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Pete Carroll: "We're Back On Track And Feel Very Good About It" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: No opening from Let's just keep you kissing.
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  Speaker 2: We asked kind of how your team was responding coming
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  Speaker 2: off the buy. You said you got wait to see
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  Speaker 2: him on the practice field Wednesday. How did they look
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  Speaker 2: just this weekend back at it.
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  Speaker 3: Well, we had a rainy day Wednesday, you know that
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  Speaker 3: that it was pretty nasty out here, which was great
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  Speaker 3: that we made it through it a little bit harder
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  Speaker 3: to tell on that day, but Thursday Friday were terrific
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  Speaker 3: days for us.
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  Speaker 1: So we're back on track and feel very good about it.
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  Speaker 2: How does the return of Charles Cross change that lone?
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  Speaker 1: It's great to have him back out. You know, it's
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  Speaker 1: been just sick not being able to help his team
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  Speaker 1: and all.
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  Speaker 3: He looked really good. Obviously he's got fresh legs and
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  Speaker 3: all that. I wouldn't be surprised that he feels like
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  Speaker 3: he sees things a little bit better just from sitting
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  Speaker 3: out and just watching. I would bet that he grew
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  Speaker 3: a little bit more from that. He had a good
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  Speaker 3: week and he's ready to go and we're excited about that.
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  Speaker 3: He's doing okay practice every day.
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  Speaker 2: What happened with.
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  Speaker 3: He stepped on a guy's foot and just just turns
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  Speaker 3: his ankle a little bit. He had a really good
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  Speaker 3: day to day. We we weren't sure, you know, until
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  Speaker 3: we got him out there, but he practiced today and
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  Speaker 3: did fine to play. Yes, if maybe if we need
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  Speaker 3: to wait, we'll wait all the way up to the
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  Speaker 3: game time.
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  Speaker 1: Did you continue with, Oh, you gotta wait and see.
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  Speaker 1: I'm kind of anxious to see myself.
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  Speaker 3: Has h Bradford played.
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  Speaker 1: Much left guard? Yeah, he's practiced there and he's worked
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  Speaker 1: over there.
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  Speaker 2: Jamal obviously against therapy and back just what have you
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  Speaker 2: said him this week?
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  Speaker 3: But just really good, solid week, like like nothing ever
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  Speaker 3: went wrong, you know, and didn't miss anything.
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  Speaker 1: So it's really good for him.
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  Speaker 3: He got a little taste of getting out there and
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  Speaker 3: then coming back. It's just it's it really isn't the
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  Speaker 3: worst thing that's happened for him. So I know he's
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  Speaker 3: really hungry to play again.
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  Speaker 1: Just to Gino is fine. He's not giving, you know,
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  Speaker 1: was Yeah, he had a terrific week.
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  Speaker 3: I think you know, I think he needed all of
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  Speaker 3: the time though, you know, it's it's uh, he was
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  Speaker 3: a little maybe a little hampered, little stiff at the
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  Speaker 3: beginning of the week Monday Tuesday in there, but he
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  Speaker 3: practiced and did.
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  Speaker 1: Everything the whole time. So he's fine.
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  Speaker 2: He take money.
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  Speaker 1: Abe's working really hard. He's really close to being back.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, he I'll be surprised if he's not getting close
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  Speaker 3: to practicing by next week.
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  Speaker 1: Anyway.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know if that'll be soon enough for him
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  Speaker 3: to play, but I'll be surprised he doesn't get out
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  Speaker 3: the or.
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  Speaker 2: Something have a chance to.
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  Speaker 3: He's still working at it. It's been a long haul
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  Speaker 3: for him. It hasn't gone like we would hope, so
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  Speaker 3: it's taken a good while. Great round.
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  Speaker 1: Sure, sure he's ready to go. He practiced all he's
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  Speaker 1: he's he looks good.
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  Speaker 2: With Gino block. What do you have to activate the
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  Speaker 2: nailers from the game.
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  Speaker 3: Well, we're gonna wait right up to the end of
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  Speaker 3: it and see what happens. But we got him here
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  Speaker 3: because we didn't know how Drew was gonna respond. You know,
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  Speaker 3: we weren't sure. He jumped right back in and and
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  Speaker 3: uh did a nice shot for us.
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  Speaker 1: What what do you think how he played against.
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  Speaker 3: Any Very resourceful, very calm composed. He's played a lot
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  Speaker 3: of football, you know, he's played tons of games, and
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  Speaker 3: uh it shows, you know, the whole time he always
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  Speaker 3: gave you the confidence that he's got this, you know
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  Speaker 3: it's okay, and and uh so, you know, we found
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  Speaker 3: a way that you know, how we like him, like
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  Speaker 3: to use him, and got a good feel for him.
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  Speaker 3: He worked really hard in the time he was away,
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  Speaker 3: he can tell, so he jumped right back in.
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  Speaker 2: How was DK s sort of managing Gus kind of
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  Speaker 2: these weeks where he's not practicing.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, well, he was spectacular today in practice and had
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  Speaker 3: a perfect day to day. So I think we did
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  Speaker 3: everything we could to try to, you know, keep him
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  Speaker 3: as far away from that, you know, the discomfort.
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  Speaker 1: That he's got.
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  Speaker 3: But he's really he's no worse than he was, and
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  Speaker 3: we just wanted to just use every day that we
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  Speaker 3: could to you know, give him a full recovery opportunity.
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  Speaker 3: So he looked great today and we have no reservation
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  Speaker 3: about him going full speed as much as we want
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  Speaker 3: to play him. He ran, he ran well, you know,
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  Speaker 3: during the week, so he's ready to go.
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  Speaker 1: Not to say that he wasn't mature now, but what
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  Speaker 1: what has it done for DJ's growth as a professional
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  Speaker 1: to kind of have to.
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  Speaker 2: Manage not playing the injury and then playing.
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  Speaker 1: We don't know did you say DK or dj K
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  Speaker 1: I'm sorry?
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  Speaker 3: Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, all of those you know,
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  Speaker 3: all of those challenges are worthwhile, you know, because he
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  Speaker 3: just got to deal with it. Uh, it makes you
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  Speaker 3: he'll make him better the next time around. And he's
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  Speaker 3: had to be patient, you know, he's had to you know,
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  Speaker 3: you know, the frustration that comes from not being able to.
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  Speaker 1: Do everything that you can do.
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  Speaker 3: You got to deal with it and put it somewhere,
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  Speaker 3: you know, And he seems like he's done it really well.
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  Speaker 3: And uh so, but it helps in the sense, you
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  Speaker 3: know that to have those you know, to gain the
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  Speaker 3: wisdom that you can from those kinds of instances.
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  Speaker 1: So he's doing all right.
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  Speaker 2: Are already in Kobe kind of week tweet with the situations?
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  Speaker 3: Yes? Yeah, yes already. Uh looked pretty good running this week,
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  Speaker 3: I understand, uh from the trainers. And so he's getting close.
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  Speaker 2: How has been alright?
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  Speaker 3: He he's been. He's been pretty good. You know, he's
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  Speaker 3: looked really good. We've we've moved him around so that
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  Speaker 3: we we find out we're finding out how much flexibility
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  Speaker 3: we have to play other spots. He's juh jumped in
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  Speaker 3: the guard a little bit. Uh, early in the week.
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  Speaker 1: There's no good.
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  Speaker 2: Kobe's very close.
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  Speaker 3: But is it already was Kobe?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Kobe, No, I didn't say that.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, uh yeah, it's kind of relative, you know, comparing
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  Speaker 3: him to to already.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I think so, but but it might
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  Speaker 1: be a little while.
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  Speaker 3: This is the way Shane, he's still tight ends and
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  Speaker 3: all he might come up and all that stuff is
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  Speaker 3: the unique maybe.
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  Speaker 1: You can part of some of them.
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  Speaker 3: He's oh, yeah, yeah, he he's got a little hankering
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  Speaker 3: for you. He likes the tight end position. You know,
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  Speaker 3: he coached it and in years past and all that.
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  Speaker 3: So he does, uh, he keeps an eye on those
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  Speaker 3: guys and you know, kind of keeps them hopping around
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  Speaker 3: doing some cool things. He's you know, he's a really
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  Speaker 3: innovator with this stuff. And and so that's one of
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  Speaker 3: the areas that that he likes playing with you.
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  Speaker 1: Not about the tight end stuff that that never really
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  Speaker 1: came up. That was just a pleasant surprise.
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  Speaker 2: Think Or was saying telling us earlier this week that
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  Speaker 2: when he had to leave last week, a man will
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  Speaker 2: distey kind of jumping in his role, and he did
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  Speaker 2: that last year a game, but actually got the special
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  Speaker 2: team's player of the week. What about Disley Alasi to
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  Speaker 2: be a.
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  Speaker 3: Guy that like, yeah, he's one.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he's a totally aware guy.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, he doesn't miss anything. You know, he's really
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  Speaker 3: really bright. So he's listening and watching, and he could
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  Speaker 3: jump and do other things too. You know, he could
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  Speaker 3: jump in the backfield if he needed to be a
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  Speaker 3: full back. He could do a bunch of stuff. And
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  Speaker 3: and so, uh, that's it's not a surprise we did,
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  Speaker 3: right recognize that again that he had done a year ago.
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  Speaker 3: And and so when he got challenged with you know,
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  Speaker 3: he the news came so late, you know that he
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  Speaker 3: had to just you know, just kind of do it
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  Speaker 3: in his sleep almost and and uh, he played really
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  Speaker 3: well again, did a.
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  Speaker 1: Nice jobs back.
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  Speaker 2: So what is sort of the process.
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  Speaker 3: I guess he's you know, I'm not exactly sure of
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  Speaker 3: the timing of it, but he's getting really close so
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  Speaker 3: to to being back. He'll have a little period there
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  Speaker 3: where he could practice and and and not have to
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  Speaker 3: be elevated yet. But it's coming. He's working really hard.
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  Speaker 3: He's in great shape and ready to go. So but
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  Speaker 3: I'm not quite sure how many weeks we have left. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: he is he's fine. There, we go okay,