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Speaker 2: That's a good question. I think we'll be much more

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Speaker 2: you know, we continue to improve the depth of the

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Speaker 3: Thanks next question, so if you Willa, Hi, Elliott, thank

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Speaker 4: I'm just curious.

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Speaker 3: Obviously a lot of picks today, but there's two I

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Speaker 3: Were those two players you were kind of surprised possibly

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Speaker 3: that they fell and were available when you guys were

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Speaker 4: In the draft.

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Speaker 2: I think anytime you can get some depth on the

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Speaker 2: you know, swiinsonness and pass rush farmer, can you know,

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Speaker 2: where the value was.

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Speaker 3: I didn't ask it, but I would have asked it,

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Speaker 4: Next question, Mark Daniels.

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Speaker 5: Hey, thanks for doing this.

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Speaker 6: What would you say the ultimate goal was here in

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Speaker 6: this year's draft, and just how happy are you with

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Speaker 2: I'll answer the second part of that. First, I thought

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Speaker 2: the process was phenomenal. All you know, the collaboration with

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Speaker 2: football ops, just everyone. Everything was great. The thirty visits

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Speaker 2: As far as what we tried to accomplish, it was

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Speaker 7: Thank you.

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Speaker 4: Next question and Steele.

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Speaker 8: Hey, Elliott, I'm curious in your opinion, how did you

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Speaker 2: I just think the whole vision for the team was

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Speaker 2: Stretch really came in and you know, helped me organize

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Speaker 4: Next question, Mike Giotti.

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Speaker 9: Good evening, Elliott. In Brayden Swinson's report in the Beast,

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Speaker 9: there was a conversation and weaknesses that he butted heads

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Speaker 2: I think we talked to a lot of different sources

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Speaker 6: He's working to Elliott. I was looking at prospect rankings

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Kobe's a guy that our scouts that went into

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Speaker 2: You know, we brought him in for a pre draft visit,

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Speaker 2: we had some affinity for and you know, mister irrelevant

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Speaker 7: And I'm the quarterback position.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we're working on some undrafted situations at a lot

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Speaker 1: You guys obviously did what you did in free agency

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Speaker 2: I think we have some flexibility. Richard Miller might tell

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Speaker 2: me differently, but that's his job. But yeah, well we'll

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Speaker 2: definitely look at it different ways to improve the team,

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Speaker 2: Julian Ashby was a player that we liked. We felt

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Speaker 2: Yeah, there was, you know, I feel like the special

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Speaker 2: it's the kind of key of of balancing, you know,

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Speaker 4: Next question, Taylor Kyles.

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Speaker 7: Eliott, thank you so much for your time. I was

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Speaker 7: curious what your outlook is at the nickel cornerback spot

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Speaker 7: Do you see Kobe Bryant maybe factoring in there, and

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Speaker 2: Kobe Minor, Yeah, yeah, so yeah, Kobe Minor is the

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Speaker 2: I feel like we have some other players on the

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Speaker 2: roster that have that flexibility with dial Isaiah Bolden, and

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Speaker 2: you know, in a certain matchups, certainly Gonzales can go

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Speaker 2: aware of like the big nickel position on early downs

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Speaker 2: is something that we'll see from this defense.

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Speaker 4: Thank you, all right, with no more hands raised, Elliott

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Speaker 4: will let you get back to work. Thank you so

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Speaker 4: much for joining us, and good luck with the rest

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Speaker 2: All right, Thanks a lot, everyone,