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Speaker 1: I know you guys want to know about the return situation.

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Speaker 1: You know, it's uh, obviously it's a fluid situation. It's

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Speaker 1: one of those deals where we got a couple of

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Speaker 1: guys that are deemed up a little bit. But once

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Speaker 1: they get back up and running and get healthy again,

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Speaker 1: you know, we'll get going. I mean, it is what

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Speaker 1: it is. It's camp. You know, it's typical. It's it's nothing,

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Speaker 1: uh that we're not used to. But once we get

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Speaker 1: those guys back out there, up and running, we'll be fine.

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Speaker 1: But you know, was your kickoff returner. I mean you've

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Speaker 1: got to go totally new with that, right. Yeah, he's

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Speaker 1: not here, So I mean there's nothing you can do

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Speaker 1: about it as football. I mean, that's that's just part

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Speaker 1: of the deal. You just midstream adjust You make the

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Speaker 1: adjustments as coaches, and uh, it's a town like roster.

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Speaker 1: You know, Dave did a good job of putting the

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Speaker 1: roster together. So we've got guys with skill, with speed,

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Speaker 1: and we just gotta get them healthy, you know, get

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Speaker 1: some of these guys back on the field and get

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Speaker 1: them with full strength. So then get that get out

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Speaker 1: there and game, get out there in the game and

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Speaker 1: get game experience, especially these young guys, guys like uh,

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Speaker 1: like Darius Slayton, guys like that, like they need to

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Speaker 1: get out and get the practice reps, get in the

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Speaker 1: game and feel the pressure of a punk cover team

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Speaker 1: coming out to kickoff cover team coming out so they

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Speaker 1: can see the speed of it. But it's a little

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Speaker 1: bit different. You have Cody who's experienced absolutely and Gold

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Speaker 1: and I guess has done some. But I mean he

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Speaker 1: could be missing the first four. So where could Cody

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Speaker 1: be the top of the chart now? You know, as

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Speaker 1: of right now, probably Code is the first guy, you know,

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Speaker 1: because he has the most experience. Um, but again, we're

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Speaker 1: gonna try and bring some of these young guys along

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Speaker 1: and uh and and that's what it's all about. It.

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Speaker 1: It's all about trying to get guys better, get some

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Speaker 1: depth in your roster. So as you move forward and

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Speaker 1: things happen, you know, you you have the ability to

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Speaker 1: reach down and grab a guy and it's the next

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Speaker 1: guy up, you know. So that's my job as a

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Speaker 1: coach to get all these guys prepared and get them

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Speaker 1: play at the high level. I don't think a lot

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Speaker 1: of people give specialist credit or their head coups like dudes,

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Speaker 1: roster manage it also deal with the old society and

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Speaker 1: the side of the ball. So all pretty good is

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Speaker 1: that rule? Well, and he's just like you said, I mean,

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Speaker 1: we manage the roster every day. You know, we're probably

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Speaker 1: one of the only uh we're the only person that

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Speaker 1: talks to the team for the most part daily and

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Speaker 1: minus a player or two or three here there. But

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Speaker 1: you know, we have to manage the roster. We have

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Speaker 1: to manage the injuries because we do the scout teams

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Speaker 1: and the four units, so that's the whole team. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's just a handful of guys that are left out.

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Speaker 1: So we have to be cognizant of what's going on

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Speaker 1: with the hamstrings and the groins and all the little

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Speaker 1: nicks and max because it affects us directly every day,

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Speaker 1: you know, dealing with those guys and knowing, uh, when

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Speaker 1: the pull back, when you know, hit the throttle, when

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Speaker 1: the choke it down a little bit. Hey, look, we

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Speaker 1: need to go here walking talking a little bit as

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Speaker 1: opposed to just being on one side. You know, we

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Speaker 1: we deal with the full roster daily and we have

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Speaker 1: to be in tune with Ronnie Barnes and what's going

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Speaker 1: in the weight room and all those different things, and

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Speaker 1: the roster. So it is what it is, and I

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Speaker 1: have to be ready to talk to the guys every day.

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Speaker 1: You know, it's every day I'm out in front of

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Speaker 1: the guy. So it's it's a good experience. I enjoy

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Speaker 1: it and I look forward to it every day. That's

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Speaker 1: Corey Valentine taking to a lot of the special team

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Speaker 1: stuff she's thrown out of. He's been good. Core has

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Speaker 1: been Uh, he's been really really good. He's been a

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Speaker 1: pleasant surprise. But he's like any other rookie. You know.

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Speaker 1: He makes mistakes. You know, had you know, he had

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Speaker 1: You gotta fail your way to success, you know. And

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Speaker 1: that's what these guys gotta understand, These young guys, you know,

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Speaker 1: especially guy like Cort has come from, you know, for

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Speaker 1: little bit different, you know. So that process, that maturation

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Speaker 1: process is something that he's going to have to go through.

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Speaker 1: And but he's very talented, very talented young man. UH

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Speaker 1: has the want to and the wherewithal to get things done.

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Speaker 1: So we're really excited about where Jake Carl Lauder and

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Speaker 1: I guess it's another you know, Jake is a hard worker. Uh.

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Speaker 1: He has a specific skill set with the snapping ability.

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Speaker 1: Uh to be able to run like he does and

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Speaker 1: it play as hard as as much effort as he

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Speaker 1: plays with. Uh. He's a different guy that way. Uh,

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Speaker 1: Jake is gonna be a guy over time. Uh, He's

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Speaker 1: going to be a good snapper. Right now, he has

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Speaker 1: some things technically that he needs to work through, but

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Speaker 1: he has a tremendous upside. We're really excited about. What

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Speaker 1: do you see a differences from maybe a year ago

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Speaker 1: you know, I'm just trying to get him back on track,

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Speaker 1: he's been hitting the ball good. You know, it's like

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Speaker 1: any other thing you do with specialists. When you're away

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Speaker 1: off a little bit. But he's working to get back

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Speaker 1: into this top form and we look forward to him

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Speaker 1: crushing it just like he did last year. What have

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Speaker 1: you seen from Riley Dixon? Riley Riley is is, Uh,

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Speaker 1: he did some things in the off season to work

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Speaker 1: on this consistently, his consistency and his ball striking. Um,

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Speaker 1: his directional punty and that's he's a young talented guy,

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Speaker 1: He's working hard at it, and we're just trying to

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Speaker 1: Jeff Feagles and alone. You see, for a punt in

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Speaker 1: the sense if you want forty yards and five second

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Speaker 1: because that's an easier ball to kick as opposed to

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Speaker 1: the sixty yard rocket. Right. So you get a guy

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Speaker 1: he can flip the field quote unquote, but it's sixty

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Speaker 1: Usain Bolt, Carl Lewis at the gunners, and uh Moe

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Speaker 1: Green at the long snapper. You know. So when you

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Speaker 1: have those those types of punts, those are hard to cover, right,

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Speaker 1: But when you can get them will hang the distance

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