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yeah I can't wait I can't wait 6th one um yeah I mean anytime you get get up to that first game I mean all that pregame anticipation uh you put in all the work for that so definitely excited what ways are you better than when we last saw you I gu in Missouri one thing I have I have a healed collar bone pre broken collar bone what what will we see that maybe we weren't seeing last year yeah I mean I think that we've been harping on the whole offseason uh I think the attention to detail the execution um in The crucial moments I mean we all know what happened last year and everything that went into that it was a lot of situational football um small decisions little tweaks like I said protections just getting the protection checks so um I want I want to put out I want to go out there and put out a a complete offensive well executed game I mean I think that up front um I love the guys we got up there in the front um they've done a great job this offseason really changed their bodies uh with Coach miles in that way room and you see it translate to the field I think about all the skill we have the the young skill um guys that can step in and make plays right away and then honestly like I I love this I love this running back room and I think that top to bottom I mean those guys can go so I think that uh all in all I mean I I love the offense I'm excited um for us to go out there and play because I've seen a lot through all the scrimmages all the practices all the offseason work um I know they're fired up too what is that challenge of Miami front s i you've dug in on this team so what what's that present yeah um I mean for me it's like I've played a lot of teams that have a lot of really talented front sevens secondaries uh so for me I kind of try to look at their more of the the why behind what they're doing um you I can I would dive into a lot of that but like say a team plays a lot of man okay why do they play a lot of man do they trust their guys to go Rush do they why do they play zone so learning the why behind the plays being called on defense not just the players but obviously I mean they got guys they they got guys up front their linebackers are really really solid um everything kind of runs through the linebackers he's a great player uh I know his number he's 51 last year going to be one this year still don't know his name but uh yeah I mean I think the thing with them is just they're very talented and they trust their guys so it'll be a fun defense to play coach has said you had a good kind of last week of H Camp um how is that in terms of big plays though generating big plays I mean how does that come together throughout the all Camp as far as just you know long pass play so forth or big plays or even hitting guys in stride and having them go go you love the Deep ball don't you yeah I mean I I think that we've done a great job um through camp and like I've said before I mean it comes down to like everybody sees the Deep Ball but it's what did you do to get there how did we make the right protection check how do we communicate with the back on where he's going he's mik to Sam scanning back to four week make sure you go get four week if he comes we're sliding this way to get the ball extended down the field we got to go make the play down the field and it's it's my job to give them a shot to go make a play and it's their job to go make the play I think that that's one thing that uh the guys are excited for I mean we want to be explosive um we weren't as explosive we as we wanted last year but yeah I like the Deep ball too

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