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  Speaker 1: All to get out the red jersey, to get out
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  Speaker 1: of it.
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  Speaker 2: Your quarterback out there.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, uh yeah, I mean it's wanna be one of
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  Speaker 3: the guys. Man, I don't want you know what I'm saying.
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  Speaker 3: They was joking with me and giving me a lot
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  Speaker 3: of stuff for wearing the red. But I'm out of
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  Speaker 3: it now, so it's all good.
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  Speaker 1: What was it like when you from in the locker
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  Speaker 1: room and saw no red, didn't?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, I was excited.
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  Speaker 3: I knew it was coming though, but I was definitely excited.
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  Speaker 3: Uh so that was yesterday. I had something to look
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  Speaker 3: forward to on that Monday.
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  Speaker 2: So it was good.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I did.
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  Speaker 2: I did, you know, just breaking it in breaking the
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  Speaker 2: new jersey? In how you feel? You? Do you feel
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  Speaker 2: one hundred percent healthy? Back to you?
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  Speaker 3: So yeah, I feel good. And I mean I've I've
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  Speaker 3: been felt that way, you know. I just it's protocols,
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  Speaker 3: you know, So I just got to be smart to
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  Speaker 3: be patient.
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  Speaker 2: But feeling good, ready to go. Well, you were in
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  Speaker 2: the red, did you feel like you got the work
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  Speaker 2: that you needed? Yeah? I mean I was out there
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  Speaker 2: practicing every day.
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  Speaker 3: It was just more so, uh my teammates taking care
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  Speaker 3: of me I'm taking care of them that kind of thing,
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  Speaker 3: you know, just being on the same page with that.
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  Speaker 3: But other than that, I mean, the biggest thing me,
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  Speaker 3: it's just conditioning, you know, just being being ready to
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  Speaker 3: run and cover and that kind of thing. So I
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  Speaker 3: was able to accomplish that even though I was in the.
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  Speaker 2: Red in terms of knowing the schemes Fitnam.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, because I was out there every day just
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  Speaker 3: in Red Jersey the.
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  Speaker 2: Ryan Nielsen decause what you would vision it would be
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  Speaker 2: and how good of a fit is it for you?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's definitely even more so, you know, it's just
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  Speaker 3: it's just and I feel like it's rare that you
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  Speaker 3: have a defense that's dynamic because you normally you think
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  Speaker 3: of offenses are dynamic, but I feel like this defense
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  Speaker 3: dynamic unless the playmaker's gonna make plays.
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  Speaker 2: So I think it's perfect fit for me.
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  Speaker 1: What what about in terms of do you feel like
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  Speaker 1: for safety it's an instinct based defense or is it assignment?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, obviously you have assignments, but at the same
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  Speaker 3: time you have rules, so you you kind of you
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  Speaker 3: kind of know when when you're your chance is to
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  Speaker 3: go make a player or whatever. So obviously you gotta
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  Speaker 3: find your assignment, read your keys, that kind of thing.
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  Speaker 3: But you know, once you do that, you're playing football.
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  Speaker 2: Do you feel like this defense is to where it
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  Speaker 2: needs to be for a week? One man stacking block?
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  Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying.
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  Speaker 3: We don't want to put a ceiling on ourselves. You know,
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  Speaker 3: we just coming in here each and every day, you know,
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  Speaker 3: iron shopping iron. We're just trying to get better every
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  Speaker 3: day every single day.
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  Speaker 1: You talk about the playofs in the defense and the
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  Speaker 1: ability to go make plays just for you.
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  Speaker 2: How does that.
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  Speaker 1: Feel knowing that you have guys like Cisco who is
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  Speaker 1: a ball hockey up, like Tyson Darby, whoever it is,
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  Speaker 1: that can just make a play at any time.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's good. We feed off of each other,
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  Speaker 2: you know what I'm saying.
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  Speaker 3: It's kind of that kind of that anticipation of you know,
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  Speaker 3: who's gonna be the one, you know what I'm saying.
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  Speaker 3: So we just out there just just focusing on doing
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  Speaker 3: our jobs and when our moment comes, we gotta make
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  Speaker 3: that play.
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  Speaker 2: So it's exciting. It's fun. You know, we challenge each other,
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  Speaker 2: we get after it a little bit, so it's cool.
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  Speaker 1: And I know if they're not in your same position.
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  Speaker 1: But when you have guys getting after your quarterback like
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  Speaker 1: Trayvon and Josh, I mean they let the league in sacks,
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  Speaker 1: just how much will that help you as a defensive back.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean we working with each other, you know,
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  Speaker 3: it kind of goes hand in hand. You know, if
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  Speaker 3: we're not covering back there in the back end, quarterbacks
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  Speaker 3: getting ball out quick and you know, if they not
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  Speaker 3: necessarily get home, then we covering all day. Then, you
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  Speaker 3: know what I'm saying, we were back there fighting for
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  Speaker 3: our lives. So it goes hand in hand. So we just,
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  Speaker 3: you know, just holding each other to a high standard
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  Speaker 3: on both sides, you know, and just trying to keep
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  Speaker 3: that same pace and that same intensity every single day.
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  Speaker 1: Brian Thomas like one of those guys that doesn't look
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  Speaker 1: like he's running hard and then the next thing you know,
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  Speaker 1: he's like four steps behind you.
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  Speaker 2: One of those kind of guys.
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  Speaker 3: Well I an wouldn't say four steps, but yeah, I
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  Speaker 3: mean he's he's one of these.
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  Speaker 2: He's an easy runner. I mean, he's so tall.
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  Speaker 3: You know what I'm saying, You don't really, you know,
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  Speaker 3: realize how tall he is. I think BET's worked about
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  Speaker 3: sixty three somewhere around there. So he just kind of
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  Speaker 3: glides when he runs. You know, he's got them long strides,
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  Speaker 3: so it doesn't really look like he's digging, but he's
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  Speaker 3: covering ground, So not go ahead.
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  Speaker 2: How conceptive is that for a defensive back when you've
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  Speaker 2: got a guy like that? Yeah, I mean it's deceptive.
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  Speaker 3: You know this, I mean this, this league is full
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  Speaker 3: of great athletes, tall, tall runners, you know what I'm saying,
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  Speaker 3: short runners, you know. So, uh, he's definitely got a
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  Speaker 3: unique skill set as far as being that tall and
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  Speaker 3: being able to cover that much ground and kind of,
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  Speaker 3: you know, just get on top of the defense.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, it's just it's good. It's good for
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  Speaker 2: him to see us, and it's good for us to
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  Speaker 2: see him too.
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  Speaker 1: So what did you and your age right all times
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  Speaker 1: when you went shop at him?
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  Speaker 2: He's top of the list. I mean, I assume, I know,
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  Speaker 2: I can't ignore the money factor, but I mean.
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  Speaker 3: Other than that, uh yeah, I mean for me, it
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  Speaker 3: was just just really just getting back to playing football
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  Speaker 3: the way I know how.
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  Speaker 2: You know, obviously, you know, my time in Green Bay
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  Speaker 2: was good.
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  Speaker 3: I learned everything I could, you know, and I'm forever
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  Speaker 3: grateful for the opportunity, you know, but just being able
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  Speaker 3: to just be a playmaker and just just move around
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  Speaker 3: and make plays in different positions, that kind of thing.
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  Speaker 2: So I feel like that was a big factor, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and I feel like we picked the right spot. What
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  Speaker 2: did you How much homework did you do on Ryan
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  Speaker 2: Ryan Hilson?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, I wouldn't necessarily say it was it was
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  Speaker 3: a lot of homework. You know, I knew he was
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  Speaker 3: in Atlanta. Uh, last year, you know he had Jesse.
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  Speaker 3: Jesse had a great year obviously, you know, had safety
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  Speaker 3: for him.
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  Speaker 2: And you know he's just a guy. He's fiery guy,
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  Speaker 2: he just loves football.
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  Speaker 3: That's that's somebody you can come to work with every
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  Speaker 3: single day, you know what I'm saying. So just that
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  Speaker 3: in its own is a big thing for me too.
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  Speaker 2: So y'all, what this might be weird, what I'm just letting.
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  Speaker 1: What would you how would you describe your specific role
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  Speaker 1: in this defense? Like they're listening to you as a safety,
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  Speaker 1: you're playing inside of it, You're able to do multiple things.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think it's a specific role. I just want
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  Speaker 2: to be around the ball man, you know.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 3: I feel like I feel like I can really make
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  Speaker 3: the game difficult for offenses, you know, so with me
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  Speaker 3: just moving around. And I'm pretty smart too, so uh,
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  Speaker 3: you know, I can't wear a lot of different hats,
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  Speaker 3: you know, So just me just moving around and just
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  Speaker 3: staying in it and just being all over the place.
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  Speaker 2: It's fun. You know. It keeps me engaged. So it's cool.
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  Speaker 2: When we write it, do we say safe to your corner?
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  Speaker 2: Howevery y'all want to split it? Man, every y'all want
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  Speaker 2: to split it? Dv dvall