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Speaker 1: Thank you, Steph. Matthew, I menceicarily my camera off just

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Speaker 2: All right? Drive safely?

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Speaker 1: Right absolutely? First of all, is everyone safe? This is

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Speaker 2: It's been It's been a wild but so far, so good.

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Speaker 2: I hope everybody stays safe out there. A lot of

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Speaker 2: you know, down trees and power lines, so I hope

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, Matthew. How would you describe just the mood, the

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Speaker 1: mentality of the team, you know, with three games to

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know. Look, I think it goes without saying Mike,

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Speaker 2: this has been a challenging year, uh, to say the least.

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Speaker 2: But I think guys are fighting to the finish, which

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Speaker 2: you certainly appreciate, and it says a lot about the

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Speaker 2: men that we have in the locker room. So what

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Speaker 2: I love is that no one has changed your approach.

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Speaker 2: Everybody's staying committed to the process, trying to learn, trying

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Speaker 2: to get better, working to improve all the way, and

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Speaker 2: competing to the end. So I think our mindset is

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Speaker 2: to compete to the finish year. Obviously, the dye has

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Speaker 2: of finishing up on a positive note.

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Speaker 1: Yesterday, for a moment, there was a little bit of

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Speaker 1: a scare just along the sideline there when you stayed down.

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Speaker 1: How what was running through your mind at the moment,

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Speaker 1: and can you just give us a feel for how

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Speaker 1: you came out of that whole thing.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I'm old. I've been beat up this year.

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Speaker 2: I mean, that's part of the process. Thank God I

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Speaker 2: was able to get up and come back into the game,

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Speaker 2: and you know, at this stage you just kind of

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Speaker 2: take it one day at a time. I've spent a

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Speaker 2: lot of time with our training staff this year. They've

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Speaker 2: you know, I'm thankful, Like I said, I'm thankful was

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Speaker 2: and finish the game. And you know, now I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: Matthew, we saw some signs of life there from the

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Speaker 1: kickoff return unit yesterday. I thought that first one that

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Speaker 1: was that was a tough one to see come back.

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Speaker 1: I wanted to just get your opinion on what you

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Speaker 1: saw from that unit yesterday.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I thought our guys did a great

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Speaker 2: job of blocking up front, and then I thought Jalen

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Speaker 2: did a great job of running with the football. He

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Speaker 2: ran tough, he broke some arm tackles, he made some

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Speaker 2: good decisions, and he was aggressive with the football, and

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Speaker 2: that was one of the more productive days that we've had.

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Speaker 2: I thought the unit really competed well, communicated well. Kansas

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Speaker 2: City gave us some different looks that challenge our our

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Speaker 2: blocking assignments, but I thought we did a good job

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Speaker 2: picking them up. And then you know, obviously this appointed

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Speaker 2: in how they saw the first one. You know, I

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Speaker 2: thought our guys did a good job of playing to

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Speaker 3: Next question, Mark Daniels.

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Speaker 4: Hey, Matthewall as well.

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Speaker 2: Yes, how are you good?

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Speaker 4: Good man?

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Speaker 2: Thank you?

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Speaker 4: What ask you with the elements and sort of the

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Speaker 4: kicking game, and there were there were two misfield goals

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Speaker 4: each team in the first half, and I just wanted to,

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Speaker 4: you know, from your perspective, is there anything that contributed

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I mean, you know, I definitely don't want

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Speaker 2: to speak for for for Harrison or Chad, but I

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Speaker 2: would say that when you come here, this is one

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Speaker 2: of the tougher places to kick in the National Football League.

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Speaker 2: Obviously that big jumbo tron or screen at the closed

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Speaker 2: There's a swirling wind within our stadium, and sometimes it's

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Speaker 2: hard to play that win you know, you try to

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Speaker 2: tough to say. I've never kicked in the stadium, so

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Speaker 2: it's tough to say what was going on yesterday. But

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Speaker 2: you never assume anything when the ball's kicked in this stadium.

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Speaker 4: And from your perspective, how's Chad been doing? I mean

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Speaker 4: can kick the ball, but obviously probably not the consistency

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Speaker 4: there that you know he would like, and you guys.

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Speaker 2: Would well, look, I would say this, no one has

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Speaker 2: higher expectations for Chad than Chad. He is very tough

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Speaker 2: on himself. He expects a lot of himself and we

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Speaker 2: all do because we have a lot of confidence in

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Speaker 2: his ability and we know what he can be. Obviously,

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Speaker 2: this is has been a challenging year for everyone, and

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Speaker 2: I'm sure we all would tell you there's certain plays

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Speaker 2: and situations that we would like back. But he's staying positive,

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Speaker 2: He's staying true to his process, and I think that's

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Speaker 2: all he can really do right now. And you know,

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Speaker 2: now's not the time to have any self doubt, you know,

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Speaker 2: just keep doing what you're doing, Chad, and and and

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Speaker 2: things will work themselves out. And I think that's the

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Speaker 2: approach that he's taking.

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Speaker 4: So thank you, Matthew. Always very appreciate it. No problem,

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Speaker 4: and we'll go back to Mike Race.

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Speaker 1: Matthew, I'm glad I could come back on camera just

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Speaker 1: so you could see me here on there.

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Speaker 3: We are there, we are front seat. You know, I've

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Speaker 3: heard you talk about how much you care about Gerald

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Speaker 3: m and and you know, yesterday obviously it was tough.

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Speaker 3: How do you support him, you know, in the situation

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Speaker 3: like that where you know, yeah, how do you support him?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? And you know, I'll say this I'm glad you

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Speaker 2: asked that. You know, I'm not intimately familiar with the

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Speaker 2: details of that situation. I don't know everything that's going on,

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Speaker 2: but I think so oftentimes with athletes, we're put on

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Speaker 2: this pedestal like we've got everything together and our personal

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Speaker 2: lives are great, and we're role models and etc. But

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Speaker 2: we're human beings just like everyone else, and we struggle

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Speaker 2: with a number of different things in our personal lives

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Speaker 2: And I think anytime guys are going through things, my

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Speaker 2: that they feel comfortable and letting me support them, whether

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Speaker 2: it's something as simple as prayer or having them over

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Speaker 2: to the house or whatever it may be. But I

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Speaker 2: know Gerald knows this. I love him. I've always been

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Speaker 2: very fond of him since he since he first got

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Speaker 2: here years ago, and I want nothing but the best friend.

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Speaker 2: And I think if you ask anyone in our locker

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Speaker 2: You know, we we care about his well being as

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Speaker 2: a human being first and foremost. We want to see

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Speaker 2: him be healthy, healthy both physically and mentally. We want

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Speaker 2: to see him be successful and all that is with

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Speaker 2: football side. I mean, you know, we put such a

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Speaker 2: heavy emphasis on football, and rightfully so. It's our job,

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Speaker 2: but it's not the ultimate. You know, it's an important thing,

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Speaker 2: but it's not the ultimate thing. And for Gerald, I

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Speaker 2: hope he hears and understands and those For us, we

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Speaker 2: just want to see him be well, and that's the

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Speaker 2: most important thing.

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Speaker 3: Thank you, Matthew, No problem.