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Press Pass | Doug Pederson on Team Status Heading into Week 1 vs. Dolphins · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Dog.
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  Speaker 2: Does it take the first game to really know how
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  Speaker 2: good your team is or can.
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  Speaker 3: You kind of partying out of the gage is ceiling
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  Speaker 3: because of draining.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, you know it's interesting. You know, I think if
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  Speaker 4: you you watched the game last night, you know there's
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  Speaker 4: there's Baltimore, Kansas City think. I think in their minds, yeah,
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  Speaker 4: they think they're they're good football tam. I think everybody
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  Speaker 4: week one thinks they're a good football team, you know,
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  Speaker 4: And so that it gives you confidence obviously, you know,
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  Speaker 4: going into the game and going into these these early games,
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  Speaker 4: but you still have to go You still have to
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  Speaker 4: go execute. You still have to go play and perform
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  Speaker 4: and you know, eliminate mistakes and and you're gonna have
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  Speaker 4: to overcome adversity and and all of that. But I
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  Speaker 4: think in your mind going into it, you feel, you
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  Speaker 4: feel good about where you're at, and you know how
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  Speaker 4: camp went and and all of that. Healthier team factors
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  Speaker 4: into all that too, So it gives you. It does
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  Speaker 4: give you confidence, you know, going into you know, these
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  Speaker 4: these first few games.
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  Speaker 1: Last night's game, in any in any way, you could
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  Speaker 1: have thought in your head how much you need to
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  Speaker 1: reinforce the offensive mine and A the reps are looks
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  Speaker 1: like they're gonna be calling.
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  Speaker 4: Well it's interesting. Yeah, I mean, yes, it's interesting.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 4: Uh, I think it was the Tampa Bay game here
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  Speaker 4: preseason where it's one of it's the message from the
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  Speaker 4: officials when when I meet with them, you know, ninety
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  Speaker 4: minutes before the game. It's one of the things that
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  Speaker 4: that you know, we discuss as head coach to official
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  Speaker 4: and vice versus, you know, the the offensive line, you know,
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  Speaker 4: and they're actually getting to the point now where it's
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  Speaker 4: almost like the first warning, right it is now in
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  Speaker 4: the dressing room, so you know, and and rightfully so,
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  Speaker 4: because now it's on us us his coaches to make
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  Speaker 4: sure that that our players are you know, playing by
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  Speaker 4: the rules.
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  Speaker 2: From a conditioning standpoint, Josh heinz Allen, was he able
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  Speaker 2: to even make strides this offseason compared the you know
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  Speaker 2: what he was able to do last year from building
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  Speaker 2: up his strength and steve.
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  Speaker 4: I believe. So he looks you know, he looks good.
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  Speaker 4: I haven't seen any lags or lulls in any of
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  Speaker 4: his you know, conditioning or the way he's practiced. Uh,
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  Speaker 4: you know, he's still still practices, you know, extremely hard
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  Speaker 4: and fast and and so I haven't seen I haven't
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  Speaker 4: seen any of that, you know, that downturn at all
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  Speaker 4: with him, even.
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  Speaker 2: It seems like he's even in better shape maybe than
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  Speaker 2: he was a year ago.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I would, I would probably agree with that.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, what is he like?
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  Speaker 4: What do you think his chance he's progressed? You know,
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  Speaker 4: we had a plan for him to uh you know,
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  Speaker 4: we're himself back into practice. We got another day today
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  Speaker 4: and see where he's at. But uh, you know, we're
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  Speaker 4: we're optimistic and hopeful that that he can he can play.
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  Speaker 1: How much is an impact play calling, if if at all?
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  Speaker 1: When the other side you get somebody like Jalen Ramsey.
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  Speaker 3: Who's just you know, prove an elite cornerback who looks
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  Speaker 3: like he may not play, and you're gonna have either
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  Speaker 3: a rookie or a guy who's played only two games
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  Speaker 3: in his NFL career be there as just replacement. You know.
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  Speaker 4: Obviously, if Jalen does play, I mean a great player,
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  Speaker 4: you know, and you just like I said the other day,
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  Speaker 4: you just gotta be mindful and aware aware of where
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  Speaker 4: he where he's at. We know he potentially you know,
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  Speaker 4: on our right and all that, but a lot of
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  Speaker 4: times too, you know, you take they take top corners
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  Speaker 4: and they match top receivers. I mean, we we're not
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  Speaker 4: probably not gonna get get that this week, but y y,
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  Speaker 4: you do as a quarterback, you're you understand, you just
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  Speaker 4: give it one last one, last peak over there. So
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  Speaker 4: it doesn't really change your game plan, you know, or
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  Speaker 4: your strategy or how you want to attack an opponent,
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  Speaker 4: you know, whether it's a seasoned veteran like him or
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  Speaker 4: or even a rookie. I think you still have to
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  Speaker 4: go execute and play and just trust your game plan
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  Speaker 4: how much and to.
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  Speaker 2: Take the game to the next level of this campaign.
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  Speaker 1: Bet you s.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, he's taking really good, really good steps and strides forward.
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  Speaker 4: I think for him, it's he got stronger in the
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  Speaker 4: off season. I think for him to it the confidence
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  Speaker 4: from last you know, from last year playing and you know,
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  Speaker 4: being exposed to the type of defensive ends that he
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  Speaker 4: was exposed to in the edge rushers, and it just
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  Speaker 4: gives him confidence moving forward. And that's what we've seen
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  Speaker 4: out of him, you know, And and it's really I
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  Speaker 4: think it's really made him a better player just from
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  Speaker 4: his own experiences.
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  Speaker 2: Got his confidence at all last year because you throw
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  Speaker 2: him in the shoulders.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, you know you want to you don't
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  Speaker 4: want to defeat him, you know, or get him down.
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  Speaker 4: But at the same time, you just you keep encouraging
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  Speaker 4: him and and keep coaching him, you know, and and
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  Speaker 4: and helping him get better. And and he continues to
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  Speaker 4: do that all season, and he battled through you know,
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  Speaker 4: the injury and and and all of that, and it's
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  Speaker 4: made him it's made him a really good player.
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  Speaker 5: Back to the offensive line stuff, as has that goal
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  Speaker 5: changed in these last couple of years and the eyes.
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  Speaker 1: On it because.
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  Speaker 4: It hasn't changed it means as far as like the
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  Speaker 4: depth and all that, No, I mean, it's still your
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  Speaker 4: head gear. You know, you got to be you know,
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  Speaker 4: the belt line of the center, you know, your head
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  Speaker 4: things of that nature. And it's different too because when
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  Speaker 4: tackles are in two point stances, you know, they're a
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  Speaker 4: little bit taller, so it pulls their head back a
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  Speaker 4: little bit. So we just have to be mindful of
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  Speaker 4: that and just coach our guys to to be you know,
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  Speaker 4: crowd the ball a little bit more, and uh, you know,
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  Speaker 4: we're gonna have to work through.
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  Speaker 5: That as good as defensive lines are now. Is it
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  Speaker 5: as hard as ever to play offensive line? Do you think?
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  Speaker 4: I mean, it's a hard it's a hard position anyway,
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  Speaker 4: I think. But the rules haven't changed. I mean, the
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  Speaker 4: rules are still the rules. They've been that way for
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  Speaker 4: many years. I think it's just now a point of emphasis.
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  Speaker 4: But you know, our lineman, our edge rusher is getting
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  Speaker 4: better probably so you know, even even interior guys are
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  Speaker 4: getting better. You know, Baltimore has one, Kansas City has one,
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  Speaker 4: you know, so, but it's it's a tough it's a
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  Speaker 4: tough position. You know, it's a tough position to play,
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  Speaker 4: and particularly the tackle spot because you're you're out there
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  Speaker 4: on an island a lot, you know, especially in past protection.
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  Speaker 3: How much you get that all being under the rate?
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  Speaker 1: I mean clearly this year, going into this season, you
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  Speaker 1: got under the radar would be an apt description of
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  Speaker 1: how the outside perceptions are of the Jaguars. How much
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  Speaker 1: do you like that as opposed to having everybody you
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  Speaker 1: know picking you to win the Super Bowl? Yeah?
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  Speaker 4: I mean, you know it's fine. Just go about our business, right,
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  Speaker 4: and and and just keep keep working hard and playing hard,
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  Speaker 4: and and you know, don't worry about the outside. Just
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  Speaker 4: just make it about us and and focus internally. And
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  Speaker 4: you know, people are gonna write what they want to write.
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  Speaker 4: And you know, if you start winning games and maybe
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  Speaker 4: you get some recognition. So it's one week at a time,
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  Speaker 4: it's one one game at a time, obviously, And and
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  Speaker 4: I'm fine with that. You in the presence of a
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  Speaker 4: veteran like a Mitch Mores at center gives more confidence
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  Speaker 4: to the guys around him, just that he's been there
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  Speaker 4: and done that. I mean, it helps, you know, but
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  Speaker 4: there's it's no different branding with with tom On last year.
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  Speaker 4: You know, you got an experienced lineman playing with a
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  Speaker 4: rookie a year ago and just helping him. And you know,
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  Speaker 4: I think the first year when when Luke was out there,
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  Speaker 4: you know, having some veteran guys in there, Brandon in there,
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  Speaker 4: and of course now with with you know, with Ezra
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  Speaker 4: and Camp. I mean, it's just it it helps, right,
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  Speaker 4: it helps, and I think it just brings you know,
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  Speaker 4: that experience, right, Uh maybe maybe calms calms the guys
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  Speaker 4: down a little bit. But you know, Mitch is still
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  Speaker 4: learning too. I mean, he's still learning our system and
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  Speaker 4: how we do things. And and but it brings. I
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  Speaker 4: just think that experience in there it is, it just
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  Speaker 4: helps the whole group.