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Mike Macdonald Recaps The Two-Day Rookie Minicamp: "This Was A Great Rookie Camp" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: All right.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, first of all, I wanted to lead with congratulations
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  Speaker 2: for our very own Michael Sean Dugar came to my attention, Uh,
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  Speaker 2: moving on to great things, and congratulations man.
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  Speaker 1: We're gonna miss you. You're gonna miss you man, everything you've.
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  Speaker 2: Done for us. Honestly appreciate your work and hopefully we'll
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  Speaker 2: see you more often than we expect from now on.
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  Speaker 2: But congrats man. Yeah, pretty cool.
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  Speaker 1: And then just just a great, a great rookie camp.
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  Speaker 1: There's a lot of work that goes into making this
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  Speaker 1: thing come to life.
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  Speaker 2: I think we you know, we brought in I don't
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  Speaker 2: know the exact number, but it's a lot of tryout guys.
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  Speaker 1: It's the chasing edges thing that we.
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  Speaker 2: Believe in here, and we found some really great players
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  Speaker 2: to be on our kind of one twenty idea over
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  Speaker 2: the years.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, logistically between e.
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  Speaker 2: K and uh travel folks, you know, Jeremy and his
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  Speaker 2: team getting everybody here on time, and uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's it's a it's a pretty big undertaking, you know,
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  Speaker 2: for for some edges that we're trying to find. But uh,
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  Speaker 2: so I appreciate those people. Coaches did a great job.
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  Speaker 2: We had a great spirit. Players did a great job,
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  Speaker 2: really took a jump this second this second practice and
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  Speaker 2: started to look like a started to looking like professional
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  Speaker 2: football out there, which is which is exciting.
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  Speaker 1: So but we'll move on.
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  Speaker 2: Guys will come back in a week and then uh,
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  Speaker 2: Phase two starts on Monday, so really, uh, exciting time
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  Speaker 2: of the year.
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  Speaker 1: Something of your message to.
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  Speaker 2: The try out guys like, hey, just because you don't
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  Speaker 2: get called next week doesn't mean you're definitely yeah, definitely,
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  Speaker 2: everyone's on a different timeline and uh, and so I
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  Speaker 2: think they understand that, and that's part of the messaging too.
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  Speaker 2: And we've had several guys that have come back, you know,
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  Speaker 2: in camp or you know even you know, even after
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  Speaker 2: camp or after the season. You know, we've had I've
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  Speaker 2: had a couple of examples of that too, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Jail and Gains is the guy that comes to mind,
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  Speaker 2: that's with us now after not.
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  Speaker 1: Being at the end of the season.
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  Speaker 2: So just keep plugging away, try your best, don't worry
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  Speaker 2: about the count and timing and all that, but trust
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  Speaker 2: the process.
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  Speaker 1: Quite a few passes out there, yeah, yeah, he did.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, just just given that that was kind of one
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  Speaker 3: of the things about it.
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  Speaker 1: In the draft, and it's not like an extra point
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  Speaker 1: of emphasis.
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  Speaker 2: I think just because of camp, probably more space plays
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  Speaker 2: rather than keeping him in traffic and just trying to
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  Speaker 2: be smart on how we utilize him in this camp.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you know, getting off, but getting off to
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  Speaker 2: the right start. But did a good job, did a
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  Speaker 2: good job. But it's definitely part of our offense.
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  Speaker 1: How do I know you're gonna ask that one?
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  Speaker 2: Right?
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  Speaker 1: Uh?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Bo's on the right side right now, but we're
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  Speaker 2: gonna we're gonna train him at both spots and uh,
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  Speaker 2: we'll see how it goes. We'll see how it goes,
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  Speaker 2: you know, inside and but you need you need flexibility
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  Speaker 2: to cross really on your interior part of your line.
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  Speaker 2: So he's played both in his career and right now
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  Speaker 2: he's playing right guard, but we'll be training him in uh,
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  Speaker 2: right and left.
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  Speaker 3: It was yesterday about how much Nick Perry influenced his
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  Speaker 3: decision to.
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  Speaker 1: Go to marktsof yeah, that's cool.
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  Speaker 3: Did you have any contact with him during the pre
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  Speaker 3: draft process about Julian and how much how much did
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  Speaker 3: that prop him up in terms of being somebody that
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  Speaker 3: you guys are interested in knowing that he's been around
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  Speaker 3: similar terminology.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a great point. I didn't talk to Nick specifically,
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  Speaker 2: but Leslie did. I think Carl did. So, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: obviously we respect the heck out of Nick's opinion and
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  Speaker 2: the way he sees things, and he's a talented.
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  Speaker 1: Coach, so it definitely sparked interest.
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  Speaker 2: Probably earlier in the process from the coaching from coaching perspective,
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  Speaker 2: our scouts were aware of Julian, you know, throughout the
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  Speaker 2: process going back to Fresno.
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  Speaker 1: So but yeah, that was a cool connection for sure.
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  Speaker 2: Like you've talked about having former players come through and
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  Speaker 2: passed it for those guys that Richard Sherman out there, yea, Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that was awesome. It's great to see Sharan's you know,
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  Speaker 2: he's hopefully he's got a key here. He's welcome anytime.
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  Speaker 2: So it was fun to see him out there and
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  Speaker 2: get caught up. But I know the guys really appreciated it,
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  Speaker 2: so that that was that was fun.
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  Speaker 3: Mike has a.
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  Speaker 1: Cross history of a coach.
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  Speaker 3: Just how important with this these two days. I know
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  Speaker 3: you talked about this, this next level, but how important
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  Speaker 3: how must you.
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  Speaker 2: Let's Yeah, I think we hit our goals. I think,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we have different different agendas for different guys.
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  Speaker 2: The guys that we know we're going to be here,
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  Speaker 2: I think I think, uh we did a great job.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they have a kind of an understanding about
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  Speaker 2: how we operate here now and and it's good to
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  Speaker 2: get a get a look at them and get a
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  Speaker 2: plan together while they're while they're out of the building
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  Speaker 2: so they can come back and.
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  Speaker 1: And be ready, uh, you know next week.
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  Speaker 2: And that's really important. And then uh to go through
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  Speaker 2: it with with these tryout guys. You know, there's some
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  Speaker 2: there's some talented guys that uh, we'll be interested in
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  Speaker 2: it and and uh we'll be a better team for it.
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  Speaker 3: How important is it for you these two days to
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  Speaker 3: be able to get additional looks at players like Ricky,
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  Speaker 3: like the third guys that aren't rookie es but can
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  Speaker 3: get extra Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And those guys had a great attitude there there. They
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  Speaker 2: want to had a chance to play next for football,
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  Speaker 2: and it was great to just see, you know, see
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  Speaker 2: them go play ball and in our system with you know,
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  Speaker 2: some some new terminology on offense, and it's an opportunity
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  Speaker 2: to get ahead, so to speak. And Ricky did a
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  Speaker 2: great job. Montory did a great job. Chris Paul did
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  Speaker 2: a great job. We had a couple of others.
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  Speaker 3: I said that he was about Tyle Broden moving into
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  Speaker 3: cornh was kind of.
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  Speaker 1: The process there.
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  Speaker 2: Well, he was someone that made did did a great
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  Speaker 2: job at the beginning of throughout the process last year.
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  Speaker 1: Unfortunately got hurt. But we love his movement ability and
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  Speaker 1: it's got ball.
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  Speaker 2: Skills and he competes and it's create a great attitude
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  Speaker 2: and he felt like it could translate to be in
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  Speaker 2: heck of a dB one day. So dealing with some
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  Speaker 2: some health things right now in terms of his his
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  Speaker 2: timeline on when he when he can get back on
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  Speaker 2: the field, So right now we're not exactly sure when
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  Speaker 2: that's gonna happen. But he's in the meetings and it's
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  Speaker 2: got a great, great spirit about him, and so we're
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  Speaker 2: excited about it. But yeah, it's a it's a it's
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  Speaker 2: gonna take some time, but he's he's a great guy
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  Speaker 2: for the job.
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  Speaker 1: Do you think that's gonna look like? I mean, there's
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  Speaker 1: not I don't think any cornerback at six six has
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  Speaker 1: ever played in the NFL. What do you think that's
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  Speaker 1: gonna look like? With that tall guy at that position. Well,
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  Speaker 1: when you he can bend really well.
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  Speaker 2: He's not like just a straight legged six whatever, six
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  Speaker 2: foot whatever. He's he can move and he can get
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  Speaker 2: in and out of breaks, and his lateral quickness is
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  Speaker 2: is really good. And he's a great special teams player.
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  Speaker 2: He's a great gunner. So I mean that those are
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  Speaker 2: those are traits that you look for in defensive players.
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  Speaker 2: So we think that's going to translate.
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  Speaker 3: I think the toughest toughest obstacle for a guy, and
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  Speaker 3: I don't know if he's played corner in the past
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  Speaker 3: at all, the trying to make that switch over to
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  Speaker 3: the other side of.
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  Speaker 2: The football, well, you know people people do it all
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  Speaker 2: the time, you know, moving from one side of the ball.
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  Speaker 1: They mostly from receiver to dB.
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  Speaker 2: So I think, you know, you don't want to put
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  Speaker 2: a timetable on it.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Let's just see see where it goes and
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  Speaker 1: see how he takes it up.
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  Speaker 2: And we haven't seen him take a rep yet at corner,
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  Speaker 2: so we'll we'll we'll see, you know, we'll see when
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  Speaker 2: the time comes.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, I don't know. I don't know the answer to that.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think.
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  Speaker 2: So. After day two of the draft of John mentioned
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  Speaker 2: that the energy that Button and Julian both bring it.
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  Speaker 3: It's early, but you get a sense of that just
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  Speaker 3: being practical post you guys.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think John said he's the opposite of an
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  Speaker 2: energy vampire. Uh Like he just broke down the broke
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  Speaker 2: down the last sutle and you know, the team went
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  Speaker 2: nuts and you could just tell he's got a contagious
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  Speaker 2: spirit about him, which we obviously love that. Okay, Juli,
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  Speaker 2: we had a third practice, it would have been Juliana.
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  Speaker 3: Mike you mentioned here a couple of times. Don't put
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  Speaker 3: a timetable on it?
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  Speaker 1: Why is that important for players to understand that? In
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  Speaker 1: own the development?
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  Speaker 2: Well, it's like, uh, it's like if you were asked,
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  Speaker 2: like how many games you guys gonna win this year?
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  Speaker 1: Is like, I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: You know, It's like, let's why don't we just worry
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  Speaker 2: about having a great phase two day and then go
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  Speaker 2: have another great one the next day and make sure
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  Speaker 2: it's our standard and then trust that that's kind of
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  Speaker 2: create a team that we're ready to go play football games.
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  Speaker 2: So same thing with player development. We have goals, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and where we want players and there's timetables behind things.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes in terms of skill development and you know, body
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  Speaker 2: comp things like that, and so you know, we want
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  Speaker 2: to hit timetable goals on that front. But as long
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  Speaker 2: as you're hitting those markers, you know, why put a
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  Speaker 2: cap on put a cap on things?
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  Speaker 1: What is there Having a.
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  Speaker 3: Resource like Richard Sermon talking to the guys like Neil.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's awesome.
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  Speaker 2: I mean I want to one of the best to
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  Speaker 2: ever do it, which is which is cool when he's ours.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, we take a lot of pride and
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  Speaker 2: having great players like that. But you know, technique is important.
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  Speaker 2: But I think just like the ment like just the
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  Speaker 2: mentality that it takes to play you know, dB and corner.
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  Speaker 1: At a high level for our organization, you know, breathe.
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  Speaker 2: Life into these guys. You know, there's there's a lot
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  Speaker 2: of things going on in their minds right now at
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  Speaker 2: this point.
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  Speaker 1: In their careers.
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  Speaker 2: And have a guy like Sherm or Cam come around
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  Speaker 2: and and encourage the guys have it, you know, and
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  Speaker 2: be positive and things like that.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's. Uh, I think that goes a long way.
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  Speaker 2: One of the guys not is it okay if they're
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  Speaker 2: in a Yeah, I think it's pretty cool right now, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I'm kind of a al of him sometimes.
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  Speaker 1: Seeing Brian Fleury first time, Yeah, yeah, it's cool. He's uh,
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  Speaker 1: he's Brian. You know, he's great.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think we've asked you about hard If we have,
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  Speaker 3: I can't remember, but hard.
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  Speaker 1: Knocks, Yeah, what do you think about It's gonna be great?
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  Speaker 1: Is that your initial thought? It was actually my idea
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  Speaker 1: to like it. Yeah, I pitched it. So yeah. Now
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  Speaker 1: I mean it's like, okay, we're doing Hard Knocks. Great.
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  Speaker 2: Let's honestly, it doesn't really affect like I haven't really
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  Speaker 2: thought about that much. Just hasn't really affected like our
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  Speaker 2: day to day. So it's just kind of okay, what's coming,
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  Speaker 2: but make the best. It will be fun.
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  Speaker 1: Like you guys, obviously you see some of them high
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  Speaker 1: like jam Process getting up these guys a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: But now seeing amounting around the field, what's kind of
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  Speaker 3: stout to the group in total.
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  Speaker 1: But I'll kind of specifically about jarring it and seen
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  Speaker 1: human person. Yeah, yeah, it's it's uh, this is a.
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  Speaker 2: Fun weekend because you do Yeah, you're finally seeing it
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  Speaker 2: in person for a.
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  Speaker 1: Lot of the guys.
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  Speaker 2: I think I think you have to you know, from
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  Speaker 2: the success of our really last year's class, you can't
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  Speaker 2: be married to like what happened.
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  Speaker 1: It's kind of a microcosm for the whole team.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he's got to go at it with a
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  Speaker 2: with a new like fresh lens and an excitement about
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  Speaker 2: who these guys are and let them go be them.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they can't be anybody else. And there's a
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  Speaker 2: newness and a freshness to it that really our team
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  Speaker 2: needs right now, which is cool and uh, and then
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  Speaker 2: let's just go attack it. But I think I think
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  Speaker 2: looking at it like with a with a fresh perspective
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  Speaker 2: is important at this point because they are they are
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  Speaker 2: they're new guys. You know, they're they're a new part
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  Speaker 2: of the team, which is uh, which you'll add an
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  Speaker 2: element of excitement to our to our the rest of
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  Speaker 2: the guys, the veterans to phase one.
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  Speaker 3: So Sam Darnold picture Joan Love. Yeah, is that reminiscent
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  Speaker 3: at this time last year when you ended up at
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  Speaker 3: one hundred percent the OTAs being here?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I don't know if we had one hundred percent.
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  Speaker 2: We had we had a great participation last year and
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  Speaker 2: we've had great participation so far, and so you know,
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  Speaker 2: we expect the same thing from the guys and and
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  Speaker 2: part of that's our responsibility as coaches to create the
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  Speaker 2: environment where they feel like they're going to be better
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  Speaker 2: and and develop their game and connect to their teammates
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  Speaker 2: and and uh.
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  Speaker 1: And want to be here, you know.
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  Speaker 2: So it's kind of everybody's responsibility at this point in
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  Speaker 2: the year. But you know, they know our expectations right now.
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  Speaker 2: We've communicated that to the guys and so we're it's
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  Speaker 2: kind of like a new day one, you know, starting
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  Speaker 2: on Monday when we start Phase two.
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  Speaker 1: So it's gonna be uh, it's gonna be a lot
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  Speaker 1: of fun. But there's a sense urgency too.
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  Speaker 2: You know. We we have six weeks left in our
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  Speaker 2: off season program and I think that's about twenty twenty
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  Speaker 2: four workdays, and we want to make the best out
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  Speaker 2: of each one.
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  Speaker 1: Of those days. Anything else, okay, all right, thanks y'all.