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Press Pass | Farwell: "Right now, it's a dead heat." · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Sundursday. I saw some good stuff. You know, we put
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  Speaker 1: we put Ryan in a really tough spot. But I
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  Speaker 1: think that's what preseasons about. Uh, you know, we challenge
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  Speaker 1: from Hey, that's a sixty yard that's a tough kick.
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  Speaker 1: Those are tough positions to be put in. And it
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  Speaker 1: was close. You know, that's part of the deal. UM
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  Speaker 1: love to have him make it that. You know, that
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  Speaker 1: would have been a good, good start to the the preseason.
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  Speaker 1: But that's part of the deal. You know, we'll see
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  Speaker 1: we're gonna challenge him again today with some not only
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  Speaker 1: uh kicks in in team periods, but also move the
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  Speaker 1: ball situations just kind of a little more pressure whole
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  Speaker 1: teams watching. You guys are watching the Gems, watching that
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  Speaker 1: kind of thing. So, um, that's part of you know,
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  Speaker 1: that's that's that's part of the process of just evaluation. UM.
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  Speaker 1: I thought, I thought Elliott did a really good job
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  Speaker 1: as well. That's a good kick uh in the in
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  Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, and then had a couple and had
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  Speaker 1: a good kickoff as well. So UM, right now, those guys, um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we we like where they're at. Um. You know,
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  Speaker 1: you guys see a couple of kicks, but we're charting
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  Speaker 1: on the other side of the field. Um, all practice
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  Speaker 1: and so we have a really good idea of where
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  Speaker 1: they're at, what we you know, things we need to
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  Speaker 1: work on, what you know, what we're we could see
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  Speaker 1: us doing this season. So um, right now it's a
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  Speaker 1: dead heat. You know, they're both doing a good job.
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  Speaker 1: And UM, I believe the guys in this camp that
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  Speaker 1: could win the job. And it's really it's up to them,
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  Speaker 1: you know what what they do with these next you
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  Speaker 1: know practices slash preseason game is going to determine that
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  Speaker 1: took this job. I'm wondering if you took one look
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  Speaker 1: at Logan and said, well, plunders bumps, I don't worry
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  Speaker 1: about and then he just comes right out of the
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  Speaker 1: gates the other night. It kicks the long ones when
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  Speaker 1: you needed it, kicked couple of short ones. You put
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  Speaker 1: it inside and tend when you needed it. So that's
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  Speaker 1: like your least conserver right now, is your partner. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you know when I took this job, that was there
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  Speaker 1: was there were several guys I was excited about. I
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  Speaker 1: was excited about Ross, I was excited about our returner,
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  Speaker 1: and then obviously Logan and Logan has been a talented
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  Speaker 1: a talented player in this league, you know from watch
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  Speaker 1: him from Afar, and he succeeded expectations. You saw that
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  Speaker 1: on display on Thursday night. He's super talented. Um, he
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  Speaker 1: did a good job with his directional That's a big
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  Speaker 1: deal for us is he was kittting him out there
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  Speaker 1: really far good hanging times. But the with the with
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  Speaker 1: I mean he was burying him on the sidelines. That
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  Speaker 1: really kind of condenses those returns and really helps the
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  Speaker 1: coverage units. You know, Rudy had a good play on
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  Speaker 1: the sideline and it was a fantastic release gunner rep.
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  Speaker 1: But it was a big part of what Logan did
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  Speaker 1: up burying him on the sidelines. So that's that's how
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  Speaker 1: they worked together. But I think, uh, you know, that's
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  Speaker 1: a you know, that's a big part of this team.
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  Speaker 1: Is that punning game of not only Logan but the
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  Speaker 1: coverage down the field. Do you like to go both
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  Speaker 1: guys will keep in the same game or do you
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  Speaker 1: like to keep one guy game either way and what's
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  Speaker 1: the better approach? Like the first game we did every
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  Speaker 1: other kid because I was trying to get him to evenly.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I was scared that we'd get one guy
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  Speaker 1: got four kicks and the other guy got one and
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  Speaker 1: not a true evaluation. Um, this week, we're gonna switch
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  Speaker 1: up order because they're they're both doing so well. Let's
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  Speaker 1: see what that looks like. We're gonna go every other
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  Speaker 1: kick again this week. Uh, and see what that looks like.
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  Speaker 1: I may reevaluate it next week depending on again, same thing.
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  Speaker 1: Are we getting all it was one guy getting all
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  Speaker 1: extra points, either were getting field goals. I may have
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  Speaker 1: to adjust, you know, on the fly. But that's the
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  Speaker 1: plan for the week, is just kind of see where
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  Speaker 1: they're at one for one, see what those kicks look
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  Speaker 1: like as well as kickoffs. What have you thought about
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  Speaker 1: the backup returners? A Superconnor got a lot of reps
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  Speaker 1: there during the game. How's that battle looking? What have
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  Speaker 1: you thought about those guys? Yeah, we we have a
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  Speaker 1: good group, you know obviously Agnews you know is an
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  Speaker 1: elite return in this league. Um, and then we have
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  Speaker 1: a couple of guys Christian Kirk can do it. Laviska
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  Speaker 1: has been back there and he's done a good job
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  Speaker 1: with uh, you know, he's improved tremendously tracking the ball,
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  Speaker 1: seeing the ball better. Um, he's a talented player, and
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  Speaker 1: if he suits up there tonight, I would have loved
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  Speaker 1: to get him some uh you know, some return so
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  Speaker 1: uh if he if he plays this week, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I'd love to get him back there. That's something the
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  Speaker 1: staff and I have to decide if we if this
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  Speaker 1: is the game to do it. But there's a chance
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  Speaker 1: he could be back there. And then the kick returner battle. Um,
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  Speaker 1: I thought Snoop did a good job. There's some stuff
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  Speaker 1: we're still working through. You know, he hates to see
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  Speaker 1: that ball in the ground, but he did some good stuff.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he ran hard, didn't slow his feet. That's
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  Speaker 1: something you see as a as a young returner when
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  Speaker 1: those bullets are flying and those guys are flying down
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  Speaker 1: the field, you seem kind of hesitate, you know, when
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  Speaker 1: it's cloudy. He hit it really hard, So I think
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  Speaker 1: I thought he did some good stuff as well. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: to talk a little bit about what Logan's athleticism allows
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  Speaker 1: you to do beyond simply punting, I mean I think,
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  Speaker 1: I mean the fake the fake deal is there is real.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he throws the ball like a quarterback out here.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he's the uh you know, he he prides
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  Speaker 1: himself on telling me he's the emergency quarterback. I will
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  Speaker 1: see if that plays out that way. But um, he
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  Speaker 1: is a talented player. Um that's um. They can do everything.
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  Speaker 1: He can run, fakes, he can do. He's a great holder,
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  Speaker 1: you know. That's that that that's been a pleasant surprise
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  Speaker 1: for me. I knew he was a good holder. He's
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  Speaker 1: even better than I thought. You know, that's something that's
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  Speaker 1: something that we can't overlook because it helps those kickers
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  Speaker 1: so much, just setting the table. Just the key's the caddy,
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  Speaker 1: you know, he's the guy that has to to put
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  Speaker 1: it in the right spot every single time, turn the
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  Speaker 1: laces if it if needed. So the athleticism is a
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  Speaker 1: big factor at that position, not only punting, but holding, slash,
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  Speaker 1: any other things we had we asked him to do.
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  Speaker 1: He coached a gunner like Rudy for before. It just
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  Speaker 1: seems like he always gets down there speed. He's one
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  Speaker 1: of the top gunners in the league. I have coached,
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  Speaker 1: you know, a couple of guys very similar, Taiwan Jones
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  Speaker 1: and Buffalo was was very good. Sir rand Neil had
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  Speaker 1: two good gunners there as well. But Rudy that those
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  Speaker 1: reps we had, you know, that that he did the
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  Speaker 1: other night. Um, we're special. And I've seen him across
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  Speaker 1: you know, across the league back going back to Arizona, Uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and then also Philly. He's been doing it
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  Speaker 1: a long time, so I've seen many gun of reps
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  Speaker 1: like those. The versatility of a four core player. What
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  Speaker 1: does it take for a young guy to prove that
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  Speaker 1: to you? And and how many do you think you
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  Speaker 1: have at at this time? Um, I think we're figuring
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  Speaker 1: those guys out right now. Versatility is going to be
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  Speaker 1: big because if you get a guy that only can
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  Speaker 1: play left guard on punt, it's a little tougher. Now.
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  Speaker 1: If a guy can go to left side to right
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  Speaker 1: side to play wing, that's what we need and you've
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  Speaker 1: got and they've got to be trusted. Trusted is the
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  Speaker 1: biggest factor, especially in the in the punt game. You know,
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  Speaker 1: if I could just rely on that guy, his guys
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  Speaker 1: never gonna you know, never gonna get a block, gonna
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  Speaker 1: block the right guy d percent of time. That's value.
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  Speaker 1: You know. I think I put put such a big
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  Speaker 1: emphasis on punt protection. I said, hey, all these other
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  Speaker 1: phase are great, but you really want to press me.
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  Speaker 1: You better? You better protect on punt because that's the
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  Speaker 1: biggest thing. That's how you lose lose ball games if
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  Speaker 1: you don't if you don't protect the punt. So again
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  Speaker 1: that's trust. Trust is the biggest factor you want to
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  Speaker 1: be able to earn that dress. Yet, they have a
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  Speaker 1: couple of young players. You know, I'll start with two
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  Speaker 1: gunners that have done really well, Josh Thompson and Montera Brown.
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  Speaker 1: Those guys have really stepped up and really showed some stuff.
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  Speaker 1: You know, They've improved tremendously from the off season to
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  Speaker 1: training camp. We put them in some tough battles yesterday,
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  Speaker 1: get some good players and you know, and it was
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  Speaker 1: they battled. Uh. It's a work in progress as far
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  Speaker 1: as uh, you know, we got some time. But we're
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  Speaker 1: going to continue to challenge those guys because I think
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  Speaker 1: they can do it. They're talented enough players, they care,
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  Speaker 1: they work hard, they come into my office, they want
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  Speaker 1: to learn. That's what I'm looking for. Um, So we'll
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  Speaker 1: put them in those tough spots. They'll get more gunner
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  Speaker 1: reps this week, not only in practice but on Friday night. So, um,
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  Speaker 1: we gotta see if they can do it, and see
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  Speaker 1: if they can do it for real life Sunday, you know,
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  Speaker 1: Sunday regular season games. I appreciate you, guys. Thank you,