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Geno Smith: "Tyler Lockett Brings Everything To This Offense" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Good afternoon. Yeah, we doing your.
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  Speaker 2: Where where the challenges a short week, added travel with
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  Speaker 2: short travelway for the third day game.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, uh, you know, quick turn around.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously you gotta put the put the last game behind
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  Speaker 3: you and then uh get right onto your next opponent.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously guys have got to get their bodies right, you know,
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  Speaker 3: you know, study, you know.
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  Speaker 1: Make sure they know the game plan. So you know,
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  Speaker 1: those are those are some of the challenges.
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  Speaker 3: But uh, we've we've done this before, and you know,
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  Speaker 3: today the walk throughs look great.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I think guys are died.
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  Speaker 4: In what's the oh, what's the challenge? The biggest challenge
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  Speaker 4: of that, there's defense presents.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think just overall, man, just a very talented group.
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  Speaker 3: You know, uh, I think maybe one of the highest
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  Speaker 3: paid defenses in the league. They got first rounders all
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  Speaker 3: across the board, They got pro bowlers everywhere, their their
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  Speaker 3: front their fronts, Uh, just fill with you know, so
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  Speaker 3: many great guys. We know DT's there, Uh, we know
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  Speaker 3: about him, and and just you know the way that
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  Speaker 3: they're playing.
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  Speaker 1: Man, they're playing hard.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I know their record doesn't always show just
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  Speaker 3: the effort that you see on filming on tape. But
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  Speaker 3: those guys are playing harder. Uh they're they're they're playing inspired,
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  Speaker 3: and uh, you know that's something that we gotta be
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  Speaker 3: ready for.
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  Speaker 4: So when you've got question mercer running back this week,
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  Speaker 4: what does that do? As you did you think through
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  Speaker 4: that game plan for Thursday?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, just how we've done all seasons, just
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  Speaker 3: having got step up, you know, I think, you know,
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  Speaker 3: Kenny Max is gonna get some opportunities and uh you know,
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  Speaker 3: maybe George gets in there and get some more burn
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  Speaker 3: and uh, you know, just getting all these guys, you know,
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  Speaker 3: opportunities to showcase what they can do.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, we've got we've got.
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  Speaker 3: A ton of talent, We've got a ton of depth
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  Speaker 3: and uh, every single one of those guys are capable.
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  Speaker 3: And so we're just working through the game plan right now,
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  Speaker 3: making sure guys are dialed in and then uh, once
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  Speaker 3: it's time, once it's time to get out there on
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  Speaker 3: Thursday night, man, guys gotta show up.
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  Speaker 1: You you mentioned to walk through.
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  Speaker 5: I guess what what is kind of the psyche of
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  Speaker 5: the team right now? Given the last two weeks.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, onto the next thing.
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  Speaker 3: Like we've always been business as usual, you know, We
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  Speaker 3: got a lot of pros in this locker room, and
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  Speaker 3: guys are gonna go about the right way. And so,
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  Speaker 3: you know, guys are just focused and dowed in and
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  Speaker 3: and preparing for a short week and to go on
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  Speaker 3: the road, travel on Christmas, you know, and to go
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  Speaker 3: out there and try to get away.
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  Speaker 1: How do you says how you played this?
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  Speaker 3: Uh, none of that really matters right now. I'm just
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  Speaker 3: focused on the next game.
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  Speaker 1: How you watching? How about the offense do you think?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that doesn't matter either. I think it's
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  Speaker 3: what's important is that we get ready for this next opponent.
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  Speaker 3: You know, we got a tough game coming up Thursday night.
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  Speaker 5: Do you remember watching pro sports during the holidays growing up,
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  Speaker 5: and do you have any memories of that and what
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  Speaker 5: it means to be out there in front.
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  Speaker 3: Of the country for one, Yeah, for sure, you know,
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  Speaker 3: just memories of of of you know, sitting on my
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  Speaker 3: grandmother's lap. She was the biggest football fan of my family,
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  Speaker 3: and uh she really you know, uh stroked my passion
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  Speaker 3: for the game. And uh, you know, just being around family,
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  Speaker 3: you know, opening presents and gifts and being around my
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  Speaker 3: friends and you know, just enjoying the holidays with family
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  Speaker 3: and watching watching good football.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's always been a tradition.
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  Speaker 3: Uh. It's definitely an an American tradition, Uh, but definitely
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  Speaker 3: a tradition in my family as well. Y.
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  Speaker 5: You mentioned Kenny and maybe he gets just played more.
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  Speaker 5: What are you kind of seen out of him? He's
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  Speaker 5: obviously played a little bit more here in.
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  Speaker 1: The last couple of weeks.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think he's been you know, really really dynamic,
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  Speaker 3: you know when he touched the ball, man, I think
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  Speaker 3: I can think of just a few explosive runs that
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  Speaker 3: he's had and just the way that he's finishing the
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  Speaker 3: runs and you know, always always falling forward. You know, he's,
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  Speaker 3: like I said, he's a really talented guy. He's in
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  Speaker 3: a room crowded with you know, talented running backs, and
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  Speaker 3: whenever he's gotten his chance to showcase what he can do,
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  Speaker 3: he's done great. And you know, I expect the same
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  Speaker 3: things from him.
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  Speaker 1: Do you know?
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  Speaker 6: What can you say about the way he's taken advantage
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  Speaker 6: of the opportunity that was given to him because he
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  Speaker 6: wasn't seeing some time and he you know, stayed the
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  Speaker 6: course and now he's taking advantage of the opportunity.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think what people don't see is just all
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  Speaker 3: the hard work that you know, Kenny's put in and
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  Speaker 3: just the work that he does behind the scenes. You know,
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  Speaker 3: KP does a great job with those guys and preparing them,
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  Speaker 3: but he does a lot of work on his own
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  Speaker 3: as far as the weight room, the classroom, asking the
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  Speaker 3: right questions and so you know, when he's got the
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  Speaker 3: ball in his hands, he's a dynamic runner. He showcased that,
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  Speaker 3: you know, every time he's touched it. You know, it's
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  Speaker 3: been a positive game for us for the most part.
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  Speaker 3: And so I think just you know, all the things
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  Speaker 3: that he's doing, the little things that he's doing, is
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  Speaker 3: showing up in his game. And I think that's the
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  Speaker 3: main thing, is that he's you know, being a true pro.
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  Speaker 3: He's coming to work every day trying to get better,
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  Speaker 3: and you know it's showing up on the field.
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  Speaker 2: What's aj partner brought to your offensive here and you.
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  Speaker 5: Didn't have a ton of catches.
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  Speaker 2: That seems like he's comforting a big moment.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, AJ man, he's uh, he showed me a lot.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I didn't get a chance to really watch
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  Speaker 3: him in college, and you know, just getting to know
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  Speaker 3: him here. Early on he was he was asking a
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  Speaker 3: lot of questions about routes and stuff, and I was like, hey,
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  Speaker 3: hold on, you know, like let's see you know what
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  Speaker 3: you can do first. But the minute he's gotten out there, Uh,
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  Speaker 3: he's been a playmaker. Every time he touches the ball,
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  Speaker 3: it's usually a big, big player or a positive play
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  Speaker 3: scoring a lot of touchdowns. Uh. That that catch that
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  Speaker 3: he made in the end zone, you know, not an
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  Speaker 3: easy catch, but for him to come down with that
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  Speaker 3: and give us the lead, I thought, you know, he's
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  Speaker 3: just been you know, really outstanding in his preparation and
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  Speaker 3: that also showing up on game day as well.
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  Speaker 5: So there's like giving up some yardists tight ends no
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  Speaker 5: fancy to have one of his better games. Uh you
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  Speaker 5: start to feel him coming on a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, we want to make sure that Noah gets involved
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  Speaker 3: and that we can be dynamic in that way. I
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  Speaker 3: think Noah's such a special talent, you know, the way
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  Speaker 3: that he can run, you know, one of the the
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  Speaker 3: faster tight ends, you know, a great pass catching tight
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  Speaker 3: end out there. And so when we can get him involved,
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  Speaker 3: spread the ball around, allow him to win his matchups
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  Speaker 3: against those linebackers and safeties inside just gives us that
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  Speaker 3: extra you know, extra that we need to go out
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  Speaker 3: there and make it, make it happen on offense. And
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  Speaker 3: so we got to get all our guys involved, you know,
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  Speaker 3: it's a big part of that. And so we got
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  Speaker 3: to continue to find ways to get him touches.
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  Speaker 1: How were they you mentioned they have got a lot
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  Speaker 1: of guys up front. How are they using Darryl Failer?
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  Speaker 3: Uh, you know you can see him, you know, especially
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  Speaker 3: on third down. Man, I think you know past Rush
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  Speaker 3: is like kind of kind of his special tea and
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  Speaker 3: you know, he's so quick off the edge. Again, he's
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  Speaker 3: a guy we faced training camp, you know, you know
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  Speaker 3: for the time he was here, and so we know
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  Speaker 3: exactly what he brings to the table.
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  Speaker 1: They're moving him around.
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  Speaker 3: He could be on the left, left side, he could
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  Speaker 3: be on the right side. They got a bunch of
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  Speaker 3: different packages for him. So just knowing where he is
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  Speaker 3: as well as there are other guys, you know, making
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  Speaker 3: sure we got a plan for those guys. You know,
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  Speaker 3: it's gonna be a big, big emphasis in this.
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  Speaker 1: Game, all right.
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  Speaker 5: Michael Junior got a little connected while he was here
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  Speaker 5: in ymph Washington that you guys talk after his first.
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  Speaker 3: Start, not at all, you know, I know he's, you know,
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  Speaker 3: doing this thing and I gotta worry about my.
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  Speaker 7: What do you what do you think is in the
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  Speaker 7: cause of some of the pre snap stuff, penalties, stuff
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  Speaker 7: you guys have had this year?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think, you know, it just comes down to
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  Speaker 3: focus and execution. We've got a number of guys who
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  Speaker 3: have been in there, and you know, I can't like
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  Speaker 3: say exactly what's the reason for a god I think
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  Speaker 3: the person particularly can speak on that. But just overall, man,
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  Speaker 3: just execution, focus, you know, being dialed in on on
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  Speaker 3: the snap count or sometimes you know a guy might
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  Speaker 3: flinch here and there on the defensive line and causes
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  Speaker 3: a guy to move.
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  Speaker 1: But overall, man, I just think we got.
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  Speaker 3: To do a better job at executing and focusing, not
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  Speaker 3: putting ourselves behind the chains.
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  Speaker 1: I think that will help us out a bunch.
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  Speaker 7: What impact you think that has had on your guys'
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  Speaker 7: ability to score on offense?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think anytime you're playing backed up in the
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  Speaker 3: NFL is gonna be tough. You know, if you if
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  Speaker 3: you're starting out first and fifteen, first and twenty, you
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  Speaker 3: know those are gonna be you know, not advantage scenarios
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  Speaker 3: for us. And so you know, we talk about not
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  Speaker 3: shooting ourselves in the foot, we talk about not having
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  Speaker 3: self afflicted wounds, and that's the that's a key contributor.
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  Speaker 1: So you know, we gotta do a better job at that.
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  Speaker 1: We know that.
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  Speaker 3: You know, how do you correct that? You just gotta
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  Speaker 3: lock in and focus more. And so preaching to the
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  Speaker 3: guys about that, making sure that I'm on point as well,
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  Speaker 3: so that that type of stuff doesn't happen.
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  Speaker 2: Jacks Fron over a thousand yards last week. He's got
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  Speaker 2: a shot to break the franchise single season record for catchers.
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  Speaker 2: What have you seen in year two in his growth
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  Speaker 2: of the least.
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  Speaker 5: The last a few months.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, he's he's always been a special talent, always been
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  Speaker 3: a special player, from his days back at you know,
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  Speaker 3: O State, from his days back into U in Texas.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 3: But what what I've seen from him is just a commitment,
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  Speaker 3: you know, to his his his own personal growth, and uh,
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  Speaker 3: it's something that's showing up every single day. Man, He's
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  Speaker 3: working hard every single day. He's not you know, taking
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  Speaker 3: practice reps extremely serious. You know, he's he's working his game,
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  Speaker 3: he's trying to find new ways to get better.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 3: You know, again, he's one of the more talented players
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  Speaker 3: in this league, one of the more talented receivers in
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  Speaker 3: this league.
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  Speaker 1: But just his work ethic, his.
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  Speaker 3: Want to and you know, just the way that he's
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  Speaker 3: approaching the game every single day is helping out throw
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  Speaker 3: over the.
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  Speaker 2: Middle on the first touchdown drafts. That's kind of a
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  Speaker 2: sign of trust and the chemistry. You guys have to
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  Speaker 2: pull the one.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure.
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  Speaker 3: You know again, I trust all those guys, and you know,
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  Speaker 3: I believe in all those guys, and I'm gonna throw,
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  Speaker 3: you know, passes that maybe you know shouldn't get thrown
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  Speaker 3: at times because I I believe those guys will get to.
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  Speaker 1: The spot and make the catching.
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  Speaker 3: So you know, I'm gonna keep believing in my guys
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  Speaker 3: and keep keep trusting in our our process. You know,
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  Speaker 3: we got great receivers and Jackson is a big part
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  Speaker 3: of that. So the more that I can lean on
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  Speaker 3: those guys, the better off will be.
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  Speaker 4: Character him as one of the best receivers in the league.
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  Speaker 4: What measures are you using to quantify that, because we
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  Speaker 4: could look at the numbers or the touchdowns, but there's
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  Speaker 4: got to be something else that you see as a
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  Speaker 4: separator for him.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think the main thing is getting open and
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  Speaker 3: catching the football. I mean, that's that's his that's his job,
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  Speaker 3: get open, catch the ball, and he does that very well.
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  Speaker 3: So usually the best guys do that well.
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  Speaker 7: Have you seen Tyler handle rope this year where he's
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  Speaker 7: not getting the ball is off?
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  Speaker 3: I think Tyler's been the same guy every single day.
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  Speaker 1: Man.
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  Speaker 3: He he's a consummate professional. He again, he's a he's
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  Speaker 3: such a great human being. And you know, he's never
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  Speaker 3: once complaining for the football. He's going out there, he's
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  Speaker 3: doing his job to the to the best of his ability,
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  Speaker 3: giving us maximum effort every single play.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that speaks volume to his character.
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  Speaker 3: Like I tell him all the time, you're Tyler Lockett,
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  Speaker 3: and no matter what happens as far as statistics go,
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  Speaker 3: you you'll always be taller Lockett.
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  Speaker 1: Nothing's gonna change that.
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  Speaker 3: So for him, he's just got to keep working and
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  Speaker 3: the ball will find him.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 3: I think sometimes when when you get caught up in
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  Speaker 3: the fantasy stuff and stats and all that, it takes
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  Speaker 3: away from the little things that he's done that's helped
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  Speaker 3: his team, and you know, every single week, He's going
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  Speaker 3: out there giving us a chance to win, and that's
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  Speaker 3: what matters.
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  Speaker 1: Most locker room and off the field.
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  Speaker 3: Just I mean, just tremendous character, a selflessness that you
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  Speaker 3: know goes beyond measure. Being a friend, you know, being
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  Speaker 3: being a real estate agent, helping guys get into houses
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  Speaker 3: and stuff like that. So just doing it all.
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  Speaker 1: Man.
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  Speaker 3: I think Tyler again, is such a wonderful human being.
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  Speaker 3: And I think all the things that he's done since
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  Speaker 3: I've been here, you know, speaks volume to his upbringing,
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  Speaker 3: to his character, and to the type of man he is.
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  Speaker 7: Mention some of those little things to help you guys
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  Speaker 7: when what are some of those things that maybe wouldn't
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  Speaker 7: see with the stats.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, just you know, Tyler draws up plays,
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  Speaker 3: you know, and and not for himself. You know, he's
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  Speaker 3: drawing up plays for other guys. He's out there blocking.
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  Speaker 3: You know, he's blocking at the point of attack, he's
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  Speaker 3: blocking linebackers. You know, he's not the most physical guy
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  Speaker 3: in stature, but he's going out there and he's putting
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  Speaker 3: his body on the line. He's the most clutch receiver
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  Speaker 3: I've ever played with. Every single time there's a big
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  Speaker 3: play to be made, He's right there to make it.
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  Speaker 3: And so all the things that he's done, man, just
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  Speaker 3: being himself, just being Tyler.
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  Speaker 1: It brings everything to this offense.
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  Speaker 7: What impact, if any, did Carrie Joseph have on your
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  Speaker 7: time here?
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  Speaker 3: Tremendous impact, you know, you know, really really happy for
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  Speaker 3: Carrie to get his opportunity as a quarterback coach. You know,
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  Speaker 3: every single day, from just the small talks that we
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  Speaker 3: had about just life to you know, him coming up
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  Speaker 3: with red zone plays that helped me, you know, throw touchdowns.
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  Speaker 3: He did a lot for me. I still talk to
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  Speaker 3: him often, and you know, I'm always rooting for him.
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  Speaker 1: Is that one of the things that he was like
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  Speaker 1: a big on was red zone? Yeah, he was.
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  Speaker 3: He was a he was big on our red zone.
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  Speaker 3: He designed a lot of our red zone stuff and
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  Speaker 3: uh did a great job.
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  Speaker 5: Minnesota obviously brought a lot of pressure and.
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  Speaker 1: And have been successful all year.
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  Speaker 5: How do you feel like the offensive line performed against
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  Speaker 5: that grip?
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  Speaker 3: I thought they performed really well. Honestly, they gave us
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  Speaker 3: a bunch of looks, a ton of looks up front.
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  Speaker 3: I thought Olu's communication was great throughout the entire game.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I thought we were good at picking up
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  Speaker 3: their blitzes and a lot of those sim pressures where
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  Speaker 3: we had to you know, slide here or sort here.
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  Speaker 1: I thought we did a good job.
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  Speaker 3: At picking some of those up and giving you know,
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  Speaker 3: they gave me time to to get the ball off.
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  Speaker 1: I think that matters the most.
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  Speaker 3: And so you know, we're gonna continue to see stuff
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  Speaker 3: like that, just you know, based on the type of
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  Speaker 3: guys we got and how defenses wanna play us. But
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  Speaker 3: you know, as long as we continue to pick him
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  Speaker 3: up and then you know, obviously being a tack mode, uh, it'll, it'll,
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  Speaker 3: it'll help us out.
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  Speaker 1: It is the things eyed you at this point. Ah No,
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  Speaker 1: it's not. I mean, it's it's gonna be there for
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  Speaker 1: a while, but you know, gotta keep pushing. Yeah, thank you,
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  Speaker 1: Thank you guys,