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Speaker 1: There was level continuity and comfort. You had been doing

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Speaker 1: But ultimately we don't have four downs to get it right,

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Speaker 1: and those misses are on me, So I'm going to

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Speaker 1: put that on me. We got to be better. You know,

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Speaker 1: these games are I've said this before, but are decided

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Speaker 1: on a score differential of six points or less over

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Speaker 1: fifty percent of these games. And when you don't execute

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Speaker 1: got to be better. I got to be better, and

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Speaker 1: we'll move forward. When you went back and looked at him,

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Speaker 1: did you what did you see the two misses I'm

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Speaker 1: there's obviously nuances from a fundamental standpoint, whether somebody plants

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Speaker 1: because again, like I've said before, whenever we send out

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Speaker 1: our field goal unit, whether it be a field goal

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Speaker 1: a pat the expectation is we come out with points,

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Speaker 1: and we don't come out with points, that's a reflection

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Speaker 1: of me, and I got to be better.

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Speaker 2: You with Graham's history of getting hurt now and he's older,

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Speaker 2: coup active as insurance like on a game day elevation

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Speaker 1: So we're gonna have lots of discussions as coaches as

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Speaker 1: the sweek progresses. They obviously opened up Graham's window did

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Speaker 1: a nice job kicking yesterday. We're gonna explore every option

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Speaker 1: and giving our team the best opportunity to win the

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Speaker 1: football game. And every week is unique, so we'll exhaust

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Speaker 1: every option.

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Speaker 2: Go.

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Speaker 3: I'm sure you've gone into seasons where and game the

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Speaker 3: game where you're not even thinking of that. You know,

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Speaker 3: look at us and go, why, well, why would we

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Speaker 3: go into a game thinking a guy would get hurt?

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Speaker 3: The fact that it's happened to you guys on several

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Speaker 4: How do you avoid thinking like that when.

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Speaker 3: You have these conversations with the coaches and the trainers

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Speaker 3: that the idea of we don't want that to happen again,

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Speaker 3: So how do you avoid it since it's already happened.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Yeah, honestly, it's it's it's that answer. It's you

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Speaker 1: got to have really educated discussions as amongst coaches, amongst

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Speaker 1: the game and sustain and stay healthy. Has I've obviously

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Speaker 1: came to that, So again we got to explore every option,

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Speaker 1: of what that plan is. But you know, obviously whatever

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Speaker 1: the one thing I'll say about these players, whether they

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Speaker 1: In the kicking game, these players pour so much into

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Speaker 1: So that's everybody involved in this organization and that's something

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Speaker 5: Is it possible though, to trust Graham to go in

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Speaker 5: convict that the Graham is going to stay healthy when

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Speaker 5: some of these ailments have come up, like soft tissue

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you just have to make sure that you know

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Speaker 1: And those are things that you know going into the

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Speaker 1: You're gonna you're gonna look at where he is right now.

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Speaker 6: You have kicking competitions, like when you were deciding between

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Speaker 6: let's say Coup and Jude in recent weeks, how many

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Speaker 6: field goals do they take in a practice week like that?

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Speaker 1: Like what does a competition look like? Yeah, so it

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Speaker 1: varies obviously, depending on week to week, what day you're

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: No, consistent enough with having success on Sunday. We got

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Speaker 1: you know, you have two veterans that have seen it all,

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Speaker 5: He's with Jude and obviously depending on Graham, is able

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Speaker 1: But what gives you confidence and Coup if you.

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Speaker 2: Have to go with him this week.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he's been here for the past few weeks, has

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Speaker 1: I think he's in a good place mentally and in

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Speaker 3: Any regrets about it, maybe putting too much on Jude's plate, for.

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Speaker 1: He was able to whoever we put out there. I

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Speaker 1: as he kind of built up here. Yeah, I can.

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Speaker 5: Does he does a kicker when they're injured, go kick

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Speaker 5: on the side because obviously they can't kick with you, right, Yes,

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Speaker 5: But did they go kick on their side in their

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Speaker 3: With Graham, we know physically is obviously what you're watching

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Speaker 4: Going to get the opportunity to talk to him at.

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Speaker 3: Some point, But from your perspective, someone who knows him,

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Speaker 3: how hard is that for a veteran kicker who knows

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Speaker 4: Be and then have some of the things that have happened.

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Speaker 4: I mean, are you watching for his confidence making sure

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Speaker 1: You guys, Yeah, I think that all culminates to a

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Speaker 1: good kicker in this league is both the physical ability

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Speaker 1: I think that's with any position. And you know, Graham

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Speaker 1: he got hurt for us. You know, I think what

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Speaker 1: well and we'll obviously see as the week progresses, Who

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