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  Speaker 1: Feel good guys have you know, we've been able to
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  Speaker 1: put a lot of the negativity behind them, you know, Um,
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  Speaker 1: I'm really focus on the week at hand. They've done
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  Speaker 1: a nice shot with that. You mentioned earlier in the
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  Speaker 1: week that your message was that you know, you need
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  Speaker 1: a players stuff and make those plays late the game.
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  Speaker 1: How have you seen the team kind of take that
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  Speaker 1: message and respond to it. Obviously, the biggest test will
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  Speaker 1: be on Sunday, you want, That's just it, the biggest
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  Speaker 1: you know, the biggest test will be Sunday, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and and and seeing who who who will be that guy?
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  Speaker 1: But I think I think more than anything, it's just
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  Speaker 1: a matter of just you know, it's hard. It's hard
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  Speaker 1: to do that and in practice, right, I mean, guys
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  Speaker 1: are going hard in practice and doing their doing their
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  Speaker 1: jobs and all that and um, you know we talked
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  Speaker 1: about it and talk about it, but really it just
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  Speaker 1: has to be done right. I mean, that's the that's
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  Speaker 1: the bottom the bottom line with it. And um excited
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  Speaker 1: for these guys on Sunday to get that opportunity. That's
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  Speaker 1: the status of shop Griff and playing on Sunday. Now
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  Speaker 1: he's been off on the exercise bike during just this week. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: we're gonna see where he's at today. You know, we
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  Speaker 1: get through practice today and and then make a make
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  Speaker 1: a determination you know on that as we get closer
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  Speaker 1: to the game, we're to have to go. Your confidence
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  Speaker 1: in him as a guy that has stepped in in
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  Speaker 1: the past. Yeah, you know, he's a veteran player. He's
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  Speaker 1: he's stepped in the past. He's you know, it's sometimes
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  Speaker 1: it's tough being in those sort of backup roles like that.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, he did a nice job on the
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  Speaker 1: Charger game, uh several weeks ago, and you know, he
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  Speaker 1: makes the most of his opportunity. So a lot of
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  Speaker 1: confidence in him going in if he had to. It's
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  Speaker 1: a challenge. Um. You know, those two guys for for
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  Speaker 1: the Giants are big and physical and you know it's
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  Speaker 1: uh there, they're a load in there. You know, so
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  Speaker 1: this is a um, this would be a really good
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  Speaker 1: test for our guys. You know, we've you know, much
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  Speaker 1: like the Washington game, you know, where a couple of
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  Speaker 1: guys inside we're pretty pretty stout and big. This is
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  Speaker 1: the same, you know, type type of unit. Just kind
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  Speaker 1: of show you maybe how long, I mean, how far
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  Speaker 1: along Luke forward has come since week one. Yeah it
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  Speaker 1: could be, you know, obviously because it's the next game,
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  Speaker 1: but um, yeah, it'll be a really good test for him,
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  Speaker 1: you know, young player going against two vetter guys that
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  Speaker 1: have a lot of experience and and powerful guys you know,
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  Speaker 1: a little different technique though, um, you know than what
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  Speaker 1: you've what we've seen here recently, but still two guys
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  Speaker 1: that uh you know, um, are really stout in the
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  Speaker 1: run game, real physical in the run game and can
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  Speaker 1: obviously push the pocket and what do you kind of
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  Speaker 1: trusted the whole offense, not just Trevor, about everybody when
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  Speaker 1: it comes to you know, going against the Blitz as
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  Speaker 1: much as you guys will you just gotta do it
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  Speaker 1: one play at a time, you know, and and and
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  Speaker 1: really just trust your rules, um, you know, trust how
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  Speaker 1: you've been coached during the week, the protection plan. Trust
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  Speaker 1: that if we need to make adjustments, we make adjustments
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  Speaker 1: in game, you know, and that's just that's just what
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  Speaker 1: we do. But you know, um, Trevor understands too. You
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  Speaker 1: just you just don't want to sit back there and
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  Speaker 1: hold the ball. You know, incomplete pass and a punt
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  Speaker 1: is okay, you know, in in games like this and
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  Speaker 1: and um, you know, we make the corrections as we moved. Yesterday,
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  Speaker 1: I was talking to um Tony Gilbert about Devin Lloyd
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  Speaker 1: and he brought up something interesting. Obviously, he's been here
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  Speaker 1: for three years, He's been a part of two different
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  Speaker 1: draft processes before this one, and he said that he
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  Speaker 1: felt like this process this year it was a lot
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  Speaker 1: more transparent and that he was part of it and
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  Speaker 1: he knew kind of what was going on and his
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  Speaker 1: voice was heard, so I know, um Mr Khan had said,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it was going to be more collaborative this year.
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  Speaker 1: It's can you talk a little bit about how, um
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  Speaker 1: the position coaches were even even they were involved in
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  Speaker 1: the draft process. Yeah, you know, even even my own experience, UM,
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  Speaker 1: we were a little more a little more open and
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  Speaker 1: transparent and had dialogue across the board at all positions.
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  Speaker 1: And I think it's a credit to you know, Trent A.
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  Speaker 1: Balky and and his staff for allowing you know, my guys,
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  Speaker 1: the position coaches to be in there and voice, you know,
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  Speaker 1: voice their opinions on players. I believe that it can
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  Speaker 1: be a m a collaborative effort. You know, um, we
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  Speaker 1: are we coach them you know, they scout them all year.
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  Speaker 1: We get a chance to come together in the off
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  Speaker 1: season and and make decisions that way. And and we
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  Speaker 1: also understand too that it's not always going to be
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  Speaker 1: my way or trans way, or the coach may not
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  Speaker 1: get his player that he wants. But but at least
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  Speaker 1: we've had that conversation, you know on guys and and UM.
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  Speaker 1: You know, that's one of the processes that that we
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  Speaker 1: go through in the off season where you know, we
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  Speaker 1: we've got to make sure that we're right, you know
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  Speaker 1: on all those draft picks, and and felt like we
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  Speaker 1: had a really good UM draft this past year, you know,
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  Speaker 1: our first draft obviously together and something that we can
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  Speaker 1: build on as a staff, you know, moving forward. It's
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  Speaker 1: really like for you you mentioned it was different for
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  Speaker 1: you as well from your own coaching experience, UM in
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  Speaker 1: previous drafts that you've been through. Was there anything in
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  Speaker 1: particular link I don't know if it was like the
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  Speaker 1: amount of meetings or who was in the meetings, or
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  Speaker 1: can you get a little bit more specific about how
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  Speaker 1: it was different from you're a previous Obviously, when you're
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  Speaker 1: the head coach, you're in all the meetings, you know,
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  Speaker 1: but when I was the position coach, UM coordinator. UM.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously on one side of the ball, but you know,
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  Speaker 1: you it's it's situations too where you just kind of
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  Speaker 1: you read your reports, you know, UM, the guys that
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  Speaker 1: they give you to to look at. You read your
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  Speaker 1: report and you know, uh, you never know what happens
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  Speaker 1: after that because you're you're never involved, you know, in
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  Speaker 1: another meeting and you don't know what goes on, UM,
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  Speaker 1: you know, behind those closed doors. But this process was
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  Speaker 1: really more than that. You know, it's more than just
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  Speaker 1: reading the report. It was more about let's let's sit
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  Speaker 1: together and watch film on this guy. If if there's
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  Speaker 1: if there's two different opinions on on a particular player,
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  Speaker 1: let's let's put the film on. Let's let the film
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  Speaker 1: you know, decide the vote, so to speak. And and
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  Speaker 1: so that was different right for me as a position
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  Speaker 1: coach and really as a head coach, you know, UM
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  Speaker 1: never really had that much you know, interaction, which is
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  Speaker 1: watching you know, we watched tape separately, but together with
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  Speaker 1: the GM, together with the scouts, UM. You know, you
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  Speaker 1: spend a lot of time doing that and you come
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  Speaker 1: away with making making smarter decisions. Those two first round
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  Speaker 1: picks this year, Trade Unlocker and Devin Lloyd. It seems
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  Speaker 1: like they've reshaped and kind of energizis defense. How would
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  Speaker 1: you evaluate their impact so far through you know, five weeks. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I think I think both of them have have definitely
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  Speaker 1: made an impact that way. They've been positive, they've been
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  Speaker 1: good you know leaders, you know on that defense, a
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  Speaker 1: defense that you know already has some some you know
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  Speaker 1: leaders on that side of the ball. Um, And and
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  Speaker 1: really you know, from day one, they've they've been in
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  Speaker 1: the mix, right, they've been in that starting rotation and
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  Speaker 1: and um, it's just a matter of them kind of
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  Speaker 1: kind of understanding their role and defining their role and
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  Speaker 1: and then and then just working working with the other guys.
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  Speaker 1: You know. But their impact has been felt already this season.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Um, they're young, and and they're only gonna
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  Speaker 1: get better. Shock hurt is back. You dressed up today?
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  Speaker 1: I like standing in the bag, you know what I mean? Okay,
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  Speaker 1: get hurt? Was that in the game or was that
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  Speaker 1: it was during the game? Yeah, it was during the game. Um.
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  Speaker 1: And you know there's sometimes too when when players get hurt,
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  Speaker 1: sometimes they don't feel you know, the injury until maybe
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  Speaker 1: the next day and and then and then uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we get him checked out. But yeah, it was during
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  Speaker 1: the game. I guess on whether or how do you
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  Speaker 1: feel whether he'll be other day. I mean, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I we'll see today again. You don't to see if
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  Speaker 1: he does anything, you know, Uh, but but you know,
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  Speaker 1: I want to make sure they're both, you know, especially
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  Speaker 1: uh you know, two starters, you know, for us, making
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  Speaker 1: sure that you know they they feel good, and really
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  Speaker 1: too mentally, you know, I don't want that lingering mentally
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  Speaker 1: because it takes away from them being able to play,
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  Speaker 1: you know, at a percent