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Speaker 1: so far. Yeah, you know, Josh, like any rookie. UM,

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Speaker 1: so we'll see where it goes. You know, he's a

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Speaker 1: very versatile guy. We'll see what happens with awesome. Thank you.

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Speaker 1: Next question is Eric Grew, followed by Alex Barth Trod

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Speaker 1: Hopeball as well. Today I'm today feel weird considering you

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Speaker 1: guys are supposed to play last night. I mean, if

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Speaker 1: kind of how you're you're evaluating all these players right now.

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Speaker 1: I'll be honest, I appreciate the question. Eric, I'll be honest,

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Speaker 1: guys were going out and practice hard. You know. The

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Speaker 1: Nick o'melly, Hey, George, just kind of to that last point.

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Speaker 1: people say, like, you have to practice that way to

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Speaker 1: the pads make that? Yeah, you know, the pads definitely

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Speaker 1: Next question, next question, right Eric, your microphone, I can't

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Speaker 1: we watch each and every rep of everything we look at,

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Speaker 1: kind of amazing that a thing about that you were

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Speaker 1: it was crazy. It was crazy. You know, I've always

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Speaker 1: you know, I've always prided myself on like running from

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Speaker 1: hopefully they didn't look at film and say, why is

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Speaker 1: Gerard jogging here? But yeah, it's been crazy just to see,

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Speaker 1: just to see it from this perspective that everything is evaluated,

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