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00:00 Alright guys, each year we recognize the player on the team who works the best collaboratively
00:12 with the media at large.
00:14 So I'd like to first introduce Paul Gutierrez, who's the president of the Las Vegas chapter
00:18 of the Pro Football Writers of America, with a presentation for Jermaine.
00:21 Alright Jermaine, so yeah, this is an award and it was voted on people that cover the
00:28 team every day.
00:29 It was a close vote, but you came up on top and it just kind of speaks to how comfortable
00:35 people are coming up and talking to you, getting the vibe of the team, telling the true story
00:38 of what's really going on with the team.
00:41 You've always made yourself available, whether it was a good day or a bad day, and that speaks
00:44 a lot to your professionalism, your character.
00:46 Especially last year when you were given the opportunity to take a day off when the Queen
00:51 of England passed, and you still went out there and you still talked.
00:54 So that made me, it was an emotional day for you.
00:57 So congratulations again, the Las Vegas Raiders Craig Long Award.
01:01 I knew Craig a little bit back when I first started covering the team.
01:04 He's a huge wrestling fan.
01:05 You guys like to wrestle a lot in the locker room anyway, so very appropriate.
01:10 But you get a recognition for your professionalism and collaboration with the media.
01:15 Jermaine Illuminor, congratulations.
01:17 Thank you.
01:19 [Cheering]
01:22 [Laughter]
01:25 Speech, speech, speech.
01:48 Speech.
01:49 First time you're going to tell us no.
01:51 [Laughter]
01:52 You want to take a media interview too, that's fine.
01:53 No, you don't have to do media.
01:54 You just say, "How's it going?"
01:55 I appreciate it.
01:56 I've never had to do media before until I got here, so I always felt like, you know,
02:02 treat people how you want to be treated, so it was dope.
02:04 So I really appreciate this, and I appreciate y'all.
02:08 [Applause]
02:09 Thank you.
02:10 I appreciate you guys.
02:11 And Matt's right here.
02:12 I'll come on the side here, guys.
02:13 Right here.
02:14 You can just stand right up here, yeah.
02:15 Thank you.
02:16 [Laughter]
02:17 There you go.
02:18 You got to ward up for me.
02:19 [Laughter]
02:20 Perfect.
02:21 Thanks, guys.
02:22 Thank you guys so much.