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Mike Macdonald: "DK Just Needs More Time" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: All right, good to see everybody. Just told you guys
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  Speaker 1: it's great. Great three days. I'm assuming the injury questions
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  Speaker 1: are coming, so I'll hit those now. We listed DK
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  Speaker 1: is out well, we've been talking about it for the
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  Speaker 1: whole time now, but uh just needs more time. So
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  Speaker 1: it's nothing that he could have done differently since we
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  Speaker 1: just need more time for him. So that's what's best
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  Speaker 1: for him and the team. I think e J was
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  Speaker 1: out today with with a neck. It's just stiffened up
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  Speaker 1: on him. So we'll take that day by day. But
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  Speaker 1: we're just just took care of him today and then
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  Speaker 1: you know, Noah heard his growing on in practice on Wednesday,
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  Speaker 1: I believe, so he's gonna need some time, so he'll
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  Speaker 1: be out this week with DP was a setback or
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  Speaker 1: anything or is it just taking No, it's just yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it just needs time. Just needs time, and uh, guys
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  Speaker 1: that are stepping in will be ready to roll. George s.
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  Speaker 1: Pant wasn't on the record.
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  Speaker 2: Is he gonna be playing in this game?
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  Speaker 1: He's full. You know, all the necessary transactions, you know,
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  Speaker 1: O line wise, rest of the team, We're gonna make
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  Speaker 1: those tomorrow and then we'll be ready to roll.
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  Speaker 2: Mike, you've talked about consistency like being key. Did you
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  Speaker 2: get the consistency and practice this week that you needed
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  Speaker 2: to see?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? I think so. I mean again, we're we're still
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  Speaker 1: we're still working. But I'll tell you what the guys really, uh,
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  Speaker 1: guys really had a great week of prep and this
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  Speaker 1: is fun. Is a fun three days of us getting
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  Speaker 1: after it, executing and playing fast inside two days. So
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  Speaker 1: but all good. I think it was a great week.
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  Speaker 1: How did George look comes back? Mike, George looks good.
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  Speaker 1: George looks really good. There's your anticipation that Metcalf comes
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  Speaker 1: back after the body. I mean, I would say that's
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  Speaker 1: fairly yes, you know, but again with these things, you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's uh, we said week to week from the get go.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's where we're at at this point. So
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  Speaker 1: I think it's fair to say we're taking it week
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  Speaker 1: by week at this point. I think that's kind of
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  Speaker 1: a fair assessment, with no oubt. What are you looking
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  Speaker 1: for from the rest of those tight ends to keep
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  Speaker 1: doing things that they've been doing. You know, again, both
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  Speaker 1: you guys have had a great day. And then you know,
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  Speaker 1: Brady Russell, if and when is a guy that's done
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  Speaker 1: a lot of great things throughout the year. He's he
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  Speaker 1: knows both positions, so ways to fill that spot in.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, we're gonna miss Noah, but and we hope
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  Speaker 1: he gets better soon. But excited, you know, just for
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  Speaker 1: the other guys as well.
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  Speaker 2: Of course DK out there and is it are you
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  Speaker 2: better prepared this week to handle that because it has
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  Speaker 2: been a little bit of consistency of the guys on
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  Speaker 2: the lad the last two years.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's a fair statement. Just having an extra
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  Speaker 1: week kind of like when you have if you just
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  Speaker 1: at any position group, if you're able to have some consistency,
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  Speaker 1: being able to bank some of those reps, how we're
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  Speaker 1: going to game plan it, that sort of thing. It's
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  Speaker 1: still one of it was still one of those deals
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  Speaker 1: where we're still weren't sure throughout the week. So now
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  Speaker 1: that it's uh clear on how we're going to operate,
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  Speaker 1: then that's why we decided to just list him out
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  Speaker 1: right now.
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  Speaker 2: Tons of consistency and banking reps. What do you see
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  Speaker 2: from the right offensive line there? Just to real and
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  Speaker 2: also now he's got three games a.
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  Speaker 1: Little well, I think I think we're confident in what
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  Speaker 1: they've been doing. I think if you look at the
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  Speaker 1: last two games, just specifically watching those two guys, it
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  Speaker 1: just felt like the ab is, you know, is coming along,
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  Speaker 1: gonna keep pushing, and Mike Derreald's been able to fill
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  Speaker 1: in and and help us win a game. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: just like with everybody else last game, you know, we
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  Speaker 1: fell short in that regard. But uh, but he's he's
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  Speaker 1: really working his tail off and I think he's playing
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  Speaker 1: some pretty good football. Was second four. It's good, it's good.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, we're I don't want to say like on
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  Speaker 1: schedu because there really the schedule is is let's keep
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  Speaker 1: progressing and that's and then we'll make a decision after
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  Speaker 1: the buy and where we're at. So he's gaining confidence,
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  Speaker 1: he's working hard, getting comfortable, being uncomfortable to a certain extent.
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  Speaker 1: And uh, and that's where we're at right now. You
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  Speaker 1: want more run defense questions, but keep them coming as
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  Speaker 1: a pre snap alignment had all been part of the issue,
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  Speaker 1: And and if so, why would that be. I don't
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  Speaker 1: think so. I don't think so. Not not in the
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  Speaker 1: last few games. I would say that might have been
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  Speaker 1: a fair assessment. You weeks two through four, maybe, but
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  Speaker 1: not in the last few games. You said George's way
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  Speaker 1: to go, right, I said that if we're gonna make
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  Speaker 1: a if we're gonna make a transaction, will happen tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: That's pretty vague. I was up front of the other
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  Speaker 1: three guys. You just client just like I said, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: if if the if he's gonna play, we'll make the
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  Speaker 1: will make the transaction tomorrow. So do you have a
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  Speaker 1: sense yet for how significant Noah's injury is. It's gonna
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  Speaker 1: be a time, It's gonna be some time. We don't
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  Speaker 1: anticipate him being on an ir but we're unsure his
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  Speaker 1: availability after the buy right now. Do you still expect
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  Speaker 1: the Channing to most it back later this year? I do?
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  Speaker 1: I do. I mean again, it's not a hard, hard
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  Speaker 1: and fast thing, but from our people and early initial
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  Speaker 1: assessments and where he's at in his progress, we're optimistic
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  Speaker 1: we'll get him back at some points to be available
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  Speaker 1: after his Irish inst At some point we'll expect Janks
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  Speaker 1: to be back as well. Yep, what's the team here,
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  Speaker 1: He's just it's it's the it's really been the same
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  Speaker 1: thing that's been bothering with his knee, and it's just
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  Speaker 1: it's just kind of a pain in the neck on
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  Speaker 1: for on his part feel bat form. The guy's working
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  Speaker 1: extremely hard, he's getting better, but uh, it's just won't
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  Speaker 1: go away. You were a self serving question. You were
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  Speaker 1: named Salute the Service nominee for the team.
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  Speaker 2: What do you get out of the military ethos or
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  Speaker 2: way of training that I know you've met and talked
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  Speaker 2: with the team, meet.
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  Speaker 1: With them, what does The first thing is just to
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  Speaker 1: respect for our men and women in the armed services,
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  Speaker 1: my dad being I've been around that world for a
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  Speaker 1: long time, my dad being in West Point Grad, a
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  Speaker 1: lot of my family, My my aunt was in town
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  Speaker 1: this past week. She was a nurse in Vietnam. I
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  Speaker 1: met her husband Vietnam. My other two aunts were in uh,
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  Speaker 1: nurses in the in the military as well. So, uh,
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  Speaker 1: just an immense respect for those people and and protecting
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  Speaker 1: our country and putting their lives on the line. And
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  Speaker 1: then I mean, these are these are the This is
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  Speaker 1: the top of the top in terms of you know,
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  Speaker 1: teams operating at a really high level. A lot of
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  Speaker 1: takeaways that our team can learn from that I feel
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  Speaker 1: are valuable that you know, it apply to our world.
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  Speaker 1: We're not we're out of more in any stretch of
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  Speaker 1: the matter. But there are a lot of parallels in
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  Speaker 1: what it takes to be successful. And I think our
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  Speaker 1: guys realize that it's not it's not a just I
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  Speaker 1: don't think it just starts from like a spot of
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  Speaker 1: respect for those people military people that you meet with.
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  Speaker 1: Do you have them talk to the team that address
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  Speaker 1: the team? Sometimes? Yeah, sometimes it's really valuable, and uh,
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  Speaker 1: we're looking for all things that are going to help
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  Speaker 1: us get better. And I think if you're if you're
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  Speaker 1: bringing in top people that can help us and and
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  Speaker 1: kind of you compare worlds and let us understand where
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  Speaker 1: you know, what it takes to be the team that
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  Speaker 1: we want to be, We're always going to do those things.
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  Speaker 1: It just so happens that, you know, these are some
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  Speaker 1: some awesome people that because of you know, what we
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  Speaker 1: do on a day and day out basis and the
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  Speaker 1: platform that we have. I mean, you have some really
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  Speaker 1: really cool opportunities to meet some special people. So that's
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  Speaker 1: it's definitely a blessing for our whole team. How do
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  Speaker 1: well paid athletes relate to military people some better than others?
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  Speaker 1: You know, I think I think once you start to
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  Speaker 1: see the interaction between the guys. It's just like anything
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  Speaker 1: and you start, you start developing relationship and you start realizing, hey,
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  Speaker 1: at the end of the day, we're we're a lot
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  Speaker 1: more like than than we are different. Really it's a
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  Speaker 1: statement for the whole world right now. But it's pretty
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  Speaker 1: cool to see that evolve, you know, from over the
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  Speaker 1: course of a day or a week, or you know
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  Speaker 1: since the time that we've been here.
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  Speaker 2: Is it helping your process when your players can kind
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  Speaker 2: of see the bigger picture even what other high efficient
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  Speaker 2: teams can do from a I its a global spectacle
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  Speaker 2: from a six.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's so easy to get in. I mean, just
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  Speaker 1: to get into the day in, day out just focusing
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  Speaker 1: on you know, the schematics and the excess and o's.
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  Speaker 1: It's like, we've got to we're a bigger purpose here
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  Speaker 1: of what we're trying to build as a team, and
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  Speaker 1: we got we've got big goals and high standards and uh.
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  Speaker 1: And when you see people, you know, doing it outside
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  Speaker 1: of our world and our bubble that we live in
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  Speaker 1: on a day and day out base, I just think
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  Speaker 1: one is just good for the guys just to see
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  Speaker 1: what else is out there. Throughout the world and understand
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  Speaker 1: what it takes for the people that protect us on
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  Speaker 1: a daily basis. So it's all good, it's all positive,
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  Speaker 1: it's great stuff. So there's the wondermental this week. Uh Again,
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  Speaker 1: like I did preface, we weren't gonna say we're gonna do.
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  Speaker 1: But both guys are are looking good, stacking good practices.
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  Speaker 1: The cool part is it's got you got really you
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  Speaker 1: got two guys that are that can really help us
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  Speaker 1: on on Sunday, So we'll see who's out there on
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  Speaker 1: to begin the game. I'll time there's one guy played
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  Speaker 1: guard the whole game helped Connor at that all. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: I think just right now for where we're at, Like
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  Speaker 1: we said, when we were rotating the guys, we felt
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  Speaker 1: like that was was best for us. I felt like
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  Speaker 1: ab is really taking a step in the right direction.
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  Speaker 1: It's not against anything Christians doing, but we'll give us
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  Speaker 1: some consistency hopefully you know, throughout the course of a
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  Speaker 1: game and uh where we go. But I think it
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  Speaker 1: was the best decision for us at this point. We'll
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  Speaker 1: see what happens kind of moving forward or but we're
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  Speaker 1: confident and maybe uh just proud of his approach. Over
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  Speaker 1: the last month or so, and and excited to see
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  Speaker 1: what our guys do because they're they've they've had a
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  Speaker 1: great week of prep. Anything else, thank you, Okay, thanks guys. M.