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Speaker 1: Hey, coach, how you doing. I'm doing great well. Last game, coach,

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Speaker 1: seemed like Evan England's doing a lot of pass pro um.

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Speaker 1: Was that part of the plan or is that an

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Speaker 1: adjustment you made in the first half. Well, obviously, we

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Speaker 1: at different times, particularly against a really good defensive front.

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Speaker 1: When you think about Clark and and Jones, they're really there,

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Speaker 1: really talented guys as Russia. So we've asked our guys,

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Speaker 1: both the tight ends and the backs to get involved

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Speaker 1: at different times to do that. Other times we get

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Speaker 1: them out and uh, you know that just part of

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Speaker 1: our plan a week to week as to what we

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Speaker 1: feel like we need to get the job done. Hey, Jason,

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Speaker 1: um to two pronged question number one. As a plate caller,

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Speaker 1: coordinator and then as a head coach, you've kind of

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Speaker 1: always been known as a guy who was tight end friendly.

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Speaker 1: Would you agree with that or was that more product

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Speaker 1: of having Jason Witten for all those us Now, I

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Speaker 1: love tight ends. Tight Ends are a big, a big

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Speaker 1: part of the offense, and really, uh, because of their versatility,

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Speaker 1: like we talked earlier, you know we're gonna ask them

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Speaker 1: to do a lot of different things. Are gonna run blocked,

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Speaker 1: they're gonna pass protect, they're gonna run routes at different levels,

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Speaker 1: and we like to get them involved with what we're

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Speaker 1: doing them. You had no touchdowns from your tight ends

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Speaker 1: before last week, and then you got one from Evan

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Speaker 1: and one from Kyle. Um, I'm sure you want more

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Speaker 1: of that. Was there frustration earlier about not getting those

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Speaker 1: guys in the end zone and um, you know, real

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Speaker 1: satisfaction of finally getting them into the end zone last week. Uh,

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Speaker 1: to be honestly, we didn't really think about that specifically.

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Speaker 1: You know, we love those guys. You know, Rudy has

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Speaker 1: been a darn good player in this league for a

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Speaker 1: long time. We're excited to have him on our team.

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Speaker 1: And obviously we love Evan. He's he's been a guy

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Speaker 1: who's made a lot of little plays for us and

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Speaker 1: some big plays for us. And UH have a lot

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Speaker 1: of respect for those guys. And you know, Kayden Smith

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Speaker 1: when he's involved in his role, he does an excellent

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Speaker 1: guys to do, they embrace and last week they did

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Speaker 1: a really good job. Those are nut cutting plays down

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Speaker 1: the end zone, the fourth and one to Kyle, he

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Speaker 1: ran a really good route, and I think we had

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Speaker 1: got in the end zone four. So I really love

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Speaker 1: those guys that love their approach and how they're handling

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Speaker 1: and taking advantage of the opportunities they do get. Thanks Deliv,

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Speaker 1: I got too for you. Jason first, obviously, just with

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Speaker 1: everything that's going on, what's this like for you trying

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Speaker 1: to game plan? I guess specific to see Kwon Barkley

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Speaker 1: ankle and now COVID list do you expect him back?

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Speaker 1: And you know, with guys who might not be there,

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Speaker 1: how are you game planning for not knowing if you'll

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Speaker 1: have guys? Yeah, you know, you're just control what you

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Speaker 1: can control. And you know, it's been it's been our

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Speaker 1: mantra really all year long. We've had a lot of

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Speaker 1: different moving parts on offense, and it really challenged the

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Speaker 1: the offensive line. It's happened with our tight ends, receivers,

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Speaker 1: our quarterback and also running backs, and I think each

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Speaker 1: And obviously we'd love to have se Quon Barkley back

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Speaker 1: as one of the best players we have, and we

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Speaker 1: I think we saw him get better from week to

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Speaker 1: from that, and you know, whatever the circumstances are, you know,

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Speaker 1: to you know, have our other running backs take those roles.

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Speaker 1: Do you get the sense they enjoy it? And do

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Speaker 1: we have to be aggressive to start this game when

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Speaker 1: think much about that. You know, we love playing coaching

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Speaker 1: and we and we love that. And uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: day to prepare to do that on Sundays regardless of

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Speaker 1: where we play and who we play and when we play.

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Speaker 1: And uh, you know that that's what our job is.

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Speaker 1: And I thought our guys did a really good job

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Speaker 1: the last time we played at home against Carolina. Uh,

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Speaker 1: It was a good team win. And they're excited to

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Speaker 1: play MetLife again this weekend, right case. I have two

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Speaker 1: as well. The first one is on that um third

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Speaker 1: You have a past play for two yards? Was there

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Speaker 1: a mix up on the route there? Did you think

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Speaker 1: you guys were going forward on fourth down? What what

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Speaker 1: happened there? Uh? You know Stoling Shepherd will be the

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Speaker 1: needs to push the depth a little bit more. We

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Speaker 1: felt like we had a good look there that you know,

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Speaker 1: that route was going to give us first down death.

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Speaker 1: So unfortunately came up a little short on that one.

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Speaker 1: But again, Stowing has been such a good player for

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Speaker 1: us and in those critical situations. Unfortunately we came up

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Speaker 1: shore on that one. My second question is about Kenny. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: almost have to kind of watch this this year, take

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Speaker 1: I would say absolutely not. I mean, Kenny, you know,

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Speaker 1: has dealt with some injuries, but his approach has been outstanding.

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Speaker 1: You know, when he's that opportunity to be out there

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Speaker 1: in practice and then playing games. He's doing everything we're

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Speaker 1: He works hard. He's been a damn good player when

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Speaker 1: he's been healthy for us, has made a lot of

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Speaker 1: good plays for us, and we expect that, you know,

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Speaker 1: again this year. So he just has to take it

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Speaker 1: what we do. We've got time for one work. Kenney B. Jason, Um,

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Speaker 1: I know you we've talked about Nick's man up, but

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Speaker 1: well he's certainly involved in every everything we're doing. Uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, he's he's been remote, but you know, he's

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Speaker 1: involved in all our staff meetings and he's in our

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Speaker 1: in our meetings. He just hasn't been able to be

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Speaker 1: those guys will handle that. But Burton is still apart

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Speaker 1: everything we're doing every day