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Speaker 1: Welcome to this week twelve, Tuesday edition of the From

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Speaker 1: the Podium podcast.

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Speaker 2: I'm Gabe Kolea.

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Speaker 1: It's a short week for the Browns as they'll take

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Speaker 1: on the Pittsburgh Steelers this coming Thursday. On this episode,

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Speaker 1: you'll hear from head coach Kevin Stefanski, wide receiver Jerry Judy,

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Speaker 1: and cornerback Denzel Ward. Head coach Kevin Stefanski was up first,

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Speaker 1: and he gave an injury update following the Browns Week

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Speaker 1: eleven game in New Orleans.

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Speaker 3: All Right, injury front, Dewan, that's a fractured fibula, you know,

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Speaker 3: very disappointed for the young man. That will require surgery.

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Speaker 3: We'll support him throughout that rehab other stuff. Injury wise,

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Speaker 3: Jeff Swam has a concussion, so he's in the protocol.

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Speaker 3: He will be out this week. Denzel Ward has rib

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Speaker 3: and ankle injuries. He'll be day to day. Greg Knew

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Speaker 3: some shoulder injury. He'll be day to day. As you know,

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Speaker 3: not practicing. Today's on this short week, so we'll have

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Speaker 3: some injury updates for you as we get going. You know,

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Speaker 3: these Thursday night games don't allow you really to spend

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Speaker 3: much time thinking about the previous one. You got to

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Speaker 3: get get on the next opponent, understand what they're about

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Speaker 3: as a team. Offense, defense, special teams, all those things.

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Speaker 3: So we need to lock in this week versus a

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Speaker 3: division opponent. Obviously yesterday, like we talked about after the game,

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Speaker 3: very disappointing, disappointing go into the fourth quarter with a

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Speaker 3: chance and then not finish that game, and we all

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Speaker 3: sharing it. It's an offense, defense, special teams, players and

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Speaker 3: coaches type of things, so we all sharing it. We

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Speaker 3: have to look at all those things and then go

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Speaker 3: back to how you win games in this league and

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Speaker 3: correct those things starting this week so you can go

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Speaker 3: out and find a way to win versus a good

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Speaker 3: Steelers team. But with that, I'll take any questions.

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Speaker 4: Hey, Kevin, you mentioned you know it's a team effort,

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Speaker 4: but you're so good on special teams and defense last

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Speaker 4: year and haven't been able to duplicate that this year.

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Speaker 4: What do you think the issues have been?

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Speaker 3: Well, I first thing I'd say is every year stands

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Speaker 3: on its own merit, and you don't take previous years

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Speaker 3: with you because teams just you're different. And that's the truth.

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Speaker 3: We have high standards for our entire team. We certainly

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Speaker 3: have high standards for our defense, for our special teams.

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Speaker 3: We have played better. There are things that we know

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Speaker 3: we can improve and it's a combination of a lot

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Speaker 3: of things, Scott that we're committed to getting fixed.

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Speaker 4: And when you went back and watching a film, what

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Speaker 4: did you think of the effort?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? I thought we didn't play well enough to win

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Speaker 3: is really what I saw.

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Speaker 4: But did the effort bother you? I know, you know

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Speaker 4: people question that. Do you have twenty points in the

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Speaker 4: fourth quarter a couple of long runs? Did you have

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Speaker 4: any issue with the effort?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think we got out executed a couple of

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Speaker 3: times where we just didn't do our job in some moments.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Kevin, with j wand out and obviously this is

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Speaker 5: such an important position when you're going against the Steelers,

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Speaker 5: do you think there is a chance that Jed might

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Speaker 5: be able to play? And can you kind of take

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Speaker 5: us through how that went because he was full on

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Speaker 5: the injury report all week, So how did that go down?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we'll work through that this week to see Mary

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Speaker 3: kay if Jed can make it to Thursday night. Yet

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Speaker 3: he was full still feeling that injury, So just felt

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Speaker 5: You feel like if he can get out there that

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Speaker 5: maybe he would be your best option to replace Dwan

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Speaker 3: We'll see how it goes over the next couple of days.

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Speaker 6: Kevin, I want to ask you about the Denzel specifically,

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Speaker 6: just you've been around him a while. How is he

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Speaker 6: playing his best football right now? In your mind?

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Speaker 3: Played really well over the time I've been with him.

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Speaker 3: Certainly played really well yesterday, making game changing plays, and

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Speaker 3: that's one of the things, as you guys know, we've

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Speaker 3: he certainly is playing at a high level.

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Speaker 7: Hey, Gvin, wanthorn Hill only played about twenty three snaps.

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Speaker 7: I believe was that a coaching decision and the decision

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we're rotating Ronnie and Wan in that game. Just

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Speaker 3: you know, we have a lot of guys that we

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Speaker 7: Okay, So I guess my follow up is, will you

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Speaker 7: I guess, will that starting spot still kind of be

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think we're yeah with Ronnie being healthy and

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Speaker 3: obviously there's been different points where Wan hasn't been healthy.

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Speaker 8: Kevin, we've asked you guys about things that the players

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Speaker 8: can do to clean things up and execute better, Like

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Speaker 8: we'reducing this penalty, is getting takeaways, things like that. As

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Speaker 8: coaches and your coaching staff, what are some of those

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Speaker 8: things that you guys can do to do what you're

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Speaker 8: trying to do and be better.

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Speaker 3: I think it goes back to we want to put

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Speaker 3: our guys in position to make plays. Cam. I think

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Speaker 3: it's as simple as that. Sometimes in football, where our

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Speaker 3: guy open on a pass route. That's that's what we're

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Speaker 9: Hey, Kevin, I notice that Mike Vrabel's on the sideline

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Speaker 9: yesterday little your piece in his ear and earlier you

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Speaker 9: told us that he wouldn't be involved in game days,

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Speaker 9: So what's going on there has something changed to what No?

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Speaker 3: I mean, Rabes is involved in a lot of what

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Speaker 3: we do. He's out there on home games, He's able

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Speaker 3: to come to this one. He's listening in on the

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Speaker 3: day Monday through Friday. So he will continue to do that.

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Speaker 10: Hey, Kevin, just to follow up on the safety's question,

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Speaker 10: when you say that rotating those guys at that spot

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Speaker 10: is the best thing to do, Like, do you mean

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Speaker 10: it's the best thing to do to give you a

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Speaker 10: chance to win? Or is it a health thing? Like

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Speaker 10: what do you mean by that?

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Speaker 3: I guess yeah, I think both of those guys have

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Speaker 3: From that perspective, both those guys have made plays for us,

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Speaker 3: so it's an opportunity to get to get Ronnie out

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Speaker 10: And then just with Dewan, I mean losing him now,

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Speaker 10: I guess how difficult does that make it to evaluate

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Speaker 3: I think it's an imperfect thing obviously when you're talking

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Speaker 3: certainly allows you to at the end of the season say, Okay,

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Speaker 3: this is what he did on the right side, this

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Speaker 11: Yeah, Kevin, you've unfortunately had to use disappointing a lot

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Speaker 11: this year and talk about making corrections. The results say,

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Speaker 11: the corrections aren't showing up on the field. My question

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Speaker 11: is why do you think that is and do you

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Speaker 11: have the attention that you require as a coach from

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Speaker 11: this locker room right now?

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Speaker 12: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: I think when you're where our record is, Darryl, you're

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Speaker 3: obviously disappointed, players, coaches, we all share in that. My

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Speaker 3: focus is really finding a way to get a win

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Speaker 3: this week. Anything else taken away from that, I really

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Speaker 11: And the inability to score really stands out this season.

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Speaker 11: You know, yesterday Jamis throws for nearly four hundred yards,

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Speaker 11: two touchdowns, takes care of the football, You only get

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Speaker 11: fourteen points out of that. How do you fix that?

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Speaker 11: Going into a short week here against a very formidable

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Speaker 3: I think it's always, again a combination of things, but

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Speaker 3: it's going to be incumbent upon our players. Our coaches

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Speaker 3: give these guys a plan that they can go execute,

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Speaker 3: and typically when you execute, when you do your job,

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Speaker 3: that's where those points come from. That's where those stard

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Speaker 3: down conversions come from, points in the red zone, all

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Speaker 3: those things. Very simply give our guys a plan and

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Speaker 3: then execute the plan.

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Speaker 13: It's just as one of the proco ball's oldest rivalries.

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Speaker 13: How unique is the Browns rivalry with the Steelers and

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Speaker 13: how much are you looking forward to getting back in

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Speaker 13: front of the home crowd.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, this is a great division, as you know, with

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Speaker 3: and when you have cities and such close proximity, I

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Speaker 3: think that adds to the rivalries because there's so many

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Speaker 3: people that grew up around here, grew up around Pittsburgh

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Speaker 3: makes it special. You know, being down in our stadium

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Speaker 3: the last division game was special. I'd expect nothing but

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Speaker 3: the same, especially in the setting of a Thursday night.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Kevin, just wondering what is the feedback or the

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Speaker 5: messaging that you're getting from management and ownership during these

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Speaker 3: I think all of us, it really goes back to

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Speaker 3: Mary Kay. We all share in this. Nobody's happy being

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Speaker 3: where our record is, but I know all of our

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Speaker 4: Kevin, is there any thought to bringing in another kicker?

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Speaker 4: And why did Nick only play? I think it was

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Speaker 4: twenty two snaps yesterday.

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Speaker 3: Just still having a plan with these guys, bringing them back,

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Speaker 3: making sure that we're using both guys.

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Speaker 4: Did Thursday the fact that it's a quick turnaround have

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Speaker 3: It did.

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Speaker 9: I just wanted to ask another one about Dustin Hopkins.

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Speaker 9: Have you noticed anything about why he's having more difficulty

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Speaker 3: I think there's always things that whether the kicker, the

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Speaker 3: left guard, the safety, it doesn't matter. I think there's

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Speaker 3: always things technique that we can work on, work through,

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Speaker 3: get better at. There's things that he wants to do.

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Speaker 3: Certainly we expect him to make those kicks. He expects

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Speaker 3: himself to make those kicks. I've seen him make those kicks.

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Speaker 3: He's been doing this for a very long time. But

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Speaker 3: it's still technique and he's always going to be making

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Speaker 3: sure that he's sharpening his technique if you will, and

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Speaker 3: he'll continue to do that for us.

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Speaker 1: Next up, wide receiver Jerry Judy spoke on his big

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Speaker 1: game against the Saints.

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Speaker 14: Hey, Jerry, yesterday was your first hundred plus yard game

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Speaker 14: since twenty twenty two. How how that felt to kind

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Speaker 14: of break out and how much you had been looking

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Speaker 14: forward to a game like that.

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Speaker 12: You know, it's been a long time coming. You know.

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Speaker 12: It felt good to be able to.

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Speaker 15: Showcase my abilities this game, you know, but you know

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Speaker 15: it's also tough not be able to come out with

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Speaker 15: that W. So you know, we just got to do

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Speaker 15: Hopefully hopefully we come out victorious and you know, have

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Speaker 9: Hey Jerry, when when you were traded here to the Browns,

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Speaker 12: Of course? I mean every team I played for or

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Speaker 12: You know, it's very disappointing. You know.

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Speaker 15: Don't nobody like to lose, you know, so you know,

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Speaker 12: But you know, we just got seven more games.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Jerry, just wondering, what are you expecting? This is

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Speaker 5: It's on Thursday night football, it's at home. What have

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Speaker 12: To be honest, I'm just ready to go out there

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Speaker 15: You know. You know it's a big game, big ribbery game,

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Speaker 4: So and Jared, what has it been about jamis that

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Speaker 4: And I was wondering, I think it was at the

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Speaker 4: I couldn't tell the guy had your arm or if

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Speaker 15: Every play that comes to me, I think I shouldn't make.

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Speaker 12: I'm not I'm not sure what happened. I try to

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Speaker 10: Hey, Jerry, just to your point about being excited to

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Speaker 15: Yeah, you know, it's good that this put the last

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Speaker 1: Finally, cornerback Denzel Ward talked about facing Russell Wilson and

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Speaker 10: Hey, Denzel, Just, I know, obviously it's an estimated injury report,

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Speaker 16: I feel I feel fine, I feel great. I'ma be ready.

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Speaker 10: And then just I mean going over the game last

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Speaker 2: I don't think it was much difference.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, Denzel, how do you guys eliminate those big plays

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Speaker 16: Yeah, just seeing what we messed up on on those

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Speaker 2: It's not big things.

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Speaker 11: And I know two and eight is not where you

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Speaker 16: Yeah, that definitely had high hopes and still still gotta

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Speaker 2: That's not who we who we say.

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Speaker 14: And then for you guys, morale wise, two and eight

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Speaker 16: Choying to find a way to get that win. You

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Speaker 5: Denzel, just wondering if you can talk a little bit

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's gonna be a fun game. It's a division game.

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Speaker 16: Russell Wilson, he's a veteran quarterback that's been playing very

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Speaker 16: So they're going to present a challenge like every team

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Speaker 4: And then zel the long touchdown past MVS yesterday, was

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Speaker 16: Oh, I'm not one hundred percent positive honestly that that

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Speaker 16: Yeah, he's fun to go against, and and many people

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Speaker 13: Aden Zel, you're leading the league in past breakups and

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Speaker 16: Yeah, I do, honestly feel that I'm playing really good

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Speaker 10: Until I know. Yesterday, Jamis talked about just being excited

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Speaker 12: A is a group.

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Speaker 16: Yes, it's easy to get get up and get ready

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