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Speaker 1: he's at. We signed Brian Hudson, an offensive lineman, to

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Speaker 2: On the active ross.

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Speaker 3: You're saying, yeah, yeah, he said somebody trying to you know,

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Speaker 2: That elled it in him.

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Speaker 1: No, No, he's been doing a good job. You can

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Speaker 1: give Hi an opportunity at Gunner some dB stuff, you know,

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Speaker 4: So that's what we did.

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Speaker 1: I assume Gillen is back if you release the Matt. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna put him on the practice squad. Sorry I

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Speaker 1: missed that one. Matt back on the practice squad. He'll

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Speaker 1: do he'll punt today. I'm hopeful for both specialists, but

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Speaker 1: we got to see him out here doing it.

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Speaker 4: They've been working at it.

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Speaker 1: And then in terms of of not practicing today, Bryce

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Speaker 1: Ford will not practice, Dexter won't practice. Yeah, Slayton is

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Speaker 1: still in concussion protocol. Not not to where Tracey was

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Speaker 4: Got a shoulder. Hey, that's where we're at. Greg Ben wrote, sorry, yep,

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Speaker 3: Plan remains for staking to travel with you guys tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: Not not there yet. Sure he could possibly not travel.

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Speaker 1: We'll see where he's at. He could possibly not travel. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: that hasn't been decided yet. But if he's not progressing

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Speaker 2: How does it help the team to cut Nick McCleod.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I just thought we thought that bringing our green

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Speaker 2: That's what we did.

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Speaker 5: He started five games, so usually guys aren't playing are

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Speaker 5: the ones who get caught, not the guys who have

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Speaker 2: Did that make sense?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I understand the situation. Got a lot of respect

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Speaker 2: It's obviously a financial decision. So that's what kind of

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Speaker 2: messages got sentenced the locker room that over a million

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Speaker 2: dollars are going to cut a guy who's core special

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I would just say that, you know, that's the

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Speaker 3: Feel that that's something you have to monitor, like how

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Speaker 3: that's perceived in the locker room. I know, maybe that's

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Speaker 3: a decision that's made upstairs, but you are kind of

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'd say, look, there's there's a lot of changes

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Speaker 5: You bring all the specialists to Europe based on you know.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, all the practice squad players will We'll go to Europe.

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Speaker 2: Undrafted offensive lineman in the last week, I think is just.

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Speaker 2: Why is that there's a lot at one sure?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'd say, you know, our scouts are continually looking

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Speaker 2: With, we get them out of practice squad.

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Speaker 1: And that's an important position to develop, particularly younger players.

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Speaker 1: So if they have some qualities that we like to

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Speaker 5: Obviously, Brian Burns obviously Carolina game. Yeah, how do you

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Speaker 1: He's been a good addition for us, good leadership, good

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Speaker 4: When we got him, I was I was excited we

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Speaker 2: What have you learned about him that you didn't know beforehand?

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Speaker 5: We see him limping out of the locker room almost

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Speaker 6: You've been pretty you know, complimentary of Djail along the

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Speaker 7: When a season reaches this point, I know you you

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Speaker 7: but this is really the first time they're taking punches

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's it's important for veterans to have

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Speaker 1: in them too. Again, they're they're they're playing a lot

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Speaker 4: They're they're made of the right kind of stuff.

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Speaker 2: All that kind of stuff. What is your philosophy?

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Speaker 2: And I'm whined not to do that.

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Speaker 1: Well, look, these guys, everybody coaches the players. Again, you see, Look,

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Speaker 4: They are working their butts off.

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Speaker 6: Did you draw from that from anybody, you know, any

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Speaker 4: Guys up the plus you know, uh.

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Speaker 1: No, I just I appreciate how these guys work, in

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Speaker 7: I know I know your folks since here, I just

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Speaker 7: wanted to ask you about somebody you've coached with in

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Speaker 7: the past. Just the idea of Darren Rizzy getting an

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Speaker 7: year with him. Just curious your relationship. He's a Jersey guy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: No, I've known Rizz for a long time, having spoke

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Speaker 1: got a lot of respect for riz his family, large family,

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