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What Has The Ohio State Defense Seen From Devin Brown This Month? · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Welcome to buck Eyes tomorrow morning for Wednesday, December twentieth. I'm your host,
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  Tom Moore. The Cotton Bowl game against Missouri in nine days, the
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  games and all that kind of stuff as well, So make sure you join
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  us on Wednesday morning for that. All right, So on with the rest
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  of the show today, you're gonna be hearing from several Ohio State players on
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  the defensive side of the ball, talking about the Cotton Bowl game, mats
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  Bury talking about potential NFL draft decisions for next year, even a little bit
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  about quarterback Devin Brown and what they've seen from him in practice. We're going
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  to start with Sunny Styles, one of the most popular players on the team.
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  He was spot, he was in that bandit safety spot and last couple
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  of games of the last couple of games of the season after length and ransom
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  and down with an injury. And he was asked about the opportunity the Buckeyes
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  have had in the month of December, just that month of bowl prep.
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  You always hear but teams that are going for their sixth win talking about how
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  important that is. Why is that month so important? Yeah, I think
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  the bowl prep month is huge. I feel like last year, I took
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  a huge step and prepare for that game and against Georgia. So I think
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  it's huge for the young guys and uh, really everyone just to take a
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  step back and look at every little thing you need to work on leading up
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  to this game. So I think it's a huge month to get better.
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  And uh it's a lot of you get a big chance to prepare for a
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  game, So you got four weeks to prepare for one team. So I
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  think it's a huge opportunity. When you talk about Bowl prep, people probably
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  think, well, you're talking about preparing for the ball, but there's a
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  lot more that goes into it. Somember is a chance for some of the
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  older guys to maybe heal up a little bit, which means a chance for
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  some of the younger guys to get a little more experience and get reps they
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  maybe didn't get during the course of the season. Styles sort of expanded on
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  that and why that makes it such an important month. Oh yeah, a
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  little bit. You know, Like I said, everyone has an opportunity to
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  get better and work on little things. But yeah, you know, it
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  feels like they try to take care of our bodies a little bit. So
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  you do try to put your put a young guy into the wing and trying
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  to help them out through these practices. You know they're getting more reps than
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  they usually do, so they might be out there getting yelled at a little
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  bit more than they usually do, so you just try to help them out
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  a little bit. Now on to Jordan Hancock. When Sunny Styles moved over
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  to the bandit position, Sonny j Jordan Hancock took over the full time in
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  the slot that sort of nickel position, that slot safety position, whatever you
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  want to call it. That was Jordan Hancock's spot this towards the end of
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  the season in a full time role. What is what is the motivation for
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  this team as they head into the Cotton Bowl Obviously coming off of Looston Michigan,
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  some of their big goals for the season now gone. What's the motivation
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  for this team headed into the Cotton Bowl. Motivation is got to win this
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  game. We got to have something to show for at the end of the
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  year. We had a great year, So just hold up a trophy at
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  the in the year. The Bowl over fin of playing. So get the
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  young guys out there, get reps. So everything's going to be important but
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  this game is going to be extremely important to us. Hancock had himself a
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  pretty darn good season, played, you know, sort of an increasing role
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  as the season went along. How did he feel his season went? How
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  would he graade his performance this year? I played this year. I'm just
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  proud of myself, you know, learning a whole new position, taking on
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  run fits and tackling this everything. I really had to play every position in
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  the secondary, so it was just a great year for me to learn and
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  just I would say my future would be bright just learning a different position.
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  So yeah, last year, Jordan Hancock was playing outside corner at least when
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  he was healthy. This season, got moved into the slot and again took
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  on a bigger role and had a pretty successful season. So how big of
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  an adjustment was that hit for him to go from the outside the slot.
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  I was always adjusted to like out of high school. I played a little
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  bit of safety, so I like hitting and stuff. It was just more
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  like the run fits, the run schemes, like the front seven. Just
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  being in the front seven really just that what I had to learn. So
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  Coach Walt taught me a lot of that stuff. Nancock is one of a
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  number of Buckeyes, who was still sort of ringing his decision in terms of
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  whether to come back for twenty twenty four or whether it turned pro. How
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  much just having that loss to Michigan, another loss to Michigan three in a
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  row, falling short of the rest of the Big Ten, the team's goals,
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  the Big Ten championship game, all that kind of stuff. How much
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  does that factor into that decision? Always a lot. You know, it
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  could be underwhelming coming in here with a great class, like my class was
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  outstanding, a lot of future players that going to play on Sunday is just
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  we kind of want something to show for when we all graduate and we're just
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  stuck in between. So we just we're talking to each other, communicate with
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  each other. Hancock was a very important piece of a very good Ohio State
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  defense, and he was named honorable mentioned all Big Ten. He was asked
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  about that. I think, you know, the general consensus is that seemed
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  like maybe that was not quite a high enough honor for him. What did
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  Kencock think of that? I don't know, I really don't know. I
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  was kind of disappointed at that just it was a goal of mine. But
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  uh, you know, film doesn't lie for real, so everyone knows how
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  may plays out there. It was an impact player, but it was just
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  underwhelming, not getting the achievement, but hopefully I get in the future.
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  Hancock and the defense have seen more of Devin Brown, Ohio States presumptive starting
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  quarterback for the Cotton Bowl, than just about anyone else outside the program.
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  So what did Hancock think of the play of Devin Brown. His legs,
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  he can extend plays. He he has a really good d ball, like
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  he's he's on the money with the deep ball. Just really his extending plays
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  because you know that makes us cover for maybe three extra seconds the receiver can
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  get off us. So probably that in addition to facing the Ohio State quarterbacks
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  every day in practice, of course, the secondary goes up against the Ohio
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  State wide receivers as well, which means, yeah, we've all seen Marvin
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  Harrison and a Mecca, a Bouca and guys like that. What about the
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  younger wide receivers. What about the four freshman this year? Have those four
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  guys started really stepping up a little bit in bold practice? And this is
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  going to actually be two answers kind of put back to back to back here
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  because the second part is about next year. Yeah, those young receivers,
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  they give us fits in practice, Like people don't know their names yet,
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  like Noah, everyone knows Carnell, but Noah, Bryson, Brandon and those
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  freshman receivers. Really they give us a good look out there and they make
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  us compete with them. Yeah, we won't have any drop off where we
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  would we lose a Marvin, you know, but those kids, they're going
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  to be ready next year. So I'm excited for them. Now onto linebacker
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  Cody Simon. He had the opportunity to turn pro and decided against it.
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  He was the only player that we talked to earlier in the month who said
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  definitively he was definitely coming back, even though he had a chance to potentially
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  go to the NFL. So what went into that decision. You know,
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  there's there's a lot that goes into it, and you know, wanting to
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  finish complete your goals that you set for yourself, and you know, there's
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  so many team goals that I wanted to I want to still complete and you
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  know we haven't. We haven't done a great job completing them the past couple
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  of years. So I think that you know, I want to be able
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  to go and accomplish those goals and win a Big Ten championship again and win
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  to beat the team at North And so I think it's a lot of unfinished
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  business and something that I want to complete, you know more from Cody Simon.
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  Now, coming off that Michigan loss, loss of the opportunity to play
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  for the Big Ten Championship, loss of the opportunity to play for the national
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  championship, how do you as a team bounce back and refocus after all of
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  that. Yeah, it's it's definitely a tough type of thing to shift your
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  focus, but I mean, especially when you spend your whole year on something.
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  But you know, every season has their own little wins and little accomplishments,
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  and I think that's a big part for us. We want to have
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  this end of the year off on a really good note. And finally,
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  much like Jordan Han, Cody Simon seemed to take on a bigger role as
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  the season went along. How would he evaluate his season? You know,
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  I think playing my role as well as well as I can. You know,
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  I think there were a lot of times with the coaches calling me to
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  fill a role and make make a difference, in the games and and I
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  think my ability to step in and contribute and to create make and make plays
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  for the defense really helped the success of the team. And you know,
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  I'm just I'm thankful for that the coaches allowed me to be in that position.
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  And you know, again, those are the little wins this game.
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  And finally, our last player of the day, defensive tackle ty Leak Williams.
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  Always one of the most popular players, but sort of entertaining well liked
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  players, especially among the fan base. So let's hear a little bit from
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  Tyleek Williams. Why did he and why are so many other guys choosing to
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  play in the Bowl game right now with seemingly not that much on the line.
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  I have to say, we worked so hard for this season, why
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  not ended on you know, a good note. We don't want to end
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  it on a loss, you know, last seri us So I think we're
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  playing a good team. But I think we have enough here to you know,
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  go go down there and compete with them guys, So, you know,
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  we don't want to end it on a bad note for next season,
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  you know, if you're coming back or not. But I think it's a
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  it's a good motivation going into next year. Kadlik is still deciding whether or
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  not to come back himself. Did the sudden end of this, you know,
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  effectively the season after the Michigan loss and the loss of their goals and
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  sort of that feeling of unfinished business, did that play into his decision?
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  And is that going to play into his decision on whether or not to come
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  back. I'll say, yeah, definitely. You know, it came on
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  me quick, so I wouldn't I wasn't expecting it. But when you play
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  good, you know, good things can, good opportunities arise. But you
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  know, only having one good year and you know, there's definitely motivation to
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  come back. You know, not winning anything with my class, so you
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  know, there's a lot to think about. But right now I'm just focused
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  on Missouri. Katlick Williams is one of those guys who you hear about doing
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  a lot of growing and maturing during the course of his career at Ohio State.
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  Now he's one of the veterans and sort of helping to guide the younger
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  guys. So what does he tell the younger guys about the opportunity they've had
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  this month? I would say just continue being a leader and just showing them
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  that you know this and not like off time. You got to you gotta
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  get better during this period because going into next year is a motivation. You
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  can show the coaches what you can do and like I said, unlocking new
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  opportunities for you next year. So I wouldn't advise people to like take this
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  time off like as a break or anything like that. You gotta keep working.
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  And finally, let's talk about one of those younger guys. Let's talk
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  about Hero Canoe. Young defensive tackle. Seemed like he was taking on a
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  bigger role during the course of the season and is sort of on track to
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  take on a much bigger role next year. What is Tyler William seen out
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  of Hero Canoe. Hero is a freak, He's a monster. He's a
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  big dude, big fast dude. I think he will show that the next
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  year. Definitely. He's he's he's focused. You know, he's not anywhere
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  else but on football right now. So I think he's throwing himself a big
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