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  Speaker 1: Like who with Travis gives and who has sort of
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  Speaker 1: emerged that made him a little bit dependable.
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  Speaker 2: From that standpoint.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I don't think I don't think anything or
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  Speaker 3: anybody is expendable. I think I think that you know,
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  Speaker 3: when you have good players and and other teams have needs, y,
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  Speaker 3: you're obviously gonna you're gonna listen. You're gonna listen to
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  Speaker 3: what other teams. I mean, it's no different during the
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  Speaker 3: draft process or a free agency or anything like that.
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  Speaker 3: And and Trevis has done an outstanding job for us.
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  Speaker 2: And he's you know, he.
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  Speaker 3: Just you know, I it's a it's a grad I
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  Speaker 3: think it's a good situation for him. It's a good situation,
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  Speaker 3: you know, for the team he's going to and the
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  Speaker 3: obviously the the uh the compensation you know, for us,
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  Speaker 3: and and it's a win win uh. Gives him an
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  Speaker 3: opportunity to play. And and you know, he put good
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  Speaker 3: f he put good tape out there, you know, uh,
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  Speaker 3: his play and wish him nothing but the best. Spoke
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  Speaker 3: with him this morning, and you know he's happy and
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  Speaker 3: excited for the opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: How happy are you with the development of your young
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  Speaker 1: guys at that position? Beyond Josh, Trayvon and Armstead good.
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  Speaker 3: You know obviously you know, Miles has really improved. You know,
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  Speaker 3: DJ Coleman's another one. That's that's that's improved a little
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  Speaker 3: bit and over through the through camp and the offseason
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  Speaker 3: program and and you know.
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  Speaker 2: It just it it it's what you want. It's it's
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  Speaker 2: your developments.
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  Speaker 3: But we talked about, you know, going back to day one,
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  Speaker 3: right and how we developed the roster and and.
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  Speaker 2: A good situation.
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  Speaker 1: Now since you guys over at camp, are you happy
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  Speaker 1: with the progress that the team has made over that time.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I'm I'm I'm happy, but you know
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  Speaker 3: you're never satisfied, right, I mean there's still work to
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  Speaker 3: do and and we can continue to get better.
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  Speaker 2: And we haven't seen all the pieces.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I mentioned Eric. I mean we haven't seen him,
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  Speaker 3: but but we know who he is. It'll be good
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  Speaker 3: to you know, I'll be offensively to get get Christian
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  Speaker 3: back and get him back in the offense. And but yeah,
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  Speaker 3: pleased and please with the development of of uh, you know,
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  Speaker 3: the entire roster.
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  Speaker 4: You mentioned a while ago that the final decision on
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  Speaker 4: the roster is going to be the toughest roster. You
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  Speaker 4: had to, you know, you and the staff have had
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  Speaker 4: to decide even given to the ten you've got yesterday,
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  Speaker 4: made decisions on yesterday, you know, was it as difficult
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  Speaker 4: as you thought it was gonna be?
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  Speaker 3: And is that even gonna be even more so to
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  Speaker 3: either tomorrow? It is I mean that he never I
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  Speaker 3: mean again, been in this business a while now, and
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  Speaker 3: it's never easy, you know, to make these moves and
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  Speaker 3: these decisions, and it's just unfortunate, you know, that's what
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  Speaker 3: the rules are. And by doing it early, you know,
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  Speaker 3: earlier than.
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  Speaker 2: Tuesday, it allows these guys opportunities.
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  Speaker 3: You know, uh to be picked up, you know, and
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  Speaker 3: and we still have some moves to make you know,
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  Speaker 3: by tomorrow. But again it's it's it's never easy. These
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  Speaker 3: guys have have you know, busted their tails and and
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  Speaker 3: have have done some good things and and you know,
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  Speaker 3: really put themselves in a position to hopefully now help
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  Speaker 3: help another squad. How is Christian do wou'd have to
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  Speaker 3: having the last a couple of weeks off good?
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  Speaker 2: Well, what's the challenge of practices too? Before the cuts
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  Speaker 2: to after the cuts?
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  Speaker 4: How hard do you go?
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  Speaker 2: You started looking at Miami?
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  Speaker 3: How do you use yes, you know, yeah, I mean
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  Speaker 3: you're still we listen, We're still developing, We're still working.
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  Speaker 3: There's some things we got to clean up from the
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  Speaker 3: game you know, the other night, and still working on
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  Speaker 3: situational things, you know, as a team. And and then
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  Speaker 3: you know, once we do get to you know, down
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  Speaker 3: to the you know, fifty three or so, and we
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  Speaker 3: get our practice squad guys back in here, then we
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  Speaker 3: can kind of get into more of an end season
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  Speaker 3: routine with them.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we'll look, we'll look a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: At Miami, you know, probably later in the week, but
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  Speaker 3: right now, it's still let's let's clean up the game
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  Speaker 3: and and you know, continue to push.
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  Speaker 1: You've seen out a Tradeon Walker as a house rusher
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  Speaker 1: and his skill set there.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you're seeing a guy that is like a sponge.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, he's just he's eating up you know, all
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  Speaker 3: the coaching points and it's really has been beneficial to
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  Speaker 3: him on the field. You're seeing his length show up,
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  Speaker 3: You're seeing his power and explosiveness show up, and just
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  Speaker 3: continues to get better, you know, each week, just continues
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  Speaker 3: to improve and and you know it, you see his speed,
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  Speaker 3: that athleticism, you know, on tape and the physicality part
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  Speaker 3: of it I think shows up.
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  Speaker 2: So, uh, he's done. He's done a really nice job.
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  Speaker 3: And and you know, looking forward to really I think
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  Speaker 3: getting into a game plan routine with with those guys
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  Speaker 3: and and really scheming, you know, an offensive line said,
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  Speaker 3: I guess Friday Night back sometimes reverts back to the
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  Speaker 3: old Patriots ways there can you just elaborate on what's
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  Speaker 3: a minute about that? Listen, it's not yeah, I know
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  Speaker 3: this scene got blown out of proportion. But you know,
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  Speaker 3: when you when you it's no different than myself. I
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  Speaker 3: grew up in green Bay, right, played for Green Bay,
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  Speaker 3: played for this this, and you learn certain things, so
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  Speaker 3: you know, you go somewhere else like I went to Cleveland,
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  Speaker 3: and you revert back terminology, hand signals, you know, plays
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  Speaker 3: things like that.
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  Speaker 2: That's that's what you're talking about.
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  Speaker 3: And sometimes he he pulls out an old hand signal
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  Speaker 3: or throws out some old terminology or something because that's
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  Speaker 3: what he's he's known, right, that's what he's been he's been.
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  Speaker 2: A part of for the last several years.
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  Speaker 3: And and uh, you know it's not a it's not
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  Speaker 3: a slide, a knock and anything. It's just That's what
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  Speaker 3: I meant, you know, And and and he and he,
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  Speaker 3: like I said, he's been he's been great. He's been
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  Speaker 3: great for the room. He's played extremely well. And you know,
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  Speaker 3: we we got to keep continuing to grow, you know.
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  Speaker 3: And and it's just sometimes especially as quarterbacks and and
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  Speaker 3: as astute as he is, and he studies the game
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  Speaker 3: extremely well, just just the terminology and learning, learning our way,
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  Speaker 3: you know, and how we do it.
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  Speaker 2: And and you know, that's that's the That's what I
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  Speaker 2: meant by it.
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  Speaker 4: It seemed like Trevor had some success under center against Atlanta.
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  Speaker 1: Have you seen him kind of grow there, because I'm
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  Speaker 1: sure he didn't probably did much of that for the NFL.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think he did any of it, you know
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  Speaker 3: in college, Geene, why are you back there? I just
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  Speaker 3: looked up and I'm like, no, I think Trevor's really
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  Speaker 3: grown under center.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he's getting more comfortable with it. I like it.
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  Speaker 3: It's kind of the traditional you know, uh, part of
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  Speaker 3: the offense, but.
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  Speaker 2: You know it just uh, I think I think it too.
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  Speaker 3: It kind of balances your offense a little bit, not
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  Speaker 3: as many indicators running pass and and something we can
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  Speaker 3: continue to grow with you're starting five offensive line out
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  Speaker 3: there together against the Falcons.
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  Speaker 4: What do you see and where you pleased with the
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  Speaker 4: results in the running again?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you know I saw I saw these guys really
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  Speaker 3: kind of roll off the ball, I know, two really
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  Speaker 3: good drives you know to.
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  Speaker 2: End in touchdowns.
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  Speaker 3: And and I thought these guys did a did a
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  Speaker 3: did a really good job playing together.
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  Speaker 2: Communication. There was great communication on the.
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  Speaker 3: Sideline between the you know, between those two series right there.
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  Speaker 3: And you know saw some physicality you know in the
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  Speaker 3: run game, which is good to see. And again, part
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  Speaker 3: of today is to go back and kind of clean
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  Speaker 3: up some things, you know, with those guys. But I thought, overall,
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  Speaker 3: you know, it was really good to see him get
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  Speaker 3: out there and get some meaningful reps in those games.
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  Speaker 2: It's practice this week at all? Are you still yeah?
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  Speaker 2: We get him back out there and and get him
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  Speaker 2: get him rolling. He's more day to.
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  Speaker 1: Day Antony Harrison's been back now for a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: What kind of strikes to be seen out of him
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  Speaker 1: and his growth?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, he he's just probably he he's playing really well.
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  Speaker 3: Actually had a really good camp. You see his I
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  Speaker 3: I I think for me, it's it's what you see
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  Speaker 3: in him, as is the confidence now you know, having
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  Speaker 3: played a full season and and really understanding you know,
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  Speaker 3: how to play that position, and continues to to grow
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  Speaker 3: and and improve.
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  Speaker 2: But you know he's he's done it out, he's done.
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  Speaker 3: He's again he's been one of the bright spots of
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  Speaker 3: camp and excited to watch him, you know, get to
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  Speaker 3: get the season going well.
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  Speaker 2: How you guys did the no douth chart this offseason?
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  Speaker 1: How much do you think that helped kind of step players?
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  Speaker 1: I know you mentioned cole and Coleman shines a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: How much do you think.
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  Speaker 3: I I think it helps tremendously because you know that
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  Speaker 3: what happens is you put a depth chart up and
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  Speaker 3: they start looking at numbers and the line, how long
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  Speaker 3: is the line? And instead of how can I get
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  Speaker 3: better and improve? And then you know, you just keep
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  Speaker 3: you keep rolling.
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  Speaker 2: Them out there.
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  Speaker 3: Whether they're working with the first unit, second unit, doesn't matter.
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  Speaker 2: You know they're getting they're.
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  Speaker 3: Getting valuable reps and and I think it definitely plays
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  Speaker 3: into the psyche of a player.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they're not looking at the length of the line.
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  Speaker 4: And how much is Ryan and the rest of the
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  Speaker 4: coaches under him, You know, just kind of explain that
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  Speaker 4: to the guys because it is something that's different.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it, you know, it's one of the
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  Speaker 3: things that that as coaches you got to over communicate
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  Speaker 3: clarity and players know right up front that this is
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  Speaker 3: the way it's gonna be, you know, and and you're
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  Speaker 3: gonna get your opportunity.
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  Speaker 2: You're gonna be out there with you.
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  Speaker 3: Know, it will be you whoever's DJ or Miles Cole,
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  Speaker 3: whoever that is, You're gonna be with Josh or Treyvon
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  Speaker 3: or one of those guys out there, you know, And
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  Speaker 3: and it's it's just a matter of how you know,
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  Speaker 3: how you're performing that moment.
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  Speaker 1: What kind of desk do you think you've build along
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  Speaker 1: the offensive line? That seems like that's gonna be potentially
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  Speaker 1: a lot of tough decisions.
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  Speaker 2: I think there's really good, really good depth. I mean
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  Speaker 2: you think of what you know.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously, Walker Walker Little is a I mean unfortunately, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: he's a backup, but he's a starter in this league.
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  Speaker 2: The way Cole has.
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  Speaker 3: Performed, the way Blake has performed, Cooper, how he's come along,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, there's some and even even you know, Javon Foster,
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  Speaker 3: I mean we've seen strides in him throughout camp. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: it just it's it's it's tough, you know, because you
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  Speaker 3: see it every every year where where teams lose an
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  Speaker 3: offensive lineman, you know, knock on wood and and and
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  Speaker 3: so they're always looking, you know, for big bodies, and
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  Speaker 3: it's you know, for me, you just don't entrance the
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  Speaker 3: same way. You just don't want to give them up
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  Speaker 3: too easily. And you know, these guys have done a
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  Speaker 3: nice job giving us that depth.