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Saints OTA Day 2: Attendance, Standouts and Early Camp Storylines · AFR Saints

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  Speaker 2: I was that group we feel really good about. There's
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  Speaker 2: a ton of depth, there's a ton of talent in
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  Speaker 2: that group. Guys that played for us last year, guys
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  Speaker 2: we acquired this year. And so it's gonna be a
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  Speaker 2: really competitive group. It's gonna be a group that you know,
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  Speaker 2: we'll hold them to a high standard because we have
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  Speaker 2: a lot of really good expectations for those guys. And
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  Speaker 2: so you know, it's great and those guys all mix
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  Speaker 2: in there, you know, in various groups, you know, with
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  Speaker 2: which quarterbacks they're with, and different positions and different roles.
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  Speaker 2: We just got to kind of utilize all those different
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  Speaker 2: opportunities for those guys to find the find the matchups.
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  Speaker 1: I was saying said coach Kellen Moore after day two
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  Speaker 1: of OTA meeting with reporters, talking about the receiver group
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  Speaker 1: and Jordan Tyson out there but apparently limited. Sean Fizan
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  Speaker 1: our friend from fox Sate good enough to hang out.
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  Speaker 1: Who's there at OTAs?
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  Speaker 3: How are you, dude, good man?
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  Speaker 1: How are you really well? So any observations from the
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  Speaker 1: receivers today.
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  Speaker 3: There's a lot of them, thirteen I think on the
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  Speaker 3: roster right now. So yeah, they're getting a lot of work,
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  Speaker 3: a lot of mixing and matching alive out there, Ale
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  Speaker 3: out there, Polk, Kevin Austin Jr. Tyson was out there
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  Speaker 3: doing a little bit of sort of the you know,
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  Speaker 3: receiver like group drills, but not even all of it.
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  Speaker 3: It was just very very limited work. But he was
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  Speaker 3: there observing, and the last time we ab to see
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  Speaker 3: him on the field was the first day of a
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  Speaker 3: rookie mini camp. So I'm sure it's some sort of,
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  Speaker 3: you know, kind of precautionary plan they have with the
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  Speaker 3: way they want to utilize him throughout the off season.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, I think the big, the big takeaway from
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  Speaker 3: the receiver room, there's a lot of them, and frankly,
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  Speaker 3: they needed that kind of investment in that room just
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  Speaker 3: given what they were you know, left with by the
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  Speaker 3: end of last season, and it is obviously the huge
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  Speaker 3: need you know for some playmakers on the edge and
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  Speaker 3: that tight end as well.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, attendance is always hit interesting because OTAs are voluntary, right, So, uh,
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  Speaker 1: Chris Alave, despite his contract negotiation, was there, Alvin Kamara
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  Speaker 1: was not. Let's take those one at a time and
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  Speaker 1: talk about what your impression was about of a Lave
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  Speaker 1: being at OTAs well.
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  Speaker 3: That's a good sign, probably a good sign that, you know,
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  Speaker 3: perhaps the negotiations right now are on the right track
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  Speaker 3: to get the extension done. And for the most part,
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  Speaker 3: if you look at the Saints track record, they eventually
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  Speaker 3: get it done with the with the player that they
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  Speaker 3: that they value, that they know they're going to be paying.
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  Speaker 3: You know, you know, a decent contract to with an
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  Speaker 3: extension doesn't always happen in the off season, doesn't always
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  Speaker 3: happen in training camp. And sometimes it happens, you know,
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  Speaker 3: right at start training camp. Sometimes it happens right before
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  Speaker 3: the season starts. It's just it's you know, it's it's
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  Speaker 3: a process. Because they he's still under contract for one
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  Speaker 3: more year. And there's no hard deadline for at least
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  Speaker 3: not in any immediate term. It depends on the player.
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  Speaker 3: But for him being out there right now, and I honestly,
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  Speaker 3: I think there's an excitement with him, given the way
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  Speaker 3: his season went last year, given the way you know
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  Speaker 3: he connected with Kellen, given the way he connected with
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  Speaker 3: Tyler Shuck, and you know, frankly, the negotiations at this
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  Speaker 3: point seemed to be heading in the right directions. That's
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  Speaker 3: a good sign Alvin Kamara. Look, you can make it
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  Speaker 3: a red flag if you want to, but the two
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  Speaker 3: of the matter is he's never been here for OHBA,
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  Speaker 3: at least not for the last couple of seasons. He's
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  Speaker 3: always trained out. I believe it's in Miami getting ready
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  Speaker 3: for the season. I think it would have been more
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  Speaker 3: of a green flag had he been here than it
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  Speaker 3: would have been a red flag for him not to
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  Speaker 3: be there. So that was not surprising, even with the
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  Speaker 3: call it questions surrounding his future.
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  Speaker 1: Any other I know. It was a handful of players
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  Speaker 1: that were not there, any other of them notable for
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  Speaker 1: one reason or another.
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  Speaker 3: Well, Ryan right was not there, Zach Wilson was not there,
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  Speaker 3: Nathan Shepherd was not there. Alvin Kamara was not there
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  Speaker 3: that that was not injury related. So like it's it's
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  Speaker 3: you know, it's a different point in the calendar. As
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  Speaker 3: you mentioned before, these are not mandatory, they're voluntary, So
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  Speaker 3: there's always going to be a couple of guys that
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  Speaker 3: may or may not be able to attend. We were
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  Speaker 3: not available. We weren't able to see what if any
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  Speaker 3: of those guys are there on what Wednesday, So a
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  Speaker 3: pretty good number when you talk about just the sheer
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  Speaker 3: number of veterans that were there. I decided not to,
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  Speaker 3: you know, decided to you know, to show up in
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  Speaker 3: you know, uh in the city, to to to perform
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  Speaker 3: ot A for the first you know, first time the
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  Speaker 3: entire ross can get on the field together. And then
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  Speaker 3: there's always the you look at some of the injured guys,
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  Speaker 3: you Kendre couldn't go, Mason Tipton wasn't out there. Then
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  Speaker 3: you talk about you know, uh Tyson, We talked about him,
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  Speaker 3: Christian Miller off to the side, Oscar delt was, you know,
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  Speaker 3: was was full go, but then he had to exit early.
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  Speaker 3: Looked like he might have he might have pulled up
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  Speaker 3: on one of the routes that he was running during
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  Speaker 3: one of the drills and didn't finish practice. So you know,
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  Speaker 3: there was a couple of guys that they are still
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  Speaker 3: kind of ramping up and delp situation. Looks like there
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  Speaker 3: was something that you know, happened at practice. I guess
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  Speaker 3: we'll find out the severity of that soon enough, but
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  Speaker 3: for the most part, that was it in terms of attendance.
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  Speaker 3: There were the guys that are not in town. There's
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  Speaker 3: also the guys that were there but were not able
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  Speaker 3: to participate.
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  Speaker 1: Talking about the Millers, Ken Dre and Christian make anything
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  Speaker 1: of those two guys in participating being there but not participating.
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  Speaker 3: I mean Christian Miller didn't didn't participate in rookie mini camp.
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  Speaker 3: So not entirely surprising, at least not the day we
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  Speaker 3: were out there. So we'll see where he's at from
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  Speaker 3: a recovery standpoint. In his case, Let's be honest, Matt,
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  Speaker 3: it's it's OTAs then didn't have pads on, and for
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  Speaker 3: a lineman, it'll be much more of a concern once
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  Speaker 3: those pads come on in training camp. If he's still
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  Speaker 3: lingering on the sideline, that would become an issue. Kendred
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  Speaker 3: is always an issue I mean, look, he I think
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  Speaker 3: is towards acl what week seven, week eight last year,
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  Speaker 3: So you can do the mask and it's the guy
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  Speaker 3: with an injury history that is concerning. And hopefully he's
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  Speaker 3: back on the field sooner than later, because I would
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  Speaker 3: put him squarely on the roster bubble if it if
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  Speaker 3: it continues to be an issue when it comes to availability.
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  Speaker 3: So and it's you know, it's something that when you
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  Speaker 3: watch him play when he's healthy, I think he can
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  Speaker 3: be a very productive player. Not to mention the fact
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  Speaker 3: there is a huge need, depending on what happens with
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  Speaker 3: Alvin Kamara for RB two on this team right now.
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  Speaker 3: So hopefully he can get figure it out, find some
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  Speaker 3: kind of some kind of place where he can just
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  Speaker 3: he can, you know, withstand the wear and tear of
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  Speaker 3: an NFL season and off season, frankly, and hopefully he's
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  Speaker 3: back on the field sooner than later.
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  Speaker 1: He's on Twitter at Sean Fazande, fox eate if you
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  Speaker 1: want to give him a follow, any notable players that
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  Speaker 1: stood out for anything they did on the field.
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  Speaker 3: Look, man, I I'll leave you with two. I thought
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  Speaker 3: Tyler Shuck looked sharp today. I thought, you know the
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  Speaker 3: difference between last year and this year is just so
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  Speaker 3: so big just because it let he described it after practice.
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  Speaker 3: You know, last year I was previewing this year, I'm
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  Speaker 3: reviewing everything. Last year he was kind of swimming. It
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  Speaker 3: was a rookie coming in in the middle of a competition,
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  Speaker 3: you know, trying to figure out NFL practices, and just
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  Speaker 3: the sheer body language and just sort of the command
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  Speaker 3: he seems to have. In year two of Kellen Moore system,
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  Speaker 3: they only did a couple seven on seven sessions when
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  Speaker 3: he went ten for twelve, really decisive, knew where to
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  Speaker 3: go with the football, had a couple of big plays,
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  Speaker 3: one on the sideline throw to the Von vele another
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  Speaker 3: on a kind of a double move to Jawan Johnson
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  Speaker 3: who beat Kaden Ellis who slipped on the play, and
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  Speaker 3: it was a big game. I don't know, it just
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  Speaker 3: feels like there's I thought comfort was really the theme
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  Speaker 3: of the start of this OTAs both with him and
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  Speaker 3: Kellen Moore. Just year one was one thing. Year two
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  Speaker 3: you're really starting to build, so I thought I thought
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  Speaker 3: Shuck looked sharp, and also just from a personnel standpoint,
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  Speaker 3: probably the most important development was Okay, who's playing the
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  Speaker 3: star who's playing the nickels a slot. And you know
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  Speaker 3: we all had our guesses, but today first crash went
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  Speaker 3: to Jonas Sanker, last year's third round pick. Played a
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  Speaker 3: lot of deep safety last year, but this year Brandon
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  Speaker 3: Staley has trust him, at least initially playing that star position.
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  Speaker 3: To make the mistake about that, it is a very
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  Speaker 3: important position with the way Staley runs his scheme. So
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  Speaker 3: thank your second year pro. You're asked to do a
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  Speaker 3: lot with that role. You got to cover receivers, gotta
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  Speaker 3: cover tight ends, you gotta blitz, you gotta be stout
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  Speaker 3: and run support. It's a lot to take on. So
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  Speaker 3: if he's already kind of earned the praises of his
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  Speaker 3: coaches to get the first crack out, I think that's significant.
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  Speaker 1: At Shawn Fazan Fox eight, you want to give him
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  Speaker 1: a follow, you do that there, check him out. Saints
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  Speaker 1: back on Price field for OTAs. Hey man, we always
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  Speaker 1: appreciate the time. Thank you, all right, Bud, you will