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Speaker 1: defensive coordinator, Ladies and gentlemen Leslie Fraser, Ko and Leslie

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Speaker 1: Malik willis what's Malik willis going to be like as

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Speaker 1: Last one, the Vikings acting general manager is somebody I know,

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Speaker 3: So yeah, as you said earlier to start this talk here,

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Speaker 2: Adam Kaplan, Thank you very much.

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Speaker 3: You got it man.

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