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Speaker 1: Cowboys CEO Stephen Jones, Good morning sir, Good morning gat.

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Speaker 1: How much better does a Monday feel coming off of

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Speaker 1: a win? Well, it was a much needed win. As

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Speaker 1: you can imagine, it's been uh, you know, I guess

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Speaker 1: five weeks since we've been able to you know, get

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Speaker 1: one in the win column again. And you know, we've

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Speaker 1: we really felt like we're playing better. As I said,

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Speaker 1: uh late last week, there's no such thing as moral victories.

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Speaker 1: You are what you are. And although we've been playing

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Speaker 1: better on the defensive side of the ball and you know,

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Speaker 1: showing a little continuity on the offensive side of the ball,

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Speaker 1: we hadn't been able to get a win. So to

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Speaker 1: be able to go out there against a you know,

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Speaker 1: a very balanced and well coached Vikings team and you know,

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Speaker 1: play for four quarters and stay in the mix and

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Speaker 1: ultimately get to win and was I think really huge

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Speaker 1: for this football team. Obviously, we've got a long ways

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Speaker 1: to go in terms of getting where we want to

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Speaker 1: be as a team. We've got a lot of work

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Speaker 1: to do. We've got to go to work each day

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Speaker 1: and you know, as we said last week, we just

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Speaker 1: got to work on getting better with each practice, with

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Speaker 1: each day and and then hopefully get ready to play

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Speaker 1: the Redskin on Thanksgiving Day, which, as we all know,

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Speaker 1: a division rival on Thanksgiving. That as good as a gig.

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Speaker 1: So ready to go to work. Better say the football

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Speaker 1: team though, right? You better say the Washington football team

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Speaker 1: though not the old version. Yes, absolutely, I better get

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Speaker 1: that correct. I'll get in trouble in a hurry. We're

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Speaker 1: just trying to help team, So go ahead and bleak

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Speaker 1: that one out, Stephen. The touchdown catch by Cede Lamb

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Speaker 1: is one of the best football catches I've ever seen.

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Speaker 1: You've seen a lot of football in your life. Is

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Speaker 1: there another catch, whether when you were in college or

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Speaker 1: maybe the Odell Beckham went against you, guys. I mean

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Speaker 1: that Cede Lamb catch was one of the best I've

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Speaker 1: ever seen. Well, no question, And I mean he just

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Speaker 1: shows you what kind of body control, what kind of

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Speaker 1: ball skills he has. I mean, it's one thing to

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Speaker 1: catch a you know, a hard ball. It's another to

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Speaker 1: totally contort his body in a different way than where

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Speaker 1: it was headed and then turn around and have the

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Speaker 1: you know, have the concentration to keep his eyes on

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Speaker 1: the ball in pretty much one hand. That ball into

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Speaker 1: body was just special. And you know you saw last night,

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Speaker 1: you know, the competes that he had h not just

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Speaker 1: on that catch but running the ball blocking. Uh. You know,

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Speaker 1: he's just a true fierce competitor and winning means uh

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Speaker 1: so much to him. And you know, I really like

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Speaker 1: what we're seeing in this football team is uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: they go to work each week and uh and hopefully

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Speaker 1: you know, get better each week. We've got to continue

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Speaker 1: to put put things together and uh, you know, put

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Speaker 1: weeks together, and but it starts, you know, each day,

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Speaker 1: and coach McCarthy knows that. And I think our players

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Speaker 1: are understanding at and you know, it's good to get

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Speaker 1: a get a good group out there. You know, it's

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Speaker 1: nice to have the offensive line that we had out there.

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Speaker 1: I think we could run with his group and hopefully

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Speaker 1: stay healthy and let them have some continuity and that

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Speaker 1: should help as well. Obviously he had a nice day

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Speaker 1: and they had a great day both run blocking and

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Speaker 1: pass protecting. Yeah, and that helps Kellen Moore call a

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Speaker 1: really good game. Can you kind of just explain how

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Speaker 1: the decision to move Zach Martin like came to play?

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Speaker 1: What was when did all that developing? What is he

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Speaker 1: going to be sticking there for a minute. Well, I

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Speaker 1: think Connor McGovern's been coming and you know, he's really

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Speaker 1: a rookie. Uh you know, when you look at his

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Speaker 1: h what he was able to get in last year,

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Speaker 1: he pretty much was red shirted and didn't get you know,

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Speaker 1: much if any practice, and so you know, he's been

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Speaker 1: getting better each week and really felt like it was

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Speaker 1: kind of move back out there and that was our

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Speaker 1: best combination of players and hopefully we can get in

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Speaker 1: the groove now and get everybody h you know, growing

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Speaker 1: Kim Pilar's last night, and then obviously gives Andy time

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Speaker 1: you know, it was really nice to see. You know.

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Speaker 1: The flip side of that is, obviously the Vikings did

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Speaker 1: a good job of you know, the same type of mix.

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Speaker 1: I mean, that's really hard to defend when you don't

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Speaker 1: as you saw with us. You know, they did it

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Speaker 1: well too and created some problems for our defense. But

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Speaker 1: I think overall, our defense responded well and we're able

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Speaker 1: to get some big stop when we needed it. Now.

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Speaker 1: All season, especially the last month or so, you have

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Speaker 1: continually told us that you saw the signs of the

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Speaker 1: team's team getting better or you believe the team would

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Speaker 1: be getting better. Obviously we have seen that kind of

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Speaker 1: play out over the last three weeks. I'm curious for yourself,

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Speaker 1: did you always believe that, Like, was there ever a

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Speaker 1: time where you're like, I mean, I hope we get better,

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Speaker 1: but I'm not sure I'm seeing the progression we want

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Speaker 1: to see. Well, I think the hard part was when

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Speaker 1: we went through that string of injuries and uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: Then of course Dak got hurt, followed by a quick

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Speaker 1: out by Andy. You know, that was obviously, you know,

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Speaker 1: it was a challenge for this football team and a

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Speaker 1: challenge for our staff, the organization, the players, you know,

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Speaker 1: to really adapt to the things that were going on.

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Speaker 1: And you know, we had to run there obviously where

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Speaker 1: we had you know, different starting quarterback every week, and

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Speaker 1: you know, those are challenges. We had a you know,

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Speaker 1: I think last night was either a seventh or eight

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Speaker 1: It's all those things are challenges, but you did feel like, uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, when you go to practice and Jerk coaching

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Speaker 1: feel for each other, both what the coaches with, what

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Speaker 1: what our players uh you know could do and do well.

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Speaker 1: The players were understanding what our coaches were wanting to

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Speaker 1: get out of them, and you know you could feel that. So,

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Speaker 1: you know, obviously the challenge was working through the injury

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Speaker 1: season progresses. Hopefully it'll show up in the win column

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Speaker 1: as well. Boy Stephen, talking about progression, your safety position

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Speaker 1: with Donovan Wilson is looking really good. I know that

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Speaker 1: starting the year, you guys have gone through multiple guys.

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Speaker 1: I know Wilson finally got his opportunity as taking a

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Speaker 1: obviously responsible for two turnovers. That's been a big part

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Speaker 1: of the turnaround here too. We're getting better at protecting

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Speaker 1: But you know, to win the turnover battle, you know,

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Speaker 1: as we always say, if you win that battle, there's

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Speaker 1: a good chance you got to give yourself a great

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Speaker 1: but he's certainly leading the way in that area and

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Speaker 1: it's taking every opportunity to show that he belongs back

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Speaker 1: there as a starting safety for us and certainly making

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Speaker 1: plays that we need to win football games. Uh. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: if we don't get those plays, it's it's gonna get

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Speaker 1: a tough night. But we've got to continue to win

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Speaker 1: that turnover battle to continue to protect it. We've got

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Speaker 1: a good vetteran quarterback in Andy Dalton. I think we're

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Speaker 1: getting our legs up under us and terms are running

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Speaker 1: and you talk about legs of under you running the football.

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Speaker 1: That combination of Tony Pollard and Ezekiel Elliott. I know,

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Speaker 1: when we talk about the pie, there's a huge discrepancy

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Speaker 1: and who has the most of that pie. But the

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Speaker 1: combination is pretty interesting from what we saw yesterday, where

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Speaker 1: Zeke can do this and this, and then all of

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Speaker 1: a sudden you can get big plays out of Tony Pollard.

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Speaker 1: Do you expect to see more of the balance of

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Speaker 1: shares of touches from what we saw yesterday? Necessarily? I mean,

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Speaker 1: I think you know yesterday was good. There'll be times

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Speaker 1: when Pylard gets the ball more. Obviously, he's got the

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Speaker 1: home run ability and I think he's been close, you know,

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Speaker 1: probably half a dozen times this year making that taking

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Speaker 1: a shoe string tackle here and a heck of a

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Speaker 1: punts and there'll be games, I'm sure where Pollard gets more.

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Speaker 1: But we also know, you know, Zeke, uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: as you continue to grind the ball. I watched the

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Speaker 1: end of the Titans game. Certainly you see a big

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Speaker 1: the opportunity it certainly understand that element of Zeke's game

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Speaker 1: you think that Zeke still has that home run element

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Speaker 1: you know, obviously we went through a tough stretch there.

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Speaker 1: Uh you know where we had uh where we were

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Speaker 1: and I think that made it more difficult. But I

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Speaker 1: do think Zeke still has it, and uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: been real close a couple of times, and I do

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Speaker 1: up some big runs. When you look at going forward Thursday,

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Speaker 1: because we're not going to have you until you know

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Speaker 1: after that game. Is is it easier to play a

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Speaker 1: division opponent on a short week on that Thanksgiving week

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Speaker 1: because you know him so well? Well, it works both ways.

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Speaker 1: They know you too, so you know they're they're a

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Speaker 1: little more prepared as well. When you play someone you

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Speaker 1: it makes it tough on them because they don't see

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Speaker 1: you as much and we've got a little more work

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Speaker 1: to do. Obviously, it's nice not having to go on

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Speaker 1: the road, but uh, you know, I think we're uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, you kind of take what you're given and

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Speaker 1: plan that gives you the best chance for your players

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Speaker 1: to win, and certainly to get a big win up

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Speaker 1: in Minnesota certainly helps with the with the culture and

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Speaker 1: y'all have a happy Thanksgiving with your family. Happy Thanksgiving

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Speaker 1: to you as well. Stephen Jones c OO for the

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