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Speaker 1: for joining us. We appreciate the time. Yeah, okay, so yeah,

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Speaker 1: let's get to it here. I mean, it's strange for

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Speaker 1: those of us who have covered you. It's strange for

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Speaker 1: You know, six and nine seemed to be a changing

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Speaker 1: work here today and thank You're ready for the Jets.

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Speaker 1: Coach sou postgame, you you you spend a little extra

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Speaker 1: like you know, most coaches, it's just tap and go

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Speaker 1: just curious, why was it important for you to spend

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Speaker 1: I mean, is does it have anything to do with

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Speaker 1: just how they are, just how they run their program

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Speaker 1: and the respects you have because he I think from

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Speaker 1: I mean ask so plenty of times that you know

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Speaker 1: You're you're you're you're in a strange and foreign position. Uh,

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Speaker 1: not just for your young guys, but for even your vets.

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Speaker 1: Uh how how different is it to uh, for these

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Speaker 1: join us here on the Harbor one Hundline on w

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Speaker 1: EI with all m F Bill last night you said

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Speaker 1: Can you tell us what you thought Cam did well

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Speaker 1: So I guess after the game you you know again,

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Speaker 1: A question on Stidham like it's maybe it's not related,

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Speaker 1: but is it fair to say that by if you

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Speaker 1: anything more than you already know about him? Thank you?

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Speaker 1: Every basing truth interesting called the on the broadcast last night,

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Speaker 1: Was that how the conversation went, No, Yeah, you want

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Speaker 1: to clarify that bill, because when all three of us

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Speaker 1: that doesn't sound right. That sounds something taken out of context.

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Speaker 1: So we don't know if you want to clear it up. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I've been on the record playing about the season that

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Speaker 1: don't know. Yah, don't you know? Bill? I know, UH,

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