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Speaker 1: What do you think former players as head coaches bring

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I'm trying to think back. I've been

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Speaker 3: But those have been my experience as a coach, as

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Speaker 2: Obviously, from what we've been able to see, your offensive

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Speaker 3: He's he did it in college. You know, we went

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Speaker 3: Yeah, just different, Just wanted to test it out, be

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Speaker 3: We're still going to evaluate it, you know, we still

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Speaker 5: Thanks.

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Speaker 3: certain prefaces. Maybe they want, hey give me a reminder

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Speaker 3: that's just part of that open lines of communication between

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Speaker 3: Of things that I'm thinking through, So you know, I

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Speaker 3: wouldn't say it's any different than anywhere else I've been.

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Speaker 3: It's just about kind of learning that player and learning

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Speaker 4: Thanks.

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Speaker 2: Thanks last one.

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Speaker 4: Brian's on maybe Hey Mike carry you Hey, how's it

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Speaker 4: going good? It almost felt like you guys were running

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Speaker 4: two different playbooks the other night, like what you were

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Speaker 4: each guy's strengths? Are we making too much of it?

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Speaker 4: Or is it really almost two different offenses when you

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Speaker 3: I'd say, I'd say, I think you're making a little

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Speaker 3: it was. We did do two different things with each quarterback.

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Speaker 3: we're probably getting into them the up tempo stuff as well,

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Speaker 3: and I think the guy's handled it really well. You know,

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Speaker 3: But based on the quarterbacks, I think we've we've always

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Speaker 3: That's just part of the prize is learning any every player,

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Speaker 3: It's just about how much do you want to do

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