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  Speaker 1: Overall thought we started slow offensively. Obviously I wasn't on
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  Speaker 1: the defensive side, but I thought we started slow offensively.
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  Speaker 1: Once we got down in that red area, I thought
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  Speaker 1: things kind of started to pick up for us. Had
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  Speaker 1: a couple guys in and out of you know, injury,
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  Speaker 1: but you know, in and out, and so we had
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  Speaker 1: to deal with a little bit of that from a
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  Speaker 1: depth standpoint. Up front, I thought we got running it
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  Speaker 1: better as the as the day went. You know, they
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  Speaker 1: got a good front. I mean, those guys are massive.
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  Speaker 1: They've been that way ever since I can remember, in
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  Speaker 1: terms of their front and how they're built and how
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  Speaker 1: they want them. I think that it was nice to
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  Speaker 1: see that the skilled players keep making some plays out there.
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  Speaker 1: I thought Trevor settled in defensively. I think from what
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  Speaker 1: I understand, we stopped the run. Well, there was a
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  Speaker 1: couple explosive passes that we got to clean up and
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  Speaker 1: look at. But overall, great work. I mean, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I had a couple of little things, but no big
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  Speaker 1: fights or anything. I just it was good quality work
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  Speaker 1: that you can't simulate at home. Getting off line at yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean I couldn't even tell you who was in
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  Speaker 1: at the end. Honestly, you know, it was just had
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  Speaker 1: just a lot of rotating in there. Whether it's because
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  Speaker 1: of trying to get guys work at different spots in
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  Speaker 1: these settings, or you know, because we had some guys
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  Speaker 1: cramping and and had to mix it up. But we'll
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  Speaker 1: have to go look at it to see how they
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  Speaker 1: truly played. But you know, proud of the guys for
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  Speaker 1: fighting through.
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  Speaker 2: But it wasn't about this defense that it was different
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  Speaker 2: a little bit from last year, the year two of
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  Speaker 2: the Brandon state the scheme. How do they see this year?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? Yeah, you can tell the communication pre snap, you
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  Speaker 1: hear a lot of good talk going on. You know,
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  Speaker 1: you can hear them anticipating probably a little bit more
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  Speaker 1: than just reacting the edge. They set an edge in
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  Speaker 1: the run game. I mean they can set an edge.
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  Speaker 1: I think their pass rush is improved from even a
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  Speaker 1: year ago maybe, you know. And and I just think
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  Speaker 1: that on the back end, Brandon does such a nice
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  Speaker 1: job of mixing and single high shell man making it
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  Speaker 1: all look the same. And you can just tell that
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  Speaker 1: they're probably they're playing with some confidence right now. You know.
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  Speaker 2: In the back end, Coutor Briant, Thomas and talked about
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  Speaker 2: those matches against Ulian McKinstry are always interesting. Where'd you
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  Speaker 2: see maybe out of him that that was unique?
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  Speaker 1: This sense Christ no longer than I. You know, remember
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  Speaker 1: he's he's got some length that can challenge you at
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  Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage, plays with some good anticipation when
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  Speaker 1: he is playing off or and you know, Brandon asks
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  Speaker 1: those guys to match, you know, and play man and
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  Speaker 1: play match coverage. And I think when you have the
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  Speaker 1: confidence in a corner to go out and say, man, hey,
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  Speaker 1: you got him, let's go play one on one and
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  Speaker 1: play some ball. I think that that ultimately, uh, it
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  Speaker 1: just helps your defense because now you can roll and
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  Speaker 1: dictate coverage the other way. If a guy like Koley
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  Speaker 1: can be that guy for them, how much.
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  Speaker 3: Should you feel there's a sense of urgency inside that
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  Speaker 3: practice when you got to the red zone because like everything.
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  Speaker 1: It it did, he got better down there. I think
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  Speaker 1: the guys, you know, look, you you fly in, we're
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  Speaker 1: delayed coming in. It's just you know, a long night
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  Speaker 1: you get in that you get up and go. It's
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  Speaker 1: not an excuse, it's the reality. And it was a
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  Speaker 1: little slower to go. But hey, is that that's a
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  Speaker 1: game too, right, Like it's truly the ebbs and flows.
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  Speaker 1: That's why this is a great thing for us, is
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  Speaker 1: because you get exposure to game like scenarios and that's momentum,
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  Speaker 1: and that's playing the next play. And that was the
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  Speaker 1: biggest thing that I, uh, you know, applauded them for
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  Speaker 1: after the practice was Guys, we could have gone in
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  Speaker 1: the tank. We came out and stunk early on, but man,
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  Speaker 1: we just continued to play, keep our heads freaking right
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  Speaker 1: where we are, be where we our feet are, and
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  Speaker 1: go play the next play. So I was pleased with that.
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  Speaker 3: Out of the ritual in camp.
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  Speaker 1: In general, I am yeah. I think our defense does
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  Speaker 1: a nice job of mixing up coverage. They're they're trying
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  Speaker 1: a few things, We're trying some things down there. It's
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  Speaker 1: nice to see some different structures though, as well to
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  Speaker 1: be able to try some things. So I think that
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  Speaker 1: was an area in which we took a big jump
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  Speaker 1: in the second half of the season last year, especially
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  Speaker 1: when Trevor started running. You see some of the quarterback
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  Speaker 1: design draws and things like that that he was able
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  Speaker 1: to take advantage of. And I think we've done a
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  Speaker 1: nice job being pretty deliberate about our concepts in the
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  Speaker 1: red zone, like not having a million of them, right,
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  Speaker 1: it's just, hey, let's get good at these red zone
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  Speaker 1: concepts and then carry them over, dress them up differently,
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  Speaker 1: and try to execute at the best.
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  Speaker 3: With a little like that.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, it wasn't malicious, It wasn't anything crazy. You know,
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  Speaker 1: Chris was trying to truck the corner a corner, tackle
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  Speaker 1: them a little bit. I I actually, we haven't had one,
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  Speaker 1: you know, in camp, so it was done professionally. I'll
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  Speaker 1: say that. Yeah, he can go off into a different
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  Speaker 1: universe at times, but he protects his teammates, which you know,
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  Speaker 1: we got two rules, protect the team and beyond time,
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  Speaker 1: and he definitely, uh you know, he usually takes care
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  Speaker 1: of that for us.
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  Speaker 3: You want to see something different from the guys who
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  Speaker 3: are playing on Saturday night. In other words, you'd like
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  Speaker 3: to see a little sharpness from your starters. What are
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  Speaker 3: you looking forward from the guys you're gonna put.
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  Speaker 1: On the field. Yeah, I mean that's the with limited
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  Speaker 1: overall reps throughout even throughout a training camp, is Look,
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  Speaker 1: we're gonna keep it fairly simple in terms of the formations,
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  Speaker 1: the motions, the coverages, the calls. I just want to
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  Speaker 1: see a clean operation, I mean that, and then just
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  Speaker 1: go play, Like, let's see who is gonna be the
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  Speaker 1: guy that's gonna go make plays when it's not perfect? Right?
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  Speaker 1: What they You know, we're not getting a ton of
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  Speaker 1: reps at maybe this play and it gets read, well,
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  Speaker 1: can you can they fix it? Can they fix any
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  Speaker 1: problems on Saturday that maybe we haven't shown them who
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  Speaker 1: can do that operation? And then who's gonna win some
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  Speaker 1: one on one matchups, whether it's one on one pass pro,
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  Speaker 1: whether it's I'm covering the guy one on one, whether
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  Speaker 1: I got to defeat a one on one matchup at receiver, Like,
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  Speaker 1: who's gonna go do that?
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  Speaker 3: And what are you gonna do when Grant's calling the place?
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  Speaker 3: How are you gonna use this time on Saturday night.
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  Speaker 1: I think it'll be a really good time for me
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  Speaker 1: to be on the defensive headset a little bit. We
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  Speaker 1: got Matta Rougio being a new pass game coordinator on defense,
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  Speaker 1: I'd like to be able to hear some more of
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  Speaker 1: the communication between Campy and him and the defensive coaching
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  Speaker 1: staff and just be able to hear that and get
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  Speaker 1: that more than I normally am able to do within
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  Speaker 1: a game because typically when the defense is on, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I'm doing adjustments with the offensive staff, and then I'll
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  Speaker 1: click over and be able to get a little bit
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  Speaker 1: here and there. So just being able to hear the
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  Speaker 1: full process and be able to hear a little bit
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  Speaker 1: more of the new communication that we'll have to exist.
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  Speaker 2: Consume your game off of a slight different production last
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  Speaker 2: season first year, and then the throw top ten and
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  Speaker 2: touchdowns and receiving yards. What do you think out of
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  Speaker 2: him that leads to him getting back to that level
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  Speaker 2: what he was in twenty twenty.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think he's attacked the offseason the right way,
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  Speaker 1: that's for sure. He's come in with a mindset and
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  Speaker 1: mentality that everything's forward, everything's ahead of him. Right now,
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  Speaker 1: we're staying in the moment in terms of each day,
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  Speaker 1: trying to get the best out of him, and he's
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  Speaker 1: attacking it the right way. The connection and chemistry with
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  Speaker 1: Trev's gotten better and improved. They're being deliberate about that.
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  Speaker 1: I would have liked to have been able to hit
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  Speaker 1: a little couple deep ones today, But the way Brandon
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  Speaker 1: play is that defense, I mean, it kind of makes
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  Speaker 1: you really be patients. As an offensive play caller and
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  Speaker 1: as a quarterback, and receivers can get a little bit frustrated.
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  Speaker 1: They didn't today. I didn't feel that. But it's hard
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  Speaker 1: to get the ball over the top of them. But
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  Speaker 1: I was pleased to see those guys make some plays.
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  Speaker 1: I said, he was.
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  Speaker 2: Focused on the little things and getting all of those
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  Speaker 2: worked out to get himself back to that level. What
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  Speaker 2: do you think those little things are.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's the He's a very smart player, man.
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  Speaker 1: He under You don't have to tell bt something more
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  Speaker 1: than once usually to understand what he's going to go do.
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  Speaker 1: It's about us knowing him a little bit better now
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  Speaker 1: and him knowing the system. And then you look at
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  Speaker 1: his rookie year. I mean, he didn't play a ton
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  Speaker 1: with Trevor, and so that connection in chemistry is so important,
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  Speaker 1: and I think he's done a great job. But just man,
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  Speaker 1: your speed is the number one thing that people are
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  Speaker 1: gonna be threatened by, and so every route that you run,
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  Speaker 1: making it feel like you could run by them at
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  Speaker 1: every moment and make them feel you. And so I
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  Speaker 1: think that's something he's been working on.
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  Speaker 2: Travis meant a lot to in the program last year.
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  Speaker 1: I'm gonna give you a little bit on throughout what
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  Speaker 1: he may like to see him Dunton and also.
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  Speaker 2: How the guys are and how they're coming until that point.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, So you know, TJ. It was great to see
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  Speaker 1: him after practice. He like I told him, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: we'll never be able to replace what he was able
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  Speaker 1: to do for us, whether it was last year or
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  Speaker 1: what he's done in Jacksonville throughout the course of his career.
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  Speaker 1: He has always welcome back in Jacksonville. I mean, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the community, the fans, the kids, they'll always bring it
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  Speaker 1: up to me. I mean they do, and it's great
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  Speaker 1: eight And you want to see players succeed and what
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  Speaker 1: does that look like, Well, it's it's winning, it's but
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  Speaker 1: it's also taking care of your family. And what he
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  Speaker 1: was able to do for UH to come back home
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  Speaker 1: and to play for an organization in which he I know,
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  Speaker 1: followed as a kid, and to be able to provide
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  Speaker 1: and to get a contract like that, I mean he
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  Speaker 1: should be extremely proud of himself. I am of him,
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  Speaker 1: and you know the relationship that he had with a
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  Speaker 1: lot of our guys on the team obviously, but I
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  Speaker 1: think that the guys that are going to come in
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  Speaker 1: to replace them. Ultimately it's their jobs to take, right,
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  Speaker 1: I mean it is We're gonna have to be a
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  Speaker 1: little bit more by committee, and those guys are gonna
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  Speaker 1: have to play their part, but not come in to
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  Speaker 1: try to be anybody else but themselves, right, I mean
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  Speaker 1: two and Chris Laquin, I mere DJ all those guys,
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  Speaker 1: I mean they got to go out and be them
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  Speaker 1: and not try to go be somebody else there two
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  Speaker 1: years time, yeah kind of follow Yeah, Yeah, but I
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  Speaker 1: mean does it does it help that they kind of
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  Speaker 1: on from now? Yes? Especially absolutely, especially this past year.
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  Speaker 1: I think he was extremely focused on the task at hand.
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  Speaker 1: He was extremely bought in to what we were trying
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  Speaker 1: to get accomplished as a team. I Mean, he's a
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  Speaker 1: quieter by nature dude. And I think that the way
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  Speaker 1: that he kind of just approached the day to day,
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  Speaker 1: the way that he took the coaching points, he can
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  Speaker 1: take hard coaching, and I think that that's something that
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  Speaker 1: any young player can look at and see as a
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  Speaker 1: guy that's has been consistent as he's been. Chris, get
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  Speaker 1: to what you think PRIs will be. Yeah, I think
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  Speaker 1: he had a couple of nice downhill runs today that
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  Speaker 1: you like to see. I thought he had a nice
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  Speaker 1: pickup and blitz protection as well today. You know, it's
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  Speaker 1: day by day he's getting better and better. I've been
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  Speaker 1: pleased with his progress. Yeah, I mean the four to
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  Speaker 1: two eight jumps out at you right from the com
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  Speaker 1: You know, he can run, He's strong, he can run
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  Speaker 1: through contact. Right now, we just got to continue to
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  Speaker 1: work on his tracks, reading his keys and just go
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  Speaker 1: play like not overthinking where the ball maybe should go
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  Speaker 1: or could go, and just stick your foot in the
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  Speaker 1: ground and getting north because when he does that and
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  Speaker 1: he gets his shoulder square and downhill, it can be impressive.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he can really run through arm tackles. He
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  Speaker 1: got to i mean arguably maybe a touchdown today on
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  Speaker 1: the screen, which was great to see an area which
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  Speaker 1: we need to continue to improve on. So I've been
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  Speaker 1: pleased with him, but we got to take another step.
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  Speaker 2: How how different is does he compres to Jacksonville?
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  Speaker 1: Man? You know, I feel like it's a little bit
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  Speaker 1: more humid today, but it felt very similar. I don't
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  Speaker 1: know how you guys felt. It's fairly similar. When you
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  Speaker 1: walk outside as soon as you got sunglasses on, they're
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  Speaker 1: fogging up on you. You know, obviously we have we
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  Speaker 1: play outside and so I was practicing outside. It is
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  Speaker 1: an edge, right, it has to be an edge, and
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  Speaker 1: it's similar here. Even though they play in the dome,
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  Speaker 1: they should be and will be probably a well conditioned team.
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  Speaker 1: I know Ted Rath from LA and Kellen have a
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  Speaker 1: great rapport. They know what they're looking to do from
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  Speaker 1: a conditioning standpoint, and they seem like they've been practicing
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  Speaker 1: physical as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, the first of three drink practices are going to
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  Speaker 2: have this year hit that one in Miami last year.
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  Speaker 1: Is there anything you want to change going forward? They
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  Speaker 1: all a little different now, Yeah, they're all pretty similar actually,
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  Speaker 1: Like from the structure standpoint of it. The reps is
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  Speaker 1: where we may tweak. I'll have to look at the
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  Speaker 1: final count today, but we were shooting for roughly fifty
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  Speaker 1: plays you know with those groups to be able to
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  Speaker 1: get last week at the mock was right around forty.
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  Speaker 1: So we're kind of on that incremental build right now,
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  Speaker 1: and we'll look at the next one and see what
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  Speaker 1: that looks like. And then when we go to Tampa
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  Speaker 1: and have those two and may be a little bit less,
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  Speaker 1: just depending on where we're at last one affective, I
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  Speaker 1: don't think so. I think that's an area that we
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  Speaker 1: got to continue to evolve with him and keep building
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  Speaker 1: him on the on that path. I mean, that's some
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  Speaker 1: really really big explosive kickoff returns for us last year.
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  Speaker 1: I think actually Kor helps him as well in the
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  Speaker 1: run game is just continuing to get reps at setting
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  Speaker 1: up blocks and understanding maybe the scheme of where things
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  Speaker 1: could go, but also just going and hitting it and go.
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  Speaker 1: I think that actually helps backs when they're on Kor,
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  Speaker 1: it's like there's no dancing, you gotta go. And that's
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  Speaker 1: something that I think we can continue to work with
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  Speaker 1: onto it and you know he'll keep getting those though,