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Speaker 1: What are you going to How did you come to

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Speaker 1: the decision to approach the game you did with drink

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Speaker 1: and a lot of starters sidelined.

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Speaker 2: Just on a short weekend.

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Speaker 3: We had a couple of good days that you guys

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Speaker 3: you know, were able to watch and so that's kind

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Speaker 3: of where I where I was and decided to do

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Speaker 3: that and give us a chance to evaluate some other players.

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Speaker 4: Big picture state of the team, any feel about this

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Speaker 4: roster going into the regular season with the preseason guview now.

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Speaker 3: Well, again, we're going to continually try to you know,

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Speaker 3: strengthen the roster every way we can.

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Speaker 2: You know, there's a couple options, right you can try

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Speaker 2: to trade for.

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Speaker 3: Players, you could try to claim some players next week.

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Speaker 3: So again, we're always going to be trying to strengthen

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Speaker 3: the roster and uh, and that's what we'll try to

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Speaker 3: do here over the course of the next ten days.

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Speaker 4: Your thoughts on the joint practices, the preseason games and the.

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Speaker 3: Training camp and where you're at now as you get

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Speaker 3: ready for the season, Well, I think it's a good example.

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Speaker 3: You know, where we're at again is still building and developing.

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Speaker 3: But you can see when we know we were able

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Speaker 3: to do these things in other games that happened to

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Speaker 3: us tonight, we're able to We're able to win, and

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Speaker 3: so it's a it's a clear and easy example to

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Speaker 3: show the team that, you know, when we give up

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Speaker 3: X plays or we have penalties on defense, that's gonna

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Speaker 3: lead to to scores and touchdowns. When we can't get

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Speaker 3: into drives, we're gonna you know, we're gonna struggle. And

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Speaker 3: then obviously the turnovers. You know, when we turn the

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Speaker 3: football over, we give up big plays on defense. So

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Speaker 3: it'll be you know, easy to to teach from, just

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Speaker 3: to show where we were in other games and then

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Speaker 3: where we were tonight, Like were.

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Speaker 4: You happiest with you know with of course the last

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Speaker 4: month from your first practice, where.

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Speaker 2: Your time Mmmm.

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Speaker 3: I think that's probably a tough question right now, you know,

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Speaker 3: disappointed with just you know, how we we played or executed.

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Speaker 3: But I mean I think that the guys I think

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Speaker 3: that we were there's glimpses of you know, football in

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Speaker 3: which we like to play it, and.

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Speaker 2: You know, continuing to improve each day.

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Speaker 3: You know, we're we're so far from being where we

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Speaker 3: need to be, and just trying to get that message across.

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Speaker 3: Stringing one good day together, putting you know, putting another

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Speaker 3: day together. So we've got four big days this week

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Speaker 3: that we'll have to we'll really have to work. Taking wise,

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Speaker 3: how do you feel Andy.

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Speaker 2: Is in the ball? Well, I mean I think he's

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Speaker 2: hitting the ball. Okay.

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Speaker 3: I think that we needed to try to you know,

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Speaker 3: we expect to make those kicks and you know, we'll

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Speaker 3: just have to kind of see where this thing plays out. Again,

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Speaker 3: we got two kickers that we have a lot of

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Speaker 3: again swung it pretty well. I just don't think that

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 3: Last week's was just disappointed, uh in in the operation

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Speaker 2: So you know that I thought in proved, but we.

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Speaker 3: Didn't make the make the one we needed to make,

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Speaker 3: the long one tonight.

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Speaker 2: Pepper's out there. Was that just because he hadn't played

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Speaker 1: Behind the playing tup there?

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Speaker 3: Well, no, just again we we you know, we got

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Speaker 3: and wanted to just see him play safety alongside Craig.

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Speaker 2: Same thing with Keon. We saw a lot of key

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Speaker 3: To see him work on some things and continue to uh,

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Speaker 3: he was excited about playing and he wanted to play more.

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Speaker 2: So, you know, just trying to work.

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Speaker 4: Like we asked about Kyle Dugar about a week ago

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that he's you know, I mean, continue

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Speaker 2: And I think he's feeling more comfortable.

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Speaker 3: positive things, you know, making play, you know, two interceptions.

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Speaker 3: showed up all these things. And we didn't blitz anybody tonight.

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Speaker 3: We didn't do any of that, but just playing in

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Speaker 3: Like is there anything important the next four days just

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Speaker 3: the roster is going to change, and that's that's part

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Speaker 2: Respectful as possible, and but.

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Speaker 3: That's part of the game and that's the that's kind

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Speaker 3: of the life we've chosen. So there'll be some conversations

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Speaker 3: hopefully some of those guys can either end up back

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Speaker 4: It was a report today that Jalen Pope will have

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Speaker 3: No, I don't know, other than I'd like to find

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Speaker 1: I know you said that you wanted to or that

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Speaker 1: How do you feel the competition at left guard is

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Speaker 1: going Do you feel that you guys are nearing a decision?

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Speaker 2: A full disclosure.

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Speaker 3: I had that conversation with Zolac just earlier today, so

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Speaker 3: I don't think anytime from the time that I talked

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Speaker 2: But if it does, I'll let you know.

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Speaker 3: No, no, I know that's okay, and that's why I

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Speaker 3: was telling you. I only made that comment to him

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Speaker 3: eight hours ago. Okay, pregame interview. Sorry, Like, what encourage you.

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Speaker 2: Do about this team? You know, obviously tonight was not

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Speaker 4: But where you're at now, Uh, what do you think

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Speaker 2: What do you like about your football team?

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Speaker 3: I think that there we started to have an identity.

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Speaker 3: I think that we you know, again, you gotta you

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Speaker 3: have to put it on tape each and every day.

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Speaker 3: And I thought that, you know, we were heading in

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Speaker 3: the right direction. And it doesn't matter who you play

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Speaker 3: in this league, it's gotta it's gotta come from your team.

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Speaker 3: You know, your team has to look a certain way,

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Speaker 3: some depth and and be you know, multiple position backups

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Speaker 2: You know, that has to carry through.

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Speaker 3: So you know, I liked where we were starting to

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Speaker 2: I liked our ability to take it.

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Speaker 3: I thought our special teams units had that done some

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Speaker 3: nice things. We didn't have as many opportunities tonight. You know,

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Speaker 3: there'll be some young players that I'm I'm excited about

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Speaker 3: that are continuing to improves.

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Speaker 4: Question Mike's beaking a left guard. It seems like Katie

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Speaker 4: Cross trained less than some of the other guys that

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Speaker 4: he's any reason or thinking behind that.

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Speaker 3: Well, we'd always hoped that he would be in that competition.

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Speaker 3: Got injured, missed a few days, and came back, so

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Speaker 3: gave him a large opportunity there at left guard today.

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Speaker 3: That's kind of where we're starting to make strides, I

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Speaker 3: continue to coach him and you know, he's gotten reps

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Speaker 3: hasn't shown up as much in the games, did you.

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Speaker 2: Thanks guys,