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  Speaker 1: With pregnant.
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  Speaker 2: What are some things that you had to try to
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  Speaker 2: learn about him with you know, this kind of form,
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  Speaker 2: the setting, Yeah, just trying to get to know him
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  Speaker 2: a personally a little bit. What makes him tick, the
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  Speaker 2: learning curve, how he learns his best whether it's in
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  Speaker 2: the meeting room setting or you go into the walkthrough. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: how does that change or adapt in his learning process?
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  Speaker 2: And ultimately then when you get on the grass, how
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  Speaker 2: he handles and takes coaching. So been impressed with him
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  Speaker 2: in a small sample size in terms of care factor
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  Speaker 2: and asking, communicating things on the grass and in the huddle.
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  Speaker 1: Just been impressed by that so far.
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  Speaker 2: Mary Taylor is a productive running back at two levels.
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  Speaker 2: During your evaluation, hamblist out, Yeah, I think the word
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  Speaker 2: you said production when you looked at him against some
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  Speaker 2: of the I guess you call it top backs in
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  Speaker 2: the draft. Production against the same teams. And what that
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  Speaker 2: looked like I thought was pretty impressive. Obviously, the season
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  Speaker 2: that Virginia had a lot of it had to do
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  Speaker 2: with his success and his ability to both affect the
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  Speaker 2: game and the run in the past game as well.
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  Speaker 2: So people just slipped, like bounce off of him in ways.
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  Speaker 2: I mean he forced a lot of mistackles and he's
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  Speaker 2: super sharp.
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  Speaker 3: No, you told us that the draft weekend that you
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  Speaker 3: didn't watch to quarterbacks, but did you watch Joey Iglar?
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  Speaker 1: I watched him. Yeah, Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I think Joey's did a nice job of learning a
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  Speaker 2: lot of information in a short period of time, especially
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  Speaker 2: so much different than he's used to right, just from
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  Speaker 2: a cadence standpoint, that's something that he's had to get
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  Speaker 2: used to doing over the last forty eight hours. I
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  Speaker 2: think he did a nice job of running the show,
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  Speaker 2: if you will handling. I mean, these weren't all just
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  Speaker 2: call it and run it plays either, like we had
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  Speaker 2: cans and oscars in there. And I think he did
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  Speaker 2: a nice operating. I thought he threw it better today probably,
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  Speaker 2: I mean he didn't never throw in too these guys, ever,
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  Speaker 2: so it's hard when you're asking them to be perfect
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  Speaker 2: and no balls on the ground and timing and rhythm.
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  Speaker 2: And I think it'll be fun to see him open
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  Speaker 2: it up a little bit with the guys next week.
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  Speaker 4: Going into the draft. You personally where was coming away
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  Speaker 4: with a tight end on the list of gotta.
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  Speaker 2: As it was up there, you know it was definitely
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  Speaker 2: up there. You know, we kind of went into it
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  Speaker 2: looking back at not necessarily like our class or our
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  Speaker 2: group as a whole, is why we need more. It's
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  Speaker 2: more and we had two active for three four games,
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  Speaker 2: whatever it was, and that's just not a world you
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  Speaker 2: want to I want to live in and what it
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  Speaker 2: limits you. I really appreciate the Tuma and Cole for
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  Speaker 2: doing that stuff, but you limit what you can do.
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  Speaker 2: And so I was really excited about this draft class
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  Speaker 2: of tight ends. I think there was a lot of
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  Speaker 2: really good ones, but I think we got two really
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  Speaker 2: good ones as well.
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  Speaker 4: Did they show up today a little bit in terms
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  Speaker 4: of size, what you're looking for? What do you what
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  Speaker 4: are you envision that they would bring on the field
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  Speaker 4: other than the ability to go thirteen?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think not only what they can maybe provide
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  Speaker 2: within their skill sets, but also what it then allows
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  Speaker 2: the other guys to do, right, Like what that allows
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  Speaker 2: Strange to do differently or more frequently, whether that's running.
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  Speaker 1: Blocking, or catching.
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  Speaker 2: The diversity of skill sets is important. I think they're
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  Speaker 2: different enough but also wired similarly. And you know, that's
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  Speaker 2: what I think is fun about it is it allows
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  Speaker 2: not only those guys to go help us in their
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  Speaker 2: own skill sets, but also maybe help other guys in
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  Speaker 2: their skill sets just by adding that depth and competition.
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  Speaker 1: Another safety who's play corner before? What What do you
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  Speaker 1: guys just like about people with that kind of projection transition? Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I think you look at obviously some of the trends
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  Speaker 2: in the NFL and some of those heavier groupings, and
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  Speaker 2: what you have to combat that with is making decisions
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  Speaker 2: whether you're gonna go heavier at linebacker and go bigger people,
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  Speaker 2: or are you investing a little bit more in some
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  Speaker 2: of the bigger skill players on defense, that big skill
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  Speaker 2: that can play maybe at the safety position, drop down
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  Speaker 2: to the big nickel play some dime will. I think
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  Speaker 2: that's something that's important to us. It's been important to
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  Speaker 2: us really before all these trends kind of started, was
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  Speaker 2: that multiplicity and ability to play different positions. And it
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  Speaker 2: also helps you on special teams when you have big,
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  Speaker 2: longer athletes at dB that can match up with whether
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  Speaker 2: it be tight ends, linebacker type bodies on special teams
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  Speaker 2: is really important.
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  Speaker 1: So many guys coming back to the Roger, how much
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  Speaker 1: do you rely on.
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  Speaker 3: Those guys that help you get these guys on the.
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  Speaker 2: Probably that yeah, that was we were all starting off
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  Speaker 2: so fresh at that time, and you look at that
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  Speaker 2: was exactly what I mentioned to the vets on Thursday
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  Speaker 2: with them was, Man, when these guys get in here
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  Speaker 2: on Monday and get integrated with you all, I need
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  Speaker 2: you all to set the standards and show these guys
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  Speaker 2: what our standards are of how to operate in the
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  Speaker 2: meeting room settings and walk throughs in practice because we
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  Speaker 2: need them. We need them to come along as fast
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  Speaker 2: as possible. You saw it last year with the amount
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  Speaker 2: of rookies that played for us and made an impact
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  Speaker 2: and contribution. So uh yeah, they're competing with each other
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  Speaker 2: for spots, but man, we need every single guy.
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  Speaker 5: We were pregnant and there pregnant.
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  Speaker 3: What's your first impression of him and now seeing actually
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  Speaker 3: in practice, how can he.
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  Speaker 4: Contribute to you?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: I mean a large man, Uh you just some of
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  Speaker 2: that you can't coach, right, And when you have big,
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  Speaker 2: strong hands and heavy hands as an interior offensive lineman,
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  Speaker 2: I think is super helpful to the cause, especially in
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  Speaker 2: past protection, to be able to snap things off and
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  Speaker 2: then when you are putting some one on one positions
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  Speaker 2: up front, being able to not just get stalemates, but
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  Speaker 2: potentially move that person.
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  Speaker 1: The other direction. So hard to tell.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously physically you would think he can do it, and
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  Speaker 2: based on the film, playing at a high level in
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  Speaker 2: college he did display those things.
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  Speaker 1: So very difficult to get a true evaluation.
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  Speaker 2: As I said last year around this time about the
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  Speaker 2: offensive line, but care factor, intentionality, communication, learning, that's what
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  Speaker 2: this is all about.
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  Speaker 5: It was a little bit back from last year.
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  Speaker 3: But the two new guys, I don't think we've got
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  Speaker 3: a chance to really ask you seeing them out here
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  Speaker 3: with you, easier impressions of both of those two guys
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  Speaker 3: now joining your staff.
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  Speaker 2: I've you know, experience with with Pakouch and I've known
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  Speaker 2: Rouge from Afar for for a long time. Just the
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  Speaker 2: ability to come in seamlessly in terms of communication and
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  Speaker 2: speaking the same language. Right, So Rouge automatically when he
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  Speaker 2: walks in, knows so much of Campy's defense, some of
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  Speaker 2: the differences in tweaks maybe they made in Miami after
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  Speaker 2: camp he left.
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  Speaker 1: That was pretty seamless.
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  Speaker 2: And I love Rouge's juice and enthusiasm for the game
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  Speaker 2: and passion for coaching, and obviously BP coach me, and
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  Speaker 2: so he's definitely a little bit mellowed from then. The
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  Speaker 2: Northeast in him hasn't come out yet, but the teacher details.
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  Speaker 2: I think him and Sean have done a nice job
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  Speaker 2: of working through things in the offseason together to get
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  Speaker 2: us to a point where once we hit the grass,
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  Speaker 2: we're rolling.
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  Speaker 1: For a little bit.
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  Speaker 4: Is that Is that the excitment level?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's wild day one. You know, the difference
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  Speaker 2: a year makes, and we should be further along, closer
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  Speaker 2: to the way we were playing towards the end of
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  Speaker 2: the season than we are. You know, we're a year ago, right,
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  Speaker 2: and that's the expectation and standard. But when they did
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  Speaker 2: come out in the grass, you saw it. You felt
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  Speaker 2: that the routes on air was way more crisp clean.
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  Speaker 2: It just felt like the Manusa, the easy right, the
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  Speaker 2: things that we call quote unquote easy right. Throwing routes
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  Speaker 2: on air, operating a can an oscar and alert things
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  Speaker 2: like that on air against no defense was very seamless.
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  Speaker 2: It was easy, guys, just breaking the huddle. Now we
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  Speaker 2: can challenge them formationally a little bit more at this time,
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  Speaker 2: challenging more above the neck now that they kind of
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  Speaker 2: know how to operate around.
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  Speaker 1: Where you guys drafted forkature.
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  Speaker 3: Do you just put that in the bucket of the
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  Speaker 3: no respect thing that we.
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  Speaker 2: Can Yeah, unfortunately, you know, I mean it's kind of
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  Speaker 2: the I guess what I said after I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: It's not coming and we don't really care. So it's
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  Speaker 2: about our consensus and what we believe in this building
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  Speaker 2: about each player and how they fit in and character matters,
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  Speaker 2: personal and football character matters, and the mental the learning
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  Speaker 2: how much they can take in a short period of
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  Speaker 2: time to go be able to get on the grass
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  Speaker 2: and go play. I don't I wouldn't say either of
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  Speaker 2: our offense, of our defensive systems or quote unquote easy right,
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  Speaker 2: And so we do value players that can do different
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  Speaker 2: things and be able to go mentally play the game fast.
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  Speaker 4: Speaking of that, just in terms of Borderture, how advanced
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  Speaker 4: would you say he is coming in compared to maybe
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  Speaker 4: other players you know haven't spent five six years of.
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  Speaker 2: Co Yeah, you can tell he's got a common confidence
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  Speaker 2: about him, extremely locked in in the meeting room setting.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I knew some guys at Nebraska, and I've
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  Speaker 2: talked to some guys at A and M, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: in the weight room, the way he attacks things, the
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  Speaker 2: way that he works, very serious about his craft, very
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  Speaker 2: serious about playing football and getting better. So I think
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  Speaker 2: he fits right in. And you know, guys like Strange
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  Speaker 2: and and and those guys in that room already that
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  Speaker 2: have our workers and wired that way, I think will only.
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  Speaker 5: Help same school entire career. You begin coaching transferring just
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  Speaker 5: because of the problem right now, it's not that effect
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  Speaker 5: your draft.
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  Speaker 2: Just how the boards set up.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's it's just life now.
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  Speaker 2: It's like what's pretty normal now, and it's weird for us, And.
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  Speaker 1: Because you do have.
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  Speaker 2: To figure out why why are they moving from maybe
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  Speaker 2: school to school. And typically we like to see the
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  Speaker 2: guys that have maybe ascended in throughout their transfers and
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  Speaker 2: it's they're going to maybe go play in better competition
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  Speaker 2: or what they deem is putting them in a position
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  Speaker 2: to be successful.
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  Speaker 1: And leveling up.
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  Speaker 2: You know, James has said that a number of times,
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  Speaker 2: and I think that that's something that a lot of
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  Speaker 2: these guys have done that we ended up bringing in here.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, the transfer world, we're living it.
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  Speaker 3: Man.
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  Speaker 4: We talked a lot about the trend of heavier personnel,
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  Speaker 4: but from a play caller offensive genius type thing.
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  Speaker 1: Is what are you trying? What are Layman's terms?
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  Speaker 4: What are you trying to do there other than keep
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  Speaker 4: them in base?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I think the interesting thing about the tight end position
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  Speaker 2: or getting bigger is if, yeah, if you can get
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  Speaker 2: a bigger grouping on defense, but your tight ends have
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  Speaker 2: the ability to spread out and do different things. In
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  Speaker 2: the past game, well, you can present thirteen personnel pictures
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  Speaker 2: or even twelve. I like twelve a lot personally, but
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  Speaker 2: you can also present eleven personnal pictures, ten personnel pictures
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  Speaker 2: spread open, empty formations, And so now you're just challenging
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  Speaker 2: the defense in base defense to have a lot more calls, right,
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  Speaker 2: you have to have a lot more checks, a lot
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  Speaker 2: more adjustments. And I believe that there is going to
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  Speaker 2: be an uptick probably in the NFL next year and
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  Speaker 2: heavier personnel groupings. I'm not sure we're going to over
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  Speaker 2: rotate to a point where we want to get slower
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  Speaker 2: or less explosive. We still have some pretty damn good
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  Speaker 2: white House that I like to use, and so I
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  Speaker 2: just think it'll be interesting to see the trends.
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  Speaker 5: You're seeingj And you've seen Danny the last few weeks
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  Speaker 5: back on the grass for their second year, closing that
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  Speaker 5: with the edges you've seen here, Yeah, where those two
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  Speaker 5: guys with.
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  Speaker 2: The edges you've brought into Yeah, hard, hard for me
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  Speaker 2: to really give anybody. And these guys, all I know
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  Speaker 2: is about BJ and Danny. I mean BJ was here yesterday,
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  Speaker 2: you know, working out and there probably sizing, may I
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  Speaker 2: ain't taking my job. And you know, I told these
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  Speaker 2: guys last week in the in the meetings, I said,
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  Speaker 2: if y'all are looking around worrying about a rookie taking
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  Speaker 2: your job, like, you're probably in the wrong room.
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  Speaker 1: And and that's.
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  Speaker 2: Specific to those too, because they were undrafted, work their
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  Speaker 2: asses off to earn every snap that they got, you know,
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  Speaker 2: played veterans a little bit less to to get them
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  Speaker 2: an opportunity based on special teams. And so I think
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  Speaker 2: there there's probably some similarities in these these four guys
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  Speaker 2: that you just mentioned. Hard for me to differentiate at
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  Speaker 2: the moment. I think there is similarities and how they're
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  Speaker 2: wired like that.
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  Speaker 1: You know, underdog man. I'm approve what I got, how.
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  Speaker 2: I can play, how I can earn these opportunities.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we'll see. That's the beauty of competition.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah please, yeah, thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, the schedule.
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  Speaker 3: How soon will you look at that week one point
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  Speaker 3: and say.
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  Speaker 1: I got to take a peek of that, Yeah, relatively quickly. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: That it just gives you something a little bit competitive
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  Speaker 2: to build on and start to just get your mind
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  Speaker 2: going towards your focus is the Susan the season hits.
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  Speaker 2: It's so internal, right, You's just everything self scout, self scout,
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  Speaker 2: worrying about ourselves and I want to keep that focus
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  Speaker 2: the same. But I think it just gives you a
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  Speaker 2: little bit of excitement, something to start diving into that
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  Speaker 2: we can start to almost incorporate in our off season program.
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  Speaker 2: Is all right, let's throw some stuff that we know
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  Speaker 2: we're going to install, right, and things that we know
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  Speaker 2: we're going to run that maybe something that pops up
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  Speaker 2: on tape that we would envision knowing.
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  Speaker 1: That we're going to run in week one.
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  Speaker 2: Well, let's start to sprinkle that in throughout the off
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  Speaker 2: season and see what that looks like. Maybe even throw
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  Speaker 2: it up against some of the looks that we could present.
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  Speaker 2: I mean week one, I'd say probably towards the end
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  Speaker 2: of Mini camp, we will do blitz like BPU just
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  Speaker 2: the offense against all of our Week one opponent pressures, like,
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  Speaker 2: we won't tell them, probably in that moment, that these
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  Speaker 2: are our exit, you know, opponent EXUS third down pressures.
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  Speaker 2: But we will card them, we will script them, we
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  Speaker 2: will rep them out here without them knowing.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, good question. Yeah, thanks guys, appreciate you, guys,