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Speaker 1: feel it is you're ready for this week? Yeah, I think, Um,

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Speaker 1: it's a big week for the entire team, and we

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Speaker 1: So we want to just come together as a unit

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Speaker 1: But um, this is a really good defense that we're

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Speaker 1: And um, you know, a lot of the stuff we

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Speaker 1: try and get better at that. What do you say percent? Um,

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Speaker 1: I feel pretty good, I think. Um. Like I said,

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Speaker 1: just trying to get my treatment and I've done a

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Speaker 1: just like everybody else on our team, I'm going to

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Speaker 1: how it goes in practice. When we asked him, who's

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Speaker 1: did you show him during practice? Um? I think, like

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Speaker 1: me right now, that's to become a better quarterback individually.

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Speaker 1: And I'm a better player and I'm doing everything I

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Speaker 1: can to do that and I just want to prove

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Speaker 1: I think we're making good strides and we want to

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Speaker 1: I think being close is never good enough, but I

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Speaker 1: starting this sunding. Yeah, I plan to start every game

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Speaker 1: like I always say, if it's one snap or seventy,

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Speaker 1: And yes, I think I deserve that you're you're healthy.

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Speaker 1: I mean that you're getting there and it's gonna feel

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Speaker 1: And you have may may have run those plays in

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Speaker 1: if David isn't able to go this weekend? Yeah, I think, Um,

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Speaker 1: Matt with sometimes with more risks comes from more picks.

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Speaker 1: And I think from the outside looking in, a lot

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Speaker 1: just you know, surviving the play really um, But we

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Speaker 1: want to we want to have those explosive plays and

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Speaker 1: like I said, short, medium, long, it doesn't really matter.

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Speaker 1: We want to move the ball down the field. And yes,

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Speaker 1: those by percentage those throws might not be as high.

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Speaker 1: But I think we have really good skill players that

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Speaker 1: is good to know that we have and that you

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Speaker 1: can trust them to go go do that. Cool. Thanks,