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Press Pass | Heath Farwell & Parker Washington on Special Teams, Building Chemistry · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: At this point in time. I know you talked to
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  Speaker 1: us about in the off season program with regards to Parker,
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  Speaker 1: knowing the ascending role on offense, what are your expectations
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  Speaker 1: in terms of his availability for you on special teams.
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  Speaker 2: You know, that's something we talked about in the spring
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  Speaker 2: with Parker, and uh, you know, he expressed that he
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  Speaker 2: wants to he wants to return as well.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: He's a fantastic receiver, but he's an elite returner and uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's a he's a game changer. He's feared
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  Speaker 2: across the league. He's you know, he's the best return
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  Speaker 2: in the National Football League as far as I'm concerned.
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  Speaker 2: And so I'm excited when he says that he wants
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  Speaker 2: to play, wants to be back there help the team win.
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  Speaker 2: You know, that's the culture. Uh. You know, coach Liam
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  Speaker 2: is brought in and and and and he's just as
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  Speaker 2: part of it. You know, he's he wants to win
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  Speaker 2: and how is he going to help us? It's part
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  Speaker 2: of his being a punt returner and.
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  Speaker 1: For some reason, he is not your punt returner. Who
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  Speaker 1: is in that mix right now?
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  Speaker 2: We have a handful guys Austin Trammell is a very
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  Speaker 2: good returner. He's done it for over you know, over
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  Speaker 2: the years for us here and uh and a career
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  Speaker 2: of it. Josh Cameron has been working back there. That's
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  Speaker 2: another option. So we have other options. Obviously I'd love
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  Speaker 2: to have a park back there, but we can.
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  Speaker 4: We can.
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  Speaker 2: We've got a few guys that can do it as.
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  Speaker 3: Well, guys buying for the kick return jobs.
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  Speaker 2: Uh say, I would say saying, we have a bunch
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  Speaker 2: of guys that can do it, and I think it
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  Speaker 2: just depends on how the roster shapes out. Uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: how much what does that mean for Bagel Tooton? What
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  Speaker 2: does that mean for Laquint? How much of those guys
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  Speaker 2: gonna play. Josh Cameron is the dynamic returner. I've been
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  Speaker 2: super impressed with him back here at you know, at
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  Speaker 2: training camp and in practice. So, uh, we have a
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  Speaker 2: bunch of guys that can do it, and so uh,
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  Speaker 2: like I said, I think we just got to kind
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  Speaker 2: of see how this thing all plays out with a
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  Speaker 2: roster active, you know, on game days and uh and
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  Speaker 2: playing times. We got to fit the puzzle of how
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  Speaker 2: much they're gonna play on offensive defense and then what's
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  Speaker 2: that look like for us? And and what's gonna what's
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  Speaker 2: gonna be the best for the for the.
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  Speaker 5: Teams have been probably beaten down your door the most
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  Speaker 5: this time of year about special teams and maybe some
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  Speaker 5: guys you've been impressed with.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, Josh Cameron's obviously a talented player, and he's
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  Speaker 2: but he's very, very smart. You know, he's working with
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  Speaker 2: the personal protectors. Uh, you know, that's a big challenge.
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  Speaker 2: You know some of the other guys, uh is Zach
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  Speaker 2: Durfy's come you know, comes up every single day. Brian
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  Speaker 2: Thomas comes up every day, and that's a you know,
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  Speaker 2: as an undrafted free agent, that's a that's an emphasis.
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  Speaker 2: I tell him, you're a late round pick, you're undrafted,
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  Speaker 2: You're gonna do it on special teams. So, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the the you know, the young players, you know, Parker
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  Speaker 2: Hughes is another one that comes up every day now.
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  Speaker 2: And it's the importance on this team. Uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it starts with the veteran players, the you know, the
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  Speaker 2: culture they've brought.
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  Speaker 6: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: You know, there I will explain to him how important
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  Speaker 2: special teams is, but nobody tells them more than those
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  Speaker 2: those veteran players that have kind of earned a role
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  Speaker 2: on special teams for us.
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  Speaker 3: You got somebody that Bill Dewey's role.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I think we have a bunch of
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  Speaker 2: good safeties. I think that's part of it. You know,
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  Speaker 2: do is it was a great player for us, a
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  Speaker 2: leader and a team captain. But the guys we have,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Kayla Ransaw has been a fantastic gunner, you know,
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  Speaker 2: a different type player, but you know, I anticipate him
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  Speaker 2: being a starting gunner right there, right there with ray
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  Speaker 2: On and ray On as as you guys know. Between
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  Speaker 2: those two guys, I think we have two of the
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  Speaker 2: better gunters in the in the National Football League. The
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  Speaker 2: kicker upon her, the holder you got coming back.
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  Speaker 1: Is it hard to imagine an NFL special teams coach
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  Speaker 1: feeling more comfortable with those three guys as you obviously
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  Speaker 1: are to one of the season.
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  Speaker 2: I'm very fortunate. There's no question those guys are fantastic. Uh.
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  Speaker 2: They're the best in the game at their positions. And
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  Speaker 2: then throw Parker Washington into that as well. So uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know it's especially whose coordinator job is never easy. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: But I like my position and very very fortunate to
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  Speaker 2: work with that crew, I.
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  Speaker 6: Know next week or whatever that happen it is, But
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  Speaker 6: like in the joint practices, will you go live on
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  Speaker 6: like the returns.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and that's something we do. And that's the best
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  Speaker 2: part is we can go full cover or we can
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  Speaker 2: do some kind of individual battles, you know, gunners versus
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  Speaker 2: their vice and and do some of those things. So
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  Speaker 2: we'll see those things and uh, you know you're gonna
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  Speaker 2: see some of that tomorrow in the in the in
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  Speaker 2: the Mott game. So those you know, we give them
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  Speaker 2: all the tools and not only in the offseason but
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  Speaker 2: even in training camp. But it's built on to let
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  Speaker 2: them compete in those preseason games, in those scrimmages, in
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  Speaker 2: those mock games, to see, if you know, the competitor
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  Speaker 2: that comes out and putting all those tools together, uh,
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  Speaker 2: to to to showcase what they can do.
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  Speaker 4: I know it happened a little while ago, but what
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  Speaker 4: did it mean to you to get into promotion this
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  Speaker 4: summer and how much did that kind of say about
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  Speaker 4: your works that you've been here.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm super grateful, you know for the organization, the
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  Speaker 2: cons to Tony Boselli all the way down to to
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  Speaker 2: Liam Uh it's a it's an honor, it's a you know,
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  Speaker 2: I'm very appreciative, and it's a it's a good challenge
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  Speaker 2: for me. It's you know, it's an opportunity to kind of,
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  Speaker 2: you know, to to reach both sides of the ball,
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  Speaker 2: not just special teams, and impact that the best I can, uh,
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  Speaker 2: not only in the you know, in the in the
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  Speaker 2: inside the building, but also on this field. How can
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  Speaker 2: I help? Can I help the offense? Can I help
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  Speaker 2: out some other position? And I think just uh, it's
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  Speaker 2: a great opportunity. I think it's I'm very honored.
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  Speaker 4: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: And again it's a cool deal for me.
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  Speaker 5: How much proudu you tick? Then when you see guys
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  Speaker 5: like bj Green and Branson Combs kind of make the
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  Speaker 5: roster through their work on special teams and just continue
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  Speaker 5: to build the role in this organization from there.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I got a special place my heart, you know,
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  Speaker 2: as an undrafted free agent that that played a you
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  Speaker 2: know a bunch of years uh in this league on
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  Speaker 2: special teams. So I have a special place for those guys.
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  Speaker 2: But to see them do it, to to see that
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  Speaker 2: it matters to them, they care about it, uh, and
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  Speaker 2: and and they do it. They did it last season
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  Speaker 2: and then they just elevate their game into what now
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  Speaker 2: they're a second year player, But it hasn't stopped there.
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  Speaker 2: They're playing a lot more defense now, but it hasn't reflected.
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  Speaker 2: You know, there's still there's still one of our better
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  Speaker 2: players on special teams. And then now they have a
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  Speaker 2: role of kind of bringing the young guys. I see
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  Speaker 2: them out here coaching up the young undrafted kids and
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  Speaker 2: and and late round picks to kind of bring in
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  Speaker 2: the next guys along how they made it. And so
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  Speaker 2: I think that's a huge deal. It's you know, it's easy.
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  Speaker 2: Uh you know sometimes when a coach says it and
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  Speaker 2: then they have their buddy say it, it reaches them
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  Speaker 2: different and and and I think that's a cool thing
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  Speaker 2: about uh football, about this team sport is the is
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  Speaker 2: the group that brings together. But that's the culture that
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  Speaker 2: bring them along. You know, it's competent, hithing, but it's
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  Speaker 2: also getting our team better. Like it's a it's a
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  Speaker 2: it's important to us and it's gonna help us win
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  Speaker 2: on on Sundays on game days.
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  Speaker 1: Young guys who obviously need to have a special team's role,
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  Speaker 1: I would think in order to make the fifty three.
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  Speaker 1: C J Williams, Jabbar, Mohammad Jayala, McLoud. Anything you've seen
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  Speaker 1: from those guys in.
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  Speaker 4: Particular, Yeah, I mean CJ.
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  Speaker 2: You know, let's start with CJ. CJ contacted me more
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  Speaker 2: this summer than anybody.
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  Speaker 6: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: And it's just a reflection how much he cares he
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  Speaker 2: wants to do it. I saw his run blocking at
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  Speaker 2: the receiver position in college, so I knew he was
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  Speaker 2: physical and he was tough. Uh. He's done a great
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  Speaker 2: job for us. I really like what he's doing. Uh. Uh.
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  Speaker 2: Jabbar Jabbar has done some good stuff. He's improved tremendously
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  Speaker 2: from where he started last training camp uh to now
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  Speaker 2: you know, he's gonna get those opportunities we talked about
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  Speaker 2: to compete to really showcase what he can do. But
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  Speaker 2: he's he's improved tremendously.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: And then Jalen McCleod, same concept. Him and Jabbar maybe
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  Speaker 2: two of the most improve players from last training camp
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  Speaker 2: to this training camp. So the thing is is how
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  Speaker 2: does it translate. Let's see what it looks like when
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  Speaker 2: they compete and enter in those spots. But the buy in,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the care about it, all that stuff is there,
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  Speaker 2: Like I said, I'm looking forward to see him compete.
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  Speaker 3: You have guys that they didn't.
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  Speaker 6: Play a lot of specialties in college, but get here
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  Speaker 6: and know that that's really their route today the lost
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  Speaker 6: her Can you look at those guys pretty early on
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  Speaker 6: when they're here and be like, I think, yeah, he
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  Speaker 6: can play it or no or yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And I think that's part of it. I watch him
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  Speaker 2: in college, and sometimes most of these guys didn't play
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  Speaker 2: a ton of special teams, so I have to watch
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  Speaker 2: offensive film or defensive film and say, does that translate?
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  Speaker 2: You know? CJ is one of those of I saw
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  Speaker 2: him block and I saw the physicality. Was one of
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  Speaker 2: the better blockers we saw. Josh Camer was one of
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  Speaker 2: the better blockers. We saw. He was a kick returner,
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  Speaker 2: punt returner. But I thought, Okay, this guy can be
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  Speaker 2: a personal protector, he can do different things. He can
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  Speaker 2: be a kick returner. I think those are the type
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  Speaker 2: of things that I have to translate from watching the
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  Speaker 2: college tape. And then see the toughness. You know that
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  Speaker 2: those are two guys that had that Jaguar DNA that
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  Speaker 2: we were looking for, that we wanted in the building,
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  Speaker 2: and you see, you see why you wanted them here.
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  Speaker 2: They're tough, they're physical, they care, they're both very, very smart,
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  Speaker 2: and so that's something we we're targeting a little topic.
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  Speaker 3: But is it kind of cool.
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  Speaker 1: When you look back the last eighteen months the fact
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  Speaker 1: that you can now watch the film and say, oh,
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  Speaker 1: that guy has Jaguar DNA.
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  Speaker 2: That's exactly right. It's but it's the culture. I think
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  Speaker 2: that's part of it. Is we're looking for specifics, you know,
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  Speaker 2: things and players and what they can bring. And it's
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  Speaker 2: not just on the field. It's in the classroom and
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  Speaker 2: in this building and in the community. And I think
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  Speaker 2: it's it's important to us. I think it's a cool
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  Speaker 2: when we get those players and then they show up
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  Speaker 2: here and they're exactly what we were hoping for. It's
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  Speaker 2: a great feeling.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks, thanks, awesome, Thank you guys.
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  Speaker 4: Parker.
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  Speaker 5: You and Trevor been together for years now, you feel
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  Speaker 5: that chemistry just that this year, fourth year together kind
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  Speaker 5: of hitting like a peak.
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  Speaker 3: Not definitely, you know, on the off the field, you know,
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  Speaker 3: the communication is different. And then obviously the trust he's
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  Speaker 3: having in me on some of these passes is really cool.
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  Speaker 3: And I know, like a couple of years ago he
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  Speaker 3: probably wouldna throw some of the paths he's thrown out
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  Speaker 3: to me. So it's just really cool to just to
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  Speaker 3: from to have that trust in me. And I'm gonna
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  Speaker 3: continue to make sure that he has that and I'm
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  Speaker 3: gonna make those plays for him.
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  Speaker 4: How are you so consistent? It seems like you haven't,
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  Speaker 4: from the outside looking in, had a bad day out
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  Speaker 4: here since camp started.
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  Speaker 3: You know, just taking it one day at a time,
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  Speaker 3: one rep at a time. That's been my mindset, you know,
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  Speaker 3: just how can I get better today, you know, not
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  Speaker 3: looking too far ahead, and if I have a bad rep,
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  Speaker 3: not looking too far in the past. So it's been
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  Speaker 3: really cool for me cause since day one, like I said,
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  Speaker 3: as a rookie I had, I just had to come
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  Speaker 3: in here and grow and get better and prove my value.
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  Speaker 3: So that's how I'm attacking it each day. And that's
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  Speaker 3: not never gonna change.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 3: Since I'm at the hotel, I was just wake up
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  Speaker 3: at four thirty, leave by four fifty, get here anywhere
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  Speaker 3: between four fifty five and five, and then I'm starting
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  Speaker 3: right when I get here, quick change right on the
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  Speaker 3: FaceTime with my trainer for prep. And then if we
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  Speaker 3: have our lift right to the lift. So trying it's
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  Speaker 3: really about obviously being a pro making sure I'm ready
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  Speaker 3: to go each day, you know, campus taxing, but if
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  Speaker 3: you wanna take it to the next step and take
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  Speaker 3: go to the next level and and what I'm trying
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  Speaker 3: to do, I have to be able to do that
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  Speaker 3: each day and just have that prep and you know,
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  Speaker 3: like I said, be ready to go.
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  Speaker 4: Because Tryva said, you're turning to alarm one.
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  Speaker 3: But drap Nah. It just depends, uh day to day. Uh,
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  Speaker 3: like I mean we end with our walkthrough. It just
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  Speaker 3: depends on how I'm feeling, you know. I'm so it's
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  Speaker 3: be a five am to like a six pm, six
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  Speaker 3: thirty day and do it again.
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  Speaker 6: What's on here with Ben?
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  Speaker 3: I'm in bed anywhere between eight and nine thirty. And
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  Speaker 3: then I mean yesterday, on my off day, I took
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  Speaker 3: two naps. Hey, I was sleeping good. So I mean,
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  Speaker 3: you know, just but that's what it's about. You know,
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  Speaker 3: you gotta take care of your body, you know, waking
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  Speaker 3: up early. I mean, the most important for me is sleep.
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  Speaker 3: So I have to make sure I get enough sleep
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  Speaker 3: starting with that, and then I feel like everything else
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  Speaker 3: is the Sorry, everything else is the cherry on top,
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  Speaker 3: you know. So do you drink coffee?
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  Speaker 1: Is it straight water and gatorade or.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's the other side. I'm real, real healthy. I
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  Speaker 3: mean I drink coffee every now and then, but I
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  Speaker 3: don't really drink it as like me needing it. It's
• 11:28
  Speaker 3: more so just for the aesthetic. And then I love
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  Speaker 3: Macha too, so it's kind of like the for the vibes.
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  Speaker 3: But I'm real healthy. Of I'm real strict about what
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  Speaker 3: I eat. My trainer gets on to me about how
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  Speaker 3: many carbs I'm getting and like all that type of stuff.
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  Speaker 3: I'm real like I would love fruit, love the protein
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  Speaker 3: and veggie. So I keep it real simple. So changed
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  Speaker 3: from your rookie year to now rookie year, I mean
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  Speaker 3: it's somewhat day and night, but not that much. I
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  Speaker 3: mean I've been working on this, like working on diet
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  Speaker 3: and just working don continue to be a better pro
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  Speaker 3: since my draft process, and I came a long way,
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  Speaker 3: you know, changing habits, and it takes time and people
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  Speaker 3: have to understand that what if you're trying to be
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  Speaker 3: better and be great, like, it's gonna take time. So
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  Speaker 3: there's been a lot of a lot of work just
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  Speaker 3: attacking it and like I said, just being in the
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  Speaker 3: moment and just making the most of it. Who's in
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  Speaker 3: the building?
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  Speaker 2: Sorry, who's in the building when you get here?
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  Speaker 6: Is there anybody any other players in here?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah? I mean eventually guys come in right?
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  Speaker 4: No?
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  Speaker 3: No, no, no guys are you know? Some days some guys
• 12:35
  Speaker 3: are light with me, some good. Some days it's just me.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, these last few days, I'm being a staffing slightly.
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  Speaker 3: The light's not on in the endoor, so I'm I'm
• 12:44
  Speaker 3: gonna ask for the password for the for the screens.
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  Speaker 3: I could turn the lights on. But I mean, like
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  Speaker 3: I said, I'm just trying to take care of my
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  Speaker 3: body and make the most of it. And it's been
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  Speaker 3: real fun, real cool just to see how my journey
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  Speaker 3: is unfolded. And I'm just I'm just getting started.
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  Speaker 5: Was there someone or something that inspired you to just
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  Speaker 5: start following that type of schedule?
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  Speaker 3: You know, it's crazy. I ain't gonna lie to you, bro,
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  Speaker 3: I've been. I've been. I've been at this early morning
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  Speaker 3: since high school, since eighth grade summer going into high school,
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  Speaker 3: so I've been at it for a while. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: the motivation is really just I look in the mirror,
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  Speaker 3: I say, it's me, birst me, I gotta go get it.
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  Speaker 3: And then on top of that, for my family, you know,
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  Speaker 3: they're a big piece of why I do it. And
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  Speaker 3: you know, at the end of the day, I was like,
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  Speaker 3: one day, like going into middle school, I was like,
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  Speaker 3: I gotta make my parents proud. You know, whatever I'm doing,
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  Speaker 3: I'm gonna make sure I get my absolute best. And
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  Speaker 3: that's my motivation. So that was all you at such
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  Speaker 3: a young age all me. You know, I don't know.
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  Speaker 3: I couldn't tell you. Why couldn't tell you what clicked?
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  Speaker 3: Something just in me just was like I wanna do
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  Speaker 3: something different. I wanna be special. And you can have
• 13:43
  Speaker 3: any of my my friends like I'm not the one
• 13:45
  Speaker 3: that usually like boosts my head or anything, but they'll say,
• 13:48
  Speaker 3: like he was just so locked in, so focused.
• 13:50
  Speaker 2: You know.
• 13:51
  Speaker 3: I just try to have that attention to detail each
• 13:52
  Speaker 3: and every day and make the most of it.
• 13:54
  Speaker 4: As long as you've been doing this, in what ways
• 13:57
  Speaker 4: was this off season different from others or wasn't Would
• 14:00
  Speaker 4: you do anything differently every lad you just focused.
• 14:02
  Speaker 3: On different I feel like for me, the biggest difference
• 14:06
  Speaker 3: was just the detail and just receiver play. You know,
• 14:10
  Speaker 3: I would say by saying like, okay, how can I
• 14:12
  Speaker 3: get more yack? What drills can I do to get
• 14:15
  Speaker 3: more yack? I'm literally running different routes, and I just
• 14:18
  Speaker 3: like for me, I have different ways to get yack
• 14:20
  Speaker 3: on different routes. So it's like studying that watching film.
• 14:24
  Speaker 3: I love to watch myself my highlights to see like, Okay,
• 14:27
  Speaker 3: even if even though I was a big, big, good play,
• 14:28
  Speaker 3: how could I make that easier or how could I
• 14:30
  Speaker 3: make that better? And that's kind of how I kind
• 14:33
  Speaker 3: of stacked it this off seat them, just finding ways
• 14:35
  Speaker 3: to just attack those small details in my receiver game.
• 14:38
  Speaker 4: You do different rills this year, and if you did,
• 14:41
  Speaker 4: where did they come from?
• 14:42
  Speaker 3: Me and my train are just coming together and just brainstorming,
• 14:46
  Speaker 3: being creative. I mean, that's what I feel like. That's
• 14:49
  Speaker 3: the game, you know, that's the art, you know, being
• 14:51
  Speaker 3: creative of how you can make plays. And I feel
• 14:53
  Speaker 3: like that's what makes guys special just to go out
• 14:55
  Speaker 3: here play their best obviously, but they're creative and just
• 14:58
  Speaker 3: have fun, you know or you. I ain't gonna say
• 15:03
  Speaker 3: who smart or not, but we just work off each other.
• 15:05
  Speaker 3: Like he has the training side, I don't step on
• 15:07
  Speaker 3: his toes, but when it comes to the football side,
• 15:09
  Speaker 3: he listens, like and that's what made our bond special,
• 15:12
  Speaker 3: as we just make each other better. He challenges me,
• 15:15
  Speaker 3: I challenge him, and that's what I feel like. That's
• 15:18
  Speaker 3: what made a big step and helped me through my career.
• 15:20
  Speaker 6: Is that you hope that the contract would a situation
• 15:23
  Speaker 6: would have been taking care of by.
• 15:24
  Speaker 3: Now that's not my focus, you know. I mean, yes,
• 15:28
  Speaker 3: it's there and it's a conversation, but my focus is
• 15:31
  Speaker 3: just coming out here and I need to make plays
• 15:33
  Speaker 3: for Trevor, you know. So that's my mindset, and that's
• 15:36
  Speaker 3: how I'm gonna attack it. You know, I'm not gonna
• 15:38
  Speaker 3: step on my agent's toe. They can have those conversations.
• 15:40
  Speaker 3: I'm just gonna come out here and do my job.
• 15:42
  Speaker 4: I know you said it's not our focus, but say
• 15:43
  Speaker 4: Flowers got paid a couple of days ago, what was
• 15:45
  Speaker 4: your reaction.
• 15:46
  Speaker 3: I mean, I'd be excited for guys, and uh, like
• 15:48
  Speaker 3: I said, the receiver market is a little crazy, and
• 15:51
  Speaker 3: you see guys getting their opportunities and getting paid. I
• 15:54
  Speaker 3: mean that's cool, But like I said, for me, it's
• 15:56
  Speaker 3: just I just wanna go out here and be my
• 15:57
  Speaker 3: best self and just attack it. You know, like, what
• 16:02
  Speaker 3: are your expectations.
• 16:03
  Speaker 1: We just got done talking to Heat as far as
• 16:04
  Speaker 1: returner availability season comes Aroun.
• 16:07
  Speaker 3: I mean I talked to Heat and he said, shoot
• 16:09
  Speaker 3: you let's go, and yeah, what I'm saying, Yeah, So
• 16:14
  Speaker 3: I'm just opening for the opportunity whatever it is. Obviously
• 16:17
  Speaker 3: we'll get some more receiver play. But like I said,
• 16:19
  Speaker 3: I just want to come out here and be my
• 16:20
  Speaker 3: best self and if that happens to be on return
• 16:23
  Speaker 3: should I feel like I've been studying that for a while.
• 16:26
  Speaker 3: Now let's see what we can make some more plays.
• 16:28
  Speaker 5: This is kind of a big question. How do you
• 16:30
  Speaker 5: How do you get recognition in this league?
• 16:31
  Speaker 3: Is it strictly performance?
• 16:33
  Speaker 4: Does it matter on how the team's plays, the matter
• 16:35
  Speaker 4: on the size of the market.
• 16:37
  Speaker 3: I mean, it's a team sport at the end of
• 16:38
  Speaker 3: the day, so obviously it comes down to what we
• 16:42
  Speaker 3: do together as a unit on offense, defense, special teams.
• 16:45
  Speaker 3: That's obvious. So I feel like it's a big piece.
• 16:47
  Speaker 3: Like last year, we did a pretty good job. We
• 16:49
  Speaker 3: made some took some steps, and we're gonna that's our goal.
• 16:52
  Speaker 3: Just continue to take those steps. And as far as recognition,
• 16:55
  Speaker 3: I mean, if you're just in it for the recognition,
• 16:57
  Speaker 3: I mean, it's not gonna get you that far. You know,
• 17:00
  Speaker 3: so's it's cool, but I feel like the main thing
• 17:03
  Speaker 3: is just coming out here being a pros pro being
• 17:06
  Speaker 3: being a great teammate, great team player, and doing the
• 17:09
  Speaker 3: best for your guys out here.
• 17:11
  Speaker 4: Williams has turned a lot of heads these past few weeks,
• 17:14
  Speaker 4: being a former sixth round selection at the position.
• 17:16
  Speaker 3: What have you seen from CJ? Firs? Just just comes
• 17:19
  Speaker 3: in here and he works. I mean, that's what it's
• 17:21
  Speaker 3: all about. Super smart. He's Stanford. I don't love that
• 17:26
  Speaker 3: matters or not, but legends of Stanford. So he studies
• 17:29
  Speaker 3: his plays and he's he knows everything, knows every position,
• 17:33
  Speaker 3: and you know, I just love to see that. I mean,
• 17:35
  Speaker 3: that's how you get your respect, and that's how you
• 17:37
  Speaker 3: earn it. You know, you coming here, you be a
• 17:38
  Speaker 3: very professional day in day out, stack days, make plays.
• 17:42
  Speaker 4: I'm excited for him trying to last one this summer.
• 17:45
  Speaker 4: Have you noticed anything different about the guy thing?
• 17:48
  Speaker 3: Man? Just being him, you know, coming out here with
• 17:51
  Speaker 3: that confidence and obviously we know he can do it.
• 17:55
  Speaker 3: I know he can come out here and make plays,
• 17:56
  Speaker 3: so it's just cool to see him just continue to
• 17:59
  Speaker 3: take those steps. I'm excited for him and proud of them,
• 18:02
  Speaker 3: and I feel like the best part for me is
• 18:04
  Speaker 3: just being in this room, just being that a leader
• 18:07
  Speaker 3: by example and making sure that I have his back
• 18:10
  Speaker 3: no matter what. I appreciate you. I appreciate you.