WEBVTT - Bowles: Fitzpatrick Is the Starting Quarterback (11/23)

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<v Speaker 1>Gott who's your quarterback for Sunday? That's Patrick. How much

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<v Speaker 1>discussion did you guys put into that decision to not months.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean we went over the family like we always do,

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<v Speaker 1>and we did everybody, and we read every player, and

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<v Speaker 1>he came out he missed some throws, but like everybody else,

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<v Speaker 1>if he did a lot of things that we did

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of things wrong as a group that we

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<v Speaker 1>gotta correct. But where so his leash any shorter as

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<v Speaker 1>that starting quarterback is there? If he struggled a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit on planny, could you go to you know, no,

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<v Speaker 1>he used to start a quarterback, Todd, we went into

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<v Speaker 1>the release of Queen and Cobost today. Uh, it just

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't playing We trying to get a spot earlier and

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<v Speaker 1>we didn't have a spot. We weren't playing him. He

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<v Speaker 1>didn't get any time. It's just a business move and

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<v Speaker 1>with nothing personal. So Todd, the was nothing bestides of

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<v Speaker 1>football stuff that went into that. Did he didn't have

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<v Speaker 1>any issues with your coaching staff or anything like that? No?

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<v Speaker 1>Absolutely not. I just is there any message you hope

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<v Speaker 1>that sent to your team by cutting a former first

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<v Speaker 1>round pick? It was not a mess fact for cutting

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<v Speaker 1>the former first round pick, trying to send a message.

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<v Speaker 1>We're just trying to play good football players, and we're

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<v Speaker 1>trying to play guys that want to play and guys

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<v Speaker 1>that are ready to play. And obviously a long way

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<v Speaker 1>whether we wanted to lose, and we still got to

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<v Speaker 1>make business decisions going forward. That was just one of them.

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<v Speaker 1>Does that meant to play? I'm sorry, sorry, I'm in here.

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<v Speaker 1>It does that mean Quintin wasn't a guy who wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to play. Oh, he wanted to play. I mean, I

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<v Speaker 1>think Quintin still has a good future. It just wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>playing with us. There were guys that were playing better.

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<v Speaker 1>So it just came to the point where we put

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<v Speaker 1>may need to rust the spot later, So we made

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<v Speaker 1>the decision. Todd he he played well at times last

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<v Speaker 1>year when he was on the defensive line. Obviously, you

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<v Speaker 1>guys have enough talent defensive line. Could you kind of

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<v Speaker 1>maybe explain why you maybe wasn't a scheme sit for you?

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<v Speaker 1>And uh, I guess that well. I think it was

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<v Speaker 1>a better inside player than he was an outside player.

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<v Speaker 1>But we got a flew with guys inside, including Draft

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<v Speaker 1>and Leonard in the first round. As an outside player,

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<v Speaker 1>I thought he was okay, but we need a little

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<v Speaker 1>more speed on the field for the things we were

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<v Speaker 1>trying to do, and it just got caught up in

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<v Speaker 1>between the tweeter status force of other men. He still

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<v Speaker 1>can't play. That just means he wasn't a fit for us,

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<v Speaker 1>because it definitely had inside. I guess, I guess why

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<v Speaker 1>now with with making the decision. You know, Versus said,

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<v Speaker 1>you know later in the year, even after the season, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, we weren't playing im and as this game evolved,

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<v Speaker 1>there wasn't much we could do in that regard. And

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<v Speaker 1>we're trying to do some things going forward to make

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<v Speaker 1>some business decisions as far as getting our team better.

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<v Speaker 1>So now it was a good time. Can you give

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<v Speaker 1>it some what you know about the mangal to read

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<v Speaker 1>it my readers going through a Concussom protocol. So obviously

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<v Speaker 1>he's got to go through some things. And he wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>feeling any better today and Mangoes got the last rations

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<v Speaker 1>in his hand that he got to get stitched up,

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<v Speaker 1>about six seven stitches, and we gotta see what the

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<v Speaker 1>pain level looks like this week. As far as I've

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<v Speaker 1>been able to snapple ball now because this wasn't getting

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<v Speaker 1>better today? Are you pestimistic about him playing this week? No,

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<v Speaker 1>anytime somebody gets a concussion, kind of pessimistic about him

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<v Speaker 1>the next week. You know, some people recover faster than others.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm just gonna have to wait and see. I did,

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<v Speaker 1>uh Nick having m R. I in his hands, and

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<v Speaker 1>he did Uh. They came back negative. Again, he did

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<v Speaker 1>have to get stitches. Were there any other injuries that

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<v Speaker 1>came out of game time? I'm not to this point now.

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<v Speaker 1>I will accuse you to seat in the patrick to

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<v Speaker 1>uh to stick with him going forward? And again, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think a lot of throws are Ryan's fault. When

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<v Speaker 1>you have a quarterback and you gotta like at the

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<v Speaker 1>overall scheme, not just a quarterback as far as things

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<v Speaker 1>are getting done, and a lot of times we just

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<v Speaker 1>gotta get on the same page. And you know, I

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<v Speaker 1>think Ryan made some good throws. I thought he made

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<v Speaker 1>some bad ones as well, But you don't get up

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<v Speaker 1>on the quarterback just like that, because the overall on

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<v Speaker 1>what he's done this year, he's still proved he can

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<v Speaker 1>do that going forward. How about Sheldon, Uh, do you

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<v Speaker 1>think there's a chance this week? I'm hopeful we'll get

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<v Speaker 1>some more treatment and as we go through practice, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll hope to see when he can get him out

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<v Speaker 1>there and I gotta him run. Would good? How when

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<v Speaker 1>you look at the offense is slow starts the last

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<v Speaker 1>few weeks. Are there any common teams you see in

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<v Speaker 1>those those slow starts. Yeah, Usually there's a penalty involved,

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<v Speaker 1>the county or two involved, and we get set up backwards,

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<v Speaker 1>and then there's a misassignment here there that sets us

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<v Speaker 1>back and we can't get going. And the whole thing

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<v Speaker 1>is we gotta get going earlier on the offense, and

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<v Speaker 1>we can't come from behind. And all the games we lost,

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<v Speaker 1>we've been behind maybe double digits, and we have to

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<v Speaker 1>come back and try to fight at the end. We

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<v Speaker 1>got to find a way as coaches to get that

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<v Speaker 1>out of the way and get it and get him

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<v Speaker 1>started earlier and started faster earlier. That was a healthy

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<v Speaker 1>scratch yesterday. Yeah, he was a healthy scratch. He was

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<v Speaker 1>sick all last week, so he met a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>practice time and when he came back Friday, everything was

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<v Speaker 1>already at the stone, tied on double tasks. How in

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<v Speaker 1>the perfect world, how should that have been defended? Like

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<v Speaker 1>with what protown defensively, I think they're wearing this factor.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I've seeing a guy's eye out there nine

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<v Speaker 1>times out of ten. You don't see those in a

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<v Speaker 1>long time. And everybody just has to stay with their

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<v Speaker 1>rules and not get caught by the first past going

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<v Speaker 1>the other way, and to stay with the guy you're

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<v Speaker 1>supposed to be with. God, you were you guys to

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<v Speaker 1>wear the short ran a double past against detectives last year? Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>we were todd You had a twelve men on the

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<v Speaker 1>field penalty after a time out? What what happened in that?

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<v Speaker 1>And that was a big culture mix up in a

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<v Speaker 1>big mistake on our part. M hm. Does anyone have

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<v Speaker 1>anything else for coach? Is there any I do that? Uh?

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<v Speaker 1>Be thought to considering any lineup changes this week? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>they're all Wes thoughts man. We'll go through the game

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<v Speaker 1>plan tonight and tomorrow and we'll see what fits and

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<v Speaker 1>we'll just trying to make that decisions as we go

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<v Speaker 1>out on Wednesday if we do. How how tough is

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<v Speaker 1>it for a coach when you go through like a

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<v Speaker 1>stretch of adversity like this and you have your core

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<v Speaker 1>principles and your philosophies that you believe in, But at

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<v Speaker 1>the same time, you probably want to try some new

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<v Speaker 1>stuff to get the team on track. So how do

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<v Speaker 1>you weigh those two you know, those two situations. You

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<v Speaker 1>know it's a fine line. Obviously, you've got to stick

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<v Speaker 1>to your core belief and you know, the same things

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<v Speaker 1>that got through the wins. You gotta stick with the

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<v Speaker 1>same thing they got to the losses and try to

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<v Speaker 1>get back to it. But at the same time, you

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<v Speaker 1>got to still make sure the team is continuing to

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<v Speaker 1>grow and everybody doing what they're supposed to, coaches and players,

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<v Speaker 1>And it's a fine line between the two, and you

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<v Speaker 1>weigh the good in the bed and you make a

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<v Speaker 1>decision that you gotta go with it. Last night, some

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<v Speaker 1>guys mentioned that, you know, this is a team that

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't know how to finish, or you know they don't

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<v Speaker 1>know how to play sixty minutes. Is that a cultural

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<v Speaker 1>thing that you're just coming in trying to change or

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<v Speaker 1>is there something specific that you can pinpoint as to

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<v Speaker 1>why that might be. I think it's a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>of everything else. They're trying to finish the ball game,

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<v Speaker 1>and we know we have to finish ball games and

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<v Speaker 1>the way we finished ball games, the execute and play

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<v Speaker 1>situational football, and I think once it gets down to

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<v Speaker 1>the end of the ball game, there is a bust

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<v Speaker 1>here or a bus there that we gotta get better

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<v Speaker 1>and that that comes with mental toughness, and that that's

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<v Speaker 1>something has to be ingrained every year, whether it's a

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<v Speaker 1>new coach or whether it's the same coach. So, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's the process. It's something we gotta get

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<v Speaker 1>over because we lost five of them, and there's at

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<v Speaker 1>least three of them where we lost where we should

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<v Speaker 1>have better mental toughness and execution. At the end, Coach,

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<v Speaker 1>it looked like Aaron Henderson got some additional rest there

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<v Speaker 1>on the defensive side of the ball against you, And

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<v Speaker 1>is that something you're gonna look to increase even more

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<v Speaker 1>in the coming weeks. It could be. I mean, David

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<v Speaker 1>and Tomorrow got banged up at certain point of the game,

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<v Speaker 1>so he's the next guy in. Just um a clarification

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<v Speaker 1>on the Queen situation. Did you you said you might

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<v Speaker 1>you need the roster spot, You might have something in

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<v Speaker 1>mind where you want to clear that roster spot. Now, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>we have something in mind going forward, and you know

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<v Speaker 1>we see how developed or go from there. Might you

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<v Speaker 1>sign a kickoff return. I'm not gonna devoted at this time,

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<v Speaker 1>but we do fomthing that we're looking man,