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Pete Carroll: "This Is A Championship Game For Us" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Well, it's been a while getting here, off season, preseason
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  Speaker 1: work and all of that to finally get to Wednesday.
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  Speaker 1: What's it's game week for us and all it's really fun.
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  Speaker 1: Everybody's jacked up about it. We've had really successful work
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  Speaker 1: throughout the process getting here. But all that I mean
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  Speaker 1: nothing unless we go out and play good football. So
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  Speaker 1: our focus is to play really well, play clean in
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  Speaker 1: all areas, and be accountable in all areas and and
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  Speaker 1: do the kind of stuff it gets you good football.
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  Speaker 2: And so.
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  Speaker 1: We've led up to this point on track to get
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  Speaker 1: that done. But now we've got to finish the week
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  Speaker 1: and get get ready. It's a huge week because it's
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  Speaker 1: the only week we got and uh, we're going against
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  Speaker 1: a team that's got really winning history. Seahn has done
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  Speaker 1: a great job since the time he's been there, and
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  Speaker 1: and he's whatever the makeup is or however he's going
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  Speaker 1: to do it, we don't know. Because it's first game.
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  Speaker 1: I know it's gonna be good stuff. And scheme wise,
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  Speaker 1: they're always on it and the players play.
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  Speaker 2: Hard and all of that.
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  Speaker 1: So it'll be a great man for us coming to
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  Speaker 1: Looming first time and getting to be in front of
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  Speaker 1: the fans officially for the first game of the season
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  Speaker 1: is a big deal, and we'd like to start this
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  Speaker 1: thing off right and really play with great effort and
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  Speaker 1: great enthusiasm and have fun doing it and all that
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  Speaker 1: kind of stuff and see if we can light them
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  Speaker 1: up and make it.
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  Speaker 2: A big event on the opener. So we're looking forward
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  Speaker 2: to it.
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  Speaker 3: This is the biggest challenge about Week one, compare to
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  Speaker 3: get them starting the season.
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  Speaker 2: Well, part of the issue is that not everybody's played
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  Speaker 2: a lot.
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  Speaker 1: You know, there's not a lot of football. They haven't
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  Speaker 1: played their guys and we haven't played our guys a lot.
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  Speaker 1: So it's just getting out there and getting going. You know,
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  Speaker 1: if you remember the first preseason game, we tackled, you know,
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  Speaker 1: for garbage in the first quarter and then we got
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  Speaker 1: to going and everything was okay from that point after that,
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  Speaker 1: but you gotta get going. And so both teams were
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  Speaker 1: faced with the same thing in that regard. So it's
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  Speaker 1: kind of even you know, I always go back to
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  Speaker 1: the college days. You never had any preseason games. You know,
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  Speaker 1: you just played, and you know, you go against a
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  Speaker 1: great matchup and you'd expect everybody to play really good.
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  Speaker 2: Well, that's what we're doing here too.
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  Speaker 4: Did you guys do captains today?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, we did so. Uh you got on on offense. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: Tyler Lockett comes back to us as a captain, and
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  Speaker 1: uh for the first time, Gino Smith Is is a captain,
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  Speaker 1: which really it just makes so much sense and proud
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  Speaker 1: you know that he got that done and for our
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  Speaker 1: guys and they they believe in him that way. On
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  Speaker 1: the other side of the ball, Uh b Wags you know,
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  Speaker 1: is a huge, huge pick by our guys. And Uh
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  Speaker 1: Condrey Diggs, Uh we will also be there. We had
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  Speaker 1: two guys on both sides on offense and defense. Really natural,
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  Speaker 1: great choices by both O and d on special teams.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: Nick Blore returns as a as a captain again. He's
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  Speaker 1: just been the guy for such a long time. He's
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  Speaker 1: been a great performer for us and this year for
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  Speaker 1: the first time. Uh, Jason Myers w W will be
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  Speaker 1: a captain also, So it's a six fantastic leaders on
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  Speaker 1: this team. There's more guys besides them, but those are
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  Speaker 1: the guys that they selected and it was clear, clear
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  Speaker 1: cut and all that and uh so we're I'm excited
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  Speaker 1: for those guys. How was uh Jackson Smith and Jegua
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  Speaker 1: doing quite well when.
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  Speaker 4: He when he practices and he's catches past it, catches
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  Speaker 4: punts and everything. How does his risk stuff fill on
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  Speaker 4: the day after that?
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  Speaker 1: He hasn't said, he hasn't set a peep about it,
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  Speaker 1: not even nothing. He's fine and so uh uh it's
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  Speaker 1: been a remarkable mentality that he's brought to it. And
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  Speaker 1: uh it's better than most guys that you see. And
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  Speaker 1: he's not even he's not hesitating to do everything throughout
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  Speaker 1: the game plan and and the preparation and all of that.
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  Speaker 2: So so you expect him to play some day?
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  Speaker 4: Yes, how's uh? How's Devin WITHERSTI.
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  Speaker 1: He's practicing, he'll go. He'll go today and we'll see
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  Speaker 1: how he does practice or he's still monitored a little
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  Speaker 1: bit with his numbers, but he's gonna get out there
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  Speaker 1: and go.
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  Speaker 2: He'll he'll be going full speed today.
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  Speaker 1: Where's your confidence at if he's able to practice throughout
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  Speaker 1: the week since he didn't play.
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  Speaker 2: It all the time, I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: We gotta wait, wait and see. I can't tell you
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  Speaker 1: that where's I don't know where it is? Sorry to
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  Speaker 1: tell you he such.
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  Speaker 2: A young team, do you have to temper kind of
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  Speaker 2: the first game?
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  Speaker 4: You got fourteen rookies, how do you manage the excitement
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  Speaker 4: and get.
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  Speaker 2: That one played? Yeah, we're this is a championship game
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  Speaker 2: for us.
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  Speaker 1: It's it's we're gonna give everything we gotecting everybody to
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  Speaker 1: do that through the preparation on the field, off the field,
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  Speaker 1: and when it comes to game time. So how do
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  Speaker 1: I manage it? Hopefully really well And we'll see what happens.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, we have a way that we talk
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  Speaker 1: about the way that we've built our mentality for starting
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  Speaker 1: this thing off and this is the biggest game that
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  Speaker 1: we will play and that's how we're going about it.
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  Speaker 2: And so they got to learn how to handle that.
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  Speaker 2: Our Mike Morris and Derek all to him.
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  Speaker 1: Today will be important to see them again. But Mike
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  Speaker 1: had a really good Monday and Derek was a little
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  Speaker 1: bit limited on Monday. We'll see how he does today.
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  Speaker 1: But those guys are working to see if they can
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  Speaker 1: find their way back in to the both of them
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  Speaker 1: practice today too.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, when you look at your your defense, we look
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  Speaker 4: at the defense obviously a lot of changes up from
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  Speaker 4: particularly what are you expecting this year to be better
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  Speaker 4: than last? Like any particular things that you say this
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  Speaker 4: needs to improve.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm expecting us to play better all around, and
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  Speaker 1: that that starts with how we leverage the football and
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  Speaker 1: how we contain the game passed in run on the edges,
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  Speaker 1: the consistency that we stay with with our fits in
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  Speaker 1: the running game. Wh I just want to get better
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  Speaker 1: in all phases. But I'm really and have hit it
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  Speaker 1: from the very first day about the overall of the
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  Speaker 1: basics of the game, and that's playing really good force
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  Speaker 1: and containment and leverage and uh and staying on top
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  Speaker 1: and keep the ball underneath this and all those kinds
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  Speaker 1: of things that make people work really hard and not
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  Speaker 1: give away anything. So we hope to be very aggressive
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  Speaker 1: with that still with that thought in mind, but that's
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  Speaker 1: where the focus has been.
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  Speaker 2: Scheme wise. How different are you like in run defense? Oh,
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  Speaker 2: we're really different. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: In a year ago, loses on the team in your
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  Speaker 1: face and Sunday, do you remember about v unit rams uniform. Well,
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  Speaker 1: I didn't like it a whole lot, to tell you
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  Speaker 1: the truth. And he played really well against this too.
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  Speaker 1: Bobby came by this morning and it was just a
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  Speaker 1: really good moment just to you know, we've gotten this
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  Speaker 1: far together on this thing, you know, and after all
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  Speaker 1: the time we spent together and all that, I was
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  Speaker 1: just so grateful to have him, you know, in our
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  Speaker 1: football world and again, and.
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  Speaker 2: I want to make sure he's.
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  Speaker 1: Just like everybody else he asked about, you know, how
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  Speaker 1: we're going to manage it, hopefully really well.
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  Speaker 2: But he's got to manage it too.
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  Speaker 1: There's a lot going on, you know, with relationships last
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  Speaker 1: year and all of that, and just representing us. I
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  Speaker 1: think he's gonna be great about it. But you know,
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  Speaker 1: I'm not overlooking anybody just because he's been around a
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  Speaker 1: long time. He's got to be clear headed and calm
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  Speaker 1: about stuff and and play the kind of game he's
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  Speaker 1: capable of playing. We can all get a little bit excited,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and hyped up.
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  Speaker 2: I wore the wrong.
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  Speaker 1: Shoes to the meeting today, you know, so I mean
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  Speaker 1: I a little screwed up too. So you know, my
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  Speaker 1: monarchs didn't show up and the guys get after me
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  Speaker 1: a little bit. So I don't blame it on the monarchs.
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  Speaker 1: But anyway, we can all, you know, you know, get
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  Speaker 1: off our game a little bit because we want so
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  Speaker 1: much to do well and so I'm trying too hard
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  Speaker 1: is a big issue, and I want to make sure
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  Speaker 1: that we don't do that. We we play within ourselves
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  Speaker 1: and guys, Bobby and Q and Geno and all the fellows,
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  Speaker 1: they have to lead that, you know, and demonstrate that,
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  Speaker 1: and so hopefully we'll do a good job. You could
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  Speaker 1: single up out of reason that Bobby Wider spending this
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  Speaker 1: long at that position.
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  Speaker 2: It's so physical. Is there a reason?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he's a gifted athlete, you know, and he's perfect
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  Speaker 1: for the position. His ability to run, his physical nature,
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  Speaker 1: you know, he's still ways two forty two. He's weighed
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  Speaker 1: that for ten years, you know. And the consistency that
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  Speaker 1: has come along with that in his mentality. You have
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  Speaker 1: to give him all the credit and that he has
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  Speaker 1: always been just rock solid on how he handles his
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  Speaker 1: business and how he prepares and how he performs and
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  Speaker 1: he continues to do it. He's had a great camp,
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  Speaker 1: his preparation with us has been flawless, and he's you know,
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  Speaker 1: he hasn't missed anything at all the whole time. So
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  Speaker 1: his consistency is really what jumps out. But he's also
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  Speaker 1: he's a marvelous athlete and mentality that you know, you
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  Speaker 1: have to be that to be this unique in the
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  Speaker 1: special and he's got it.
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  Speaker 2: All the relationships with players. Wonder lady, let me come back.
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  Speaker 1: But in his case, how difficult trick he was that
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  Speaker 1: brilliant ended and then to maintain the relationship even though
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  Speaker 1: it didn't end a.
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  Speaker 4: Differ company he was.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't find it difficult. It was just kind of trying,
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  Speaker 1: because you know, there was a time when we were
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  Speaker 1: negotiating and figuring it out and and he's on his
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  Speaker 1: way and he's going and remember he was representing himself,
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  Speaker 1: which made it extremely personal and difficult. But he did
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  Speaker 1: a a a great job handling it and and did
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  Speaker 1: on his return to us. Really there was there was
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  Speaker 1: no rough spots. There wasn't any rough spots, and there
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  Speaker 1: wasn't any discomfort or anything like that other than just disappointed,
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  Speaker 1: you know that we're not still doing it. But the
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  Speaker 1: reward now to come back and get another chance to
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  Speaker 1: finish this thing together and all that is I mean together,
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  Speaker 1: meeting with the club and.
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  Speaker 2: All of that.
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  Speaker 1: I it's it's very special and so hopefully we'll manage
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  Speaker 1: it really well and he'll play great football and we'll
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  Speaker 1: do some great things.
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  Speaker 2: He's that trade Brown and Michael Jackson. Yeah, those guys
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  Speaker 2: have really battled the whole time. They've done great.
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  Speaker 4: You said Bobby can buy, like he came buy your
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  Speaker 4: office this.
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  Speaker 2: Morning or something.
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  Speaker 1: He stops he stops by on on this day with
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  Speaker 1: with Clinton and then he just dropped by for a
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  Speaker 1: second and he's hung out a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: Just as you guys had to replace I normally shoot me.
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  Speaker 1: I normally wouldn't report to the who I meet with,
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  Speaker 1: But on this one, I think it was. It was
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  Speaker 1: such a moment that I was so grateful for it
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  Speaker 1: that I don't mind letting you know. Just as you
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  Speaker 1: guys had to replace Bobby last year, the Rams are
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  Speaker 1: trying to replace Jim Ramsey after.
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  Speaker 4: Trading him away. But you got to see some of
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  Speaker 4: their young corners in safeties in the two games last year.
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  Speaker 2: Kendrick Durant.
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  Speaker 4: Yeast, But what are your thoughts on that young secondary?
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  Speaker 2: That they really quick, very aggressive.
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  Speaker 1: The quickness really shows up and their ability to cover
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  Speaker 1: and stay tight to people.
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  Speaker 2: We'll see. We're anxious to see how they do it.
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  Speaker 1: You know, are they gonna stay with their their scheme
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  Speaker 1: that they've had and they didn't in pre season. They're
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  Speaker 1: gonna play attle more man the man with those guys,
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  Speaker 1: we'll find out, but it's a it's a talented group athletically,
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  Speaker 1: and they're just young.
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  Speaker 3: He had How'd you like the way Gino kind of
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  Speaker 3: closed out camp.
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  Speaker 4: In the preseason For you it seemed like you had
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  Speaker 4: really found strive the last couple of weeks of camp
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  Speaker 4: and really started to to peak.
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  Speaker 1: He he had a terrific camp. He he he prepared
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  Speaker 1: for it just like he was playing games, you know.
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  Speaker 1: And and so that when he got on the field,
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  Speaker 1: the decision making and the choices and the speed of
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  Speaker 1: his of his choices and his ability to control the
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  Speaker 1: front and all of that was just in such great
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  Speaker 1: command that it was just obvious that he's ready to go.
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  Speaker 1: And he really he just had to kind of wait
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  Speaker 1: out camp and wait out the preseason and to get
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  Speaker 1: to it. So uh I I we walked in down
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  Speaker 1: the hall this morning together and the two of us were,
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  Speaker 1: you know, kind.
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  Speaker 2: Of just it's just as fun as it gets, you.
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  Speaker 1: Know, and and uh, I wanna make sure we don't
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  Speaker 1: screw it up by having too much uh too much
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  Speaker 1: lighthearted about it, because we want to do really well,
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  Speaker 1: and so, uh, he's ready to go.
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  Speaker 4: How has h Jordan Brooks kind of made it through
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  Speaker 4: the work he's done.
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  Speaker 2: He's done well.
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  Speaker 1: He has done well, and he's looked fast and and
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  Speaker 1: uh he hasn't had to back off at any time.
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  Speaker 1: You know, We're gonna try to make sure that we
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  Speaker 1: continue to monitor how he's doing. You know, I've told
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  Speaker 1: him that well the whole time, we've been trying to
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  Speaker 1: look after him and not force the issue too fast
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  Speaker 1: and all that. And so here we are and he's
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  Speaker 1: ready to go. He wants to buy everything and do everything,
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  Speaker 1: you know. So he's in a great place, he.
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  Speaker 3: Bobby said a couple of weeks so that when he
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  Speaker 3: came back, he was trying to enough defers, right, We're
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  Speaker 3: but kind of let some of the guys who stepped
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  Speaker 3: up in leadership roles continue to do that given his
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  Speaker 3: stature of his nape in the game, Like can he
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  Speaker 3: even do that?
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  Speaker 4: Do other guys? I mean it's just sort of natural
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  Speaker 4: that other guys.
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  Speaker 2: Looked to him that way. Yeah, I think he did
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  Speaker 2: do that.
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  Speaker 1: However, they all looked to him, you know, I mean
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  Speaker 1: it so he did it in a really humble way
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  Speaker 1: and handle it really well and gave space and all
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  Speaker 1: of that and reinforced the young guys and all.
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  Speaker 2: But when it gets down to.
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  Speaker 1: It, they know who the man is, you know, and
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  Speaker 1: so it was pretty obvious. He's really pumped up. Now again,
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  Speaker 1: everybody you asked HI about, I was with it. I
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  Speaker 1: was with Jamal today this morning and he was, Uh,
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  Speaker 1: he's talking about how uh uh, how close it's getting,
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  Speaker 1: how much he's ready to get rolling, and but yet
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  Speaker 1: we're still on and there's still a process to it,
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  Speaker 1: and so not quite.
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  Speaker 2: There there yet. But he's really positive.
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  Speaker 1: He's in maybe the strongest, the best shape he's ever
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  Speaker 1: been in, you know, because he's worked so hard throughout
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  Speaker 1: this process and since he's been here, he's just been
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  Speaker 1: stellar about going forward and and pushing it, and.
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  Speaker 2: So he he's really positive.
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  Speaker 1: And we just got to just wait it out and
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  Speaker 1: be patient, and he'll get back on the field and
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  Speaker 1: get a lot of work next week and and uh,
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  Speaker 1: we'll you know, we'll start the process. Yes, y, just
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  Speaker 1: as a whole. No, it's not limited at all. It's
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  Speaker 1: only by the fact that we're getting other guys ready.
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  Speaker 2: To play so that he be just the walkers. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that's what we're shooting for. Have you had the has
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  Speaker 2: that been difficult to govern?
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  Speaker 4: Ha?
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  Speaker 2: Has he wanted to do more than your cousin? No? No,
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  Speaker 2: not really.
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  Speaker 1: We we've been uh on on the same page for
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  Speaker 1: months now, you know, and during the process and and
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  Speaker 1: so we just stay on it and and make sure
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  Speaker 1: that you know, updating all all the time. He's all
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  Speaker 1: all of his workouts are on on video that we
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  Speaker 1: see and and you can seem out the window, you know,
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  Speaker 1: how he's going and all. But uh, just staying with
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  Speaker 1: him on it and checking in making sure that we're
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  Speaker 1: doing the right thing. And and uh, this is a
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  Speaker 1: really important time to demonstrate patients, you know, for on
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  Speaker 1: his part and and and ours as well.
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  Speaker 2: So we're doing it. We're getting it done. How is it?
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  Speaker 2: How kennas to him? Uh, he's doing much better.
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  Speaker 1: He's getting closer than you know with in his workouts
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  Speaker 1: and stuff to be able to be freed up to run.
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  Speaker 1: But it not yet, Pete with Jordan, Uh, are you
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  Speaker 1: gonna have to manage his snaps at all?
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  Speaker 2: Kinds of splitting time?
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  Speaker 1: See how it goes, You see how it goes, and
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  Speaker 1: then watch how the game takes place. And all all
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  Speaker 1: of that. It just depends on on the the load
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  Speaker 1: that he takes. There may be some long drives or
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  Speaker 1: whatever that you know, we just gotta be just try
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  Speaker 1: to be really smart. It's really uh, we gotta do
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  Speaker 1: this just on field. And so he don't wanna come out.
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  Speaker 1: He doesn't want to come out at all. So uh,
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  Speaker 1: I'm maybe dragging and tackling myself.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know, you though, to have dev Bush there
• 13:56
  Speaker 3: that you have someone need trust to kind of get
• 13:58
  Speaker 3: started plug in there?
• 13:59
  Speaker 2: If you see that?
• 14:01
  Speaker 4: Is that a nice luxury to have Devin Bush that
• 14:04
  Speaker 4: if you do need.
• 14:05
  Speaker 1: To Oh oh yes, I'm sorry. Yeah, absolutely, Devon's right
• 14:09
  Speaker 1: to play and he's gonna play and and uh, well
• 14:11
  Speaker 1: we'll find some ways to get that done. He's had
• 14:13
  Speaker 1: a really good camp. He did really well on special
• 14:15
  Speaker 1: teams and and uh, we're lucky to have him.
• 14:18
  Speaker 4: How you feeling about the continuity of your tight end group?
• 14:22
  Speaker 2: Guys? We couldn't be much more comfortable than we are.
• 14:24
  Speaker 1: I mean, we love our guys, you know, and and uh,
• 14:28
  Speaker 1: they all have strengths and they all have unique uniqueness
• 14:31
  Speaker 1: about him and we were trying to use all of
• 14:33
  Speaker 1: that wherever we can, you know, and and uh, they're
• 14:36
  Speaker 1: all catchers and and can make plays. Uh, they've really
• 14:39
  Speaker 1: as a group have improved that they're blocking. Particularly Colby
• 14:42
  Speaker 1: that is just you know, he's just grown up with
• 14:44
  Speaker 1: us over the years, and he's he's ready to go,
• 14:47
  Speaker 1: even to Tyler Maybray, who's had he had a fantastic
• 14:50
  Speaker 1: camp for us, and he's the number four guy, but
• 14:52
  Speaker 1: he's right there to help us if we need him.
• 14:55
  Speaker 1: How difficulties have been defined defensive tackles around the league
• 14:59
  Speaker 1: or elsewhere way way you wanted to play, Well, they
• 15:03
  Speaker 1: they're not growing on trees out there somewhere. You know,
• 15:05
  Speaker 1: they're there's they're they're just everywhere, you know, and it's
• 15:07
  Speaker 1: not they're hard to find. And everybody knows that when
• 15:09
  Speaker 1: you got when, you gotta keep.
• 15:10
  Speaker 2: Them, you know. So there, uh there, there isn't a lot.
• 15:14
  Speaker 2: You know.
• 15:14
  Speaker 1: What I'm really fired up about is that Mike Morris
• 15:16
  Speaker 1: is back on the practice field. Cam made it back,
• 15:18
  Speaker 1: uh last week, and Mike is ready to go. We
• 15:21
  Speaker 1: were really excited about Mike coming back. And I don't
• 15:23
  Speaker 1: feel like we need to go anywhere if we can
• 15:25
  Speaker 1: get those guys playing, you know. And but we've been
• 15:28
  Speaker 1: as just as always, we're always looking and competing, and
• 15:30
  Speaker 1: but there has not been you know, like a list
• 15:32
  Speaker 1: of guys that you can choose from.
• 15:34
  Speaker 2: That's not happening.
• 15:36
  Speaker 1: John was saying the other day that that's impact of
• 15:38
  Speaker 1: the way the rosters are being constructed to keep those.
• 15:41
  Speaker 4: Players from hitting the wave or wire.
• 15:43
  Speaker 2: But do you look at what's going on at.
• 15:44
  Speaker 1: The high school and college level impacting the availability or
• 15:47
  Speaker 1: the number of players like that now, especially the way
• 15:50
  Speaker 1: the teams, Well, I think the study is gonna be interesting,
• 15:52
  Speaker 1: and you know, looking at the last couple of years
• 15:54
  Speaker 1: and then into the next couple of years to see
• 15:56
  Speaker 1: if the numbers are changing in in athletes that are
• 15:58
  Speaker 1: available to play those positions. There's plenty of skill guys.
• 16:01
  Speaker 1: There's you know, there's numbers of five or six teams
• 16:03
  Speaker 1: that kept six or seven receivers this year, you know,
• 16:06
  Speaker 1: and it's hard to find the lineman and the alignment
• 16:09
  Speaker 1: and more so, and then if we feel that right now,
• 16:11
  Speaker 1: we feel fortunate as hell that we are where we are,
• 16:15
  Speaker 1: but it's hard to find guys that can come in
• 16:17
  Speaker 1: and supplement and be the backups and support and that
• 16:20
  Speaker 1: kind of stuff. It's everybody's hanging on to their guys.
• 16:22
  Speaker 1: The guys aren't available, so that seems to be obvious.
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: John's really tuned into that with Watherstoon.
• 16:28
  Speaker 2: How did he look on Monday?
• 16:29
  Speaker 1: It was he just had a few plays. He did fine,
• 16:32
  Speaker 1: He made it through and he's ready to go today.
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: He wants to get out there and take a lot
• 16:36
  Speaker 1: more work.
• 16:37
  Speaker 2: So we'll see.
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: With all the time that he's missed, you still need
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: more time to figure out where he's best suited to
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: play it. And so I don't have any problem with that.
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: It's just is he suited to play, you know, physically?
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: Does he can he endure? You know, and and all that.
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: So it's a it's a hammy, that's it's had, you know,
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: two shots at it over the last few months and stuff.
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: So we gotta be careful with it to make sure
• 16:57
  Speaker 1: that we get him back and U he can trust
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: that he can go. You know, he's a really fired
• 17:01
  Speaker 1: up kid. He's not going to hold back. He's not
• 17:03
  Speaker 1: going to measure how he goes, and so we got
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: to make sure that he's right. And so, uh, we'll
• 17:07
  Speaker 1: see how the week goes, and we'll just determine it later.
• 17:10
  Speaker 2: On Joe Taylor. Okay, uh yeah, he's fired up, he's
• 17:13
  Speaker 2: ready to go.