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Speaker 2: Beyond being questionable.

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Speaker 1: How did Christian scene coming along in his first few

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Speaker 1: practices bade you know, I mean it was again we

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Speaker 1: good to see him out there. It's very good to

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Speaker 2: Okay, like sort of a bigger picture question that no

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Speaker 2: curious where you do you think that?

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Speaker 1: Okay, ye, full shorter pads is full pads, Like, well

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Speaker 1: I've never, as a player or a coach, thought that

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Speaker 2: Some players talked about coming up with a players last

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Speaker 1: How do you feel the team was slaty?

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Speaker 1: I think it's against Sunday's critical and building consistency is

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Speaker 1: building that identity that's critical. Did you guys have an.

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Speaker 2: Open spot and the lost or do you play throwing that?

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Speaker 1: I mean, if we if we need to find a

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Speaker 1: Well, it's we're going to be multiple. I mean, we're

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Speaker 1: doing all these. Yeah. Man, that's just what you try

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Speaker 1: I think that that's gives him great opportunity, So try

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Speaker 1: to be involved with it. Michael, what was your biggest

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Speaker 3: Have was your Friday, guys,