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  Speaker 1: How's the joshin zellen Ben is a pro and and
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  Speaker 1: what kind of contributions is he giving you.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think if you look at Josh's if you're like,
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  Speaker 2: all right, sacks and all that, obviously they get measured
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  Speaker 2: so much by that, but he is doing a ton
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  Speaker 2: in the last two games to really disrupt cause issues
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  Speaker 2: for the people that he's playing against the upfront in
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  Speaker 2: the run game. I think Josh is just doing this
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  Speaker 2: right now. Honestly, as a pro, I've been very play
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he's one of the first guys in the
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  Speaker 2: building on the off days.
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  Speaker 3: He's in here.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we had forty odd guys in here on
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  Speaker 2: the off day working out, and he's been helping lead
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  Speaker 2: that and you know, been really pleased with him as
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  Speaker 2: a pro, been really happy with him.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's just going to keep doing.
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  Speaker 4: This wretwise, and he expect be available.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, injury quart come out today this afternoon. So you know, definitely,
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  Speaker 2: I think had a better week in terms of the
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  Speaker 2: way we were trying to connect, you know, excited about
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  Speaker 2: his opt this weekend.
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  Speaker 4: You require you have to talk to differently as you
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  Speaker 4: come in and learn this roster. Is it three conversations
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  Speaker 4: or four conversations where you figure out, Okay, this is
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  Speaker 4: what this guy needs for me.
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  Speaker 2: Sure, yeah, it's it's definitely time on task for sure.
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  Speaker 2: You know, the standard doesn't change for anybody, you know,
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  Speaker 2: any position, group, any individual.
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  Speaker 3: There's still the standards.
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  Speaker 2: But it is our job to reach and find different
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  Speaker 2: ways to connect with these guys and to pull them
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  Speaker 2: out of whatever it is, or to keep building them
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  Speaker 2: and getting them on the right track. And that does
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  Speaker 2: take effort. It takes time, you know, it takes being
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  Speaker 2: intentional with your conversations with these guys. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think that we're we're on the right track.
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  Speaker 3: That's good to go for Sunday or come out today.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Base shal Ben in terms of taking what you're
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  Speaker 1: teaching them in the classroom and then on the practice
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  Speaker 1: field and applying it and being productive in games, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I think he's you know, taking a huge step from
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  Speaker 2: the spring for sure. And you look at in the
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  Speaker 2: game plan continuing to try to be on the screws
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  Speaker 2: with all the little details like that's so much for
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  Speaker 2: a rookie, especially rookie running backs. Like with Bucky last year,
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  Speaker 2: man he we had him as more of a gadget
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  Speaker 2: almost guy early on than when he started to go.
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  Speaker 3: There's so many things that he has to know that then.
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  Speaker 2: Like footwork, starts to get a little jacked up on tracks,
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  Speaker 2: and then you start to decide, well, what is too
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  Speaker 2: much information and what is the information he needs to know,
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  Speaker 2: and what are the things that we may need to
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  Speaker 2: kind of live with for a short term until he
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  Speaker 2: gets going right. And so I think the more and
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  Speaker 2: more he gets reps, the more comfortable he gets within
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  Speaker 2: the system. And you know, all three of those backs
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  Speaker 2: really practice their tails off this week.
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  Speaker 4: The thought the last two weeks.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that was something I looked at in the off
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  Speaker 2: season a little bit. I had always wanted to do it,
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  Speaker 2: had never done it really before. It has always been
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  Speaker 2: the traditional Wednesday pads, Thursday uppers and then Friday's helmets.
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  Speaker 2: We didn't even do Thursday spiders, and you know, it
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  Speaker 2: was up it was full uppers helmets. If you look
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  Speaker 2: at it, maybe from a talking to the players, but
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  Speaker 2: also it's like, all right, what's the hardest thing of
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  Speaker 2: Wednesdays in the NFL at practice is the soreness, Like
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  Speaker 2: they're still hurt, they're still sore. They just you know,
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  Speaker 2: went through a car wreck, and what's the intent is
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  Speaker 2: to get them moving to get the lack of a
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  Speaker 2: set I get that stuff going, get a moving, but
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  Speaker 2: maybe take some of the banging off the shoulders while
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  Speaker 2: still being able to get your run fits and get
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  Speaker 2: some of the work that you need to do in
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  Speaker 2: normal down and distance. All right, with spiders on, and
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  Speaker 2: then okay, fast forward to Thursday, you still get a
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  Speaker 2: normal D and D week, So period excuse me. So
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  Speaker 2: you're getting run play action, normal D and D work
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  Speaker 2: with the pads on, but also now blitz pup becomes
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  Speaker 2: more realistic. The third downs becomes a little bit more
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  Speaker 2: realistic because you have pads on and they're one day
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  Speaker 2: removed from the soreness. So that was kind of something
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  Speaker 2: that we looked at in the offseason. I've always been
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  Speaker 2: really interested in doing it and gotten good feedback so far.
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  Speaker 1: Gred, you didn't see's role with the team evolved since
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  Speaker 1: you hired him.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean the details that show up in terms
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  Speaker 2: of the way that we prepare, the way that each
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  Speaker 2: section of the game plan gets detailed and communicated to
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  Speaker 2: not just the players but the staff, and how often
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  Speaker 2: that those guys are in there together.
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  Speaker 3: We're all in.
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  Speaker 2: There at times together, obviously, and you know his ability
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  Speaker 2: to see it in the run game, the play action,
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  Speaker 2: like every phase of the plan. There's some guys that
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  Speaker 2: are just much more comfortable with the pass game versus
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  Speaker 2: the run, and there may be a little weaker in protections,
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  Speaker 2: but he's got an ownership of all three in terms
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  Speaker 2: of the run, the pass, and the play aft in
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  Speaker 2: the protection scheme. So that's been really nice to have.
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  Speaker 2: And a guy that obviously knows what it was like
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  Speaker 2: working with an offensive head coach last year in Minnesota
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  Speaker 2: and just that rhythm and routine and what it looks like.
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  Speaker 3: For my availability as well.
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  Speaker 2: So he's in the quarterback meeting every single day with
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  Speaker 2: those guys. He does a ton of great things with
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  Speaker 2: active learning and getting them in the classroom in terms
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  Speaker 2: of getting them up off their feet. All right, walk
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  Speaker 2: through this play for a few plays, okay, sit down, watch,
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  Speaker 2: and just keeping these guys moving.
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  Speaker 3: He's done a nice job so far.
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  Speaker 4: Guy like mylom just about a month as a rookie.
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  Speaker 4: Could he pick right back up or did you have
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  Speaker 4: to take a couple of steps there?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he may need a little bit more time here
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  Speaker 2: just to get to get more comfortable with is just
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  Speaker 2: the movements again and then without you know, throwing them.
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  Speaker 3: Right back into the mix.
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  Speaker 2: He's going to have to do a little bit more
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  Speaker 2: on the side, do a little bit more extra individual
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  Speaker 2: work with the trainers but also with the coaches, just
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  Speaker 2: getting his footwork back and his rhythm and his timing
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  Speaker 2: of this punch and just a comfort level. So he'll
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  Speaker 2: continue to work through a little bit on the look
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  Speaker 2: on the show team until he gets back to a
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  Speaker 2: position where we feel like he can you know, go
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  Speaker 2: out and help us if needed.
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  Speaker 1: Challenge does Houston present in terms of your punt team.
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  Speaker 1: They blocked one against Tampa and had a fifty three
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  Speaker 1: yard return. Yeah, they've almost let them be out of
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  Speaker 1: win that game. So at once it been like this
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  Speaker 1: week Preparently.
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  Speaker 3: It's a challenge for sure.
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  Speaker 2: Those guys are they're aggressive in the teams, they're you know,
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  Speaker 2: the fakes. They also you know, obviously have a good rush.
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  Speaker 2: They've got physical athletic players that have played a long
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  Speaker 2: time in this league on special teams. A lot of
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  Speaker 2: first and second round picks that maybe didn't quite make
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  Speaker 2: their mark in on offense or defense, and now man
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  Speaker 2: their special teams demons and running around, so you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's something that we have to work through. I'm really
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  Speaker 2: excited to see our teams units this week take the
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  Speaker 2: next step. We got some young guys playing obviously in
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  Speaker 2: a lot of situations, but this is a great week
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  Speaker 2: for us to bounce back on teams and match that intensity.
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  Speaker 2: But also it's a huge one about communication or how
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  Speaker 2: many are in the box as a punt unit in
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  Speaker 2: terms of being on the same page and communicating those things.
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  Speaker 3: And obviously the operation needs.
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  Speaker 2: To be really clean for us to make sure that
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  Speaker 2: we don't have any issues.
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  Speaker 1: Responded to be more consistent what that kind of.
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  Speaker 3: Told me about him. It's moving in the right direction
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  Speaker 3: for sure.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think that I credit Anton for you know,
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  Speaker 2: he was challenged a lot this spring through training camp
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  Speaker 2: over the summer, and he has responded in a positive way.
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  Speaker 3: You know, you look at the play.
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  Speaker 2: That he made on the screen I mentioned already before
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  Speaker 2: in past protection just in general, his strain and effort,
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  Speaker 2: whether it be through the game or in practice, has
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  Speaker 2: absolutely improved. So I've been very pleased with him so far,
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  Speaker 2: and I think he has confidence right now, and it's
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  Speaker 2: playing that way.
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  Speaker 1: Travis talk all about how many stams he gonna play.
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  Speaker 1: Is there a threshold that you don't want him to
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  Speaker 1: reach at any point he's at like one hundreds.
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  Speaker 3: We haven't quite gone there.
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  Speaker 2: Like in time, We've talked about it, like all right,
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  Speaker 2: he had the eighty this past week, correct and saying, okay,
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  Speaker 2: that's probably a pretty good start.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 2: It's like, all right, we hit that number early in
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  Speaker 2: the season, and now it's like, okay, is that something
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  Speaker 2: that we want to probably strive to be around right now? Probably,
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  Speaker 2: I'd say so. We haven't necessarily said okay, if there's
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  Speaker 2: a number that he can't go to yet. So whether
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  Speaker 2: that occurs and goes over that number this week, you know,
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  Speaker 2: who knows. But I think we're just going to be
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  Speaker 2: open to seeing where it goes.
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  Speaker 3: Offensively.
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  Speaker 4: How difficult it is is it to prepare for such
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  Speaker 4: a talented defense? Yeah, well, coach defense, And does it
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  Speaker 4: force you to have to change anything about your preparation
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  Speaker 4: in a week like this?
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  Speaker 2: No, you just again, very we have to be very
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  Speaker 2: conscientious with the edge rushers for sure, in terms of
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  Speaker 2: you know, when we want to end up pushing the
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  Speaker 2: ball down the field.
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  Speaker 3: How are we helping those guys or whatever it is.
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  Speaker 2: And it's it's just an emphasis for the quarterback, receivers,
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  Speaker 2: tight ends, like the timing and rhythm of the past
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  Speaker 2: game needs to be sharp. You know, they play a
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  Speaker 2: lot of zone, but they'll also play some man and
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  Speaker 2: when we get those opportunities that we have to be
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  Speaker 2: able to say, well, this ball has got to get
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  Speaker 2: out on a hitch or a hitcher two here, we
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  Speaker 2: don't have much more than that, just you know, play
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  Speaker 2: in and play out. So it's just everybody has got
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  Speaker 2: to have the It's not like you got to go
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  Speaker 2: and do anything different. It's just, hey, guys, the timing
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  Speaker 2: and rhythm. We have got to get the ball out
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  Speaker 2: of our hands in terms of being at the right
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  Speaker 2: spot at the right time. The quarterback with his progressions
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  Speaker 2: and reads not hey, we don't have to speed up.
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  Speaker 2: But guys, we don't probably have too much more than that. So,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I have a lot of faith and watching
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  Speaker 2: the tapes from last year and how some the O
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  Speaker 2: line played. The guys that are back this week for us,
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  Speaker 2: you know, have done some nice things against those guys
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  Speaker 2: as well. So it's gonna be a good battle.
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  Speaker 3: Were you able to go on that practice? You feel
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  Speaker 3: like pretty good about that. He cleaned up one of
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  Speaker 3: this week.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think we kind of helped him out in
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  Speaker 2: some ways, you know, schematically a little bit, just trying
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  Speaker 2: to tighten it up for him. There was some things
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  Speaker 2: last week that we were trying to do in order
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  Speaker 2: to undress the defense that ultimately in some ways was
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  Speaker 2: really good and how allowed us to get some explosives
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  Speaker 2: and in some ways was hurtful. So that's the fine
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  Speaker 2: line and balance that we're trying to find as coaches,
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  Speaker 2: especially early on with this team.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 2: So I think we probably did a better job this
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  Speaker 2: week of just understanding, Okay, we we obviously struggled with
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  Speaker 2: it a little bit and how do we, excuse me,
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  Speaker 2: how do we you know, help.
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  Speaker 3: Them in terms of taking some of that off of them.
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  Speaker 1: Trevor showing you that he's ready to play just by
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  Speaker 1: his preparation, how is he?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, they had a good Wednesday.
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  Speaker 2: Wednesday's practice for us as a team was better than
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  Speaker 2: last Wednesday. You know, I thought it's in his detail.
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  Speaker 2: The way he's been preparing, like I said, has been
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  Speaker 2: really good. So today will be nice to be able
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  Speaker 2: to go out and see some of the red zone
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  Speaker 2: throws and some of those things get thrown today, So
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  Speaker 2: I think he's had a good week.
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  Speaker 1: Sort of give your final speech to the team. Is
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  Speaker 1: it is it Sunday morning? Is it Saturday evening?
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  Speaker 3: How do you like to yeah, Saturday night.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we have a team meeting at eight o'clock and
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  Speaker 2: so that's when we'll you know, last time, last time,
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  Speaker 2: we'll really addressed the team before the uh you know,
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  Speaker 2: we go out, you know.
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  Speaker 3: The beginning of the game. So that's the last message.
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  Speaker 2: Well, but what it takes meeting tomorrow as a team
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  Speaker 2: where a lot of the message will occur in that
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  Speaker 2: Saturday team meeting and then we'll kind of reaffirm it
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  Speaker 2: talk a little bit Saturday night.
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  Speaker 3: As well for you Yeah, that's great.
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  Speaker 2: I mean I think that each week, you know, it's
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  Speaker 2: a little bit there's a different nuance, right, but the
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  Speaker 2: messaging has to remain consisting stint for these guys, you know,
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  Speaker 2: they're there, they are responding I think in a lot
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  Speaker 2: of ways to what we are challenging them to do.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, we'll see how much I have to
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  Speaker 2: actually say Saturday night.
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  Speaker 4: Right or just off the cup cup.
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  Speaker 2: Now, I mean, I'll think about what you know, right,
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  Speaker 2: I will write some of these things the notes of
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  Speaker 2: during the week.
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  Speaker 3: I'm kind of jotting down.
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  Speaker 2: Those what it takes keys to victory type of messaging
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  Speaker 2: and then you know, what is the tone you know
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  Speaker 2: of it, and what is the tone going to be.
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  Speaker 2: So I will write some of that stuff down throughout
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  Speaker 2: the week and then reference it Saturday, you know morning,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Friday night a little bit