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Mike Macdonald: "This Has Been A Great Experience For Us" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: All right, very good, All right, appreciate everybody making the trip,
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  Speaker 1: but uh good to see everybody here.
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  Speaker 2: That was it's great work.
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  Speaker 1: First, just want to uh, you know, thank Matt and
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  Speaker 1: the Packers organization for hosting us in great hosts so far.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it was really cool to see the guys
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  Speaker 1: you know, come down the road here getting ready for
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  Speaker 1: practice with all the kids on the bikes and stuff.
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  Speaker 1: So it's been a great experience for us. And I
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  Speaker 1: thought we had a great practice. I got a lot
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  Speaker 1: of good stuff came out of it, I think, and
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  Speaker 1: and there'd be a lot more on tape and we
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  Speaker 1: get to watch it, so look forward to that and
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  Speaker 1: then getting ready for our game on Saturday.
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  Speaker 2: So good stuff. That's most ten. I was with them
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  Speaker 2: the whole day. We did some good stuff.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, look, you're going against a team that you haven't
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  Speaker 1: you haven't seen and haven't really prepared for us. Our
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  Speaker 1: guys reacted to their formations and movements.
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  Speaker 2: Uh well took us.
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  Speaker 1: Took us a couple of plays to get get our
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  Speaker 1: feet settled, get used to get used to surface, but
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  Speaker 1: U situational football that did some did some positive things.
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  Speaker 1: And uh yeah, I mean there'll be more. They'll more,
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  Speaker 1: they'll come up when when we watch the tapettone Skelly,
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  Speaker 1: the guys, guys are on it.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, that was a great period for us.
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  Speaker 1: But you know these things you're not You're just you're
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  Speaker 1: kind of just running your stuff and uh, seeing how
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  Speaker 1: you guys execute and kind of make calls in real time,
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  Speaker 1: which is which is great to see.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you got a little offensive times, but just kind
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  Speaker 2: of the normal stuff for.
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  Speaker 1: This or yeah, I mean it gets you know, it
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  Speaker 1: gets a little chippy, and I think when you get
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  Speaker 1: like big people, it's just because you're just kind of
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  Speaker 1: everyone's trying to figure everything out and things like that.
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  Speaker 1: So but our look, our guys are they stay composed.
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  Speaker 1: After those things, kind of came back down and executed
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  Speaker 1: the second half of practice. That was good to see.
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  Speaker 2: Off to get out to day And well, I know
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  Speaker 2: he practiced.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't see that field, so I haven't really got
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  Speaker 1: the report on how he did or how he felt.
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  Speaker 2: So we'll see over the next hour so when we
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  Speaker 2: watch it. But uh, he looked good after practice, I
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  Speaker 2: think so. I think he made it off all right.
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  Speaker 1: Charles Crosses been able to do more just the progress
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  Speaker 1: he's made like you maybe at Yeah, you know, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: if you know Charles, he's gonna he wants to do everything.
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  Speaker 1: So we have a plan, you know, bringing him back,
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  Speaker 1: and you know he wants to he wants to go.
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  Speaker 1: So uh, it's great to see see him out there
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  Speaker 1: and doing his thing for.
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  Speaker 2: Him to get some contact words today. But the first
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  Speaker 2: time he's seen Charles Charles. Yeah, yeah, is that any
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  Speaker 2: education that should find one.
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  Speaker 1: Well, there's never any absolutes, but I think that's a
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  Speaker 1: fair fair assumption that'll be ready to go. But yeah,
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  Speaker 1: like not being able to play in the game and
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  Speaker 1: then coming in and having this is why we do
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  Speaker 1: the practice, you know, so you can be in this
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  Speaker 1: environment and have good, good physical competition and and and
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  Speaker 1: test it out.
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  Speaker 2: So I think uh, I think they said it one
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  Speaker 2: all right. I think we still see Jalen with the ones,
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  Speaker 2: the senior starting center. Uh, Jalen's with the ones right now. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: where it is only I look like he got a
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  Speaker 2: lot of work today.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, OLU practice today for the first time full in
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  Speaker 1: in a minute and uh again the only the only
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  Speaker 1: period I saw.
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  Speaker 2: Was two minutes. So we'll watch it and evaluate from there.
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  Speaker 2: Sketched the resident player.
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  Speaker 1: Uh yeah, it's it's not gonna it's probably not gonna
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  Speaker 1: be every day.
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  Speaker 2: It's just it's just it's the way it is.
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  Speaker 1: Ready. Yeah, yeah, this is great, he's when he again.
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  Speaker 1: This week has been big for him. I think, uh,
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  Speaker 1: the plan, you know, it's hard to plan these things
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  Speaker 1: out like several weeks in advance because you don't know
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  Speaker 1: things are gonna respond, but you know, take it week
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  Speaker 1: by week and plant plant it out and and then
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  Speaker 1: go attack it something like this experience. Oh yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: mean and look they I trust, trust me that the
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  Speaker 1: other team hears him too.
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  Speaker 2: And it's great. I mean, he look it's so positive,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's all it's.
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  Speaker 1: All uh with a spirit of energy and getting our
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  Speaker 1: guys to play the way we want and it's infectious.
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  Speaker 2: Shoot it. It affects me.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, we love having them out there. Well, I think, uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it'd be good to go down and score.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think we went down and scort. So let's go,
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  Speaker 1: uh see what happened and go improve on it. Yeah, Shack,
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  Speaker 1: I thought Shack had a good day, showed up, made
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  Speaker 1: some plays, felt him down there in the red zone.
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  Speaker 1: I thought two minute I thought he had PBu im
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  Speaker 1: if I remember right, So, uh yeah, look, he's just
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  Speaker 1: he just keeps climbing. So I think we're on a
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  Speaker 1: good little track here.
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  Speaker 2: Anything new on that tiger's name.
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  Speaker 1: We got some great news today, so that's what I
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  Speaker 1: was suferring to earlier in the week. So we're now
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  Speaker 1: we're kind of activating the plan and so we'll see
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  Speaker 1: how long it takes. But uh, really positive day on
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  Speaker 1: on on te Night's front this morning. I don't know,
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  Speaker 1: it's just it's it's it's a health matter, but it
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  Speaker 1: basically said, hey, we're we're good to go to the
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  Speaker 1: rock and roll.
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  Speaker 2: So positive, Yeah, we can start start working out.
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  Speaker 1: Me.
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  Speaker 2: He hasn't hasn't moved, he hasn't really worked out.
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  Speaker 1: In a week, so we've got to be smart with
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  Speaker 1: him coming back.
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  Speaker 2: Also did the whole lot of sea keeping ready.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so part of the you know, we did an
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  Speaker 1: individual period here with ad before practice fully padded, looked great,
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  Speaker 1: felt great, and look this is the first time the
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  Speaker 1: guys put on pads in almost a year, so well
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  Speaker 1: not almost a year, but since really the season. So
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  Speaker 1: the great first day back. It's really positive and we'll
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  Speaker 1: keep we'll keep building it out from here.
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  Speaker 2: Look like somethingw did Mike Morris or yeah, I got
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  Speaker 2: a little dinged up. We're evaluating him right now.
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  Speaker 1: What are your order?
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  Speaker 2: Uh?
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  Speaker 1: I don't have an update on Tory. It's not because
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  Speaker 1: it's not going well. It's just we're just got to
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  Speaker 1: see how the ankle how and when how fast it
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  Speaker 1: calms down. People, I'm always concerned. I'm concerned about everything.
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  Speaker 1: Are you concerned about Hey? Yes, I'm always that's my nature.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean i'd say we're optimistic. You know
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  Speaker 1: about where he's at, and and you know he's got
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  Speaker 1: two weeks, so where's flight?
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  Speaker 2: So you did see where you concerned about osteners?
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  Speaker 1: That's just part I think it's somewhere in the middle.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: You just it's hard to tell, like what happened? Who said?
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  Speaker 1: What?
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  Speaker 2: I mean?
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  Speaker 1: Look, you want your guys to defend their guys. There's
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  Speaker 1: a line, you know, whether we you know, whether we
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  Speaker 1: go past the line. I don't think we did, which
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  Speaker 1: is good. Our guys stay composed. But some of these
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  Speaker 1: things do tend to happen. And when it's like however
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  Speaker 1: it gets started, who knows how how it works. Hopefully
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  Speaker 1: it's not our guys. But you know, people are going
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  Speaker 1: to react to certain to a certain extent. And but
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  Speaker 1: I think our guys handled it pretty well.
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  Speaker 2: What do you what do you want to see for
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  Speaker 2: Saturday with your team?
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  Speaker 1: And I imagine a lot of the veterans gonna see Saturday. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: Jalen's gonna start the game at quarterback. He's gonna play
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  Speaker 1: the whole game. It's gonna be awesome.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: Our starters probably won't be out there a matter of fact,
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  Speaker 1: they won't be And so the guys that uh after,
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  Speaker 1: those guys will go rock and roll and let's go
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  Speaker 1: have a great football game.
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  Speaker 2: Let's go play our style of ball.
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  Speaker 1: If Jayleen gets the whole game, gets the whole game,
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  Speaker 1: what do you what do you want to see from day.
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  Speaker 2: Well, he is getting the whole game.
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  Speaker 1: Uh yeah, Look, I think it's just a great opportunity
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  Speaker 1: for him to get great experience. All rookies they need,
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  Speaker 1: they need reps, they need experience. And Jaleen's right there.
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  Speaker 1: I know he's really excited for the opportunity and he's
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  Speaker 1: gonna do a great job.
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  Speaker 2: So go out and operate the offense and go play
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  Speaker 2: ball the way you know how, and let's go.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure as the question about, oh yeah, we've got
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  Speaker 1: a first down look pretty good, does.
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  Speaker 2: That seem like something that could be part of what
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  Speaker 2: he does see could be? Yeah, that could be.
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  Speaker 1: I mean we've already done it, so it's on tape,
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  Speaker 1: so yeah, I think, you know, it's important to be
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  Speaker 1: able to get those converted the story yard situations, so.
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  Speaker 2: It's good play right now.
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  Speaker 1: It seems like part of why I've worked so well
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  Speaker 1: with the Eagles is that Jim persons so strong, because
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  Speaker 1: that's such a strong Yeah, that's part of That's part
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  Speaker 1: of the reason we're doing it with him. Yeah for sure. Yeah, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: Jalen's you've seen him. He's strong person.
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  Speaker 2: Center midle like Kank guards.
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  Speaker 1: We need to see those guys playing and sou We'll
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  Speaker 1: probably make an announcement probably sometime next week.
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  Speaker 2: Like your defense is that obviously do not say? Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that's kind of challenges said.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, those guys are great players, versatile, you know, tight
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  Speaker 1: ends sometimes like knights and chess, where they kind of
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  Speaker 1: they kind of do like funky things that keep you
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  Speaker 1: off balanced, but they can build different sets out of it,
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  Speaker 1: which is uh, which is cool. We do the same
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  Speaker 1: thing with our guys, but they made some plays out
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  Speaker 1: there today, so we had a lot of respect for
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  Speaker 1: those guys.
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  Speaker 2: You excited.
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  Speaker 1: Well, it's always it's always gonna be how we operate,
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  Speaker 1: We play physical, do we hit our targets, do we
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  Speaker 1: finish plays the right way?
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  Speaker 2: Uh?
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  Speaker 1: Making the correct decisions in real time? Are we being decisive?
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  Speaker 1: It's always gonna be the same criteria. So uh, we'll
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  Speaker 1: go from there. But yeah, it's Uh, I felt like
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  Speaker 1: there's some great stuff that happened, especially in the run game.
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  Speaker 2: One practice chal better the challenge. I'm starting to prefer
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  Speaker 2: the one. The one practice.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, it's just I think I think you get just
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  Speaker 1: more execution, more time on task, a little bit more
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  Speaker 1: potent of a practice kind of get in, get out
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  Speaker 1: so you're out there the whole week.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: Lends the opportunity to maybe do it against multiple teams.
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  Speaker 1: Just something that will probably look into the future, but
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  Speaker 1: you know these things. You know, I could say that
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  Speaker 1: and we decide go different direction next year, but right
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  Speaker 1: now that's that's my preference and look.
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  Speaker 2: And getting game opportunities was great too.
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  Speaker 1: Our guys being able to go out there in front
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  Speaker 1: of the twelves under you know, feeling the environment, you know,
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  Speaker 1: looking back at it, probably was the best thing for
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  Speaker 1: our team. Uh So those guys got experience, you know,
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  Speaker 1: in in you know, in our home stadium too. So
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  Speaker 1: I think it's all positive, But it depends on how
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  Speaker 1: well you work together with the other team. And and
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  Speaker 1: like I said, Matt and the Packers were great partners today.
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  Speaker 1: Lookay Stevenson, steven sim looks like he's got a lot
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  Speaker 1: of work out there today with the return. Yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: he looked good. He's still still working his way back
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  Speaker 1: from the hamstring, so.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you, all right, thank you.