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Press Pass | Pederson: "Guys are Getting Their Bodies Back..." · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Give us a little bit of an injury update, and uh,
• 0:02
  Speaker 1: there's a plan for Smooth this week. Uh, Smooth should
• 0:06
  Speaker 1: be good to go. He's had you know, he's had
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  Speaker 1: two good weeks of of practice. He feels good. Uh
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  Speaker 1: we'll get through today obviously, Uh make that determination, but
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  Speaker 1: but should be you know, all indications there that he's
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  Speaker 1: that he's uh, would be ready to go, you know
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  Speaker 1: for this game. You know Walker and z A or
• 0:25
  Speaker 1: a little bit further away. Uh, don't anticipate them, you know,
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  Speaker 1: in this game right now. Uh, Devin Lloyd's back, got
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  Speaker 1: him back in there, and he's yeah, you'll see uh
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  Speaker 1: kind of a little bit of a cast off cast
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  Speaker 1: you know on his hand and and wrisked uh out there.
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  Speaker 1: But he's uh, he he's back in the mix. Who else.
• 0:53
  Speaker 2: That's true?
• 0:56
  Speaker 1: Yeah, Cam's fine, bra as well, still nursing, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the hamstring, so so he'll be down.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, of with that cast on devin'sand I saw it
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  Speaker 3: at practice is like his thumb is sticking out but
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  Speaker 3: he still has fingers. How difficult is that for him?
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  Speaker 3: Or have you noticed that he's had to change anything
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  Speaker 3: in practice.
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  Speaker 1: Or no, he doesn't change anything. And just from a
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  Speaker 1: grip you know standpoint, he just can't he just really
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  Speaker 1: can't bend that thumb, you know, cause it's immobilized basically.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he has the ability to use his his
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  Speaker 1: four fingers. But you know he'll he he says, he
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  Speaker 1: feels fine, feels comfortable, you know, using it the more
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  Speaker 1: the more times he he's out there, you know, but
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  Speaker 1: just probably catching the football is probably not the most
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  Speaker 1: ideal with with a cast on your you know, on
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  Speaker 1: your wrist.
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  Speaker 2: Hamilton's being back, being able to play him before the
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  Speaker 2: buy or.
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  Speaker 1: Pull him to the laster, I don't know. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the twenty one days kind of puts it
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  Speaker 1: into the buy week, uh for us, So we just
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  Speaker 1: gotta there's not a lot of practice reps really between
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  Speaker 1: say now and the bye, you know, because being Friday
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  Speaker 1: and then a short week next week and then you
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  Speaker 1: know you get one more week Pittsburgh and then the bye.
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  Speaker 1: So we'll see, you know.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: You know, DeVaan is feeling good, His strength is good,
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  Speaker 1: waits good, all that, so you know it's not out
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  Speaker 1: of the question. Intensity and practice throughout the week good.
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  Speaker 1: It got better each day, you know, I felt that,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the energies. Guys are getting their bodies back,
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  Speaker 1: you know from the from the ten days in Europe
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  Speaker 1: and in London and and you know, just uh it
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  Speaker 1: takes time, you know, you know, for being over there,
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  Speaker 1: just getting used to the time changing again. But guys,
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  Speaker 1: guys have done a nice job this week so far. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I'll let you know Sunday at about four thirty.
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  Speaker 2: You guys pretty good this year on avoiding penalties. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: particularly on defense. I mean, any is this do you
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  Speaker 2: think that's just it might be function of being a
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  Speaker 2: second year to system, maybe communicating a little bit better, and.
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  Speaker 1: Well I think you know, there's a little bit more
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  Speaker 1: heightened awareness. We we emphasize it a lot. In practice.
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  Speaker 1: Our offense uses a lot of cadence, you know, so
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  Speaker 1: our defense is used to that. You know, you're not
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  Speaker 1: seeing the the unwanted sort of you know off size
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  Speaker 1: or neutral zone in fractions. You're not seeing a lot
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  Speaker 1: of the the you know d P I s and
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  Speaker 1: I c T s down the field. I mean the
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  Speaker 1: guys are in usually pretty good position, you know, to
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  Speaker 1: to break up passes and you know, and yeah, it's
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  Speaker 1: it's uh, you know, understanding the defense and where you
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  Speaker 1: need to be and just making a conscious effort of
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  Speaker 1: uh you know, uh understanding again just where you should be,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and and and being in the right spots.
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  Speaker 1: And that's that's really really what it's all about.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's hard to avoid things like a PI
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  Speaker 2: because occasionally you know you're it's going to somebody's going
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  Speaker 2: to get beat and you know, going to have grabbed
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  Speaker 2: all that. You've got to be pleased with. The between
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  Speaker 2: the penalties you're drawing on pill.
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  Speaker 1: Is what four, something like five maybe I think for
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  Speaker 1: the season already. I mean, it's it's just it's incredible.
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  Speaker 1: The last time I was around a receiver that drew
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  Speaker 1: that many was Tory Smith with us in Philly, and
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  Speaker 1: he just was like a magnet there, you know, and
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  Speaker 1: it just caws. One thing. Calvin does a nice job
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  Speaker 1: of just positioning his body, you know, when he knows
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  Speaker 1: that the ball could be underthrown or maybe off target,
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  Speaker 1: and he can somehow draw that draw that interference. But
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  Speaker 1: you know, you'd love to have the completion, but you'll
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  Speaker 1: take that, you know, chunk as well. If you do
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  Speaker 1: make the decision to roll a smooth this week. What
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  Speaker 1: does he bring to the defense on the field, would
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  Speaker 1: he have a full workload or would you kind of
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  Speaker 1: ease him back in. Well, he brings you know, he
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  Speaker 1: brings a veteran leadership presence out there. You know, you
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  Speaker 1: can play him in base defense, you can play him
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  Speaker 1: in nickel, you know, and in some past rush situations
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  Speaker 1: there's there's you know, obviously his his production and comes
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  Speaker 1: from being inside, you know, and and all that on
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  Speaker 1: third down and stuff. So you know, I I think
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  Speaker 1: I don't think you want to necessarily put him on
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  Speaker 1: a pitch count, you know, but I think you have
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  Speaker 1: to monitor, you know, you don't want to get his
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  Speaker 1: rep count too too high. But at the same time,
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  Speaker 1: you want to just let him, let him get comfortable
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  Speaker 1: with the game and and see how he is doing,
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  Speaker 1: you know, throughout the course of the you know, the
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  Speaker 1: three hours or so that you're out there.