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Speaker 1: And with our players, we have some players as very

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Speaker 1: so which makes our job easier and smart players so

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Speaker 1: that you know we're facing, and whatever we need them

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Speaker 1: to do, we'll prepare them for that week for that role. Heay,

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Speaker 1: thank you. Next question Phil Perry, followed by Karen Green. Hey, Marcus,

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Speaker 1: I'm curious with the depth that seems like you guys

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Speaker 1: have that an outside linebacker. How closely are you tracking

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Speaker 1: players workloads in game and how does that impact how

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Speaker 1: it more about specific players fitting specific situations and that

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Speaker 1: being more of the determining factor of when they're actually

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Speaker 1: getting on the field. I'll say, first of all, you know,

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Speaker 1: I give credit to the guys. They do a good

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Speaker 1: job of preparing each week. So they all they're all

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Speaker 1: already in every situation, in any position we put them in,

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Speaker 1: they'll they already. That's what we're trying to do. Prepare

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Speaker 1: each guy as if they're the starter, and so we

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Speaker 1: go through each week and it's not about like who

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Speaker 1: plays where, who does this? You know when he gets

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Speaker 1: who's able to go on that perform at a high

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Speaker 1: level and really just roll the guys that they all

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Speaker 1: so you know, play the rhyn stop the line, rush

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Speaker 1: the pastor they can do all different things. Thanks Marcus. YEA.

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Speaker 1: Next question Karen Griggy and followed by Mike Reggy. Hi

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Speaker 1: to Marcus, um, do you think that Jamie collins familiarity

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Speaker 1: And also how well do you think he's played this far?

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Speaker 1: I would agree with that. Yeah, We're glad to have

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Speaker 1: Jamie backs. He's a special player. Um, he's a smart

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Speaker 1: player who really just has a feel for game, get

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Speaker 1: to the ball. He's definitely you know with him being

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Speaker 1: we play in a way, you know, to do your

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Speaker 1: job type of mentality we have in our building. You know,

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Speaker 1: doing a good job for us. Whatever we ask to do,

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Speaker 1: he's been doing it to the best of his ability.

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Speaker 1: And you know, hopefully we continue to have that going forward.

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Speaker 1: Thank you. My next question Mike Greeza A thanks Stacy M.

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Speaker 1: De Marcus. The path that coaches take is often interesting,

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Speaker 1: especially to those in the profession. You graduated from Stamford

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Speaker 1: For me, it's um, you know, coaching college was was

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Speaker 1: So him him being able to do that. Man versatile

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Speaker 1: As how smarty is he has very high Football IQ.

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Speaker 1: Bob Hey, Thanks Dasy, Good morning to Marcus. Wanted to

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Speaker 1: ask you about Dante and his conditioning coming into the season.

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Speaker 1: I think he talked about being a leader in the

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Speaker 1: first of all, you know Dante, he's a Kapman, you

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