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Speaker 1: reported on that situation with Joe Judge fiering Mark Colombo,

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Speaker 1: how do you, as a player and how do you

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Speaker 1: that entire situation is definitely um above my pay grade. UM.

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Speaker 1: As as a player and as as a team. We

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Speaker 1: know that coach judges every decision he makes is in

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Speaker 1: the best interests of the team. UM. I know me personally,

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Speaker 1: a lot of guys love working with Coach Colombo and

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Speaker 1: Vi Van, did you watch the games, the Washington Dallas

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Speaker 1: Philadelphia games yesterday? And what is your reaction to looking

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Speaker 1: forth from all the games. So, um, definitely have my

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Speaker 1: eye on on the division. On the division, guy so UM, yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's a it's a unique opportunity for us, and UM,

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Speaker 1: you know the focus is um getting better each and

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Speaker 1: for that game UM each week coming up. So UM yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's it's a lot of meaning meaningful football for us,

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Speaker 1: I mean, you haven't really played any many meaningful football

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Speaker 1: games in your four year NFL career here, three year

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Speaker 1: now versus what you're usually feeling on November. Yeah, it's

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Speaker 1: it's definitely Uh, Like I said, it's a unique opportunity. UM,

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Speaker 1: it and uh it's definitely gonna um push us to

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Speaker 1: and your teammates respond two big games in November, you

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Speaker 1: know what I mean. I mean, you know a lot

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Speaker 1: if you're three and seven, there's individual goals you still

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Speaker 1: I mean, this puts an anti's up for everybody, doesn't it. Yeah, Um, definitely. UM.

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Speaker 1: You know it's like I said, when there's meaningful football,

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Speaker 1: UM and the playoffs UM are involved, everybody's everybody's uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, for me it's it's it's different being here

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Speaker 1: the last three years, UM and the situations we've been in.

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Speaker 1: our motivation right now is is getting at ease and

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Speaker 1: every day and attacking I'm each opportunity. I'm going into

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Speaker 1: seeing things I've improved on and seeming things I need

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Speaker 1: I think this year is definitely different from me, just

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Speaker 1: different run games stuff in but UM, a different terminology

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Speaker 1: we're gonna be able to win this division. Um. I

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Speaker 1: You know, it's not to look ahead, not to worry

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