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Geno Smith "We Have A Lot Of Great Players" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: The country. Uh. Yeah, it felt like it. It felt
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  Speaker 1: like it was able to go out there.
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  Speaker 2: You know, started out Miami, was able to get some
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  Speaker 2: work with Jackson, then went out to Dallas, you know,
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  Speaker 2: hung out with Locke, went to his wedding.
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  Speaker 1: That was cool.
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  Speaker 2: All the guys got together, uh, and then finished off
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  Speaker 2: in uh in California, got some work in at u
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  Speaker 2: uh USC some working at UCLA DK and I Bobby
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  Speaker 2: was there, so a you know, all of us we
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  Speaker 2: got together and it was pretty fun.
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  Speaker 1: What do you like about that? Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: I think, you know, I think just the one on
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  Speaker 2: one experience, just talking, talking ball and really just getting
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  Speaker 2: to hang out, you know, hanging out with your teammates
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  Speaker 2: being more than just uh, you know, teammates being being
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  Speaker 2: a friend and so uh. It's just a good chance
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  Speaker 2: for us to connect on a on a on a
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  Speaker 2: personal level more than uh in a group setting. Uh
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  Speaker 2: and uh, I don't I don't oppose to that either,
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  Speaker 2: but I just think that one on one is really
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  Speaker 2: good for us.
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  Speaker 3: You get an extensive rabbits each these first two days
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  Speaker 3: with both in the near centers.
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  Speaker 1: How do you feel about the way the street right now? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: both guys are doing a great job. Man.
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  Speaker 2: I've uh, I've been impressed with Olu just the way
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  Speaker 2: he's picked things up. You know, Evan's a VET and
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  Speaker 2: he's versatile. Uh h, he's really smart in there. They're
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  Speaker 2: all communicating, uh, you know, and the offensive line is
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  Speaker 2: a unit, so all of those guys work together as
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  Speaker 2: a unit, and so they've all been doing a great job.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: Uh Again, I just go out there and try and
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  Speaker 2: do my job and not worry about you know, who's
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  Speaker 2: up front. But I I don't notice a difference when
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  Speaker 2: either guy's in.
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  Speaker 1: Have you noticed his off That's something to be out
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  Speaker 1: for you. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I think the thing that stands out with Olu is
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  Speaker 2: just uh, his commitment to work every day. You know,
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  Speaker 2: he brings his hard hat. He he he's really ready
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  Speaker 2: to work every single day. You can't tell that he's
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  Speaker 2: a rookie, you know. He he really you know, give
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  Speaker 2: the presence of a VET. And so when you have
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  Speaker 2: a guy like that, uh, you can trust him. And
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  Speaker 2: you know he's a guy who if he steps in there,
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  Speaker 2: we're not gonna worry about it because he's surrounded by
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  Speaker 2: other great players, but he himself is a great player
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  Speaker 2: as well.
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  Speaker 3: For you New York.
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  Speaker 2: I mean it's been seamless, really, Uh, just from day one,
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  Speaker 2: he stepped right in. He's been making calls, he's been
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  Speaker 2: he's been correct on most of his calls, if not all.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, I know Andy's gonna do a great
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  Speaker 2: job with those guys and making sure they're up to
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  Speaker 2: speed and that they're ready for practice and ready for
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  Speaker 2: game day.
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  Speaker 1: And so Olu has been doing a great job. But
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  Speaker 1: so is Evan. You know, he's a vet.
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  Speaker 2: He's he's picked things up coming from Detroit and he's
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  Speaker 2: been doing this thing. Getting that right away down bend
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  Speaker 2: in your vet.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it speaks volumes. I really does. I do.
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  Speaker 2: I think it speaks volumes to Obviously, he's gotta study
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  Speaker 2: this stuff, right, So he's going home, he's studying, he's
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  Speaker 2: preparing and then getting out there.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, he's not nervous, he's calm.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, he's making the right calls, and he's he's getting
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  Speaker 2: the offense.
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  Speaker 1: And and and in rhythm.
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  Speaker 3: You know, conversation. Rowley's this scamp community his Gampfield did.
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  Speaker 2: For you know, it is different because I'm getting more reps.
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  Speaker 2: But to me, it's the same thing. We've worked at
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  Speaker 2: you know, Drew and I and now Holton, we've worked
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  Speaker 2: at the same pace, uh, for for the past year,
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  Speaker 2: and so we're just continuing that. Nothing's gonna change as
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  Speaker 2: far as our competition. We're gonna work the same way.
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  Speaker 2: We're gonna push each other to be better, and every
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  Speaker 2: day is a new day, and so we're not really
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  Speaker 2: focused on the dynamics of it.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: You know, like like I said last year, I want
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  Speaker 2: you to be the best he can be and vice versa,
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  Speaker 2: and so we're just working together so that we can
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  Speaker 2: make this team better. Interjas Dude, that was sweet Jackson.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he's made so many great plays. I mean
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  Speaker 2: that's just who he is. And uh, it's just great,
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  Speaker 2: you know, for for us as a team to have
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  Speaker 2: guys like him on our side.
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  Speaker 1: Uh. You know, I really don't like the word potential.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we gotta put the work in no offense,
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  Speaker 2: but you know, we got a lot of great guys,
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  Speaker 2: We got a lot of great players, but we gotta
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  Speaker 2: prove it. And so for me, it's about going out
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  Speaker 2: and executing every single play every single day, down in
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  Speaker 2: and down out. And you know, potential is what we
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  Speaker 2: make it. You know, we can be the best or
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  Speaker 2: not the best. It's just depending on how he works.
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  Speaker 1: Junia is a leader of this team. What does it
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  Speaker 1: mean you have this opportunity to build on last year,
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  Speaker 1: going to the playoffs and maybe hopefully go even further
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  Speaker 1: th this year. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, and that's you know, that's what we want to do.
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  Speaker 2: We want to build, We want to keep getting better.
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  Speaker 2: You know, like I said, every day is a new day,
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  Speaker 2: and so we got to have that you know, mindset
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  Speaker 2: of get better every single day.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: You know, no, no two days are the same, and
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  Speaker 2: nothing we did last year is gonna be able to
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  Speaker 2: help us this year. Uh, except for the confidence and
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  Speaker 2: so we know we can do great things. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: they're gonna go out there and try and stop us.
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  Speaker 2: And we got to go out and prove that we
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  Speaker 2: can score points. And so that's my job as the
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  Speaker 2: quarterback and as the leader of this team to make
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  Speaker 2: sure that we're focused.
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  Speaker 1: And I believe that's where we're at. But you know,
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  Speaker 1: what's the advantage of being the guy this year? Not
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  Speaker 1: having a true competition. I don't even trying to help row.
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  Speaker 1: But is there an advantage for being where you are today?
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  Speaker 1: Is appefully a year about.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, there are advantages, you know, having more reps,
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  Speaker 2: being able to rep more with with the starters and
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  Speaker 2: with the guys, But mentality wise, nothing changes, you know,
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  Speaker 2: nothing changes, and and things can change quickly in the NFL.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm not really worried about, uh, that type of stuff.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: I just look forward to every single day to practice
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  Speaker 2: with my teammates. I'm surrounded by a bunch of great
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  Speaker 2: guys and it's super fun just to be out there
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  Speaker 2: with him, and so that's that's what I look forward to.
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  Speaker 1: How healthy were you when you're on the side and
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  Speaker 1: you keep that.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's a bittersweet thing because I know he's
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  Speaker 2: a starter, you know, I know he can go and
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  Speaker 2: do great things, and you know, I want him to
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  Speaker 2: get the opportunity somewhere. But you know, when he's in
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  Speaker 2: the room with me, man, you know we're gonna push
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  Speaker 2: each other each other. He's made me better, hopefully I've
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  Speaker 2: made him better as a player, and we have a
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  Speaker 2: great relationship, and so I was I was happy to
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  Speaker 2: be able to continue that. But you know, I know
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  Speaker 2: when he gets his opportunity, he's gonna kill it.
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  Speaker 1: Guys, hearing much seen them trying to carry over to
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  Speaker 1: the off Now it's starting to.
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  Speaker 2: Add to Uh.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I can speak for myself.
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  Speaker 2: Man, I just had a really bad taste in my
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  Speaker 2: mouth after that, you know, playoff game. Didn't want the
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  Speaker 2: season to end, and you know, I just kind of
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  Speaker 2: went straight to work. I just went to work, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, I was preparing for this opportunity this season.
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  Speaker 2: And I know the guys around me felt the same way.
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  Speaker 2: Everyone's growing, We're all growing together. This offense is growing,
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  Speaker 2: this team's growing, and you know, like I said, we
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  Speaker 2: got to go prove it.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I'm not big on just talking. You know,
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  Speaker 1: I like to go out and make things happen.
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  Speaker 2: And so, you know, I think we have a great
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  Speaker 2: opportunity and so I'm looking forward to that.
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  Speaker 1: J Jackson bring that maybe you guys didn't have last year.
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  Speaker 2: In the Prince.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we were a really good offense last year.
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  Speaker 2: We did a lot of great things, and I think
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  Speaker 2: Jackson is an addition to that, you know, having another
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  Speaker 2: dynamic receiver.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, just just as well as like guys like the
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  Speaker 1: Ree and d A.
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  Speaker 2: Stitch and you know Cody Thompson. Uh, the tight ends
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  Speaker 2: that we have bringing what they bring. Not to mention
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  Speaker 2: DK Tyler. You know our running backs. I mean, we
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  Speaker 2: have a whole onslaught of guys who can go out
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  Speaker 2: there and make things happen. And you know, we all
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  Speaker 2: know what Jackson can do. I mean he does it
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  Speaker 2: every single day. That's who he is.
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  Speaker 1: And having a guy like him on our side, like
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  Speaker 1: I said, makes it a lot better.
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  Speaker 3: Your here about like a slun guy who's ready after
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  Speaker 3: turning routs the James he knows.
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  Speaker 1: Take to think of that guy's pet bread and whatever.
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  Speaker 2: You see. Yeah, Paul, he could do it all. Man,
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  Speaker 2: he could do it all. He's a great player and
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  Speaker 2: he can do it all. Jackson is like, you know,
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  Speaker 2: one of those guys who you know, if you put
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  Speaker 2: him in out there one on one, he's gonna he's
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  Speaker 2: gonna win his battles.
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  Speaker 1: And we've been seeing that so far. But we've got,
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  Speaker 1: like I said, multiple guys who can do that.
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  Speaker 2: Those guys are out there competing and d K has
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  Speaker 2: been doing his thing, Tyler's doing his thing.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Derek has been stepping up.
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  Speaker 2: Like all these guys are making plays, and uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Jackson is, like I said, just a part of that group.
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  Speaker 2: He's embraced that and they've embraced him, and I mean
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  Speaker 2: they're all growing together. Man, it's special.
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  Speaker 1: What do you got.
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  Speaker 2: You know, g os Man, he's uh, he's a he's
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  Speaker 2: a wily vet man. He's been around this game for
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  Speaker 2: a long time. He's coached a lot of great quarterbacks. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: he knows his stuff. I'm learning new things from him
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  Speaker 2: every single day.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we're we're going back and forth on things
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  Speaker 2: on protection and new plays and ways to attack defenses.
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  Speaker 2: And I mean he's done it for such a long time.
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  Speaker 2: He's got a great track record. You know, he's one
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  Speaker 2: of the best best coaches I've had so far. Man,
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  Speaker 2: he's just doing his thing. He's he's he's such a
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  Speaker 2: great coach, and he brings a lot to the table, giving.
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  Speaker 1: Away the funding, specific pleas.
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  Speaker 2: That these years and you have to come to d Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: just new uh, new ways to you know, protect, different
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  Speaker 2: blitz patterns and you know, just different ways to attack defenses.
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  Speaker 2: You know, there's always multiple ways to do things, and
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  Speaker 2: I think he just brings that dynamic.
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  Speaker 1: You have the video for the top one.
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  Speaker 3: Hunder and a couple of guys talk guys kind of
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  Speaker 3: needing inspiration for guys.
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  Speaker 1: They don't start right away or you start out it
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  Speaker 1: can you fly or something.
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  Speaker 3: At your story and.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, guys have reached out to me. A
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  Speaker 1: lot of guys have said that, you know, a few guys.
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  Speaker 2: I was at the Pro Bowl and guys are saying that,
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  Speaker 2: and I was just like, you know, a couple of
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  Speaker 2: guys that you guys have been to the Pro Bowl.
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  Speaker 2: It's my first one. But if I can be an
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  Speaker 2: inspiration to anybody, then you know, I'm happy with that.
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  Speaker 2: So I'll want to continue to do that. I wanna
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  Speaker 2: continue to help people, uh kind of overcome things. And
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  Speaker 2: I believe I'm an overcomer. So uh, that's something that
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  Speaker 2: you know, I take pride in and I really appreciate.
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  Speaker 1: Even there's another quarterbacks get a chance to start.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, there's a guy on our team, you know,
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  Speaker 2: in a similar situation. So there are other guys out
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  Speaker 2: there in the league, and not just quarterbacks. You know,
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  Speaker 2: there's guys all you know, all over the place, offense
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  Speaker 2: and defense who are just waiting for the opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: And so if I can be that guy that, you know, if.
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  Speaker 2: They get down on themselves, that they can look at
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  Speaker 2: and say, hey, man, if he can do it, I
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  Speaker 2: can do it. Then you know, I feel I feel
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  Speaker 2: really good about that. Uh, it was it was a blessing, man,
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  Speaker 2: just for uh to be recognized by my peers. Uh
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  Speaker 2: my first time. You know, you guys know me. I'm
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  Speaker 2: not satisfied with that, but you know, it was definitely
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  Speaker 2: a blessing just to be in there. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: I mean I'm not big on rankings. Uh.
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  Speaker 2: Like I said, if I'm not in the top ten,
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  Speaker 2: top five, whatever, I just gotta go prove it. And
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  Speaker 2: so I look forward to the games to you know,
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  Speaker 2: see where I can fall. Yes, sir, we actually went
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  Speaker 2: over to you Dub worked out at you Dubb had
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  Speaker 2: a bunch of guys Cody and and Derek and Will Dissley,
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  Speaker 2: a bunch of guys with guy.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Derek's he's growing man.
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  Speaker 2: He's uh, he wasn't in a past heavy offense in
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  Speaker 2: college and so he's developing and as a receiver. But
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  Speaker 2: he's a physical specimen. You can see him out there running.
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  Speaker 2: He's he's tall, he's fast, he's strong. Uh. He played
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  Speaker 2: a lot of snaps for us last year, made some
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  Speaker 2: great plays. Uh, he's physical in the run game. He's
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  Speaker 2: a great blocker. Uh, he can he can run the ball.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: He brings a lot to our offense. And we got
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  Speaker 2: so many guys like that and so and him as
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  Speaker 2: an addition, I think it just makes us better. He's
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  Speaker 2: also great on special teams and so he's just a
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  Speaker 2: well rounded, well rounded player.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he himself guys. Yeah, I think we could have
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  Speaker 1: been a lot better on third down.
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  Speaker 2: We started out, you know, really good, and I think
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  Speaker 2: we kind of tailed off at the end red zone specifically,
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  Speaker 2: especially like in the ten ten yard line and then
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  Speaker 2: scoring touchdowns and not getting field goals.
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  Speaker 1: That's something that we're emphasizing this year.
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  Speaker 2: And so, you know, I feel like I gotta be
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  Speaker 2: better as well as the offense, and so we all
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  Speaker 2: can can do a better job of making sure we
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  Speaker 2: get touchdowns and then overall, you know, two minute is
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  Speaker 2: where the games are won. I mean, it's the NFL,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of close games and you gotta win them
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  Speaker 2: in the two men and so, uh, we're working on
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  Speaker 2: those things now and looking forward to having opportunities to
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  Speaker 2: prove it.
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  Speaker 1: White receivers the tight ends with the expectation then what
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  Speaker 1: do they need to do for the next level or whatever.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, our tight ends, man, I think they you know,
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  Speaker 2: they they're they're what they're like the they're like the
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  Speaker 2: glue to the offense.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: They they run block Uh, they go out and run
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  Speaker 2: routes and catch the ball. They're great in the screen game.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: And then their leaders you know, on this team will
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  Speaker 2: just leave Kobe Parkinson, you know, no offense, Tyler Mabry
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  Speaker 2: and all the young guys.
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  Speaker 1: Man, they're all stepping up. Uh, they're still growing.
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  Speaker 2: I can't wait for Nowhere to get back so we
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  Speaker 2: can uh, you know, get some more working and uh
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  Speaker 2: cause he's gonna you know, we expecting him to have
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  Speaker 2: a really big year as well. So all the guys
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  Speaker 2: are doing a great job. And you know, I feel
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  Speaker 2: like the tight end group are, you know, the glue
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  Speaker 2: of the offense. They really bring things together.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe get a little ward boss. At some point, I
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  Speaker 1: lost weight.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, I don't know about the buff stuff, but
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  Speaker 2: you know I feel I feel better, you know, I
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  Speaker 2: feel lean and stuff like that.
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  Speaker 1: I was working really hard and so you know, hopefully
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  Speaker 1: that is showing You've you've talked to us about your
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  Speaker 1: diet and bring more. Did you make dietarry changes, lean
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  Speaker 1: or yoga? Yeah, mostly diet, mostly diet stuff.
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  Speaker 2: Just you know, really as you get older, you gotta
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  Speaker 2: watch what you you know, gotta be mindful of all
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  Speaker 2: those things. So just focusing on my diet and my training,
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  Speaker 2: you know, just trying to be a complete athlete.
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  Speaker 1: You have your own person yourself.
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  Speaker 2: Uh yeah, I mean my girl makes my food and
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  Speaker 2: then you know, I have a chef as well, you know,
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  Speaker 2: if need but if I need 'em, But most of
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  Speaker 2: the time it's it's my girl. The red meat, yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I haven't Uh, I haven't aten uh red meat or
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  Speaker 2: chicken in a while, so I guess it's uh pescatarian.
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  Speaker 2: I guess I'm a pescatarian now. But I haven't, you know,
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  Speaker 2: really been on the dairy or anything like that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: trying to stay away from sweets and and stuff like that.
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  Speaker 2: Who ever had a quarterback I did? Yeah, I thought
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  Speaker 2: it was cool.
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  Speaker 1: I thought it was cool. I thought, uh, all the
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  Speaker 1: guys did a great job.
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  Speaker 2: I was really happy that uh more people got insight
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  Speaker 2: into the life of the c of a quarterback and
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  Speaker 2: our jobs. You know, they say it's a hard job,
• 13:33
  Speaker 2: but if you really don't get to see what we do.
• 13:35
  Speaker 2: You know, it's kind of getting taken for granted. But
• 13:37
  Speaker 2: you know, I thought they did a great job and
• 13:39
  Speaker 2: all the guys were great.
• 13:40
  Speaker 1: You're doing it, you know how much? How much? Right?
• 13:49
  Speaker 1: Here's your I lost maybe five ten pounds. Yeah, thank you,