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Press Pass | Doug Pederson: "Everybody on the 53... Has to Be Ready to Play" · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: M right up there on forever we practice today, chances
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  Speaker 1: go you have a come out of the protocol.
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  Speaker 2: I mean obviously still in but uh part of protocol
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  Speaker 2: and where he's at in the stages, uh is he
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  Speaker 2: can he can practice today. That still doesn't mean he's cleared,
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  Speaker 2: you know, but part of it is to actually go
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  Speaker 2: through it a practice and the you know, the stress
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  Speaker 2: and all that kind of stuff on him. So he'll
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  Speaker 2: be out there today and going going through it. It
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  Speaker 2: would be only a leaders no, no, we'll uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we'll give him as much as we can much he
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  Speaker 2: can tolerate.
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  Speaker 3: Does does he have to be cleared to travel?
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  Speaker 2: Good question? I would say yes, because if he doesn't
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  Speaker 2: clear by tomorrow then you don't want we wouldn't take him.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, Hm, how how have you thought about CJ
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  Speaker 1: better handing this week?
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  Speaker 2: CJ's been the pro, you know, it's what you expect
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  Speaker 2: from your backup and he's he's no stranger obviously to
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  Speaker 2: this situation this year and in his career, but he's handled, uh,
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  Speaker 2: handled the week. Well.
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  Speaker 1: This is maybe a tough situation for the team after
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  Speaker 1: the three last three games going into this one not
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  Speaker 1: knowing what's.
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  Speaker 2: Going on with the quarterback.
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  Speaker 1: How have you felt like the locker room's handled it
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  Speaker 1: this week?
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  Speaker 2: Pretty well? I mean, you know, for the most part,
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  Speaker 2: there's been no distractions, you know, not a lot of
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  Speaker 2: questions or wondering if some went ends or you know,
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  Speaker 2: the butts and and guys just focus on their job,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and and obviously you know with situations like this,
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  Speaker 2: when any players in a in a concussion protocol, I
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  Speaker 2: mean it's just up to the the player himself, the
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  Speaker 2: healing and and then going through the proper steps. So
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  Speaker 2: I think it's just business as usual.
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  Speaker 1: Do you anticipate, say, practicing being able to go on Sunday?
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  Speaker 2: Probably not. Uh, he is trending well, he's he's he's
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  Speaker 2: working off of the side with our trainers medical staff. Again,
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  Speaker 2: it's a with a hamstring, you know, it's a touchy
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  Speaker 2: situation and I don't want to don't want to risk
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  Speaker 2: anything further as we continue our season, So probably not.
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  Speaker 3: Do you have a gauge at how your team will react.
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  Speaker 3: They did such a good job last year playing well
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  Speaker 3: with their backs against the wall. You talked about that
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  Speaker 3: being the case. Now, do you have a sense that
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  Speaker 3: they will react like you want them to.
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  Speaker 2: I do, and I think they will. You know, it
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  Speaker 2: seems like this is a comfort level of theirs, uh
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  Speaker 2: to play like this. But and that's okay. You know,
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  Speaker 2: as long as they go out and play well and
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  Speaker 2: and compete, you know that that's all you that's all
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  Speaker 2: you can ask for and and let the chips fall.
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  Speaker 2: So they've handled this week well, they've had They've had
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  Speaker 2: a couple of good days of preparation and it's just
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  Speaker 2: a matter of just you know, going and playing.
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  Speaker 1: It's a comfort level for them. Is it an uncomfort
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  Speaker 1: level for you?
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  Speaker 2: It can be. It can be. But look, I mean
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  Speaker 2: that's uh, you know, uh, you gotta trust them, you know,
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  Speaker 2: you put them out there and you trust them and
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  Speaker 2: and uh, you know, the forty eight that dress on
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  Speaker 2: on game day are the ones that have to go
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  Speaker 2: go win the game for you.
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  Speaker 3: Becauesn't how well you guys have played on the road
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  Speaker 3: this year. Were your basis situation like this.
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  Speaker 1: With uncertainty, a quarterback needing the smart Is it almost
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  Speaker 1: good that you're playing a road game this week?
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  Speaker 2: Probably? You know, it does it does keep the team together,
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  Speaker 2: you know, well, we've we've had good experiences that way.
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  Speaker 2: You know, so I think I think playing on the
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  Speaker 2: road does that to teams, you know, and in our
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  Speaker 2: case with the uncertainty quarterback, you know, it could just
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  Speaker 2: it can only help with some of.
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  Speaker 1: The struggles in the last couple of weeks. Have you
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  Speaker 1: in your career seen a team come out i mean
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  Speaker 1: better for it on the other side, after going through
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  Speaker 1: some of the things.
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  Speaker 2: They've dealt with. Yeah, you know, obviously last year was
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  Speaker 2: was most recent. But you know, going back to my
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  Speaker 2: former life, you know, we had we had struggles you know,
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  Speaker 2: during the season, but but we rebounded at the end.
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  Speaker 2: I've shared the story where you know, we finished the
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  Speaker 2: season with four division games and and we had to
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  Speaker 2: win them all to get into the postseason, and we did.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, so I've had experience obviously from that
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  Speaker 2: side of it. I want the experience of having the
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  Speaker 2: lead and and and taking the lead and going. But
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  Speaker 2: either way, bottom line is, you know your guys are
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  Speaker 2: they're focused, they're energized, they're in a good frame of mind,
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  Speaker 2: and and you just trust them and go play.
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  Speaker 1: Brentin Tyson and and Drave did anamed another.
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  Speaker 2: Champ for Sunday. Yeah, Brenton's been good. This week feels good,
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  Speaker 2: So I think I think he's good to go. You know,
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  Speaker 2: Tyson Cisco had good days yesterday. We'll we'll, we'll get them,
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  Speaker 2: you know, a bunch of time today obviously in the
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  Speaker 2: number of reps that we have and and and see
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  Speaker 2: where they're at, you know, optimistic that you know they
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  Speaker 2: can they can play. We're getting Do you think potentially
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  Speaker 2: be a smart for the running game?
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  Speaker 3: Just the versatility has there?
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  Speaker 2: It's possible anytime you add another big body like that.
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  Speaker 2: But again, it just it just comes down to each
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  Speaker 2: each individual in the run game doing his job.
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  Speaker 1: Did you invent the pitch?
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  Speaker 2: The pitch? Uh, It's possible. It's been It's been documented,
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  Speaker 2: I think, uh, going all the way back to ninety nine.
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  Speaker 3: So what is that?
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  Speaker 2: How did you come up with that?
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  Speaker 1: Why?
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  Speaker 2: It was just a comfort level for me just I
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  Speaker 2: had I felt like I had better control on the
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  Speaker 2: football for spinning it and making sure the laces were
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  Speaker 2: in the proper spot and just just kept it, kept
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  Speaker 2: it going.
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  Speaker 1: What do you think backup quarterbacks don't hold anyone.
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  Speaker 2: Like that cause they don't work as much with the kicker.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's usually the punter of kickers long as that.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you see our three guys, they're inseparable, and
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  Speaker 2: you'd never see CJ or you know, a backup quarterback
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  Speaker 2: with those guys, you know, and so you know, back
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  Speaker 2: when I did it, we had to make time, you know,
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  Speaker 2: apart from apart from practice, to get our work in,
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  Speaker 2: and we did and so but but these guys just
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  Speaker 2: hang out so much more together. Punters are used to
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  Speaker 2: catching the ball obviously, and they, like I said, they
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  Speaker 2: hang out and they know each other and a lot
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  Speaker 2: of conversation on that stuff. He's a pretty good holding
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  Speaker 2: heck yeah, except my first couple in Miami, but they
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  Speaker 2: didn't start off very good. Dropped him on an extra point.
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  Speaker 2: Pete Stanovitch was the kicker. I think I dropped my
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  Speaker 2: first extra point and I got rolled up. Yeah, not
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  Speaker 2: good catch them. I didn't. I didn't drop anymore after that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he didn't make the.
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  Speaker 2: Kick, No, because I missed it. I dropped it. I
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  Speaker 2: had to get up and make a I had to
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  Speaker 2: make the fire call and scramble and you get not good.
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  Speaker 2: It's not good.
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  Speaker 3: Situation for Sunday. A coin flip situation is that.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's better than that. Than a coin flip.
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  Speaker 2: But still, you know, this is Friday and he's still
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  Speaker 2: technically in the protocol, you know, until until he can clear.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, you're really it's hard to eat. You
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  Speaker 2: really can't even compare it. It's not really a coin flip, right,
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  Speaker 2: it has to be yes or no, you know type deal.
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  Speaker 1: Sorry, without say and without Christian, what are you gonna
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  Speaker 1: need from Calvin on Sunday?
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  Speaker 2: Just be Calvin. Don't do anything more, don't do anything less.
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  Speaker 2: Just be Calvin. Do what we ask him to do,
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  Speaker 2: you know, be a part of the offense. Really, nothing more,
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  Speaker 2: nothing less.
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  Speaker 1: You have some young receivers that are gonna be filling in,
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  Speaker 1: like Parker Washington's been getting some reps. You might need
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  Speaker 1: Elijah Cooks a little bit more this week. How do
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  Speaker 1: the practice reps become more valuable? And with Trevor I
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  Speaker 1: guess missing some of the days of practice, does that
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  Speaker 1: impact I mean, I guess their redibility for Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: Well, obviously they're gonna have to play. You know. The
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  Speaker 2: good thing is they've got they've gotten work with Trevor
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  Speaker 2: in previous weeks due to our injury situation, due that
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  Speaker 2: Christian has been out so Parker's gotten a lot more time,
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  Speaker 2: you know with Christian. Elijah's gotten more time, you know,
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  Speaker 2: with with Trevor and and c J. Both and you know,
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  Speaker 2: so there is some there's time on task obviously, but
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  Speaker 2: it's it's still kind of a work in progress with
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  Speaker 2: those guys getting to know, you know, body language, demeanor, depths, routes,
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  Speaker 2: things like that, and you know, but you know, Parker,
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  Speaker 2: Parker continues to improve the more he plays and get better,
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  Speaker 2: and Elijah's the same way of obviously, you.
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  Speaker 3: Know, Christians injuries various injuries kind of played into this.
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  Speaker 1: But where you thought Elijah and Parker would be this
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  Speaker 1: point of the season in terms of number of reps,
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  Speaker 1: were really hoping a red shirt done essentially versus where
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  Speaker 1: they are now, where.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously they have not more of a larger way.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, when the season started they were both down,
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  Speaker 2: you know, inactive, and now they're both active and and
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  Speaker 2: so it just it just goes to show you that
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  Speaker 2: anybody on the fifty three has to be in really
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  Speaker 2: a practice squad. They have to be ready to play.
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  Speaker 2: So that's why the you know, I put the importance
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  Speaker 2: too on the coaching staff to make sure that everybody's
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  Speaker 2: coached up and and you know everybody doesn't get the
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  Speaker 2: same level of game plan, but they still have to
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  Speaker 2: know a certain aspect of it. And you never know
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  Speaker 2: when you know your number is going to be called.
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  Speaker 2: And now at the end of the season where we are,
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  Speaker 2: both guys have bigger roles and bigger impacts, and so yes,
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  Speaker 2: it's on the coaching staff, but it's also on the
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  Speaker 2: player to make sure he understands his role and and
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  Speaker 2: you know where he gets plugged in, you know, to
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  Speaker 2: the game plan. And I've said if Trevor doesn't clear
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  Speaker 2: protocol tomorrow, he can't travel.
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  Speaker 1: But I try to find, like all the rules of
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  Speaker 1: the concush protocol online, I can't find. Is there a
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  Speaker 1: chance on.
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  Speaker 2: It's not on Google's not on the internet.
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  Speaker 1: You could test Sunday morning, and then you guys put
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  Speaker 1: 'em on.
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  Speaker 2: You're asking questions out of my realm. Most guys, I
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  Speaker 2: you either if you most guys, if you don't clear
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  Speaker 2: usually by Friday, kay, then y you just you can't
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  Speaker 2: risk putting a guy on the field this close to
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  Speaker 2: game time, right, So, and that's any player, you know,
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  Speaker 2: So just take the position out of it. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: he is training in the right direction and then hopefully
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  Speaker 2: you know, things go well todayh you know, he's really close.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we'll have to make a decision on him,
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  Speaker 2: you know, coming up, you know, as far as you know,
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  Speaker 2: fifty three or if if we can't, then he'll just
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  Speaker 2: he'll stay down, you know, the rest of the year, Okay,