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Speaker 1: You guys, I have a question for each of you,

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Speaker 1: it was inexcusable, Uh, the high potential of disaster. UM.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, they a couple of those guys around the

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Speaker 1: league kind of hammered you on that deal. What is

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Speaker 1: your reaction to that and why do you think um A.

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Speaker 1: Dorey is worth that when you look at him skill?

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Speaker 1: Why is an injury wise? Well, my reaction to that

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Speaker 1: is one of the things that make up makes America

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Speaker 1: a great place is everybody's entitled to an opinion. Time

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Speaker 1: will tell what do you think of him as a player,

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Speaker 1: and why did you think he was worth that money

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Speaker 1: when you looked at Obviously, you guys felt like he

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Speaker 1: was worth the money. Why why is that when you

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Speaker 1: look at him, why is that he's got inside outside

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Speaker 1: flex um and he's a legitimate cover guy. He can

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Speaker 1: run excuse me, and he's he's a very smart football player,

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Speaker 1: he's got ball skills. All that stuff made him worth

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Speaker 1: that