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Speaker 1: Morning, guys doing well so good. I like the at

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Speaker 1: the end of the last game, that little thing the

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Speaker 1: linebacker from the Titans who was from UCLA, who's had

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Speaker 1: like a little ruin. Yeah. Yeah, always gonna be pulling

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Speaker 1: from my guys, Like, um, can I lea drop with

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Speaker 1: a question on Damien and remond Ring in terms of

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Speaker 1: just sort of like a little adversity that they had

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Speaker 1: to face early this season and just as you're standing

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Speaker 1: as a captain, sort of what you observed from them

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Speaker 1: and how you saw the handle that. Yeah, well, I

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Speaker 1: think you know, each of their situations is unique in

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Speaker 1: obviously their journeys this year have been very different. Remandre being,

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Speaker 1: you know, his first year in the National Football League,

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Speaker 1: trying to figure out how to play, trying to work

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Speaker 1: to improve each and every week, and he's been coached

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Speaker 1: really hard, and I think he's spotted very well to it.

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Speaker 1: I think he's remained humble enough to receive the coaching,

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Speaker 1: and then he keeps going out there each and every

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Speaker 1: week and improving. And you know, that's all you can

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Speaker 1: ask from a young player is to keep your head down,

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Speaker 1: keep working, keep trying to get better. And then obviously,

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Speaker 1: you know you know Damien has some tough breaks earlier

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Speaker 1: on in the year, but I don't think his approach

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Speaker 1: ever changed. We know that Damien wants to take care

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Speaker 1: of the football. We know that he's gonna run as

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Speaker 1: hard as he can every time he touches it. And

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Speaker 1: I think he's did a good job of just putting

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Speaker 1: that behind him and continue to move forward. I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's football. Things like that are gonna happen. If you

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Speaker 1: play long enough, they'll happen more often. So I think

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Speaker 1: both those guys have, you know, handled their adversity like

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Speaker 1: he asked, very well, and they're key to what we do.

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Speaker 1: We need both of them. They've helped us the last

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Speaker 1: you know, portion of the season here and we're a

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Speaker 1: need great effort for them moving forward. You've got to

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Speaker 1: seen it all in the NFL and turps up the Buffalo.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure you've seen a lot and heard a lot.

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Speaker 1: What do you say to the younger guys, especially a

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Speaker 1: guy like Mac going up there for kind of the

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Speaker 1: first time, what through its fact it's gonna be crazy. Uh,

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Speaker 1: It's that's a great environment up there, and you know,

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Speaker 1: I tip my cap to Bill's mafia. I think they

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Speaker 1: do a great job supporting their team, and they make

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Speaker 1: it tough on opponents. So you know, I think you

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Speaker 1: just have to stay in the moment up there. There's

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Speaker 1: gonna be some adversity when you go up there and

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Speaker 1: play a good football team in the hospital environment, and

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Speaker 1: you just have to keep playing. UM, take it play

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Speaker 1: by play and try not to let the game get

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Speaker 1: too big for you. UM. So we'll see. I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's that's not just a task for Mask, for MAC,

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Speaker 1: That's a task for everyone. So we'll we'll do our

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Speaker 1: best to control the control bulls and realize that you know,

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Speaker 1: what matters most is what happens in between the one lines.

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Speaker 1: I love playing there. Yeah, I mean I think that's

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Speaker 1: what competition is all about. UM. That's why you appreciate

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Speaker 1: the fans and their presence at the game. UM. I

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Speaker 1: think Buffalo embodies that is as well as anybody in

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Speaker 1: this league. So, UM, we look forward to it. It's tough,

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Speaker 1: certainly won't be easy, but UM, we look forward to

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Speaker 1: the challenge. Matthew, how did you go about selecting Compassion International.

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Speaker 1: I'm glad you asked that. UM. No, Compassionate International is

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Speaker 1: a ministry that I've supported for quite a while. Um,

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Speaker 1: even before I got into the NFL, I knew about

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Speaker 1: it and from some churches back at home. So for me,

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Speaker 1: I think having gotten a chance to see that ministry

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Speaker 1: operate up close and personal and meet some of the leadership.

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Speaker 1: Then Nate Solder and his wife Lexi are very involved

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Speaker 1: in it. UM. They've been to Uganda and done some

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Speaker 1: mission trips there as well. I just think the idea

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Speaker 1: of us supporting children around the world that um our disadvantage.

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Speaker 1: They don't have basic essentials, they don't have you know, food, water, clothing.

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Speaker 1: And then obviously, given the message of the gospel is

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Speaker 1: so important to to my family and I, we feel

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Speaker 1: like that's that's something that we've been called to support.

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Speaker 1: So just to bring awareness to that. You know, obviously

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Speaker 1: fundraising and terrible efforts have suffered a little bit with COVID,

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Speaker 1: and I understand that. So just just want to bring

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Speaker 1: awareness to it, and you know, always thinking of those kids.

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Speaker 1: I know my family responsor a number of kids, and

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Speaker 1: you know, just to see them progress. They're singing like

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Speaker 1: an updated photo and there's correspondence and stuff like that.

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Speaker 1: It's neat um and we're blessed to be able to

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Speaker 1: support those children in that way. Thanks for asking. Thanks guys,