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Press Pass | Travis Hunter Talks Return to Colorado, CB Room Versatility · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: How did it feel to get back out there and
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  Speaker 1: get a game under your belt? It felt great. You know,
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  Speaker 1: it was out there.
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  Speaker 2: It's out there playing, just being out there with the guys,
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  Speaker 2: being out there with my teammates.
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  Speaker 1: It just felt really great. What did you think about
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  Speaker 1: the defense's performance in week one? We played good. We
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  Speaker 1: didn't go work on some stuff.
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  Speaker 2: You know, that's what we were planning on doing right now,
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  Speaker 2: just working on stuff, trying to get ready for the
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  Speaker 2: next week.
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  Speaker 1: Was it good to get a couple of touches on
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  Speaker 1: offense too? Yeah, it was always good to get the
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  Speaker 1: ball in my hand. So, yeah, it was great. How
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  Speaker 1: about returning to Colorado? Just going to go out there
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  Speaker 1: and play ball. Yeah, that's my main focus. Did you
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  Speaker 1: watch this one on TV last year? No, I was there.
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  Speaker 1: I was actually there, yeah. What was that experience like?
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  Speaker 2: It was great being able to be back in Colorado,
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  Speaker 2: just watching the guys go out there and win.
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  Speaker 3: What did that time in Colorado mean to you, just
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  Speaker 3: by presuming to go there and kind of everything.
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  Speaker 1: That happened since then? What you mean?
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  Speaker 3: Like just you're going to Colorado and then being able
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  Speaker 3: to be drafted so highly. After your career there, you
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  Speaker 3: won multiple awards there. Just what did it mean to
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  Speaker 3: be able to play there?
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  Speaker 1: I just feel great. I mean, I did.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like I just did my job to be
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  Speaker 2: able to go to the next level and be able
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  Speaker 2: to go back there and play.
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  Speaker 3: Have you spoken to Dion?
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  Speaker 1: Will he be there at the game? I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: I know they play Saturday, so I don't know if
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  Speaker 2: he's going to be there or he's going to be
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  Speaker 2: getting rest.
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  Speaker 3: Did it take you a second to get reacclimated once
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  Speaker 3: you got in there last Sunday, or did it feel natural?
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  Speaker 1: No, not really.
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  Speaker 2: Just me just getting on the football field and just
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  Speaker 2: getting back comfortable with myself. And it took me about
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  Speaker 2: a drive or two to realize I was playing football again, though.
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  Speaker 3: Kim talked about the different defensive back parents that you
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  Speaker 3: guys are able to put out there. Just how versatile
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  Speaker 3: is your room, like you and Buster, Jarrion and you,
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  Speaker 3: just all the different combinations you can put out there?
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  Speaker 2: That's all we worked on, you know, this offseason. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we had me, Buzz, Dub, J.
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  Speaker 1: Lou.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we had all four of us ready to
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  Speaker 2: go out there and play. So, It feels good to
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  Speaker 2: be out there, you know, having been able to mix
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  Speaker 2: it up, being able to just show offices different looks
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  Speaker 2: and stuff like that.
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  Speaker 3: Seeing you in practice taking a couple punt returns, what
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  Speaker 3: do you think you could add.
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  Speaker 1: Value in for the team if you return some punts?
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  Speaker 2: Whenever the team needs, I'm there to help. So just
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  Speaker 2: pretty much if they need me, I'll go back there.
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  Speaker 2: If they don't, it's cool.
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  Speaker 1: Why do you think your skill set kind of aligns you.
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  Speaker 3: To be a good punt returner?
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  Speaker 2: Ball in my hands. I'm special with it. I know
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  Speaker 2: what to do with it. I know how to protect it.
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  Speaker 3: Travis, you're familiar with the altitude in Colorado a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: Guys have talked about how it can be a little
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  Speaker 3: tough with the air up there.
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  Speaker 1: Do you feel that on the field? Not really, not
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  Speaker 1: when you're focused.
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  Speaker 2: Not when you're focused and you've got all that adrenaline rush,
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  Speaker 2: you're out there playing.
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  Speaker 1: Not really, but you hit those stairs, you definitely will
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  Speaker 1: feel it.
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  Speaker 3: Was there a moment in Colorado where you had to
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  Speaker 3: adjust to that a little bit?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, when I had stairs in my house. Going up
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  Speaker 2: and down the stairs, I never got used to it.
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  Speaker 3: How important is the communication in the secondary when you
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  Speaker 3: guys are all back there playing? I know you guys
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  Speaker 3: are a pretty tight-knit group, but how important is that
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  Speaker 3: kind of carrying on to the football field?
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  Speaker 2: It's super important to be able to know where each
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  Speaker 2: guy is going to be, where they're going to end
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  Speaker 2: up at, and know where we got help and where
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  Speaker 2: we don't have help.
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  Speaker 3: Last week you talked about how when you were on
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  Speaker 3: the sideline last year with injury, you were able to
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  Speaker 3: kind of understand why coaches were calling what they were calling.
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  Speaker 3: Did that really come to fruition, being back on the
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  Speaker 3: field and just being able to hear.
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  Speaker 1: The calls and go play ball?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, you can be comfortable and confident that
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  Speaker 2: they're calling the right thing and putting you in the
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  Speaker 2: best position possible.
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  Speaker 3: Now that you've kind of gotten.
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  Speaker 2: That first game underneath your belt back, just what is
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  Speaker 2: the goal for you moving forward? Just go out there
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  Speaker 2: and play football, you know, do what I do, and
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  Speaker 2: just be great on both sides of the ball.
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  Speaker 3: Is there anything, like, specifically within that that.
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  Speaker 1: You're focusing on? No, just help the team the best
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  Speaker 1: that I could. Four touchdowns for Trevor.
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  Speaker 3: What was it like seeing him kind of continue to
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  Speaker 3: pick up where he left off last season?
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  Speaker 1: It was great being able to see the offense just
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  Speaker 1: go out there and do their thing. You know, I
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  Speaker 1: was out.
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  Speaker 2: Last year, the second half of the season, midway through
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  Speaker 2: the season, watching them go out.
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  Speaker 1: There and dominate.
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  Speaker 2: So it was just really impressive to go out there
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  Speaker 2: and see them doing it while I was on the field.
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  Speaker 3: What is that process like when you're on defense and
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  Speaker 3: you're remaining to stay focused there, but then you see
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  Speaker 3: a guy like Josh Cameron catch his first touchdown? I
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  Speaker 3: assume that's a moment that you're super hyped for.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, because I called mine seven games into the season.
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  Speaker 2: So being able to see him catch his on the
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  Speaker 2: first game, I think his first catch was a touchdown,
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  Speaker 2: so that's awesome, you know, being able to see him
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  Speaker 2: go out there and ball out.