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BONUS: Is Ryan Day Ready To Name A Starting Quarterback? · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: We have reached the point of the week where it
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  Speaker 1: is time for some bonus episodes because, man, oh, man,
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  Speaker 1: is there a lot to talk about this week as
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  Speaker 1: the Buckeyes get ready to head out to Los Angeles
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  Speaker 1: to take on the USC Trojans. They will have a
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  Speaker 1: new starting quarterback this week. Who will that new starting
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  Speaker 1: quarterback be? Well, friends, guess what? That is the very
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  Speaker 1: first question you're going to hear an answer to directly
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  Speaker 1: from Ohio State's head coach, Ryan Day, at a jam-packed
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  Speaker 1: Tuesday press conference with a ton of stuff to talk about.
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  Speaker 1: You're going to have two separate shows just focused on
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  Speaker 1: the quarterback position and and then one on everything else.
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  Speaker 1: Cause as you can imagine, there was a lot of
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  Speaker 1: questions about the quarterbacks. So let's start with that first run.
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  Speaker 1: Has Brian day made a decision on who his starting
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  Speaker 1: quarterback is going to be this week?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think, um, both, both quarterbacks practice well last week, um,
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  Speaker 2: which was, which was good. There was good energy. Guys
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  Speaker 2: were rallying around both guys and, um, you know, we'll,
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  Speaker 2: we'll keep working this week and, um, keep working on
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  Speaker 2: packages for both guys. Um, Like I said before, Luke
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  Speaker 2: was ahead of Tavian going into the Indiana game. But
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  Speaker 2: both guys are working hard. So we'll kind of see
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  Speaker 2: how the next couple days go. But they've both been
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  Speaker 2: really into it. And practice was good last week. So
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  Speaker 2: we need to stack a few more days. And then
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  Speaker 2: we'll kind of go into the game and figure out
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  Speaker 2: what gives us the best chance to win.
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  Speaker 1: Is there a point where they have to make a
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  Speaker 1: decision there at the quarterback position in order to give
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  Speaker 1: the starter the majority of the practice reps or as
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  Speaker 1: many reps as they can this week?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you got to do it that way.
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  Speaker 2: You got to get somebody ready to play. So we'll
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  Speaker 2: parse those out today and project it the best we can.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, there's no question. We got to be smart
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  Speaker 2: about this preparation and every rep. The good news was
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  Speaker 2: we did have some snaps last week that were extra.
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  Speaker 2: So that was good. Got in here Sunday, got ahead
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  Speaker 2: of the game plan, which was good. But to your point,
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  Speaker 2: every rep will be very, very important.
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  Speaker 1: What is the deciding factor on who is going to
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  Speaker 1: be the starting quarterback?
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  Speaker 2: If you're saying like one thing, they got to be tough.
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  Speaker 2: they gotta be tough. If, if our guys play tough
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  Speaker 2: and what I mean by that is like physically, mentally,
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  Speaker 2: and emotionally tough, that that's critical here. So we know, um,
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  Speaker 2: we got to make routine plays routinely. You know, we
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  Speaker 2: got to stay on schedule. We can't make bad situations worse. Um, and, and,
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  Speaker 2: and it's going to be everybody's job to rally around
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  Speaker 2: our quarterback, you know, and that's, we need everybody in
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  Speaker 2: the building. We need the defense. We need the special teams.
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  Speaker 2: We need the offense, the offensive line, the receivers, every,
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  Speaker 2: everyone's got to help out here. Um, But we need everybody, too.
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  Speaker 2: We need fans. We need Buckeye Nation to rally around
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  Speaker 2: our quarterback. I think it's important. We're going on the
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  Speaker 2: road against a really good opponent. I know they had
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  Speaker 2: a tough game last week, but this is as talented
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  Speaker 2: a team as I've seen on film, and we're going
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  Speaker 2: to get their best shot. So it's going to take
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  Speaker 2: everything we have, and it's going to start with the quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: And if you're saying give me one thing, it's toughness.
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  Speaker 1: Feels like Luke Fahey has been the sort of prohibitive
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  Speaker 1: favorite in this whole conversation ever since Julian Sane went down.
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  Speaker 1: He was the, of course the first guy who went
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  Speaker 1: in when Julian Sane went down, which is a pretty
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  Speaker 1: good indication where the coaching staff thought things were at
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  Speaker 1: least in the second half of that Indiana game. But
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  Speaker 1: what has Tavian St. Clair shown that has him at
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  Speaker 1: least theoretically in the running for the starting job?
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  Speaker 2: Whether it's a starting position or the backup, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: he has to prepare like he's going into the game,
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  Speaker 2: whether it's on the first play or the second play.
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  Speaker 2: So that's not going to change, but, um, I think
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  Speaker 2: sometimes when you find yourself maybe getting the second or
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  Speaker 2: third team reps, you can find yourself maybe going through
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  Speaker 2: the motions. I think this has been re-energizing, and I
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  Speaker 2: think just more of a locked-in approach and looking for
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  Speaker 2: the same type of things, though. We've got to be
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  Speaker 2: able to move the offense. And I think it's important
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  Speaker 2: for the offensive line, the receivers, everybody who's in that
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  Speaker 2: that huddle looking at the quarterback that you know he's
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  Speaker 2: in command and he's somebody that they trust putting in
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  Speaker 2: the game and so you know how do you excuse
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  Speaker 2: me how do you build trust you know who you
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  Speaker 2: are how you connect but then also you know what
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  Speaker 2: you're doing when you're out there that we can count
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  Speaker 2: on you to do your job and so every day
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  Speaker 2: is an opportunity to do that that'll be the same
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  Speaker 2: thing today but um but i thought there was progress
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  Speaker 2: made last week i thought the look um in both
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  Speaker 2: quarterbacks i was good and i think they're excited about
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  Speaker 2: playing you know in this game and i think um
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  Speaker 2: Their approach has been right. But they also came to
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  Speaker 2: play football. And I think we all have to remind
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  Speaker 2: ourselves that. The guys are in the program to get
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  Speaker 2: on the field and play. Nobody foresaw this happening. But
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  Speaker 2: at the same time, you have to have a plan
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  Speaker 2: for it. And that's why these guys are on the roster.
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  Speaker 2: So this is an unbelievable opportunity for them and an
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  Speaker 2: opportunity for our team to rally together, to go on
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  Speaker 2: the road. And that's got to be the approach is
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  Speaker 2: to win this game. Nothing else. Not looking ahead to
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  Speaker 2: what's down the road. It's going to take everything we have.
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  Speaker 2: And you see it all across college football right now
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  Speaker 2: that it's hard to win. It's hard to win on
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  Speaker 2: the road and this will be no, no different. So
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  Speaker 2: we got to be at our best, really important.
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  Speaker 1: Ohio state is one of a bunch of big programs
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  Speaker 1: dealing with quarterback injuries right now. I don't know if
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  Speaker 1: this is statistically significant in or not, but it does
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  Speaker 1: sort of feel this way. So is this maybe a
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  Speaker 1: trend or is this maybe just kind of a one-off
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  Speaker 1: weird thing this year?
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think as, as time goes on, we'll,
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  Speaker 2: we'll take a look and see, um, how the number
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  Speaker 2: of games played and how that all plays out. Right
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  Speaker 2: now we're only midway through the season, so I don't
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  Speaker 2: know if I can sit here and point to one
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  Speaker 2: or two things that have led to what you're talking about.
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  Speaker 2: That being said, it's more of a challenge than ever
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  Speaker 2: to keep and retain a lot of quarterbacks in your
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  Speaker 2: room because a lot of these guys want to play.
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  Speaker 2: Our ability to get these young guys ready to go
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  Speaker 2: on the field and play is going to be critical
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  Speaker 2: and it's a huge challenge for everybody in the program
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  Speaker 2: but over other days when you stack guys behind every
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  Speaker 2: year bringing in a quarterback and developing them along the
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  Speaker 2: way it's difficult because of the way the rosters are
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  Speaker 2: built nowadays but what a great opportunity for a couple
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  Speaker 2: young quarterbacks to get on the field and go get
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  Speaker 2: some great experience and go get their first college win.
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  Speaker 1: Ryan day was an asked for an update on Julian
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  Speaker 1: say in status. There's not a lot of information here,
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  Speaker 1: although there is an interesting little nugget here on what
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  Speaker 1: might be happening this weekend.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't, um, I'm not going to really get
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  Speaker 2: too much into Julian. I've been really trying to let
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  Speaker 2: he and his family kind of handle a lot of that,
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  Speaker 2: but I know he's doing well. We're hopefully going to
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  Speaker 2: have them with us this weekend and, um, you know,
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  Speaker 2: things have gone as good as they could have been.
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  Speaker 2: And he's in good spirits and doing well.
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  Speaker 1: Um, Does the decision on the quarterback position come down
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  Speaker 1: in any way to which guy changes the offense and
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  Speaker 1: the scheme that they're running less?
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  Speaker 2: No, I think at the end of the day, it
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  Speaker 2: comes down to what gives you the best chance to win.
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  Speaker 2: And I do think, to your point, that when you
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  Speaker 2: have to completely change what you're doing, it can be disruptive.
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  Speaker 2: That's why we try to teach... all the quarterbacks what
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  Speaker 2: we're doing so that there's, let's call it 80 to
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  Speaker 2: 90 percent, you know, they know what they've done. They've
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  Speaker 2: done it before. I think if you're asking guys to
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  Speaker 2: do things that they haven't done before, that's a challenge.
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  Speaker 2: But we also have to, you know, focus on their strengths.
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  Speaker 2: And when you have a veteran, you know, offensive line,
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  Speaker 2: when you have some veteran receivers around them, some running
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  Speaker 2: backs who are into year two, you know, hopefully they're
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  Speaker 2: the ones that can compensate a little bit and adjust
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  Speaker 2: so that we can do what's best for the quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: But at the end of the day, to answer your question,
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  Speaker 2: the number one thing is to just win the game.
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  Speaker 2: And what is that going to be? It's going to
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  Speaker 2: come down to toughness. All right.
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