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Press Pass | Coach Pederson on Bigger Role for Strange, Little + Injury Updates · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Update on anybody this everybody. Actually, we're we're in a
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  Speaker 1: pretty good spot.
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  Speaker 2: Brenton ac spraying coming out of the game. Just be
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  Speaker 2: a little bit limited, He'll be fine. Walker's ankles fine,
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  Speaker 2: you know, just the the wear and tear on Brandon
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  Speaker 2: to all limit him like we normally do.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, Mitch Morse the same thing.
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  Speaker 2: Just where we are in the season, and just just
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  Speaker 2: monitor their reps during the week.
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  Speaker 1: But all are all are good for the game.
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  Speaker 3: What stands out about brock Powers? How has he had
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  Speaker 3: so much successful.
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  Speaker 1: Great player, good young player.
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  Speaker 2: Just his ability to to separate, get open obviously, you know,
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  Speaker 2: using him the right way and just making plays for him,
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  Speaker 2: you know. And and he's a he's a he's a
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  Speaker 2: dynamic tight end.
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  Speaker 3: Is it rare to see maybe a tight end coming
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  Speaker 3: to the NFL have such success so early or has
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  Speaker 3: that become more common over the loss?
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  Speaker 2: No, not not really, I think I think you know anymore,
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  Speaker 2: the way teams use tight ends, you know, sometimes like
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  Speaker 2: receiver and put him in receiver positions, you know, but
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  Speaker 2: they're bigger bodies, so you can create some matchups and
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  Speaker 2: that's and that's what you see. He runs extremely well
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  Speaker 2: obviously and and you know the way again the creativity
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  Speaker 2: and and and how they're how they're getting the football,
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  Speaker 2: you know again, and and for from a quarterbacks perspective,
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  Speaker 2: it's a it's that nice, you know, security blanket to
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  Speaker 2: have a nice tight end. Is that joint spraying or
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  Speaker 2: is there another one?
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  Speaker 1: A doctor, I'm just reading it off the injury report.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's left. I think it's left.
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  Speaker 1: It's all it is. It's all it is.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yes, correct, yes, yes, it just we'll just limit
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  Speaker 2: him today, no contact.
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  Speaker 1: Things like that like.
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  Speaker 4: Kala Mons having a good amount success over there.
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  Speaker 3: See somebody's kind of jumping off the tape when you
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  Speaker 3: look at the defense he is.
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  Speaker 2: He's playing really well well, providing a spark. And obviously
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  Speaker 2: now with you know, with with Max, you know, not
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  Speaker 2: there he did something, he'll he'll step up and do
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  Speaker 2: even more.
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  Speaker 1: And you know it's a great opportunity for him.
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  Speaker 2: But but you're seeing that on film and and you
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  Speaker 2: know he's brings a lot of energy, you know, uh,
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  Speaker 2: to that to that defense and has done has done
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  Speaker 2: a nice job with him.
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  Speaker 3: Had a lot of reps against him in practice over
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  Speaker 3: the years, but live reps, that's just a completely different conversation.
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  Speaker 2: Right, yeah, I mean, you know, you get the live
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  Speaker 2: rep in practice, training camp, all that, but game reps
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  Speaker 2: are a little bit different. You know, both players have
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  Speaker 2: have grown obviously in their craft and and you know,
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  Speaker 2: if we'll have a chance to study each other a
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  Speaker 2: little bit this week, and but it should be it'll
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  Speaker 2: be interesting, it'll be fun.
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  Speaker 1: It be fun to watch him.
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  Speaker 4: How well has Walker played in the last three or
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  Speaker 4: four weeks.
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  Speaker 1: He's played really well.
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  Speaker 2: Actually, I think each week he continues to improve and
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  Speaker 2: and and show, you know how capable he is of
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  Speaker 2: of handling you know, that starting role and and a
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  Speaker 2: and a player that we knew could do that, you know.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, he his improvement the physicality in the run game.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously in past protection, he he does a nice job.
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  Speaker 1: So I would I would. I would say that he's
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  Speaker 1: he's right where.
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  Speaker 2: He needs to be and continues to and you know,
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  Speaker 2: continues to improve.
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  Speaker 4: Because now he can sit there and go okay, I.
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  Speaker 2: Think so, yeah, I think so he he has the
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  Speaker 2: confidence that he's going to be the guy, and we
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  Speaker 2: have the confidence that he's the guy.
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  Speaker 1: And day in day.
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  Speaker 2: Out, he gets those practice reps and and you know,
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  Speaker 2: he he doesn't have to worry about am I gonna
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  Speaker 2: play left tackle this week or right tackle or guard
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  Speaker 2: or whatever it might be.
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  Speaker 1: And and that, uh, that has a lot. That has
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  Speaker 1: a lot to do with it.
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  Speaker 5: Now that you've kind of watched the film moved on Sunday,
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  Speaker 5: when it comes to your secondary moving into these final
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  Speaker 5: three weeks the season, rotationally players, maybe you want to
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  Speaker 5: see a little bit more of combinations you liked from
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  Speaker 5: this weekend that maybe you'll implement against.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you still want to be able to see some
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  Speaker 2: of the young players, you know, I would like to
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  Speaker 2: see Trey Prince more, you know, get opportunity in these
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  Speaker 2: next couple of games. Obviously, AJ continues to improve and
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  Speaker 2: and needs to play. I think it's good that he
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  Speaker 2: plays and minimizes the mistakes.
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  Speaker 1: That he makes. You know, obviously Tyson's gonna be out
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  Speaker 1: there buster.
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  Speaker 2: We know what those guys can do and still want
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  Speaker 2: to want to see them compete and all of that.
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  Speaker 1: So, you know, if we get.
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  Speaker 2: The opportunity, I would love to see, you know, particularly
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  Speaker 2: Trey Prince probably you know more because all the other
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  Speaker 2: guys are playing. You know, he's probably the one right
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  Speaker 2: now that hasn't you know hasn't gotten many snaps would
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  Speaker 2: like to see him in game action.
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  Speaker 6: How valuable I mean, I know it is valuable, But
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  Speaker 6: how valuable is the time on the field at the
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  Speaker 6: end of the season, like is Doug For all these
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  Speaker 6: young players heading into the off season and in the
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  Speaker 6: next year knowing what they need to do.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's huge.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's a it's a it's a big step forward, uh,
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  Speaker 2: for for these players really to finish the season the
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  Speaker 2: right way. Put put good film on tape. You know,
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  Speaker 2: whether you're gonna be a free agent or you're you're
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  Speaker 2: one of ours, right, you still want to put good
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  Speaker 2: film out there. And it from a coaching perspective, gives
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  Speaker 2: you an idea of the type of player that you drafted,
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  Speaker 2: you brought onto your team. And then for the player,
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  Speaker 2: it gives him confidence going into you know, the off season.
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  Speaker 2: I look back to what Buster did his rookie year
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  Speaker 2: and then the chances he got to play early on
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  Speaker 2: how that catapulted him into this season, you know, and
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  Speaker 2: and and so that's a that's a great example, right,
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  Speaker 2: and and then even looking ahead, like the confidence that
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  Speaker 2: you see in Tank and the confidence you see in Brenton,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, Anton's been a Day one starter. But
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  Speaker 2: the young players that have played Antonio Johnson playing.
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  Speaker 1: More this year, and.
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  Speaker 2: The more or the better I should say that they
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  Speaker 2: play in these last couple of games will give them
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  Speaker 2: the confidence I think moving forward.
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  Speaker 6: About how about culturally speaking to finish strong, bright and
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  Speaker 6: strange out of comment in the post game the other
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  Speaker 6: day about well, he'll be back here on Monday because
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  Speaker 6: this is what he loves to do. He wants to
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  Speaker 6: play ball, and you know, there's only so many opportunities.
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  Speaker 6: I mean, how about how does playing at the end
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  Speaker 6: of the year set that standard for what you want culturally?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I think I think it can go one
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  Speaker 1: of two ways.
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  Speaker 2: Right, if they don't have if the players don't have
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  Speaker 2: that mindset, or if I don't have that mindset, it's
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  Speaker 2: gonna set you back even further. But if you come
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  Speaker 2: into it and you embrace it, all right, well, we know,
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  Speaker 2: we know our situation, we got it, we understand that.
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  Speaker 2: But I think these next three weeks really can set
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  Speaker 2: us up for the futures, for the offseason, for you know,
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  Speaker 2: next year, and how we can build and where we
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  Speaker 2: need to add pieces and all that kind of stuff
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  Speaker 2: the development of our roster. But having guys like Brenton
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  Speaker 2: make those comments, I mean, those are the type of
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  Speaker 2: players you want, right You want those football players that
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  Speaker 2: love being here in this building, soaking up football, soaking
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  Speaker 2: up ball, love being on the grass. Those are the
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  Speaker 2: guys that you can build your team around. And and
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  Speaker 2: he's one of several obviously and many that we have
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  Speaker 2: on the team that can do that.
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  Speaker 4: What did it mean to.
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  Speaker 5: Have Trevor and Evan and Christian back on the sidelines,
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  Speaker 5: back in the city, on the team on Sunday?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it was it was great. It was great
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  Speaker 2: for the guys. It was great because they are also
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  Speaker 2: engaging with the players, with their teammates and and helping
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  Speaker 2: them and sort of being a coach there. And it
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  Speaker 2: was just great to have all three of them there.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you know, obviously we missed them all and
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  Speaker 2: and whatnot, but but it was really a big lift,
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  Speaker 2: I think, you know, especially off offensively, to have to
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  Speaker 2: have those three there.
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  Speaker 4: Where made probably the biggest strides since he took over
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  Speaker 4: as the storer.
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  Speaker 1: Well.
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  Speaker 2: I think I think what you saw in the game Sunday,
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  Speaker 2: you know, his his his decision making you know, getting
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  Speaker 2: the ball out of his hand, knowing exactly where to go,
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  Speaker 2: understanding the offense, understanding the route combinations against the defense.
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  Speaker 2: Just taking another step in that direction.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's a.
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  Speaker 2: Again, it's it's it's a he learned a new offense
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  Speaker 2: this this entire year, and now he's getting a chance to,
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  Speaker 2: you know, go play and and run the show. And
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  Speaker 2: and I think for him just understanding what we ask
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  Speaker 2: of him, Uh, you know, we're not gonna yell and
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  Speaker 2: scream at him. He can he can just go play
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  Speaker 2: and do his do his you know, do his deal,
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  Speaker 2: and lead the football team. And but knowing that we
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  Speaker 2: have his his back and support and and I think
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  Speaker 2: it's been it's been good for him.
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  Speaker 1: You know, the confidence.
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  Speaker 2: You're seeing more of that confidence come out, you know,
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  Speaker 2: that sort of that chippiness and that edge that he has,
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  Speaker 2: which is which I love to see.
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  Speaker 1: And and.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he's just every week is just takes another
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  Speaker 2: step in that in that right direction.
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  Speaker 4: In a weird situation with him because you traded for him,
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  Speaker 4: hoping never to have to play him, and now he's playing,
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  Speaker 4: and he's playing to not come back here next year
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  Speaker 4: to be somewhere else.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's it's unique. I mean yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we did trade for him and got him
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  Speaker 2: in here and and uh yeah, you hope he didn't
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  Speaker 2: have to play right. But but he's making the most
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  Speaker 2: of it and not saying we're you know, we're moving
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  Speaker 2: on or anything like that. But but this is another
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  Speaker 2: great opportunity these next couple of weeks, it'll be big
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  Speaker 2: for him and and you know, and just continuing to improve,
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  Speaker 2: even showing that he can he can run a run
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  Speaker 2: a team.
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  Speaker 5: Not sure if you have the answer, if you're able
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  Speaker 5: to contact, But has s Truvor clear the concusion protocol?
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  Speaker 5: Has surgery even scheduled?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, and yes, yes and yes, yes, yeah. Well he's
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  Speaker 2: he's gonna be he's gonna be celebrating Christmas.
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  Speaker 1: All right.
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  Speaker 2: He he passed the protocol actually Sunday morning this past week,
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  Speaker 2: so he's he's cleared.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, he's cleared on that.
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  Speaker 2: And then he actually had surgery yesterday and and it
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  Speaker 2: was successful.
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  Speaker 1: So he's now on the road to recovery.
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  Speaker 2: When's uh Evan had on Monday, Yep, and he's he's good.
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  Speaker 2: Everything was positive in both both players cases and and
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  Speaker 2: uh just now looking forward to to you know, recovery time,
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  Speaker 2: they they'll.
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  Speaker 3: Be able to participate.
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  Speaker 1: O ts h.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know that yet. It's hard to put a
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  Speaker 2: put a time frame on it, you know, you don't
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  Speaker 2: want to rush it. But but we'll see how they
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  Speaker 2: you know, the I guess the thing is to in
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  Speaker 2: both cases, they're not long term, lengthy type surgeries recovery time.
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  Speaker 1: So at some point this spring they'll be they'll be
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  Speaker 1: ready to go.
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  Speaker 5: Mm hmm