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Pete Carroll: "It's A Big Challenge For Us" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: M hm, that's right.
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  Speaker 2: Somebody's with me. Somebody's with me. Somebody's with me. Well,
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  Speaker 2: we ended up out on the field here in a
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  Speaker 2: great day here in the Northwest. We're grateful for the
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  Speaker 2: weather and the conditions. I know the people in New
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  Speaker 2: York are struggling through some you know, some really foul
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  Speaker 2: weather stuff and uh, having some tough times. I know
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  Speaker 2: that we can't do anything about helping them, but just
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  Speaker 2: acknowledging that a lot of people that are struggling and
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  Speaker 2: suffering out there right now because of the weather and uh. Anyway,
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  Speaker 2: so we're heading out and see if we can put
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  Speaker 2: together a terrific build up to Monday night and h
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  Speaker 2: and play really great football. I know they're hungry and
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  Speaker 2: they're home and all that kind of stuff. So it's
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  Speaker 2: a big challenge for us.
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  Speaker 1: Pete, how did how did Jamal make it do the
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  Speaker 1: week being the.
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  Speaker 2: First game for He did great, He had he had
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  Speaker 2: a complete week.
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  Speaker 1: He was on it. It's a re ha isn't even
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  Speaker 1: on injury courts. Obviously he's good.
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  Speaker 2: Just what have you seen that same same it took
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  Speaker 2: every rep, was out there and had a great week.
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  Speaker 1: Did did already have a hamstring thing happened in practice
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  Speaker 1: this week. A yes, what's that kind of outwork for?
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't know yet, but but we
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  Speaker 2: know what he's got and we just got to wait
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  Speaker 2: to see how he responds to you know, that rehab.
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  Speaker 2: Him getting back about Nola. Uh yeah, sore knee after
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  Speaker 2: after the work the other day and and so we
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  Speaker 2: just rested him.
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  Speaker 1: Evan Brown Bust came up on the list as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we we had a little he ran into uh
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  Speaker 2: one of our guys got got need in the thigh.
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  Speaker 1: He'll be all right, though. How how about Will how's
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  Speaker 1: he bounced back from the shore?
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  Speaker 2: He's doing fine. He got through all the practice and
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  Speaker 2: got the work done, so he looks like he's ready
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  Speaker 2: to go.
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  Speaker 1: How's how's Kobe Bryant doing?
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  Speaker 2: Not as well. He's gonna go with us and and
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  Speaker 2: Sophi's on the trip. Anything could happen, but he's he's
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  Speaker 2: coming back. He said some uh really specific treatments for
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  Speaker 2: his his for his toe, and hoping we're hoping that
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  Speaker 2: it'll make a he make quick turn and we'll see
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  Speaker 2: where he is on on the weekend.
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  Speaker 3: Given the week after this, he doesn't go this week
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  Speaker 3: youths and he's probably five by the time you.
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  Speaker 2: Get the turn. That's what we would that's what we're thinking.
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  Speaker 2: So we have to make sure if if we want
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  Speaker 2: to go with him, that we know we're taking a
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  Speaker 2: little shot at not taking advantage of that, you know.
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  Speaker 2: So that's in the back of our mind.
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  Speaker 1: Jamal talked yesterd.
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  Speaker 3: Jamal talk Yester Dad, not just like being excited to
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  Speaker 3: play in the game, but just all the little things.
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  Speaker 1: Like being just going on the trip with the team,
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  Speaker 1: sending them to me and he's like, have you seen
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  Speaker 1: maybe his appreciation. He would just love for the game
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  Speaker 1: to come out and he's coming back.
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  Speaker 2: To Yeah, it's it's pretty deep.
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  Speaker 1: Now.
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  Speaker 2: This guy, he's got tremendous passion for the game, and
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  Speaker 2: so all of it's important to him. There's nothing that
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  Speaker 2: isn't And it's like he's talking about and uh and
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  Speaker 2: he's really a good observer and he's paying attention to
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  Speaker 2: what's happening, and he's there's there's a lot going on
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  Speaker 2: coming back after all he's been through and and so uh,
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  Speaker 2: he's really doing a nice job. But kind of you know,
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  Speaker 2: kind of seeming like he's keeping the kind of on
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  Speaker 2: a low burn right now to manage it. And uh so,
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  Speaker 2: I'm proud of the way he's handled this so far.
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  Speaker 2: And he's gonna do a nice shot.
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  Speaker 1: Yes. How about Draymond and Derek.
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  Speaker 2: Hall, Derek got his work today and practice today. Draymont
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  Speaker 2: I got some field work today and things are really
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  Speaker 2: moving in the right direction. So he's going and he's
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  Speaker 2: thinking he's gonna play and be available.
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  Speaker 1: With with Charles.
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  Speaker 3: How how is kind of progressing through things at this
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  Speaker 3: point in the same kind of same as with.
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  Speaker 2: The Yeah, he's getting he's getting you know, good field
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  Speaker 2: work and so he's making good progress and and so
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  Speaker 2: we've gotta see if anything, if there's any need for
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  Speaker 2: us on the weekend. But it will really help him
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  Speaker 2: to get one more good week, you know, out of
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  Speaker 2: here and then the next week and prep for the
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  Speaker 2: for the next game would be really valuable for him.
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  Speaker 2: But he's getting closer.
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  Speaker 1: Coming out of the Bayo.
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  Speaker 3: Derek Young will be able to to come back else
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  Speaker 3: will come back to you guys.
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  Speaker 1: Has he got to be able to Is he resting
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  Speaker 1: to that point for you?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's the goal, is that he's ready to go
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  Speaker 2: full speed soon as he's able to you know, he's allowed.
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  Speaker 2: We'll see what happens, but he's pretty positive about it.
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  Speaker 2: He thinks he can get that done.
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  Speaker 1: I think your offense is fourth in scoring the last
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  Speaker 1: three games, and yet you're struggling in the third down.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, how do you explained that or differently?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we just we just have to do just a
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  Speaker 2: little bit better on third downs to really make us go.
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  Speaker 2: And uh, the third downs in the red zone, you know,
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  Speaker 2: when we get down and close, those are the ones
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  Speaker 2: that make you kick a field goal or night.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: So we've got to come through and get that done.
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  Speaker 2: And we have a lot of targets, you know, a
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  Speaker 2: lot of guys we can go to, and we've got
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  Speaker 2: to make sure that we're maxing out our guys in
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  Speaker 2: their situations and and uh, because everybody's got something, you know.
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  Speaker 2: They mean, Gino's got five six guys he can go
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  Speaker 2: to and they can all make things happen. So I'd
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  Speaker 2: like to see us zero in a little bit and
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  Speaker 2: make sure that we, uh, we to find some continuity
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  Speaker 2: in those situations. I don't feel like we have, you.
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  Speaker 2: I think we're still kind of we're still hunting tech
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  Speaker 2: in a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: What you mentioned back in training camp that you like
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  Speaker 1: the offensive line depth, and now we've seen a lot
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  Speaker 1: of guys have to play early and you don't want
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  Speaker 1: the starters to be out, But where's the value in
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  Speaker 1: that later in the season.
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  Speaker 2: We know it's certainly. It's certainly in the long run,
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  Speaker 2: it helps enormously because those guys not only do they
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  Speaker 2: do we know, but they know too that they can
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  Speaker 2: go out there and play, and the guys next to
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  Speaker 2: them know that they can go out there and contribute
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  Speaker 2: and play good one in football, So it's a big benefit.
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  Speaker 2: It's always a benefit to play the younger guys early
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  Speaker 2: in the season if you can and get them through
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  Speaker 2: with some success so that you can build on that.
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  Speaker 2: Then by midyear and after that, you know you have
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  Speaker 2: regulars guys that are comfortable with what's asked of them
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  Speaker 2: and all that and just makes our depth that much better.
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  Speaker 3: Speaking of Stone and Jake specifically, how have you seen
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  Speaker 3: them kind of get into the mix of things multiple
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  Speaker 3: weeks starting and how they've handled it.
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  Speaker 2: They've handled it as well as you could hope guys
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  Speaker 2: could handle it. Really, you know, the coaches are doing
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  Speaker 2: a great job with them. To keep them clear and
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  Speaker 2: confident and all of that. As you've seen, there's been
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  Speaker 2: a little bit of talk about how j Pete's been
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  Speaker 2: helping those guys a little bit too. You know, he
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  Speaker 2: gives a little bit more of a boost to them
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  Speaker 2: that when they have questions or when they have issues,
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  Speaker 2: or he may see something that or feel something coming,
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  Speaker 2: you know, for them till he can head it off
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  Speaker 2: for him. So it's just a it's a real good
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  Speaker 2: support group that's giving these guys a chance, and they're
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  Speaker 2: doing really well. They're they're really busting their tails to
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  Speaker 2: get it done. Fears to be under he's he's close. Now,
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  Speaker 2: he's ready to go. Now he feels like he can play,
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  Speaker 2: so he's available to us. Be going back to the
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  Speaker 2: old line. Anthony Bradford, I mean, just what can you
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  Speaker 2: say about him and what did you see not I
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  Speaker 2: mean how he prepared himself, you know, training camp and
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  Speaker 2: just to be able to execute it down the field. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: he has special qualities that stand out. He's really physical,
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  Speaker 2: and he's really strong and uh and he's he's got
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  Speaker 2: a mentality for being aggressive and every game you see
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  Speaker 2: plays that he'll he'll knock guys around may be more so,
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  Speaker 2: more and more outstanding fashion than some other guys that
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  Speaker 2: to go along with it. He's been comfortable, he's been
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  Speaker 2: comfortable with learning and all that. He hasn't had a
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  Speaker 2: bunch of problems. There's some young guys stuff, you know,
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  Speaker 2: three four weeks ago, but he seems like he's already
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  Speaker 2: he's already started to move along. That last week was
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  Speaker 2: really valuable to him. And so we got to gather
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  Speaker 2: that we can put in the game anytime, and he
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  Speaker 2: can start in the game. We have no no hesitation,
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  Speaker 2: no already know Kobe nuts knew there was something I
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  Speaker 2: was supposed to look after. Gosh darn it. I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: We'll figure out something, Julian sure.
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  Speaker 1: I think practice.
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  Speaker 2: He's been he's been nearer. I'm not telling you what's
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  Speaker 2: going on. Okay, wait and see everything else.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you,