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Speaker 1: Going up against a familiar opponent in a quarterback this week.

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Speaker 1: Uh what have you seen from him so far in

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Speaker 1: you know obviously, UH play with him a while. No,

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Speaker 1: So is there anything that you can bring from your

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Speaker 1: you know we're gonna have to take this year for

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Speaker 1: Of with all the craziness that's going on this this season,

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Speaker 1: today we had a really good, good practice. I'd love

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Speaker 1: can do to win this game. We've obviously had a rough,

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Speaker 1: we can you know, do better on Sundays. Thanks and Valentine. Hey, Nate,

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Speaker 1: coach was talking earlier about you know, this team laying

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Speaker 1: we can say what we want about, you know, the

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Speaker 1: And everything that's happened up to this point is out

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Speaker 1: what we try to continue to do every week. UM.

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Speaker 1: Obviously has been a bit disheartening with some of the results,

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Speaker 1: all we can control. Last week, the special teams, you

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Speaker 1: Like I've been saying this, uh this whole time. Really,

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Speaker 1: So if anyone in the Giants building qualifies as a

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Speaker 1: that's all we can do going forward, and Joe has

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Speaker 1: Are you surprised? Are you not surprised that he unretired? Uh?

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