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  Speaker 1: Welcome back, everybody. It is a Mac and Bone Show
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  Speaker 1: live from training Camp. Sports Radio ninety two seven WFNZ,
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  Speaker 1: and it's that time again we get to check in
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  Speaker 1: and harassed coach Canalis because we know he's got work
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  Speaker 1: to do, but you're always cool enough to hang out
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  Speaker 1: with us at camp. How are you doing, Coach.
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  Speaker 2: I'm doing great. Thanks for having me again. It's good
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  Speaker 2: to be back. Good to be back in town. We
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  Speaker 2: took a little West coast tour, saw my family in La,
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  Speaker 2: my wife's family in Washington State, and then you know,
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  Speaker 2: really got back into town a couple of days early
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  Speaker 2: and just sat down just talk, you know, just sitting
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  Speaker 2: down thinking about my first team meeting, for a staff meeting.
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  Speaker 2: What do we want to get out of this year?
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  Speaker 2: And you know, at the end of the day, like
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  Speaker 2: the thing I'm most excited about is to watch a
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  Speaker 2: really talented group. How quickly can we come together and
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  Speaker 2: play good football? And that's always that's that's the whole
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  Speaker 2: goal of the NFL and all thirty two teams is
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  Speaker 2: how quickly can you get this group to play together?
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  Speaker 2: Because regardless every year there's a couple guys here and
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  Speaker 2: there that are going to be new.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, year three for you, So how comfortable are you
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  Speaker 3: now compared to a couple of years ago. And what's
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  Speaker 3: something that you've learned along the way, whether it be
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  Speaker 3: about coaching yourself in this journey, what have you learned
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  Speaker 3: so far?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it feels great to just know that from the
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  Speaker 2: coordinators to the assistance to the players, we have a
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  Speaker 2: standard for how we do things, for how we have meetings,
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  Speaker 2: how we practice, what our walkthrough should feel like, the focus,
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  Speaker 2: the intentionality that goes into it, and the urgency that like, guys,
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  Speaker 2: you know, something that happens today will come up in
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  Speaker 2: the season, a situation, all those things. And I've found
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  Speaker 2: over the last couple of years, the more that I
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  Speaker 2: can throw them into these situations and look for those
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  Speaker 2: moments to take advantage into practice in a walkthrough, to
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  Speaker 2: expose them to something new, the better off we are,
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  Speaker 2: you know at the end of it. So, but again,
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  Speaker 2: the other part that I've learned in firsthand, but also
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  Speaker 2: by watching Pete do it for fourteen years one year
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  Speaker 2: at University Southern California is he would always be looking
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  Speaker 2: for the areas of our football team and specific guys
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  Speaker 2: how to help them improve and this is something he
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  Speaker 2: got from Bill Walsh. He would say, if the entire
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  Speaker 2: design of a practice was to get Monroe feeling better
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  Speaker 2: at this thing or that thing, and you sprinkled it
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  Speaker 2: in there like four or five times and he improved,
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  Speaker 2: it was a good practice. It was worth it. And
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  Speaker 2: so I've asked the staff to look for those things
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  Speaker 2: with our guys and what do we need to expose
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  Speaker 2: them to do we need to give Bryce more cover
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  Speaker 2: two looks? Do we need to give him more blitz
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  Speaker 2: looks from the weak side? What is it? You know?
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  Speaker 2: And we can manufacture those things if we're aware of it.
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  Speaker 1: I want to ask you two about this. This leads
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  Speaker 1: me right into it with Bryce. Do you need to
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  Speaker 1: take more deep shots? Because Bryce? I don't know if
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  Speaker 1: y'all even pay attention to stuff, but Pro Football Focus
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  Speaker 1: had him as a number one graded deep passer in
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  Speaker 1: the entire league. But when you look at deep attempts,
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  Speaker 1: it was like twenty second. Yeah, do you need to
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  Speaker 1: get him more opportunities to let it rip? Because he
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  Speaker 1: was pretty darn efficient when y'all did it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, So you hear what you said there? When he
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  Speaker 2: was most efficient because of when we did it, and
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  Speaker 2: so there's a study that goes into it. We're not
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  Speaker 2: going to just willy nearly throw the ball down the
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  Speaker 2: field just for the sake of it. We're not paying
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  Speaker 2: attention to air yards where the ball goes and all that.
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  Speaker 2: We would love to score touchdowns on every single play.
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  Speaker 2: That would be awesome, but there's a science to it,
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  Speaker 2: and there is a collective thing. What does our group
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  Speaker 2: look like, you know, And certainly with the addition of
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  Speaker 2: Chris Brazil and a six or four guy who runs
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  Speaker 2: four to three who can really stretch the field, might
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  Speaker 2: be a few more ops down there, you know. And
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  Speaker 2: then and with the guys that we had in the past,
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  Speaker 2: it was like, when we get this look, let's make
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  Speaker 2: sure we take advantage of it. And then the best
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  Speaker 2: part about it is where Bryce is heading and where
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  Speaker 2: he's been at the end of last season and the
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  Speaker 2: off season and coming into camp is he's got tools
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  Speaker 2: where he can get to some more opportunities. Even when
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  Speaker 2: Brad calls this concept or that, there may be an
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  Speaker 2: opportunity to send this guy up or that guy up
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  Speaker 2: in different spots, so we look for him. We love
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  Speaker 2: explosive plays, but again, it's a science it's not just
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  Speaker 2: a hey, throw more of them and then good things
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  Speaker 2: will happen.
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  Speaker 3: We have praised you heavily on our show. Behind your back,
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  Speaker 3: You behind your back, and.
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  Speaker 1: We won't talk about the other stuff.
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  Speaker 3: I'm sorry I say that because we're not just blowing
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  Speaker 3: smoke because you're sitting here. The fact that you were
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  Speaker 3: willing to concede play calling already in your young coaching career.
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  Speaker 3: A lot of coaches hang on this stuff very tightly
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  Speaker 3: and not willing to do that. What made you make
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  Speaker 3: that choice already? And how does that affect you and
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  Speaker 3: free you up for the other stuff? We talked about it,
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  Speaker 3: but tell us personally how that frees you up?
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  Speaker 2: Well? I believe that you allow people to do their
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  Speaker 2: job when they're great at it. And over the course
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  Speaker 2: of three years now in Tampa, for a year now
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  Speaker 2: in the Carolines with Panthers for the last two seasons,
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  Speaker 2: as I'm calling plays, I'm talking to somebody all the time.
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  Speaker 2: It's Brad and Hey, Brad, we got third and seven.
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  Speaker 2: I like this one or this one. What do you
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  Speaker 2: think He's like, go with this one? And he's right
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  Speaker 2: most of the time. So there's a confidence that's been built.
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  Speaker 2: He knows what I want big picture wise, philosophically, from
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  Speaker 2: an offensive standpoint. He's the primary designer and architect of
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  Speaker 2: the plays and brings the staff ideas together and then
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  Speaker 2: I come in and we make sure, Okay, this is
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  Speaker 2: a good this is a good game plan for Bryce,
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  Speaker 2: this is a good game plan for this guy or
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  Speaker 2: that guy, you know, our different skill position. And so
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  Speaker 2: we've had these conversations. But then, but then all of
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  Speaker 2: a sudden, you're going through the season and at times
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  Speaker 2: I feel like I'm a play behind rad like oh no, no, no, no,
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  Speaker 2: this one you know, and I'm already I already got
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  Speaker 2: this one called in there. And the more times that happens,
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  Speaker 2: it's like I'm studying it. He's studying it. He's fully
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  Speaker 2: focused on the offensive side, where I'm trying to help
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  Speaker 2: out multiple things, be aware of timeout usage, challenges, different
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  Speaker 2: things like that. And as I've felt like he's got
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  Speaker 2: a feel for where this thing should go, and shoot,
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  Speaker 2: he had a better call than I did on that one.
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  Speaker 2: Those are the things that give me confidence to do it.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm not going to get in the way of progress.
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  Speaker 2: And I want to make sure that you know our team,
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  Speaker 2: our players, our staff have the best opportunity to win
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  Speaker 2: and if Brad can bring us that, and that's the
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  Speaker 2: direction we should go.
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  Speaker 1: And by the way, was Mark Tressman also praised you
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  Speaker 1: for that on our show, So it wasn't just two
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  Speaker 1: knuckleheads on the radio. Yeah, here's a guy who's been
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  Speaker 1: there and done it. He liked it to read. Great
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  Speaker 1: football mind. Yeah, clearly.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: Coach Canalis is with us alive from training camp the
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  Speaker 1: Mac and Bone Show. All right, let's talk about something
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  Speaker 1: else going on. You talked about a little bit of
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  Speaker 1: your presser at the end of last week. Monroe Freeling's
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  Speaker 1: now up man. Yeah, and I like the way you
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  Speaker 1: said it. Hey, we want him to battle for the
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  Speaker 1: left tackle spot, but hey, now it's time to just
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  Speaker 1: do it. I think a lot of the like scouting
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  Speaker 1: reports and stuff, have focused on My god, his upside,
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  Speaker 1: his length and potentials amazing, but he has to get stronger.
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  Speaker 1: His technique is a They call him raw, So is
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  Speaker 1: that true? Like, do you is there gonna be a lot?
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  Speaker 1: Is there a learning curve? Is he real raw and
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  Speaker 1: maybe not ready? Or do you push back against that? Uh?
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  Speaker 2: I just take it day by day. What I've seen
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  Speaker 2: from Monroe is he's got great length, athleticisn't and power,
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  Speaker 2: and he's gotten really strong since we've gotten him through
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  Speaker 2: the spring over the summer. He doesn't lack anything physically,
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  Speaker 2: whether he was gonna play and win the left tackle
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  Speaker 2: spot or whether he was going to play at right
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  Speaker 2: tackle right now like we need him to. There's a
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  Speaker 2: learning curve for rookies, and fortunately for us, we're trying
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  Speaker 2: to throw that learning curve at him right now. And
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  Speaker 2: he has to block Jalen Phillips every day. That's phenomenal,
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  Speaker 2: you know, because what it does is when you play
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  Speaker 2: against great players, it just exposes the things that you
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  Speaker 2: need to work on, and then it makes you have
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  Speaker 2: to work on those techniques, knowing like I can't just
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  Speaker 2: get away with it just being a big athlete. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I gotta fix this thing. I gotta fix my hand
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  Speaker 2: placement in targets. I gotta get my sets a certain way.
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  Speaker 2: I gotta do different things. So we want those we
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  Speaker 2: want those opportunities to come out. But he's done a
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  Speaker 2: fantastic job in the course of our three practices that
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  Speaker 2: we've had, and certainly, you know, before Rob really you know,
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  Speaker 2: tightened up on us. You know, watching those two big
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  Speaker 2: men as we run the ball at them, it's pretty special.
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  Speaker 2: And and that's something that's really not a it's not
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  Speaker 2: a knock against. What do you do with this rookie tackle?
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  Speaker 2: Is like when you look out there and you just
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  Speaker 2: run the ball to the right, the thing moves, the
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  Speaker 2: line of scrimmage moves laterally, it moves vertically. And that's
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  Speaker 2: something that I get excited about because you guys know
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  Speaker 2: we're gonna run the ball and we're committed to that.
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  Speaker 2: And so that's where this offense starts. And then all
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  Speaker 2: the rest of the stuff. You know, it's like my
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  Speaker 2: encouragements all the new guys is like, find new mistakes
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  Speaker 2: to make. Make your mistakes. Let's let's dive into it.
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  Speaker 2: Let's work on it and find some new ones tomorrow.
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  Speaker 3: One guy, we can't wait to see you run the football.
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  Speaker 3: As media, as fans, I'm sure as coaches, it's Jonathan Brooks.
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  Speaker 3: How does he open up things for the offense and
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  Speaker 3: coaching him this year in particular based off what he's
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  Speaker 3: been through? Is he raring to go, no doubt's gonna
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  Speaker 3: be full playing time or are you're gonna ease them
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  Speaker 3: in and monitor a little bit. What's the what's the
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  Speaker 3: plan for Brooks you're at the gate.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, just let him compete, you know, let him go
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  Speaker 2: out there. And as you guys know, we'll use multiple
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  Speaker 2: backs and we've done that for a couple of years now,
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  Speaker 2: and that's the plan. And see what he can give
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  Speaker 2: us and what he can handle, you know, and that
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  Speaker 2: only comes with time. So we're just taking it one day,
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  Speaker 2: one day at a time. But I will tell you this,
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  Speaker 2: and he gets the ball in space. He is fast,
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  Speaker 2: and so there's there's concepts that take advantage of that
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  Speaker 2: way in the run game, in the past game, and
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  Speaker 2: then all of your normal stuff, you know, just when
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  Speaker 2: it's blocked right and he presses it the right way,
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  Speaker 2: that's all we care about, you know. And at the
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  Speaker 2: end of the day, like we've challenged the running back room,
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  Speaker 2: like you guys are the heartbeat of this offense, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the offensive line and the running back set the tone
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  Speaker 2: by how violently we run, and we're we're gonna ask
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  Speaker 2: him to do that, you know. So as we dose him,
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  Speaker 2: as we increase his load, we'll take it from there.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, can't talk about JB without talking about Cuba,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and what he's been to us and how
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  Speaker 2: consistent he's been, and I feel really good about that room.
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  Speaker 2: And we can talk about you know, Trevor a chain too,
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  Speaker 2: like he's he's a guy who can do a lot
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  Speaker 2: of different things for us, and we're excited about his
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  Speaker 2: growth and how he's looked.
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  Speaker 1: Coach you, I always hear you mentioned kind of being
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  Speaker 1: out in the community, right and like seeing people. Does
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  Speaker 1: it feel different now that you have a division championship
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  Speaker 1: and you put on a show in that playoff game
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  Speaker 1: and took one of the best teams down the wire
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  Speaker 1: and the atmosphere was unbelievable, Like, is it different conversations
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  Speaker 1: at the grocery store or the restaurant? Because I know
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  Speaker 1: on our show man, everybody is this like going into camp.
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  Speaker 1: This is fun right now. We can't wait to see
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  Speaker 1: y'all again.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there's a lot of excitement in the community. We
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  Speaker 2: have four kids, so all the way from high school,
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  Speaker 2: middle school down to elementary school then all the sports
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  Speaker 2: that they play, so we're running into these parents who
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  Speaker 2: we're all around the same age. And so when I
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  Speaker 2: think back to nineteen ninety five, you know, and I'm
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  Speaker 2: you know, fourteen fifteen years old at that point. The
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  Speaker 2: Panthers were born in a really critical time for a
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  Speaker 2: lot of the people that I do life with, and
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  Speaker 2: so there's this real genuine excitement and there's just this
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  Speaker 2: natural growth curve. I feel so privileged to be able
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  Speaker 2: to lead this team at this point right now with
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  Speaker 2: the group of people in the community that are so
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  Speaker 2: fired up because they're the original Panthers fans and they're
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  Speaker 2: behind us and they're loyal, and it just, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it gives me, It pushes me and drives me to again.
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  Speaker 2: Like I've talked about since we gotten here, is I
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  Speaker 2: want to build a team that the that the Carolinas
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  Speaker 2: can be proud of, and the style of football that
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  Speaker 2: we play, the class which we would do things, and
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  Speaker 2: how we finish. And I believe that that's what we've
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  Speaker 2: been doing here by the style of how we've built
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  Speaker 2: it and the guys, the expectations of the players and
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  Speaker 2: the coaches.
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  Speaker 3: Coach. I wanted to break up some that you coach
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  Speaker 3: to coach because uh, in my college football video game
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  Speaker 3: this weekend, I got fired as a head coach. Oh jeez,
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  Speaker 3: So I need to I may I may pick your
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  Speaker 3: brain off the end. I might need some help getting
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  Speaker 3: back on my feet a little bit. Here. I threw
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  Speaker 3: thirteen I t's in three games.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, that'll do.
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  Speaker 2: That's not bad. If you threw thirty touchdowns, you know,
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  Speaker 2: then there's balance.
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  Speaker 3: Though the ratio wasn't good.
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  Speaker 2: Well, here, I'll just give you this one.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: One of my mentors, KIPI Brownie, is the wide receivers
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  Speaker 2: coach in the Sea in the for the Seahawks. While
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  Speaker 2: I was there, taught me a bunch of stuff. But
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  Speaker 2: he said, you know, special teams philosophy for you here
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  Speaker 2: is like, you know, if you're if you're kicking off
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  Speaker 2: a bunch, well that's good, you know, but if you're
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  Speaker 2: returning a lot, you know that ain't worth it.
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  Speaker 1: True, it sounds like you were returning the conference. If
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  Speaker 1: your offensive players are tackling a lot, that's a problem.
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  Speaker 1: That sounds but all right, coach, Hey, I had a
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  Speaker 1: blast talking to you. We can't wait to see what
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  Speaker 1: the twenty twenty six Panthers do. Thanks so much for
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  Speaker 1: coming on with us.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks guys, thanks for having me again.
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  Speaker 3: Thank