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  Speaker 1: Did not, Oh, just spent time with family, got some rest.
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  Speaker 2: Update on Trevor.
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  Speaker 3: Do you think he's gonna be able to go this week?
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  Speaker 1: Uh, Trevor's gonna practice today and and then we'll see
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  Speaker 1: where it's at from there.
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  Speaker 2: Oh uh much do you Uh Is it just based
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  Speaker 2: on how much he's able to go throughout the week.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, that'll just be a toleration thing with him. Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: What did you learn maybe about the team during the
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  Speaker 5: bid week when you guys got all got together.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you know, we took uh we took a dive
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  Speaker 1: into that right schematically, just to see where we were
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  Speaker 1: and see what we're doing and see what we do well.
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  Speaker 1: And you know there's some things that uh, I'm not
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  Speaker 1: gonna get into the whole details of things, but you
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  Speaker 1: know there's things in the run game that we gotta
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  Speaker 1: get back to, even in the passing game, you know,
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  Speaker 1: tweaking some things there and and some things that we
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  Speaker 1: can help our you know, hopefully help our production you
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  Speaker 1: know the next uh uh in the next six weeks
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  Speaker 1: and then and ultimately just have some time away. You know,
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  Speaker 1: we needed and as I said last week, we needed
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  Speaker 1: uh you know, some rest and get refreshed and and
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  Speaker 1: you know, see where see where these next six weeks
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  Speaker 1: ago last week you said, as far as changes go,
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  Speaker 1: everything was on the table. Did you decide on any changes. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: you'll share nothing that I'll share it this time.
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  Speaker 4: And I I personally think that.
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  Speaker 1: Just to be a little bit more clear on that,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's it's sort of I say that to
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  Speaker 1: say this that that a lot of these are in house,
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  Speaker 1: and and these are things that that we we focus
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  Speaker 1: on as a staff and as a team, and I
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  Speaker 1: just don't think they need to be in the open right.
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  Speaker 6: Now, you know, But what can you how to do
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  Speaker 6: to get this offense jump started? Even it it travels
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  Speaker 6: unable to go and it's mac a single digits the
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  Speaker 6: last two weeks, And there's some things that you wanta
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  Speaker 6: try that maybe I've tried or or I don't know
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  Speaker 6: what k what can you do?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, we gotta keep working, We gotta keep we
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  Speaker 1: gotta keep you know, trying to put ours as a staff,
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  Speaker 1: put our players in position to make plays on the field,
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  Speaker 1: and then ultimately the players, you know, execute the game plan.
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  Speaker 1: And again last week was about, you know, trying to
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  Speaker 1: find ways to to do that. And and you know,
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  Speaker 1: we're gonna we're gonna implement some things and and really
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  Speaker 1: kind of get back to some things that I think
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  Speaker 1: we're successful have been.
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  Speaker 4: Successful for us.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, uh, whether it's you know, rhythm, tempo, whatever,
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  Speaker 1: you know, to try to try to get things going.
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  Speaker 1: But ultimately, we just gotta we gotta focus as as
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  Speaker 1: a staff, as players and just just continue to do
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  Speaker 1: our jobs.
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  Speaker 3: What's your assessment on how things have changed in the
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  Speaker 3: way c J. Stroud?
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  Speaker 5: As ever, but you know, obviously had a great rookie season.
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  Speaker 5: Everybody's thought he was dam this big breakout year.
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  Speaker 2: Then another breakout year this year, but clearly.
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  Speaker 3: Off as some wind protection has been a little bit
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  Speaker 3: of an ishi you So what do you what do
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  Speaker 3: you make of how their offense has sort of been
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  Speaker 3: pretty pretty inconsistent for most.
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  Speaker 7: Of the season.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you know, it's listen, it's this, this this league,
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  Speaker 1: this business. Playing the quarterback position is hard, right, Playing
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  Speaker 1: any position is hard. And he's an exceptional quarterback, good
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  Speaker 1: young quarterback in this league that the league that the
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  Speaker 1: league needs. It's a he's an exciting player. I don't
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  Speaker 1: know everything that goes on down there, you know, I'm sure,
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  Speaker 1: there's there's been there's been injury. You know, guys have missed,
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  Speaker 1: He's missed his his his playmakers from time to time.
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  Speaker 1: And and then there's there's the film. There's the film
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  Speaker 1: out there, there's there's ways to you know, uh, what
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  Speaker 1: he's put on film, you know, the explosive plays, things
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  Speaker 1: of that nature. Defenses have time to to scheme that
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  Speaker 1: right to play defense against it. So it's just it's
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  Speaker 1: the it's the natural progression. And he's going to continue
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  Speaker 1: to to make his plays and lead that football team
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  Speaker 1: and and and continue to be a great player. And
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  Speaker 1: he's just going to continue to get better each and
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  Speaker 1: every game, each and every season. And and you know,
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  Speaker 1: but I think one thing, if if and I don't
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  Speaker 1: know CJ, you know personally other than just talking to
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  Speaker 1: him when we play, but you know, he knows that
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  Speaker 1: he's he's a piece of that offense, right, He's a
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  Speaker 1: piece of that team, and he's going to continue to
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  Speaker 1: improve and and get better to help his team, help
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  Speaker 1: his team win, just like you know, just like Trevor
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  Speaker 1: is here or you know, Josh Allen is here. You know,
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  Speaker 1: they're one piece to the to the big picture, to
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  Speaker 1: the whole pie.
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  Speaker 5: Do you think, do you think in some ways, you know,
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  Speaker 5: let's say Trevor is able to play that.
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  Speaker 3: A lot of times it just comes down to the
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  Speaker 3: quarterback getting help, particularly for the running game. And I
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  Speaker 3: know your running game isn't where you want it to be.
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  Speaker 5: And that's the Texans are certainly feel the same way
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  Speaker 5: about their If a quarter if a really good quarterback
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  Speaker 5: is not getting help from the running game, how difficult
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  Speaker 5: does it make it for that quarterback to have success?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's it's a challenge. I just think,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's it's rare that you can just load
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  Speaker 1: up your entire offense on one person, right, It's just hard.
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  Speaker 1: It's hard for that person to go out and make
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  Speaker 1: plays if the other ten guys aren't doing their job
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  Speaker 1: right and or there's injury you know, within that unit.
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  Speaker 4: So it just it just does make it. It does
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  Speaker 4: make it a little more challenging.
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  Speaker 1: And the run game is a big piece if you
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  Speaker 1: if you're not successful running the ball, now they're going
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  Speaker 1: to force you to throw it and they're gonna put
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  Speaker 1: more guys in the box. They're gonna pressure more. You know,
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  Speaker 1: they're gonna get the ball out of your hand, and
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  Speaker 1: then it becomes it becomes hard, you know, and and
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  Speaker 1: so you need that piece. You need that element. To me,
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  Speaker 1: that opens up your play action game, right, it opens
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  Speaker 1: up the naked boot game, the movement game, the screen game,
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  Speaker 1: all that stuff just becomes I think a little bit better.
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  Speaker 1: You know, pieces of your offense.
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  Speaker 7: Dude.
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  Speaker 5: What's your message?
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  Speaker 7: Did the team coming back?
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  Speaker 4: Is it? I mean anything?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah?
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  Speaker 1: No, And again I I'm gonna keep I'm gonna keep
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  Speaker 1: all that messaging within within house. I I just don't
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  Speaker 1: think that's a something that needs to be out. There's
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  Speaker 1: just between me and the players. Yeah, I appreciate the question.
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  Speaker 3: Did you see.
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  Speaker 6: There were when they came back and you got them.
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  Speaker 4: There together for the first time?
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  Speaker 5: Did you see what fresh approach? Did you see weights
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  Speaker 5: off their minds?
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  Speaker 6: Did you see anything?
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  Speaker 4: Yes?
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  Speaker 3: You know, couldn't you?
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  Speaker 5: Was that encouraging for you to see all left?
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  Speaker 4: Yes?
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  Speaker 5: Why?
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  Speaker 7: It just was stematically? Did you did you guys dive
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  Speaker 7: in on maybe some of the tendancies, just find some
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  Speaker 7: things that you think, you know, hey, we need to
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  Speaker 7: switch this up moving forward.
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  Speaker 4: We didn't.
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  Speaker 6: I know, you don't like you.
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  Speaker 7: Can't get into it, Okay, both sides of the bold.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, you need to make a decision at quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: Do you are you comfortable waiting until Friday or or
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  Speaker 2: game time to decide?
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  Speaker 4: Well, we'll find out today.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see where Trevor's at today. You know, then he's
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  Speaker 1: got tomorrow off, come in and get treatment, and you know,
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  Speaker 1: see where he's at on Wednesday, how he feels he's
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  Speaker 1: feeling better today.
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  Speaker 4: You know, So that's that's positive. Anybody not gonna practice
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  Speaker 4: today probably easier. Uh is the only one still? It's uh,
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  Speaker 4: it's that's out. Everybody else should practice. It's us take
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  Speaker 4: down great?
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  Speaker 2: How big a challenge is it for coach with six
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  Speaker 2: games left to play to keep focus right, to keep
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  Speaker 2: guys dialed in? I mean, human nature takes over and yeah,
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  Speaker 2: your mind starts wandering a little bit. You've done this before.
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  Speaker 2: How how big of a challenge is it for you
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  Speaker 2: and your staff?
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  Speaker 4: Uh?
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  Speaker 1: You know it it it it can it, It can
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  Speaker 1: be a challenge if you let it. And and you know,
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  Speaker 1: each day I walk into this building, I I choose
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  Speaker 1: not to let it get me down. I choose to
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  Speaker 1: be energetic around the football team. I choose a message
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  Speaker 1: each week that I feel is important that the guys
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  Speaker 1: need to hear and and and and then of course
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  Speaker 1: that that applies to you know, keys to victory and
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  Speaker 1: different things that we do throughout the course and things
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  Speaker 1: we talk about as a team as the week progresses.
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  Speaker 1: So you know, I know there's a lot of negativity
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  Speaker 1: around us, and rightfully so, and then we understand that
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  Speaker 1: around me, I understand that, but but I choose not
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  Speaker 1: to listen to it, and I choose to go the
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  Speaker 1: other way and be positive because you only get so
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  Speaker 1: many days and so many opportunities in this league, and
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  Speaker 1: then and then your days are done, and when they're done,
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  Speaker 1: you know, you look back.
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  Speaker 4: And you go, hey, you know, I gave it. I
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  Speaker 4: gave it everything.
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  Speaker 1: You know that that I that I had, you know,
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  Speaker 1: to these players, to this team, to this league. And
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  Speaker 1: that's what I choose, and I choose to to go out,
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  Speaker 1: you know, every single day and try to make a
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  Speaker 1: difference for this team.
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  Speaker 7: Ran Thomas is doing well with his chests, and y'all
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  Speaker 7: trying to get him, continue to get him more and.
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  Speaker 4: More, and yep, he's doing well. Yep. Yeah, Alright, the