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Speaker 1: offer up thoughts and prayers for James White from New England,

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Speaker 1: his family of what he's going through. Obviously he's had

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Speaker 1: They play a very explosive brand of football called does

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Speaker 1: a tremendous job offensively, really building this team to expose

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Speaker 1: Kyle's games, you can tell right away what he thinks

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Speaker 1: mendous job of that. Defensively, this is a very talented group.

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Speaker 1: They do what they do, they do it extremely well.

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Speaker 1: We'll have our handsful with them this week. And special teams,

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Speaker 1: And Joe, this is Matt Mayle. Could NBC Sports Samson

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Speaker 1: um your time with Jimmy Garoppol. We don't know if

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Speaker 1: One thing that stuck out to me about Jimmy early

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Speaker 1: we have to account for him in there. Yes, thank you, Freeman.

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Speaker 1: Is Davonte gonna be ready to roll this Sunday? And

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Speaker 1: how do you envision your back field shaping up with

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Speaker 1: We have to see where he is physically, and then

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Speaker 1: we got to see mentally how he is with all

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Speaker 1: the things we're putting in this week, and we just

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Speaker 1: want to make sure we put him in a position

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Speaker 1: because the lack of time. But we're gonna do everything

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Speaker 1: How much in general is it easier to get guys

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Speaker 1: bring him in midweek, you've got to focus in on

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Speaker 1: what they're gonna do in that direct game plan. You

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Speaker 1: can't try and give them the entire playbook at once.

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Speaker 1: You gotta make sure they understand the basics of the

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Speaker 1: now with him. Just try and get them ready for

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Speaker 1: whatever role we'd have for Sunday, Um, you look as

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Speaker 1: get them caught up. We'll obviously try and put it

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Speaker 1: fill that role. I just say, you know, obviously starting

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Speaker 1: He's a tough dude. I got a lot of respect

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Speaker 1: other day early in the second half, playing through pain.

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Speaker 1: You know, we've got good players on a roster. We

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Speaker 1: have confidence in those players. Everybody has to come out

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Speaker 1: and execute. It's put in the right positions as coaches

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Speaker 1: with with Sterling out, that means guys like Damian Ratley

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Speaker 1: I think they're both different than Sterling. Ever has their

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Speaker 1: own individual tool sets, but these guys both have you know,

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Speaker 1: first thing that really steps out there right there. Damien

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Speaker 1: Gives a lot of confidence put him in the game.

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Speaker 1: And CJ has had production as we've worked. You know,

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Speaker 1: And then helpful as it having somebody like Evan who

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Speaker 1: kind of avoid a little bit with Sterling out. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think we've got to use all of our weapons,

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Speaker 1: that's any game plan regarless of who's up and who's not. So,

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Speaker 1: you know, Jason's gotta you know, put some ways to

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Speaker 1: Thanks shaw it Hey, coach, you're facing a team this

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Speaker 1: week where you're not sure which quarterback is going to play. Uh,

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Speaker 1: does that complicate your preparation and just thoughts on Mullins

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Speaker 1: if ifs have to go to him, Yeah, I think

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Speaker 1: first off, on Molans, one thing he does an extremely

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Speaker 1: So he's a guy that's you know, kind of turns

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Speaker 1: very good anticipation. He does a good job priest snapper

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Speaker 1: He obviously had some success for them in the past

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Speaker 1: whether it's Jimmy or Mullins, to be honest with you

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Speaker 1: Last question here sound Rock, So how important was it

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