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Speaker 1: sure that we're trusting the guy next to us, make

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Speaker 1: and trusting that the guy you know in front of us,

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Speaker 1: his gap as well. Slight if yours for you and

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Speaker 1: will help you do better because you know, I mean

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Speaker 1: that's been the history of you know, football, So you know,

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Speaker 1: d linemen are usually not taking one hundred of snaps,

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Speaker 1: and uh, it's better to have a rotation, keep guys fresh,

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Speaker 1: What edition. Like I said, we haven't been in past yet,

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Speaker 1: It was just my recovery and my body. No, I

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Speaker 1: didn't need surgery. I rested it, uh, strengthened it. Did

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