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Pete Carroll: "We Have To Keep Growing" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: When it comes to Drew.
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  Speaker 2: The first couple of paces, I think he's really rolling.
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  Speaker 2: I think he's fine, and I can't wait to see
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  Speaker 2: him play against this week, you know, and get out
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  Speaker 2: there and do it again. I know that it's the
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  Speaker 2: first week was one was you know, had a feeling
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  Speaker 2: about it, and the second week I different feeling about it.
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  Speaker 2: And I think he'll be able to feel much like
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  Speaker 2: he did in week two. He's comfortable with it. He
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  Speaker 2: knows he's going out, he knows he's gonna get some
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  Speaker 2: play time, and and you know he'll be able to
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  Speaker 2: work at work his game. He's really impressive. He does.
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  Speaker 2: He does great stuff every day on the practice field,
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  Speaker 2: throws and decisions and movement. We we would do everything
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  Speaker 2: that we can think of doing with him as we're doing.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I don't have it. I haven't heard anyone
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  Speaker 2: since the surgery, but we other than that what they
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  Speaker 2: initially said that everything went great. You know, they showed
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  Speaker 2: us the pictures and all that kind of stuff. So
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  Speaker 2: we saw that and and uh, it's a you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's an elaborate surgery for such a small cracking area,
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  Speaker 2: but it's going to be so safe. So we're really
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  Speaker 2: pleased with and so is.
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  Speaker 1: He three young end up meeting surgery And if so,
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  Speaker 1: what's the time back yet?
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  Speaker 2: Getting jam all back now today or I've been getting
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  Speaker 2: out the off the pup. Yeah, And it's a good
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  Speaker 2: step for him, good stage as he's preparing to get back.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we look at these weeks. They go by
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  Speaker 2: quickly now, and then if he would continue to stay
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  Speaker 2: on puppy wouldn't be able to get any of our
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  Speaker 2: football work. So he'll jump into the routine like we've
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  Speaker 2: been doing with our guys about walkthroughs and things like that,
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  Speaker 2: so that he can start to break the huddle with
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  Speaker 2: the fellas and and make the calls and get a
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  Speaker 2: line to make the adjustments and all that and get
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  Speaker 2: his mind rolling in that direction. There's no other way
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  Speaker 2: to do it. So this is a good time for
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  Speaker 2: him to pop back. He's ready to go. He's working
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  Speaker 2: really hard. Yeah again, I tell you guys, if you
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  Speaker 2: watched him work out, you would never know there's anything wrong.
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  Speaker 2: But he still has he's still trying to make his
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  Speaker 2: strengths and get everything up to max and and uh,
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  Speaker 2: we're gonna do it. We're gonna do it perfectly. We're
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  Speaker 2: gonna wait it out and make sure that we really
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  Speaker 2: take care of him. You guys have a kind of money,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we didn't have that this morning.
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  Speaker 1: You guys are kind of fall got tired with you
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  Speaker 1: Greek and Jordan guys, how do you like the way
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  Speaker 1: that looked out? Kind of easy?
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  Speaker 2: I really like it, Johnny. It's worked out really well.
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  Speaker 2: And to see Jordan out here now taking full speed
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  Speaker 2: reps and he's comfortable with it. He was able to,
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  Speaker 2: you know, work his way back into it is exactly
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  Speaker 2: how we picture it, you know, for for Jamal as
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  Speaker 2: well in time here. So it has worked out and
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  Speaker 2: and uh, you know we're still if you see, we
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  Speaker 2: just run. We're just running to Reek right now, you know,
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  Speaker 2: just making sure he's getting his full speed sprinting, getting
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  Speaker 2: full speed work to go along with the practice work,
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  Speaker 2: because we're just continuing to rehab and build them.
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  Speaker 1: Like what does it mean to him just to get that?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well you have to ask him. You asked him
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  Speaker 2: what he says about that, But I know it makes it,
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  Speaker 2: It makes a difference to him. I know it means
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  Speaker 2: something to him. He's he's such an engaging personality and
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  Speaker 2: he's such a you know, outgoing personality on the football
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  Speaker 2: field that he has no way to express that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: with us. And so that's part of the reason I
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  Speaker 2: wanted to be back in there so he can get comfortable,
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  Speaker 2: our guys can get to know him somewhere, guys don't know,
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  Speaker 2: you know, what he's like, so and he's gonna help them.
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  Speaker 2: He's a guy makes other guys play better around him.
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  Speaker 2: So I just think all of this is all for
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  Speaker 2: the right reasons. You are you, I'm assuming you're not
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  Speaker 2: feeling pressure with you? Is exactly where we want this
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  Speaker 2: is I have that pressure does not exist. I don't
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  Speaker 2: feel that we're working with him and the docs and
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  Speaker 2: the trainers and and all that. That's what's That's what's
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  Speaker 2: important to me. I don't care what it is. It's
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  Speaker 2: just when he gets back to I just wanted to
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  Speaker 2: feel right and confident and believes it believes in the
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  Speaker 2: process that got in there, and we're not gonna rush
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  Speaker 2: him at all.
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  Speaker 1: There is there a point with the secondary, I mean said,
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  Speaker 1: there's still a lot of competitions in the secondary.
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  Speaker 2: Is there a point where you want to settle on
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  Speaker 2: any of those or do you know I'm not really
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  Speaker 2: worried about that, Bob. I know that that could be something,
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  Speaker 2: you know, but because we have enough depth and then
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  Speaker 2: the different guys that are moving through there are well equipped,
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  Speaker 2: and so you know, it's been kind of fluid so far.
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  Speaker 2: I'm fine with it. You're gonna see Treik is gonna
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  Speaker 2: be going with the ones, you know, the next couple
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  Speaker 2: of weeks and and solidly in there, and then we'll
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  Speaker 2: see how that goes. But Michael and and Uh and
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  Speaker 2: Trey have done a fantastic job, so they deserve to
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  Speaker 2: play also. So we're working it out and it's a
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  Speaker 2: good situation. Sure, surely you have a on track.
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  Speaker 1: To get back to actual practice next week.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, when it comes to.
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  Speaker 1: What we see from the defense, do they need to
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  Speaker 1: take another step or show anything else that's in consistency?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, we got to keep going growing. We have
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  Speaker 2: to keep growing and defenses, you know, you know, there's
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  Speaker 2: a closeness about it that's so important, and the ability
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  Speaker 2: to communicate under pressure and you know, and tight spaces
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  Speaker 2: when you don't have much you can't hear very well,
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  Speaker 2: and all that has to do with nonverbal communications and
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  Speaker 2: all that stuff. They have to be together a lot.
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  Speaker 2: So we're getting there. We're getting there. I really like
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  Speaker 2: the group and I know they feel confident about where
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  Speaker 2: we're going. But there's still growth and we'll be growing
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  Speaker 2: through the early part of the season too.
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  Speaker 1: Got need more clarity on Daisen's timeline for a return.
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  Speaker 2: No, we're just optimistic. Jamal digs and love on the
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  Speaker 2: field though at once, what is having that grouping on
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  Speaker 2: the field at the same time, do you for your
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  Speaker 2: kneed with it looks it looks pretty good now, you know,
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  Speaker 2: right now we have we have a bunch of guys
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  Speaker 2: out there that that fit together well. We look athletic,
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  Speaker 2: we're quick, there's there's there's a mixture of you know,
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  Speaker 2: the you know, the years that they played in, all
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  Speaker 2: the experience that they have and what they bring. It's
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  Speaker 2: it's a it's a fun, exciting group. I can't wait
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  Speaker 2: to see these guys really start to mold together.
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  Speaker 1: Mario Edwards frant to the point yesterday when it comes
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  Speaker 1: to the young guys, how young you're he's preseason games,
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  Speaker 1: your auditioning not just for your team but thirty one
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  Speaker 1: other teams. Is that a message you like to get
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  Speaker 1: across the guys or do you don't want that in
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  Speaker 1: their head.
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  Speaker 2: The coaches talk about that, I don't talk about that.
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  Speaker 2: Did something happened to Joey Hud? Yes, yeah, he tweaked
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  Speaker 2: his knee a little bit, and uh, he tried to
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  Speaker 2: He tried to get out to day to run to
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  Speaker 2: see if he would have a chance to play in
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  Speaker 2: the game. It looks like he might not be able
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  Speaker 2: to make it, so he's he didn't have a good
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  Speaker 2: morning workout.
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  Speaker 1: You guys have tried Liam Ryan there a little bit
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  Speaker 1: too in the last week, and so what have you
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  Speaker 1: seen out of him? Trying him at the center, and.
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  Speaker 2: He's comfortable with it. He's he's doing all right and
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  Speaker 2: he'll play again in this game, you know. So he
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  Speaker 2: really it really hasn't been a big transition for him
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  Speaker 2: at all, and he looks comfortable with it. So we're
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  Speaker 2: gonna keep it going. Just makes it get more valuable
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  Speaker 2: to us. Anything you want. With Cody pumps in his shoulders. No,
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  Speaker 2: but other than he's not gonna probably play this weekend,
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  Speaker 2: not yet, not yet, CAF. I think it's it's moving down.
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  Speaker 2: It might be a shoulder tomorrow. He lives with the
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  Speaker 2: ones for a while. Wow, excuse me, I gotta take
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  Speaker 2: him in a lot of this when I'm coming Look
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  Speaker 2: a look at the Marins coming on the field. Wow,
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  Speaker 2: that's a big deal. There's so much fun to watch.
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  Speaker 2: It's awesome.
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  Speaker 1: Sorry, and obviously do some attorneying and and Dean was
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  Speaker 1: maybe gonna do some like if we thought those guys
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  Speaker 1: maybe for a little while.
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  Speaker 2: I guess I need to feel about you know where
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  Speaker 2: he was seeing. Yeah, Well, well, the the the solid
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  Speaker 2: aspect is we know, uh DJ can do everything, and
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  Speaker 2: he's done, He's done a good job to give us
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  Speaker 2: w you know, some good work back there. So we
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  Speaker 2: have that. We've been trying out other guys, uh to
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  Speaker 2: see where where where he fits and and you'll see
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  Speaker 2: a little bit more that uh in this game.
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  Speaker 1: How how close is Darryl Taylor to to getting back
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  Speaker 1: with you guys in this points?
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  Speaker 2: I don't I don't know how to tell you that.
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  Speaker 2: I answer that one. He's he's feels really good. He's
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  Speaker 2: made a big jump in the last few days, so
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  Speaker 2: I would think he he's got a chance to start
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  Speaker 2: really doing some stuff next week. That's what we're kind
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  Speaker 2: of counting on. We're hoping he can get there would
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  Speaker 2: like to.
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  Speaker 1: See from some of the young inside backers.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sorry. Uh, yeah, they've done They've done well so far,
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  Speaker 2: and and uh i'd like to see them just continue
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  Speaker 2: it and show it again in different you know, a
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  Speaker 2: little bit different offense, a little bit different style thing.
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  Speaker 2: Then you have to adapt to some some plays. It's
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  Speaker 2: a new game plan for them. We won't know what
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  Speaker 2: they're doing until we start playing, and so that that
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  Speaker 2: challenges them to use the scheme in the system really well.
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  Speaker 2: But BBK has done a nice job coming. He's back,
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  Speaker 2: he's back to playing football and that that's that's one
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  Speaker 2: major accomplishment. Patrick has done a nice job too, and
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  Speaker 2: uh Radigan, h Johnny Radigan. Those guys have played i
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  Speaker 2: think exactly the same amount of plays so far. And
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  Speaker 2: so we'll see if we can kind of even that
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  Speaker 2: out again in this game and give him every shot
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  Speaker 2: to you know, show where they fit.
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  Speaker 1: They have out a receiver right now. It's a pretty
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  Speaker 1: big opportunity to this game for the depth guys who
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  Speaker 1: are battling.
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  Speaker 2: Yes it is, and uh, it'll be it'll be fun
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  Speaker 2: to see him go the guy. They're ready to play.
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  Speaker 2: So Matt Landers made it back he's gonna go. And
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  Speaker 2: I had a nice, nice couple of days here in returning. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: heat made it back to Winston. He made it back
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  Speaker 2: to go. Uh and uh, Caid's gonna play, you know.
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  Speaker 2: So we got some guys coming back to us that
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  Speaker 2: we're excited to see them.
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  Speaker 1: Out there, gonna be able to go for you.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, he's playing. Just see where he is, see you know,
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  Speaker 2: see if he keeps making producer risks. He's been a
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  Speaker 2: little bit hindered because his elbow's been a little bit
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  Speaker 2: you know of a problem. He's had to adapt to that.
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  Speaker 2: But to his credit, Uh, his mentality's attitude has been great.
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  Speaker 2: He has he didn't want to miss anything he's trying
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  Speaker 2: to fight. He never he never squeaked anything about his
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  Speaker 2: elbow other than reporting it and then and uh he
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  Speaker 2: doesn't want to miss a play. So his attitude has
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  Speaker 2: been great. That competition is still on its center. Yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it always is. Yeah it is. Evan has done a
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  Speaker 2: nice job and he's had the benefit of health and
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  Speaker 2: being out there in the study and all of that.
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  Speaker 2: It's really helped him. So we're there, we're there right now,
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  Speaker 2: you know, but uh, oh lose not back to full strength.
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  Speaker 2: Yet when he this game may be a good opportunity
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  Speaker 2: for him to show and you know, we're going to
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  Speaker 2: try to play the best guy. So however that works out.
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  Speaker 2: But Evans made a really good uh statement, you know,
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  Speaker 2: for being out there with the first group. Excuse me, No, no,
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  Speaker 2: he No, we haven't he's not here yet. You've seen enough. Answer,
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  Speaker 2: we got to see more. Yeah, we're still we're still
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  Speaker 2: making our judgments on that. He's done some nice things though,
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  Speaker 2: you know, he he's been he's been impressive. He's played
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  Speaker 2: quite a bit too. So I don't know, Uh, I
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  Speaker 2: think he's not making it cause he didn't. He didn't
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  Speaker 2: get work today. If Mike Moore said anything more on him, no, sorry,
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  Speaker 2: what do you uh? In general?
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  Speaker 1: What are you gonna see from Jerick in this?
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  Speaker 2: Finally? PA see these comfortable keeps, keeps advancing, making progress.
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  Speaker 2: I see him some running and hitting a little more
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  Speaker 2: work on special teams. He's got some some improvement to
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  Speaker 2: make on special teams in particular. I like to see
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  Speaker 2: him flash you know there and uh, we'll see you know,
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  Speaker 2: he's gonna get a lot of plays, so he'll get
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  Speaker 2: a chance to do something. We'll see how see how
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  Speaker 2: it goes.
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  Speaker 1: But it's just set up for a preseason games the
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  Speaker 1: section week that's when m a coach and a value
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  Speaker 1: you're kind of evaluating pretty much Saturday, right, So.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we we've really made it a four game evaluation,
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  Speaker 2: you know, with the mock game being the first one
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  Speaker 2: and and uh so we kind of haven't left that
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  Speaker 2: that part of it. But uh but I I really
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  Speaker 2: really liked this format. I think we've made The league
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  Speaker 2: has made great we they made great decisions for us,
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  Speaker 2: uh to adjust and the week coming up is an
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  Speaker 2: enormous the valuable week for us in terms of health
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  Speaker 2: and uh and you know, going back to the basics
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  Speaker 2: of stuff and you don't have to worry about a
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  Speaker 2: game coming up and getting ready for that and then
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  Speaker 2: the next week's game week, you know. So I and
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  Speaker 2: the way that we've we cut the squad down because
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  Speaker 2: of the way they format it is way better than
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  Speaker 2: it was before. So I'm total support. Well, I had
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  Speaker 2: to talk to some people, you know, you get something's
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  Speaker 2: doing there was it. I don't know. I don't know
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  Speaker 2: whether I think it's just years of griping about stuff,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and I think you know, there's squeaky wheel.
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  Speaker 2: You know, the thing happened, and they made some great choices.
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  Speaker 2: I hope they're not planning on any changes because it
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  Speaker 2: works great. I think it's about how Kobe right sort
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  Speaker 2: of handled, you know, playing A lot of thinks he's
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  Speaker 2: done really well. Kobe's had a terrific camp. He's been
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  Speaker 2: physical and tough and smart and showed us that he
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  Speaker 2: can handle all the stuff. He's tackled really well. He
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  Speaker 2: hit really well. I'd be surprised he doesn't play really
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  Speaker 2: well this week and and again. So he's doing great.
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  Speaker 2: He's ready to play wherever we need him, and his
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  Speaker 2: attitude has been great about that. He last year, you
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  Speaker 2: guys seemed to embrace the fact that people didn't think
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  Speaker 2: he would be very good heading into the regular season.
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  Speaker 2: What do you say, is this one wants to be
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  Speaker 2: embraced it? You know, it wasn't like we liked it,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I mean, you guys might have embraced it.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. I kind of didn't listen to it
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  Speaker 2: very much, to tell you the truth, But go ahead,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not sure I get the point. I'm gonna say.
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  Speaker 2: What would to say is motivating your team heading in
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  Speaker 2: for this. Well, I'm trying. I'm doing the best I can.
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  Speaker 2: No all being football guys and football players. Every year
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  Speaker 2: when you come back, it's a new life, you know,
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  Speaker 2: like a whole life starts all over again. And uh,
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  Speaker 2: we we clicked into that mode come on out of
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  Speaker 2: last season with a really good feeling about the future.
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  Speaker 2: The players that have been with us and then the
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  Speaker 2: guys that lead us and speak for us, they felt
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  Speaker 2: strongly that we had we were on the move. And
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  Speaker 2: maybe it was because of there was, you know, some
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  Speaker 2: unexpected success last year and the okay, now we can
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  Speaker 2: build on that and go, yeah, I don't know if
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  Speaker 2: I like all that, but but it, uh whatever, The
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  Speaker 2: reason is, attitude has been really on it. I mean
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  Speaker 2: I've I've said to you guys one hundred times now
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  Speaker 2: about this group, their mentality, their approach to the game,
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  Speaker 2: how they're looking at what they bring every day. The
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  Speaker 2: attitude and the mentality is so powerful because right now,
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  Speaker 2: you know, attitude is everything, and so I just think
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  Speaker 2: it fits. And a few guys that we brought in
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  Speaker 2: It brought excitement, I think, and another draft class. It's
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  Speaker 2: really an upbeat flying around making big impressions. You know
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  Speaker 2: on the rest of the team adds to it. Their
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  Speaker 2: coaches were really pumped up about them, you know, and
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  Speaker 2: keeps getting all fired up every day. And it's not
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  Speaker 2: hard to do that because of who they are. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: everything about it is is on the Epps. Now, we
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  Speaker 2: gotta go get going, you know. We gotta finish this
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  Speaker 2: thing off, and then go get our game to start
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  Speaker 2: the thing off and against the Rams, and and and
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  Speaker 2: get the season underway. Everything else.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you, hyeah Okay,