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Speaker 1: Serious question.

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Speaker 2: Are there times where you have to meet guys who

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Speaker 2: come in and then get to learn them as teammates

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Speaker 2: and get to be comfortable with them on the field.

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Speaker 2: I mean, you know, guys have been in and out

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Speaker 3: I would say there's a factor where you know, it's

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Speaker 3: important to meet the new people, especially like the numbers

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Speaker 3: we've had lately, like influx of guys coming in. But

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Speaker 3: you know, I feel like at this level, everyone's a professional.

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Speaker 3: You know, you expect a certain level of like you know,

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Speaker 3: professionalism from everybody.

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Speaker 1: So when you come in, yeah, there's.

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Speaker 3: A good amount of talking about scheme and stuff like

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Speaker 3: that or what we're doing during the week. But you know,

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Speaker 3: you definitely trust guys early on more at this level

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Speaker 3: than before, because, like I said, everyone's a professional and

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Speaker 3: we're all here to do one job.

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Speaker 4: How about just names and faces and you know, you

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Speaker 4: get introduced to somebody and then you know, three days lady,

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Speaker 4: you're lining up with them.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, that's the that's the unique part about

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Speaker 3: the league. You know, people come in on that you know,

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Speaker 3: few days before a game and I expected to perform,

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Speaker 3: but you know, It definitely is important, especially during during

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Speaker 3: the meetings, you know, just getting to know people and

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Speaker 3: how you know, what best way they communicate and how

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Speaker 4: One more, you know, I don't imagine you knew much

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Speaker 4: about Brian Burns before this. You know, you knew him

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Speaker 4: as a guy in the league. What did you think

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Speaker 4: of him beforehand? And what do you know about him

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Speaker 4: now that you've you know.

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Speaker 3: Spent almost the whole season with Yeah, like you said,

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Speaker 3: you know, he's just a dominant player in the league,

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Speaker 3: and you know, you see those guys making plays on

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Speaker 3: other teams. But you know, obviously I didn't know him

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Speaker 3: as a person, and you know, right when he was

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Speaker 3: traded to hear. You know, I had a teammate who

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Speaker 3: played with him in Carolina, who I played with in college,

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Speaker 3: and I was just chopping it up with him one

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Speaker 3: day and he was just talking to me about Burns

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Speaker 3: and how you know, when it gets in season, you

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Speaker 3: know how dedicated he is, how how much of a

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Speaker 3: hard work he is, and how locked in he is,

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Speaker 3: and it just, you know, spending time with him this

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Speaker 3: year just confirmed that, you know, even with the the

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Speaker 3: things we've been going through this season and not the

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Speaker 3: way we wanted to. But you know, you him still

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Speaker 3: come in every day and he's working hard, playing hard,

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Speaker 3: and you know he's a true professional.

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Speaker 1: Who was that former college player Davion Nixon a d lineman?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you would know, right, you know, I mean, I

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Speaker 4: mean he's not a He's not the most raw rock

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Speaker 4: talkative guy. Is he briant?

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Speaker 1: You know what I mean?

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Speaker 4: I mean maybe behind with you you know, how do

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Speaker 4: you sense that leadership.

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Speaker 3: Style is Yeah, it's just I mean he's a fun

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Speaker 3: guy to be around, and he's a trustworthy guy. And

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Speaker 3: you know, like you said, he's not a super you know,

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Speaker 3: huge talker, but you know when he says things that

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Speaker 3: you know, people listen. So uh, you know, a guy

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Speaker 3: like that, you know you expect to lead by example.

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Speaker 3: And then when he talks, you know, like I said,

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Speaker 3: you listen. So you know those are you know, good

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Speaker 3: guys to have on the team. Thanks doing well, how

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Speaker 3: about you?

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Speaker 5: Good?

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Speaker 6: Thank you good. Speaking of Brian, I know he talked

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Speaker 6: to us yesterday and said after the game there wasn't

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Speaker 6: speeches after Davo's folks, I'm just kind of curious, just

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I would say how competitive everyone is.

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Speaker 3: It's tough to lose, especially you know, you got your

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Speaker 3: everyone's here, like no one's like giving up. Like every

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Speaker 3: our focus every day and every week is to get

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Speaker 3: we're that's that's the goal, that's the focus. So you know,

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Speaker 3: even though you know after the game it sucks and

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Speaker 3: it's tough to lose like that, but you know each

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Speaker 3: week we're coming in like, let's let's do it this week.

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Speaker 1: Let's let's try to find a way to win.

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Speaker 6: And and so for you, I guess just kind of what

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Speaker 6: was your mood just trying to process. I guess just

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Speaker 6: how the season is at this point, nine straight losses. Obviously,

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Speaker 6: you guys are competing, but the results just aren't the

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Speaker 6: way you want. So how are you personally just processing

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Speaker 6: that game when you know it's quite as that locker

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Speaker 6: up and just going through your thoughts.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, right after the game, obviously you're you're

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Speaker 3: frustrated with losing, but you know, I feel like you can't.

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Speaker 3: There's no blame to put on people as far as

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Speaker 3: like effort, Like you look at everyone, we're all out there,

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Speaker 3: you know, grinding, going hard every play, no matter what

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Speaker 3: you know you can play with people that no matter

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Speaker 3: the situation, they're gonna play hard. And I feel like

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Speaker 3: just throughout the season, it's been you know, take it

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Speaker 3: day by day. You know, you can't look at the

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Speaker 3: big picture like oh, we're knocked out of the playoffs

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Speaker 3: or this and that, or we're on a losing straight

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Speaker 3: but like, no, like she just got to look at

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Speaker 3: it each week as a new opportunity.

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Speaker 7: Sir and Dane, I apologize, I was a little late joining,

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Speaker 7: so if this is a repeat question, I apologize, But

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Speaker 7: just how hard is.

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Speaker 5: It when I mean Art Green hasn't been here that

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Speaker 5: it when a secondary seems like a position You guys

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Speaker 5: lot of you guys are just kind of getting thrown

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Speaker 5: picked up from other teams and playing two weeks. Is

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Speaker 5: that how you look at the big plays? And I'm

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Speaker 5: sure you don't want to make it an excuse, but

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Speaker 4: Going on there?

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Speaker 1: I would like there could be a component of that.

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Speaker 3: You know, there's there's definitely a you know, people were

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Speaker 3: but you know, it is tough new guys coming in

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Speaker 3: being in. It's not like you got to know every

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Speaker 3: it's definitely a factor where you got to obviously have

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Speaker 3: able to communicate well and you know, it's definitely something

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Speaker 3: like you said, new people, it's a working process.

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Speaker 1: But I feel like.

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Speaker 3: Every guy in the room is capable, and you know,

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Speaker 3: these next three weeks, we're gonna play as hard as

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Speaker 5: This isn't meant to sound like a selfish thing. This

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Speaker 5: is meant to sound like a pride thing when I

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Speaker 5: say how much are you guys who were Like winnings

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Speaker 5: obviously the main thing, but like, you're also getting judged

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Speaker 5: like when you're out there competing, is there also an

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Speaker 5: best tape out like you had to. I want a

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Speaker 5: bunch of tackles yesterday at PBu, Like is there also

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Speaker 5: an element of like you realize you're getting evaluated every

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Speaker 3: Yeah, one hundred percent. I mean even if we were

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Speaker 3: it's still that same mix. You know, the most important

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Speaker 3: goal is to win, you know, that's what we do

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Speaker 3: for you know, you love to win, you all that thing.

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Speaker 3: But at the same time. Like you said, it's a

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Speaker 3: performance based league, and when you get your opportunity, you know,

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Speaker 3: alongside winning, when you play your best, you know, you

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Speaker 3: give your team a chance to win. So there's definitely

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Speaker 3: a good mix. But you know, like I said that

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Speaker 3: the most important thing is to win. You can play

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Speaker 3: a great game and lose and it still hurts the same.

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Speaker 5: And then one more, what what have you seen on

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Speaker 5: the specials this year? Dan? I think you lead the team.

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Speaker 1: In special team snaps.

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Speaker 5: It seems like maybe play to play is okay, but

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Speaker 5: you guys have given up a lot of a lot

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Speaker 5: of big ones. They were the two returns yesterday.

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Speaker 1: What have you seen special teams wise? You mean, like

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Speaker 1: as far as that just this game, No, just like you.

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Speaker 5: Know, maybe the last month or season or whatever, like

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Speaker 5: uh then there's a backbreaker.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I would say, you know, we were as a unit,

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Speaker 3: as a whole, entire special teams unit, we were definitely

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Speaker 3: on an upward trend. We're playing well, playing physical, playing fast.

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Speaker 3: You know, people were making plays and it was it

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Speaker 3: was fun to watch and fun to be a part of.

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Speaker 3: But you know, like I touched on earlier, you know,

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Speaker 3: this league is full of players that are paid to

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Speaker 3: make plays, and you know it's not always gonna be perfect.

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Speaker 3: And you know, yesterday was was a game where you know,

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Speaker 3: we weren't fundamentally sound every time, and it kind of

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Speaker 3: costs us on a few of those things. But I

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Speaker 3: feel like, like I said earlier, you know, everyone in

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Speaker 3: this room and every everyone on this team is here

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Speaker 3: to you know, make plays and contribute to win and

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Speaker 3: be professional. So and I feel like that stuff we're

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Speaker 3: gonna get corrected. And you know, this next game out

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Speaker 3: against Atlanta, we're gonna you know, fix it and make

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