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Press Pass | Heath Farwell on Stability, Reviewing Kickoff Rule and Advancing the Unit · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: It's good to be back. It's good to be back.
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  Speaker 1: We were excited.
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  Speaker 2: My family and I we loved it here the last
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  Speaker 2: three years. Uh, and to to to be able to
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  Speaker 2: stay here, it's exactly what we wanted. Have some stability
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  Speaker 2: for my kids is huge. That's a that's a big
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  Speaker 2: deal for us.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: They were excited. Uh, you know getting the band back together.
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  Speaker 2: We got a good group. I mean, that's uh, that's
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  Speaker 2: one of the reason why we want to be back.
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  Speaker 2: Those guys are special talents, special guys, special families. You know,
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  Speaker 2: they've got a great family and and they've kind of
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  Speaker 2: taken my family in with them. Got to spend some
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  Speaker 2: time with them at the Pro Bowl a couple of
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  Speaker 2: weeks ago, and.
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  Speaker 1: It's just a it's a good group. Uh.
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  Speaker 2: To bring those guys back, you know, with us Luke
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  Speaker 2: Thompson and my assistants able to come back as well, Uh,
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  Speaker 2: it's just a it's a I tell them all the time,
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  Speaker 2: not only those three guys, but the rest of the group. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: we wouldn't be back if they didn't play as well
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  Speaker 2: as they did.
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  Speaker 1: So they're a huge part of it.
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  Speaker 2: The way they played every single day, that's why we're here,
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  Speaker 2: so they were excited.
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  Speaker 1: It's it's it's great for everybody you mentioned.
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  Speaker 3: Coming back as well.
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  Speaker 1: What kind of impact could that just continue? I mean continuity.
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  Speaker 1: The guys love him.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he works with the gunners outside, he works
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  Speaker 2: field goal block. You know, we blocked two kicks last year.
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  Speaker 2: Was a big part of what we were doing. Our
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  Speaker 2: gunners played fantastic. So he does a really good job,
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  Speaker 2: you know, across the board. The guys love him. So
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  Speaker 2: he again just bringing everybody back together. We did a
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  Speaker 2: good job, you know, and we got to continue to
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  Speaker 2: get better. That's the best part is you know, uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, cam Be in a second year, so things
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  Speaker 2: are going to change a little bit for him, but
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  Speaker 2: that's part of the progression. We'll keep working with him.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: You know, Ross and Logan, they got to stay at
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  Speaker 2: that level. That's the standard, you know, pro Bowl level.
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  Speaker 2: Let's keep it that way and keep growing everybody else.
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  Speaker 2: And I think that's the that's the beauty. We've got
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  Speaker 2: good continuity, but let's keep getting better with it.
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  Speaker 1: What are your part as a lamb and just getting numbs.
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  Speaker 2: The great energy, I mean, that's what you're gonna see. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, when you ever you talk to him, it's
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  Speaker 2: always good energy. You know, he's young, energetic, and he's
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  Speaker 2: gonna tell you how he feels, which I think is
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  Speaker 2: a great quality. I mean, uh, you know him and
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  Speaker 2: I have hit it off, you know, you know really well.
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  Speaker 2: And the staff he's brought together, great energy, young young guys, uh,
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  Speaker 2: and some of the cool stuff to camaraderie. I think
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  Speaker 2: stuff that we're gonna do of getting together for some dinners,
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  Speaker 2: you know, at the combine and some of those things.
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  Speaker 2: That's really what's gonna bring the staff together. That's what
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  Speaker 2: it's gonna take. It's gonna take bringing all this staff
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  Speaker 2: together from different places, getting him ready to go.
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  Speaker 1: The player is gonna show up.
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  Speaker 2: And and and in in in a no time at all.
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  Speaker 1: So we got to get all on the same page.
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  Speaker 1: Outside of your kicker, punter, long snapper.
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  Speaker 3: How many guys would you do you feel like you
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  Speaker 3: may need one or two more more guys or do
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  Speaker 3: you think what you have is enough to have the
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  Speaker 3: kind of special teams coverage get all that stuff that
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  Speaker 3: you want.
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  Speaker 2: My guys were great last year, and and if and
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  Speaker 2: if everything stayed the same, fantastic, But the reality of
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  Speaker 2: special teams Uh, you know, it obviously comes all the
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  Speaker 2: way down and a lot of times it ends up
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  Speaker 2: being the back half of the roster. So that's something, uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, with Liam general manager, we're gonna have to
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  Speaker 2: all come together, uh and figure out what is the
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  Speaker 2: best formula to win. And so the reality is we
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  Speaker 2: may lose a guy guy or two. Hey guess what
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  Speaker 2: next guy up. Maybe it's a draft pick, maybe it's
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  Speaker 2: a practice squad guy. That's part of my job and
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  Speaker 2: Luke Thompson's job of how can we get the most
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  Speaker 2: out of the roster and we're elevating these guys play.
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  Speaker 2: So every year, the cliche is the roster changes every year,
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  Speaker 2: especially on special teams. We're gonna have to bring up
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  Speaker 2: some young guys. We're gonna lose a player or two
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  Speaker 2: because of a free agency or whatever. That looks like
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  Speaker 2: we're gonna have develop more players and we're gonna do that.
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  Speaker 2: And whether it's a rookie or a practice squad guy,
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  Speaker 2: young player, let's get the most out of them. So
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  Speaker 2: Doug was they parted ways with Doug on January sixth,
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  Speaker 2: and then two weeks later or something like that made
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  Speaker 2: Ira Liam, how long would you say you were kind
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  Speaker 2: of in limbo about you know, you wanted to stay here,
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  Speaker 2: but you also have to, you know, get something else
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  Speaker 2: lined up in case that doesn't happen.
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  Speaker 1: Though, So how long was the limbo like ten.
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  Speaker 2: Days or we were right in that, you know, in
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  Speaker 2: that area. And the best part about it from day one,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the cons the organization made it very clear
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  Speaker 2: they wanted me here, and that was a big part
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  Speaker 2: of where we were going forward. And so I had
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  Speaker 2: that going I did get some interest, but ultimately we
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  Speaker 2: wanted to be here. The organization wanted us here, and
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  Speaker 2: so it was it was a clear cut deal for
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  Speaker 2: my family and I this was the best situation. Blend
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  Speaker 2: in with this new crowd of staff and and and
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  Speaker 2: and make the best of it here and let's get
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  Speaker 2: let's let's do this. Let's let's figure out a way
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  Speaker 2: to win. Obviously I didnt Beselli, you will be a
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  Speaker 2: huge part of that. You know, Tony is you know,
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  Speaker 2: a good friend of mine. I think those I think
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  Speaker 2: those are what's gonna take tough for us to win.
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  Speaker 2: So those are all big factors on why we wanted
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  Speaker 2: to be here. But but it started with the cons.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's the biggest thing.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: You know, mister Kahn, Tony, they they obviously wanted us here,
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  Speaker 2: which is I don't know if there's a better person
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  Speaker 2: that you'd want to want to have you in your corner.
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  Speaker 3: Did you talk a little bit about what you think
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  Speaker 3: Tony's meaning the selling will bring the organization.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he's been around it forever, obviously Hall of famer.
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  Speaker 2: What he's done for this uh, you know, for this team.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: And and then of course the city. It means so
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  Speaker 2: much to him. And when you when you talk to him,
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  Speaker 2: I've never seen him so excited about something about just
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  Speaker 2: this project of the challenge of getting us to be
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  Speaker 2: a winner. And every time I talk to him, he says,
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  Speaker 2: we're gonna get this thing roll. And you can just
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  Speaker 2: feel his excitement.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: And that's what That's what we need.
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  Speaker 2: We need that good juice, that good energy of where
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  Speaker 2: this is going, where this is headed. You know, we
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  Speaker 2: got the right guys in place, Let's get it roll.
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  Speaker 2: And I think that's a great message of like this
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  Speaker 2: is where it starts right here, and let's get it
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  Speaker 2: to let's get it to a winner. But nobody's more
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  Speaker 2: passionate about this organization than Tony Boselli.
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  Speaker 3: It's the years over. What did you look at in
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  Speaker 3: terms of the new kickoff or what did you like
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  Speaker 3: either the no? I mean, what would be your recommendation
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  Speaker 3: going forward with.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you know, it'll be interesting to see if
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  Speaker 2: we make any changes to it. I think we'll learn
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  Speaker 2: more at the combine. That's kind of we get together
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  Speaker 2: and kind of go through some of the possibilities. The
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  Speaker 2: average drive start was over twenty nine yards. Touch back
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  Speaker 2: was the thirty yard line, So that's kind of one
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  Speaker 2: of those things we got to look at and how's
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  Speaker 2: that effect? You know, drive start and all that, and
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  Speaker 2: I think we got to get better and I can
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  Speaker 2: we learned a ton throughout the season, But that's the
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  Speaker 2: biggest project for probably all special teams coaches, taking a
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  Speaker 2: look at what we did, what the top groups did
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  Speaker 2: on kickoff and kickoff return, What did they do, What
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  Speaker 2: do we do and how can we get better at it?
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  Speaker 2: What are they doing that we weren't doing. I got
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  Speaker 2: to do a big study on That's that's my biggest
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  Speaker 2: projects this offseason. How can we get better to make
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  Speaker 2: sure it's number one kickoff kickoff return group next season?
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  Speaker 3: Would you like or to stay the same or change
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  Speaker 3: or what would your recommendation be? At the league was like, Hey,
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  Speaker 3: what do you guys want to do?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I think the biggest thing is that that
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  Speaker 2: twenty nine point you know, I think it's twenty nine
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  Speaker 2: point six drive start. I think that's the biggest thing.
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  Speaker 2: Is how do we fix that. There's a couple of
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  Speaker 2: different ways to look at it. Do you move the
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  Speaker 2: kicker back to the thirty yard line, make it tougher
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  Speaker 2: to kick touchbacks, or do you put the touch backs
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  Speaker 2: to the thirty five I think those are probably the
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  Speaker 2: two possibilities. And moving it back to the thirty yard
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  Speaker 2: that would be great. I think that'd be a great challenge.
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  Speaker 2: It would up the value to a kicker, and it
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  Speaker 2: makes the importance of having a good kicker so valuable.
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  Speaker 2: That I think is uh it's a big part of
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  Speaker 2: the game, the kicker position, whether it's you see in
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  Speaker 2: the playoffs with the big field goals and then also
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  Speaker 2: the kickoff aspect. That's a huge portion of the game.
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  Speaker 2: And I think that's a that's an important, UH specific
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  Speaker 2: quality that if a kicker, if a specialist has it's
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  Speaker 2: a it's a it's a good thing, thank you, thank
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  Speaker 2: you guys, thank