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Press Pass | Lawrence: "We just have so many weapons." · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: It's good. It's a good first day.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we came out here, you stay, did our
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  Speaker 2: conditioning test, kind of get our legs under us, and
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  Speaker 2: then first day of practicing today. I think the guys
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  Speaker 2: look good, everybody's healthy.
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  Speaker 1: It's good first day. You just got to keep building
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  Speaker 1: off of it, but definitely a good start.
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  Speaker 3: Is there a different vibe around this team this year,
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  Speaker 3: just considering what you guys were.
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  Speaker 1: Able to do last season week? Definitely, I think just
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  Speaker 1: the energy and the confidence is already there.
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  Speaker 2: You know, last year, I think everybody was excited, but
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  Speaker 2: there was a lot, a lot of new faces, a
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  Speaker 2: lot of moving parts, and still a lot of questions
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  Speaker 2: to be answered. And of course it's a new year
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  Speaker 2: and we have to we have to go prove ourselves.
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  Speaker 2: But just the confidence and the energy that we have
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  Speaker 2: based off of what we've done and the amount of
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  Speaker 2: work we put in together over the past I guess
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  Speaker 2: year and a half now with some of these guys,
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  Speaker 2: you feel that confidence.
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  Speaker 1: And the energy for sure.
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  Speaker 3: Forever.
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  Speaker 1: Where were you when you found out about Evan getting
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  Speaker 1: this seal?
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  Speaker 2: We were actually we were actually together. We were out
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  Speaker 2: in Arizona for a skills trip and they were all
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  Speaker 2: at dinner. I kind of hate tell the story, kind
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  Speaker 2: of packed in early that night, and then of course
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  Speaker 2: his deal got done like forty five minutes after I left,
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  Speaker 2: so they were celebrating, and we were on the same
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  Speaker 2: flight back to Atlanta the next morning, so I got
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  Speaker 2: to talk to him and just obviously super excited that
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  Speaker 2: he's back and just what he means this team. Obviously
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  Speaker 2: he's a really talented guy, but you know, his work ethic,
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  Speaker 2: the way he carries himself, you know, leadership, all those things.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's really what you know makes you want
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  Speaker 2: a guy like that and want to keep him for sure.
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  Speaker 1: So he's a huge impact for us. So you woke
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  Speaker 1: up and you saw the tweet. Yeah, So I didn't
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  Speaker 1: even know until the next morning.
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  Speaker 2: And then you know, I saw some some stuff in
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  Speaker 2: our group message and obviously saw all the posts and
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  Speaker 2: all that, and then I saw him at like five
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  Speaker 2: am we were going to the airport, So we talked
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  Speaker 2: about it real early and just super excited for him
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  Speaker 2: and his family, and he's worked really hard to earn that,
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  Speaker 2: and obviously he's had some challenges in his career and
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  Speaker 2: I got a fresh star here and he's just taking
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  Speaker 2: advantage of it, and it's it's been fun getting to
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  Speaker 2: know him and work with him.
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  Speaker 1: Where are you, guys in terms of getting that offense
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  Speaker 1: molded to what you want to do, what fits you best,
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  Speaker 1: and how you like it.
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  Speaker 3: Are you guys still have a lot more work to
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  Speaker 3: do with that or are you kind of did you
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  Speaker 3: get most at times?
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  Speaker 1: Bring? I mean, I think it's it's kind of always evolving.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you try to you know who you are
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  Speaker 2: and you know what you're good at, and I think
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  Speaker 2: we learned a lot of that last year, especially with
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  Speaker 2: the guys that we have, including myself.
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  Speaker 1: You know what we do best and what we're really
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  Speaker 1: good at.
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  Speaker 2: But you also have to keep getting better and keep
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  Speaker 2: evolving and you have to add new wrinkles. So I
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  Speaker 2: think it's always changing. But you know what your bread
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  Speaker 2: and butter is. You know what you're good at, and
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  Speaker 2: you find different ways to continue to do that and
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  Speaker 2: to maybe make it look different or have different guys
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  Speaker 2: doing similar things. Whatever it is, you just you kind
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  Speaker 2: of mix it up, but you also try to get
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  Speaker 2: better and try to introduce new things. So there's a
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  Speaker 2: there's a balance of that, and that's kind of what
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  Speaker 2: training camps for It's not about you know, of course
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  Speaker 2: we want to we want our beat it. We want
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  Speaker 2: to beat our defense every ret. But really we're just
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  Speaker 2: installing stuff and we're trying to run these plays against
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  Speaker 2: every different look you could see, so we're not necessarily
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  Speaker 2: game planning and putting in all right, this is the
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  Speaker 2: play we want specifically for this guy. We want everybody
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  Speaker 2: to do everything. Let's see see what they can do
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  Speaker 2: and find who's who's best at what.
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  Speaker 3: Had a few months to kind of fill out Calvin
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  Speaker 3: and get to know him, but he still has some
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  Speaker 3: prizy catches out there, does he ever? Why you still
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  Speaker 3: or are you kind of past the wow factor just
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  Speaker 3: with what you can do?
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  Speaker 1: No, he's still he still is impressive.
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  Speaker 2: I mean just watching him the way he runs, there's
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  Speaker 2: not many guys like that, especially in and out of
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  Speaker 2: his breaks, and you know, he's just really crafty, obviously
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  Speaker 2: great ball skills and then just you haven't even seen
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  Speaker 2: it yet because we're not in pads and we're not
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  Speaker 2: full contact, but I think after the catch he's really
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  Speaker 2: really good too. So and and you know in spring
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  Speaker 2: we were still kind of working them in so we
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  Speaker 2: didn't get you know a ton of reps. So now
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  Speaker 2: that we're camp, we're full go. I'm excited just to
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  Speaker 2: continue to build on that. He's gonna fit in really
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  Speaker 2: well with with that group, you know, with Za and
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  Speaker 2: Ag and Christian and Evan and all.
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  Speaker 1: The other receivers. He's gonna fit in great. What's important
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  Speaker 1: here before the pants go on for the offense?
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  Speaker 3: What what's what do you want to you know, get accomplished.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, the mindset doesn't change. We're still just trying
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  Speaker 1: to be clean.
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  Speaker 2: I think from the from the huddle to the snap
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  Speaker 2: to you know, all the way through, all the way
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  Speaker 2: through the play is just how how consistent, how clean
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  Speaker 2: can we be? You know, formationally have everyone going in
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  Speaker 2: the right spot, communicating different looks. I mean, even though
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  Speaker 2: we don't have pads on, we're still gonna get a
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  Speaker 2: lot of good reps against our defense. It's not full contact,
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  Speaker 2: but still those reps are really valuable. So we'll have
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  Speaker 2: a lot of days without pads. So you're just learning
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  Speaker 2: how to practice that way and how to get the
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  Speaker 2: most out of it. And I think for as a quarterback,
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  Speaker 2: you're always looking for that timing with all your guys
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  Speaker 2: and what like we talked about all the different routes
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  Speaker 2: that they might run, and during the season, yeah, that
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  Speaker 2: might dwindle down a little bit and we might get
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  Speaker 2: more specific on each guy. But you try to get
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  Speaker 2: a feel for all the guys and all the different
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  Speaker 2: routes and how they're gonna run them, how you're gonna
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  Speaker 2: throw them, what they're gonna do versus different coverages. And
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  Speaker 2: our defense does a really good job of mixing it up,
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  Speaker 2: so we have to we have to learn how to
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  Speaker 2: address all the issues that could show up versus different
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  Speaker 2: looks and coverages and matchups. So I think it's been
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  Speaker 2: really good for us and it's going to continue to
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  Speaker 2: be good for us.
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  Speaker 1: It's in the chemistry between you and the wide receivers.
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  Speaker 1: It seems like everybody loves each other and the vibe
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  Speaker 1: is just great on the field. As far as what
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  Speaker 1: we've seen today, it's great. You know, we have a
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  Speaker 1: really good relationship.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously, Cal is the new guy besides the rookies, but
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  Speaker 2: he's just fitting great. You know. He's a guy that
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  Speaker 2: works hard, treats people well, and and just goes about
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  Speaker 2: his business.
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  Speaker 1: So he's gonna fit in well with our group.
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  Speaker 2: And I think that's the biggest thing that we've done,
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  Speaker 2: is we have a culture of just not being selfish.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's not about one guy, It's about the
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  Speaker 2: overall success of the team. And I think when you
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  Speaker 2: have that culture and guys come into it, it's easy
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  Speaker 2: just to go along with that. And I think that's
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  Speaker 2: what we've set and that's how guys carry themselves, you know.
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  Speaker 1: It's it's easier when you.
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  Speaker 2: Don't have to deal with egos, and we don't really
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  Speaker 2: have any guys that have egos, and that especially makes
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  Speaker 2: it easier as a quarterback. You know, you just try
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  Speaker 2: to do your job and and put yourself in a
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  Speaker 2: position to win the game. And I think everybody knows
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  Speaker 2: that and is on the same page with that, And
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  Speaker 2: I think that's what makes us work and jail really
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  Speaker 2: well together.
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  Speaker 1: Really like how good is he and specifically Kirk at
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  Speaker 1: their craft. Just a little.
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  Speaker 2: Details of them really good and they're really different, and
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  Speaker 2: I think that's what's good for us. It is they
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  Speaker 2: can do They both can do really different things, but
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  Speaker 2: as far as what they do, they're they're both really
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  Speaker 2: really good route runners, really smart, know how to set
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  Speaker 2: guys up. Obviously, Christian works primarily in the slot, and
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  Speaker 2: he's really good in space and working.
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  Speaker 1: That that area of the field.
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  Speaker 2: And Calvin, you know, is that outside guy, and that's
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  Speaker 2: I think just one on one whatever it is, he's
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  Speaker 2: going to be able to go win for us on
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  Speaker 2: a lot of different things. So having that option is
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  Speaker 2: going to really open our offense up. Along with Zay
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  Speaker 2: as well, we got I mean, we got two guys
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  Speaker 2: outside their studs. We got Christian inside and Evan as well,
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  Speaker 2: depend on what it is, we also got ag I mean,
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  Speaker 2: we just have so many weapons. It's gonna be tough
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  Speaker 2: for defenses to you know, know what to expect because
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  Speaker 2: we can also do so many different things. We're not
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  Speaker 2: one dimensional. Those guys can do a lot of different things.
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  Speaker 2: They can run every route. So it's gonna help us
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  Speaker 2: a lot.
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  Speaker 3: In your position for skill guys, the running backs, the
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  Speaker 3: tight ends, the receivers. Would you put that group in
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  Speaker 3: totality up against anybody.
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  Speaker 1: Else in the NFL? I would, Yeah, I would.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously, we have a lot of work to do and
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  Speaker 2: through training camp we'll keep finding out how how good
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  Speaker 2: we are. But as far as just talent goes, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, the guys that were here last year and
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  Speaker 2: we have that chemistry and that connection. I feel really
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  Speaker 2: confident in our group up against anyone. You know, we
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  Speaker 2: don't play against the other skill groups. That's the thing,
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  Speaker 2: so it doesn't really matter as much. But to your point,
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  Speaker 2: I do think we're we were evenly matched, if not above,
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  Speaker 2: So I feel really confident in it.
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  Speaker 3: Emphasis on getting off the better starts this year consistently
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  Speaker 3: in games, which.
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  Speaker 1: Would also help the defense in the past. Rush all that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I mean, I think that's the big thing
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  Speaker 2: is throughout the whole season, even when we played well,
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  Speaker 2: it seemed like we always kind of started slow. So
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  Speaker 2: just finding a way to start the game, how we
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  Speaker 2: finish those games towards the end of the year.
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  Speaker 1: Just try to make it easier on us.
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  Speaker 2: Not every game has to be a ten, seventeen to
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  Speaker 2: twenty seven point come back, you know, try to start
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  Speaker 2: that way and maybe keep a lead or at least
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  Speaker 2: keep it tight and then go finish the end of
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  Speaker 2: the game. So that's a big emphasis for us. I
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  Speaker 2: think it's just just completely dominating the whole game, not
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  Speaker 2: the end of it, not putting ourselves, not putting our
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  Speaker 2: back against the wall every week, and trying to fight back,
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  Speaker 2: But how can we try to control the game. How
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  Speaker 2: can we start fast and just be consistent. I think
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  Speaker 2: that's the biggest thing and definitely an emphasis for us.
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  Speaker 1: We got to have a two mores what we would like.
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  Speaker 1: Hearing that first view of all this morning.
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  Speaker 2: It's pretty cool. It's pretty cool, especially here. You know,
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  Speaker 2: obviously the new facility. I was telling them before. I
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  Speaker 2: remember hearing about the plans of this, and then they
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  Speaker 2: kind of started working on, like, oh, that's gonna take forever.
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  Speaker 1: Then before you know what, we're already. We're already here.
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  Speaker 2: We'moved in and got the I mean, the best facility
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  Speaker 2: in the NFL, the best fans in the NFL. It's
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  Speaker 2: cool to have to be able to share that with
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  Speaker 2: the city and to have fans here. I mean, we're
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  Speaker 2: gonna have people here pretty much every day, So we're
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  Speaker 2: putting it to good use. And I know everybody's excited,
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  Speaker 2: and just like the fans we're talking about, we met
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  Speaker 2: a few of them.
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  Speaker 1: They're pumped this year.
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  Speaker 2: We are too, and just there's a lot of energy
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  Speaker 2: and we're we're just trying to channel it all the
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  Speaker 2: right way and really take advantage of our opportunity, and
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  Speaker 2: it's exciting and this is a this is an awesome place.
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  Speaker 1: Said this morning that Walker will get most of the reps.
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  Speaker 1: The assumption is at left TACKLELL know, and he'll be
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  Speaker 1: the starter.
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  Speaker 2: Going about camp suspension, what's kind of in the reaction
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  Speaker 2: of the team and what have you seen from.
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  Speaker 1: Walker as he prepares for that opportunity.
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  Speaker 2: Walker has just been the same guy ever since, you know,
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  Speaker 2: he got here, since we both got here. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: he's gonna be prepared, and I think the good thing
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  Speaker 2: about him is obviously he's a great player, but he's
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  Speaker 2: also had that experience. You know, he's had to play
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  Speaker 2: our rookie year, I don't know, he played four games
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  Speaker 2: or so, you know, three or four games, played really well,
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  Speaker 2: and then last year he had to play the last
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  Speaker 2: I guess it was five six games. I don't know
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  Speaker 2: exactly how many it was, but you know, he had
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  Speaker 2: played a handful of games last year, so he's had
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  Speaker 2: that experience. He's played in big games. He's been in
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  Speaker 2: a position with a lot of pressure where he has
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  Speaker 2: to play well and he's done it. So I have
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  Speaker 2: no concern and Walker's going to do great. And obviously
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  Speaker 2: Cam's a great player, will be excited to get him
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  Speaker 2: back when you know when that is.
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  Speaker 1: But no concern with Walker in there. All right, last
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  Speaker 1: one with you, Rock, you can say no of ribooks
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  Speaker 1: study shot at all. Did you see it last week?
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  Speaker 3: What did you take any note of Herbert's extension last night?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? I saw it.
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  Speaker 2: I mean that's pretty big, pretty big news, but don't
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  Speaker 2: really pay too much tention to obviously I saw it,
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  Speaker 2: and you kind of keep up with just what's going
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  Speaker 2: on around the league in general, not not.
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  Speaker 1: Even just contracts, but just you know, kind of what's
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  Speaker 1: going on. Thank thank thanks guys,