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Speaker 1: Our various Award has been a guy that he's made

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Speaker 1: I think he's doing well. He's jumping in there, he's competing,

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Speaker 1: he's a good athlete. It'll be fun to see a

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Speaker 1: But you said it, he has shown up in the

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Speaker 1: where he is now. Just in terms of being more

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Speaker 1: tight ends they're trying to place Jason. Just how that

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Speaker 1: maybe that don't come quite so easily to them. None

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Speaker 1: Like I said, they're all very capable physically. They just

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Speaker 1: Previous seasons, you guys have had a betteran backup quarterback.

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