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Speaker 1: Boy it feels good to even that record at two

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Speaker 1: with you for this edition of the Seahawks Insiders Podcast. John,

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Speaker 1: is it just me or is there like no sense

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Speaker 1: for that. But yeah, these weeks get confusing. Yeah, I've

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Speaker 1: an entire day of football. I am very, very excited

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Speaker 1: about it. Excellent. I will be more excited if the

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Speaker 1: a tough test, but John, I think that you're feeling

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Speaker 1: lot better after what they saw in San Francisco. There

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Speaker 1: And it was a lot of good stuff. Absolutely. Ryan

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Speaker 1: Let's do it. Okay, I think that's a plan. And

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Speaker 1: you know what, I think that'll do it. For this

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Speaker 1: week's edition of the Seahawks Insiders podcast, We'll see you

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Speaker 1: next time.