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Speaker 1: any specific question yourself, Uh yeah, I have some, UM,

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Speaker 1: will be one of them. Uh, we'll see. We'll see

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Speaker 1: at the end of the year. Evan, how much do

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Speaker 1: But as a year went on, I just started seeing

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Speaker 1: things progressing and I remember progressing. But um, but definitely

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Speaker 1: last year. UM, I watched. I watched pretty much the

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Speaker 1: But I definitely went back and watched a lot just

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Speaker 1: you use some of the new things I know now, UM,

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Speaker 1: in some situations I was the last year, guys went

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Speaker 1: yourself in a new offense. We don't delay with starling

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Speaker 1: with shakes. I mean, what are your thoughts on you know,

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Speaker 1: it's it's it's a it's a special group. Definitely, we

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Speaker 1: have a special group of talent UM and and those

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Speaker 1: at the same time, we all gotta go. We all

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Speaker 1: gotta put the work in, we all gotta put together

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Speaker 1: where I think it's all gonna come together. It's all

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Speaker 1: Those guys around you, how much do you think that

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Speaker 1: good opportunity, a special opportunity, UM for us to learn

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Speaker 1: he's I honestly believe he's he's ahead of his time.

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Speaker 1: I think it's just just kind of moving around a

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Speaker 1: there's no structure UM to where the Titan call line

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Speaker 1: Don't get me wrong, but UM just split out a

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Speaker 1: it slowed down. Having seen those with things I feeling,

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Speaker 1: is really exciting to know that I've I've learned from

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