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Speaker 1: you doing? All right? Yes? Try I imagine red zone

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Speaker 1: the season about Ross Douglas as he's been coaching receivers

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Speaker 1: is just so very bright, hum knowledgeable guy about everything

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Speaker 1: that has to do with football, you know, and he

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Speaker 1: loves the loves his job. He digs into it, man,

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Speaker 1: and he makes everything a lot easier on the both

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Speaker 1: of us. You know, coaching Hiss receivers, so you know,

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Speaker 1: obviously he's not as a defensive side of the ball.

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Speaker 1: You know, he can pick his brain a lot of

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Speaker 1: that stuff. So so he's a pretty well rounded coach,

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Speaker 1: you know, and uh, you know, pretty sharp. Great. Thank you,

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Speaker 1: Thank you very much, Troy, and thank you to everyone

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Speaker 1: who joined us today. Thank you