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Speaker 1: Is that different from years past? We've always met together,

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Speaker 1: This year has just been all together, and I think

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Speaker 1: it's really helped UM. Just everything we do, whether it's

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Speaker 1: I mean they really play linebacker slash safety, and then

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Speaker 1: It's something that like I just said, you know, you

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Speaker 1: Tavon Austin as the fourth receiver, so when he comes in,

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Speaker 1: he's still you know, very capable of whether it's a

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Speaker 1: ball in his hands on a run play or a

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Speaker 1: pass player being very dangerous. So it's a game where

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Speaker 1: everyone has to play well and that's where our plan

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Speaker 1: is and how we have to execute as a defense.

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Speaker 1: No problem,