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Seahawks Draft Day Press Conference: "We Are All Very Excited" | April 27, 2024 · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Okay, So yeah, thanks for coming out. Uh yeah, great weekend. Grateful,
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  Speaker 1: very thankful to everybody that contributed to this process. We're
• 0:12
  Speaker 1: working on rookie free agency right now.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously very excited.
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  Speaker 3: You know, it's kind of like surgeons, right.
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  Speaker 1: Like after a after operation. You never hear him saying like,
• 0:22
  Speaker 1: you know, boy, that didn't go so well. You know, Uh,
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  Speaker 1: we're we're obviously all very excited. Coaches, scouts all did
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  Speaker 1: a great job. They're in there working right now trying
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  Speaker 1: to sign guys and and uh it's gonna be exciting
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  Speaker 1: a lot of competition and uh yeah, very grateful to
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  Speaker 1: Mike and his staff and and and all their efforts.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, with that, John, through.
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  Speaker 2: This process, what you learn about.
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  Speaker 1: Mike's pressure, Yeah, just this weekend, Uh yeah, confidence, clarity,
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  Speaker 1: very well thought out.
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  Speaker 3: Yep, no panic, easy.
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  Speaker 2: For you to both like I'll throw it for the
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  Speaker 2: first time.
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  Speaker 3: Here and no pressure.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I spoke to it before. But just
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  Speaker 4: like having trust and how we operate. I think we
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  Speaker 4: had a lot of conversations throughout the process of how
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  Speaker 4: it was going to go and how we wanted it
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  Speaker 4: to go. And you know, so you're playing that out,
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  Speaker 4: you know in your mind, you know, as it starts
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  Speaker 4: to play out. So, like John said, is like really
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  Speaker 4: really thankful for everybody in the room over there and
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  Speaker 4: all the work that they put in. There's a lot
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  Speaker 4: of a lot of people behind the scenes that many
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  Speaker 4: of you whom you know, but many of you don't.
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  Speaker 4: And uh, just thankful for like the shared vision that
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  Speaker 4: they had in the buy in coming from our staff,
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  Speaker 4: because it's not easy to you know, to get all
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  Speaker 4: that information on the same page. You know, they've been
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  Speaker 4: scouting all fall and all that whole process and then
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  Speaker 4: all of a sudden, here new coaching staff and you know,
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  Speaker 4: the language that we're using and we're trying to kind
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  Speaker 4: of merge those worlds. So easier said than done. So
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  Speaker 4: a lot of respect on their end, and that was
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  Speaker 4: a really really awesome process to see it kind of
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  Speaker 4: unfold two corners today, a couple of more offensive line
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  Speaker 4: and can you kind of take us through what stands.
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  Speaker 1: Out to Yeah, we only scouted dbs at Auburn. Uh yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it just literally fell that way, and and you know,
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  Speaker 1: we had those guys right together, so it was amazing
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  Speaker 1: that that we ended up selecting both of them.
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  Speaker 3: Both really cool.
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  Speaker 1: Kids and competitive kids young men, sorry, and and competitors
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  Speaker 1: and and uh to add to that room those two
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  Speaker 1: guys is uh, it's a it's a big deal, you know, excited,
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  Speaker 1: excited to get them here and get them going.
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  Speaker 2: Like where do you see each of those guys the
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  Speaker 2: two corners?
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  Speaker 4: Uh, I mean come in and compete, you know. Really
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  Speaker 4: that's the theme the whole draft class.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 4: Neama is probably more of an outside guy, definitely early
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  Speaker 4: both guys on special teams. We anticipate to come in
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  Speaker 4: make a huge impact for us DJ probably both inside
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  Speaker 4: and outside. But hey, come in, man, compete. You know,
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  Speaker 4: we'll figure it out. But once it kind of like
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  Speaker 4: the offensive line's like, let's go defensive line. We got
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  Speaker 4: a lot of reps to be had out there, so
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  Speaker 4: it'll hash itself out.
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  Speaker 3: What is it about the scheme that, yeah, that's pretty
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  Speaker 3: cool and.
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  Speaker 4: The way that they.
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  Speaker 2: What is about the way they fit in? It made
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  Speaker 2: them highlighted them and their ability to translate.
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  Speaker 1: I mean it wasn't necessarily scheme quite honestly, it was
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  Speaker 1: it was just you know, the the the skill set
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  Speaker 1: you know with Pritchett, the speed, you know, DJ like
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  Speaker 1: you can you can play you know play Nickel can
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  Speaker 1: play outside too, So it wasn't necessarily a scheme evaluation.
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  Speaker 3: They're they're both they're both talented cover guys.
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  Speaker 1: Now you know there's things that both will need to
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  Speaker 1: clean up, and you know, once they get hit, they'll
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  Speaker 1: they'll they'll understand that and they'll they'll have a clear
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  Speaker 1: vision for uh where they're where they're headed.
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  Speaker 2: John, w Uh what the decision to move down in
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  Speaker 2: that sportfront?
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  Speaker 1: Uh, just we had a lot of we had several
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  Speaker 1: players right in there that we knew there was, there was,
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  Speaker 1: there's groupings, and so it it made sense.
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  Speaker 3: They were very aggressive.
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  Speaker 1: Uh M, A lot of calls this morning, and they
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  Speaker 1: were they they just were the most aggressive of the group.
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  Speaker 1: And it was the one that made the most sense
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  Speaker 1: as it pertains to where we wanted to go and
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  Speaker 1: what would our board look like and what would be
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  Speaker 1: possibly giving up in order to uh acquire both the
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  Speaker 1: guys that we did and and uh luckily we were
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  Speaker 1: to positions that we had targeted at that spot.
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  Speaker 2: John, did you see the uh the DJ business were
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  Speaker 2: playing inside? Was that mostly placed off his tape or
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  Speaker 2: did you guys get a chance to see him to
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  Speaker 2: have the Senior Bowl as well. Both.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, yeah, he's uh he's taking reps in there,
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  Speaker 1: and uh you can see it. There's some you know,
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  Speaker 1: some of his college film as well, so uh yeah,
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  Speaker 1: he's he's a really smooth mover. He's like one hundred
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  Speaker 1: and seventy five pounds, I think, but really quick, easy mover.
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  Speaker 2: John, what do you like about Tyreek snite?
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  Speaker 3: I think that's a going from Mike more of than
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  Speaker 3: the linebacker guru.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah again, I mean the first thing that pops out
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  Speaker 4: on the tape is he sees the game quickly, so
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  Speaker 4: king diagnosed. It's hard, it's something it's instincts, I guess
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  Speaker 4: is a good way to put it. But like moving
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  Speaker 4: where the ball is going kind of before everybody else,
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  Speaker 4: maybe it's a good way to describe it. He stays square.
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  Speaker 4: I think he brings some thump at the point of attack.
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  Speaker 4: And then when we brought him in we got to
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  Speaker 4: meet him. He just really liked the person and the competitor.
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  Speaker 4: And it's a little bit he's a little his demeanor
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  Speaker 4: is selft spoken right now, but I think he's a
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  Speaker 4: very clear excuse me, very clear communicator. And then you know,
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  Speaker 4: just a guy throughout the process we started to really
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  Speaker 4: like and you know, linebackers are paid to make tackles,
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  Speaker 4: and he makes a lot of tackles, so that's a
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  Speaker 4: good thing.
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  Speaker 2: John, your contacts in Michigan, what do you hear about
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  Speaker 2: Ado arter All?
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  Speaker 4: It's great that we had the guy that you know,
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  Speaker 4: helped recruit him right down the hall with with j.
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  Speaker 4: But just you know, talking to Grant Newsome was you know,
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  Speaker 4: worked with him, uh previously, but just our type of guy,
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  Speaker 4: you know, top level worker. Yeah, big time competitor. I
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  Speaker 4: think he can block and and run you know, a
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  Speaker 4: pretty significant route tree as well. And then he played
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  Speaker 4: for Jay on special teams and on all four phases,
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  Speaker 4: so we're gonna expect him to come contribute, you know
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  Speaker 4: in that in the kicking game as well. You know,
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  Speaker 4: as soon as he steps in the door.
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  Speaker 2: When did when did Eryl first get on your on
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  Speaker 2: your dr.
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  Speaker 1: Oh shoot, I mean this guys, those guys knew about him.
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  Speaker 1: For me personally, it was when he was at the
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State workout. I wish I could have said I
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  Speaker 1: went to findlay and scouted this fall, but you didn't
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  Speaker 1: quite have time for that. But uh, yeah, he went
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  Speaker 1: to the Hollo of State workout, had a great, great workout.
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  Speaker 3: He's uh, he's a monster of a dude, and uh
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  Speaker 3: we brought him in. He had a great visit, you know,
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  Speaker 3: great visit with his half, treated everybody in the building
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  Speaker 3: with a lot of respect.
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  Speaker 1: Uh and you know, he just has a really really
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  Speaker 1: nice upside and uh, you know, he did what he's
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  Speaker 1: supposed to do. He dominated at a level that he's
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  Speaker 1: supposed to dominate in at finley and yeah, length size,
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  Speaker 1: he's uh, you know, former basketball player has reworked his body.
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  Speaker 3: And it's still he's still on the com So it's
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  Speaker 3: a it's a it's a really.
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  Speaker 1: Fun it's a really fun at shot, fun shot at
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  Speaker 1: an amazing upside.
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  Speaker 2: John was the age and a lot of these guys
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  Speaker 2: being seniors that intentionally were just the product of the
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  Speaker 2: COVID year.
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  Speaker 3: Was product of COVID year. Yep.
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  Speaker 2: Did Mike Gerald plays guards us different?
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  Speaker 4: Probably right now? Stand and tackle like just.
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  Speaker 2: For the style of football Brandon football you want to play?
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  Speaker 2: He has he used forty eight picks online. But just
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  Speaker 2: how important is being good in the trenches the way
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  Speaker 2: you see in football league?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I don't think you go into the
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  Speaker 4: process saying, you know, we have a quota what we
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  Speaker 4: wanted to but absolutely, I mean that's where the game
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  Speaker 4: starts up front, and it's gonna be really important for
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  Speaker 4: us to be dominant in that phase. I mean, if
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  Speaker 4: if it stops there, then you really don't have a
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  Speaker 4: shot the rest of the play. So again, his style
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  Speaker 4: of play, and we talk about all that, but you know,
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  Speaker 4: we want to be physical, we want to be imposing,
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  Speaker 4: we want to you know, create new lines of scrimmage.
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  Speaker 4: And I think you're seeing the investment in that, and
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  Speaker 4: we're gonna have awesome competition on you know, both lines
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  Speaker 4: of scrimmage. He'll be fun to kind of iron sharp
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  Speaker 4: and iron throughout the process and throughout camp and uh
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  Speaker 4: just really I'm gonna I'm just excited to go finally
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  Speaker 4: do some actual team drills here, you know, storry ota.
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  Speaker 4: So I've been talking about it a lot, but now
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  Speaker 4: it's time to go do it.
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  Speaker 2: Foreigner's kind of killed as a blocking tight end. Do
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  Speaker 2: you see upside for the receiving aspect of his game too?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, I do. I mean as Ryan for the
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  Speaker 4: catch is good. I mean again, he's I think he's
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  Speaker 4: an underrated athlete. I think he's got a little bit
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  Speaker 4: more weight to put on, but he's Yeah. But I
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  Speaker 4: mean the blocking tight end is a is a really
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  Speaker 4: important position. I mean it kind of starts to the
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  Speaker 4: CE gap in the run game and who's going to
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  Speaker 4: defend it and who's going to block it? You know,
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  Speaker 4: so you got to be able to answer those questions,
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  Speaker 4: you know. So, and those skill sets don't just grow
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  Speaker 4: on trees.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 4: It's tough. It's tough to do, so we expect them
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  Speaker 4: to be able to do that. So it's a coveted
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  Speaker 4: skill set. John, this group collectively has I think almost
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  Speaker 4: three hundred starts in college. Kind of tied in with
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  Speaker 4: Michael Seawan asked, do you see that as a product
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  Speaker 4: of the COVID years? Do you see that? Was that
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  Speaker 4: like a priority you wanted guys who had a lot
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  Speaker 4: of gameplay experience.
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  Speaker 1: No, that's product of the COVID year and then the
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  Speaker 1: decisions that a lot of these guys made last year
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  Speaker 1: to stay and that that's a lot of nil as well.
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  Speaker 3: Uh influence, you know, guys, just you know what, I'm
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  Speaker 3: going to stay in school.
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  Speaker 1: I'm making some good money, you know, more experience, you know,
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  Speaker 1: whoever they're whoever's advising them.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, big picture questions will not get you.
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  Speaker 4: For a while.
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  Speaker 1: There was a standard that was set here pretty quickly
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  Speaker 1: after you got here that you guys are compete for
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  Speaker 1: division titles, make playoff runs, all this stuff.
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  Speaker 2: You know, there's still some rookie contracts and whatnot. Be
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  Speaker 2: you pretty much have your team assembled.
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  Speaker 1: How much progress do you think you've made in the
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  Speaker 1: past few months to kind of get back.
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  Speaker 3: To that level.
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  Speaker 1: I think we've made a lot of progress, and we're
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  Speaker 1: always gonna keep looking at the same We're never gonna
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  Speaker 1: be like this like rebuilding or whatever term you want
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  Speaker 1: to use. We're not that like it's the standard is
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  Speaker 1: a standard. So yeah, nothing's changed in that regard. We're
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  Speaker 1: always going to be pushing the envelope.
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  Speaker 3: Now.
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  Speaker 1: Just because we got through this draft doesn't mean we're
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  Speaker 1: not gonna stop either, you know.
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  Speaker 3: I mean we're evaluating these guys when they walk in
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  Speaker 3: the door. We're gonna be helping them out as much
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  Speaker 3: as you possibly can.
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  Speaker 1: We have all the tools in this building to help everybody,
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  Speaker 1: all individuals. There's like a ton of Indi individuals that
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  Speaker 1: can you know, assist these guys and and and accentuate
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  Speaker 1: their strengths and help them with their deficiencies. And we're
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  Speaker 1: just gonna continue to do that all the way through.
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  Speaker 1: And we're not We're gonna continue to be talking to
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  Speaker 1: other teams about possible trades and cap casualty.
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  Speaker 3: Guys and you know, whatever what have you. And it's it's, uh,
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  Speaker 3: you know, I can't say it enough.
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  Speaker 1: It's it's it's a full year process that just doesn't stop.
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  Speaker 1: It hasn't stopped quite since twenty ten.
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  Speaker 3: So you like that man who.
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  Speaker 1: No, I know that was awesome, good job, Yeah, phenomenal. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: he's from Moldova. No, what do we like about him?
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  Speaker 4: He's huge, he's.
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  Speaker 1: Tough, uh like really aggressive. Uh again, you guys hear
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  Speaker 1: this all the time of like, boy, I can't believe
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  Speaker 1: he was still available, Like like that was one of
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  Speaker 1: those guys like Okay, you're waiting, waiting, and it's like
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  Speaker 1: keeps coming, keeps coming. And you know, it's been primarily
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  Speaker 1: a right side player. He's played right guard, right tackle.
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  Speaker 3: But size length, you know. Again, another dude that had
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  Speaker 3: a really nice, really nice Senior Bowl week and uh
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  Speaker 3: competed at a high level. So yeah, and Dave said,
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  Speaker 3: he had a really fun press conference with the guys.
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  Speaker 3: So it's great.
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  Speaker 2: You haven't thought at a quarterback and you've talked about.
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  Speaker 3: No, no quarterback. No, no, we didn't have any underboard. Yeah, yeah, no,
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  Speaker 3: it's again.
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  Speaker 1: It was just one of those I mean, you know,
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  Speaker 1: once the twelve or the six went in the first
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  Speaker 1: twelve picks, I think he was kind of like, wow,
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  Speaker 1: all right, so and then there was you know, spots
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  Speaker 1: all the way through and it just didn't fit.
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  Speaker 2: What's your long term plan?
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  Speaker 3: Are you being serious right now? That's a serious question.
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  Speaker 3: Was the your long term plan? Yeah?
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  Speaker 1: Well, we just traded for Sam Hall. He's got two
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  Speaker 1: years left in his contract. He's what two years younger
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  Speaker 1: and a lot of these guys Gino's here. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: we have a we have a we have a really cool.
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  Speaker 3: Room right now.
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  Speaker 1: We added we're trying to add a couple of guys
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  Speaker 1: right now, and we'll continue to work it so, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we'll see where it goes. We're always looking at that position.
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  Speaker 1: I can't tell you where our long term plan is
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  Speaker 1: because I honestly don't know. But Sam is a huge
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  Speaker 1: part of it. Because we made a major trade to
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  Speaker 1: get Sam before we got here.
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  Speaker 3: Serious question and I was very serious. How you did
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  Speaker 3: it too? What was your long term plan?
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  Speaker 2: Maybe almost as serious with Sam. He's been in the building,
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  Speaker 2: You've had a chance to have him here and go through.
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  Speaker 4: What have you learned about man? Now it's you know,
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  Speaker 4: we're going on three weeks now. I'm impressed with Sam,
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  Speaker 4: how he operates. You know, we're we're building it slow, offensively,
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  Speaker 4: so the whole playbook's not in, but commanded the huddle
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  Speaker 4: and pressed with you know, obviously he can spin it
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  Speaker 4: out there and that's easy to see. I'm just getting
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  Speaker 4: used to his personality, you know. I think he's starting
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  Speaker 4: to blossom a little bit more of the personality starting
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  Speaker 4: to come out. But really excited about him, you know,
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  Speaker 4: like like John said, it's a it's a it's a
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  Speaker 4: school combination of guys, and I think we got some
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  Speaker 4: great coaches. You know, we're with them every day. So
• 14:01
  Speaker 4: it's early, but you know, the returns are very positive.
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  Speaker 3: Mike.
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  Speaker 1: A lot was made, maybe more than needed to be made,
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  Speaker 1: but as some of the redecorating and in the in there,
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  Speaker 1: that's a good way to put it.
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  Speaker 2: We haven't had to test to ask you about it,
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  Speaker 2: just I guess what was the thought process behind that?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean the I mean obviously, my my, our
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  Speaker 4: coaching staff's respect for this place is off the charts.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, that's that's why we wanted to be here.
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  Speaker 4: And the standard that's been set here is extremely attractive.
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  Speaker 4: It's obviously a great organization. I mean, the h the
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  Speaker 4: history of success that we've had here. I mean, that's
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  Speaker 4: what we're chasing. You know, We're trying to be back
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  Speaker 4: to Super Bowls and play an elite defense and smashing
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  Speaker 4: people up front. I mean, those are all the things
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  Speaker 4: that we're chasing. So I mean, obviously we got a
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  Speaker 4: huge amount of respect for the coaches that have been here,
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  Speaker 4: the history. I think what we're trying to do with
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  Speaker 4: the with the players in terms of messaging is hey, like,
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  Speaker 4: we want to create our own message and our you know,
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  Speaker 4: our rallying cries and stuff that is ours, you know,
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  Speaker 4: and our for this team. So that's all it was. Yeah,
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  Speaker 4: I mean I think you can walk around the halls
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  Speaker 4: and see all the history and stuff. I mean, I
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  Speaker 4: think it speaks for itself.
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  Speaker 2: John with me and right, he's returned kicks before. Is
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  Speaker 2: that something you guys. See you have factoring into potentially
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  Speaker 2: for you guys as well.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm sure Jail give him a shot back there. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: if you're into four three seven or I heard I
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  Speaker 3: heard it.
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  Speaker 4: I heard him tell you guys four two six or whatever.
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  Speaker 3: I was like, wow, that's even better.
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  Speaker 4: Let's stick with that because that's not what the card says.
• 15:33
  Speaker 3: But uh yeah, yeah, he's I'm sure Jail give him
• 15:36
  Speaker 3: a shot.
• 15:37
  Speaker 2: We've seen you guys over the years. On day two
• 15:39
  Speaker 2: really hit on some guys and he's read post recently
• 15:41
  Speaker 2: comes to mind on net regard how special is these
• 15:43
  Speaker 2: guys On day three that man a ship on the
• 15:45
  Speaker 2: hold may have been overlooking, they're gonna be coming in
• 15:47
  Speaker 2: then we really maybe time for something.
• 15:49
  Speaker 1: Yeah, for you know, for years now, we've had a
• 15:52
  Speaker 1: blast on day three. You know we always talk about
• 15:54
  Speaker 1: Monday being like the entertainment night. You know, let's get
• 15:58
  Speaker 1: through Friday.
• 15:59
  Speaker 4: Is that's last night?
• 16:00
  Speaker 1: Was like that took like I felt like eight hours,
• 16:03
  Speaker 1: you know, like just getting through that uh second third round,
• 16:06
  Speaker 1: and then today's the day that like we really like
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  Speaker 1: just truly love because this is where like the heart
• 16:11
  Speaker 1: and soul of the class is like these are these
• 16:14
  Speaker 1: are the these are the guys and and the guys
• 16:17
  Speaker 1: that you know the staff's.
• 16:18
  Speaker 3: Working on right now. Yeah, it's it's this is this
• 16:22
  Speaker 3: is the day.
• 16:22
  Speaker 1: And you know, now we'll see our teams adjust with
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: the people that they drafted, that they signed.
• 16:28
  Speaker 3: What's gonna be in a waiver wire, you know, who's
• 16:30
  Speaker 3: gonna want to.
• 16:31
  Speaker 1: Trade some people because you have to adjust your team
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: after this weekend based on what you did and what
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: your salary cap looks like and your roster numbers.
• 16:39
  Speaker 3: So yeah, but we we love day three.
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: What's the idea behind the shirts on dayper.
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: Oh the yeah, sorry, yeah, our gas station church. Yeah,
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: this is like we're just you know, yeah, we're going
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: to work, getting up and this is the day, Like
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: this is the day.
• 16:55
  Speaker 3: Like we just like get after it. And it's uh,
• 16:58
  Speaker 3: it's just like, hey, we're not gonna outsmart you. We're
• 17:01
  Speaker 3: gonna work. Yet. Do you prefer that has nothing to
• 17:05
  Speaker 3: do with the gas stations? I guess just hard work.
• 17:09
  Speaker 2: Do you prefer at one spot? Mic or or will
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: like at least to start out?
• 17:14
  Speaker 4: Yeah, well we'll start him. I'm not sure. I mean
• 17:17
  Speaker 4: we're starting at both. I think that he can progress
• 17:20
  Speaker 4: to being a mic linebacker. He has a skill set
• 17:22
  Speaker 4: to play will, So we'll kind of figure it out
• 17:24
  Speaker 4: as we go. But I think a natural transition or
• 17:26
  Speaker 4: a natural progression is easier to go from Will to
• 17:29
  Speaker 4: Mike rather than the other way. So that's probably what
• 17:33
  Speaker 4: Ella wound up doing it. But both spots inside, I
• 17:35
  Speaker 4: think you can find a home.
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: You've said before that you asked your linebackers to do
• 17:39
  Speaker 2: a lot. Are there certain things you've sofferged in on
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: tape where you said that would be a really good
• 17:43
  Speaker 2: fit for what we want to do.
• 17:44
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I think I addressed earlier when what we were
• 17:49
  Speaker 4: talking about what we saw in him, you know, but
• 17:50
  Speaker 4: the ability to play square, anticipate, plays solid at the
• 17:56
  Speaker 4: point of contact.
• 17:56
  Speaker 2: You know.
• 17:57
  Speaker 4: I do think he can improve his hand usage, but man,
• 18:01
  Speaker 4: I just think he sees the game and it's slow
• 18:03
  Speaker 4: for him. And you know, we're gonna ra ask our
• 18:05
  Speaker 4: guys to man the middle of the defense, and I
• 18:07
  Speaker 4: think you can do that eventually.
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: And do you still have Doddson as your middle line,
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: doctor Baker.
• 18:12
  Speaker 4: Yeah, that's the plan right now. But I think you
• 18:14
  Speaker 4: know what both what's cool about both those guys is
• 18:16
  Speaker 4: they both played both spots. So that's something that we
• 18:20
  Speaker 4: haven't he might not have seen in our scheme in years.
• 18:22
  Speaker 4: Pass pass that you might see with our guys is
• 18:25
  Speaker 4: based on ESMA do and you know, any particular call,
• 18:27
  Speaker 4: they could end up switching spots, which provides some versatility
• 18:31
  Speaker 4: for us. And so we'll see, we'll see how that
• 18:32
  Speaker 4: shakes out.
• 18:34
  Speaker 2: Versatility to the defense.
• 18:37
  Speaker 4: How do that play in some of the players drafts? Well, well,
• 18:41
  Speaker 4: of course it's important because you you're gonna ask guys
• 18:43
  Speaker 4: to do you know, multiple things on any given on
• 18:47
  Speaker 4: any given down. But uh, I think it's if you
• 18:50
  Speaker 4: think like a big picture. Yeah, we want to be
• 18:53
  Speaker 4: able to kind of put guys in position to do
• 18:56
  Speaker 4: what they want, what they can do best. So guys
• 18:58
  Speaker 4: that have kind of an elite trait, we're gonna try
• 19:00
  Speaker 4: to do that as much as we can. But if
• 19:03
  Speaker 4: you can do more than one thing, then now all
• 19:04
  Speaker 4: of a sudden, we can kind of present the same
• 19:06
  Speaker 4: looks and do multiple things out of those looks and
• 19:09
  Speaker 4: you know, create matchups that we're trying to create. So yeah,
• 19:13
  Speaker 4: it's like this one big kind of moving puzzle.
• 19:15
  Speaker 3: Have you do it?
• 19:15
  Speaker 4: If you have more options, you can get to more
• 19:17
  Speaker 4: stuff easily, and now you're creating better matchups for your
• 19:19
  Speaker 4: guys and ultimately you're in a better spot to you know,
• 19:22
  Speaker 4: win each situation. That's given so kind of a convoluted answer,
• 19:27
  Speaker 4: but you know that's how we see it.
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: So in that so do you need.
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: First you need smartness and instinct? And how much did
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: those do you have to your line for you to
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: be able to ruin those things?
• 19:38
  Speaker 4: A couple of convoluted things back to back there? Yeah,
• 19:45
  Speaker 4: I mean, yeah, you want smart football players that can
• 19:48
  Speaker 4: adapt and adjust. But you know, when we've moved guys
• 19:51
  Speaker 4: and they're playing like seventeen positions and I come up
• 19:54
  Speaker 4: here and bragged you about how our guys are moving around,
• 19:57
  Speaker 4: it's like, well, was that best for the player? You know,
• 20:00
  Speaker 4: is he going to be able to play his best
• 20:01
  Speaker 4: football if he's playing seventeen positions? I don't think that's
• 20:04
  Speaker 4: the right answer for you. But if he's playing a
• 20:07
  Speaker 4: couple of things that he can play really well, but
• 20:09
  Speaker 4: it's complimentary, I think now we're in our wheelhouse right there,
• 20:13
  Speaker 4: if that makes sense. So you know, when we say,
• 20:15
  Speaker 4: you know, versatile, and it's not like they're doing a
• 20:18
  Speaker 4: thousand things, it's just a complimentary menu where you know,
• 20:21
  Speaker 4: we can kind of keep it moving and keeping the
• 20:23
  Speaker 4: offense off balance.
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: What Night stands out about his coveragability and drop.
• 20:27
  Speaker 4: It, well, I think he's an efficient mover. I mean,
• 20:30
  Speaker 4: I keep saying staying square, but like we want to
• 20:32
  Speaker 4: be a square defense. You know, you gotta be able
• 20:33
  Speaker 4: to go through us and not around us. So we're
• 20:36
  Speaker 4: going to ask our inside backers to play anything from
• 20:38
  Speaker 4: out of the backfield. They're number two week which takes
• 20:41
  Speaker 4: an elite skill, which we'll see how well he does that.
• 20:44
  Speaker 4: But I think, you know, staying square and be able
• 20:46
  Speaker 4: to play the middle of the defense is important. You know,
• 20:48
  Speaker 4: you got to be a positioned to break and handle
• 20:50
  Speaker 4: check downs and pressing the routes and you know, kind
• 20:54
  Speaker 4: of live in the world that we're going to live in.
• 20:55
  Speaker 4: So again, I mean it's he hasn't done all the
• 20:58
  Speaker 4: things that we're going to ask him to do, you know,
• 20:59
  Speaker 4: skim out, but nobody ever does. So that you're looking
• 21:02
  Speaker 4: at how he moves and how he thinks and try
• 21:04
  Speaker 4: to project it the best you can.
• 21:06
  Speaker 2: How you Chenna will soon in a group of steels
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: and some.
• 21:10
  Speaker 3: Good Yeah, they're both doing good.
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's probably too suit well Jenna, you know, Abe,
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: he's doing great, but we'll see John.
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: All three offensive LINEMENI draft to describe themselves.
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: As when when you're evaluating that position in particular, where's
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: about betreen?
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: Just like technical ability and athleticism.
• 21:35
  Speaker 3: Versus the attitudes out of it.
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: Yeah, we try to stay away.
• 21:39
  Speaker 3: From the word soft, Like when people are soft, what
• 21:42
  Speaker 3: is that's that's not very good? So let's to eliminate
• 21:44
  Speaker 3: those guys, right, like a houch.
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: Steve Hodginson, you know, talk to us like the other
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: day about like their group right that they played with.
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: You know, it's just like, hey, look like offensive linemen
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: need to play as a group. They need to be tough, nasty,
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: like they should be walking around the building together and
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: you know, they should be in their own world, you know,
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: And uh, that's what we're trying to get together.
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: You know.
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: Uh, we've been blessed to be around a lot of
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: really really like great offensive line groups.
• 22:16
  Speaker 3: You know, when we were in Green Bay, we had
• 22:18
  Speaker 3: a line that was to other for ten years and
• 22:19
  Speaker 3: it was a big deal.
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: And those guys all would probably tell you they weren't
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: the most talented guys, you know, but uh, they worked
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: together as one and that's you know, what we're trying
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: to accomplish.
• 22:27
  Speaker 3: And and tone setting was definitely something that was a factor.
• 22:33
  Speaker 3: And the guys that we wanted to acquire.
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: John was not drafting any safeties, just about how you
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: feel about the guys that already have with the free agents,
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: and then Kobe.
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: And Julian et centric to a certain extent, yes, cause
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: our our grading scale represents that, like what our team
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: looks like.
• 22:48
  Speaker 3: And so yeah, there's there's uh, it's a it's a
• 22:52
  Speaker 3: it's a good group right now.
• 22:53
  Speaker 2: John, it was on the transaction last week, you guys
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: had resigned Penny and for a visit. Is that still
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: something that could happen or.
• 23:00
  Speaker 3: Sure?
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: Yeah, we had him in talk with him. You know,
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: it's good, good to see him again. He's such a
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: great person, you know, it's good to see him.
• 23:08
  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a possibility.
• 23:10
  Speaker 2: Anything else.
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: Thank you, all right, thanks for coming out this weekend,
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: you guys, Thanks guys, thank you. It's nice