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Tyson Campbell on Why the Vibe Is Different Heading into Year 3 | The O-Zone Podcast · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Soon.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome to the Ozone Podcast with Jaguars senior writer John Osher.
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  Speaker 2: All Right, welcome into this week's Ozone podcast, and we
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  Speaker 2: were joined this week by, Uh, It's crazy how quick
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  Speaker 2: time goes third year veteran Tyson Campbell. And Tyson, first
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  Speaker 2: of all, thanks for joining us. I can appreciate you
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  Speaker 2: doing this. How does that sound third year veteran man?
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  Speaker 1: It sounds really like Phil out yesterday. I was just
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  Speaker 1: coming in the Duval as a rookie and now I'm
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  Speaker 1: going into my third years. Just shows how fast planning
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  Speaker 1: in this league is. So but you know, it's a blessing,
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  Speaker 1: you know, thank God that I was able to make
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  Speaker 1: make three years in the NFL. So excited.
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  Speaker 2: What changes obviously from rookie to third year, but as
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  Speaker 2: you become a veteran, what changes in terms of approach, mindset,
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  Speaker 2: what you see on the field. What's the biggest thing
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  Speaker 2: that's different as a veteran guy compared to a.
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  Speaker 1: Record I would say, uh, the pace of the game
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  Speaker 1: definitely slows down. So once the pace of the game
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  Speaker 1: slows down for you, it allows you to play more freely,
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  Speaker 1: more faster. And I think like each year that I
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  Speaker 1: play in this league, the game definitely slows down for me.
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  Speaker 1: I'm able to catch on different stuff, and you know,
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  Speaker 1: the film preparation that you go through each year, it
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  Speaker 1: kind of just shows you, you know, what offense are
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  Speaker 1: trying to achieve, what the position of receivers and where
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  Speaker 1: we're out they could run and stuff like that. So
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  Speaker 1: I feel like as each year goes and then the
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  Speaker 1: game slowed down for you.
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  Speaker 2: Last year, a lot of statistical uh analysis people considered
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  Speaker 2: you maybe one of the more underrated corners in the league.
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  Speaker 2: What I say about that is maybe you don't get
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  Speaker 2: the national accolades, but when you look at the play
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  Speaker 2: and you look at the numbers, your way up there.
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  Speaker 2: Did you feel like you took that kind of step
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  Speaker 2: last year? Did you feel like you had that kind
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  Speaker 2: of a season? Uh, not to brag on yourself, but
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  Speaker 2: did you feel that did you feel that improvement?
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I definitely did. I feel like I took
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  Speaker 1: a definitely a big step from you one to year two.
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  Speaker 1: And not only I felt it myself, but I felt
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  Speaker 1: like the coaches and the team felt it as well.
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  Speaker 1: Just allowing me to follow certain guys and allowed me
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  Speaker 1: to just just play my game and Yeah, I definitely
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  Speaker 1: felt like I was in a different mindset, you know,
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  Speaker 1: going into year two, a lot more confident, a lot stronger,
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  Speaker 1: a lot faster, and just hungry.
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  Speaker 2: Now, it's always interesting talking to you. I've talked to
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  Speaker 2: a lot of guys over the years. Often cornerbacks are uh,
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  Speaker 2: maybe a little more outgoing than you, if you follow me,
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  Speaker 2: But that's just not your style. But that shouldn't I'm
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  Speaker 2: assuming that doesn't mean that there's a lack of confidence
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  Speaker 2: with you. Even though you're quiet, you have that same
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  Speaker 2: confidence that a corner.
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  Speaker 1: Has, right. Uh, you know my mindset is like I'm
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  Speaker 1: leting my play do the talking. Okay, No, I mean
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  Speaker 1: I got some receivers that like to talk, so if
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  Speaker 1: they talking to me, of course I'm talk back. But
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  Speaker 1: like when it comes to game day, I'm not looking
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  Speaker 1: at it and getting you wrong. I'm gonna get the
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  Speaker 1: job done, do my partner and help the team in
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  Speaker 1: the game.
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  Speaker 2: You obviously, I think we talked last year a little bit,
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  Speaker 2: but early in the rookie season, went went through some
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  Speaker 2: adversity the whole team did. What is it about you
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  Speaker 2: that enables you to come through that? Is? Is that
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  Speaker 2: just something that you have to learn as a corner
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  Speaker 2: being able. Okay, bad play, bad stretch, we got to
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  Speaker 2: put it off or is there something in you that
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  Speaker 2: enables you to do that.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's both. You know, come from South Florida,
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  Speaker 1: you know, you know, you just compete your whole life.
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  Speaker 1: And then I think it's just in me and just
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  Speaker 1: how it's raised. You know, my parents, uh you know,
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  Speaker 1: teaching me. You know, you know, earn everything you get,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and uh never never, never be satisfied. And
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  Speaker 1: that's my mindset, never be satisfied. And I'm very ambitious,
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  Speaker 1: ambitious person. So you know, I'm always striving for greatness.
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  Speaker 1: I know, I know people want, you know, seek progress,
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  Speaker 1: I mean seek perfection, but you know you have to
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  Speaker 1: see progress first. So you know, once I feel like
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  Speaker 1: I'm getting better each and every week, you know, I'm
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  Speaker 1: fine with that. But I think as a as a
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  Speaker 1: defensive back, you already have to have, you know, a
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  Speaker 1: strong mind and short turn memory because you know, we
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  Speaker 1: played one of the hardest positions in football.
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  Speaker 2: So they only noticed your mistakes.
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  Speaker 1: Right, and and they're paying you to to cover you know,
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  Speaker 1: the stars on other other teams, So you know, it's
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  Speaker 1: definitely you got to have, you know, a little bit
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  Speaker 1: dogging you if you play this position.
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  Speaker 2: I got you did play and you probably talked about
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  Speaker 2: this a lot in the past. But it's fascinating. Not
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  Speaker 2: many five star recruits who wind up in the NFL,
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  Speaker 2: uh were at times overlooked in high school because there
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  Speaker 2: was another guy on the team you can fall and
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  Speaker 2: uh did that at the time, and it's Patrick's retaine.
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  Speaker 2: PEOPLEHO don't know. Did that motivates you at the time?
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  Speaker 2: Did that?
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  Speaker 1: Uh?
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  Speaker 2: You know, that's an unusual situation because obviously you were
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  Speaker 2: one of the best twenty twenty five players in the nation,
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  Speaker 2: and yet there were two of you.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, uh, you know, Yeah, definitely I feel like that.
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  Speaker 1: Definitely going into college, definitely maybe have a chip on
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  Speaker 1: my shoulder. I've always been trying to prove myself in
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  Speaker 1: and create a name for myself, and that's something I always,
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  Speaker 1: you know, prided myself on and just just set my
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  Speaker 1: own path and set my own legacy.
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  Speaker 2: May have been a blessing. Maybe you don't work as
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  Speaker 2: hard without that.
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  Speaker 1: Right, Definitely, Yes, I just thank God for everything, you know,
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  Speaker 1: every I feel like everything happens for a reason. I
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  Speaker 1: feel like I'm putting in different positions and places for
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  Speaker 1: a reason, because it brings the best out of you.
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  Speaker 2: Now, how many if any acting class did you take
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  Speaker 2: a Georgia and I was at your major? Was that
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  Speaker 2: your major?
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  Speaker 1: No, I was business management major. But no, I just
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  Speaker 1: I haven't took any acting classes. But I'm a big
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  Speaker 1: movie fan. I love, you know, watching movies and shows.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Denzel Washington one of my favorite actors, actually
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  Speaker 1: watching I know I'm a young guy, but I'm actually
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  Speaker 1: watching The Sopranos. Now, okay, so I'm a big movie guy.
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  Speaker 2: And what we're getting at. You were in the schedule
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  Speaker 2: release video and I thought the star of it. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: you know, aside for myself, what was that experience like?
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  Speaker 2: And how much fun was it to be involved with that?
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  Speaker 1: It was? It was a great experience something I wasn't
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  Speaker 1: really used to, uh, you know, being in front of
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  Speaker 1: the camera, well without a helmet on. Sure, Uh you know,
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  Speaker 1: but it was fun, you know, getting given be able
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  Speaker 1: to give certain lines and you know, acted out, you know,
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  Speaker 1: with your teammates. It was fun, exciting and uh, you
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  Speaker 1: know I can see myself doing that. Sure.
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  Speaker 2: Now, I don't think people, uh when you're interviewed. You
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  Speaker 2: don't always show that side of yourself, Yeah, but I'm
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  Speaker 2: assuming that that's how you are around teammates.
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  Speaker 1: You sort of let loose a little bit, yeah, like
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  Speaker 1: really to myself. But you know, once I know you,
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  Speaker 1: I'll open up a little bit. So I got you.
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  Speaker 2: What have you learned? Uh, two years in the NFL,
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  Speaker 2: and I think it's safe to say they were different
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  Speaker 2: from a team point of view. So what have you
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  Speaker 2: learned in two years in the NFL that's going to
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  Speaker 2: help you moving forward into year three?
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  Speaker 1: We gotta work to win, you know. Winning is a process,
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  Speaker 1: it's and it's gonna be the little things that matter,
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  Speaker 1: you know, And one of those little things is team chemistry,
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  Speaker 1: just having a bunch of guys binding to one culture
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  Speaker 1: and the culture staff as well. You know, once you
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  Speaker 1: get everyone on the same board, that allows you to
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  Speaker 1: have success because everybody is not only you know, playing
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  Speaker 1: for one another, but playing for a purpose. So I
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  Speaker 1: would say those two things, because you know, winning in
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  Speaker 1: this league is pretty difficult.
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  Speaker 2: So there's a different feeling around here this year. I
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  Speaker 2: assume it's because he had some success, but it doesn't
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  Speaker 2: feel like any complacency. But how would you define if
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  Speaker 2: last year was about sort of building trust with Doug
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  Speaker 2: and sort of coming back off of it, how does
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  Speaker 2: it feel around here this offseason? Uh?
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  Speaker 1: I think we're a more hungry team. I remember after
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  Speaker 1: Kennas City game, you know, Doug told us like we
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  Speaker 1: really just set the standard. You know, we're a playoff team,
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  Speaker 1: So that's how we feel. You know, we're a playoff team.
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  Speaker 1: So we get to the playoffs, a whole new season
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  Speaker 1: starts and then it's only up from there. So just
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  Speaker 1: to just to know that we set the standard and
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  Speaker 1: to continue to live up to the standard and achieve
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  Speaker 1: more than what was achieved last year got you.
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  Speaker 2: Before we came on, you talked a little bit. I
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  Speaker 2: asked you about being a thirty year guy and you
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  Speaker 2: said it, it does feel like you're a thirty year guy.
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  Speaker 2: And it sounded like there's a lot of leadership that
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  Speaker 2: goes along with that. A comfortable with that? Do you
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  Speaker 2: like that? And how do you approach being a leader?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm comfortable with it. I feel like, you know,
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  Speaker 1: that comes with comes with the territory. You know, when
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  Speaker 1: you do things the right way, you know, guys kind
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  Speaker 1: of you float towards you and seek advice, and you know,
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  Speaker 1: I'm all for it, you know, trying to help guys,
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  Speaker 1: you know, learn this league and find the right tools
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  Speaker 1: so they can you know, stay and be successful in
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  Speaker 1: this league because I had the same same tools, whether
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  Speaker 1: it be a culture, a vet that helped me around
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  Speaker 1: and learn how to be a pro.
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  Speaker 2: What do you tell guys the rookie year is so
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  Speaker 2: tricky And I'm always fascinated by guys who who come
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  Speaker 2: in as a rookie, And I probably said it last year.
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  Speaker 2: I've never seen anybody sort of go through what you
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  Speaker 2: did early because you had a tough stretch and then
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  Speaker 2: really come out of it quickly and and and turn
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  Speaker 2: that into a positive which is an amazing thing to do.
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  Speaker 2: Do you share that with younger guys? And what do
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  Speaker 2: you tell rookies about adapting to this league? It's a
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  Speaker 2: different game.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll just basically tell them like, it's gonna be
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  Speaker 1: bumps in the road because you're going into a new
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  Speaker 1: You're playing in a new environment. You know, you're playing
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  Speaker 1: in something you you're not really used to, So it's
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  Speaker 1: gonna be a learning a learning curve going to get
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  Speaker 1: through and use Whether it's gonna make you break you.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm just learning telling them to you know, prepare
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  Speaker 1: for it and also just learn to try to find
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  Speaker 1: a foundation, to find a routine that works for you.
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  Speaker 1: So whether you're you're up, going through your upsolio downs,
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  Speaker 1: you stick to that routine and at the end of
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  Speaker 1: the day you know you're over You'll overcome it got you.
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  Speaker 2: Where do you get better this year?
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  Speaker 1: Like you said, just want to get better as a leader.
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  Speaker 1: Of course as a player, I feel like I'm my
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  Speaker 1: biggest critic. So it was a bunch of plays that
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  Speaker 1: I left out there on the field and whether it
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  Speaker 1: be you know, knowledge of the play or technique wise,
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  Speaker 1: So those are all the things I'm trying to you know,
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  Speaker 1: perfect and you know, try to enhance my game with
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  Speaker 1: So mainly I'm really trying to, you know, take that
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  Speaker 1: next step and try to put myself is like this
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  Speaker 1: dude is for sure top corners in this league.
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  Speaker 2: So you enjoy it. I mean, are you in a
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  Speaker 2: good place right now in terms of you know, it's
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  Speaker 2: a super Bowl potential team. People are talking about that
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  Speaker 2: and you're on the ride and it's supposed to be
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  Speaker 2: the time of your life.
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  Speaker 1: Right Yeah, I'm definitely in a good mental space right now.
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  Speaker 1: I'm glad to be back working with the guys and
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  Speaker 1: the coaches and yeah, man, like everybody's exciting, man, especially me. Man,
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  Speaker 1: I feel like we still still got to prove prove
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  Speaker 1: the people I did that, you know, you know the
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  Speaker 1: jags or not where they used to be?
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  Speaker 2: Got you? The last time you do here is the
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  Speaker 2: O zone five? There just some fun questions, and I
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  Speaker 2: already know the answer to the first one. You're binge
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  Speaker 2: watching the Sopranos. Never watched it before?
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  Speaker 1: No, I haven't.
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  Speaker 2: Is it as good as the hype?
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  Speaker 1: Yes, it's really good. Like I feel like every time
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  Speaker 1: I get home, I gotta watch an episode of two.
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  Speaker 2: How far are you through it?
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  Speaker 1: I'm on season four?
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  Speaker 2: Okay, so you're deep into season one. Might be the
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  Speaker 2: best season for television period that in wh watched The Wire.
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  Speaker 1: I've started watching The Wire, but I chilled off in
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  Speaker 1: a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: I thought The Sopranos was the best I've ever seen
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  Speaker 2: until The Wire came along. I'm away. I mean, I
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  Speaker 2: think the Wire is the best, but Soprano is very strong.
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  Speaker 2: What's the last song you listened to this morning on
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  Speaker 2: the way.
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  Speaker 1: In last sorry I listened to was the Brothers?
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  Speaker 2: Uh at the old school?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm old so so uh make me say it again?
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  Speaker 2: Okay, got you?
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  Speaker 1: Got you?
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  Speaker 2: When will Georgia lose again?
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  Speaker 1: Uh? You know, Kirby Smart retires?
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  Speaker 2: Okay, okay, that's fair. Why do you wear your number this?
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I'm glad I'm getting to say this. I didn't.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't pick thirty two. Okay, thirty two is actually
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  Speaker 1: given to me. I rememory came in. Uh it was
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  Speaker 1: you know, it was a COVID situation, right, So we
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  Speaker 1: had our little COVID trackers and my name said Campbell.
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  Speaker 1: When he said thirty two on it, okay, I was like,
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  Speaker 1: maybe this is just my locker number. Then I seen
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  Speaker 1: my jersey said thirty two. I actually wonted three. But
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  Speaker 1: you know, me and c J can't come to an agreement.
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  Speaker 2: Ott. You what person or people and most responsible for
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  Speaker 2: you being there?
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  Speaker 1: Oh? My parents, for sure. They sacrificed a lot for
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  Speaker 1: me to be in this position, not only just you know,
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  Speaker 1: help you and introducing me to the game of football,
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  Speaker 1: but like making sacrifice for me to be able to
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  Speaker 1: go to go to school and stuff like that. So
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  Speaker 1: I give it them all the credits, so gotcha.
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  Speaker 2: And because we may have asked you that before, final
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  Speaker 2: question of the five, what's the your favorite play that
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  Speaker 2: you've made if it's not in the NFL.
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  Speaker 1: Went, I'm gonna go with the pick in London or
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  Speaker 1: or Russell Wilson. Okay, I was proud of that inter
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  Speaker 1: who Russell Wilson here and stuff like that.
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  Speaker 2: So the touchdown, now, that's just kind of you got
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  Speaker 2: the fumble in Texas.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, but I mean I had.
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  Speaker 2: For a corner. It picks always yeah for me.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, And I felt like I didn't get to run
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  Speaker 1: that far.
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  Speaker 2: It was kind of okay, I got you.
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  Speaker 1: It wasn't that really exciting. I feel like people just
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  Speaker 1: hype about the celebration.
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  Speaker 2: Really that was a good celebration. We got some more, Okay,
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  Speaker 2: I got you, I got you. Well, I won't ask
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  Speaker 2: you about those. We'll wait to see him. Tyson Campbell,
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  Speaker 2: I always enjoy talking to you. I appreciate you joining
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  Speaker 2: the ozone podcast and and good luck to the rest
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  Speaker 2: of you off season and next season.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously appreciate it. Thanks you