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Speaker 1: We're gonna start with Niplemalley and ask others to raise

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Speaker 1: a hand if you have questions for Matthew. Hey, Matthew,

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Speaker 1: I just want to get at your take on how

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Speaker 1: the team handled week one and I handed out of Miami. Yeah, Nick,

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Speaker 1: that's a good question. Look, I thought that we try

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Speaker 1: we had a good week of preparation. But ultimately, none

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Speaker 1: of that really matters unless you go down and perform

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Speaker 1: well in the game and come out with a win.

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Speaker 1: And you know, we didn't do that. So, um, Look,

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Speaker 1: there's there's a lot of positives to take away from

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Speaker 1: the game, but I know that everyone in that building,

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Speaker 1: UM is disappointed because you know, you played to win

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Speaker 1: the game, and we did all that preparation and early

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Speaker 1: travel for one reason, and that was to win the game,

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Speaker 1: and we didn't do it. Our next question, Chris Ryan.

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Speaker 1: have a question from Hey Matthew, are you I'm well, Chris?

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Speaker 1: How were you awesome? Um? Your feelings on special teams

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Speaker 1: coming out, what you like, just like about Yeah, you know,

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Speaker 1: I thought our specialists did a really good job good

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Speaker 1: operations yesterday. Nick kicked the ball well with the opportunities

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Speaker 1: You know, we did some good things in coverage. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, didn't didn't create enough game changing plays. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know, I think our goal every time we go

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Speaker 1: the course of the game, change the momentum, um, really

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Speaker 1: give a joke to the team, And we didn't have

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Speaker 1: a chance to do that yesterday. Um. You know, sometimes

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Speaker 1: that's the way the game goes. But for us, we're

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Speaker 1: hopefully that we can make an impactful play every week.

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Speaker 1: So you know, we're hungry for those plays. That's what

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Speaker 1: we work for, that's what we prepare or four and

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Speaker 1: you know, we just got to turn our focus now

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Speaker 1: to uh the Steelers and and see what we can

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Speaker 1: do with a very good group that we're facing this week.

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Speaker 1: No'l talked about the team kind of being in a

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Speaker 1: good place coming out of this mound, Like you're saying

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Speaker 1: that the general consensus that you like your life forward

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Speaker 1: look there always needs to be more attention to detail.

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Speaker 1: Doesn't matter, you know, win or loss. You don't go

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Speaker 1: room for improvement, you know. I think our mindset needs

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Speaker 1: then you know, you don't you don't hit the panic

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Speaker 1: I think we have to remain optimistic, remain positive, continue

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Speaker 1: you know, things a little bit better this week. Next

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Speaker 1: question Nico Melly felt by Mark Daniel Hey, Matthew, I

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Speaker 1: want to ask, what's your message to a guy like

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Speaker 1: He looked a bit for us were in the sidelined

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Speaker 1: you want him to stay positive, continue to work hard,

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Speaker 1: Next question, Mike charity fault, but youan steel? Hey Matthew,

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Speaker 1: how are you? I'm well? Mike, how are you? I'm well? Um,

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Speaker 1: early portion of his career. Thanks Matt. And last question,

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Speaker 1: were you good? Good? Um wanted to ask you about

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