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Saints OTA Report: QB Competition Heating Up, Olave & Shaheed Healthy, Penning OG Transition · AFR Saints

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  Speaker 1: Zanfox eight, was there good enough to join us? Now? Sean,
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  Speaker 1: how are you man?
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  Speaker 2: I'm good man, How are you?
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  Speaker 1: I'm doing awesome? Does basically everyone just flock right to
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  Speaker 1: the quarterbacks to see those guys.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and look they've so far in the limited amounts
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  Speaker 2: we've been able to see that, they've been sort of
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  Speaker 2: the the talk of the two practices. So it's natural
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  Speaker 2: you go, you gravitate towards the quarterbacks, and their performances
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  Speaker 2: of performances have kind of confirmed why we're we've been
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  Speaker 2: watching them. So I think, yeah, all the book would
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  Speaker 2: you see today?
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  Speaker 1: From the quarterbacks?
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  Speaker 2: I saw why the thing's drafted Tyler Shut, and if
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  Speaker 2: you're a Tyler Shut guy, you saw well if you
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  Speaker 2: weren't there, but if if you know, what was on
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  Speaker 2: display was what attracted him. The thanks to him, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: the arm town is very, very very real. He opened
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  Speaker 2: seven on seven with an effortless sixty yard bomb to
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  Speaker 2: Bove Memes for a touchdown during seven on seven. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: two sessions later, not two sessions, but to two sets later,
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  Speaker 2: if you will, the way they were doing this, the
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  Speaker 2: way they're rotating. He did it again to dominant people's jones.
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  Speaker 2: He had another great throw kind of on a deep
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  Speaker 2: corner route to one of the tight ends where he
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  Speaker 2: fitted in nicely. So the arm talent, the confidence and
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  Speaker 2: just sort of the the maturity and comfort I think
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  Speaker 2: is there now. He also threw the first interception that
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  Speaker 2: we've been able to see with where I think is
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  Speaker 2: as big as vulnerability right now. That's just he's just
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  Speaker 2: not quite seeing it in that intermediate between the seams
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  Speaker 2: part of the field. That's where he's getting a little
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  Speaker 2: jammed up, so to speak. And he was laid on
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  Speaker 2: a throw and got picked off. But the explosive this
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  Speaker 2: was certainly there and it's seven on seven, so you
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  Speaker 2: can't get too far. You gotta really temper your evaluation.
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  Speaker 2: But just the raw physical talent I think was on
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  Speaker 2: display today.
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  Speaker 1: Right, So in seven on seven off so you don't
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  Speaker 1: have the pass rush, which is a huge, huge question composition.
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  Speaker 1: Whenever I hear something like that, though, Sean, my brain
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  Speaker 1: goes to, Okay, do you praise the offense or you
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  Speaker 1: worried about the defense? So flip it over and tell
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  Speaker 1: me on those plays and really in the OTAs today
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  Speaker 1: what you saw from the secondary.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, I do think the offense has been
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  Speaker 2: a step ahead during those seven on seven, but the
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  Speaker 2: seven on seven period is generally an offensive period. But
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  Speaker 2: even with that, for instance, Spencer Ratley went ten for
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  Speaker 2: twelve today while Shuck went nine for twelve today. And
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  Speaker 2: this is coming on the heel of eight for eight
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  Speaker 2: for Rattler last week. It's seven for eight for Shucks.
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  Speaker 2: I think you kind of seeing the mats here. So
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  Speaker 2: you know, we talked to a Lante Taylor, you know,
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  Speaker 2: he kind of said, you know, it's one thing during
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  Speaker 2: seven on seven, but it's a lot different with the
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  Speaker 2: pass rush. I would just say, look, they're missing some
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  Speaker 2: guys on defense. Right now, it is it's geared more
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  Speaker 2: towards the offense, But I think at some point that
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  Speaker 2: that side of the balls got to catch up a
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  Speaker 2: little bit.
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  Speaker 1: You know, the two receivers you mentioned there, Bud Means
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  Speaker 1: and Donovan People's jones or not. The receivers, I think
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  Speaker 1: many of us are expecting to be standout Guys'd be
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  Speaker 1: great if they are. But are you noticing anything from
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  Speaker 1: a Lave Shaheed obviously both those guys coming back off injury. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. I thought she today had the most receptions of anyone.
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  Speaker 2: He had three, and it was sort of a It
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  Speaker 2: was a quick slant run after catch type play, was
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  Speaker 2: a middle of the field dig rolfs with Spencer Rattler.
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  Speaker 2: He had another one as well. He almost had a
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  Speaker 2: fourth one where he got behind his de Fender. Ratler
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  Speaker 2: slightly underthrew him, so the ball was Defender was able
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  Speaker 2: to close and he was able to knock it away
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  Speaker 2: chrys alive. It was a really smooth working at that
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  Speaker 2: sort of second level of the field. Ratley's best throw
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  Speaker 2: was a was a deep dig to him today as well.
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  Speaker 2: So both of those guys look fully recovered, fully confident
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  Speaker 2: and embracing the I guess the new system, the more
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  Speaker 2: offensive friendly system that this thing certainly have right now.
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  Speaker 2: So they've looked good, but again they're in they're in
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  Speaker 2: very favorable positions right now. They can't get hit and
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  Speaker 2: there's no and there's no pass rush right now, so
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  Speaker 2: it's a good thing, but they are certainly nowhere near
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  Speaker 2: finished product.
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  Speaker 1: want to give a follow, Uh, whenever you can't hit
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  Speaker 1: like it's it's why until they put pads on Sean,
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  Speaker 1: it's almost worthless to talk about the line of scrimmage.
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  Speaker 1: The rotation off the line of offensively is interesting with
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  Speaker 1: Penning moving, But is there anything that you're seeing on
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  Speaker 1: either line of scrimmage that's notable so far through the
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  Speaker 1: couple O TA practices you've all.
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  Speaker 2: It's just the personnel on the offensive line in my opinion.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, look, we've all been talking about the Trevor
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  Speaker 2: Penning skill set. It's just it felt so obvious for
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  Speaker 2: a long time. And he is a guard. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: you talk about how powerful he is how well he
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  Speaker 2: moves going forward, how how much he struggles with lateral
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  Speaker 2: quickness when he's out there on an island, how much
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  Speaker 2: his footwork kind of goes away when he kind of
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  Speaker 2: gets crossed up by those edge defenders. He's a mauler
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  Speaker 2: in the run game. I mean he puts his hands
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  Speaker 2: on you. I mean you've seen it a couple of
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  Speaker 2: times on table. He puts guys like in the ground,
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  Speaker 2: I mean like buries them. So that, to me, is
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  Speaker 2: the most compelling storyline is the personnel up front, because
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  Speaker 2: this to me and just listening to Kellen Moore, this
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  Speaker 2: is the five they are gonna go with until until
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  Speaker 2: otherwise noted, because it certainly feels like that's the five
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  Speaker 2: they want to start this season. And I think it's
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  Speaker 2: it's you. Look you think about it. You have Banks
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  Speaker 2: as a natural left tackle, as left tackle is a rookie,
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  Speaker 2: but still a left tackle. Blog is a national right tackle.
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  Speaker 2: And now you have Pinning who shifts the game, but
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  Speaker 2: he shifts back to his more natural side and me
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  Speaker 2: is going to be his more natural position. And I think, look,
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  Speaker 2: they've they've had so much investment up front. Yes, this
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  Speaker 2: needs to be a strength of the team. They can't
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  Speaker 2: just be competent. This needs to be a strength to
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  Speaker 2: the team. And hopefully this is the right mix to
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  Speaker 2: get those guys. And I'll also say they've got some
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  Speaker 2: quality depth clap Landing Young and Dylan Rattins as well.
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  Speaker 2: Uh as you're sort of your your three nick Sele
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  Speaker 2: the various got some starts as well. But I think
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  Speaker 2: they've they've got just they've got talent up front, but
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  Speaker 2: also unlike last year, I think they've got some quality
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  Speaker 2: depth pieces as well, showing.
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  Speaker 1: A couple more the guy you're so right to, I
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  Speaker 1: mean four first round picks and the second round. Look
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  Speaker 1: at you like this, this has to be you have
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  Speaker 1: so much investing, like they have to be good and good.
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  Speaker 1: Penning's a miss as a tackle. He's a miss as
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  Speaker 1: a tackle, but get something out of him. Uh sorry.
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  Speaker 1: The This is also the time of year where uh
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  Speaker 1: you can start to maybe see some off the rate
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  Speaker 1: our guys, rookies U d f as just start to
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  Speaker 1: flash a little. Has anybody caught your eye a little
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  Speaker 1: off the radar?
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  Speaker 2: I like Yarn the running back one of the Dakotas
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  Speaker 2: of the undrafted rookie Marcus I think that's the guy.
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  Speaker 2: He's got good vision, he's got he's got some speed
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  Speaker 2: that you can work with. The guy they really pinpointed
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  Speaker 2: during the GIRAFT. Had they may have had another pick,
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  Speaker 2: possibly they would have gone with him, but he was
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  Speaker 2: one that they really you know, valued in the undrafted
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  Speaker 2: free agent process and didn't have quite as many undrafted
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  Speaker 2: periagen because they had such a big class. So to me,
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  Speaker 2: that's been the one guy that I look back and say,
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  Speaker 2: because he's getting a few more rests because Kamara is
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  Speaker 2: not there. So he's the guy I think that's got
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  Speaker 2: a skill set that could perhaps translate to this level
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  Speaker 2: where he potentially makes the roster and you know who
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  Speaker 2: knows after that. So I think of the off the
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  Speaker 2: radar guys, I think that would probably be the one
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  Speaker 2: that qualifies both just as someone that's done a couple
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  Speaker 2: of things to stand out.
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  Speaker 1: Last thing up observation of the coaches as someone you know,
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  Speaker 1: you've you've you've been there for Peyton and you've been
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  Speaker 1: there for Alan and Rizzie and now more as the
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  Speaker 1: first time had go jord the assistants, any observations from Kelly.
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  Speaker 2: Moore the staff, Yeah, you know, I think Kellen Moore's
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  Speaker 2: is not going to be the raw rock guy. He's
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  Speaker 2: going to be more of a relatable type coach where
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  Speaker 2: he's he's close to the guys in age. He's not
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  Speaker 2: gonna be the yeller. He's kind of walking around. He
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  Speaker 2: looked like he was calling some plays earlier. I don't
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  Speaker 2: know if he was calling the plays during Seven on seven.
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  Speaker 2: No I had a chance. I was a little concerned
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  Speaker 2: because the few times we had a chance to meet
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  Speaker 2: with him in the media, really especially during the whole
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  Speaker 2: Derek car fiesco he was really buttoned up to tell him,
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  Speaker 2: just trying not to say the wrong thing. But I
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  Speaker 2: had a chance to kind of to not hang out
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  Speaker 2: but chat with him for about ten minutes over the
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  Speaker 2: Saints Hall of Fame golf tournament, and it really put
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  Speaker 2: my fears at ease because he was a very relatable
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  Speaker 2: guy off camera, very really cool guy. You can kind
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  Speaker 2: of sense why the players can relate to a player
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  Speaker 2: like that, So I think that's probably more of what
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  Speaker 2: they're seeing behind the scenes. And look, they put all
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  Speaker 2: their confidence behind him. He brings a certain certain style
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  Speaker 2: and it's definitely different from the I guess you could
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  Speaker 2: say that even the previous three coaches when you can
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  Speaker 2: throw Darren Rizzy in there. But I do think change
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  Speaker 2: was needed, and I think you're seeing that just because,
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  Speaker 2: uh the Steven on the Ota Matt, this is probably
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  Speaker 2: the lightest workload I've seen during OTAs. I mean, I've
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  Speaker 2: never seen them not do a live eleven on eleven
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  Speaker 2: during OTAs and all my years covering the team until now,
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  Speaker 2: so this is what he prefers. They're kind of doing
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  Speaker 2: it incrementally, and they're also you know, aiming for longevity
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  Speaker 2: with some health and players. So it's a welcome change
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  Speaker 2: and so far, so good.
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  Speaker 1: Sean Fizzanne Fox eight in New Orleans. He's on Twitter
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  Speaker 1: at Sean Fazanne Fox eight Guggiema follow. We appreciate it
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  Speaker 1: as always, man, thank you all right, but