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Press Pass | Doug Pederson on Camp Standouts, Preseason Week 1 vs. Chiefs · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: I have had officials practice yet this year. I don't
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  Speaker 1: think we're.
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  Speaker 2: Gonna have them for Tampa Bay.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, I believe we're gonna have I know, Bill vinovit,
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  Speaker 3: Bill Vinovich and his.
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  Speaker 2: Crew will be here and Brad Allen.
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  Speaker 3: I believe we're gonna have two NFL crews here, one
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  Speaker 3: to work the Tampa side and one to work ourside.
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  Speaker 3: Was that?
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  Speaker 1: Uh, I guess something different and I'm trying to think.
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  Speaker 1: I thought you.
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  Speaker 3: Guys had I mean usually usually if if we don't
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  Speaker 3: do a joint practice, obviously I would bring him in
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  Speaker 3: like the first week or so, you know, But since
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  Speaker 3: we're having the joint practice next week after this game,
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  Speaker 3: then uh, just wait till then.
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  Speaker 1: The work you guys have gotten done so far through
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  Speaker 1: the first.
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  Speaker 3: Two weeks, yeah, yeah, you know, please where we're headed
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  Speaker 3: and the work we've got done, it's you know, you know,
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  Speaker 3: one of the things with training camp as a coach,
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  Speaker 3: you try to provide is you try to provide the
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  Speaker 3: competition and and we've seen a lot of good competition
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  Speaker 3: out there, and you know, plus we're you know, putting
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  Speaker 3: guys in some positions to to see what they can do,
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  Speaker 3: you know, and that's part of the developmental process.
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  Speaker 2: So been pleased were we're at right now issues.
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  Speaker 4: On the offensive line injury wise, Does that affect your
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  Speaker 4: thought process on Trevor Saturday.
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  Speaker 3: No, you know, we're we're still we're still in a
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  Speaker 3: good good spot with the you know, with the five.
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  Speaker 3: You know right now, you know, hopefully with Anton today, tomorrow,
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  Speaker 3: we'll see where he's at. Hopefully we get him back
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  Speaker 3: down on the field on Wednesday and some some time
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  Speaker 3: and get him ready to go. And and Cam has
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  Speaker 3: been working, you know, some individual walkthroughs.
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  Speaker 2: Get him get him going again.
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  Speaker 3: You know, coming up, Ezra will just have to see,
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  Speaker 3: you know, with him, I don't want to push him,
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  Speaker 3: you know, with his I think it's just left heel.
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  Speaker 3: Just want to make sure that that he's he's one
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  Speaker 3: hundred percent. But you know, these first couple of games
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  Speaker 3: are you know, we get to control kind of what
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  Speaker 3: we do offensively, and you know, again you just want
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  Speaker 3: to see execution and the guys play hard.
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  Speaker 5: You go into that first three season game, how do
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  Speaker 5: you balance trying to get some of the young guys
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  Speaker 5: in I guess situations so you can see what they
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  Speaker 5: can do during those game.
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  Speaker 1: I guess type situations.
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  Speaker 3: Well, as soon as you know, and you guys know,
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  Speaker 3: I've usually played the starters or penciled in starters, you know,
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  Speaker 3: a series or two in this first game and then
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  Speaker 3: get them out and then really from there, it's it's
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  Speaker 3: we want to look at everybody, and so you have
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  Speaker 3: three quarters, maybe three and a half to really get
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  Speaker 3: a good look at a lot of the young players
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  Speaker 3: and see what you have there.
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  Speaker 2: And so sometimes it doesn't work out that way.
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  Speaker 3: You know, maybe guys play more special teams than they
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  Speaker 3: do offense defense, But at the same time, you still
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  Speaker 3: want to give everybody a chance to get in this
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  Speaker 3: game and play. How you balance that evaluation from what
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  Speaker 3: you see guys on the practice field to I guess what.
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  Speaker 1: You see from them on that game field.
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  Speaker 3: Well, the you know game, it's real officials under the lights.
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  Speaker 2: Everything's magnified.
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  Speaker 3: You know, the false starts in practice we kind of
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  Speaker 3: we correct it, but false start in the game, we
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  Speaker 3: back it up five yards.
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  Speaker 2: You know, stuff like that becomes real.
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  Speaker 3: So just those little things details and and but at
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  Speaker 3: the same time, you know, it's it's it's an opportunity
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  Speaker 3: for these guys to really kind of showcase themselves and uh,
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  Speaker 3: you know, put their best foot forward.
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  Speaker 4: At the time that you've spent over the years with
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  Speaker 4: with Andy, both being on his stack and coaching against him.
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  Speaker 4: What is it that that separates him in whatever way
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  Speaker 4: you feel, from just other coaches. And you know, when
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  Speaker 4: you look at his success other than having three of
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  Speaker 4: the best players in the National Football.
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  Speaker 3: League, helse helps, it helps, Uh, you know, the success
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  Speaker 3: that Andy's had in his career, go back to Philly,
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  Speaker 3: Kansas City. Obviously, it's it's it's he understands the process,
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  Speaker 3: meaning meaning it's you're You're not a finished product in September.
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  Speaker 3: You know, he builds through the entire through the entire
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  Speaker 3: season and becomes a finished product at the end of
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  Speaker 3: the year. And and he understands that and understands his team.
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  Speaker 3: He's one of the things I've learned from him, working
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  Speaker 3: with him and playing for him is his attention to
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  Speaker 3: detail with every little.
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  Speaker 2: Thing, you know, it matters.
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  Speaker 3: And and this is the same thing that I stress
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  Speaker 3: with our guys here that we can't let just little minute,
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  Speaker 3: six inch step here becomes magnified in a game, right,
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  Speaker 3: And so he he does the little things better than
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  Speaker 3: than most and probably better than than anyone in the league.
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  Speaker 3: And obviously he's done a great job with developing the
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  Speaker 3: quarterback position, you know, and he's had great quarterbacks, and
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  Speaker 3: it's just the way he you know, I think it
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  Speaker 3: really kind of keeps the his kind of his thumb
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  Speaker 3: and and sort of the pulse of the.
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  Speaker 4: Team get by see can be hired and right people along.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean that that's a big part of it,
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  Speaker 3: you know, surrounding himself with the with the right coaches,
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  Speaker 3: the right guys, and you know, he's done a great
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  Speaker 3: job of that. I think he you know, obviously he
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  Speaker 3: was on a great staff and way back in Green
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  Speaker 3: Bay when when Mike Hongrin was there and there's some
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  Speaker 3: great coaches there, and he learned it.
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  Speaker 2: He learned it, you know, at that point.
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  Speaker 3: And then when he went to Philly, he had a
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  Speaker 3: plethora of coaches on that early you know, those Philadelphia
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  Speaker 3: Eagle staffs, and and even now in Kansas City. And
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  Speaker 3: so his his ability to not only develop his team,
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  Speaker 3: but develop young coaches and coaches on his staff to
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  Speaker 3: either become coordinators or head coaches in this league. I
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  Speaker 3: think that's that's something that you know, Uh, it's a
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  Speaker 3: it's a special talent, you know, and and he's got it.
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  Speaker 1: Doug, regards to Devon Hamilton, how would you describe the
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  Speaker 1: CAMPDA he's signing for it.
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  Speaker 3: He's been he's been great. It's been exciting for me
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  Speaker 3: just to see him back out and he's healthy and
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  Speaker 3: playing well, and you know, we just hope we can
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  Speaker 3: continue to develop him and get him get him ready,
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  Speaker 3: you know as we head towards you know, opening day.
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  Speaker 3: But I've been really pleased where he's at and he
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  Speaker 3: continues to improve.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, Doug, have you been pleased with obviously I think
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  Speaker 1: you are.
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  Speaker 5: But once Cam knew he had the job, Cam littles
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  Speaker 5: the way he's kicked since then.
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  Speaker 1: He obviously kicked well before, but.
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  Speaker 3: Since then, including Saturday, he appeared to be very well.
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  Speaker 1: So there he pleased with his response to getting the job.
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  Speaker 2: I am, I am. And it's still early.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, let's let's not you know, got a lot
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  Speaker 3: of football ahead. But he's done a nice job to date,
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  Speaker 3: right and you know, tried to put him in some situations,
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  Speaker 3: you know, in that stadium practice and that's why I
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  Speaker 3: tried to get.
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  Speaker 2: The fans going at the end.
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  Speaker 3: Just you know, that was a In our minds, we
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  Speaker 3: treated that like a game winning, game winning field goal.
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  Speaker 3: So he did a great job, and he's done a
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  Speaker 3: great job, and you.
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  Speaker 2: Know, we have to I think we want we want
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  Speaker 2: to be careful with him.
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  Speaker 3: We don't want to overkick him, but at the same
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  Speaker 3: time put him in situations where he maybe feels a
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  Speaker 3: little more pressure, and hopefully in these games coming up
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  Speaker 3: that he'll he'll get a chance to do that.
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  Speaker 1: With you looking for younger guys to step up on
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  Speaker 1: the field, have you also seen anyone step up in
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  Speaker 1: the leadership role, which guys like Dewy winger, Cam Robinson's
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  Speaker 1: Saint hurt. Does that leave more room for there two
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  Speaker 1: decent team leaders playing stepping up?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know what I mean.
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  Speaker 3: I think of the defensive side, I think we're Tyson
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  Speaker 3: Campbell and his growth in in what he's now, you know,
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  Speaker 3: bringing to the football team. And one of the things
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  Speaker 3: that I've challenged him to is a little more of
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  Speaker 3: a leadership role on defense because that's still kind of
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  Speaker 3: a young secondary in a way.
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  Speaker 2: You know, Foyer, Devin Lloyd's.
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  Speaker 3: Been another one on defense that that's been more of
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  Speaker 3: a presence out there in the leadership role. I think offensively,
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  Speaker 3: you look at some of the young guys, Tank Robin
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  Speaker 3: or Tank Bigsby.
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  Speaker 2: Has done a nice job in that role, you know.
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  Speaker 2: And then.
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  Speaker 3: You know, the offensive line is the offensive line. You know,
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  Speaker 3: some veteran guys in there. You know, in the receiver room.
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  Speaker 3: You look at obviously what Christian's done, you know, with
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  Speaker 3: that group, and and you're starting to see, you know,
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  Speaker 3: Brian really kind of I want to say, come out
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  Speaker 3: of his shell, but at least open up a little
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  Speaker 3: bit more. And I think it's a you know, a
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  Speaker 3: direct you know, I guess correlation with what what Christian
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  Speaker 3: does in that room as.
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  Speaker 1: Well progress from those second year guys.
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  Speaker 2: Have you seen enough welcome?
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  Speaker 1: Oh fact, apologies if you were asked.
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  Speaker 5: Sorry Ventrell as far as his status, but also availability for.
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  Speaker 1: Saturday, knowing he's had a pretty darn good camp up
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  Speaker 1: to this point.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, No, Ventrel's done a nice job, put himself in
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  Speaker 3: a good position both defensively and on special team. You know,
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  Speaker 3: he's got the hand right now. He'll be out there today,
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  Speaker 3: he'll be in an orange jersey. Try to limit some contact,
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  Speaker 3: just don't want to bang that thing around. But should
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  Speaker 3: be should be good to go for for Saturday. Have
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  Speaker 3: you seen enough for the second year guys to get
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  Speaker 3: a feeling on how much progress they've made? We have
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  Speaker 3: we have, We've really put those guys in position to,
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  Speaker 3: you know, to see what they can do. And I
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  Speaker 3: think Brenton's done a great job there, you know, looking
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  Speaker 3: at him. I think Tank's done a good job, you know,
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  Speaker 3: picking up and some of those guys that that really
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  Speaker 3: have embraced that role that they're in and and even
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  Speaker 3: though they're still kind of in those backup back up
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  Speaker 3: you know, Ton was probably the only one that you
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  Speaker 3: know right now is missing some time, but he's he
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  Speaker 3: was in a good position, you know obviously you know
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  Speaker 3: before before his injury.
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  Speaker 2: But been pleased with with those young players.
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  Speaker 4: Uh.
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  Speaker 5: You got a number of first year players, You've got rookies,
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  Speaker 5: and then of course you got guys that have come into.
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  Speaker 1: This, uh, this franchise. Do you do you.
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  Speaker 5: Creade differently the rookies compared to those who have had experience,
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  Speaker 5: uh in in this league, because they're all coming into
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  Speaker 5: a system or the coaches around.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, it's it's different for both groups. Obviously,
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  Speaker 3: veterans know what training camp is all about. And kind
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  Speaker 3: of how to navigate, you know, the turbulence of camp
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  Speaker 3: a little bit, you know, the highs and lows. Young
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  Speaker 3: guys are kind of figuring it out every single day
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  Speaker 3: from that standpoint. But I think from the x's and o's,
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  Speaker 3: it's still it's still a matter of teaching and as coaches,
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  Speaker 3: you know, just putting them in positions to show us
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  Speaker 3: what they know mentally with with schemes and all that.
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  Speaker 3: So I think from the mental side, it's it's kind
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  Speaker 3: of the same for both. You know, even though I'd
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  Speaker 3: say a veteran player has probably a leg up just
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  Speaker 3: because his knowledge of the game and and oh we
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  Speaker 3: called it this. You know where I came from and
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  Speaker 3: it's now this so they can compare it to, you know,
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  Speaker 3: kind of where they've been. But but you know, the
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  Speaker 3: young guys, this is that time of camp to where
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  Speaker 3: that that wall starts to kind of hit them just
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  Speaker 3: a little bit. You know, Fatigue sets in, soreness sets in.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously we've been going pretty hard, you know, this past week.
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  Speaker 3: So it's how they push through that now as we
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  Speaker 3: get ready for this game.
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  Speaker 1: That's the key to push it through that young guy.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's just a mindset, it really is. It's there,
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  Speaker 2: it's their mental.
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  Speaker 3: I do what I can to try to take care
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  Speaker 3: of their bodies in the afternoons and the way the
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  Speaker 3: schedule is set up, but it's there. It's them becoming
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  Speaker 3: a pro and what it means to be a pro,
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  Speaker 3: how to take care of their bodies, what it means
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  Speaker 3: to get rest at night, what it means to hydrate
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  Speaker 3: or or eat, study when they're tired, you know, And
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  Speaker 3: that's all the that's the process that they have to learn,
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  Speaker 3: because it's probably more of that mental grind, especially when
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  Speaker 3: your body gets tired. Uh, they wear down mentally a
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  Speaker 3: little bit. And and and the ones that can really
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  Speaker 3: uh statementtally strong, really find a.
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  Speaker 2: Way to kind of push through it.
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  Speaker 1: Your your personality.
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  Speaker 5: Was that something that mac he didn't come in here
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  Speaker 5: to kind of get a fresh start.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if it was me.
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  Speaker 3: I think it was just you know, for him, I
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  Speaker 3: think it was just the fresh start. Really, there's a
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  Speaker 3: lot of factors, right, I Mean, obviously he's coming back
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  Speaker 3: home and and you know, place he's familiar with, grew
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  Speaker 3: up the whole thing, played ball here, and that helps,
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  Speaker 3: you know, that helps a lot and I think just
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  Speaker 3: you know that in itself, being around you know, us
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  Speaker 3: as an offensive sort of staff, you know, I think
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  Speaker 3: has helped him a little bit to grow and and
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  Speaker 3: kind of mature as a quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: And and you know, really continue to learn the game.
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  Speaker 1: I guess it seems like he's having a pretty fun time.
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  Speaker 2: He's gonna have a fun time no matter what. I mean.
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  Speaker 3: That's that's I think that's just just his personality.
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  Speaker 2: He's great in the locker room, great with the guys.
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  Speaker 3: He's you know, sometimes he drives us crazy with some
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  Speaker 3: of the stuff he does or says.
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  Speaker 2: But it's, uh, but it's good.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's really good because when he gets in there,
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  Speaker 3: it's business and he's a competitor and he loves to compete.
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  Speaker 5: An example, some of the stuff he drives you great.
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  Speaker 3: I don't just some of the things he says out there,
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  Speaker 3: I can't really repeat them all, but.
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  Speaker 2: It's pretty pretty.
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  Speaker 3: Interesting whether one do you guys address with the Brookies
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  Speaker 3: or free agents, what Florida can be.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously we've got Trumpo storm coming in.
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  Speaker 3: We do we spend we spent some time, you know,
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  Speaker 3: explaining to him that we live in Florida and the
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  Speaker 3: weather can change, you know, in a minute.
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  Speaker 2: And you know when we.
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  Speaker 3: Prep we prepped everybody for for this storm coming in
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  Speaker 3: and making them aware of what's what can happen, you know,
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  Speaker 3: and and you know, I think it's I think it's
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  Speaker 3: for everybody, even some of the new coaches that that
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  Speaker 3: are on staff that haven't been, you know, a part of.
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  Speaker 2: These these storms.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, we want to make sure safety first obviously,
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  Speaker 3: and make sure that that that we we either come
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  Speaker 3: here safely or get home safely. And and if we
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  Speaker 3: got to adjust, we adjust rap.
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  Speaker 1: So you expect to see you sure? Okay, thanks?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? Down?
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  Speaker 1: I mean I was flagging John Jay. It's a cool quach.
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  Speaker 1: So Kate Davis came in with an injury. He slowly progressed.
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  Speaker 1: Now he's one hundred percent.
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  Speaker 5: But do you hesitate at all for that preseason game
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  Speaker 5: against the Chiefs to kind of bring him in full
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  Speaker 5: drottle or is there like a pace that you're trying
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  Speaker 5: to get him through because he was brought here to you.
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  Speaker 1: Know, for the long haul, you know what I'm saying.
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  Speaker 1: And he just got healthy. So what's your what are
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  Speaker 1: your thoughts on that? On the pace that he's game
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  Speaker 1: time mode.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean he's now starting to kind of feel
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  Speaker 3: a little bit better each day.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 3: You got to remember he came in during the rookie camp,
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  Speaker 3: you know, so for three days he was he was working,
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  Speaker 3: and but you know, I plan on, I plan on
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  Speaker 3: you know, playing him some get him out there, you know.
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  Speaker 3: But there again, there there's a fine line with that because,
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  Speaker 3: as you mentioned, we want to make sure he's healthy
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  Speaker 3: for the entire season. And he's done some really good
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  Speaker 3: things and in practice, and he's showing us enough that
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  Speaker 3: you know, and he's one of those veteran guys that
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  Speaker 3: you don't really need to see a ton of in
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  Speaker 3: preseason games. But at the same time, I think it'd
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  Speaker 3: be good for for him to get out there with
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  Speaker 3: his guys, especially this first one, you know, home home game,
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  Speaker 3: all that, and uh and feel that experience.
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  Speaker 1: I anticipated you do you expect Armstead available this week?
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  Speaker 2: Probably have to get back here. I'd probably not for
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  Speaker 2: the game, not for the game, but obviously we're
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  Speaker 3: We're getting close, We're getting closely