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  Speaker 1: Was the most exciting part about it, being with the
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  Speaker 1: players and being on the grass.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure, where'd you gotta.
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  Speaker 3: For you guys, and Eric arb said, goes on pub
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  Speaker 3: anybody injury updates as far as over the last six weeks.
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  Speaker 1: No, the only one Keithan Robinson just sprained his toe
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  Speaker 1: during the the rookie camp, so he'll be limited. And
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  Speaker 1: then during the conditioning test yesterday, Uh, Stephen Jones calf
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  Speaker 1: just tweaked his calf, so he'll uh, he'll just be
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  Speaker 1: a couple of you know, maybe a week or two
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  Speaker 1: on that.
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  Speaker 4: That's the biggest thing you look for from the team
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  Speaker 4: early and.
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  Speaker 1: Came started yesterday, just the conditioning of the team. How
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  Speaker 1: they came back in shape and they did a great
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  Speaker 1: job and and really knocked out that that test, which
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  Speaker 1: you obviously he's part of their part of their physical
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  Speaker 1: and everything, but I I think just for the young guys,
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  Speaker 1: it's the mental, you know, how much can they retain
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  Speaker 1: from the last time we were together in June to
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  Speaker 1: now and then the vets just kind of picking up
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  Speaker 1: you know where they uh, sort of where they left
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  Speaker 1: off and and you know, maybe knocking a little rust
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  Speaker 1: off and getting back into it issues with the condition
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  Speaker 1: that no, it was.
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  Speaker 4: Great, Yeah, it was great in a locker room NFL
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  Speaker 4: locker room obviously for a long time.
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  Speaker 1: What did all these off season moves for ever get
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  Speaker 1: a josh get A Tyson yesterday?
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  Speaker 4: What what's a domino effect?
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  Speaker 1: I think the domino effect is how it can uplift
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  Speaker 1: your team, right. I think I think it shows a
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  Speaker 1: commitment from the organization that that the guys that that you.
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  Speaker 4: Know have been drafted here can can be here long term.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that's a a a great message for
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  Speaker 1: a lot of the young players you know that that
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  Speaker 1: we draft and potentially undrafted guys, you know, and it
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  Speaker 1: gives you, I think that peace of mind as well,
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  Speaker 1: that especially with the quarterback position, you know, that's not lingering.
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  Speaker 1: Now it's behind all of us and we can just
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  Speaker 1: you know, focus on ball.
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  Speaker 4: And uh.
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  Speaker 1: I think the same with with josh An Tyson, all
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  Speaker 1: those guys, you know, cause they were you know, they're
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  Speaker 1: they're big money guys, right and each one of them deserves,
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  Speaker 1: you know, what they got and and it's because of
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  Speaker 1: their play on the field, and I think it I
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  Speaker 1: think it sends a great message to to the rest
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  Speaker 1: of the team that I if you do things right
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  Speaker 1: both on and off the field, you could be rewarded
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  Speaker 1: for it.
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  Speaker 2: Cose you spoke a lot about last year, you guys
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  Speaker 2: were kind of waiting.
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  Speaker 1: For those moments to happen, and the kind of never
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  Speaker 1: did where where.
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  Speaker 4: Chemistry kicked in?
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  Speaker 3: What what what can you do to what things did
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  Speaker 3: you do to put in place?
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  Speaker 4: Not waiting for it? Making it happen this year.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I think, you know, just looking back and and
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  Speaker 1: learning on you know, some of those moments last year,
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  Speaker 1: especially the end of the season, I think, you know,
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  Speaker 1: just we have to stay we have to stay grounded.
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  Speaker 1: We got to continue to trust each other, right, trust
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  Speaker 1: our process, the standard that we've put put in.
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  Speaker 4: Place here and in uh, regardless of what happens.
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  Speaker 1: You know, injuries are gonna be a part of our
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  Speaker 1: game and uh, at every position. And it's just it's
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  Speaker 1: got to be a next man up type mentality. And
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  Speaker 1: that's gotta be the message moving forward that it it
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  Speaker 1: it takes you know, it takes everybody, and you know,
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  Speaker 1: we've we kind of stressed that this offseason, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and and making sure that that everybody is a part
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  Speaker 1: of it, right and and we're developing the entire team
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  Speaker 1: and not just you know, not just a certain few.
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  Speaker 4: And I think that's the that's the key with.
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  Speaker 1: The back half of the season, right when you get
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  Speaker 1: into you know, late in November, December, early January, that
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  Speaker 1: that you know you're gonna have to play some of
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  Speaker 1: your younger players to to carry you through to where
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  Speaker 1: you wanna be. Now, as you've gone through a camp
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  Speaker 1: of Ryan Yelsen as a coordinator or what kind of
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  Speaker 1: like genity would you say in his way he does
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  Speaker 1: handling practice or uh how he handles players, what do
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  Speaker 1: you think is kind of uh the significal what he does?
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  Speaker 1: You know, I think one there's there's excitement around Ryan
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  Speaker 1: and what he's brought, you know, to the defense and
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  Speaker 1: how he's gonna utilize the player's defense.
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  Speaker 4: You know.
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  Speaker 1: I think you'll see, you know, when you're out there,
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  Speaker 1: just you know, the the excitement there's there's gonna it's
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  Speaker 1: it's an attack style of defense.
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  Speaker 4: Guys are moving forward.
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  Speaker 1: I think it just suits the players right, and I
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  Speaker 1: think the players have.
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  Speaker 4: Really bought into that. And and.
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  Speaker 1: You know you're gonna see you're gonna see a lot
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  Speaker 1: of teaching, a lot of coaching, you know, by not
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  Speaker 1: just by Ryan, but but his entire staff both sides,
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  Speaker 1: the ball special teams, and you know, today's day one,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, it just it just goes from here
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  Speaker 1: talking about the.
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  Speaker 4: Next step for Trevor.
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  Speaker 2: But what's the next step that Tyson.
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  Speaker 3: Has to be?
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  Speaker 4: You know?
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  Speaker 1: I I think with with Tyson, just continuing to to
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  Speaker 1: to grow young player again, like we said, having stability
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  Speaker 1: now he's gonna be in one place for a while.
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  Speaker 4: You know, and just continue to.
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  Speaker 1: Continue to build off of his first you know, first
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  Speaker 1: few years.
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  Speaker 4: I do think that.
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  Speaker 1: The things that we're doing defensively are gonna help him,
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  Speaker 1: right I think that the scheme is gonna help him
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  Speaker 1: in the in the style that that you know, the
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  Speaker 1: secondary is gonna play. I think it's I think it
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  Speaker 1: suits him. And you know, Tyson is one that you know,
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  Speaker 1: he not a not a big guy, but but he's
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  Speaker 1: a physical guy. And I I think this is really
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  Speaker 1: gonna help him take another step, you know, and continue
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  Speaker 1: to work on his ball skills obviously, and and you know,
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  Speaker 1: just have that presence about him that that he's one
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  Speaker 1: of the top corners in.
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  Speaker 2: The Leaguething you're doing in camp this year, you're free
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  Speaker 2: where much guys that go to Baltimart.
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  Speaker 4: Uh, you know, I don't don't like to change a
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  Speaker 4: whole lot.
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  Speaker 1: I mean there's some there's some schedule changes that that
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  Speaker 1: I've made, but nothing on the practice field or anything
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  Speaker 1: like that. We still, you know, it's abide by the
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  Speaker 1: guidelines that the league has put forth and and so
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  Speaker 1: nothing like that is gonna change, you know. Uh, just
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  Speaker 1: I moved around some meeting times and walk throughs and
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  Speaker 1: things like that. But other than that, no, what can
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  Speaker 1: it be for some of the younger offensive line and
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  Speaker 1: to see how a guy like Mitch Morris.
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  Speaker 4: Opens up camp and as lack the business.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I'll sends a message to them like like this
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  Speaker 1: is this is w you know, how a pro takes
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  Speaker 1: care of himself physically right mentally, how he approaches every
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  Speaker 1: single day, and just his leadership style, how he you know,
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  Speaker 1: how he can bring along young guys. I I this
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  Speaker 1: is gonna be really good for Luke, you know. And
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  Speaker 1: and to see, uh, to see just how Mitch operates.
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  Speaker 4: You know, and and.
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  Speaker 1: That's what vets do you know, and and you know
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  Speaker 1: he's a guy that's that's willing to show others how
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  Speaker 1: to do it, you know, and and I think that's important.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I think Eric Armstead when he would get
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  Speaker 1: him on the field too. I think that's another one
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  Speaker 1: that could be great for Traybon Right to be able
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  Speaker 1: to see just what it what it takes. They're very
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  Speaker 1: similar positionally, you know, they can both go inside outside
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  Speaker 1: and then you know, physically they're both kind of the same.
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  Speaker 1: So it's, uh, it'd be great for for both those
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  Speaker 1: guys really to to lead, you know, probably more by example.
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  Speaker 3: How much has that been a a focal point as
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  Speaker 3: you've looked at Ryan's defense what happened last year, saying hey,
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  Speaker 3: we've got to get Trayvon doing multiple things along the front,
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  Speaker 3: and he needs.
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  Speaker 1: To take that next step. I again, I think I
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  Speaker 1: think this is really gonna this scheme is gonna help
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  Speaker 1: Trayvon's gonna help Josh. I think it's just gonna utilize
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  Speaker 1: the strengths of both of those players. And I think
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  Speaker 1: it's the reason why we you know, we drafted Trayvon
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  Speaker 1: Right and reason why Josh is here and we extended Josh.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's their their their skill set is is
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  Speaker 1: to get after quarterbacks and and you know, the two
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  Speaker 1: of them together, h is a pretty good group, you know,
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  Speaker 1: in this league. And and I I just think that,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the changes we've made are gonna they're gonna
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  Speaker 1: benefit from.
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  Speaker 3: That, given the fact that there'll be more pass ruppers
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  Speaker 3: in a four three defensive ends opposed to outside lineback.
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  Speaker 3: Was there any conversation about them putting on more weight,
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  Speaker 3: putting on more muscle or is that just kind of
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  Speaker 3: circumstantial as they both develop.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's as they develop and as their bodies
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  Speaker 1: over time develop, you know, I I it's it's there's
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  Speaker 1: a fine line there. You know, Y, you don't want
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  Speaker 1: too much weight and it slows 'em down. And you know, Y,
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  Speaker 1: I guess the thing is too y, Y.
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  Speaker 4: You'd you'd draft those guys for.
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  Speaker 1: A specific position on your team, offense, defense, special teams,
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  Speaker 1: whatever it might be.
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  Speaker 4: And you try not to change that too much. Right.
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  Speaker 1: You can coach 'em up and coach technique and fundamentals
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  Speaker 1: and all that, but when it comes to you know, height, weight, speed,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we need to use their god given ability
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  Speaker 1: and talent, you know, as a strength for us on
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  Speaker 1: defense and having fans.
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  Speaker 4: That practice, they'll keep the energy high on viewd Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, certainly. UH fans are great love having them
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  Speaker 1: out there. They're starting to you know, pile in now
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  Speaker 1: and and uh it's great for the players obviously. UH
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  Speaker 1: brings a little energy and excitement to to training camp.
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  Speaker 3: Right of concern, Uh if if any of the how
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  Speaker 3: quickly U Armstead can get where you where you want
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  Speaker 3: to be, where there's.
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  Speaker 1: Going, you know, I this guy, he's played a ton
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  Speaker 1: of football, right, so veteran player.
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  Speaker 4: I don't have a lot of concern with with I.
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  Speaker 4: It's it's.
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  Speaker 1: I wanna make sure you know, guys like that that
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  Speaker 1: you know, we brought them here obviously to help us,
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  Speaker 1: but at the same time, we gotta make sure that
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  Speaker 1: they're healthy before we put him on the field. And
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  Speaker 1: he knows what it takes.
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  Speaker 4: He's a vet. I've seen him during OTA's I've I've seen.
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  Speaker 1: Him even while he was here during our little three
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  Speaker 1: days with the rookies, and and just how he's he's
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  Speaker 1: kind of another coach right now on the field, right
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  Speaker 1: until he gets ready to go. So that's that's invaluable.
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  Speaker 1: That's that's gold out there on the you know, on
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  Speaker 1: the field. And and so I'm not concerned right now
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  Speaker 1: this early, uh, that he's not out there. I just
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  Speaker 1: wanna make sure that when he is out there that
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  Speaker 1: he's a hundred percent.
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  Speaker 3: You have previously stated that as ink think the way,
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  Speaker 3: live the waylsy be a motivator for you.
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  Speaker 2: Where do you think it will be from for the players,
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  Speaker 2: particularly to the ones who GA went through it.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I think the same thing.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's you know, I think you're gonna hear
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  Speaker 1: it when you ask 'em. You know that it's it's
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  Speaker 1: it's motivation, it's fuel. You know, it was a disappointing,
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  Speaker 1: you know, way to our end of our season. As
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  Speaker 1: high it was for the first eleven games, it was
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  Speaker 1: just as low you know, the last six. So but
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  Speaker 1: again it's it's all stuff we can learn from, right
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  Speaker 1: and and how it how it motivates guys, and how
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  Speaker 1: we can you know, lean on those experiences coaches and players,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, with the addition of the new guys,
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  Speaker 1: you know, hopefully that helps us get through those times.
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  Speaker 1: Cause you talking about the charge challenges with people a
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  Speaker 1: lot in general.
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  Speaker 4: But how much of a re leach is.
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  Speaker 3: That to have do this makey nickname guys and their
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  Speaker 3: contracts where the way Trevors.
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  Speaker 4: Tyson, how much weight does that take off with you
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  Speaker 4: going into a rinkin?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I mean it it's it is great, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and and uh it's a credit to to Trent and
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  Speaker 1: and working with agents and and getting you know, in
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  Speaker 1: the players and getting these things done.
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  Speaker 4: I mean it's just you know, I guess you could
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  Speaker 4: call it a relief.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's not hanging over us, right, and I
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  Speaker 1: don't have to answer all the questions. This will probably
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  Speaker 1: be the last time I get to answer questions about contracts.
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  Speaker 1: And it's great for all of us, right that, uh,
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  Speaker 1: freeze them up now to just go play coach.
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  Speaker 2: One more thing about contracts. You guys weren't trying to
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  Speaker 2: spend money this offseason?
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  Speaker 1: Rush. Was that a plan going.
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  Speaker 3: Into the off season or did it just kind of
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  Speaker 3: pan out in the way, like we're paying guys, let's
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  Speaker 3: go ahead and kind of get it done.
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  Speaker 4: Well.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you know, each year you look at who's
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  Speaker 1: who's gonna be free, I mean, and who's gonna be
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  Speaker 1: on your roster, who the guys and so, and whether
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  Speaker 1: their contract is up or not. I mean, Trevor still
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  Speaker 1: had you know, a couple of years all that. But
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  Speaker 1: if you can lock those guys down and get them extended,
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  Speaker 1: you try to do it, you know, regardless of you know,
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  Speaker 1: what's going on, how much money you got this, you
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  Speaker 1: just find the way right and you and you work
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  Speaker 1: through it, and uh, with all three of 'em.
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  Speaker 4: Obviously it took some time.
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  Speaker 1: But but at the same time, it was three guys
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  Speaker 1: that that you know, we we focused on and we
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  Speaker 1: wanted to make sure that, you know, guys that were
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  Speaker 1: drafted here stay here. I I think in the past
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  Speaker 1: that that's hasn't been the case, right, you know, you
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  Speaker 1: let good players out the door, and and you can't
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  Speaker 1: you can't do that anymore, you know. And so it's
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  Speaker 1: a credit to Trent working with these agents, working with
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  Speaker 1: the players, you know, to get these guys.
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  Speaker 2: Done for a couple more sort of just at first
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  Speaker 2: Doug last year, you I it going into the the
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  Speaker 2: d off season, you said, you've kind of had a
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  Speaker 2: drill down on a lot of things. Play calling was
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  Speaker 2: something that's been asked.
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  Speaker 4: Are you gonna explore taking those back over?
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  Speaker 2: Is press doing this that's something that's.
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  Speaker 1: Been decided yet, Uh, he'll do it today in practice
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  Speaker 1: free and season. That's still up their Yeah, we're we're
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  Speaker 1: still in discussions with all that, and you know, not
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  Speaker 1: ready to make a you know, public decision yet.
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  Speaker 4: Do you plan one.
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  Speaker 2: Having the starters play in all preseason games or what's her.
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  Speaker 1: Prejection on that?
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  Speaker 4: I I have.
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  Speaker 1: Other than the Tampa Bay game, you know, cause when
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  Speaker 1: Tampa comes here, we get a lot of work done,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of great work with the starters. So I
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  Speaker 1: I usually hold 'em out of that game. But the
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  Speaker 1: first one and three, you know, Kansas City and Atlanta. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: definitely play the starters. And uh, you know it's selective.
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  Speaker 1: I would say in the past, not all the starters
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  Speaker 1: would play. But yeah, I like playing 'em. They need
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  Speaker 1: to play.
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  Speaker 4: They need to have, you know, that sense of urgency,
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  Speaker 4: they need to feel game readiness. So yeah, I'll play 'em.
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  Speaker 1: Alright, last one, right there, coach, coach, yesterday was Jack
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  Speaker 1: Lamper's birthday.
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  Speaker 4: Do you have an alpha dog here? Do I have
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  Speaker 4: an alpha dog here?
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  Speaker 2: Yesterday?
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  Speaker 4: It was Jack Lamper's birthday. You have Jack Lambert? Yes,
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  Speaker 4: you have a Jack Lamper on deepen. I you know
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  Speaker 4: what people scare people football? I know this.
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  Speaker 1: I mean our our linebacker, Uh, Foyer Olikun. You know,
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  Speaker 1: he's led the league the last couple of years and tackles,
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  Speaker 1: he's been one of the top tackler, you know, tackling
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  Speaker 1: linebackers in this league. I mean, he's somebody that you
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  Speaker 1: would put you would put in that in that, maybe
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  Speaker 1: put him in that. But I just think the the
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  Speaker 1: the game has changed a little bit, you know, but
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  Speaker 1: you look at guys like that. I'll tell you this,
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  Speaker 1: Darnell Savage, you know, uh, pound for pound, I would
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  Speaker 1: probably put him, probably put him in that group too.
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  Speaker 4: Still, Kurt aside, last question.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I I was Finnna sh we let Brent
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  Speaker 2: ask all the play caring questions, but Shad made it
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  Speaker 2: pretty clear that he wants you to call plays, even
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  Speaker 2: though he said he was not gonna he's gonna let
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  Speaker 2: you decide who calls plays. But does that does that
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  Speaker 2: come into your think team that the owner, my boss
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  Speaker 2: wants really.
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  Speaker 1: Wants me to play call.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, okay, now, if you you'll help your way that
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  Speaker 2: when you're making that fine a bone, Yes
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  Speaker 4: Exactly that so alright,