessarily jumps
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  Speaker 4: out because when you're in it day after day, it
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  Speaker 4: kind of just builds slowly over time. I think that
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  Speaker 4: there's a different confidence when you go out there and
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  Speaker 4: you have a mastery of the system and you can
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  Speaker 4: go out there and snap the huddle and you're not
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  Speaker 4: thinking about the playing. You're not thinking about which way
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  Speaker 4: do I lined up that he's inched closer and closer
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  Speaker 4: to do. Now he's been challenged to play multiple positions
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  Speaker 4: as really all the wide receivers has, but he's really
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  Speaker 4: excelled at understanding his role and what he can add
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  Speaker 4: value to the offense and And I think as he
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  Speaker 4: grew into the comfortability with how we're talking about defenses,
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  Speaker 4: how we're talking about routes, and understood the language, terminology,
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  Speaker 4: the way that receivers are communicating out there, that's really
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  Speaker 4: what's accelerated the growth and highlighted some of the plays
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  Speaker 4: that he's made. Whether it's the pass game or the
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  Speaker 4: run game, you see phenomenal blocks out there as well.
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  Speaker 6: You mentioned the idea earlier of players playing free. I'm
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  Speaker 6: sure it's different for every player, but is there usually
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  Speaker 6: a typical path for that, like mastering the system or
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  Speaker 6: just being present?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, there's so much that goes into it, and I think...
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  Speaker 4: it starts with that mastery of the system and preparation process. And,
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  Speaker 4: you know, we have a bunch of different analogies that
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  Speaker 4: we talk about, whether it's whenever you first do anything,
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  Speaker 4: you're thinking about all the steps and processes that go
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  Speaker 4: into it. And then once you've really got it down,
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  Speaker 4: whether it's driving a car or whether it's riding a bike,
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  Speaker 4: whatever analogy you want to use, you really don't think
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  Speaker 4: about all the steps that go into it.
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  Speaker 2: And we're trying to achieve.
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  Speaker 4: That level of mastery, that level of playing free and,
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  Speaker 4: We know it's never going to be automatic out there
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  Speaker 4: because the football, you know, the game is gray where
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  Speaker 4: there's going to be decisions made. There's going to be
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  Speaker 4: different looks. There's going to be different timing. But we
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  Speaker 4: want to try to limit as much thinking as possible
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  Speaker 4: and really just let them process and play. So I
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  Speaker 4: think it starts with the master of the system, know
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  Speaker 4: what you're doing, and then over time with the experience
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  Speaker 4: of seeing all the different looks, you see quarterbacks, especially
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  Speaker 4: guys who are playing well late in their career, it's
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  Speaker 4: hard to show them a defense or a different look
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  Speaker 4: that they haven't seen before. And it just accelerates their
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  Speaker 4: processing by that much because they have the ability to
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  Speaker 4: recall what they've seen, they recognize a pattern, and they
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  Speaker 4: make a quick decision. That's a quarterback, but it's the
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  Speaker 4: same thing for a running back, wide receiver, tight end.
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  Speaker 6: Speaking of not getting a lot of looks, like, quarterback
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  Speaker 6: rushing and scrambling is obviously a big thing. Over the
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  Speaker 6: course of the second half of last season, you want
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  Speaker 6: to rely on Trevor, especially in, like, the red zone
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  Speaker 6: area and stuff like that. You can't really simulate a
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  Speaker 6: lot of reps. Is there, like, stuff you can do
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  Speaker 6: behind the scenes to, like, improve Trevor as a rusher?
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  Speaker 4: That's an excellent question because it is extremely challenging so
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  Speaker 4: you probably notice when we get plays that break down
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  Speaker 4: and we have the opportunity to work a scramble in
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  Speaker 4: a team setting or even a seven on seven setting
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  Speaker 4: that we were in here where there's no pass rush
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  Speaker 4: we're still going to try to make that as much
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  Speaker 4: of a game rep as possible you can't fully replicate
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  Speaker 4: it because there's no opportunity to get hit there's nobody
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  Speaker 4: chasing you in those but we want to try to
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  Speaker 4: take those opportunities to practice those reps at full speed
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  Speaker 4: Because we'll go out there and we'll put together drills
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  Speaker 4: and try to build it into drills or team periods.
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  Speaker 4: But it's a different, it's really a different process when
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  Speaker 4: you know the scramble is coming versus when you have
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  Speaker 4: to instantaneously respond and you're not thinking it and you're
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  Speaker 4: not expecting it. So it's one of those things that
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  Speaker 4: is extremely hard to practice knowing that the quarterback's not
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  Speaker 4: getting hit out here.
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  Speaker 5: We saw Tanner go off the field during his special
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  Speaker 5: teams rep and then kind of walk it off. Does
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  Speaker 5: he seem okay?
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  Speaker 2: I'll let Liam handle those things, yeah. I'm sure I'll
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  Speaker 2: update you next time he talks to you.
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  Speaker 1: Anybody else?
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  Speaker 4: Perfect thanks guys the feeling you guys get when it's
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  Speaker 4: you know it's the last day of camp and you
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  Speaker 4: don't have to be out here anymore um.
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  Speaker 1: Is it today say last day i guess is that
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  Speaker 1: what honestly i feel like we yeah i've uh it's
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  Speaker 1: i always feel like there's always something around the corner
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  Speaker 1: to stay ready for because uh you know next week
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  Speaker 1: is kind of an in-between week as well and we
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  Speaker 1: still got some prep this week to finish up so
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  Speaker 1: but i mean just in general that feeling of the
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  Speaker 1: season being so close and Obviously, in camp, when you
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  Speaker 1: start off, it's just, you know, you have so much
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  Speaker 1: camp ahead of you and so much time to work
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  Speaker 1: on different things, and it can be kind of a grind.
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  Speaker 1: But then now when you get to this point, you're like, man,
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  Speaker 1: we got, I mean, two weeks, less than two weeks
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  Speaker 1: before we're preparing to play Cleveland. But, I mean, we
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  Speaker 1: play in basically two weeks. So, no, that sounds crazy
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  Speaker 1: thinking about it and just realizing how close it is,
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  Speaker 1: how far we've come, but still how much work we
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  Speaker 1: have to do to get ready for week one. And
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  Speaker 1: we're on track, but we just got to keep, We've
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  Speaker 1: got to keep plugging away every day. You can't relax.
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  Speaker 1: But physically, obviously, I think Coach does a really good
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  Speaker 1: job of transitioning and shifting to where guys can kind
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  Speaker 1: of get their bodies back a little bit.
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  Speaker 7: Can you dive into Cleveland tape immediately?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll start that, you know, maybe not today, but
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  Speaker 1: as this next week and a half goes, we'll start
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  Speaker 1: that more and more. I'm sure next week's practice will
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  Speaker 1: definitely be more geared towards those looks and trying to
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  Speaker 1: get some preparation started on Cleveland. And you don't have
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  Speaker 1: the whole game plan in by any means, but you
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  Speaker 1: just start getting familiar with the defense you're playing and
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  Speaker 1: and what you're uh what you're going to get coming
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  Speaker 1: into week one so you can be a little bit ahead.
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  Speaker 6: Time and time again that last season was about finding
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  Speaker 6: your edge this offseason is about attacking the edge but
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  Speaker 6: training camp wrapped up from an offensive standpoint strictly what
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  Speaker 6: would you say is the edge of this offensive.
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  Speaker 1: Unit you know i think that we're when we play
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  Speaker 1: with an edge up front and the physicality that I
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  Speaker 1: know we're capable of. We're really, really good. And those guys,
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  Speaker 1: that unit up front has done an awesome job of
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  Speaker 1: responding every day. It's not always going to be perfect,
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  Speaker 1: but just the physicality that we've played with the last
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  Speaker 1: two weeks, moving people in the run game, protecting. And then, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: we have playmakers outside that can go and make plays
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  Speaker 1: and I can get it to them. But it all
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  Speaker 1: starts up front. I think those guys have done a
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  Speaker 1: good job of owning that. And we've got to continue
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  Speaker 1: to buy into that because that's really what it's about.
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  Speaker 1: We're on both sides of the ball, but, you know, especially–
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  Speaker 1: an offense, up front, those guys just having that edge,
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  Speaker 1: and they've done a great job of it. We just
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  Speaker 1: got to keep working it. I think we found out
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  Speaker 1: what we need to get better at also through training camp,
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  Speaker 1: and some of the details, the attention to detail, whether
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  Speaker 1: it's formations, motions, different checks, just being ready for everything.
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  Speaker 1: Our whole operation just needs to continue to sharpen and
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  Speaker 1: refine and move quicker, and I'm a big part of that,
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  Speaker 1: and guys knowing what to do, all that is, and
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  Speaker 1: we got better, but that's just something that I still
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  Speaker 1: think we need to work on. So that's another thing
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  Speaker 1: is you find out what you need to get better at.
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  Speaker 1: And I think we know that and can continue to
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  Speaker 1: attack it and work on it.
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  Speaker 4: Since your last few weeks personally, uh, did you get
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  Speaker 4: out of camp what you wanted to?
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  Speaker 1: Sorry, what'd you say?
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  Speaker 4: Since your last few weeks personally, did you get out
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  Speaker 4: of camp what you wanted to?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I feel like, um, individually definitely got, got better
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  Speaker 1: every day. I feel like I found a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of a groove the last week or so. Um, like
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  Speaker 1: I said, every day wasn't my best and it can
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  Speaker 1: be frustrating because you want the result, but it's taking
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  Speaker 1: a step back and using it. That's what we talk
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  Speaker 1: about in our room all the time is the practice
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  Speaker 1: is only as good as what you learn from it,
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  Speaker 1: whether it's good or bad. So I think that's something
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  Speaker 1: that we focused on this year. And so, Hey, there's something,
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  Speaker 1: there's a handful of bad plays out there that I
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  Speaker 1: need to learn from and get better from. But as
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  Speaker 1: long as I do that and move forward, we're going
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  Speaker 1: to be fine. I know I'm going to make, make
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  Speaker 1: a bunch of plays too. So I think just continuing
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  Speaker 1: to be detailed, you know, I think, taking completions, all
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  Speaker 1: those things, something I wanted to work on. I think
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  Speaker 1: I did a better job of it over the last
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  Speaker 1: week or so. Creating off schedule and being smart with
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  Speaker 1: the football, all those things are things that I do well,
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  Speaker 1: but I also need to work on. So that was
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  Speaker 1: a big point of emphasis that I think I got
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  Speaker 1: better at.
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  Speaker 7: Where are you in terms of building on what you
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  Speaker 7: created last year culture-wise, but then also having to start
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  Speaker 7: over at the same time, knowing that 40% of the
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  Speaker 7: team is going to turn over?
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  Speaker 1: Do you have any thoughts about that? Yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you mean turnover just from now, over this next week
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  Speaker 1: with losing a bunch of guys, you're saying, or just
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  Speaker 1: from last season?
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  Speaker 7: The culture that you built and that you want to sustain, right?
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  Speaker 7: I mean, the accountability that you have for each other.
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  Speaker 7: Do you have to start over every year, or can
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  Speaker 7: you build on that?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, start over in the sense of you've got
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  Speaker 1: to earn it every year with your new team, your
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  Speaker 1: new group of guys. Obviously, there's a lot of carryover,
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  Speaker 1: but I think the whole idea of, you know, Working
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  Speaker 1: your tail off out here and earning the right to
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  Speaker 1: be successful and to win and to make plays, that's
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  Speaker 1: a real thing. You've got to feel that as a team.
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  Speaker 1: If you don't feel that, there is some doubt that
• 13:45
  Speaker 1: can creep in. It's like, are we ready? I know
• 13:48
  Speaker 1: we're not going to be asking ourselves that come week one.
• 13:51
  Speaker 1: We've put the time and we've put the work in.
• 13:52
  Speaker 1: We've got to continue to do that, and we need
• 13:53
  Speaker 1: to get better. But as far as finding the edge,
• 13:58
  Speaker 1: being that tough team, getting better and better fundamentally and technique-wise.
• 14:03
  Speaker 1: I mean, all of those things are what we've preached
• 14:05
  Speaker 1: and talked about and guys have worked super hard at.
• 14:07
  Speaker 1: So you do have to start over from that sense
• 14:09
  Speaker 1: of actually doing it in training camp. But you also
• 14:12
  Speaker 1: hope there's an expectation and a culture that when you
• 14:14
  Speaker 1: walk into this building, you see that with the guys
• 14:17
  Speaker 1: that have been here and the way we practice and play,
• 14:19
  Speaker 1: there should be a standard that you feel and it's
• 14:21
  Speaker 1: easier to hop into line. Yeah, no doubt.
• 14:25
  Speaker 6: What's your favorite thing about Liam's offense? You've had a
• 14:27
  Speaker 6: little bit over a year to be in it.
• 14:32
  Speaker 1: I think just the way we marry. I've said before
• 14:37
  Speaker 1: the whole can system and being able to run when
• 14:40
  Speaker 1: we want to into the right look. I think that's
• 14:43
  Speaker 1: obviously a huge part of having a successful offense, but
• 14:45
  Speaker 1: also marrying the run, the pass, the play action, all
• 14:50
  Speaker 1: that stuff, the screens, the movements, all that stuff looking
• 14:53
  Speaker 1: the same. When you get to you run it all
• 14:56
  Speaker 1: against our defense and they see it every day. So
• 14:58
  Speaker 1: you don't always get the same response as when you
• 15:00
  Speaker 1: run it against a new defense that comes in. And
• 15:02
  Speaker 1: some of these plays work a little bit better because
• 15:05
  Speaker 1: you're running against a team that hasn't seen it yet.
• 15:06
  Speaker 1: So all the stuff we've been doing in training camp,
• 15:08
  Speaker 1: it's cool to see, you know, some of that come
• 15:10
  Speaker 1: to life against Tampa and it's Carolina because they haven't
• 15:13
  Speaker 1: been practicing against us every day and they're not ready
• 15:15
  Speaker 1: for some of the wrinkles that we had. So I
• 15:17
  Speaker 1: think that's the cool part. And it reminds you why you,
• 15:20
  Speaker 1: you have all the little similarities, why there's all these
• 15:23
  Speaker 1: motions and shifts and, why we're teaching in a certain way.
• 15:25
  Speaker 1: And it's just a good reminder for guys like, hey,
• 15:28
  Speaker 1: if this all can look the same, if we can
• 15:29
  Speaker 1: be detailed, you know, it's going to create a lot
• 15:31
  Speaker 1: of opportunities for us.
• 15:33
  Speaker 8: You know, if there was a change at center that
• 15:36
  Speaker 8: would affect you, no question about it as to who
• 15:39
  Speaker 8: the man would be. But with all the changes on
• 15:41
  Speaker 8: the offensive line, how much effect does that have on
• 15:45
  Speaker 8: you as far as maybe their nuances or you know
• 15:47
  Speaker 8: they're going to do this, but they're not going to
• 15:49
  Speaker 8: do that? What's that like?
• 15:52
  Speaker 1: I mean, there's obviously a little bit of an adjustment,
• 15:54
  Speaker 1: especially at center when you get snaps a little bit differently.
• 15:58
  Speaker 1: And Jonah's done a great job, and I've gotten a
• 16:00
  Speaker 1: ton of reps with him, so I also feel really
• 16:02
  Speaker 1: comfortable if he has to come in. I know he's
• 16:06
  Speaker 1: a great player. I know he's ready, and we've communicated
• 16:08
  Speaker 1: a lot, so there's not a ton there. I'd say
• 16:11
  Speaker 1: just with all the guys over-communicating when new guys come
• 16:13
  Speaker 1: in at the line of scrimmage, and they might not
• 16:16
  Speaker 1: be used to the same I guess, checks or the
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: timing of everything. So just making sure that I'm over-communicating,
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: that everybody's on the same page. It's something to emphasize
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: when you're shuffling guys around up front. I think it's
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: great practice for us because we've all talked about the
• 16:30
  Speaker 1: O-line deal and the real possibility of that having to
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: happen at some point where you plug in another guy.
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: So I think having all those guys ready at different
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: positions is really valuable.
• 16:41
  Speaker 8: What's the growing pains for Craig Nott? Just your thoughts on,
• 16:44
  Speaker 8: you know, he's been there now for about a week
• 16:46
  Speaker 8: over at left guard.
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: I think he's done an awesome job. He plays hard.
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: I mean, he's huge. He's strong. You can tell he cares.
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: He plays super hard. I think that's the first thing
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: you notice. And then mentally, it's not been too much
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: for him. Obviously, he is a rookie, and there's still
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: a lot to learn, and there's looks every day that
• 17:04
  Speaker 1: you can teach off of, but he's not lost at all.
• 17:07
  Speaker 1: He knows what he's doing. There's a lot of plays
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: that we can clean up, but as far as knowing
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: what he's doing and playing hard, he's got that down.
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: I think he's protected well. He's been moving people in
• 17:15
  Speaker 1: the run game. He's athletic. I mean, he's done an
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: awesome job. So I think we've got a bunch of
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: guys up front that can play and play well, and
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: I love what I'm seeing from E-Man. What kind of
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: game does Toon have, just from your perspective? He's been great.
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: I think also a guy that's just gotten better every day.
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: As he's gotten more and more reps of all of
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: our runs versus different looks, you see some of the
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: ones he hit yesterday. He had some great runs, and
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: he's seeing it really well. I think yesterday was the
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: best he's seen as far as just running smooth, full speed,
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: hitting it, trusting his track, all those things. I mean,
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: he looked really, really good, I think, as a pass catcher,
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: getting better every day, done some really nice things. And
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: just his whole attitude the entire camp has been a
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: really good one, just wanting to get better, talking to
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: me after every rep, wanting to know what happened on
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: this play or that play, and just wanting to learn more.
• 18:04
  Speaker 6: What can you do to improve as a rusher? It's
• 18:06
  Speaker 6: obviously pretty tough to fully simulate scrambles out here, so
• 18:09
  Speaker 6: is there anything you can do behind the scenes to
• 18:12
  Speaker 6: work on that aspect of your game, or is there
• 18:14
  Speaker 6: something where you really have to just rely on in-game
• 18:16
  Speaker 6: experience and natural instincts?
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: Yeah, obviously it can be tougher in practice. I just
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: talked about this with Liam and Grant, of trying to
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: make the reps in practice a little bit more real.
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: When I do scramble, I think it's easy in practice
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: sometimes to get out on the perimeter and take your time,
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: you wait, wait, wait, then you throw up a ball
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: that you probably shouldn't throw and maybe it gets picked
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: or it's in traffic and just some bad habits. I've
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: had a couple of those this training camp of just
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: being smart because those are really the only times you
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: get to work it and making those real reps where
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: you get out of the pocket, even if it's seven
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: on seven, get out of the pocket and let the
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: receivers see me do that so they can get used
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: to reacting and getting open because if you don't work
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: it in practice and then week one you want these
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: guys to run around and get open off schedule and
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: they haven't seen it all training camp. it's probably not
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: going to happen. So I need to do a better
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: job of doing it more for these guys so we
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: can be ready to roll. And we've had some really
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: good ones in the red zone, though, in team periods
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: throughout all the training camp. But I think just taking
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: every opportunity I can because our defense, you know, unfortunately
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: for our offense, but fortunately for our defense, they covered
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: a lot of stuff this camp where probably could have
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: scrambled a little bit more instead of trying to squeeze
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: one into the backside, you know, in or whatever. So
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: I think that's something that definitely want to continue to
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: work these next two weeks.
• 19:31
  Speaker 3: What growth did you and Brian have this offseason?
• 19:34
  Speaker 6: I know you've talked about it a lot, but now
• 19:35
  Speaker 6: that you're finally right at the finish line.
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: A lot of growth. I think just the trust between
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: us because we've communicated so much has just grown a lot.
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: Certain routes I know exactly what he's going to do.
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: He's a really he's just really consistent in his approach
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: and what he does he tells you something and how
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: he's going to run a route and then he goes
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: and he does it like that you know it's not
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: it sounds simple but not everyone's like that I play
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: with a lot of guys that are really good receivers
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: but you say you're going to run it one way
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: then you get in the game or the live period
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: and the route looks completely different and he's not one
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: of those guys I think he's really detailed and he's
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: really smart and just building that trust to where It's
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: gotten to the point now where I'm letting a lot
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: of these throws go before he's even starting his cut.
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: I'm trusting where he's going to be. He's getting to
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: the spot. Obviously, you guys saw the deep one yesterday.
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: That's always going to be a weapon of his. But
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: I think the entire route tree and all the cuts
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: he's gotten so much better at, and we've gotten our
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: timing and still more work to do. But I love
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: where we're at right now.
• 20:31
  Speaker 5: Last one.
• 20:33
  Speaker 7: How's the timing with Travis Hunter?
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: You guys haven't really got a lot together. Yeah, it's
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: something that we're going to just continue to chip away
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: at as we go. it's hard to get everything every
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: day with him also, you know, playing defense. So it
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: can be a challenge, but I think just continue to
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: chip away when I can, you know, over this next
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: week or two, just talking to, talking with him through
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: some things, making sure he's good on just some overall
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: things that we're doing on offense, making sure he feels comfortable.
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: You know, it's tough. You don't get quite as much time,
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: but I feel like, When the opportunity comes up, we're
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: going to have him ready, and he's going to be
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: able to do whatever we need him to do.