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Mike Macdonald: "The Week Of Prep Was Really Solid" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: All right, good to see every buddy.
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  Speaker 2: Now that you've seen practice a couple of days. Is
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  Speaker 2: he as advertised? Is he better?
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  Speaker 1: Is he work?
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  Speaker 2: Thought?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, we're doing a great job, and uh, it's working.
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  Speaker 3: It's gonna go all the way up to the game
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  Speaker 3: to get him, you know, prepped and ready to go.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 3: There's a lot of carryover from from what they're doing
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  Speaker 3: in Tennessee, which is great, but there are some just
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  Speaker 3: details you just want to make sure we're on the
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  Speaker 3: same page going into the game.
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  Speaker 1: So he's doing a great job, Mike.
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  Speaker 2: Did you see any similarities from the way the team
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  Speaker 2: practiced last week of this week?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think.
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  Speaker 3: I think our prep it's really the mentality of how
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  Speaker 3: we're doing. There's gonna be mistakes, you know, and and
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  Speaker 3: you script things where you want.
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  Speaker 1: To feel some stresses.
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  Speaker 3: So it's not like every play is just an absolute
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  Speaker 3: home run, but we get them fixed and we move on.
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  Speaker 3: And uh, I thought the week of prep was really solid.
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  Speaker 2: Do you have any indications that Kimmick come back next week?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean we're gonna it's doubtful right now. For
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  Speaker 3: the it's not it's not out of the question hundred
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  Speaker 3: percent yet. So we'll take it to Sunday and then, uh,
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  Speaker 3: we'll go from there.
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  Speaker 2: How much is the weathery think today?
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  Speaker 1: He did not practice to day?
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  Speaker 2: Is it a week to week thing or how you
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  Speaker 2: would you characterize you think day?
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  Speaker 3: I would say, we'll see on you know, we're gonna
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  Speaker 3: see on Sunday and then and then go from there.
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  Speaker 2: How much is the weather forecast potentially play a factor
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  Speaker 2: if it's raining and your injuried decisions in general.
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  Speaker 3: I wouldn't say it would affect those decisions, not with
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  Speaker 3: this weather at least.
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  Speaker 2: What what kind of week did Aye and George has practicing?
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  Speaker 1: They did a good job. They did a good job.
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  Speaker 3: You know, Abe's not Abe's not in the spot right now,
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  Speaker 3: but I think he's really confident in what we asked
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  Speaker 3: him to do, and it's excited to see him confident
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  Speaker 3: and moving around how he's doing.
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  Speaker 1: And George has had a great, great week coming back.
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  Speaker 2: You familiar with the concept of peace time and wartime CEOs.
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  Speaker 1: A little bit, but don't ask me a question about it.
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  Speaker 2: I think there's differences in personality leadership styles during a
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  Speaker 2: game then during the week, and uh, what kind of
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  Speaker 2: leaders are successful in those situations?
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  Speaker 1: Well, it's great.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, i'd probably it's probably a better question mean
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  Speaker 3: to like think about I just think I think consistency
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  Speaker 3: is important. There's all different types of personalities that are effective,
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  Speaker 3: I think, but trying to just be yourself be poised
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  Speaker 3: in those situations even throughout, I think, and then also
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  Speaker 3: when I can one to one step on the gas
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  Speaker 3: and when to lean off and whatever the team needs
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  Speaker 3: from me is probably the best way to go about him.
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  Speaker 3: With Mike Drell getting the star last week, if he's
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  Speaker 3: going in this week, is how valuable is getting that
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  Speaker 3: first game.
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  Speaker 1: Under his belt, getting the confidence from that.
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  Speaker 3: Well, it's really truly Mike's gonna start again and we're
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  Speaker 3: we're again, We're confident in him. He's had another really
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  Speaker 3: good week of practice, and the message to him is like, hey,
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  Speaker 3: all the people said you couldn't play last week are
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  Speaker 3: the same one saying that you're really great this week.
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  Speaker 3: So like, no offense, but I mean it's just like, really,
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  Speaker 3: only the opinion that really matters is the guy that
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  Speaker 3: are playing next to you at this point. So you'll
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  Speaker 3: it to them to keep preparing and and uh keep
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  Speaker 3: doing the things to do to that put you into
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  Speaker 3: spot to let us go win a football game. So everything,
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  Speaker 3: everything you got is what we need again and uh,
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  Speaker 3: and we're ready to roll.
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  Speaker 2: You said after the game in Atlanta, I'll never be
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  Speaker 2: worse than I am today thinking that this experience will
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  Speaker 2: they came always better. Have you noticed that even in
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  Speaker 2: the three days of practice?
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  Speaker 1: Sure?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, And that's the that's the expectation for for everybody.
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  Speaker 3: Is it's not it's not true. I mean, it hasn't
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  Speaker 3: worked out that way for our football team. But I
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  Speaker 3: think if you take that approach that you're always trying
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  Speaker 3: to take the next step, I think that you'll end
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  Speaker 3: up going in the right direction.
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  Speaker 1: Greek willand is kind of totally back in the mist Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Reek looks good.
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  Speaker 3: Uh looks like we're rolling with Reek tomorrow around excuse
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  Speaker 3: me Sunday, so tomorrow as well.
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  Speaker 2: Trey Brown was listed as questionable. Did he practice today
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  Speaker 2: and as he.
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  Speaker 3: Has to play, Trey practice today. Uh, trending positively, you
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  Speaker 3: know for the game. Uh, you know, everything happen between
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  Speaker 3: now and then. But optimistic with Trey.
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  Speaker 2: Bills have struggled with almost I also Bills are struggled
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  Speaker 2: with two by two formations on when offenses in two
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  Speaker 2: by two. I'm just curious defensively, what kind of stresses
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  Speaker 2: does a two by two put on a defense versus
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  Speaker 2: any other formage.
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  Speaker 1: Well, there's positives and negatives to both.
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  Speaker 3: It is protection wise, it does make things a little
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  Speaker 3: bit cloudier in two by two than three by one,
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  Speaker 3: through all intends to clear things a little bit easier
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  Speaker 3: in the past.
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  Speaker 1: Game.
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  Speaker 3: Uh, it is harder to kind of roll up on
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  Speaker 3: a guy in two by two because there's ineligible to
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  Speaker 3: that side. It creates a little bit more space on
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  Speaker 3: the run. Game is pretty much it's really just probably
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  Speaker 3: harder to disguise than two by two.
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  Speaker 1: And then there's there's there's more. There's a lot going
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  Speaker 1: on there.
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  Speaker 3: But uh, and the teams start with like kind of
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  Speaker 3: a lot of times in a three by one sort
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  Speaker 3: of idea, and the motion to two by two to
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  Speaker 3: kind of id with going on too.
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  Speaker 1: So it's kind of on a per play basis as well.
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  Speaker 1: Is can still deal with it on this.
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  Speaker 3: I wouldn't say the guy it feels like a million bucks,
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  Speaker 3: but I think it's still still you know, affecting me
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  Speaker 3: a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: But he's he's practiced today.
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  Speaker 2: It looks great if if if Jake and Leaviska have
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  Speaker 2: to play more day, what kind of season have they
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  Speaker 2: had so far?
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  Speaker 3: Kind of well, yeah, we've been saying this, I mean,
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  Speaker 3: and those guys have been playing well.
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  Speaker 1: Levisku hasn't played.
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  Speaker 3: As many, uh as many significant snaps on offense lately,
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  Speaker 3: but he had earlier in the year.
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  Speaker 1: Jake played significant snaps last game.
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  Speaker 3: So you know, if and when their numbers called, They've
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  Speaker 3: got great tape out there, so we expect expecting to
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  Speaker 3: go perform if if they get the opportunity. And I
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  Speaker 3: think what's cool about our receiver room is everybody kind
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  Speaker 3: of has a different skill set that they can bring
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  Speaker 3: to the table.
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  Speaker 1: So uh, they compliment each other. Well, what is the.
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  Speaker 2: Coaching points been? Sorry, what's the coaching has this been on?
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  Speaker 3: Josh Allen?
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  Speaker 2: Extending plays? Either rushing?
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  Speaker 3: Well, first, I give credit to our our uh to
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  Speaker 3: Sam and Jared. They did a great job extending plays
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  Speaker 3: and and uh making us work on defense as well.
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  Speaker 1: Our receivers. They they've run a lot more this week
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  Speaker 1: than than most weeks.
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  Speaker 3: I think you have to rush us one, you know,
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  Speaker 3: you can't take the liberties that sometimes you might be
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  Speaker 3: able to take versus another quarterback, and then I would
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  Speaker 3: just say I disciplined down the field. As as plays extend,
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  Speaker 3: connecting to receivers, when you're in zone, when you're in man,
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  Speaker 3: staying with the guy, understanding you know, how.
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  Speaker 1: You relate to the receiver and the quarterback.
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  Speaker 3: So like you know, all the all the extended play
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  Speaker 3: rules really come into into play, and it really matters, uh,
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  Speaker 3: in order to have a successful play. And again you
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  Speaker 3: could you could bat you know, you could bat nine
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  Speaker 3: hundred in a game like this, and that's not good enough.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you got to you gotta do it every
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  Speaker 1: time with the playbook.
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  Speaker 2: Is there a chance to become green daughters?
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  Speaker 1: That just tyro right now? The plans to stick with
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  Speaker 1: with T DOT.
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  Speaker 3: But you know, with any any any of those types
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  Speaker 3: of decisions, you're always i mean you're not officially reevaluating
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  Speaker 3: it every week, but you're always thinking, okay, process wise,
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  Speaker 3: just the right thing for us right now.
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  Speaker 1: So I wouldn't say like it's hard and fast. It
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  Speaker 1: will always be that way, but right now, that's the plan.
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  Speaker 2: Josh familiar with him obviously Fortash Where does he father
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  Speaker 2: the things?
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  Speaker 1: What players? Josh Ross Ross, I'm sorry ross.
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  Speaker 3: Well, Josh is our captain at Michigan and then earned
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  Speaker 3: his way onto the team in Baltimore. Just just a
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  Speaker 3: first of all, just a great human being. So someone
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  Speaker 3: that you want on your football team. We always talk
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  Speaker 3: about toughness, and me he is. He's tough, as tough
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  Speaker 3: as Noil is.
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  Speaker 1: He's played, had some.
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  Speaker 3: Great special team snaps things, four or five special teams
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  Speaker 3: tackles this year. But just a great person to have
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  Speaker 3: on our team, energy wise, work ethic, and he's a
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  Speaker 3: great football player too.
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  Speaker 1: So I think it's a it's a great addition to
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  Speaker 1: our team. Would like to see Ben feued more play action.
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  Speaker 3: Not necessarily, I mean if it's working, yeah, let's do
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  Speaker 3: it like you have. I think our play action game
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  Speaker 3: has been been effective.
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  Speaker 1: Anything else, yeah,