Speaker 1: Two hundred dollars. So we now out of the shotgun
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Speaker 1: head coach Mike Zimmer on the Minnesota Vikings Radio Network
Speaker 1: now from the TCO studios in Egan. Here is the
Speaker 1: voice of the Vikings Paul Allen. XS and o's on
Speaker 1: the KFA and Minnesota Vikings Radio Network is underway. That's
Speaker 1: the voice of Vikings at coach Mike Zimmer. Um this um,
Speaker 1: This jacket that I'm wearing that they'll be able to
Speaker 1: see at Vikings dot com was a Kentucky Derby jacket
Speaker 1: that I wore a Canterbury for a big Kentucky Derby day.
Speaker 1: Do you like it? How do I like it? Thank
Speaker 1: you very much, coach, and I liked as I would
Speaker 1: imagine you did. How your run defense played against the
Speaker 1: Detroit Lions at What were some of the keys to
Speaker 1: the run defense against the Lions compared to the previous game?
Speaker 1: And happy Holidays? Well, I think the biggest thing was
Speaker 1: you know, I thought number one, our defensive line played
Speaker 1: very well. Our premier run force was much better this
Speaker 1: last week. I thought we did a good job and
Speaker 1: being in the right place, being in right gaps making tackles.
Speaker 1: So and we played hard with the With the next question,
Speaker 1: before you get mad at me, let me finish the question. Okay,
Speaker 1: with all due respect, since you've been here, the only
Speaker 1: games teams have run for two hundred plus have been
Speaker 1: run pass option operations. Now is that a challenging Is
Speaker 1: that a challenging offense to try to slow the run game?
Speaker 1: I don't think that. I'm confused right now. Well, it's
Speaker 1: a run pass option team. Yeah, and Philip Rivers has
Speaker 1: no run pass option to him, so obviously it doesn't
Speaker 1: tie into this game. But like you know, the way
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson does it, or Cam Newton or you know,
Speaker 1: are those difficult offenses to scheme against. All offenses are
Speaker 1: difficult to scheme against. Philip Rivers? How much do you
Speaker 1: respect his game? Philip is really really good. He's a
Speaker 1: good player, gets the ball out quick, very smart, can
Speaker 1: make all the throws. He's very competitive. We've had them
Speaker 1: the opportunity to compete against him many times, and it's
Speaker 1: always been a battle. What about wide receiver Keenan Allen
Speaker 1: like compared to what you just saw on Kenny Golladay
Speaker 1: and some of these nice receivers you've seen this year. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's really a good player. Uh. They have a lot
Speaker 1: of trust with one another. He does a great job
Speaker 1: of getting open, really understands how to set up defensive
Speaker 1: backs and being and find holes and zones and run
Speaker 1: away from me and coverage. So he's really a good player.
Speaker 1: This third year, running back Austin Eckler has become one
Speaker 1: of the game's best pass catching running backs. What what
Speaker 1: are some keys to slowing Austin Eckler? Yeah, he does
Speaker 1: a really nice job. We're gonna have to make sure
Speaker 1: that we're really on top of the scats that he's
Speaker 1: trying to do and get get people extra people over
Speaker 1: there to that side. A lot of times, your quarterback,
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins has been sacked at zero or one time
Speaker 1: nine of thirteen games. What you through throughout the course
Speaker 1: of the season would have been some keys that have
Speaker 1: led to that. Well, I think the offensive line has
Speaker 1: done a good job. Kirk has done a good job
Speaker 1: of getting rid of the football. He's not sitting back
Speaker 1: there holding it. I think the movement passes that we
Speaker 1: do don't allow the defense to tea often know that
Speaker 1: he's going to be in one spot all the time.
Speaker 1: Sometimes he's outside of pockets, sometimes he's over the tackles.
Speaker 1: Sometimes he's straight dropped back. So I think all those
Speaker 1: things help. And then you know, along with the play
Speaker 1: action where you're getting the line slide in one way
Speaker 1: and you're getting a couple of other guys blocking the
Speaker 1: defensive end on the other side, I think that helps
Speaker 1: as well. What about rookie center Garrett Bradberry through the
Speaker 1: course of thirteen games, where what what part of his
Speaker 1: development has most stuck out, say the last month month
Speaker 1: and a half. You know, he's always been a really
Speaker 1: athletic guy. He's been very sharp. Um, I think he's
Speaker 1: getting better at pass protection. Uh, he looks like he's
Speaker 1: he's doing a much better job. They're understanding that, you know,
Speaker 1: the player that he's playing against a little bit more
Speaker 1: now as opposed to just scheme. Now I have to know, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, as it snacks Harrison that I'm playing against,
Speaker 1: or is it Uh you know, a smaller guy or
Speaker 1: a little quicker guy. I think he's starting to understand
Speaker 1: that a lot better. Yeah, I mean for him, it
Speaker 1: starts with Grady Jarrett and then you know, move through
Speaker 1: all these good three techniques and those tackles he's seen
Speaker 1: all year. Brandon Mebane, he's a big guy who gets
Speaker 1: him this weekend. It's um, it's incredibly challenging with these
Speaker 1: tackles these days. Right. Yeah, they're really good, all of them.
Speaker 1: You know, they got Joey Bosa on the outside, they
Speaker 1: got Melvin Ingram on the outside. So those two guys
Speaker 1: are really, uh, the keys to what they what they're
Speaker 1: trying to do, along with Derwin James. James the safety,
Speaker 1: he's he's an in the box this guy, but he
Speaker 1: can he can really do everything. Uh. The Dalvin Cook
Speaker 1: and Alexander Madison is having the Cook Madison tandem going
Speaker 1: full throttle this time of the season. Is that a
Speaker 1: big advantage when when you have two backs like that. Oh,
Speaker 1: I think it is important. You know, they're a little
Speaker 1: bit of a change of pace, but they run a
Speaker 1: lot of the same plays. They just have a little
Speaker 1: different style, you know. Uh, they both run physically and hard.
Speaker 1: They both catch the ball well out of the backfield. Um,
Speaker 1: I would say Alexander's a little bit more try to
Speaker 1: get it straight downhill. And obviously you saw the hurdles
Speaker 1: the other day. But uh, but Cookie's a guy that can,
Speaker 1: uh you know, accelerate through small little creases and make
Speaker 1: big plays with his legs. Madison had caught four passes
Speaker 1: into the Seattle game. He caught four in the Seattle
Speaker 1: game and a couple of last games. So just another
Speaker 1: another nice threat from another player, right, yeah, and and
Speaker 1: again it's Kirk getting the ball to the right place,
Speaker 1: you know, check checking it down if he has to
Speaker 1: depend on on the coverage that he's getting. We got
Speaker 1: a lot of shell coverage last week, so um, you know,
Speaker 1: I think that added to the reason for the Backs
Speaker 1: to get a few more catches. So it's Wednesday evening.
Speaker 1: You practice today, you got your You're going to practice
Speaker 1: the rest of the week. Dude, do you feel you're
Speaker 1: edging closer to an Adam feeling return? Uh? Yeah, I do.
Speaker 1: We'll see, you know, we'll see how the week goes.
Speaker 1: But uh, you know, all systems seem to go and uh,
Speaker 1: we'll try to try to get him on the field.
Speaker 1: You well, you you guys screen to rookie tight end
Speaker 1: or Smith junior early against Detroit? Is that an indicator
Speaker 1: that he's really absorbing and taking in all facets of
Speaker 1: the offense. Now, Yeah, and he's another playmaker, trying to
Speaker 1: get him the ball, get him the ball. You know,
Speaker 1: that's first play of the game, and we hadn't run
Speaker 1: a screen on the first play of the game. So
Speaker 1: it's a little tendency breaker as well. The secondary specifically
Speaker 1: against Detroit. Dude, how do you feel the secondary played
Speaker 1: off the Seattle game where I thought it played pretty
Speaker 1: well into this Detroit game. Yeah, much better. Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: we're starting to move in the right direction. We're starting
Speaker 1: to get in the right positions that I'm trying to
Speaker 1: get to get these guys into, getting the ride alignments,
Speaker 1: make sure that we're disciplined and really everything that we're doing.
Speaker 1: We'll have to grind really hard again this week. You know,
Speaker 1: they're they're very good in a passing game. They take
Speaker 1: a lot of big shots, and we're gonna have to
Speaker 1: do a great job and being in their correct position
Speaker 1: so that we can go make some place when when
Speaker 1: teams rotate running backs or wide receivers offensively or whatever.
Speaker 1: You know, a lot of people notice that because it
Speaker 1: happens frequently when when you rotate corners, whether it's Xavier
Speaker 1: Er Mike Trey Waynes is. How does that factor into
Speaker 1: what you think the offense is seen, like against specific
Speaker 1: corners doesn't matter? Well, yeah, I think you know they're
Speaker 1: gonna say, hey, you know, so and so's in the
Speaker 1: game here, we're going to try to work this, or
Speaker 1: so and So's not in the game, so we might
Speaker 1: might want to go the other way, or you know whatever.
Speaker 1: I mean. We do that with defensive linemen, pass rushers,
Speaker 1: all kinds of people. The Chargers tied end hunter Henry.
Speaker 1: What makes him challenging, Well, he's he's got good speed.
Speaker 1: I think he runs good routes, do a lot of
Speaker 1: single uh isolation plays for him on the back side
Speaker 1: of a lot of routes. Um, they work middle of
Speaker 1: the field some and he's he's a good seven route runner.
Speaker 1: With everything we've mentioned here, from Melvin Ingram through Joey Boza,
Speaker 1: Derwin James just came back, Keenan Allen, Philip Rivers as
Speaker 1: a Hall of Famer. They got Eckler who catches it,
Speaker 1: Gordon runs it. The team's five and eight. I mean, like,
Speaker 1: what are some things that have led to that five
Speaker 1: and eight during the course of the year. Well, they've
Speaker 1: been really beat up and they're healthy now. Um, so
Speaker 1: they struggled a little bit with the offensive line because
Speaker 1: they you know, they've had a lot of guys out there. Um. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, they've turned the ball over. I think they're
Speaker 1: minus eight and turnovers, but uh, they're they're two. I
Speaker 1: think they're you know, one and seven or something in
Speaker 1: games decided by seven points or less. And uh, you know,
Speaker 1: a lot of that is because of the turnovers or
Speaker 1: fumbles and interceptions those types of things. But they're very
Speaker 1: solid defensively. They're number four in the league offensively, their
Speaker 1: number ten in the league. Um, you know, and they've
Speaker 1: got some great players. And it's it's gonna be a
Speaker 1: tough ball game. These Vikings fans at road games, they
Speaker 1: truly love the team all over the country. It's it's
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna say it's going to be a home
Speaker 1: game for you, but it's going to be loud. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I hope it is. You know, that'd be great for
Speaker 1: us to get get our fans there in LA. You know,
Speaker 1: they were great last time we were out in LA,
Speaker 1: so it should be a It should be a great game,
Speaker 1: and hopefully we can come out there with win. For
Speaker 1: that run pass option question, I kind of bungled my
Speaker 1: way through or I'm still trying to figure. I'd like
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Speaker 1: of a Brittain coal Quit, his position coach is mar
Speaker 1: Juan Mulu, first time special first year Special Teams coordinator
Speaker 1: for the Minnesota Vikings, and he joins US now via
Speaker 1: exes and ohs. Have you enjoyed your first year in
Speaker 1: Minnesota and welcome to the show. Thanks love being here, Pa,
Speaker 1: And so far it's been sent to stick. We've my
Speaker 1: family that I've really enjoyed being here. Well, why I
Speaker 1: ask is because this time last year, Marwan, you were
Speaker 1: in Miami. Yeah. So about this Minnesota weather this week,
Speaker 1: I mean it's been called you know, over the course
Speaker 1: of the last couple of weeks, but this week though,
Speaker 1: Holy cal I had to get a snowblower and a
Speaker 1: shovel and everything. So I'm ready to go, though. We're
Speaker 1: good so late a second. As a coach, I mean
Speaker 1: that's eighty two hundred hours a week. Maybe if it's
Speaker 1: a Jamal lag New week, it's probably one oh five.
Speaker 1: Thank heaven's Devin Hester and Dante Hall are not on
Speaker 1: the schedule, that'd be about one twenty. How do you
Speaker 1: have time to snowblow and shovel? My wife makes me
Speaker 1: get up at four thirty and because she's got to
Speaker 1: take the kids to work. And by the look, we
Speaker 1: got a guy that comes in and you know, tries
Speaker 1: to help out or whatever, but he didn't come till
Speaker 1: nine o'clock and by then we're the family's already moving. Man.
Speaker 1: So I gotta get up. I gotta I gotta work.
Speaker 1: I gotta work. Well, tell me, I mean too bad
Speaker 1: I didn't have more blue collar to me because I
Speaker 1: want to be your I want to be your snow
Speaker 1: removal guy, hanger Christmas lights. I mean, it's like, if
Speaker 1: you're gonna pay the money to do that, yet you're
Speaker 1: going to do it at four thirty in the morning, man,
Speaker 1: that's free money. I'm with you. I'm with you. Marjuan Malouf,
Speaker 1: Special Teams Coordinator, x's and ohs and here we go. Uh,
Speaker 1: Mike Hugh's returning punts? What what do you when healthy?
Speaker 1: What do you like about mic returning punts? You know,
Speaker 1: he's a really athletic guy, and you know, we've we've
Speaker 1: been practicing situations with him in practice of you know,
Speaker 1: making sure there's a lot of guys around him to
Speaker 1: you know, keep them focused on that ball looking it in,
Speaker 1: you know. And he's had a history of doing it,
Speaker 1: you know, in college two pa, So you know that
Speaker 1: I like that part of it. And um, you know,
Speaker 1: I like the I like the ability that he gives
Speaker 1: us once he gets that ball in his hand, once
Speaker 1: he secures it, and now I've got a legitimate threat,
Speaker 1: you know. And I thought we saw a little bit
Speaker 1: of that the last game well, I think it was
Speaker 1: twenty seventeen Central Florida East Carolina University pop one for
Speaker 1: sixty eight. That that's his last punt return touchdown. It
Speaker 1: was a thing of beauty. I mean East Carolina, with
Speaker 1: all due respect, compared to these creatures you based in
Speaker 1: the NFL, it's obviously dramatically different, but like, what's an
Speaker 1: adjustment he needs to make to maybe pop a long run. Yeah.
Speaker 1: You know, you know, I think I think what he
Speaker 1: did this previous game just getting north and south because
Speaker 1: he's got such explosiveness. And then once he gets that,
Speaker 1: once he gets past that first level, you know, the
Speaker 1: guys that are just flying by him because he's got
Speaker 1: that stretching cut ability, I got a feeling that the
Speaker 1: thing's going to open up for him. And that's what
Speaker 1: we have to keep doing as a return unit, is
Speaker 1: just keep giving him those opportunities and give him those
Speaker 1: chance you know. And it starts with the outside guys.
Speaker 1: It starts with uh, you know, thirty eight Chris Boyd
Speaker 1: and twenty four Holton Hill and those guys have really
Speaker 1: started to kind of get into their own when it
Speaker 1: comes to that phase. So um, you know, as long
Speaker 1: as they're playing well and we have the opportunity to
Speaker 1: feel the ball and then get north and south, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm hoping for good things after that. I'm glad you
Speaker 1: mentioned Chris Boyd because more so off the microphone when
Speaker 1: you know and I chat. You know, I think you
Speaker 1: and your assistant Ryan Fick have done a fantastic job
Speaker 1: this season, and you know it's it's it's because you
Speaker 1: guys are good at what you do, and you've had
Speaker 1: a lot of moving parts. And it also I think
Speaker 1: plays into just how quirky and weird the preseason was,
Speaker 1: where really we didn't know what was going to happen
Speaker 1: into that that Atlanta game. Then you blocked upon it's
Speaker 1: been good. And you mentioned Chris Boyd, the rookie, just
Speaker 1: one of three seventh round rookies along with BC Johnson
Speaker 1: and Austin Cutting, who have contributed mightily to this nine
Speaker 1: win presentation. His progress as a gunner, I think is
Speaker 1: so impressive. And also Marwan, he was a penalty machine
Speaker 1: early in the season. Knock on Wood because I know
Speaker 1: you're superstitious he and he's toned that down too. Yeah.
Speaker 1: You know, we've we've been working with him a lot,
Speaker 1: you know, as far as I think, just calming him
Speaker 1: down and really keeping him in his own game. Um,
Speaker 1: you know when it comes to his technique, you know,
Speaker 1: making sure that you know, when when the bullets are
Speaker 1: flaying on game day, he's just concentrating on what he's
Speaker 1: supposed to to do. And I think once we narrow
Speaker 1: that down to him, and you know, it's as as
Speaker 1: simple as beating the man over you you know, block
Speaker 1: that gunner, you know, and doing it with our technique
Speaker 1: and keeping our footwork and staying physical at the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage, getting your work done at the line of
Speaker 1: scrimmage more than anything, because then it gives our returner,
Speaker 1: you know, Mike use that cushion that he may need. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, and then all of a sudden, you know,
Speaker 1: we start to have a play. But he's he's done
Speaker 1: a really good job as a as a gunner as well,
Speaker 1: and you know, we've moved him around a little bit
Speaker 1: on kickoff and and like you said, Ryan Ficken has
Speaker 1: done a really good job too of helping to develop him.
Speaker 1: And you know, Marwan, I mean, there was just so
Speaker 1: much new in the off season with you as the
Speaker 1: new special team's coordinator. Preefer had been here forever and
Speaker 1: and you settle in on Bailey and coal Quit coal
Speaker 1: quit holds and Austin cutting snapping. Another new thing in
Speaker 1: the preseason was Boone and Ameer Abdullah were battling for
Speaker 1: what we thought was one running backspot, but they both
Speaker 1: were so needed. Uh Spielman, Zimmer and everybody kept both guys,
Speaker 1: Mike Boone on actual teams. It's It's almost like he
Speaker 1: feeds off of mir Abdullah, who also is very good
Speaker 1: at special teams. Absolutely, you know, he's done a really
Speaker 1: good job of being detailed. And you know, one thing
Speaker 1: we always talk about in our special teams are in
Speaker 1: pa Is is everybody must embrace their role. And I
Speaker 1: think that's what he's really done. Him and a Mere
Speaker 1: You know, both of them have have gotten reps at gunner.
Speaker 1: Both of them can block um. You know, those those
Speaker 1: two guys are probably some of our best open field blockers.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's such a hard thing to do, yea,
Speaker 1: to block somebody in the open field, but those guys
Speaker 1: are so athletic and aggressive um and and they've done
Speaker 1: a really good job of embracing the technique that we
Speaker 1: teach to kind of put him in a good position.
Speaker 1: And it's been fun watching those guys. And I'm telling you,
Speaker 1: they play with a high level of energy every single game.
Speaker 1: In practice, they challenge each other and and that's that's
Speaker 1: fun to watch. Detroit tried an onside kick in the
Speaker 1: most recent game. Is seriously Marjan Malous, special teams coordinator,
Speaker 1: our guest, uh, is it possible to catch one of
Speaker 1: those these days with mandatory five guys on each side.
Speaker 1: You know, it's it's it's harder to become harder with
Speaker 1: the rules um as you know. Um, I think it's
Speaker 1: it's something that that has to be practiced a lot,
Speaker 1: you know, and and it has to be geared towards
Speaker 1: every single team you play. One kick is not gonna
Speaker 1: work for every single team. That's just the bottom line.
Speaker 1: You have to have different variations of it, um, you know.
Speaker 1: And I'm glad us being on the receiving in this
Speaker 1: past week. I'd rather be on the receiving than than
Speaker 1: obviously on the on the on side team. But um,
Speaker 1: you know, Rudy does such a good job. Kyle of
Speaker 1: Rudolph Is is such a great person to have in
Speaker 1: that spot. I mean people don't realize, you know, you
Speaker 1: you've seen other teams, um, you know, have have had
Speaker 1: problems with with guys in that position being able to
Speaker 1: feel the ball and knowing what's around them and all
Speaker 1: the rules that pertained to it. Um. But having Kyle
Speaker 1: there is is a is a luxury for us. Marwan.
Speaker 1: How how does a special teams coordinator know when it's
Speaker 1: good to fake a kick or a punch? Sure, you
Speaker 1: know we Uh, I think it's it's it's a lot
Speaker 1: of film study. You know. Um, we we do a
Speaker 1: lot of that. We do. We do obviously as much
Speaker 1: film study as as anybody. And then some you know,
Speaker 1: I go back to even uh two seasons, um, you know,
Speaker 1: twenty eighteen season and in tendencies, Um, you know, it
Speaker 1: all really I think it all really uh lies with
Speaker 1: the head coach. I think, what what what coach Zimmer
Speaker 1: feels in the middle of the game, during the game beginning,
Speaker 1: and um, you know, I think his feel is he's
Speaker 1: really the guy that that ends up pulling the trigger
Speaker 1: on it. And uh, you know, we just have to
Speaker 1: be ready, you know either way. How how much has
Speaker 1: Britain call quits dabilizes the punting game, especially given the
Speaker 1: preseason you guys had. Yeah, no, he's he's done a
Speaker 1: really good job, you know. Um, I think he just
Speaker 1: brings a calm of veteran calm and presence to it. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, he's got different kicks, which we like. Um,
Speaker 1: he's been in those situations too. I think it's hard
Speaker 1: to find, you know, season punters that uh you know,
Speaker 1: there's just there's just so many rookies out there the
Speaker 1: rookie specialists, especially this year, it's it's tremendous um. But
Speaker 1: he's he brings a good calming presence and and just
Speaker 1: a just a an experience to it, and he knows
Speaker 1: what he wants to do. You know, I talked to
Speaker 1: him before every single punt um and he tells me
Speaker 1: we kind of bounce things off each other in certain
Speaker 1: situations if we're inside, if we're playing outside. We're gonna
Speaker 1: be outside this week and in LA, so you know,
Speaker 1: things are gonna change a little bit. Austin cutting his
Speaker 1: rookie season, seventh round or two hundred and fifty, a
Speaker 1: pick in the draft, wins the long snapper job. How's
Speaker 1: he doing? And what do you like about him? He's
Speaker 1: doing well. You know, he's got a great mentality to him. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, he's he's a consistent guy, very regimented. I
Speaker 1: think I think the thing that you know, any any
Speaker 1: coach will tell you is is if if a rookie
Speaker 1: can find a good pattern, a good um you know,
Speaker 1: a good level of consistency, a good routine, that's huge
Speaker 1: and he and he's kind of found that right now.
Speaker 1: And um, you know, just like anything you know, you
Speaker 1: don't want him to hit a rookie wall. You know,
Speaker 1: this is as long as he's ever gone. You know,
Speaker 1: I know he's at Air Force. You know, they'll they'll
Speaker 1: play twelve and then go to a bowl game and um,
Speaker 1: and he's done that a couple of times. But we're
Speaker 1: beyond that now, so you know, we also have to
Speaker 1: manage him, just like we have to manage Dan and Britain.
Speaker 1: Last one, the Chargers. What are the Chargers like on
Speaker 1: special teams? Yeah, you know there's some team speed there. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, they got King as a returner. He's done
Speaker 1: a good job. He's run a touchdown punt return for
Speaker 1: a touchdown. So we have to be very um, you know,
Speaker 1: very detailed in our coverage units, especially on punt. Um.
Speaker 1: They're very aggressive on kickoff return. They'll put both guys
Speaker 1: back their Pope and King on kickoff return. They'll you know,
Speaker 1: not many teams put two guys deep. Yeah, but they'll
Speaker 1: do that and they're aggressive taking it out. So we
Speaker 1: really have to be on top of our coverage phases. Uh,
Speaker 1: they'll Russia as well when we're on punt and their
Speaker 1: punt return phase. Um, you know, Russian return so they
Speaker 1: do a little bit of everything, and they've had some success,
Speaker 1: you know, recently on special teams, so you know we
Speaker 1: have to be ready. Great job, man, it's been wonderful
Speaker 1: having you around. Corrected work by you and Ryan. Thanks
Speaker 1: for joining the show. Happy holidays, than Save my man.
Speaker 1: Marjuan Malouf, special Teams coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings, and
Speaker 1: that wraps up XS and os. I'm Paul Allen. I'd
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