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<v Speaker 1>Next Saturday, August Thirday, at the opening Day at the

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<v Speaker 1>Rent Football Hoskey As all the host of the Blue

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<v Speaker 1>Devils of Central Connecticut will be there for all the action.

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<v Speaker 1>Game Day on our flagship begins at eleven am from

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<v Speaker 1>the varsited network dot Com. So back with Jim Mora

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<v Speaker 1>and we're kind of going through the roster a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit here. We talked about some of the specialty guys,

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<v Speaker 1>the skill guys, Shamar Porter, Skyler Bell, Joe Finano comes

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<v Speaker 1>back as a QB. You got a deep quarterback depth chart.

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<v Speaker 1>I've seen a bunch of them now. I watched the

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<v Speaker 1>scrimmage on Saturday and here today practice And how do

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<v Speaker 1>you rate quarterbacks when you got that many? Do you

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<v Speaker 1>have something in mind, say, well, Ferinano through twenty touchdowns

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<v Speaker 1>only four interceptions, he's got to be top of the

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<v Speaker 1>list right now. How do you go about making that decision.

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<v Speaker 2>Where you're looking for certain qualities, you know, great decision makers,

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<v Speaker 2>guys are going to protect the football. Guys that have

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<v Speaker 2>leadership qualities obviously, accuracy and timing in the passing game,

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<v Speaker 2>and understanding of the offense. Experience. And one of the

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<v Speaker 2>reasons that you know Joe has had some success for

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<v Speaker 2>US is that, you know, he's played the most snaps

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<v Speaker 2>of any of those guys. He's he's a seasoned guy.

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<v Speaker 2>He's how many of you ever thought you'd be hearing

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<v Speaker 2>about a seventh year player, you know, nobody. Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean he's in his seventh year. He's only twenty. I

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<v Speaker 2>think he's only twenty four though, but he's in his

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<v Speaker 2>seventh year.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, so college at seventeen, I believe. So.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, someone told me he's twenty four. He's engaged, said,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, he's a mature kid, all right, But you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we we do. Is to your point though, the quarterback room,

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<v Speaker 2>there's there's depth there. You know. Nick Evers started six

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<v Speaker 2>games for US last year and he's still here. Tucker McDonald,

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<v Speaker 2>just from up the road, has had a tremendous offseason.

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<v Speaker 2>He got hurt a little bit last year, but he's

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<v Speaker 2>been pushing both of those guys. And then we have

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<v Speaker 2>a freshman named Quisan Ferrar who's like dynamic. Like you

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<v Speaker 2>typically don't make quarterbacks live in a scrimmage. You put

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<v Speaker 2>a red jersey on him and no one's allowed to

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<v Speaker 2>hit him. And Saturday at the Rent, I just made

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<v Speaker 2>him take off his red jersey and said you're live,

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<v Speaker 2>and had him live and practice yesterday. And I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think anyone's touched him yet. I mean, he's this dynamic runner.

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<v Speaker 2>He's got great poise about him. He's got a really

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<v Speaker 2>nice arm. All he needs is some experience. So it's

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<v Speaker 2>a nice room to have. I feel like, if you know,

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<v Speaker 2>in the three years have been here, we haven't made

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<v Speaker 2>it through a year with the same starting quarterback because

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<v Speaker 2>of injury. Now let's you know, hopefully that changes, but

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<v Speaker 2>if it doesn't, at least we know we've got some

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<v Speaker 2>guys that can go in there and play with confidence.

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<v Speaker 1>Cassan Farra, the freshman you mentioned. His throwing skills are

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<v Speaker 1>kind of cool. I think he can throw the ball

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<v Speaker 1>from a lot of different angles, you can fit the

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<v Speaker 1>ball in. He throws well on the move. That's a

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<v Speaker 1>great skill in today's game, is it not?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, because the game there's so much movement in the

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<v Speaker 2>game now and probably sixty percent of your pass plays,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, are taking place outside the pocket now, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>either by design or the play breaks down and the

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<v Speaker 2>guy has to scramble and make a play. And he's

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<v Speaker 2>got you know, these different arm slots that he can

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<v Speaker 2>throw from Joe, Well, they all can, but Cason, he's

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<v Speaker 2>got a knack for being able to throw it low

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<v Speaker 2>with a lot of a loss in accuracy, especially for

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<v Speaker 2>a kid his age. I mean, he's a really good

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<v Speaker 2>looking player, and he's a he's a great kid. He's smart,

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<v Speaker 2>he's got composure, sees the field. Well, I probably just

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<v Speaker 2>shut up because now some other team will come and

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<v Speaker 2>try and poach him.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I don't want to put him up on a pedestal.

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<v Speaker 2>No, he's not even a play I mean he's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>he's not. He's a fourth string. He's fourth we're talking

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<v Speaker 2>about it. But it's kind of cool when you can

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<v Speaker 2>sit here and talk about your fourth string quarterback right,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean that maybe that shows a little growth.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. I said this to somebody in the

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<v Speaker 1>building here. I think Ben darnellis said, you know, he

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<v Speaker 1>reminded me of Lamar Jackson.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, that's just the wo whoa, whoa, whoa.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, I'm exact. I hear you say.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a style there. No, there's some similarities in his style.

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<v Speaker 2>There's similarities in the style of Jade Daniels too, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and in stature and so he's not quite as tall

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<v Speaker 2>as Jaden yet, but he's still growing. But he's a

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<v Speaker 2>young guy. But I would say, right now we're spending

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<v Speaker 2>too much time talking about a guy who's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be holding the cokeboard most of the time.

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<v Speaker 1>We got rid of that guy.

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<v Speaker 2>He's now in the in the future, assuming that we're

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't get out about him, which we're screwing that up

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<v Speaker 2>right now, maybe he'll be our quarterback.

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<v Speaker 1>You can play all right, but none, none of the

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<v Speaker 1>things we say about quarterbacks matter if the offensive line

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't protect him. True, and they did a good job

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<v Speaker 1>last year. So now you got two guys that could

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<v Speaker 1>end up playing the NFL Chase Valsen. Two guys that

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<v Speaker 1>were around last year and did a lot of good things.

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<v Speaker 1>They're not there. Tell me about the offensive line. I

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<v Speaker 1>watched closely today because I know those big guys, if

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<v Speaker 1>they protect the QB, that could be a lot of fun.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and you know, for three years now we've been

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<v Speaker 2>one of the best protection teams in the country statistically,

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<v Speaker 2>and those statistics can be flawed, you know. One of

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<v Speaker 2>the things that we've done is run the ball well,

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<v Speaker 2>like you said, and so that helps you in terms

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<v Speaker 2>of the statistics of your sack ratio. But we've got

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<v Speaker 2>good players there, you know, and they've been in our

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<v Speaker 2>system for a while. You look at Ben Morowski, who's

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<v Speaker 2>our starting left tackle, who started last year as a

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<v Speaker 2>starting guard and then he got hurt. So he's a

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<v Speaker 2>guy we have a lot a lot of high hopes for.

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<v Speaker 2>And the right tackle, Carston, has been around for a

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<v Speaker 2>long time, a couple of big guys. We brought in

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<v Speaker 2>a right guard from Notre Dame ty Chan. Our left

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<v Speaker 2>guard is Kyle Jurgens who played a lot last year.

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<v Speaker 2>Our center West hoe A is a returner. So those

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<v Speaker 2>five are solid assuming they stay healthy, which you know

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<v Speaker 2>has not been something we've been able to make happen

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<v Speaker 2>in the three years we've been here. You know, it's

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<v Speaker 2>a tough, physical sport, but they've been in our system

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<v Speaker 2>for the most part other than Tie. But he's a

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<v Speaker 2>smart guy. He's a really good player. They're very well

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<v Speaker 2>coached by Christian Pace and coach Samus was our offensive

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<v Speaker 2>line coach in the past. They understand what we're trying

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<v Speaker 2>to do. And then it helps to have a quarterback

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<v Speaker 2>that can make good decisions and get rid of the

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<v Speaker 2>ball on time or throw it away and not take

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<v Speaker 2>a sack or take a negative play. And I think

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<v Speaker 2>that's one of the things about Joe is his composure

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<v Speaker 2>and his poison in the pocket, his ability to keep

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<v Speaker 2>his eyes down the field when a play breaks down,

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<v Speaker 2>not trying to force the ball in there, but you know,

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<v Speaker 2>get rid of it, either dirt it or throw it

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<v Speaker 2>out of bounds and live for the next down. So

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<v Speaker 2>all those things out and then you've got to have

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<v Speaker 2>good backs and tight ends that can protect too, because

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<v Speaker 2>you know, people don't think running backs. You know, about

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<v Speaker 2>fifty percent of their job is past protection, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's not easy to sort things out. And we've

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<v Speaker 2>got guys that are willing to stick their nose in

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<v Speaker 2>there and protect their quarterback.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Bill Belichick once famously said to Tom Brady, and

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<v Speaker 1>then nothing happens on offense until you get rid of

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<v Speaker 1>the ball, right, So get rid of it, and he

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<v Speaker 1>did a pretty well