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Press Pass | Coen, Farwell & Meyers on Team Growth, Competition Through Day 3 of Minicamp · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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Speaker 1: Mini camp's done. Now, just how much progress do you
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Speaker 1: feel like the team made this week?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that over the course of the offseason
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Speaker 2: we've improved, for sure, especially in the areas in which
0:10
Speaker 2: that you can improve in this time, I think we've
0:13
Speaker 2: taken steps in the right direction in terms of the
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Speaker 2: past game specifically, I think offensively past pro is always
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Speaker 2: challenging during this time, but I think the amount of
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Speaker 2: reps that we accumulated throwing the football this spring was
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Speaker 2: pretty cool. To see guys making plays in one on
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Speaker 2: one situations, the timing and spacing.
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Speaker 3: I think our defensive.
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Speaker 2: Coverage has improved, guys getting a little bit more confident
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Speaker 2: to come up and challenge people. And then again, the
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Speaker 2: rush is very difficult to examine during this time, but
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Speaker 2: I think Trayvon Walker showed up in a big way,
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Speaker 2: especially when we got into some competitive situations doing what
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Speaker 2: I challenged them with, which was to dominate, and through
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Speaker 2: the first two days of mini camp he didn't lose
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Speaker 2: many reps, so I think we got better.
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Speaker 4: I would important have rep's been this time here for
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Speaker 4: guys like Caleb and Jalen McLeod who maybe didn'tet last year.
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Speaker 5: Yeah.
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Speaker 6: Huge.
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Speaker 2: I mean, those guys haven't been on the grass for
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Speaker 2: so long, so it's valuable time. It's it's gonna be
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Speaker 2: a huge jump I think for those guys to come
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Speaker 2: from this time to training camp. I think we'll hopefully
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Speaker 2: see another step from those guys. If they're gonna be
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Speaker 2: people that are gonna help us play this season, I
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Speaker 2: would imagine we'll see another jump because so much at
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Speaker 2: this was just about getting them back out into colin uh,
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Speaker 2: making checks, calls, adjustments, and then just lining up and
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Speaker 2: playing football. So hope hopeful that those guys take another
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Speaker 2: step this this summer.
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Speaker 4: And you've talked about some guys practical confidences. Buster won
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Speaker 4: those guys that just since you've been here kind of
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Speaker 4: seen that confidence take over.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's always kind of played and practiced with confidence.
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Speaker 2: There's areas in which he can continue to improve, but
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Speaker 2: I think you know, look, we signed him to a
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Speaker 2: deal and he comes out and just is him. He's
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Speaker 2: practiced the same way. He's approached the meetings, in practice
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Speaker 2: and games the same, you know, the same way since
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Speaker 2: I've been here the whole time. So he's consistent, he's
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Speaker 2: a pro. I think we'll see another step from Buster
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Speaker 2: this year in terms of confidence, especially in the red zone.
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Speaker 7: I know you're usually like.
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Speaker 3: What you see from Trevor, let anything stand out about
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Speaker 3: I think that.
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Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know how many picks he actually threw,
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Speaker 2: but I gotta believe it was under five throughout all
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Speaker 2: the OTAs in mini camp. So I think while trying
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Speaker 2: to challenge himself and our receivers more with down the
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Speaker 2: field passing, challenging him to try new things of concepts
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Speaker 2: and fit some place, you know, fit some throws into
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Speaker 2: maybe windows you would otherwise take a check down in.
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Speaker 2: While balancing that, I thought he did a really nice
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Speaker 2: job taking care of the football, running the whole operation,
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Speaker 2: managing the protections and some of the concepts on the field. Yeah,
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Speaker 2: I'm pleased with with Trevor Spring absolutely having.
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Speaker 5: John Hussey and an officiating crew out here. How does
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Speaker 5: that help? What else are they doing off the field here.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, they've done. I mean, I don't know how many
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Speaker 2: better there are than him. You know, I've been fortunate
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Speaker 2: to be around John for the last three days, and
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Speaker 2: you talk about a pros pro and not just the
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Speaker 2: experience that he has, but helping me out with some
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Speaker 2: communication to the players They did multiple presentations to our players,
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Speaker 2: our rookies, our staff, and they sat in on all
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Speaker 2: the position meetings so they're able to answer questions live
3:56
Speaker 2: for the coaches and players. And then for me, it
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Speaker 2: was like talking to about all right, the controllable penalties
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Speaker 2: versus the non controllables. What can we control? And it
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Speaker 2: comes down to either, you know, coaching it to happen
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Speaker 2: or allowing it to happen. And so some of that
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Speaker 2: stuff we can control, some of it we can't. So
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Speaker 2: it's been great to have those guys. He's got a
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Speaker 2: great crew and I think he's one of the best
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Speaker 2: out there. It's easy today, boy oh wow.
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
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Speaker 7: First, when I asked about the unsung heroes of this
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Speaker 7: lineup from this past year, one of the first names
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Speaker 7: that came to mind for Trevor was yourself. Considering what
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Speaker 7: you were able to accomplish on such short notice, what
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Speaker 7: are your expectations for one another coming into this season?
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Speaker 6: Just to learn as much as I can, honestly, so
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Speaker 6: they don't have to sit there and babysit me and
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Speaker 6: hold my hand throughout Dolphins. So I just want to
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Speaker 6: learn as much as I can, and honestly, how the
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Speaker 6: other guys played great, so I can just support them
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Speaker 6: for that's really all my expectations.
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Speaker 8: Are you been around.
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Speaker 7: Different teams this time of year.
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Speaker 1: What stands out of what you guys were able to
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Speaker 1: get done the last chapter.
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Speaker 8: Or four leaks?
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Speaker 6: I mean, I would say the quality of players. I
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Speaker 6: would say, I mean, cause they all we all know
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Speaker 6: they had talents. It's a matter of working hard when
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Speaker 6: you get to the league. And I feel like all
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Speaker 6: our quality players really put that work in this off
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Speaker 6: season and they showed when we hit the grass. So
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Speaker 6: it was fun to be out there competing every day.
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Speaker 4: We was saying, he thinks the secondary you know, has
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Speaker 4: played well for all there. So what have you kind
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Speaker 4: of seen from them? He said, he thinks they didn
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Speaker 4: stick you here. Have you kind of seen that competitive goodness? Yeah,
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Speaker 4: I would say so. I mean I felt the honestly
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Speaker 4: day they be around. I'm trying to get open, but
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Speaker 4: it's pushed us to be better in our room. So
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Speaker 4: hopefully we just keep having that iron and sharper iron,
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Speaker 4: you know what I mean.
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Speaker 5: So seeing the confidence of number seven continue to grow
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Speaker 5: and it's showing up here on the practice field, did
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Speaker 5: you see that at.
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Speaker 3: The end of last season continued to grow for him.
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Speaker 5: And how has he been different if it all this offseason.
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Speaker 3: I mean he's been locked in. I think I don't
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Speaker 3: like he he a smart dude.
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Speaker 6: I don't think he's getting uugh credit for how smart
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Speaker 6: he is, but he is smart individual. So I just
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Speaker 6: think the longer he's around the game, the more he's
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Speaker 6: in his offense, the older he gets as a man,
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Speaker 6: you know, like he he's gonnantinue to get better and better.
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Speaker 6: And I think when they're really all the way click
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Speaker 6: for him, I really don't see how you stop him.
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Speaker 6: But good luck to ever trying for what he's going.
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Speaker 5: What does that do for the rest of you guys
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Speaker 5: on offense?
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Speaker 6: Oh, we make it. Man. We were talking about yesterday,
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Speaker 6: whenever beat have a good day, the whole team have
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Speaker 6: a good day, you know what I mean, like the
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Speaker 6: whole team. So we all just want to keep putting
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Speaker 6: that belief into him, so he know how great we
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Speaker 6: think he is. And if you just half of that,
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Speaker 6: we'll be Okay.
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Speaker 4: Couple rookies in the room, what are you kind of
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Speaker 4: seeing about them? And just how they've kind of gone
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Speaker 4: about the business?
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Speaker 6: Epar consistently made plays, and I think even before we
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Speaker 6: hit the field, like they showed how smart they were,
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Speaker 6: Like they were answering questions faster than us, So we
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Speaker 6: weren't surprised when they came out here and made plays. Everybody, honestly,
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Speaker 6: even down to the undrafted guys, like everybody kind of
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Speaker 6: been consistent on how they catch the ball, They learn quick,
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Speaker 6: they ask questions. It's been great to have him around.
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Speaker 5: Trevor earlier in the offseason talked about, hey, he's not
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Speaker 5: learning any new offense because it's already end, but they're
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Speaker 5: refining at you might still be learning new offense, are you,
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Speaker 5: And what is refining in the offense look like out
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Speaker 5: here for you?
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Speaker 6: Yeah, just I feel like I've been in so many
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Speaker 6: different systems now, it's just understanding the verbage. I always say,
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Speaker 6: like pretty much teams run the same stuff, it's just
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Speaker 6: what you call it. So if I can get all
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Speaker 6: the names glued down, I think that would be a
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Speaker 6: big help for me. But I wouldn't say I'm learning
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Speaker 6: too much. It's the same as him. I'm trying to
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Speaker 6: refine it. The things I am learning that really need
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Speaker 6: to hold onto those, but refining for sure.
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Speaker 5: Like the timing routes and stuff. You haven't had an off.
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Speaker 6: Season, so I remember that's football though, So I would
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Speaker 6: say that part, the on the field part is maybe
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Speaker 6: a little easier for me just just being in the
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Speaker 6: classroom making sure, like I said, I get the words
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Speaker 6: down so when they do call it, I don't have
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Speaker 6: to stop think what's just in this offense and then
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Speaker 6: go line up?
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Speaker 3: You know, so kind of on.
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Speaker 1: The how's your chemistry grown now with Trevor just being
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Speaker 1: able to have an off season with him, to be
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Speaker 1: able to go out maybe practice on your own, just.
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Speaker 3: Things like that.
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Speaker 6: I mean, he's more so just paying attention to him,
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Speaker 6: So I would say it's moving in the right direction,
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Speaker 6: Like we still finding a way to make plays.
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Speaker 3: But the more I could.
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Speaker 6: Pay attention to him, how he moved, how he think,
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Speaker 6: what he's looking for when we run our routes, I
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Speaker 6: think the better we'll be. So he's just got to
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Speaker 6: keep doing this thing and I'll catch up to wherever
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Speaker 6: he is.
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Speaker 7: What ought about Trumper this.
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Speaker 3: This offseason so far?
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Speaker 1: You know, Williams talked about how he's he's needed to
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Speaker 1: sort of know the more advanced concepts rather than just
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Speaker 1: the baseline so how is he sort of going in
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Speaker 1: your opinions?
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Speaker 6: I mean, for me personally, a guy who knows the
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Speaker 6: offense as well as he does, like he's from me.
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Speaker 6: When I have a mistake, he could just tell me
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Speaker 6: right away and I can go line up and it
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Speaker 6: don't take too long. I can still kind of understand
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Speaker 6: my job. So I mean that's been great for me.
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Speaker 6: The way he throw the ball, like he he could
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Speaker 6: tell you exactly where he's thinking, and we could tell
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Speaker 6: him exactly what we's thinking. So the communication to help
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Speaker 6: the leadership. He's been doing a good job this year.
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Speaker 1: I don't know how much you've seen it, but just
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Speaker 1: park how much you've thought about it, but Brian Thomas,
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Speaker 1: just seeing what he's been able to do on the field,
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Speaker 1: or the last few days or the last few weeks,
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Speaker 1: how impress Have you been super impressed?
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Speaker 6: But I mean I was already I was impressed with
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Speaker 6: BT from a distance, So just getting here is kind
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Speaker 6: of what the expectation was to him. But he just
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Speaker 6: I mean it's fun watching him play, honestly, So it's
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Speaker 6: just great to have him. I'm happy on our team
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Speaker 6: and he helping us out.
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Speaker 1: So dangerous is a guy like that, when he has
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Speaker 1: the confidence when he's making the plays, when he's doing
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Speaker 1: things consistently.
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Speaker 6: As dangerous as he wanted to be. Honestly, I think
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Speaker 6: he that type of player, Like if he decided he
9:14
Speaker 6: wanted to be great that day and he commits to it,
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Speaker 6: I mean he will be great that day for sure.
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Speaker 3: Thanks than jobs, Yes, Heath.
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Speaker 1: Obviously, you have a bunch of new rookies this year,
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Speaker 1: just in terms of what you've seen from them on
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Speaker 1: special teams. You know, Liams talked about how much you
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Speaker 1: guys emphasize that whenever you draft anybody, but just how
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Speaker 1: you've seen the rookie class progress, It's been great.
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Speaker 3: It's been a good offseason. Uh, they really bought in
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Speaker 3: right when they got here. I think it's a you know,
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Speaker 3: it's a work in progress as far as where they're at,
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Speaker 3: but they're putting in the time, they're learning the drills,
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Speaker 3: and that's what this offseason is about, is getting in
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Speaker 3: prepped to to compete in training camp. So they've been
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Speaker 3: They've done a really really good job of eying in
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Speaker 3: and kind of seeing it and a lot of these
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Speaker 3: guys haven't played a ton of special teams since early
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Speaker 3: in their college careers, So a lot of the stuff's new. Uh,
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Speaker 3: but they're getting better every day. And and to see
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Speaker 3: this last you know a few you know, two weeks. Uh,
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Speaker 3: they've really taken a big step, uh, you know, in
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Speaker 3: their in their production.
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Speaker 8: And it's only that he practicing.
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Speaker 3: And pull this week.
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Speaker 8: But in terms of where you guys envisioned him punt returner,
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Speaker 8: kenny return kicks, in terms of where.
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Speaker 3: He fits in on that side, I mean, I think
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Speaker 3: he's gonna be a really really good kick returner. He
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Speaker 3: can putt return as well. Uh, you know, fortunately obviously
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Speaker 3: we have Parker, we have guys to putt return.
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Speaker 2: Uh.
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Speaker 3: But yeah, Josh has been really really good. I think
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Speaker 3: in all phases. Probably the best way I said, he's Gould,
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Speaker 3: I plan on playing four phases. Uh, He's gonna be
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Speaker 3: a good player for us. I was excited to get
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Speaker 3: to to be able to draft him. He was one
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Speaker 3: of my favorites watching him. Uh so uh and and
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Speaker 3: and he's showcasing what he can do, uh, not only
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Speaker 3: as a receiver, but you know for me as well,
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Speaker 3: how would you evaluate.
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Speaker 8: Them, knowing Parker potentially having a little bit more of
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Speaker 8: an elevated role, on offense. You don't want to lose
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Speaker 8: him at that pump return or spot. But how would
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Speaker 8: you evaluate that competition?
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Speaker 3: I mean, I think, like you said, I love Parker
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Speaker 3: back there. I think we'll just kind of have to
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Speaker 3: see how that plays out with you know, with the
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Speaker 3: roster and how that looks come week one and it
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Speaker 3: maybe you know, it may be changing throughout the season.
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Speaker 3: There may be games when you know we need a
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Speaker 3: big play and and and he's back there, and there's
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Speaker 3: other times when we'll provide a big play from somebody else.
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Speaker 3: So I think Parker's back there as the part return
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Speaker 3: off we can, but we're gonna make great decisions as
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Speaker 3: a team, as an organization if he is the you know,
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Speaker 3: he is the top target for us as he as
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Speaker 3: i'd imagine he will be. You know, what does that
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Speaker 3: look like for special teams. We'll figure it out. But
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Speaker 3: we have plenty of guys that can return. We have
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Speaker 3: a good group, So I'm confident and comfortable where we're
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Speaker 3: at if it's not Parker.
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Speaker 9: Take note the UFL sixty yard field goals four points
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Speaker 9: and what do you think about that?
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Speaker 3: I love it? Can we get that in the NFL?
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Speaker 3: I would love that as our guy can do him
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Speaker 3: is very very good at that stuff. You know, that'd
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Speaker 3: be a cool, uh cool little bonus if you could
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Speaker 3: get an extra you know, an extra point out of that.
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Speaker 3: So yeah, I think it would be a be a
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Speaker 3: good little interesting thing for the kickers that can do it.
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Speaker 3: And you know, maybe with our guy, maybe make it
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Speaker 3: a a five pointer. We can get a seventy. Let's
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Speaker 3: get a seventy five pointer. I mean, it wouldn't surprise me,
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Speaker 3: you know, I mean, our guy can do him. There's
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Speaker 3: several kickers across the league I believe that can do him.
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Speaker 3: Uh yeah, I think it could happen very easily. The
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Speaker 3: guys are getting stronger and and and and and more
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Speaker 3: talented as the as a year goes on. Uh And
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Speaker 3: so yeah, it wouldn't surprise me, would surprise you if
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Speaker 3: we did it. I mean there's a you know, any
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Speaker 3: time we you know, we get to about midfield, we
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Speaker 3: feel like we're in range and that and then that's
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Speaker 3: the confidence we have in him. But that's the confidence
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Speaker 3: he has in himself.
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Speaker 7: At the end of the kick that everyone run it down.
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Speaker 3: I mean, he he he had he had some long
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Speaker 3: ones and warm up you know, he actually he had
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Speaker 3: a seventy two yarder and warm up, so he has
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Speaker 3: the leg to hit kit those long kicks. And and
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Speaker 3: that's the cool part about it is, uh, we're always
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Speaker 3: in range. Wait, everything changing in the NFL sucks now.
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Speaker 9: Do you expect the league to maybe start making changes
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Speaker 9: to the field goal stuff to a crossbar high? I
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Speaker 9: mean that the long distance success has just kind of
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Speaker 9: risen over the last couple of decades significantly.
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Speaker 3: Do you think maybe at some point the league's.
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Speaker 9: Gonna go higher crossbar and narrow you know something?
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Speaker 3: Anything I don't, I don't believe. So, I mean, I
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Speaker 3: think that's down the road. I think it's really cool
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Speaker 3: to see these long kicks. Uh, you know, it's uh,
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Speaker 3: you know, it's cool thing to see when you're seeing
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Speaker 3: uh you're in field goal range, but you're on the
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Speaker 3: other side of the fifty you know, like it's uh,
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Speaker 3: you know, jokingly, other teams have said, is we get
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Speaker 3: one first down your potential in range and so uh
13:48
Speaker 3: they see it from across the field, you know, other
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Speaker 3: game management guys, they're aware of cam. Uh. And that's
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Speaker 3: a that's a weapon. That's a cool thing that we
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Speaker 3: can potentially be in range and and and and send
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Speaker 3: them out there, you know, even on the on the
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Speaker 3: other side of the fifty. Sorry, with everything again down
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Speaker 3: the road and how this game changes, do you see
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Speaker 3: a situation where it goes back to your eighth or
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Speaker 3: ninth offensive lineman being your snapper instead of a speculist.
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Speaker 3: I don't believe.
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Speaker 5: So.
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Speaker 3: Those guys are so talented. We're really fortunate. Ross is
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Speaker 3: the best in the game. You know, obviously he's gotten
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Speaker 3: to a few Pro Bowls to showcase that. But they're
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Speaker 3: so talented, and it's such a precise operation. Just the
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Speaker 3: one hundredth of a second makes the difference between a
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Speaker 3: good kick and a block kick. So no, I don't
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Speaker 3: think it's so specific. I don't believe you could ever
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Speaker 3: go back to that. They're really talented and they're really
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Speaker 3: good at what they do.
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Speaker 7: I briefly highlighted it. But your specialists have started receiving
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Speaker 7: the national recognition that they deserve. Seeing the flowers that
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Speaker 7: Cam and Logan and Ross have received, tyb rewarding is
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Speaker 7: it for you? Knowing the skill set that they possessed.
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Speaker 3: I mean, I'm proud of those guys. You know, we were fortunate. Obviously,
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Speaker 3: we came here and we had Logan and Ross uh,
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Speaker 3: and then of course we add you know, we ad
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Speaker 3: Cam uh and so I feel like I'm part of
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Speaker 3: I feel like I'm part of the family. They're They've
15:10
Speaker 3: been great to me. But they the way you see
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Speaker 3: them work every day, there's a reason why they're so
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Speaker 3: talented and why they're so good. They're typically the first
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Speaker 3: guys out here on the field, warming up, getting ready, prepping.
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Speaker 2: Uh.
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Speaker 3: They care so much about it. It's important to be great.
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Speaker 3: They help each other, their brothers, they're you know, they
15:27
Speaker 3: hold each other accountable.
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Speaker 1: Uh.
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Speaker 3: Again, they're just there together, the three of them. They
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Speaker 3: bond and it's uh, it's special to watch and or
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Speaker 3: hope we keep them here a long time. Sorry.
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Speaker 8: What are you seen from Jabbar Muhammad in terms of
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Speaker 8: special teams capacity?
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Speaker 3: You know, you see what he's done defensively, We've seen
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Speaker 3: the same improvements he's uh, he's been improving just since
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Speaker 3: we got him, you know, last off season, so throughout
15:51
Speaker 3: you know, last training camp slash season on practice squad,
15:55
Speaker 3: he got better and he got better and he got
15:56
Speaker 3: better and you're seeing you're seeing it right now. Is
15:59
Speaker 3: his gunner releases and and some of the stuff we're
16:01
Speaker 3: asking to do. So he's improving. I'm excited to see
16:05
Speaker 3: training camp. You know, that's the real test for all
16:07
Speaker 3: these guys, is what does training camp look like when
16:10
Speaker 3: you get real compete reps and then those those training
16:14
Speaker 3: camp practices against other teams and then preseason games. That's
16:18
Speaker 3: gonna be a He's one of the guys. I'm excited
16:20
Speaker 3: to see what he can do and showcase what he
16:22
Speaker 3: can do.
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Speaker 1: You talked about being impressed with Josh Cameron in college,
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Speaker 1: but just in terms of Wesley Williams, his you know,
16:28
Speaker 1: blocking hunts kicks. How impressed were you with him? And
16:32
Speaker 1: sort of how does he eat? How did he have
16:33
Speaker 1: so much success last year?
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Speaker 6: Do you think?
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Speaker 3: I think he cares a lot about it. That's one
16:38
Speaker 3: thing about it. He's he comes to the office all
16:40
Speaker 3: the time. It means a lot to him. He's big, strong,
16:43
Speaker 3: and fast. So that's a good quality for special teams.
16:47
Speaker 3: You see how it translates. But he's willing and wants
16:50
Speaker 3: to learn more. Uh, and so I love the kid.
16:53
Speaker 3: I think is the mindset he has the buy into
16:55
Speaker 3: the team. That's the perfect mindset and perfect for what
16:59
Speaker 3: we look for on specially as.
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Speaker 8: Someone who started last year on the practice squad obviously
17:03
Speaker 8: gets elevated in part because of a special team's rolling.
17:05
Speaker 8: Now we obviously see him getting a lot of snaps
17:07
Speaker 8: on defense. For you, what has it been like seeing
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Speaker 8: that evolution and where does he kind of play into
17:11
Speaker 8: as of right now the occasion.
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Speaker 3: You know, that's one thing I tell the guys from
17:14
Speaker 3: day one. Uh, you know, special teams are important. It's
17:17
Speaker 3: a big part of this team. But my whole goal
17:20
Speaker 3: is I want them to start on defense or offense.
17:23
Speaker 3: So I'm rooting for him, I'm rooting for Ventral. I
17:26
Speaker 3: know we've got a good battle with a couple of
17:27
Speaker 3: those guys. Uh, they're all great. They've been great to me.
17:30
Speaker 3: And the best part about it, whoever doesn't maybe play
17:34
Speaker 3: as many reps on defense, I'm fired up to get
17:36
Speaker 3: to to utilize. So you know, Branson's it was a
17:39
Speaker 3: good special teamer for us last year. And even if
17:42
Speaker 3: he's playing a lot of defense, I'm gonna I'm gonna
17:44
Speaker 3: ask him to stay on some special teams for me.
17:46
Speaker 3: But yeah, they're they're him and Ventrail are both been
17:48
Speaker 3: fantastic for me. Uh, they'll be great. They'll be four phases,
17:52
Speaker 3: both of them.
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Speaker 8: Is he a selling point to undraft a free agents
17:56
Speaker 8: for you?
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Speaker 3: I think it is. I think we have a bunch
17:58
Speaker 3: of those guys. You know, we had a bunch of rookies.
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Speaker 5: Uh.
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Speaker 3: You know, the three undrafted guys that make our team
18:03
Speaker 3: on special teams, they end up being, you know, three
18:05
Speaker 3: of our better special teamers. The two you know, the
18:08
Speaker 3: two rookie running backs. Last year there were two returners.
18:11
Speaker 3: So that's what it is. We had seven seven rookies
18:13
Speaker 3: that contributed. Uh. And I think it's a good challenge
18:16
Speaker 3: for this class, you know. And I told him from
18:18
Speaker 3: day one there is opportunities. But guess what those guys
18:22
Speaker 3: have done it They've proven you have to beat those
18:24
Speaker 3: guys out. So we have a really good competition come
18:27
Speaker 3: training camp with a with a loaded roster that's coming
18:31
Speaker 3: back with a bunch of good players that that that
18:33
Speaker 3: we loved in the draft. And uh, you know, it's
18:36
Speaker 3: like I said, I'm looking forward to training camp to
18:38
Speaker 3: see those battles and.
18:39
Speaker 1: They're a delivent where you like, they're talking about the rookies,
18:42
Speaker 1: but that's a guy on the other end of very experienced.
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Speaker 3: Uh hous he Don Meir has been a guy that
18:47
Speaker 3: I've watched across the league for a bunch of years.
18:49
Speaker 3: Uh you know, I've always admired the way he plays.
18:52
Speaker 3: He's a fantastic kick returner, ken punt return as well,
18:56
Speaker 3: but he can play all phases, you know. You know,
18:58
Speaker 3: it's a it's a battle that running back room. That's
19:01
Speaker 3: so talented. I would love him to be here because
19:04
Speaker 3: he's a very very good special teamer as well as
19:07
Speaker 3: as a running back. So I was excited to get
19:09
Speaker 3: him here and then see him in person. You see
19:12
Speaker 3: why he's so you know, he's so talented. But the
19:14
Speaker 3: way he works, you know, is his ability on kick return,
19:17
Speaker 3: hitting it downhill, has a great stem and a good feel.
19:21
Speaker 3: I see why he was so good across watching him
19:23
Speaker 3: on film and of course facing him all these years. Thanks,
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Speaker 3: no problem,