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Speaker 1: and then he makes the game changing play at the end.

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Speaker 1: So he's such a complete back. He plays with such

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Speaker 1: spirit that again as contagious throughout our football team. You

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Speaker 1: want to give that guy the ball because reusually good

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Speaker 1: things happened, and we're able to do that throughout the game.

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Speaker 1: And uh, he's an outstanding football game for us. And

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Speaker 1: he tweaked his ankle too. Did he have to take that? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I think it was more his knee, but you know,

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Speaker 1: he was kind of nodding as he came off. He

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Speaker 1: said I'll be back. So he wanted more. We gave

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Speaker 1: him more and he responded the right way. Okay, guys,

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Speaker 1: it's great to see you. Thanks,