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Press Pass | Pederson: "I thought the guys battled for four quarters. They played hard, they played tough." · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Yeah, presson.
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  Speaker 2: And I've been together a long time, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: how does anybody in this league gain experience if they don't,
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  Speaker 2: if I don't trust them to do something right. And
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  Speaker 2: and he's he's been ready for this, he's been preparing
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  Speaker 2: for this. He's smart, he's well thought out, great game plans.
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  Speaker 2: And then and this, this decision also went back into
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  Speaker 2: last year. You know, where I did the first half,
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  Speaker 2: he did the second half of every football game last year.
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  Speaker 1: So I have a lot of confidence in him.
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  Speaker 2: You know, some of our biggest comeback wins were him
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  Speaker 2: calling plays in the second half last year. So well,
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  Speaker 2: I know, I thought it went great from a from
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  Speaker 2: a play calling standpoint. We have to execute better, right,
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  Speaker 2: There's just too many mistakes, too many little things that
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  Speaker 2: that flared up offensively that that cost us to either.
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  Speaker 1: Stay on the field or you know, keep the football.
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  Speaker 2: We can't you know, we can't make you know, the
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  Speaker 2: turnover that we did, and and you know, so things.
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  Speaker 1: Things that we can control.
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  Speaker 2: We have to do a better job, you know, doing
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  Speaker 2: All of us have to, you know, all of us
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  Speaker 2: have to be accountable, and including myself.
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  Speaker 3: There situation really not that we'll.
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  Speaker 1: See how it goes. We'll see how it goes.
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  Speaker 2: But I've got a lot of faith in Press and uh,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of confidence in him and what he's what
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  Speaker 2: he's done in our in our past, and and you know,
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  Speaker 2: we're we're want to know with.
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  Speaker 3: Him despite the mistakes he mentioned getting out a week one.
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  Speaker 1: Point, I think it's I think it's huge.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you know, we haven't done so well down here,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and obviously in in in past history. And
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  Speaker 2: and I thought the guys battled for four quarters, they
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  Speaker 2: played hard, they played tough, you know, the things that
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  Speaker 2: we can clean up obviously we will, you know, and
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  Speaker 2: in all three phases, but it was it was that
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  Speaker 2: type of football game. It's I mean, I've been around
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  Speaker 2: this league a long time to know that you go
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  Speaker 2: on the road division opponent, it's gonna be a dog fight,
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  Speaker 2: It's going to be a battle. And you know, uh,
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  Speaker 2: my hat's off to our guys in that locker room
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  Speaker 2: for for you know, sticking it out for the four
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  Speaker 2: quarters and and pulling this one out.
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  Speaker 3: Talking about how important Jamal Agne this return was. The
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  Speaker 3: forty seven.
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  Speaker 1: Yard Yeah, I mean it was.
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  Speaker 2: It was obviously I think he got a great hop,
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  Speaker 2: great bounce off the off the turf.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, just he's so smart.
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  Speaker 2: We got a lot of confidence in him and and
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  Speaker 2: you know, obviously give him the freedom to to make
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  Speaker 2: those decisions because he can. He usually does the right thing.
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  Speaker 2: So great return. We have some great blocks there and
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  Speaker 2: and really really set us up in good field position.
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  Speaker 1: For you guys in regular seas.
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  Speaker 3: Production.
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  Speaker 2: Pretty good, yeah, I mean and overall, without really looking
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  Speaker 2: at the tape, just kind of going back on memory,
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  Speaker 2: I thought he did some really nice things. I had
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  Speaker 2: had a couple of explosive plays there and and you
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  Speaker 2: know the touchdown off this kind of the scramble, and you.
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  Speaker 1: Know, I thought he thought he really did a good job.
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  Speaker 2: You know, things we can we can clean up, but overall,
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  Speaker 2: you know, pretty good for us. And uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: just one of the one of the weapons that that
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  Speaker 2: Trevor Trevor can use. I mean, it's it's what you
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  Speaker 2: gotta you have to do that, you know, and you
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  Speaker 2: got to continue to stick with that. And again that
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  Speaker 2: it's it's you know Phil Rauscher, the on line coach
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  Speaker 2: obviously Press and you know the offensive staff just you know,
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  Speaker 2: trusting in that and and sticking with you know to
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  Speaker 2: our guns as far as the run game goes, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, TJ heck of a run, bouncing it out
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  Speaker 2: to the outside there and uh finishing that and then
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  Speaker 2: tanks big run inside the five. I thought was, you know,
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  Speaker 2: just a just a great run you know for him
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  Speaker 2: to get us the first down there and eventually score.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, you just got to stick with it,
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  Speaker 2: trust the guys and and you know, you get runs
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  Speaker 2: like that.
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  Speaker 4: Speaking of Tang, was that weird play where the trilling
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  Speaker 4: was called for the foeble and maybe Tank didn't really
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  Speaker 4: realize it and the Nicolson getting a touchdown out of it,
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  Speaker 4: But then Tank comes back.
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  Speaker 3: And suppos to go ahead touchdown.
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  Speaker 4: Did you or anybody else kind of give him a
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  Speaker 4: little bit of extra boost after the touchdown?
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  Speaker 1: You know?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean you know those It's interesting because uh uh,
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  Speaker 2: if you go in there and ask every offensive player
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  Speaker 2: right now, they'll tell you exactly what we talk about
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  Speaker 2: on Thursdays, and we talk about getting on getting on
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  Speaker 2: every loose ball, and and for some reason we all
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  Speaker 2: kind of froze, and you know, it's it's it's obviously
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  Speaker 2: a learning moment, you know, for Tank, for the offense,
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  Speaker 2: for the guys. But you know, for a young player
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  Speaker 2: to to come back like he did and and and
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  Speaker 2: you know have those have those tough runs, you know,
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  Speaker 2: late in the game. I think is uh is a
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  Speaker 2: credit to him and the ability to you know, shake
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  Speaker 2: off a negative play. Yeah, it's his I think it's
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  Speaker 2: his right ankle. You know, he was evaluated on the sideline.
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  Speaker 2: He said he could probably go, but just you know,
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  Speaker 2: couldn't brace an anchor and all that kind of stuff.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, you don't want to risk anything further.
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  Speaker 2: We'll evaluate him obviously when we get back.
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  Speaker 1: And and probably have an update for you tomorrow. Further,
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  Speaker 1: seems like a lot of good things.
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  Speaker 3: What would you see out of your defense?
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  Speaker 1: I thought some great things.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we knew coming in that that you know,
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  Speaker 2: this quarterback, you know, Anthony Richardson is a big, strong,
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  Speaker 2: powerful guy, and and you know he.
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  Speaker 1: Showed that a little bit today.
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  Speaker 2: And but I thought our defense really held in there,
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  Speaker 2: did a nice job and getting getting them off the
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  Speaker 2: field on third down. You know, we kind of exchanged
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  Speaker 2: some fourth downs in the football game, which we have
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  Speaker 2: to get better at. And obviously none bigger than than
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  Speaker 2: the goal line stand at the end.
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  Speaker 1: Of the game. But creating takeaways we talk a lot about.
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  Speaker 1: They did that.
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  Speaker 2: And really really kept us in this football game the
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  Speaker 2: whole days.
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  Speaker 3: Was physical it seemed like three sacks and had a
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  Speaker 3: nice tackle behind the line on run.
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  Speaker 1: What did the other.
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  Speaker 2: Josh, Yeah, I thought Josh really came into this game,
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  Speaker 2: you know, focused, energized, you know, ready to get the
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  Speaker 2: season off, you know, on the right foot. For himself,
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  Speaker 2: played well again, like you said, played physical, and it
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  Speaker 2: was good to see.
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  Speaker 1: It was good to see from him.
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  Speaker 2: And and obviously a leader of the football team and
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  Speaker 2: the defense, and.
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  Speaker 1: And uh, just dis pleased by how he how he
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  Speaker 1: performed today.
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  Speaker 5: What your team in this first game, a game where
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  Speaker 5: you know a lot of a lot of mistakes, right,
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  Speaker 5: but but you guys were able to finish showing that resiliency.
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  Speaker 5: From your vantage point, what did you maybe gather about
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  Speaker 5: maybe your identity.
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  Speaker 2: Of this team early on, you know, week one in
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  Speaker 2: the regular season, even week two, week three, you're you're
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  Speaker 2: still trying to figure out kind of who you are
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  Speaker 2: and what you want to be as a team. And
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  Speaker 2: you know it's you're not a you're not a well
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  Speaker 2: oiled machine going into week one, and that was obviously
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  Speaker 2: you know, on display today. But you know, this team
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  Speaker 2: I learned a lot last year with this team, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, playing for four quarters and learning how to finish,
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  Speaker 2: learning how to win. That showed up today and and
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  Speaker 2: that's that's a great sign, you know, with our guys
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  Speaker 2: in that locker room, that that no matter what happens,
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  Speaker 2: I you know, I tell them all the time, adversity is,
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  Speaker 2: there's gonna be adversity in the game.
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  Speaker 1: Right You're you're.
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  Speaker 2: Gonna you're gonna give up scores, you're gonna give up plays,
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  Speaker 2: whatever it is. There's gonna be takeaways, you know, all
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  Speaker 2: this kind of stuff. But it's just how you respond,
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  Speaker 2: you know. And they just kind of picked up where
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  Speaker 2: they left off last year, you know, with that and
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  Speaker 2: and you know, put together a good four quarter game.
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  Speaker 1: All right, thank you,