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Speaker 1: No problem. Good morning coach. UM. We'll open up with

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Speaker 1: I know everyone's aware of our our connections with coach

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Speaker 1: him a uh, speedy and complete recovery from the COVID

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Speaker 1: UH it's COVID virus. UM. You know I spoke with

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Speaker 1: And you know, I know he's been extremely vigilant and UM,

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Speaker 1: his team and players and and UM, you know he

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Speaker 1: shared that with me, and we both talked about things

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Speaker 1: just want to wish him, uh, you know, the best

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Speaker 1: from all of us here in the organization. UM. We're

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Speaker 1: we're looking forward to getting back on the field today. UM.

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Speaker 1: It's UM. You know, we had certainly a lot of

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Speaker 1: But um, it's always important to get back on the

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Speaker 1: and in our whole um approach to football and all

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Speaker 1: So it's definitely a balance there, but we've got to

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Speaker 1: O'Brien borning built You've had four different guys lead your

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Speaker 1: your offensive line as a group. Yeah. Well, we have

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Speaker 1: Do you anticipate Stefan Gilmour practicing today, Well, he would

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Speaker 1: have to be clear at first. In final two questions,

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Speaker 1: Bob Socie and Andrew Kelly. Thanks Stacy Morton, Bill. Bill.

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Speaker 1: At the end of training camp, it seems this year

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Speaker 1: It seems like players, you know, stayed with their organizations,

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Speaker 1: I'm wondering in the circumstances this season, you know, whether

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Speaker 1: And I would say that even the movement now is

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Speaker 1: So that that changes things as well. UM with that

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Speaker 1: but I'm gonna go in into there very much. Coach. Okay, great,

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