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Head Coach Mike Macdonald Gives Final Updates Ahead Of Week 9 vs. Cardinals · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: All right. All right, we've got a few. Charles is
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  Speaker 1: going to be out. We know Sam is out. Quinton
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  Speaker 1: is going to be out. We're going to get to
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  Speaker 1: a minor procedure. He's week to week at this point.
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  Speaker 1: We're not going to put him on IR. So we'll
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  Speaker 1: go from there. But there's a timeline right now that
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  Speaker 1: warrants not IR. So that's what we're going to do.
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  Speaker 1: Cheno will be out. Connor O'Toole is questionable. Brandon Peely
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  Speaker 1: will be out. Rasheed Shaheed will be out and Leo
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  Speaker 1: will be out. So here's your update. In short, he
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  Speaker 1: had something that he was dealing with when he got
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  Speaker 1: here and we re-imaged it and it was aggravated to
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  Speaker 1: some degree. So, you know, we've kind of done the
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  Speaker 1: due diligence and Everybody agrees it's best to take care
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  Speaker 1: of it now and play the long game. So he'll
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  Speaker 1: be week to week at this point. So it's a
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  Speaker 1: knee procedure? Yep.
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  Speaker 2: So who will start it? I guess the guard spots?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so actually the grand plan was to really just
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  Speaker 1: try to shake everything up because we felt like we
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  Speaker 1: were too comfortable. So A.B. will go back to right
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  Speaker 1: guard and Gray will go back to left guard.
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  Speaker 2: Were you guys aware of the knee issue with Quentin
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  Speaker 2: when you made the deal?
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  Speaker 1: I can't give you all the details on what it
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  Speaker 1: was and what we found. Obviously, he passed the physical,
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  Speaker 1: so I think two things are true. One, that it
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  Speaker 1: was something that he was dealing with coming out of
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  Speaker 1: whatever game he was before the trade, and I think
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  Speaker 1: it's been aggravated since he got here.
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  Speaker 2: Drew okay to go?
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  Speaker 1: Drew's going to start, yep. How did he do this
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  Speaker 1: week with the elbow? He's done a great job. And
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Melrose has done a great job as well. So
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  Speaker 1: it's been a tag team effort to get ready. And
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  Speaker 1: I thought both guys have loved their attitude, the details,
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  Speaker 1: all those things. So they're in a good spot. But
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  Speaker 1: Drew's going to start the game.
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  Speaker 2: Is there any– New talk of IR for any of
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  Speaker 2: the guys you mentioned, like Leonard or Rasheed or those guys?
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  Speaker 1: Not to my knowledge, no.
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  Speaker 2: With Leonard, I guess he sounded like he had a
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  Speaker 2: chance to play on Tuesday.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Did anything change with Leonard? Just didn't get better.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, all these guys, they just couldn't, nothing, you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's just the way it goes. They just didn't improve.
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  Speaker 2: How much is the short week a factor here, or
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  Speaker 2: do you think a normal week they wouldn't have played either?
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  Speaker 1: I might be. It might be a factor. It might
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  Speaker 1: be a factor. It still have to like make, you know. Speculation,
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  Speaker 1: I guess.
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  Speaker 2: Generally what kind of progress is Charles made?
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  Speaker 1: Good good Charles and these guys have made just gotta
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  Speaker 1: get over those those hurdles so you can get out
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  Speaker 1: there and practice and. He's working his tail off. All
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  Speaker 1: these guys are working hard since. Haven't been able to
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  Speaker 1: make make it to the game. True lock.
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  Speaker 2: How much have you had to govern his throwing this week?
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  Speaker 1: We've had to manage it. More precautionary than anything else,
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  Speaker 1: without getting into all the specifics, but it's something that
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  Speaker 1: we've had to manage.
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  Speaker 2: Do you still have some of those constraints on Jadarian
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  Speaker 2: and Zach coming this week?
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  Speaker 1: There are some parameters that we're working with for who
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  Speaker 1: it is and to what extent. Probably not tell everybody
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  Speaker 1: on that one.
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  Speaker 2: With Zach in particular, though, can you just feel week
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  Speaker 2: to week?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly. Again, we've had some moving pieces on offense
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  Speaker 1: here for the X amount of weeks now, but as
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  Speaker 1: it starts to calm down and guys get more reps
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  Speaker 1: and more chemistry, I think that'll pay dividends for us.
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  Speaker 2: What kind of work has Sam been able to do
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  Speaker 2: this week?
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  Speaker 1: He's just working in rehab and go through that process,
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  Speaker 1: so You know, he's kind of like a coach on
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  Speaker 1: the field right now. So probably talk to him the
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  Speaker 1: most during practice I've ever had because normally he's taking
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  Speaker 1: all the plays. So it's been fun.
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  Speaker 2: When you have the guard kind of switching stuff, was
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  Speaker 2: there any conversation about, well, do we keep Gray and
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  Speaker 2: let him keep working at right?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah. We've had those conversations. And, you know,
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  Speaker 1: obviously if we knew this was going to happen, you know,
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  Speaker 1: But you just solve one problem at a time. And
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  Speaker 1: we felt like not having a specific timetable and having
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  Speaker 1: it be at least this game and X amount of
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  Speaker 1: practices and then going into the bye, let's put those
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  Speaker 1: guys back where they banked all those reps. So I
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  Speaker 1: think that was the most wise decision. At what point
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  Speaker 1: in the.
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  Speaker 2: Week did Greg go back to left? Did you know
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  Speaker 2: that you had to do that move?
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  Speaker 1: The news on Quinton is fairly recent, so that decision
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  Speaker 1: happened recently.
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  Speaker 2: Yesterday?
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  Speaker 1: Within the last 24 hours.
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  Speaker 2: Mike, with Anthony, you talked about, you know, this may
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  Speaker 2: be a tough thing for him last week. How have
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  Speaker 2: you seen him handle that? And now, I mean, as
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  Speaker 2: you said, you know, he's one play away from being.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a great point. Anthony, I mean, he really
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  Speaker 1: deserves a tip of the cap just on how he's
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  Speaker 1: handled the whole process. Very impressive. I mean... As difficult
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  Speaker 1: as the situation is for him specifically, how he's handled
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  Speaker 1: it has been spectacular. And part of the messaging, too,
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  Speaker 1: is like, look, at some point, you know, this isn't
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  Speaker 1: like you're not playing football for us anymore, so you've
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  Speaker 1: got to keep approaching the process the same way. It's
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  Speaker 1: happened earlier than we expected, obviously, but this is the
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  Speaker 1: way things go. So I'm really confident in his ability
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  Speaker 1: to go play great football for us and I know
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  Speaker 1: he's excited for the opportunity.
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  Speaker 2: Mike, you talked about Jalen taking some reps. How have
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  Speaker 2: you seen his growth as number three, number two?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, he hasn't taken a lot of reps
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  Speaker 1: of the one, so to see him do that and
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  Speaker 1: operate the offense has been impressive. So he's been working
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  Speaker 1: really hard, and he'll be ready to go if we
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  Speaker 1: need him. Mike, how does Arizona's offense look different with Gardner.
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  Speaker 2: Minshew at quarterback?
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  Speaker 1: I'm not really sure yet. I mean, you can go
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  Speaker 1: off of training camp, which– I mean, not training camp, but–
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  Speaker 1: The preseason stuff, they're in a comeback mode last week,
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  Speaker 1: so it's hard to tell on how they're going to
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  Speaker 1: operate on early downs. The best you can do is
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  Speaker 1: go off the tape that you've seen and the way
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  Speaker 1: that you feel like you've been attacked from other teams
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  Speaker 1: and try to project that. Then, just like every week,
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  Speaker 1: we have to do a great job as a staff
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  Speaker 1: of understanding how we feel like they're trying to build
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  Speaker 1: their attack against us and being able to adjust throughout
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  Speaker 1: the game.
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  Speaker 2: Mike Morris jumped up and got the sack last week,
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  Speaker 2: kind of stepping in, helping Leo kind of out.
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  Speaker 1: How do you see him progressing? Yeah, Mike has a
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  Speaker 1: great opportunity in front of him to go play good
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  Speaker 1: football for us. He's had a really good camp. We
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  Speaker 1: had some adversity there at the start of the season
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  Speaker 1: where the numbers didn't shake out for him to be active. But, again,
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  Speaker 1: he kind of handled it like A.B. He gets bad news,
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  Speaker 1: but he doesn't get discouraged. He keeps working. And that's
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  Speaker 1: just how we roll. This is a 70-man roster week.
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  Speaker 1: This is a strength of the Seahawks. This is why
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  Speaker 1: we build our team the way we try to, because
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  Speaker 1: we know that inevitably there's going to be opportunities for
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  Speaker 1: these guys to play. But Mike's earned this opportunity, and
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  Speaker 1: I just encourage him to go let it rip. He's
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  Speaker 1: done a good job.
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  Speaker 2: With your through-not-around approach, do you bring all this up
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  Speaker 2: and say, hey, or do you just.
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  Speaker 1: With the team? We haven't talked specifically about it with
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  Speaker 1: the team. They know, I mean... guys know what's going
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  Speaker 1: on in terms of who's available and who's not, but
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  Speaker 1: it's not, that doesn't change our approach, so it's kind
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  Speaker 1: of understood. Now you have conversations with the guys and
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  Speaker 1: things like that. Adrian Martinez, he has some background with Brian,
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  Speaker 1: it sounds like. Yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I guess, was it as simple as that in his case?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, Adrian's done a nice job since he's been here.
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  Speaker 1: He's given us a great look on the scout team,
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  Speaker 1: and he's kind of got double duty right now, getting ready,
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  Speaker 1: you know, learning our stuff, so as a kind of
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  Speaker 1: an emergency role so um he's been impressive so he'll
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  Speaker 1: be the emergency third guy so uh we haven't just
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  Speaker 1: we haven't decided that we obviously have some roster things
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  Speaker 1: we're trying to work through so anything else okay all
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  Speaker 1: right thank you