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  Speaker 1: Well, speaking of injuries, Uh, how's DT look and how's
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  Speaker 1: Christian looking? Reductions hanging into sunda.
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  Speaker 2: Christian's doing well, would expect him to be a full
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  Speaker 2: go you know for the game. DT is someone that's
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  Speaker 2: gonna be more day to day. We're gonna get him
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  Speaker 2: out there and move him around today and and see
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  Speaker 2: how he feels and uh, try to ramp up his
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  Speaker 2: uh you know, progress each day.
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  Speaker 1: When you look at the Dolphins offense.
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  Speaker 2: Comes to speed speed, speed, you know, in a lot
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  Speaker 2: of misdirection, a lot of motions and shifts you know,
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  Speaker 2: obviously to do a great job with that in their
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  Speaker 2: run game as well, and uh you know, and it
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  Speaker 2: kind of can cause you to just distort your eyes
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  Speaker 2: a little bit right and and and get off your
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  Speaker 2: cues and and uh uh that's where some of the
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  Speaker 2: big plays have come, you know for them. And obviously
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  Speaker 2: you know, we know Tyreek and Waddle and the guys,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, just a lot of speed and something that
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  Speaker 2: we've uh you know, we're gonna be able to at
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  Speaker 2: least try to match otherwise, you know, be in the
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  Speaker 2: right position.
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  Speaker 3: How much troubles be like that cause of defense.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, they're on you fast right when you when
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  Speaker 2: you put the film on, these guys are on you
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  Speaker 2: and they're by you, and I think to it does
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  Speaker 2: a great job of anticipating where the where the windows
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  Speaker 2: are and where the holes are going to be and
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  Speaker 2: and receivers in the right spots.
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  Speaker 3: You know, over the years, when you when you're preparing
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  Speaker 3: for a season opener, do you find it more difficult
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  Speaker 3: just because the rosters knew and particularly in this situation
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  Speaker 3: where the new defensive coording or is it in some
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  Speaker 3: ways easier because you have so much time repairs as
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  Speaker 3: as opposed to all the other opponents.
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  Speaker 2: I would say time if you if you knew the
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  Speaker 2: defensive coordinator or offensive coordinator, you know would be because
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  Speaker 2: you have familiarity with them. In this case, you're you're
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  Speaker 2: sort of speculating, you know, with what what you could see.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you got a good chance of you know
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  Speaker 2: what what coach we is done in Baltimore. I mean
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  Speaker 2: that's that's obviously something that teams are trying to, Uh,
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  Speaker 2: I think, you know, duplicate a little bit as that
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  Speaker 2: style of defense and and so uh we got we
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  Speaker 2: got tape obviously we've you know, played Baltimore the last
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  Speaker 2: couple of seasons, so there's some familiarity there, but you know.
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  Speaker 4: You're you're just you gotta trust your you gotta trust.
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  Speaker 2: Your game plan, you gotta trust your rules, you gotta
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  Speaker 2: trust uh, you know, the things that you've been been
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  Speaker 2: doing all all spring and summer, and you know, just
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  Speaker 2: make the adjustments during the game.
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  Speaker 1: It was this the toughest camp you've had since you've
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  Speaker 1: been in years?
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  Speaker 3: And did you purposely make it that way?
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  Speaker 4: I feel like it was.
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  Speaker 2: It was hard, you know, being the third third camp here,
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  Speaker 2: I think I think it. You know, the first one
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  Speaker 2: is always can be tough too, just because they don't
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  Speaker 2: the unknown, I guess, But this one was was purposeful,
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  Speaker 2: you know, just in I guess in my own quirky way, what.
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  Speaker 4: I don't know, I camp.
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  Speaker 2: Camp is camp, uh And and you kind of want
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  Speaker 2: it to be be hard.
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  Speaker 4: You want it to be tough. You know.
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  Speaker 2: It's the as they say, the dog days of summer.
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  Speaker 2: And I just think there's there's no substitute for the
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  Speaker 2: hard work, you know, and and put the guys through.
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  Speaker 4: As much pressure and stress as possible.
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  Speaker 2: Not only on their minds and bodies, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think just the way we practice, can can hopefully
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  Speaker 2: you know, late in the season you lean on you
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  Speaker 2: lean on that right and then you lean on those
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  Speaker 2: tough those tough moments.
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  Speaker 5: You decided who's gonna call lights Sunday?
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  Speaker 2: Still working through that press and I are still uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, talking about it.
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  Speaker 5: Is there what's the advantage from a gamesmanship standpoint of
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  Speaker 5: not knowing whether.
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  Speaker 4: It'll be you or oh, I don't know, you know.
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  Speaker 2: I think I think if you're just looking at the offense,
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  Speaker 2: I mean and studying studying that, I mean, coordinators are
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  Speaker 2: looking at personnel, they're looking at you know, formations, motions, shifts,
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  Speaker 2: just like just like we do offensively. And I don't
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  Speaker 2: think it's really any not a whole lot of difference.
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  Speaker 2: I think, you know, pressing, I think alike, you know
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  Speaker 2: a lot of a lot of times, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: converse a lot of a lot of times during games,
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  Speaker 2: and I just think that if you're if you're looking at.
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  Speaker 4: Us, there's probably not a lot of a lot of differences.
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  Speaker 2: What do you say to the rookies this week about
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  Speaker 2: making an I know they played the preseason, but does
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  Speaker 2: this any different, Like you have to prepare them.
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  Speaker 3: For anything emotion wise?
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think, I think just being able to
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  Speaker 2: control their emotions. You know, they're they're used to playing
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  Speaker 2: in front of big crowds and things like that, but
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  Speaker 2: these are different. And being able to control your emotions
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  Speaker 2: and really just kind of focus on your your game
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  Speaker 2: plan and your role, your assignments, I think is the
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  Speaker 2: biggest thing. And just I think too, just you know,
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  Speaker 2: do it got you here and and just trust that.
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  Speaker 6: Press called plays from the UH field during the preseason.
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  Speaker 6: Just communication wise, How does that work for you and him?
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  Speaker 6: Is it better than him being another box for now?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's better cause we can be face to
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  Speaker 2: face and there's there's conversations that he and I can have,
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  Speaker 2: you know, off of off the mic.
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  Speaker 4: So I like that part of it, you know.
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  Speaker 2: But I think for him to it's a comfort level,
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  Speaker 2: you know, doing it, and uh he obviously can feel
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  Speaker 2: the game plus for him too, you know, And it
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  Speaker 2: really it was when I did it a couple years ago.
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  Speaker 4: You know, you're just you're on the field with the
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  Speaker 4: quarterbacks too, and and you're right there face to face
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  Speaker 4: more or less of.
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  Speaker 1: Who's plays throw the part out? Do you expect for
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  Speaker 1: us to be on the field I do.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I do. Do you do it unless it's raining?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah?
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  Speaker 4: Right, yeah, we're not. We're I don't think we're I
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  Speaker 4: don't think we're gonna be covered.
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  Speaker 5: You talk to the team at all about this is
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  Speaker 5: a that could have you huge implications in January for
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  Speaker 5: you guys, whether it's seating or maybe just who gets in.
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  Speaker 5: Do you go through that at all with the team.
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  Speaker 5: That's not a division game, but it is a very
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  Speaker 5: important game potentially because both teams look like they could
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  Speaker 5: be buying for a spot.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, no, I really it's so. I mean
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  Speaker 2: it's week one. A lot can happen between now and
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  Speaker 2: week eighteen. So I think in my mind, yeah, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I I think of it that way.
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  Speaker 4: But but I.
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  Speaker 2: Think when you're talking to the team, I don't. I
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  Speaker 2: don't want to put that kind of pressure right now.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's just not it's week one, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: you just want to play. You want to play good
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  Speaker 2: football and get off to a good start and and
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  Speaker 2: you know, see what happens.
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  Speaker 4: But but I don't. I don't have those conversations not
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  Speaker 4: this early.
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  Speaker 6: Are there unknowns going into week one for you?
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  Speaker 5: Or I mean, like or if you you have a
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  Speaker 5: good graph.
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  Speaker 3: What you guys are and how you want to play.
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  Speaker 3: Are there any unknowns as far as you're.
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  Speaker 2: Concern I from us, no, I think, but from them
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  Speaker 2: possibly yes, right, because you know everything's a little bit
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  Speaker 2: new defensively, so there's gonna be some unknowns, you know,
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  Speaker 2: some things that pop up. But again it just goes
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  Speaker 2: back to you know, we as coaches have to trust
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  Speaker 2: our instincts and and and and coach our players accordingly,
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  Speaker 2: make the adjustments.
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  Speaker 5: Or butterflies at this point, always.
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  Speaker 2: Always, always, I think if I think, if you don't,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's time to move on. Quite frankly, I
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  Speaker 2: get I get nervous for the players. I get nervous
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  Speaker 2: for us as coaches. I mean, it's just it's just
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  Speaker 2: the excitement of playing meaningful games or anything about the
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  Speaker 2: makeup of this roster with how they handled this first
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  Speaker 2: game week and.
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  Speaker 3: Handle the first game.
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  Speaker 2: Can I learn anything about your locker room.
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  Speaker 4: And the team? Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: I think I think you learn a lot about your leadership,
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  Speaker 2: you know, going into week one and coming out of
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  Speaker 2: week one. I think I think Plus it's you know,
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  Speaker 2: we're on the road, you know, first week, So I
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  Speaker 2: think there's some some little detailed things that you find
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  Speaker 2: out about guys, and and probably more so again, probably
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  Speaker 2: more so the leadership of your football team.
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  Speaker 1: I'm realizing now you led with your meniscus, but we
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  Speaker 1: probably should have asked you the five captains that were selective,
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  Speaker 1: just to he would expound upon the selection of each.
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  Speaker 6: Of those gentlemen.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it's it's a great honor obviously to represent,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the team.
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  Speaker 4: This year, I felt like.
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  Speaker 2: You know, Trevor and Evan for the last three years
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  Speaker 2: have done a great job of leading the offense and
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  Speaker 2: and and being a part of course Trevor, you know,
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  Speaker 2: being being our our our mainstay and kind of the
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  Speaker 2: face of the franchise. And then defensively, you know, Foyer
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  Speaker 2: and Josh, I mean, two guys that that you know
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  Speaker 2: again have just been staples, you know, and and they
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  Speaker 2: lead by example, the way they work on and off
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  Speaker 2: the football field, their conversations with the team, conversations with me.
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  Speaker 4: It's it's just kind of fitting. And then Logan, you know,
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  Speaker 4: Logan's been uh, you know.
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  Speaker 2: For the three years I've been here, going on my
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  Speaker 2: third year now, he's just been He's been a rock
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  Speaker 2: in the special teams, you know, department, and he's been
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  Speaker 2: solid and again a leader over there.
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  Speaker 4: So those five guys.
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  Speaker 2: Really are deserving of, you know, this honor of being
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  Speaker 2: captains and leading this football team.
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  Speaker 3: Can you expect Eric Arms said to be a full
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  Speaker 3: go the full allotment of snaps or is he gonna
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  Speaker 3: be on a snap camp just to start him out? No?
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  Speaker 2: I think I think you know, with Eric, we'll see
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  Speaker 2: how the week goes, you know, practice wise, and see
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  Speaker 2: how he feels. But shouldn't you know, shouldn't be able
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  Speaker 2: to you know, shouldn't limit limit him in either anyway.
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  Speaker 6: Kind of players Juli Rias, especially if he's fully healthy,
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  Speaker 6: and what are your expectations for where he might.
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  Speaker 5: Be following or on one side or or I just.
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  Speaker 4: Wish he would have played more in the preseason to see.
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  Speaker 2: But solid player. I mean, you give him a lot
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  Speaker 2: of respect for what he's done in his career. And
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  Speaker 2: you know, the thing you realize sometimes too, is he
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  Speaker 2: can play inside, you know, the nickel spot and and
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  Speaker 2: besides playing outside, So you know, I just got to
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  Speaker 2: know where he's gonna be and and understand that give
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  Speaker 2: him his respect and and you know it, players like
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  Speaker 2: this I mean, these are these are these are good
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  Speaker 2: good players to have on your football team. And and
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  Speaker 2: he's he's one of those you know, sort of their
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  Speaker 2: staples on defense.
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  Speaker 4: He's physical.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we've I've gone against him a couple of
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  Speaker 2: times in different different locations and and he's always, uh seems.
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  Speaker 4: To show up around the football. So you gotta be
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  Speaker 4: careful where you where you throw the football.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, the owner when the owner the other day, when the.
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  Speaker 5: Owner says it's the best team, that's Jaguars team assemble
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  Speaker 5: and it says.
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  Speaker 6: Time to win?
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  Speaker 3: Is now?
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  Speaker 5: Is that add any additional pressure on you or is
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  Speaker 5: that at any additional earth sense.
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  Speaker 6: Of urgency or anything?
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  Speaker 4: You know?
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  Speaker 2: That's uh quite honestly, That's what I was hired to do.
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  Speaker 2: And that's why we brought these players in here to do, right,
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  Speaker 2: is to win football games. And we're not going to
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  Speaker 2: make excuses for for why we just have to go
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  Speaker 2: do it. So I can appreciate that, you know, And
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  Speaker 2: and it doesn't add any extra pressure or anything like that.
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  Speaker 4: We just have to go, you know, do our jobs.
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  Speaker 4: How challenging is.
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  Speaker 5: That Dolphins running back room and how they deploy them.
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  Speaker 5: How unique is that.
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  Speaker 4: It is a bit of a challenge.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they play a lot of different different combinations
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  Speaker 2: of guys and in personnel groupings. And again, it just
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  Speaker 2: goes back to you know, being on point this week
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  Speaker 2: in practice, and it's great communication from sideline to the
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  Speaker 2: field and getting our substitutions right. And and obviously there's
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  Speaker 2: some speed in that room too, So it's something that
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  Speaker 2: definitely has to be be accounted for. And and but
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  Speaker 2: it all starts with the communication process.
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  Speaker 1: No, it shoved for them, but the defense up front
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  Speaker 1: obviously fellows off of a significant injury. Your expectations for him,
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  Speaker 1: Colias the rest of that.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I think Phillips, you do.
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  Speaker 2: I think he's someone that's gonna play. You know, sounds
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  Speaker 2: like he's gonna play anyway. He's he and he should,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you know he's been talking that way and
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  Speaker 2: and uh, he's a great player. And then kalais you know,
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  Speaker 2: we know, we know him, played him, played him last
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  Speaker 2: year and obviously a great player and and and just
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  Speaker 2: a really good solid defensive line.
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  Speaker 4: You know that.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, again, it's a different combinations of of front, different
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  Speaker 2: combinations of personnel. You know, David Long, we know is
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  Speaker 2: a linebacker. You know from where he's been in Tennessee
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  Speaker 2: and know him a little bit. So, Uh, it's a
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  Speaker 2: good group. It's a good solid group, and their their
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  Speaker 2: back end is you know, an experienced group as well.
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  Speaker 2: So it's a challenge, you know, for our offense and
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  Speaker 2: it will be a good test for our offensive line.
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  Speaker 6: A linebacker in Exo Foia, it says Chad mom or
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  Speaker 6: Devin Lloyd on the depth chart.
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  Speaker 5: Is there any clarity or is that situational based?
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  Speaker 2: Its usually situational, Yeah, situational based. Yeah, it's Doug Peterson
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  Speaker 2: or Press Taylor.