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Pete Carroll: "These Guys Are Battling" · Seahawks Press Pass

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Speaker 1: What do you got. Uh, he's got a little growing thing
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Speaker 1: that he's that kind of bothered him getting into the
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Speaker 1: camp here. So we're just keeping him quiet for a bit. Sure,
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Speaker 1: he's not practicing, so I don't like that. I'm concerned
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Speaker 1: about that. And Zach is h he's got a little,
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Speaker 1: a little shoulder thing that we're checking out right now.
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Speaker 1: It takes some time to figure it out. We'd love
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Speaker 1: to have those guys and we'd love to have him
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Speaker 1: back out here, but they're not ready to go yet. No. No,
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Speaker 1: he's getting he's getting all the work ups done right now.
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Speaker 1: He's fair. Today, he'll be back in there with the
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Speaker 1: docs getting some stuff looked. That. Am I being a
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Speaker 1: nebulous or no, no, gray or avoiding at all because
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Speaker 1: I don't know anything? Yeah, there you go, Just because
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Speaker 1: I don't know anything. It just kind of creeped up
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Speaker 1: on him. Really, he didn't get hit or anything like that.
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Speaker 1: It's just all of a sudden he started to feel something.
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Speaker 1: So we're just checking out and being really really cautious
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Speaker 1: right now. He's sick to yeah, because those are growing,
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Speaker 1: you know, we got to make sure he doesn't feel bad.
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Speaker 1: It's not a terrible injury or anything like that. Just
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Speaker 1: we just don't want to aggravate it now and make
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Speaker 1: it be something that lingers through camp.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, very.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, this is this is really a story that I
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Speaker 1: hope you guys will will pick up on, and I'm
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Speaker 1: sure you already have. I paid attention to what you
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Speaker 1: guys are writing. But the fact that he's gone two
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Speaker 1: years in rehab and recovery, you know, uh, never gave
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Speaker 1: up hope that he could make it back overcame odds
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Speaker 1: that most people don't aren't able to find a way.
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Speaker 1: The did some. I think it sounds like some experimental
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Speaker 1: work that they did to give him an opportunity. You know,
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Speaker 1: he had nerve damage and he had to get that
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Speaker 1: that doesn't recover very well and sometimes never and and
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Speaker 1: but he's overcome all of that. He looks great out
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Speaker 1: here running around. We're trying to not overwork can until
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Speaker 1: we you know, we're sure that we get him in
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Speaker 1: shape and football shape because it's been a couple of years.
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Speaker 1: But he's not holding back at all. He's flying around.
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Speaker 1: So it's great to get him back out here. It's
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Speaker 1: a great story and he's an incredible kid back on
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Speaker 1: the field. Flashy already. You know, he jumps right back out. Uh.
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Speaker 1: He's a playmaker and he was real close on a
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Speaker 1: really good play. He and Jackson went at it today
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Speaker 1: on play down by the goalie, which was cool. He's
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Speaker 1: going to get, you know, more comfortable and more sure
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Speaker 1: of himself in the next couple of days. He's got
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Speaker 1: to get a couple of days out here with us,
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Speaker 1: but he's going to do really well. He gets settled outside.
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Speaker 1: I settled on that yet, but we are preparing him
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Speaker 1: to be able to do both. Jackson a highlight. He's
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Speaker 1: he's really a gifted athlete, you know, the time timing, uh,
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Speaker 1: and eye body control, extraordinary natural quickness. He makes things
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Speaker 1: look really easy. And uh, I can't imagine I'm not
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Speaker 1: being part of the mix, you know, right from the
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Speaker 1: right at the beginning. It's just it just comes too
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Speaker 1: easy for him. So we're looking or we're looking for
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Speaker 1: the spots that we can put him in and and
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Speaker 1: how to move him around and see how much he
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Speaker 1: can handle. But there's nothing to hold him back. You know,
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Speaker 1: he's he's hitting it off with you know, really well
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Speaker 1: right now.
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Speaker 2: Bob Jones during.
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Speaker 1: The off seas to sit up and see what he
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Speaker 1: can't see a couple of times, where's he He looks
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Speaker 1: like a different guy. Really, he looks like a linebacker now.
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Speaker 1: And and I can't tell you that. You know, he
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Speaker 1: had played outside for us, he'd moved around in college
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Speaker 1: some We put him behind the football to see if
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Speaker 1: he could help us there, and and and then he
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Speaker 1: and then he got he got hurt in the springtime
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Speaker 1: and and wasn't able to He missed three weeks or
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Speaker 1: four weeks or something of it, so he didn't get
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Speaker 1: to make a lot of progress. But he was learning
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Speaker 1: and studying. Because when he came back out here, he's
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Speaker 1: very comfortable with it, and he's got a chance to
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Speaker 1: really Uh. I mean, I don't know what the what
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Speaker 1: his high level is at this point, because he's really athletic.
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Speaker 1: He's really fast. He's tall and lean and explosive and
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Speaker 1: all of that. So let's just see what happens. We
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Speaker 1: know we can play on special teams. We're trying to
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Speaker 1: develop them as linebacker and see how far we can
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Speaker 1: take it. Get a good chatting to see them going
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Speaker 1: back and you're going whole speed now before you Yeah, yeah,
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Speaker 1: you know it really is. It's a real positive. We
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Speaker 1: could see the glimpses there was enough work done and
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Speaker 1: they they maxed out what we you know, we allowed
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Speaker 1: for them. And uh, and they did a really nice
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Speaker 1: job studying in the off season and getting ready for stuff,
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Speaker 1: and they've come in here really competitive. So both those
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Speaker 1: guys are guys that look like they're going to contribute.
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Speaker 2: What have you seen that maybe you've learned about your
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Speaker 2: team that you really like the last three days, I mean,
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Speaker 2: no pads yet, so it's a little bit different. But
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Speaker 2: what have you seen ho would you valuate domers?
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Speaker 1: I think we're practicing faster than we practiced, and we
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Speaker 1: set expectations really high in these first four days. Now,
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Speaker 1: you know, we we and I need to see the
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Speaker 1: film here today, but I think we did it again.
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Speaker 1: Guys are flying and that that to get closer to
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Speaker 1: game speed is as much as possible as we gets
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Speaker 1: you prepared the best. And uh, the leadership that really
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Speaker 1: the standard that is set by by the guys that
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Speaker 1: have been around and know what we expect here as
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Speaker 1: well as what the coaches are doing is uh, we're
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Speaker 1: hitting it off right now, you know. And and and
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Speaker 1: we're in sync in terms of really going for it,
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Speaker 1: and so I'm you know, there's nothing I like more.
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Speaker 1: We Why wouldn't we be the best practicing team of football,
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Speaker 1: you know, And it's up to us, and so we're
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Speaker 1: working at finding out what that's all about, and we'll
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Speaker 1: see if we can get there.
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Speaker 2: Bobby, for a lot of years, do you ever look
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Speaker 2: at him and say, is there ever a while moment
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Speaker 2: for you just to come to expect A lot of
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Speaker 2: us were watching him chase down DJ on that wheel route,
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Speaker 2: and you're like, that's I got.
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Speaker 1: Well he got Dek on the reverse too. I don't
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Speaker 1: know if you saw that one. You know, he look
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Speaker 1: great on that one too. He's moving really, really well.
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Speaker 1: He looks like the guy that we've always known, so
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Speaker 1: and he's having a blast. He's having just a blast
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Speaker 1: with these guys. And then of course everybody's accepted him,
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Speaker 1: you know, readily and all. But it's it's it's really
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Speaker 1: pleasing to see him having so much fun and looks
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Speaker 1: so good. I think he probably is. I think he's
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Speaker 1: most people don't do this, but I think he's getting
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Speaker 1: faster as he gets older. Talked about and Mike Gays
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Speaker 1: in the way he handled the pumpetitions the guy he
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Speaker 1: has guys during the season and then he guys got
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Speaker 1: quarter back and guys. Yeah, he is really I hate
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Speaker 1: to say this because I want my expectations to be
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Speaker 1: in the right spot, but he's exceeded expectations and he's
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Speaker 1: continued to do that. And uh, with this season that
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Speaker 1: he played last year, with his off season that he had,
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Speaker 1: and already in camp, he's already made a statement. He's
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Speaker 1: been going against the DK and they've been battling out there,
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Speaker 1: you know, and we couldn't ask for anything more than that.
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Speaker 1: And his attitude is good. You know, he's a big kid.
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Speaker 1: You know, he' two hundred and sixteen pound corner. You know,
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Speaker 1: there's not many guys like that. Uh, and he's really
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Speaker 1: fast too, and he's taken great pride in his technique,
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Speaker 1: in the scheme and all of that. So he's he's
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Speaker 1: not he's not giving it up for anybody. He's battling
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Speaker 1: to be the be the guy out there starting what's
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Speaker 1: the product. Yeah, we're gonna be very very careful with that.
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Speaker 1: What we did get him to do is he got
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Speaker 1: through all the walk through. We had forty snaps to
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Speaker 1: walk through place today, and uh, that's a big step up.
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Speaker 1: When you're on PEP you can't participate in that. So
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Speaker 1: we all felt and I know he did too. It
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Speaker 1: was great to be back, you know, with the team working,
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Speaker 1: and we'll just progress him. Uh as as everybody, you know,
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Speaker 1: the trainers all feel like it's it's the right way
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Speaker 1: to do it. I'm not gonna be in a hurry
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Speaker 1: on it. He knows what he's doing, he understands our scheme.
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Speaker 1: We we have, you know, a good feel for what
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Speaker 1: he's capable of doing. So we just want to make
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Speaker 1: sure we get him back and when he's back, he's
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Speaker 1: back to stay. He was quite said, No one was
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Speaker 1: quite a bit ahead of those guys, and uh that's
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Speaker 1: why he's come right back off off the list quickly enough,
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Speaker 1: but not not yet. We don't have anybody that's popping
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Speaker 1: back next few days or anything like that. You know.
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Speaker 1: Right from the beginning, we really liked his potential because
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Speaker 1: he's such a strong kid. He in the time he's
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Speaker 1: been with us, he has kind of shaped his body
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Speaker 1: and he's got his movement together. Now he's a big,
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Speaker 1: strong kid that moves well. He's got he's got all
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Speaker 1: of the elements of it. So he's really a good,
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Speaker 1: good dude. He understands what we're doing. He's tough, so
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Speaker 1: he's right in there battling now and then really well
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Speaker 1: equipped to hold that position. So he's right now. He
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Speaker 1: looks like a started playing like a starter, and he's
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Speaker 1: he's got to, you know, hang on with the competition
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Speaker 1: that's going on. So see if you can pull that off.
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Speaker 1: You know, we made it real competitive today, you know,
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Speaker 1: moving the ball and putting them in situations. We had
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Speaker 1: a competition on third downs within that drill that you
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Speaker 1: might not have been able to tell, but these guys
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Speaker 1: are battling. Then. The last period we did was is
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Speaker 1: a sudden change period and so we just pop a
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Speaker 1: situation on him and they've got to adjust and adapt
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Speaker 1: and handle that. You know, we worked out great. It
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Speaker 1: was great to see the threes got like almost twelve
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Speaker 1: plays or something that drive warm out a little bit,
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Speaker 1: you know, but that that was great for them too.
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Speaker 1: They need to work. So I really I'm here with
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Speaker 1: you guys. I can't wait to get up and watch
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Speaker 1: the film, see what's going on, to see what the
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Speaker 1: practice looked like. I think it was another really good
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Speaker 1: day though. He had a great day to day. Now
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Speaker 1: he was all over the place. The playmate on the
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Speaker 1: post raut was better than any of the other ones.
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Speaker 1: But he also made a great play in the back
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Speaker 1: of the end zone. Gino threw a perfect ball to
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Speaker 1: DK on the back line, I mean sky high, and
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Speaker 1: he got up to it and got his hand on
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Speaker 1: the football and got it knocked away, and then he
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Speaker 1: had a pick too, you know, and I think on
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Speaker 1: a scramble situation. He had a beautiful day to day.
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Speaker 1: So both he and Mike are really competing hard, and
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Speaker 1: they both are you know, they're not looking over their shoulder.
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Speaker 1: They're just going to take these jobs and they're going
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Speaker 1: to try to hold onto them and fight to keep them.
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Speaker 1: And they're doing the kind of stuff that guys do
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Speaker 1: when they make that happen. So it's exciting. Jackson deal
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Speaker 1: some of the idea behind thee What was Michael, Okay,
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Speaker 1: what no? Here, Here's here's really what we're thinking. What
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Speaker 1: we're thinking is we've got good depth of corner and
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Speaker 1: we have a chance to work some some different combinations.
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Speaker 1: We've moved Kobe around a couple of times too. He's
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Speaker 1: playing on both sides and doing some stuff for us,
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Speaker 1: playing safety a little bit as well, And we're just
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Speaker 1: trying to find the right combination, you know, and see
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Speaker 1: what what's most competitive. We won't we won't really be
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Speaker 1: able to call it until Wol gets back out there.
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Speaker 1: But h and by the way, Tarik is running hard,
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Speaker 1: he's he's changed in direction, he's going in and out
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Speaker 1: of breaks and doing all kinds of stuff. He's really
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Speaker 1: close to being back out. You answer your question, I
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Speaker 1: don't think it's within a couple of days, but I
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Speaker 1: think it's within a couple of weeks for sure, you know.
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Speaker 1: And so uh so, I just I think all of
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Speaker 1: this goes back. It's very competitive the guys, we're all
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Speaker 1: going for it, and these guys are they've been with
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Speaker 1: us enough already, Nut Spoon, but they've been with us
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Speaker 1: enough to know how we play and what our expectations are,
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Speaker 1: and they're carrying it out and they're really they're really
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Speaker 1: playing within the system really well. So it looks good.
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Speaker 1: It seems like you guys are rotating with and this
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Speaker 1: is another really good spot to watch. We set it
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Speaker 1: up to alternate with the starters so we can get
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Speaker 1: a really good look at that knowing that it was
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Speaker 1: going to be a real competitive opportunity and Evan hadn't
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Speaker 1: been with us and so he was starting fresh. And
11:16
Speaker 1: same with with Olu. I can't call it right now,
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Speaker 1: you know, I don't know. We're just we're just logging
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Speaker 1: reps right now and seeing what's going on. Olu's got
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Speaker 1: to risk. It's a little bit sore, so he's not
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Speaker 1: full speed right now. But I've been really impressed with Evan.
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Speaker 1: Evan has done it really well. He's handled it, very
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Speaker 1: mature about it. He's really strong, weighting at three twenty,
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Speaker 1: you know, big brute of a guy, not the tallest guy,
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Speaker 1: but he's got good power and uh and he moves
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Speaker 1: well too. So that's a really cool position for competing.
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Speaker 1: And we'll just have to see see how it goes.
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Speaker 1: And not rushing to judgment at all, but it's a
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Speaker 1: really good situation for Joey. Joey isn't given an end
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Speaker 1: she either. You know, Joey knows everything we're doing. He's
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Speaker 1: a he's a leader, he's sharp, he's strong, he's tough
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Speaker 1: and all that. So it's a really good spot for
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Speaker 1: us tackles with small everybody smaller than now I would
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Speaker 1: even after New York. I'm sure he's huge. No, No,
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Speaker 1: Jay Reid is a really really well equipped nose tackle. Now. Uh,
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Speaker 1: he played those spots for years in and out did
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Speaker 1: all the way back in college and it was moving around,
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Speaker 1: had that flexibility. But when we kind of made the
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Speaker 1: commitment let's go, let's go that way and zero, and
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Speaker 1: I think he's going to play to be one of
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Speaker 1: the best nose tackles in football. I don't see how
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Speaker 1: how you could deny that he's He's just too good
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Speaker 1: of a player, really smart, really savvy, makes the calls,
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Speaker 1: handles all the all of the leadership issues that you
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Speaker 1: may have. And with a bunch of hard nose guys
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Speaker 1: up front, he's the guy. And so I love that
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Speaker 1: he's at that spot and he's really committed to doing it.
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Speaker 1: Yeah he's Yeah, he's good anywhere in there. He can
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Speaker 1: go three ten or so, but he over three hundred
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Speaker 1: is where we expect going to be. And he's a
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Speaker 1: really powerful kid. So far, he's picking it up. You
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Speaker 1: can't tell about a nose tackle, a new nose tackle
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Speaker 1: that you've never seen before until you get him in pads.
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Speaker 1: You know, and so the next couple of days would
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Speaker 1: be really good to get a good indicator. He's doing
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Speaker 1: to find out with his assignments. And he's a big
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Speaker 1: kid too, you know, and he's moving around to find Yeah,
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Speaker 1: you seem well, Kenny mack is. He's been probably one
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Speaker 1: of the highlights when everybody was here, he was one
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Speaker 1: of the highlighted players. He'd lost about ten pounds from
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Speaker 1: where he was here in the springtime, and he's in
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Speaker 1: great shape and he's just razor sharp, and he's been
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Speaker 1: explosive and innovative with his running and his cuts caught
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Speaker 1: the ball well. I mean, he's done really well. And
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Speaker 1: DJ is a little bigger than he's been. And I
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Speaker 1: talked to him about it today with White two thirty
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Speaker 1: right now, you know, and I like I like him
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Speaker 1: running with the power and being physical as a as
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Speaker 1: a different kind of guy for us. We're gonna see
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Speaker 1: how how that works for him. We just we again,
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Speaker 1: we just talked about that today. But he DJ is
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Speaker 1: a terrific ball player for us. He does everything and
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Speaker 1: his past protection is catching the ball out of the backfields.
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Speaker 1: All the third down work is excellent. It's a terrific
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Speaker 1: special teams guy, and we've seen him. We've all seen
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Speaker 1: him running. He runs the ball physically and carries with
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Speaker 1: He carries a load, so we know he can play.
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Speaker 1: He sees there, Yeah, there's yeah, everybody, everybody sees that moment.
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Speaker 1: The guys they know well enough what's going on with
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Speaker 1: who's line up, who's taking the reps and all. It's
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Speaker 1: a really important uh you know, week or two in
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Speaker 1: here for for both in macin and uh so we're
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Speaker 1: gaining a lot of information on him and we don't
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Speaker 1: need much on DJ we know him, but but for
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Speaker 1: Kenny McIntosh, this is really important. For Kenny, it seems
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Speaker 1: like time for one of the reasons why he might
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Speaker 1: have slipped in the draft back and it seems like
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Speaker 1: he's got the speed. That's he looks really quick out here.
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Speaker 1: I mean he looks uh he we've we've commented the
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Speaker 1: coaches have commented that we're surprised at how quick he
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Speaker 1: has looked. He's four or five, two or three or
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Speaker 1: something like that. There's a lot of really really good
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Speaker 1: running backs that run that time, so that's not the issue.
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Speaker 1: But he's looked quicker than he did in the springtime.
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Speaker 1: That's all I can tell you. And he's he's you know,
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Speaker 1: so we're everybody's fired up about it. Yeah, he's doing well.
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Speaker 1: His workouts are great. He and Jordan are. They're doing
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Speaker 1: everything we ask of him. Uh, they're busting tails every
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Speaker 1: day in the weight room and you know, on the
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Speaker 1: workout field. So they're they're not just sitting around watching now.
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Speaker 1: They're working hard to get back and they're dying to
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Speaker 1: get back out here. Good Okay, see it