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Speaker 1: Got a great challenge this week. Dak's playing at a

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Speaker 2: CD's playing at a high level, and it's going to

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Speaker 2: be you know, they're really turning it on as an

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Speaker 2: offense and really starting to click. And when I say

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Speaker 2: Dak's playing at the highest level, I think he's really back.

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Speaker 2: He's healthy, and he's distributing the ball well.

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Speaker 1: Had a tough one last week. Really it was the

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Speaker 1: tail of two halves.

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Speaker 2: I thought that I give Vegas a you know, their

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Speaker 2: their props because you know that quarterback, and they stuck

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Speaker 2: with the run longer they have in the past.

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Speaker 1: They were running the ball.

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Speaker 2: Effectively in the first half, and you know we were

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Speaker 2: going to take away DeVonta Adams and other players made plays.

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Speaker 1: The second half.

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Speaker 2: We made our adjustments after we saw their adjustments, and

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Speaker 2: I thought we played tremendously.

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Speaker 1: Better than what you know we did in the first half.

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Speaker 1: With that will open up to questions. Did you think

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Speaker 1: of Zager's comments after the game? Did it bother you? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean it was.

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Speaker 2: It surprised me because it's the first time it's ever

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Speaker 2: had in my career, Uh, that that a player would

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Speaker 2: make a statement like that, you know, you know, so

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Speaker 2: I think it was a case where you know, the

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Speaker 2: kids just frustrated from losing. You know, we spoke, we

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Speaker 2: cleared it up. You know the example that he gave

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Speaker 2: me of what he was talking about. It was an

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Speaker 2: in game adjustment and it was over. I mean, it

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Speaker 2: me what exactly what it was. But I think that

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Speaker 2: you you know, you grow from that. And you know,

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Speaker 2: I just told him that, you know, that's something that

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Speaker 2: that it hurts the locker room, it hurts the defensive

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Speaker 2: room when when you say something like that. And I'll

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Speaker 2: tell you all the exact thing I used is it.

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Speaker 2: And I understand, you know, clicks and all, you know

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Speaker 2: all the things that you do, and I respect your profession.

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Speaker 2: But the example I used in front of him and

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Speaker 2: the entire defense is when you make a statement like that,

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Speaker 2: it puts money in your pockets and takes it out

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Speaker 2: of ours talking about the.

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Speaker 1: Media, you know what I mean?

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Speaker 2: And I said, you just have to understand that, you know,

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Speaker 2: he it was an emotional thing right after.

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Speaker 1: The game, and you know you just got to learn

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Speaker 1: from so was moving on what he said in your eyes?

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Speaker 1: Or I'll just keep that between us. But you know

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Speaker 1: it's like I said, we're moving on.

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Speaker 2: I you know, I spoke, you know, because I had

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Speaker 2: to evaluate, you know, I had to go back and

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Speaker 2: talk to the leaders.

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Speaker 1: And when I say leaders, you don't have to have

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Speaker 2: I talked to the vets, A, Sean and Nacho, you know,

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Speaker 2: to go down to let you know, Bobby. You know,

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Speaker 2: I talked to everybody in every room and I said, hey,

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Speaker 2: is there's there's something that we're not discussing there is

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Speaker 2: there is there a problem here, you.

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Speaker 1: Know, to a man that said no.

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Speaker 2: And so, like I said, we're moving on and.

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Speaker 1: We'll see what happens when we come to Dallas. Like

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Speaker 1: just one thing on that you have those.

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Speaker 3: Keep it real sessions with those guys often.

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Speaker 1: Is that because you have those? It was that particularly

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Speaker 1: surprising that, Yeah, that's my point.

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Speaker 2: It was, you know, because I end every meeting with

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Speaker 2: does anybody have anything, any questions, any concerns? Are we

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Speaker 2: okay because your family's okay? You know, because you know

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Speaker 2: it's a safe space. You know, if you have something,

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Speaker 2: all the boxes and I mean it when I say it.

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Speaker 2: And then we've had discussions, you know, and I've had

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Speaker 2: that you've had discussions, and I think that's that's a

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Speaker 2: good thing, before the before the fact, before the game,

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Speaker 2: if you have something, say something. We were there conversations

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Speaker 1: So you're saying he didn't say that during the anymore.

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Speaker 2: I'll just let him explain that because it what he

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Speaker 2: like I said, I just think he was frustrated. Like

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Speaker 1: What's the best way to prevent it from hurting.

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Speaker 2: The locker room.

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Speaker 1: I think that we already did that.

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Speaker 2: I think we talked about it as a group, uh,

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Speaker 2: you know, and I it's like I said, when I

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Speaker 1: Out in front of, you know, these guys and say, hey,

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Speaker 2: You know, because there's a there's a lot of people

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Speaker 1: We addressed it. We like confrontation, you know. I like confrontation, and.

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Speaker 2: I think that's the only way you can move forward

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Speaker 2: don't do that, Pat, I think that you know, you're

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Speaker 2: letting something grow that is, you don't I mean, it's

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Speaker 2: needless to let grow. Can he be in his usual

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Speaker 2: role to start this game? I mean, you're gonna have

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Speaker 2: to talk to David about that. I haven't you know,

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Speaker 2: I haven't had any discussions with the or Joe about it.

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Speaker 2: But you know, as of right now, we're planning on

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Speaker 1: His usual role.

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Speaker 3: Do you think he grew from any of this in

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Speaker 1: Lisa Kim, I think you're gonna have to ask him that.

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Speaker 2: You know, we'll see, you know when we come to

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Speaker 2: play the game. It seems like that really hurt you

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Speaker 2: though they did, because that's you know, I've always been

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Speaker 2: think if you have a problem, it's just how we

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Speaker 3: And this was literally the first time a player under you.

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Speaker 1: Yeah that that you're you're reading? What should what is

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Speaker 1: he talking about? You know what I mean? So sorry,

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Speaker 1: it's we're moving on from it in that room, though.

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Speaker 1: Did other players have your back? I think you can

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Speaker 1: ask them, man, you know, it's they.

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Speaker 2: Everybody was positive of me that I talked to, so

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Speaker 2: you know, so I think that, you know, but everybody is.

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Speaker 1: You know, there might be somebody that's not feeling that way.

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Speaker 1: Tell you what you want to hear. I don't know.

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Speaker 2: Oh, this is stuff that happens in these kinds of seasons. Sure,

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Speaker 2: I mean, hasn't happened to you before. It's the symptom

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Speaker 2: it's uh, you know I already it's It's easy for

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Speaker 1: I know that, you know what I mean, It's easy

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Speaker 2: I wouldn't, you know, I don't know how I would

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Speaker 2: said this, Well, how do you feel?

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Speaker 1: You know what I mean? You know or whatever, you know,

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Speaker 1: whatever question you get asked.

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Speaker 2: So, since we've known you here, you always have a

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Speaker 2: good read on how your defense is going to react

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Speaker 2: to certain situations, how you're going to respond.

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Speaker 1: Obviously not an easy spot to go into Dallas.

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Speaker 2: After what happened in week one, whatever happened last week Field,

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Speaker 2: do you have an idea as.

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Speaker 1: To how your defense is going to respond and do

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Speaker 2: I think it's definitely gonna be a positive because of

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Speaker 2: what we were talking about before, the leadership that we.

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Speaker 1: Have in that room, you know.

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Speaker 2: I mean, here's the thing. It's like, we have to

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Speaker 2: find a better way to start faster on road trips,

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Speaker 2: especially West Coast when you look at it that way.

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Speaker 2: But I also respect and can appreciate the fact that

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Speaker 2: there's a four minute drive and it's fourth down, and

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Speaker 2: you guys, we have guys fighting their tail off to

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Speaker 2: stop on fourth down with twenty seven seconds left from

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Speaker 2: the game. All Right, That's that's not a norm in

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Speaker 2: the NFL, of you know, of of how guys take

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Speaker 2: it all the way to the end. And this group does.

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Speaker 2: I said it before here. I love this group that

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Speaker 2: we have. And you know, we played really good defense

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Speaker 2: for the last month prior to you know, prior to Vegas,

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Speaker 2: and I expect us to continue to just keep getting

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Speaker 2: better and fix the things. You know, it's more technique

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Speaker 2: stuff in this last game in the first half that

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Speaker 2: got us, but I expected to keep getting better.

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Speaker 1: A penny free agent. Does this impact why you would

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Speaker 1: advocate for him back? We got eight weeks left, so

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Speaker 1: we'll see see where we're at with the season.

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Speaker 3: But kind of there's only so much you can do

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Speaker 3: on defense. But when you I'm assuming most coaches are

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Speaker 3: looking what the pass the victory are in games, and obviously,

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Speaker 3: you guys offensively are going in with a young quarterback

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Speaker 3: with not a lot of experience against a team that's got,

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Speaker 3: as you just mentioned, some pretty good weapons. Is there

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Speaker 3: any added urgency to score on defense? I don't know

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Speaker 3: you want to do that every every week, I'm sure,

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Speaker 3: but just you know what I'm saying, when when you're

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Speaker 3: in the situation you're in right.

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Speaker 1: Now, Yeah, whatever, I mean.

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Speaker 2: I think if there's a study of that of when

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Speaker 2: when defenses score.

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Speaker 1: It's usually in the you know, the high scoring game.

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Speaker 2: A lot of times when when that happens, I think

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Speaker 2: that we just need to try to, you know, execute

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Speaker 2: the best that we can execute.

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Speaker 1: At the highest level.

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Speaker 2: And and you know, I think that, you know, I

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Speaker 2: think we got a good plan going into this and

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Speaker 2: see see how see how it comes out on Sunday,