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  Speaker 1: Be getting the starting operations probably for a couple of quarters.
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  Speaker 1: What do you want to see from them, just you know,
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  Speaker 1: a couple of weeks before the regular seasons.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, similar thing as you know we talked about week
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  Speaker 2: one or preseason week one of seeing just a clean operation.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you want to see clear communication. It's our
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  Speaker 2: chance to be at home. You kind of want the
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  Speaker 2: butterflies of these guys getting in a game and understanding
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  Speaker 2: they're about to get tackled. You know, there's pressure on
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  Speaker 2: the line. If you don't convert your you're punting and
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  Speaker 2: all that type of stuff. So you really just want
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  Speaker 2: to try to get that smoothed out for the guys.
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  Speaker 2: So that week one, it's not the first time they've
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  Speaker 2: felt that way or communicated in a huddle or broken
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  Speaker 2: a huddle together and all that stuff. So clean operation
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  Speaker 2: from a communication substitution standpoint, and then you want to
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  Speaker 2: see him execute again. It's still somewhat of a core
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  Speaker 2: game plan for us. It's not exotic stuff. So you
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  Speaker 2: just want to go out and see clean execution out
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  Speaker 2: of these guys making plays too.
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  Speaker 3: Express what's your plans for the second half as far
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  Speaker 3: as CJ and Nathan and do we read anything in
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  Speaker 3: those backs that Nathan didn't get a whole lot of
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  Speaker 3: rep yesterday and curious?
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  Speaker 4: No, I mean it'll continue to be CJ.
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  Speaker 2: We'll get the first action coming out of the half,
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  Speaker 2: and then Nathan will get an opportunity if if the
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  Speaker 2: situation fits. That's not necessarily, it doesn't always go that way.
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  Speaker 2: So again we're saying it, it's not stamped, it's not
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  Speaker 2: in concrete or anything like that. Things could change. I
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  Speaker 2: think that's kind of the one thing as we reserve
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  Speaker 2: the right to change depending on whatever happens within a situation,
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  Speaker 2: a game today, tomorrow.
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  Speaker 4: Whatever that may be.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, CJ continues to be our our second
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  Speaker 2: quarterback and Nathan's continuing to compete in that third role
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  Speaker 2: right now.
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  Speaker 3: Like I said, the limited numbers and they had into
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  Speaker 3: two team carriers, is that anything to read into that?
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  Speaker 2: No, I mean I think that's just you know, our
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  Speaker 2: second quarterback takes the second amount of reps or the
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  Speaker 2: second majority of the reps, and then the third quarterback
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  Speaker 2: gets the next ones after that. Paris, Uh, Jacob's done
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  Speaker 2: a good job so far. I mean, there there's only
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  Speaker 2: been so many opportunities where it's live, bullets are flying,
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  Speaker 2: people are trying to tackle the ball carrier. But he's
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  Speaker 2: a guy that's done it in this league, you know,
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  Speaker 2: in competitive situations. So he's got a tape out there,
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  Speaker 2: plus the things we've seen from him. But we feel
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  Speaker 2: like it's it's a role he could certainly contribute to.
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  Speaker 4: That.
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  Speaker 1: Trevors really home and right now ready to kind of,
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  Speaker 1: for lack of better, from pick up.
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  Speaker 4: Where that thought last year. It feels that way.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, obviously you got to prove it every down
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  Speaker 2: in this league, but it certainly seems like he's kind
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  Speaker 2: of picked up where he left off at the end
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  Speaker 2: of the season and carried that through the entire office.
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  Speaker 2: He's not necessarily training camp to where you know, it
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  Speaker 2: feels like we're light years ahead as an offense of
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  Speaker 2: where we were at this time last year. So but again,
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  Speaker 2: in this league, you got to prove it every single down.
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  Speaker 2: It doesn't matter how you feel, it matters how you perform.
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  Speaker 2: So that's where we want to continue to see from
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  Speaker 2: all our guys, is the offense in.
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  Speaker 4: Terms of what he likes to do, what you guys
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  Speaker 4: are tailing it to him as opposed to last year.
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  Speaker 4: We just kind of threw it all up.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know, because I think you start with a
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  Speaker 2: certain vision of an offense and then kind of week
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  Speaker 2: to week you would change a little bit, Taylor, your
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  Speaker 2: approach to attack a certain defense, or really not necessarily
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  Speaker 2: an attack a certain defense, but to win a game
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  Speaker 2: because a lot of times like we need to take
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  Speaker 2: an account who we're playing on offense, how the big
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  Speaker 2: picture of what gives our team the best ability to
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  Speaker 2: win is like how that's reflecting the way we play
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  Speaker 2: on offense. And then within a game you've got to
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  Speaker 2: be able to kind of ebb and flow. But I
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  Speaker 2: think just in terms of where we thought we'd be
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  Speaker 2: last year, where we were last year and where we
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  Speaker 2: are now, I think they'll be maybe some of the
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  Speaker 2: bread and butter things that we felt like Trevor got
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  Speaker 2: really comfortable at fit our personnel.
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  Speaker 4: But then we have new personnel.
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  Speaker 2: So how do we mix in Calvin, how do we
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  Speaker 2: mix in Brenton Strange Tank, those types of guys and
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  Speaker 2: fit their skill set to kind of continue to evolve
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  Speaker 2: our offense and grow our offense.
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  Speaker 3: Maybe from the guys or whatever with all the playmakers
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  Speaker 3: you have, But if this offense really gets rolling.
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  Speaker 1: It's kind of unstoppable or could be unstoppable.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think i'd like to think all
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  Speaker 2: our guys feel that way.
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  Speaker 4: But again, like we.
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  Speaker 2: Said, it's it's a down to down league, so you
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  Speaker 2: got to bring in every single time. You got to
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  Speaker 2: be able to execute regardless of the circumstance. So it
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  Speaker 2: really doesn't matter how you feel or what you think
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  Speaker 2: of something that it's what you put on tape, how.
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  Speaker 4: You perform really for those three hours each Sunday.
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  Speaker 1: Was the conversation after the NFL changed the rule for
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  Speaker 1: quarterbacks the third quarterback. Was there a conversation about should.
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  Speaker 4: We keep three?
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  Speaker 1: Do we need to keep three from you just keep
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  Speaker 1: going business as usual with a guy in the practice.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we've had those conversations here and there, and I
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  Speaker 2: think it's really kind of a case by case.
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  Speaker 4: Week by week basis. Really.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, there may be a situation you keep that
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  Speaker 2: guy in the fifty three, but if you're light in
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  Speaker 2: another position, you need the bodies and you're healthy at quarterback,
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  Speaker 2: maybe that week you don't have a third quarterback.
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  Speaker 4: However that looks so it could be. Yeah, I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: I think, just like anything in this league. Things could
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  Speaker 2: change so quickly. Everything's down to down, game to game,
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  Speaker 2: whatever it is. So I don't know that there's one
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  Speaker 2: blanket philosophy we have on that situation. Necessarily, it's not
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  Speaker 2: really too concerning the third quarterback thing. I mean, it
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  Speaker 2: seems like that doesn't really happen too often, where you
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  Speaker 2: have starter and your.
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  Speaker 1: Backup go down them then you have to bring in
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  Speaker 1: the third guy.
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  Speaker 4: Or is that really a concern?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I think part of it you'd take into
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  Speaker 2: account the health of your quarterbacks at the moment. So
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  Speaker 2: if you had one that was going in maybe injured
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  Speaker 2: a little bit and would be a little more likely
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  Speaker 2: to reinjure something like that, maybe then the value would
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  Speaker 2: be having another one. But it's one of those situations
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  Speaker 2: where you don't need it until you need it. So
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  Speaker 2: all of a sudden, you're in the NFC Championship game,
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  Speaker 2: as the Niners were, when kind of the talk of
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  Speaker 2: this thing all rose up, and all of a sudden
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  Speaker 2: it happened, and you don't have it, and so you know,
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  Speaker 2: I know they did it a couple of years back
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  Speaker 2: with the third quarterback being available and went away from
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  Speaker 2: it and have gone back to it. So I think
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  Speaker 2: they're just continue to try to meet the needs of
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  Speaker 2: whatever's going on within the league and that's certain timeframe
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  Speaker 2: and come up with the best rule for it. But
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  Speaker 2: I think each team's philosophy is probably going to change
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  Speaker 2: on how they approach it, and I think it should
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  Speaker 2: based on week to week situations.
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  Speaker 1: Kind of figuring out who the number six receiver is
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  Speaker 1: going to be. Is that do you defer to special
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  Speaker 1: teams or do you do you fight? You have to
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  Speaker 1: fight for your guy.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, we try to work together. So when we
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  Speaker 2: go through our offensive personnel evaluations, just as a staff,
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  Speaker 2: Heath and Luke are in the room with us and
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  Speaker 2: we want to hear their opinion and all that because
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  Speaker 2: we understand the big picture of the roster development. Now,
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  Speaker 2: if you get to ask me, do you want a
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  Speaker 2: defensive guy or an offensive guy, I'm always going to
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  Speaker 2: fight for the offensive guy.
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  Speaker 4: Because I'm the offensive coordinator.
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  Speaker 2: But we all understand Doug and Trent's, you know, their
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  Speaker 2: role in shaping the whole roster and understanding the big
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  Speaker 2: picture of everything. So you know, we all understand that
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  Speaker 2: we want to be able to present the most useful
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  Speaker 2: information for them.
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  Speaker 4: So there's a lot of times.
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  Speaker 2: Again, like I've said a couple of times, if our
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  Speaker 2: top four are healthy, really you're assuming that fifth guy's
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  Speaker 2: going to get four or five snaps on offense.
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  Speaker 4: If all goes well.
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  Speaker 2: So, yes, then we would defer to how Doug Trent
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  Speaker 2: Heath see that role for us?
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  Speaker 1: When you're having a conversations, how do you kind of
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  Speaker 1: balance a veteran who maybe has been there, done that
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  Speaker 1: or a young player who you think the future is
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  Speaker 1: right for.
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  Speaker 4: How do you Again, it's all case by case.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you know, you'd get into all sorts of factors,
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  Speaker 2: and a lot of times that goes beyond us, that
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  Speaker 2: goes to trenton Doug and understanding maybe the salary cap
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  Speaker 2: fits whatever. There's a ton of factors that you can
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  Speaker 2: involve in it. A lot of times you'll go to
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  Speaker 2: experience the player, maybe potential development, if there's certain close closeness,
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  Speaker 2: health history, whatever it may be, of what you project
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  Speaker 2: long term for certain players in that battle. But again,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think there's a certain you always go with
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  Speaker 2: a young guy. I think it's a case by case.
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  Speaker 2: What are we looking at right now? What are we
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  Speaker 2: dealing with? Big picture wise? To make the best decision
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  Speaker 2: in that moment.
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  Speaker 1: Sorry, coach. From your perspective, what makes head coach Dog
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  Speaker 1: Pearson so good working with these tight ends and.
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  Speaker 2: Making them so great, Well, I don't know necessarily that
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  Speaker 2: it's the tight ends in general. I think it's just
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  Speaker 2: the past game, the way he sees things, the way
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  Speaker 2: we want to feature the best possible matchups. So he
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  Speaker 2: obviously came from Kansas City, where Travis Kelsey was a
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  Speaker 2: great player. In Philadelphia with Zach Ertz and Dallas Gardard,
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  Speaker 2: they were great player So we did everything we could,
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  Speaker 2: at least in Philly to utilize great players. So here
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  Speaker 2: I think you see even we've had probably better success
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  Speaker 2: statistically with outside receivers or slot receivers than we ever
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  Speaker 2: had at our time in Philly because we feel like
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  Speaker 2: those were great matchups for us. So it certainly tight
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  Speaker 2: ends and dominating in the middle of the field, and
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  Speaker 2: there's somebody that whether they're matched up on linebackers or safeties,
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  Speaker 2: you hope you have the talent at that position that
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  Speaker 2: could exploit that matchup. And I think that's something that
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  Speaker 2: Evan brings to us. Brenton continues to have a role
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  Speaker 2: moving forward and trying to feature the same ideas. Thanks