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Speaker 1: he can see progress and Derek Rivers. I wanted to

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Speaker 1: and how he's moved along yet. I would say that

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Speaker 1: Derek has, since the day he got here, been an

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Speaker 1: extremely hard working guy. He's had a great attitude. He's

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Speaker 1: the case all the way through his injury in his

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Speaker 1: his rehab process a year ago, but that's been the

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Speaker 1: when you're inactive for a period of time, or you're

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Speaker 1: what we're doing through that process. And it was good

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Speaker 1: to can see him get an opportunity and do some

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Speaker 1: good things on Sunday, probably a few more snaps than

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Speaker 1: what he's played, had a really exceptional play in effort

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Speaker 1: in pursuit I thought. I thought he did a nice

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Speaker 1: up from a major production standpoint, but definitely pleased with

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Speaker 1: And if I could follow up, friend, and how important

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Speaker 1: to see what you have and a player like Derek

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Speaker 1: when you know his playing time has been limited to

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Speaker 1: this point. Well, I'd say they're important, but I mean

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Speaker 1: we see him every day in practice, so he's been

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Speaker 1: to get better. Um, you know you have an evaluation

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Speaker 1: Either there is an element to seeing it in a

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Speaker 1: game that's important, but um, you know we're with him

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Speaker 1: every day. So terrific. Thanks Brandon. Yeah, our next question

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Speaker 1: Are there any sort of commonalities. I understand that it's

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Speaker 1: guys have been able to point to when it comes

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Speaker 1: at times we obviously haven't, you know, And I would

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Speaker 1: the issues that we can potentially get into. But inevitably,

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Speaker 1: you know, when you're playing good players, good players make plays,

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Speaker 1: and you know, we've got to be more consistent in

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Speaker 1: a great resource for me in that regard. Thank you, absolutely,

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Brennan. Thanks everyone,