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Speaker 1: Welcome to this special edition of the From the Podium podcast.

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Speaker 1: I'm Gabe kla As. Is customary, during the bye week,

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Speaker 1: general manager Andrew Berry addressed the media to discuss the

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Speaker 1: state of the team. Here's that press conference.

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Speaker 2: All right, Okay, enter the bye week at two and seven,

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Speaker 2: and it's obviously a disappointment, and you know, we just

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Speaker 2: we haven't played well enough.

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Speaker 3: We haven't.

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Speaker 2: Done the things that are needed to achieve consistent results

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Speaker 2: and consition wins throughout the season. It's disappointing for us internally,

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Speaker 2: disappointing for our fans, and you know, really all of

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Speaker 2: us share in the record. You know, it's not just

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Speaker 2: our players and coaches. It's myself, it's our personnel staff,

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Speaker 2: it's our research group, and our focus really this week

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Speaker 2: is on doing the things that are within our control

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Speaker 2: to play quality football through the last eight weeks of

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Speaker 2: the regular season, because we have not done that.

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Speaker 3: Today, before I open up for questions, I.

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Speaker 2: Know that there will be a lot regarding the twenty

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Speaker 2: five roster and you know, decisions that are approaching. You know,

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Speaker 2: I always think that type of discussion reflection is more

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Speaker 2: appropriate for after the season, and really, our focus is

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Speaker 2: on you know, the next eight games and playing quality

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Speaker 2: football moving forward.

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Speaker 3: So with that, I'll open up for questions Andrew all due.

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Speaker 4: Respect, this was a big year for DeShawn. Obviously the

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Speaker 4: injury has kind of derailed that. Wouldn't know what what

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Speaker 4: are your plans? I mean, obviously he's going through the

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Speaker 4: rehabb or what have you. What are your plans for

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Speaker 4: him as far as next season?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Tom, really our focus with Deshaun. I would say

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Speaker 2: for any player with a season eniting injury and a

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Speaker 2: major injury is is first and foremost with the recovery

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Speaker 2: and to make sure that he gets healthy from the

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Speaker 2: Achilles injury. You know, everything else will deal with that

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Speaker 3: Have you says how he played go before again her?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I would say, you know, more broadly, Tom, we

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Speaker 2: didn't play well. We haven't played well as a team,

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Speaker 2: and we haven't played well as a unit on offense.

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Speaker 2: And I think oftentimes when you don't play well on offense,

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Speaker 2: obviously your starting quarterback and your play caller will get

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Speaker 2: the most you will get the most criticism. But the

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Speaker 2: reality is offense is it's it comes down to organization

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Speaker 2: and synchronous synchronization and you know, there's just a lot

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Speaker 2: of shared ownership across the different position groups in terms

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Speaker 2: of why we didn't perform.

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Speaker 5: The love of things they trade for Deshaun Watson was a.

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Speaker 2: Good Yeah, Jeff, like, I'm really not in reflection mode.

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Speaker 2: I think that's probably uh, you know, I remember I

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Speaker 2: got asked this about, you know, Dobbs last year. It's

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Speaker 2: it's really more not really my focus at this point

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Speaker 2: in the year. Our focus is really on finishing out

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Speaker 2: the twenty twenty four season, having the team play at

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Speaker 2: a higher level, and then kind of we'll get to

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Speaker 2: like those maybe longer term or big picture reflections at

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Speaker 6: Tom's question, it's been stop, start, stop, start with the

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Speaker 6: Shawn over the entirety of his time here. How much

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Speaker 6: how difficult does that make a true and accurate evaluation

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Speaker 6: of the player and where he where and the projections

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Speaker 6: of what he can do going forward?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Chris, I mean it's it's certainly less than ideal.

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Speaker 2: Availability is a you know, a big part of it

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Speaker 2: for you know, for any player, you know, but again,

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Speaker 2: you know, it's also the NFL, like you're you're you're

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Speaker 2: at times not going to have all your starters in

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Speaker 2: to produce, you know, despite that, and at least to

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Speaker 2: the first nine games of the season, we have not

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Speaker 7: You're given the record this year, given the.

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Speaker 8: Obvious sellar cap situation, it's pretty obvious you're over the

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Speaker 8: cap going in and given the state of the quarterback situation,

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Speaker 8: what hope do the fans have that they'll see a

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Speaker 8: playoff season in the near future?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Tony, I think you know, number one, our focus

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Speaker 3: I'd say short.

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Speaker 2: Term, you know, playing good football here down the stretch

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Speaker 2: in terms of longer term planning, you know, we never

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Speaker 2: about at the buy Andrews.

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Speaker 9: Was the decision to trade for Deshaun Watson yours or

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Speaker 9: was it your idea or was this a mandate.

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Speaker 2: From about Yeah, I'd say this, Mary kay, Like we've

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Speaker 2: always said, you know, all of us were on board.

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Speaker 3: Everyone's everyone's on board, and and and.

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Speaker 2: And obviously UH with a you know, with a big

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Speaker 6: Andrew, whe would you.

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Speaker 10: Say to fans that watch backup quarterbacks come out and

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Speaker 10: throw for three hundred yards of games? You're watching Baker

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Speaker 11: Two hundred yards games?

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Speaker 10: Like, Yeah, what do you say to fans to watch

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Speaker 10: that and you can't really understand what's going on?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that.

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Speaker 2: Look, Daryl, when you're two and seven entering the buy,

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Speaker 2: you understand the fans frustration. And we have not played

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Speaker 2: consistently on offense. And that's that's a it's shared ownership.

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Speaker 2: It really is shared ownership. You we're capable of playing better,

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Speaker 2: we should play better. And like I said, we're going

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Speaker 2: to make the adjustments necessary to uh and approve our

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Speaker 2: the adjustments to make sure we're not feeling this way

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Speaker 2: the first nine games of the year.

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Speaker 12: Moving forward, About the consistency on offense, I mean, you

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Speaker 12: guys made so many changes in the off season and

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Speaker 12: now Ken's calling plays. I guess why do you think

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Speaker 12: there are still those inconsistency issues or new issues compared

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Speaker 12: to last time. You guys made so many changes with

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Speaker 6: Of everything improving.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, actually I don't.

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Speaker 2: I don't think you know, number one, if it was

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Speaker 2: one thing, I yeah, I kind of mentioned like that

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 2: I think there are you know, a variety of you know,

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Speaker 2: little bit of transition costs to when you do make changes.

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Speaker 2: We have had guys in and out of the lineup,

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Speaker 3: We we shot ourselves in the foot.

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Speaker 2: But again, like that's not new to the NFL, It's

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Speaker 3: You know, no excuses in that regard. We just have

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Speaker 3: to play better. Madri, how do you assess the offensive

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think probably the biggest thing, Zach is probably

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Speaker 2: it's it's nice to have you know, all three available,

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Speaker 3: First time, you know, the season.

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Speaker 2: The past couple of weeks, I think that that we've

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Speaker 2: that we will expect to see continued progression as we

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Speaker 8: You think it's important for you and the organization to

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, Tony that that'll that will always you know,

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Speaker 2: lie with with Kevin and the offensive staff in terms

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Speaker 3: Opponent and with the quarterback and certainty in two and

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Speaker 3: seven things Tony mentioned before, Do you feel like a

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Speaker 2: Yes, Scott, so, I'd say two things, Like in terms

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Speaker 2: of the long term planning, again, that's probably a better

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Speaker 2: like postseason discussion. You know, I think one of the

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Speaker 2: you may need these like half decade long you know,

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Speaker 2: pivots or rebuilds. I think you see it every year,

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Speaker 2: you know, with teams just the margins are so thin.

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Speaker 2: And then honestly, was just the way that our sports

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Speaker 2: it's not like we're drafting a sixteen year old kid

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Speaker 2: So you know, no, I think generally you don't necessarily

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Speaker 2: to see those pivots in our sport.

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Speaker 3: Do you think the roster is as good as you

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Speaker 3: talk was entering the season?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Like again, scut I think that's probably more of

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Speaker 2: two and seven, we're not we're not. We haven't played well,

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Speaker 2: and you know, in the NFL, with the margin piece

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Speaker 2: how we marry everything on Sundays. But again, those are

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Speaker 2: And obviously we'll do more analysis after the season.

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Speaker 9: Competent that you haven't and I know you guys are

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Speaker 9: on the first sure of your extensions. Are you confident

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Speaker 9: that you guys will be giving the opportunity to see this.

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Speaker 8: Thing through going forward.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Mary kay, I'll be honest, Like, neither of us

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Speaker 2: in the best interest of the franchise. I would say,

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Speaker 2: like to Kevin specifically, Look, there are I think there

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Speaker 2: Ten of them went to a Super Bowl or an

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Speaker 2: in the Hall of Fame. And he's the second fastest

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Speaker 2: to do it. Like, Kevin's an outstanding coach, and you

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Speaker 2: know he's absolutely part of part of the solution with everything.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, he is playing And this is not a second guest.

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Speaker 5: I wanted to be educated. Why did you push that

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Speaker 5: the Shawn money back? Uh, you know, turned back to year.

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Speaker 3: When you were under the camp.

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Speaker 5: You know what I'm saying.

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Speaker 3: So he explain that it's a great question.

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Speaker 2: Jeff, I think you know me well enough that you

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Speaker 2: know I don't talk about those issues, you know, in

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Speaker 2: it's a it's an authentic question, and it's a good one.

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Speaker 2: I just you know, I have a long standing policy, right,

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Speaker 2: don't talk about contractual matters in this setting.

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Speaker 11: Andrew, what was the driving force behind the off season

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Speaker 11: offensive coaching changes and why were they necessary? And what

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Dere, I think, probably quite candidly, it's probably a

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Speaker 2: You know, Kevin and I discussed you know, everything all

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Speaker 2: It's still very very early, so like it would really

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Speaker 3: To be honest, Daniel, we know that hasns want to win.

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Speaker 4: The season is going.

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Speaker 2: So first and foremost, like we we love our fans.

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Speaker 13: You mentioned Dorian, and there's some other young guys that

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Speaker 12: And back to the tackle situation, I mean Jed not

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Speaker 5: His job safe, and what do you think of the job?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Jeff, I think we think very highly of Ken.

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Speaker 2: Does that mean safe, Jeff, I wouldn't go into anything

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Speaker 7: In your five drafts, you've drafted one quarterback and that

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Speaker 2: I think again, Tony, Those will be like that's a

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Speaker 7: You did the Watson trade and you explained that it

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Tony.

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Speaker 2: So every year we actually with the draft class, that's

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Speaker 3: But it's a long process, Like it's not something that

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Speaker 14: See, you guys won on a four game winning streat

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Speaker 2: And look we've we've we've we've made mistakes in every

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Speaker 14: Obviously, we've heard you talk about how an important quarterback

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Speaker 14: Who who who comes in and does have that success

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Speaker 2: Yeah, one, Nate, I would say that we have a

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Speaker 13: Two seed and Andrew give just given the resources that

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Speaker 2: No, I'd say this, Daniel, Again, our focus is on

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Speaker 2: Yeah, i'd say this, Zach like, we're happy with the

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Speaker 2: see in a more expanded role. He played a lot

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Speaker 2: of good football for us.

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Speaker 3: You know, we were and we were pleased with him.

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Speaker 3: But you know, every diy that we make we think

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Speaker 3: is in the best interests of the team, you know what.

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Speaker 3: That's short term and long term probably a future question,

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Speaker 3: but I think it's important with the camp hits that

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Speaker 6: Much will that limit you from.

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Speaker 3: A rosterbilt standpoint, especially if he winds up not being

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Speaker 2: Well, as I mentioned earlier, Scott, like, we never look

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Speaker 3: You know, we'll we'll be able to build the team

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Speaker 3: all of that.

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Speaker 11: Andrew or off of your answer, I guess on on

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Speaker 11: zid Areas in the trade deadline, you guys are obviously

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Speaker 11: trade deadline back this season.

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Speaker 3: I guess around the Ziarias trade, how active.

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Speaker 2: Were you guys in terms of just other deals potentially

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Speaker 2: and did you feel like the effects of moving it

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Speaker 2: back were there? Uh, we're I think you guys are

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Speaker 2: most of you in this room that we're always active

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Speaker 2: in the trade market, whether it's acquiring or looking for

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Speaker 2: opportunities that makes sense for us, so that that will

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Speaker 2: never change regardless of you know, where we are in

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Speaker 2: the season in terms of like moving back the deadline,

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Speaker 2: in terms in in in the activity, I don't know that.

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Speaker 2: I don't know that I know enough to comment on that,

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Speaker 2: you know, because I'm not sure how like if there

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Speaker 3: I guess my.

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Speaker 2: Instinctive sense would be like it was a positive thing,

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Speaker 2: but I'm also probably biased because I wanted to see

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Speaker 2: it move back, if I'm being truthful. But you know,

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Speaker 2: I don't know that I have a great response for

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Speaker 8: Can you guys get I'm sorry, did you guys get

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Speaker 8: calls on Miles and then did you guys ever consider it?

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Speaker 3: No?

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Speaker 8: What is the obligations now between you.

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Speaker 13: You guys Raable?

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Speaker 7: How long do you have him?

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Speaker 8: And what is his future with disorganization beyond this year?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: Similar to jess question to me, I wouldn't go into

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Speaker 2: like the employment status for any individual, but I would

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Speaker 2: say this, like Mike's inn a great job when he's

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Speaker 2: been here. I think you guys have seen him. He

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Speaker 2: brings a ton of energy, a ton of expertise. He's

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Speaker 2: worked well with our players, work well with our staff, and.

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Speaker 3: We're really pleased with him.

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Speaker 9: World in which Deshaun Watson can come back here and

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Speaker 9: play more.

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Speaker 3: Football for you guys to get Yeah, I think that's

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Speaker 3: always possible, Mary Kay.

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Speaker 11: Andrew wim Is, you strategize to figure out a way

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Speaker 11: to fix this.

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Speaker 10: Whether it's the roster, whether it's the salary cap.

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Speaker 11: Where does Fulti Podesta fit in this process?

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Speaker 4: A lot of people still have questions about like.

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Speaker 11: What he does in the amount of weight he carries

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Speaker 11: behind the scenes.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think again. I think you've heard me say before.

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Speaker 2: Paul is an incredible thought partner.

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Speaker 3: He has great executive experience across multiple sports. He's very smart,

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Speaker 3: very empirical, you know, and he's he's he's a very

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Speaker 3: valuable member of the organization.

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Speaker 10: Focused on next for the remainder of the season is

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Speaker 10: to focus.

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Speaker 5: On winning and a fixing pays.

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Speaker 3: But how crucial is finishing strong and just fixing these

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Speaker 3: things in terms of your roster and your staff heading.

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Speaker 9: Into the offseason.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think every organization wants to finish strong, and

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Speaker 2: that's no different, you know for us.

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Speaker 3: You know, look, we we.

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Speaker 2: Are blessed with the opportunity to have eight more games,

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Speaker 2: eight more schedule games in the regular season, and you know,

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Speaker 2: our goal is to maximize that. Look, we can't change

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Speaker 2: the past, we can't change the first nine games, but

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Speaker 2: we do have.

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Speaker 3: Control over the next date and that's going to be

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Speaker 3: our focus moving forward.

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