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Rookie Diary With Mac McWilliams: My Family "Didn't Know What Was Going On At First" · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

• 0:15
  Speaker 1: All right, So first and foremost, I have to ask
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  Speaker 1: what your initial reaction was when you saw the final
• 0:20
  Speaker 1: field goal blocker.
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  Speaker 2: I knew it was gonna block it. I knew, but
• 0:24
  Speaker 2: I knew we had a chance to block it, just
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  Speaker 2: coming from the first time we block it earlier in
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  Speaker 2: the game. Excuse me, but when it comes out and
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  Speaker 2: things like that, you know, we got one of the best.
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  Speaker 3: Alignment for h one of the best alignment group in
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  Speaker 3: the league.
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  Speaker 2: You know them guys, they work hard every day and
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  Speaker 2: they and they go by their business with a strong attack.
• 0:45
  Speaker 2: You know, every day they come in working hard, So
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  Speaker 2: I ain't expect any less.
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  Speaker 1: What do you think of the resilience of the team
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  Speaker 1: that they would have bounced back despite things not going
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  Speaker 1: their way in the first half.
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  Speaker 2: I really feel like it started at OTAs you know,
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  Speaker 2: when we first got the team together, we all had
• 1:00
  Speaker 2: one plan and I was just making sure we win.
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  Speaker 3: At the end of the day, that was the moin.
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  Speaker 3: The main goal was to win, and we came out
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  Speaker 3: there and executed him.
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  Speaker 4: Have you ever been been in the part of a
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  Speaker 4: game that had two field goal blodes?
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  Speaker 3: No, I never been in the game. It was the
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  Speaker 3: first important for sure, what's.
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  Speaker 4: Your family thinking.
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  Speaker 2: They said that they they didn't know what was going
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  Speaker 2: on at first all they seen because they thought that
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  Speaker 2: the game was over since they got in the field
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  Speaker 2: go ring. But they said when when they were they
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  Speaker 2: had their head on their phones and they were like, uh,
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  Speaker 2: you had the game over with and things like that.
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  Speaker 2: And once they hear heard the whole crowd streaming, they
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  Speaker 2: seen Jordan fill out the ball and they.
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  Speaker 3: Just went to cheering.
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  Speaker 4: How about Fish? Did he make it out?
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  Speaker 2: No, he did not make it out, he said he
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  Speaker 2: was but this type of game. I made sure I
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  Speaker 2: got him ticket to this game so he will be
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  Speaker 2: in Temple.
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  Speaker 4: Okay, cool, So he missed a good one.
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  Speaker 3: Though, Yeah, he definitely did. He definitely did.
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  Speaker 4: But you know, well, what play? Which play were you
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  Speaker 4: in on?
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  Speaker 3: On Specials?
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  Speaker 4: It was Specials?
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  Speaker 3: Right, yeah, it was a special team. It was kickoff return?
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  Speaker 4: What'd you think? How was you?
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  Speaker 3: It was?
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  Speaker 2: It was alright, I had a better guy, so you know,
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  Speaker 2: I was just making sure I got up on her
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  Speaker 2: and got leverage and you know, stopped this type before.
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  Speaker 3: He got moving.
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  Speaker 4: What's this week then, like for you?
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  Speaker 1: Presumably you've had more opportunities and the more reps in practice.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, whatever the week comes, you know, whatever, h the
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  Speaker 2: coaches decided to do. I'm just here to you know,
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  Speaker 2: do his best for the team and put my best
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  Speaker 2: foot for it.
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  Speaker 4: How do you feel with the additional reps?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I feel great.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I'm gonna come out here with the same
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  Speaker 2: mindset every day and that's to get better.
• 2:31
  Speaker 4: You can a big question, what are you watching now
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  Speaker 4: on Netflix?
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  Speaker 3: Well? I started I started this, uh.
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  Speaker 4: Talk about Untamed last week?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I was on Untamed and then after I
• 2:42
  Speaker 2: finished up with that. See, I told him, I'm really not.
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  Speaker 2: I'm a YouTube type of guy. I like watching YouTube
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  Speaker 2: streamers and things like that. But once I go to
• 2:49
  Speaker 2: once I go to Netflix, I'm really I look at
• 2:52
  Speaker 2: the sports sports, uh genre. So I'll say, like, I'm
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  Speaker 2: on that Boston and uh the Lakers, the rivalry that
• 3:00
  Speaker 2: going on. Yeah, I'm on that right now. I think
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  Speaker 2: I'm on episode too.
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  Speaker 1: I might have to rewatch the U the Last Stance,
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, on the flight.
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  Speaker 2: Out no fact, the last Nams. People definitely wanted them. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: but that Michael Jordan, that was good.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, that was a good one. And do you see
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  Speaker 4: the one with Ron ar test. Remember that, Remember that when.
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  Speaker 1: He was with the pacers and there's that big fight
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  Speaker 1: in the stands like in two thousand and.
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  Speaker 3: I think I remember the occasion, but they did.
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  Speaker 4: A whole documentary on it.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it was wild, and no, I gotta see it.
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  Speaker 3: I definitely got to.
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  Speaker 4: So what are you gonna be watching on the on
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  Speaker 4: the flight out to flown?
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  Speaker 2: Probably watch me some film, go over my keys and
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  Speaker 2: uh and my plays and things like that. If anything,
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  Speaker 2: I probably, like I said, I ain't finished up on
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  Speaker 2: TAM yet. I still got like two more episodes so
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  Speaker 2: I probably finished that on the plane.
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  Speaker 4: Since you recommended it, I think I'm gonna give it
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  Speaker 4: a shot.
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  Speaker 3: No fact, you definitely got to give it a shot.
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  Speaker 2: Like you won't get it at first, but once you
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  Speaker 2: keep going into the like once you keep letting the
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  Speaker 2: episodes go by, you'll understand it.
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  Speaker 4: That's if I don't fall asleep.
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  Speaker 1: I have a five forty five flights like that Saturday morning.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you'll probably be about of there, man, Yeah, you
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  Speaker 2: probably be sleep I'll.
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  Speaker 1: Check it out though, I'll check in with you and
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  Speaker 1: see I'll let you know what how it goes.
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  Speaker 2: Not.
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  Speaker 3: In fact, Dan, I'm pretty sure.
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  Speaker 1: I mean you you played football in Florida. I mean
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  Speaker 1: you grew up in Pensacola. So how did you go
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  Speaker 1: about acclimating to the weather. Is it something that.
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  Speaker 4: You really need to get used to?
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  Speaker 3: Uh? I wouldn't say you'll get used to it.
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  Speaker 2: You know, once you stayed in Florida all your life,
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  Speaker 2: you kind of adapt to it. So uh, just making
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  Speaker 2: sure you're healthy and making sure you're hydrated.
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  Speaker 3: That's the main thing about it.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, Florida is it really doesn't get that dry as
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  Speaker 2: people think it do. But if you ain't hydrated and
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  Speaker 2: you ain't took care of your body, it's going to
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  Speaker 1: Any of your fellow DB's ask you for any tips,
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  Speaker 1: having played there, pretty much your your whole life.
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  Speaker 3: No, they did it because I'm I'm top. I'm like
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  Speaker 3: four hours.
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  Speaker 2: Away from Tampa, so it really wasn't a neat connection.
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  Speaker 2: I got a couple of guys that played with Tampa
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  Speaker 2: that I was training winning the NFL draftic at that,
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  Speaker 2: but really not too many questions.
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  Speaker 1: On So which players did you did you play with
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  Speaker 1: that U CF that you're that you're or we're your
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  Speaker 1: former teammates?
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  Speaker 4: Uh there that are on the bucks.
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  Speaker 2: No, I'm like in my draft process, like when I
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  Speaker 2: was training Xo's in Dallas, a guy.
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  Speaker 3: Like Jacob Parrish, Uh he plays over there, and you
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  Speaker 3: boy Ted Johnson.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So what what stands out to you about the Tampa
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  Speaker 1: Bay outfense and Baker Mayfield.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, he can extend plays. Uh.
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  Speaker 2: He making sure he dissected everything that goes on on
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  Speaker 2: uh with the player, uh, making sure h his own point,
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  Speaker 2: making sure everybody's own point, you know.
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  Speaker 3: And like I said, he can he can extend play.
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  Speaker 3: That's the main thing.
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  Speaker 2: But that's once you got a quarterback that can extend plays,
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  Speaker 2: you it's a it's dangerous for the defense cause you know, uh,
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  Speaker 2: but you know, we that's what we brought. That's what
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  Speaker 2: we uh, that's what we bigger man. We we plastered
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  Speaker 2: when the uh ball is outside uh the tackle box,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we plaster, making sure we get to our guy.
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  Speaker 1: How about someone like Chris God and their wide receiver
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  Speaker 1: based off of what you've seen on tape and throughout
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  Speaker 1: the years, will make him such an effective player.
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  Speaker 3: He's feel you know, he's good in the run game,
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  Speaker 3: so and that.
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  Speaker 2: And when you're good in the run game, and uh,
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  Speaker 2: guys think that you're gonna come up and blocking that's
• 8:52
  Speaker 2: you know, it's easy. It's easier just to you know,
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  Speaker 2: come when you come up, slip by him and get
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  Speaker 2: him to your route. So, you know, just making sure
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  Speaker 2: we'll we stay on top of things, making sure we
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  Speaker 2: don't go.
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  Speaker 4: For nothing but your favorite type of receiver to cover.
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  Speaker 3: It doesn't matter to me. I will say, every one
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  Speaker 3: line up in front of them.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't know if you like shorter, quicker guys, the
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  Speaker 1: tall receivers.
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  Speaker 4: It does not have.
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  Speaker 1: So I know it's not exactly a homecoming because you
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  Speaker 1: said it's about a four.
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  Speaker 3: Hour drive where you grew up.
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  Speaker 4: But do you have a lot of family coming out
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  Speaker 4: to this one?
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  Speaker 2: Like I said, I have my br I got my
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  Speaker 2: brother coming out of my dad and my granddad coming.
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  Speaker 3: So not too much, but about three or four and your.
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  Speaker 4: Your your grandma and your granddad. They've been to all
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  Speaker 4: of all three of the games right now.
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  Speaker 3: They've been into any game.
• 9:35
  Speaker 4: They didn't go to Kansas City and go.
• 9:36
  Speaker 3: To Kansas City. They was at Dallas. In no matter
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  Speaker 3: of fact, there was that one. They only came to
• 9:46
  Speaker 3: the Dallas and it's gonna be that second one.
• 9:47
  Speaker 4: Oh okay. So you know, you never know how things
• 9:50
  Speaker 4: are gonna shake out.
• 9:51
  Speaker 1: But if you are afforded the opportunity to get some
• 9:53
  Speaker 1: defensive reps, what are you really looking forward to showcasing.
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  Speaker 2: I'm just going out there to win, you know, so
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  Speaker 2: whatever whatever that goes with, whatever that comes with it,
• 10:02
  Speaker 2: making sure I go over my techniques and things that
• 10:05
  Speaker 2: I have to do to be prepared to go out
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  Speaker 2: there and play. You know, you got a great group
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  Speaker 2: of guys behind.
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  Speaker 3: Me with the defense.
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  Speaker 2: You know, everybody, everybody is accountable, and you know, just
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  Speaker 2: making sure that I learned the basics and learn the
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  Speaker 2: ins and outs of how they go about their offense.
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  Speaker 3: And schemes and things like that.
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  Speaker 1: And last one, as we always do, what's one thing
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  Speaker 1: you're looking to improve on this week?
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  Speaker 2: One thing I look to improve off is uh, I'll
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  Speaker 2: say my effort I know I'm gonna I'm gonna go
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  Speaker 2: hard every time, but as they come down to games
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  Speaker 2: like this, well, you know, we got a lot of
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  Speaker 2: guys banged up and things like that, so you know,
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  Speaker 2: you never know what your opportunities cars. So make sure
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  Speaker 2: I just go out.
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  Speaker 3: There and have fun.
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