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Speaker 1: Um you know, I think we have a great group

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Speaker 1: of guys, a lot of versatility for sure, and so

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Speaker 1: we take pride in our work. Um you know, but

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Speaker 1: first and foremost, our goal is to help the team

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Speaker 1: out and whatever way you can't that's on special teams,

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Speaker 1: in the passing game, the run game, you know, we

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Speaker 1: can pass protection as well, so we're just trying to

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Speaker 1: do that to the best of our abilities, and um,

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Speaker 1: you know, whatever the you know, everyone else wants to

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Speaker 1: label us, that's that's fine, but we're just trying to

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Speaker 1: come in and work every single day. Okay, thanks cool,

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Speaker 1: thank you yea