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Speaker 1: he's a smart football player. UM does a great job

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Speaker 1: you know, the plays and all that. So he's doing

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Speaker 1: And we've got a lot of guys like that, which

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Speaker 1: but with the offense for sure, trying to work through

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Speaker 1: either situation and have a message that you know, what

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Speaker 1: I think I always try to lead by example, just

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Speaker 1: I do like to be around my teammates and you know,

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Speaker 1: But um, you know, practices sometimes they have good sometimes

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Speaker 1: stay consistent and and all that. How much does Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think they have a great defensive line. Um, they

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Speaker 1: got great players everywhere, great scheme, do a lot of

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Speaker 1: they got great edge rushers, So respect to those guys,

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Speaker 1: specific things, but UM, you'd have to ask them about it. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think the guys in the practice squad, they're working hard.

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Speaker 1: So I feel like we're getting there. Definitely gonna take time,

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Speaker 1: and UM, just gotta keep working through all that stuff.

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Speaker 1: Ways through the cocteation. You really give a good sense

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Speaker 1: I want to Yeah, UM, we'll see you right. I

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Speaker 1: guess he knows me pretty well. But at the end

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Speaker 1: It just whatever they want to do. You just gotta

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