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Speaker 1: I watched the first half.

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Speaker 2: Yes, can't step that late anymore. Alright, Uh, Ventrel Miller, Uh,

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Speaker 2: Ventral Miller. Ankle probably not gonna make the game. We'll

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Speaker 2: see today, but I doubt I doubt he makes it.

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Speaker 2: Of course, Walker Little won't make the game. So those

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Speaker 1: He is, he is.

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Speaker 2: He cleared earlier in the week, practice the last couple

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Speaker 2: of days, been looking good, feeling good, so expect him

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Speaker 2: to play. Do you worry about focus season?

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Speaker 1: I mean a little, you know, a little, But.

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Speaker 2: I'll tell you this, the guys have really done a

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Speaker 2: I mean, practices the last two weeks have been a

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Speaker 2: we're at the end of the season and uh, but

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Speaker 2: they're still engaged, they're still focused. You know, still a

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Speaker 2: lot to play for. So there might be a little

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Speaker 2: bit of that, but but it's probably expected.

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Speaker 1: You know, Luster started a lot this year.

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Speaker 2: Can you just talk about the growth maybe what you've

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Speaker 2: just a someone who you know, a young player who's

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Speaker 2: really embraced the opportunity, right, you never know in this

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Speaker 2: in this league, you never know when you get your shot,

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Speaker 2: and when you do, you know, you hope you're ready.

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Speaker 2: And he was one of the players that that was ready.

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Speaker 2: And he's just continues to work hard in practice, works

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Speaker 1: Uh, it's it.

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Speaker 2: Means something, you know. If he makes a mistake, it

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Speaker 2: means something. You see him, he's he's dejected, he's he

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Speaker 2: knows he made a mistake, but he fixes it, corrects it.

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Speaker 1: Again. Been a been a solid been a solid corner.

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Speaker 2: You know, for us, and excited for you know, for

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Speaker 1: He's been available this year.

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Speaker 3: What's your assessment been, Darnel? And the value he brings

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Speaker 1: Brings leadership, brings a veteran presence, you know.

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Speaker 2: When the season began, the the the expectation was he

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Speaker 2: and then we moved him back to safety where he's

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Speaker 2: he's obviously comfortable back there, and and and brought some

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Speaker 1: But just again, another.

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Speaker 2: Guy who loves ball much like Buster, you know, and

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Speaker 2: the team. Been a been a bright spot, been been

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Speaker 3: You saw that Ryan was junior name first and all today.

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Speaker 3: Did you think that's you probably deserve better than that

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Speaker 2: Well, I I I would have hoped he would have

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Speaker 1: But it's a good company to be with. It's a

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Speaker 2: And as a rookie, I thought I thought maybe he

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Speaker 3: But I know a point for you, Weekend week Out

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Speaker 2: Trying to not only establish it but be balanced.

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Speaker 3: So when you look back at last week, looking ahead

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Speaker 2: Knowing last week you got drivers fifteen carries, Tank eleven.

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Speaker 3: I mean, you standing here right now, is that possible

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Speaker 2: Or I think I think it's gonna have to be,

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Speaker 2: But but you know you're gonna have to try and

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Speaker 3: You have to state healing Robinson and he snaps on offense.

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Speaker 3: Back at this season, was this one of the hardest

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Speaker 1: It's hard to I think it's hard. The hardest thing

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Speaker 2: it's it's hard. Obviously that the pandemic year and twenty

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Speaker 2: It was tough just to maintain the focus and the

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Speaker 1: You'll be better for it.

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Speaker 3: job security and job insecurity happens every year. Uh, how

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Speaker 1: Yeah, is I don't. I don't listen to it. I don't.

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Speaker 2: I don't subject myself to reading. I don't get the

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Speaker 2: Know, I'll tell you this, if, if if it wasn't

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Speaker 2: You know, you had a chance to do a lot

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Speaker 2: Super Bowl. You've coached from great players. You know, you

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Speaker 3: Is that something you had.

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Speaker 1: To manage with players too.

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Speaker 3: I think they've said that, you know, amongst themselves they

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Speaker 1: Our our our goal and our task is to is

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Speaker 2: And and I've had to keep the you know, the

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Speaker 3: It's it easier as a player or as a coach

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Speaker 2: You know, I've kind of always been that way, even

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Speaker 3: What do you think? Can I ask one mon? Oh?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I.

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Speaker 1: Heading into the last week and season kind of uncertainty

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Speaker 3: Just what do you think the emotions are gonna be?

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Speaker 1: As you contending out was for me personally?

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Speaker 2: the team goes there their own way, and you know

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Speaker 1: Right, So it's it's a little bit of a mixed emotion.

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Speaker 2: But you know, at the same time, I think, once

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Speaker 1: You're coaching it to win it, and uh, you know,

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