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Speaker 1: Hey, Matthew, how are you well? Andrew? How are you good?

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Speaker 2: How did you spend your bye week?

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Speaker 3: Just stayed around here, spend a bunch of time with

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Speaker 4: Good.

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Speaker 2: I just asked Dietrich, it sounds like he did a

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Speaker 2: lot of the same things this bye week. Just how

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well, you know, I think the bye week has

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Speaker 3: everybody's got the right perspective, right, Like, we're blessed to

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Speaker 3: are able to say that about what they're doing. And

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Speaker 3: we're in a unique situation, so we should always appreciate that,

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Speaker 2: Know, Naturally, a lot of questions even I think when

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Speaker 2: we last spoke with you centered around the quarterback situation.

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Speaker 2: You know, for you and in your perspective and everything

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Speaker 3: Yeah, not necessarily. I can only speak for myself. You know,

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Speaker 3: that doesn't impact the job that I have to do.

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Speaker 3: It doesn't impact how I'm going to conduct myself. I'm

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Speaker 1: You know, I've always left those decisions up to the coaches.

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Speaker 3: Obviously, I've been in a unique circumstance here for the

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Speaker 3: for the football team.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, sir, absolutely.

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Speaker 4: Next question, Chris Ryan, Hey, Matt, how are you.

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Speaker 1: I'm well Chris, how are you.

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Speaker 5: Good from your experience?

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Speaker 5: What are the what are some of the most key

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Speaker 1: You know you can control.

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Speaker 3: And you have a choice when it comes to how

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Speaker 1: You have control over that. You can't control the circumstances.

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Speaker 3: You can't control every circumstance in life or every circumstance professionally.

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Speaker 1: And for me, I've always said, gratitude is where it

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Speaker 1: So for us, it's only fitting it's Thanksgiving week.

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Speaker 3: You need to remain grateful at all times, you know,

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Speaker 5: The record is obviously two and eight. The guys don't

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Speaker 3: It's it's tough to reconcile that because you know, in

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Speaker 1: So you know, outcomes are what they are.

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Speaker 3: But I think, you know, we've got to be encouraged by,

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Speaker 1: It's been obviously.

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Speaker 3: Disappointing that we haven't gotten them, but you know, I

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Speaker 1: Thank you.

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Speaker 4: Next question, Krie Thompson.

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Speaker 6: Greetings, Matthew, sir, how are you? I'm great, How are

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Speaker 6: you doing well? Things good. Back to the quarterback question.

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Speaker 6: I know you said that you don't care. It seems

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Speaker 6: because of the culture.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Look, I'm not privy to those conversations.

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Speaker 1: If they are happening in the locker room. I think

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Speaker 1: I you know, I haven't heard much talk about that.

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Speaker 3: I think most guys in this building are concerned with

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Speaker 3: I think, you know, culturally, when you end up in

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Speaker 4: Thank you. Next question to Coda Randall.

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Speaker 7: Hey, Matthew, I know you haven't confirmed anything about whether

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Speaker 7: you'll play next year, but you know, have you seen

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Speaker 7: anything from Brandon Schooler that makes you believe he could

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Speaker 1: I know you think highly of him.

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Speaker 2: As a player, but strictly as a leader, yeah.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, you know, I think you know we have a

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Speaker 3: And then you know, he holds everybody accountable, even as

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Speaker 1: Up getting better.

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Speaker 3: And then it's the way, you know, the way he

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Speaker 3: And you know, whenever that transition happens, I always encourage

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Speaker 1: I mean that that's the key as a leader.

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Speaker 3: You just have to be true to the the man

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Speaker 1: So you know, we'll see.

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Speaker 3: But got a lot of confidence in him and several

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Speaker 1: Level when the time comes. Thank you absolutely.

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Speaker 4: And last question from Dan right, hey.

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Speaker 1: Things good?

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Speaker 8: Just a question on you know, a lot of the

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Speaker 8: So how important is is Sunday's game to maybe take

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Speaker 2: Second half of this season or last half of this season.

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Speaker 3: Well, I think that's a great question, Dan, and I

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Speaker 3: think for us, really, you know, we need to approach

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Speaker 3: it's important that we find our footing and we find

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Speaker 1: Especially down the stretch.

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Speaker 3: You know, crazy things happen in this league, but the

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Speaker 1: We have an opportunity, and that opportunity is now.

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Speaker 3: It's not six months from now, it's not nine months

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Speaker 3: from now, it's right now. So certainly we're looking to

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Speaker 3: finish the season with some momentum, but we really have

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Speaker 3: to just approach each day with a great sense of vergency,

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Speaker 3: detail our work, value our opportunities, and then come out

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Speaker 3: and compete at a high level when the opportunity presents.

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Speaker 1: Itself, so it's something that we're aware of.

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Speaker 3: You know, the whole football officer of Thanksgiving, and hopefully

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Speaker 3: that's something that we can do a better job of

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Speaker 1: Thank you, all right, Thanks guys,