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Head Coach Mike Macdonald Gives Final Updates Ahead Of Week 7 vs. Texans. · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: All right, I'm assuming some folks are on the road
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  Speaker 1: right now. So all right, good to see your buddy said, a.
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  Speaker 2: Really good practice. Good good week of work so far.
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  Speaker 1: It's Friday as far as as we're concerned, and we're
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  Speaker 1: kind of operating corby only throughout the weekend of the game.
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  Speaker 2: How's how's Spoon doing?
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  Speaker 1: I think we I think we listened to as questionable. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: those guys are questionable practice. He practiced in a limited
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  Speaker 1: fashion today.
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  Speaker 2: Julian as well.
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  Speaker 3: What would that mean to get those guys back? Just
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  Speaker 3: I mean that we've talked about that before, but I
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  Speaker 3: had the secondary obviously, you've had a lot of the
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  Speaker 3: weak parts on this year.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, uh, it'd be great, be awesome to
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  Speaker 1: having those guys back. I mean, I mean, you know,
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  Speaker 1: you know the answer. I mean, Julian is a great player,
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  Speaker 1: Spoon's a great player. But we got we got great
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  Speaker 1: players that are that are playing too that they don't
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  Speaker 1: play well.
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  Speaker 2: We'll count on those guys too. So, Mike, what is
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  Speaker 2: Kobe Bryant giving you just some times of.
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  Speaker 1: Well, yeah, consistency. You know, he's he's uh, he's been
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  Speaker 1: out there all the time. He's got a He's got
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  Speaker 1: a competitive mindset that we need on our on our defense.
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  Speaker 1: He's uh, he's not satisfied where we're at, and that's
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  Speaker 1: contagious throughout the group. And I know, I know I
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  Speaker 1: speak for the coaches when I say this, but LEM
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  Speaker 1: very appreciative of that mentality. We need that and uh
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  Speaker 1: that on top of his ball production and being able
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  Speaker 1: to make tackles coming out of the roof is really important.
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  Speaker 1: What kind of.
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  Speaker 4: Progress is Darren Hall making?
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  Speaker 2: He's coming along?
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  Speaker 1: Uh, you know he's not He's not gonna play this game,
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  Speaker 1: but we should expect him back after the buye.
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  Speaker 3: There are rush hands are obviously really good. What is
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  Speaker 3: It's kind of the main challenge with with those guys
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  Speaker 3: really kind of do anything specific with them to kind
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  Speaker 3: of get.
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  Speaker 1: The well, yeah, they I mean they play a little
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  Speaker 1: bit different than than the way we play our our
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  Speaker 1: scheme and uh a little bit wider. Uh they're up
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  Speaker 1: the field, you know, like in more of attack mentality.
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  Speaker 1: Both extremely talented, powerful guys. Uh they play hard, you know,
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  Speaker 1: so you gotta you gotta block them along, you know,
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  Speaker 1: you gotta takes. You can't just you know, block them
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  Speaker 1: for a half count and then the down's over, they're
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  Speaker 1: gonna they're gonna take it through the spirit.
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  Speaker 2: Of the whistle, which is why you respect them. And yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we're gonna have to acount for those guys.
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  Speaker 1: They're they're really good players and the way the way
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  Speaker 1: they play their coverage is, let's the the rush coming
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  Speaker 1: alive as well along those lines.
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  Speaker 4: We asked to you back in like training camp out day,
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  Speaker 4: but just having him back and healthy compared to coming
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  Speaker 4: in midst these last year, just now that you've got
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  Speaker 4: a third of a season, what does he do for
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  Speaker 4: this offense when he's.
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  Speaker 1: Back and he's right, like, yeah, I think, I think, Abe,
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  Speaker 1: I'm glad that he's feeling better health.
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  Speaker 2: You know, with health and him.
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  Speaker 1: At his best is someone that we're gonna need with
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  Speaker 1: his mentality, you know, on the right side of our line.
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  Speaker 2: And we've got to keep going.
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  Speaker 1: You know, there's times where we've gotta be a little
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  Speaker 1: more consistent across our entire offensive line. The guys are
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  Speaker 1: playing hard, determined, but we got we got room to
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  Speaker 1: grow as well, and I know he's determined to do that.
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  Speaker 3: We talked to you China the other day. He was
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  Speaker 3: saying he still feels like he's kind of working his
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  Speaker 3: way back. Now maybe I could completely back, but how
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  Speaker 3: about you kind of seen him progress?
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  Speaker 1: Well, I mean his production is speaks for itself. I
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  Speaker 1: think I think we're seeing the china that we wanted
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  Speaker 1: to have all last year. And he you know, he
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  Speaker 1: expects to you know, the level that he expects himself
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  Speaker 1: to play at. It's great to hear that that he
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  Speaker 1: feels like he's still on his way back because I
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  Speaker 1: think he's playing a high level right now.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, all those things are coming to life.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he's he's versatilways tough, complimentary rusher, smart, you
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  Speaker 1: can handle the drops, so you feel like you can
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  Speaker 1: do everything when he's on the fields.
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  Speaker 4: Like Greek is clear from looking impression just what what
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  Speaker 4: how do he look this week?
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  Speaker 2: Just hows he do?
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  Speaker 1: I'll tell you what uhecas. Reek's had a great week
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  Speaker 1: of practice. Told him yesterday, I'm really excited to see
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  Speaker 1: him play. So I can't wait to see him go
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  Speaker 1: out there and do his thing. You said you get
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  Speaker 1: in consistent, unique consistency from the offensive line.
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  Speaker 2: What do you need from your running backs in terms
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  Speaker 2: of the lend game? Yeah, same thing, same thing again.
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  Speaker 1: I'm really pleased with our week of practice in the
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  Speaker 1: run game. Uh, the guys are doing a great job.
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  Speaker 1: I'm excited to see it come to life.
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  Speaker 2: You know. Now we gotta go do it at our
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  Speaker 2: home stadium so it would be fun.
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  Speaker 3: I said yesterday, I say Ken's earning more opportunities because
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  Speaker 3: of ice practicing.
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  Speaker 4: Have you seen the difference in ice practicing.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I'd say with I'd say with Ken, one thing
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  Speaker 1: one think you appreciate all of our backs is how
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  Speaker 1: they practice. So it's it's Ken's always had an incredible
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  Speaker 1: like practice habits, as does Zach, as does George.
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  Speaker 2: But it's it's important.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's important to get all the reps, you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's it takes muscle memory to get the tracks right
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  Speaker 1: and be confident in those things and keep the consistency going.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that's what you're seeing with Ken, is
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  Speaker 1: that he's gaining more confidence and and with those like
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  Speaker 1: little details. And he did a great job this week.
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  Speaker 1: But his his effort and intent is has always been there.
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  Speaker 1: He's a great practice player.
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  Speaker 2: This is a later.
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  Speaker 4: Kickoff either than like a normal Monday night game.
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  Speaker 3: What do you gets to do all day Monday?
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  Speaker 2: Sit around stare at each other.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, we'll treat like a preseason game in terms of schedule.
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  Speaker 1: Something that's was different for me coming out West, playing
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  Speaker 1: like primetime games at like four or five was a
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  Speaker 1: little was a little different. So we really going to
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  Speaker 1: adhere to the schedule that you know, we were used
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  Speaker 1: to on the East Coast. So just like a light
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  Speaker 1: light meetings might walk through in the morning at the
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  Speaker 1: hotel and then and then we'll meet up before the
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  Speaker 1: game and go play the game.
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  Speaker 3: You mentioned Rieka hav a really good week of practice.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously it sounds like he's handling I mean obvious. Probably
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  Speaker 3: there's a speculation about his future or whatever. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: it sounds like he's handling all of that pretty well
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  Speaker 3: in your eyes.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, there's there's no speculation with me and guys, guys
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  Speaker 1: kicking butt for us.
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  Speaker 4: Have you settled?
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  Speaker 2: You settled in on Ernest and Drake there.
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  Speaker 1: Just as te Night still Yeah, yeah, I mean everything,
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  Speaker 1: everyone's always competing, But Drake's gonna Drake's gonna start as
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  Speaker 1: he's earned it. And man keep saying, but like but
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  Speaker 1: te Night is he's doing a great job as well.
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  Speaker 1: He's he's competing, practicing hard, knows what to do. He's
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  Speaker 1: been great in the mining rooms. He's he's doing a
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  Speaker 1: great job for for j so.
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  Speaker 4: Unrelated question, whose idea was it to have blown up
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  Speaker 4: pictures of the state in the auditorium.
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  Speaker 2: In the stadium.
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  Speaker 4: I'm sorry, in the auditor it was one of up
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  Speaker 4: pictures of the stands up the building field, Dave?
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  Speaker 2: Was that your idea? I invented it? Now, I don't
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  Speaker 2: even know if that was my idea or no. I
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  Speaker 2: don't know.
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  Speaker 1: I think I think we threw some ideas around and
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  Speaker 1: have a couple of proofs, and I think it looks
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  Speaker 1: I think it looks really cool.
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  Speaker 4: Was that part of just the whole getting back field advantage?
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  Speaker 1: There's something there's some inception involved there. Yeah, yeah, where
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  Speaker 1: you feel like you're at home.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you like it? Okay, take your thanks the
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  Speaker 2: press we should we should do that in the back.
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  Speaker 2: Where's the press box? I don't even know. Sorry, but
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  Speaker 2: that wasn't that wasn't my idea for.
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  Speaker 4: The three questions of God, Well, they need to do
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  Speaker 4: uh pre game workouts to determine their availability.
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  Speaker 2: Uh no, no, the else? Okay, thank all right, thank you,