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• 0:01
  Speaker 1: Hey, William, how's it going? You know, Nate's had an
• 0:05
  Speaker 1: explosive play, I think, in three straight games now. Just
• 0:08
  Speaker 1: how have you seen his development and sort of what
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  Speaker 1: he's changed and how much more comfortable you guys are
• 0:14
  Speaker 1: asking him to do different things? Like what's opened up
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  Speaker 1: for him specifically?
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  Speaker 2: I think just learning, learning space, you know, concepts, defense.
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  Speaker 3: He's always had, like he has a good football feel for,
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  Speaker 3: voids in zones, being under control. I just think that
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  Speaker 3: football kind of makes sense to him that way. He
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  Speaker 3: can get down the field. He's athletic enough to run
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  Speaker 3: down the field and do some of those things and
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  Speaker 3: adjust his body at the catch point.
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  Speaker 2: I think Trevor has confidence in him.
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  Speaker 3: Would have liked to have seen them connect down in
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  Speaker 3: the goal line on the fifth play of the game,
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  Speaker 3: but he's just he's kind of doing what we, what
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  Speaker 3: we expected him to, to kind of help us do. And,
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  Speaker 3: you know, the run game, he, he did some really
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  Speaker 3: good things again at the point of attack.
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  Speaker 2: And, you know, he just, he has a good way about.
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  Speaker 3: Him that he prepares like a pro doesn't take it
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  Speaker 3: all too, too seriously. Loves to practice, loves to be involved,
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  Speaker 3: brings good vibes to it all.
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  Speaker 2: So, You know, he's definitely hitting a little bit of
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  Speaker 2: a stride here.
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  Speaker 3: Appreciate it.
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  Speaker 4: We'll go to Shipley, then to O'Halloran.
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  Speaker 5: Hey, Liam, thanks for doing this. Just being around camp
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  Speaker 5: for the last year and a half, I know obviously
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  Speaker 5: you knew about his background when you hired him, but
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  Speaker 5: just what is it that he does specifically, you know,
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  Speaker 5: as a coach that you think makes it hard for
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  Speaker 5: opposing offenses?
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  Speaker 2: Like if you had to prepare for him, for example.
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  Speaker 4: You said who? I'm sorry. Oh yeah. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's obviously the energy in which he brings
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  Speaker 3: every day, the standard in which he, you know, holds
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  Speaker 3: the guys to and the staff to throughout the course
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  Speaker 3: of the week. You know, the meeting setting is intense. So,
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  Speaker 3: and as well, it's one of the more impressive things
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  Speaker 3: that when I go in the, defensive staff meeting, even
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  Speaker 3: in the off season, but in season, and they're just
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  Speaker 3: watching tape and they're all like, he'll make a call
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  Speaker 3: as like the play is paused. You know, you see
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  Speaker 3: it as a pause on the sideline and he'll make
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  Speaker 3: a call and every single coach goes around and makes
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  Speaker 3: their respective calls, right? Like the DB coach makes his
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  Speaker 3: call and it's fast.
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  Speaker 2: It's rapid fire.
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  Speaker 3: It's as if they're playing the game and coaching the
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  Speaker 3: game live. And so that's their prep, you know, a
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  Speaker 3: lot of their preparation. And then you bring the players
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  Speaker 3: into the meeting setting and that's how the meeting is run.
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  Speaker 2: So it's like.
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  Speaker 3: Rapid fire, a ton of calls are just getting ripped
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  Speaker 3: off and the players are just giving their calls, going
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  Speaker 3: through adjustments, going through communication. And so a lot of
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  Speaker 3: work gets put into it off behind the scenes, obviously.
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  Speaker 2: And then, I think when.
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  Speaker 3: You've got the mix of four down, you know, different
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  Speaker 3: front variations, I think helps as well as being able
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  Speaker 3: to play, you know, shell single high fire zone, some
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  Speaker 3: man when, when applicable. And then also some of the
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  Speaker 3: pressure packages can be challenging in your protection rules. So
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  Speaker 3: he calls the game aggressively and, uh, the players are
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  Speaker 3: playing it aggressively as well.
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  Speaker 4: We'll go to O'Halloran and then to DRock.
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  Speaker 6: Hey Liam, uh, trade deadline coming up on Tuesday as
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  Speaker 6: a head coach, what kind of needle is it? The
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  Speaker 6: thread that, you know, you may be interested in a
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  Speaker 6: guy who can help the team, but you don't really
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  Speaker 6: know how he fits the culture and the chemistry.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a lot of it.
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  Speaker 3: Um, when you're going through, uh, potential options, um, Things
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  Speaker 3: like that, that's where it has to, yeah, you start with, okay,
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  Speaker 3: does this player make us better or not?
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  Speaker 2: Yes or no?
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  Speaker 4: And then.
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  Speaker 3: Is it going to fit, you know, what we're doing,
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  Speaker 3: how we operate, the locker room, all that stuff is
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  Speaker 3: very important with it.
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  Speaker 2: And you can't just.
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  Speaker 3: Reach and grab, right? It's like there's just too many
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  Speaker 3: history shows. A lot of those, you know, situations. And
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  Speaker 3: then obviously last year with Jacoby, that was one of
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  Speaker 3: those that.
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  Speaker 2: Really just fit.
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  Speaker 4: Right.
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  Speaker 3: And you're always looking for that fit. And it's so
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  Speaker 3: much about the person, the competitor, the football character, that
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  Speaker 3: that is everything that you look at when making any
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  Speaker 3: of these type of decisions, I'm sure. A lot of
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  Speaker 3: teams are going through similar processes right now. But it's
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  Speaker 3: very important, especially when you've got a good thing kind
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  Speaker 3: of going, that you're intentional with the background and making
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  Speaker 3: sure that the players in the headspace to come in
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  Speaker 3: and fit what we're doing.
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  Speaker 6: Thank you.
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  Speaker 4: We'll go to DRock, then to Jamal.
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  Speaker 7: And we have piggybacking off of that just a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: Is it hard to, or do.
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  Speaker 7: You have to guard against taking a big chance just
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  Speaker 7: because of a position that, you know, may be really
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  Speaker 7: depleted by injuries like defensive line or even say like
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  Speaker 7: left tackle, for example, because it's such a big need
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  Speaker 7: or whatever position you view as a big need, do
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  Speaker 7: you have to really guard against, but we got to
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  Speaker 7: take a shot here because.
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  Speaker 2: It's definitely a balance, right?
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  Speaker 3: You're, You're saying, okay, does this player get us to
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  Speaker 3: the next level?
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  Speaker 2: Does this player help us get to X, Y, and Z?
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  Speaker 3: While also, you know, you're playing pretty good football. You're
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  Speaker 3: doing some good things. You don't want to just shake
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  Speaker 3: it up to shake it up just to make a move, right?
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  Speaker 3: You want it to make sense. There's definitely a lot
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  Speaker 3: of conversations that are being had. and multiple different things.
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  Speaker 3: And you got to look at it more so in
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  Speaker 3: an entirety than just in the interim, right? Like how
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  Speaker 3: does it affect things moving forward? Cap, future, other players,
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  Speaker 3: how we can resign or not, you know, other guys.
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  Speaker 3: Like there's so much that goes into some of this
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  Speaker 3: time of the year. And, you know, also being cognizant of,
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  Speaker 3: of the group that you have in the locker room
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  Speaker 3: and making sure that, you know, the guys all know
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  Speaker 3: in the building, like, Hey, we're, we're trying to do
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  Speaker 3: everything we can as an organization to make the best
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  Speaker 3: decisions for the group and for our team. Because those
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  Speaker 3: guys are, are, are so important to what we're doing.
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  Speaker 3: So it's a fine line. It's definitely a balancing act
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  Speaker 3: for sure. And, everything that comes across your desk, you've
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  Speaker 3: got to make sure that you're looking at it through
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  Speaker 3: that lens.
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  Speaker 2: At least we are.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you. Hey coach.
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  Speaker 7: Sorry.
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  Speaker 2: I'm kind of going that same vein.
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  Speaker 5: How important is like the considering maybe not even getting
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  Speaker 5: a guy or moving a guy just as you kind
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  Speaker 5: of try and keep those pieces, everybody has to fit together, right?
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  Speaker 7: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Definitely, you know, huge part of it.
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  Speaker 3: Like you're, making sure that everything you do is, I mean, look,
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  Speaker 3: not every single move you make is going to, every
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  Speaker 3: single player in the building is going to say, you know, yes, no,
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  Speaker 3: all right. And it affects everybody differently. And so we've
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  Speaker 3: dealt with it before last year. And so you got
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  Speaker 3: to continue to lean into the group and be honest
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  Speaker 3: as much as you can, knowing that it's a business
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  Speaker 3: and decisions have.
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  Speaker 2: To be made.
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  Speaker 3: But I think we've got a good group guys that understand,
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  Speaker 3: at least I think trust and believe that everything that
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  Speaker 3: we try to do is in the best interest of
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  Speaker 3: the team moving forward.
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  Speaker 2: So that's how we're going to continue to operate. Appreciate it, Liam.
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  Speaker 4: We'll go back to O'Halloran.
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  Speaker 7: Hey, Liam.
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  Speaker 6: I used the word annoyed last night. This is obviously
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  Speaker 6: a nitpick in the second half. As you watch the video,
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  Speaker 6: what kind of opportunities were missed by your offense to
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  Speaker 6: score some touchdowns?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah uh missed ops i think is the good good
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  Speaker 3: word for it um you know had some runs that
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  Speaker 3: i think we can be better on i mean there
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  Speaker 3: was there was some ops to create some more there
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  Speaker 3: whether it was with vision whether it was with timing
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  Speaker 3: you know pace sustaining blocks being on the same page
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  Speaker 3: on a And then, you know, the third down throwing
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  Speaker 3: catch on the bubble out there versus blitz where, you know,
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  Speaker 3: you got two for two blocked up. You're probably going
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  Speaker 3: to go walk in the end zone. Look at that
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  Speaker 3: as a missed opportunity. You know, you're in a setting
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  Speaker 3: where you're kind of running it. They know you're running it.
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  Speaker 3: And so that's... that's no, everybody thinks that's easy.
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  Speaker 2: It's not. You know, when you're not throwing it and
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  Speaker 2: you're not as.
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  Speaker 3: Balanced in those settings and the weather and all that
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  Speaker 3: kind of played a part. But, you know, it's that
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  Speaker 3: fine line of like, all right, we're going to keep
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  Speaker 3: our foot on the gas and go score 50.
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  Speaker 2: While not putting your quarterback and.
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  Speaker 3: Guys in harm's way as well when you know you
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  Speaker 3: kind of have the game wrapped up. So frustrating for
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  Speaker 3: sure in the moment, in the grand scheme of things,
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  Speaker 3: not concerned with those things at all.
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  Speaker 7: Thank you.
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  Speaker 4: I think this is our last one. We'll go back
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  Speaker 4: to DRock.
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  Speaker 7: You guys had, uh, Wyatt Milam in the pattern down
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  Speaker 7: there in the end zone on the goal line. Uh,
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  Speaker 7: and I think he ran a route, I guess, earlier
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  Speaker 7: this year against Houston. I'm just wondering where is he
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  Speaker 7: in the progression list on those, those plays and how
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  Speaker 7: good are his hands?
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  Speaker 2: He's got good hands. He's got good hands.
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  Speaker 3: Um, he's definitely in the progression at least yesterday's for sure. Um,
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  Speaker 3: You know, we had a little high-low with Brandon Q
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  Speaker 3: over there and then a mesh inside with Wyatt and Bork.
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  Speaker 3: And so let's say in that instance, you know, the
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  Speaker 3: backer would have taken Bork right now. Well, Wyatt's on
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  Speaker 3: a shallow.
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  Speaker 2: Cross where he's reading.
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  Speaker 3: Green grass rules and potentially able to sit down or
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  Speaker 3: keep moving, things like that.
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  Speaker 2: He's able to handle, which is nice.
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  Speaker 3: That play should have, you know, would have been a
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  Speaker 3: nice little walk in if we execute it, but he
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  Speaker 3: did a great job on the details. Like he's got
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  Speaker 3: a lot that goes into the jumbo plan each week
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  Speaker 3: and obviously having to know the normal game plan as well.
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  Speaker 2: And so it's double duty, right? Like, Wyatt's got.
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  Speaker 3: Another jumbo and the normal D & D game plan
• 12:00
  Speaker 3: in case something happens. Jonah Monheim also needs to know
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  Speaker 3: the normal down-the-distance game plan at center and backup jumbo
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  Speaker 3: because that's what happened last week in the Colts game.
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  Speaker 3: So a lot of work and preparation goes into it
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  Speaker 3: from those guys, from the coaching staff. And yeah, hopefully
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  Speaker 3: we can keep building off of Wyatt's route running ability.
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  Speaker 7: How hard is it as a quarterback to not be like,
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  Speaker 7: I want to get my guy to touchdown? You know
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  Speaker 7: what I mean? I want to get my guy to catch.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's probably hard to not want to maybe wait
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  Speaker 3: for it, if you will, and look for it. You know,
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  Speaker 3: I think thus far we've done a nice job of like, OK,
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  Speaker 3: maybe not dialing it up for the jumbo in some instances,
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  Speaker 3: but I do have a couple plays that we could
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  Speaker 3: potentially get to. as we go where that guy could
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  Speaker 3: be a primary and could be something that we try
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  Speaker 3: to light up.
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  Speaker 4: Thanks.