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Press Pass | Oluokun: "If you're not growing, you're dying." · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: We've added practice impressions of the defense, the heat, everything
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  Speaker 1: that went.
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  Speaker 2: Into to that.
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  Speaker 1: I think the heat is what it is. I like
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  Speaker 1: the insensitive that we brought all practice. I think we
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  Speaker 1: had to you know, wake up, get used to it,
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  Speaker 1: and then we bounced that well coming to the second
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  Speaker 1: half of the practice, uh getting there, clean uh, clean up.
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  Speaker 1: Whatever we messed up early, but I think we responding
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  Speaker 1: to whatever happened and then finished off the practice pretty well.
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  Speaker 2: What have you've seen out of Devin?
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  Speaker 1: Obviously, I know a lot more is being asked of him.
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  Speaker 1: Oh good, good communication all the way across the board.
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  Speaker 1: We're just talking with each other back there, making sure
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  Speaker 1: our alignments are right. Right now is training camp, but
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  Speaker 1: just the way he's moving. You know, he's a great
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  Speaker 1: athlete and everything, but just being in the right spots.
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  Speaker 1: That's all we can we can focus on during training
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  Speaker 1: camp and bringing the right energy to every practice.
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  Speaker 2: This is mine.
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  Speaker 3: He's just mind clear this year than last year.
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  Speaker 2: It seems like it. I mean I'm not in his head,
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  Speaker 2: so he seems like, how would a clear mind have
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  Speaker 2: you going on for Buckville? Well? Yeah, just him, you know,
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  Speaker 2: after everything you went through.
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  Speaker 1: Last year, you know, you know, just being able to
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  Speaker 1: calm down, being able to focus on whatever the tasking
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  Speaker 1: him this play now instead of worrying, undering about pleasing
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  Speaker 1: all this and that different people be locked in, be
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  Speaker 1: where your feet are, have the combetists that you're doing
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  Speaker 1: the right thing out there, and there's go play. It's
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  Speaker 1: gonna all flourish for him. It's just like you're saying,
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  Speaker 1: it's slowing down for him. So especially when me we're
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  Speaker 1: just communicating, I'll set him up, but make a play
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  Speaker 1: with all hype.
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  Speaker 2: He makes it play. Everybody makes it play.
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  Speaker 1: What have you seen from Ben Trel since he was
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  Speaker 1: able to start participating in team drills.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, it's been pretty good.
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  Speaker 1: They've definitely, you know, eased him back since it's a
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  Speaker 1: little injury and stuff. So number one being healthy. He
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  Speaker 1: has some good flashes there. Everything's god. I know, he's
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  Speaker 1: a pretty bright kid. Picked up the playbook pretty quickly,
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  Speaker 1: so I'm happy for him doing that and seeing what
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  Speaker 1: he keeps doing and training.
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  Speaker 4: King goes on, what are you liking about the defense
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  Speaker 4: so far?
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  Speaker 1: I like our communication right now. We still got a
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  Speaker 1: whole bunch of plays out there. But you know, for us,
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  Speaker 1: it's about Mattion what we got, so we can start
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  Speaker 1: expecting what they got. Being able to switch, you know,
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  Speaker 1: or a blaze pattern or something, or switch a coverage
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  Speaker 1: or something, empty checks, you know, weird look checks.
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  Speaker 2: Being able to be on the same page.
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  Speaker 1: That's what's really important at this point of the season,
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  Speaker 1: and so we can all play faster when when the
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  Speaker 1: real season starts. You're too with Mike call well, it
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  Speaker 1: appears to you guys are adding some things.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe a little bit more four three.
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  Speaker 3: Even seeing Devin on the edge, what's his spend like
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  Speaker 3: to to go through some of these.
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  Speaker 1: You gotta be able to grow. If you're not growing,
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  Speaker 1: your dying. I learned that in college. So whatever he
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  Speaker 1: feels like, it's a better look for us to be
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  Speaker 1: successful out there and put all of our trust in him.
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  Speaker 1: Being able to be multiple but being able to master
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  Speaker 1: what we put on the field, I think is what's
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  Speaker 1: most important. So if he has new looks for us,
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  Speaker 1: being able to master, you know, everything that's new, make
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  Speaker 1: it feel like it's old, make it feel like we're
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  Speaker 1: comfortable with it, and putting everybody in the right positions
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  Speaker 1: to make the play.
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  Speaker 4: Coach a few days ago that tackling was like his
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  Speaker 4: big emphasis after you watched all the film from last year. Yeah,
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  Speaker 4: just from your perspective, Whereking you guys kind of sure
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  Speaker 4: up that and obviously you.
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  Speaker 1: Know on third downs, I think tackling is really paramount,
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  Speaker 1: you know, being able to check the ball down, get
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  Speaker 1: in depth, check the ball down, being able to own.
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  Speaker 2: Your leverages and stuff.
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  Speaker 1: I feel like we start off, you know, just trying
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  Speaker 1: to get back used to it this first part of
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  Speaker 1: the live period, but it's a day went on. We
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  Speaker 1: got back understand where our help is, understand where our
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  Speaker 1: leverage is at.
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  Speaker 2: That's really important. I mean just being able to get
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  Speaker 2: off the field.
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  Speaker 1: You gotta be able to tackle better and then I
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  Speaker 1: give the ball back to our offense quicker.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, tackle important.
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  Speaker 3: Asprus has been a big topic maybe even outside these walls.
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  Speaker 3: How do you feel about it, How does it look
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  Speaker 3: and how does this scheme maybe allow multiple different people
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  Speaker 3: to get involved in.
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  Speaker 2: Now everybody's gonna have their chance.
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  Speaker 1: It's about winning when you get it, it's gonna help
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  Speaker 1: the DVS out. Being able to we had a lot
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  Speaker 1: of pressures, but finishing that play, being able to keep
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  Speaker 1: your feet moving to the quarterback when you're one on
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  Speaker 1: one when you get the opportunity, we have to do that,
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  Speaker 1: help the dvs out on the backs, back in and
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  Speaker 1: then get off the field.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously that's the big third day.
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  Speaker 1: I just want to get better at third down and
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  Speaker 1: being able to rust, being able to tackle all goes
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  Speaker 1: hand in hand, get that ball out quick or if
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  Speaker 1: he holds it, get to the quarterback, be able to
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  Speaker 1: bring him down.
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  Speaker 3: Let this league and back when two years in a row,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, what did where do your goals?
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  Speaker 2: Reset?
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  Speaker 1: Reset, get one more games. Do whatever I need to
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  Speaker 1: help the team win. I could be a better tackler.
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  Speaker 1: I could be a better facilitator out there. I could
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  Speaker 1: break better, for sure. I could understand coverage is better,
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  Speaker 1: Like you know, it's all the lists are out there
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  Speaker 1: to see that, people don't you know people, It's room
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  Speaker 1: for me to grow, Definitely room for me to grow.
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  Speaker 1: So every day I'm coming out here trying to improve
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  Speaker 1: my game, trying to prove that I'm.
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  Speaker 2: Still growing in this league. I'm still becoming a better player.
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  Speaker 1: And that's all I'm focusing on right now for the team.
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  Speaker 2: Explosive, How.
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  Speaker 1: Is he gonna take more than one guy to bring
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  Speaker 1: him down? Me I'm one guy.
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  Speaker 2: No, it's it's gonna take more than hopefully.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I think you can. They run through a
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  Speaker 1: lot of arms, tackles. I think he touched well in
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  Speaker 1: the backfield. That hits the whole pretty well. Hopefully it
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  Speaker 1: takes more than one guy to bring him down. But
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  Speaker 1: like like I'm saying, like, yes, you I'm not. You know,
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  Speaker 1: he's coming really well in the back that I need
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  Speaker 1: to do better, you know, get myself bringing him down
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  Speaker 1: one on one.
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  Speaker 2: But he's had a pretty good camp for so far,
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  Speaker 2: so I'm impressivial. I've seen you want to play? Do
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  Speaker 2: you expect to play in Saturday's game? Whatever they tell
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  Speaker 2: me I'm doing.
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  Speaker 1: I like playing, you know, getting the feel of a
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  Speaker 1: game again, being able to be out there with my boys,
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  Speaker 1: communicating and stuff, getting the trust to everybody. I understand
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  Speaker 1: that it's a long season though I am twenty eight now.
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  Speaker 1: Somehow that's crazy, but I'm ready whatever. Hey, whatever, however
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  Speaker 1: many games it takes, I'm ready to do it. So
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  Speaker 1: that's why they brought me here. Playing football is what
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  Speaker 1: I do.
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  Speaker 2: It gets worse.
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  Speaker 3: Antonio's from similar Antonio Johnson similar St. Louis right, you
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  Speaker 3: guys have a lot of conversations about.
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  Speaker 1: Uh No, I got a lot of you know, me
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  Speaker 1: and him clicking right away, being he from eastside Saint Louis,
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  Speaker 1: good friends already.
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  Speaker 2: I'm just keep balling, like, keep balling.
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  Speaker 1: Uh understand his leverage out there, understanding his big communication
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  Speaker 1: part out there.
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  Speaker 2: Uh so we can all trust him when he's out there.
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  Speaker 2: I think he's a hell of a ball player, you know.
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  Speaker 1: Just keep taking those reps, mental reps and everything and
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  Speaker 1: be there whenever your name's called, whatever position they put
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  Speaker 1: you at, we gotta trust you, like you in one basically, So,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of potential in him, a lot of good
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  Speaker 1: ability in him.
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  Speaker 2: Just keep growing as as rookies do. But we got
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  Speaker 2: a lot of competitions him. Thanks for thank