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Speaker 1: All right, we have Nick Kaylee here, so I gets

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Speaker 1: started with the first question from Karen Gregian. Morning. Nick,

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Speaker 1: Thank you, good morning. I'm doing well. Um. I'm looking

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Speaker 1: at the not so good statistic for you guys in

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Speaker 1: the red zone. I was just wondering if you've seen

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Speaker 1: teams cover you differently, like perhaps in terms of Hunter,

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Speaker 1: who was your red zone guy last year? Uh? You know,

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Speaker 1: is there stuff going on it's kind of changed the dynamic.

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Speaker 1: Uh No, I don't. I don't think so. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you know, you'll teams do different things from week to week, obviously, Karen,

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Speaker 1: that you prepare for. It's really just got to execute better. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, you got to you gotta continue to move

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Speaker 1: the ball, you know, towards the goal line and do

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Speaker 1: things better than we've done obviously. And it's a matter

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Speaker 1: of more execution than anything else. I mean, there's not

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Speaker 1: a thousand different things that teams in the NFL do

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Speaker 1: from week to week. Like I said, it does change,

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Speaker 1: but now I wouldn't say it's an different The coverage

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Speaker 1: families from week to week are similar to other teams

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Speaker 1: that we play or you know, different, but we're seeing

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Speaker 1: I would say similar stuff. Um, it's just a matter

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Speaker 1: of I would say, a lack of execution on our end,

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Speaker 1: and you know, not probably being as efficient as we like,

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Speaker 1: which we gotta obviously do a better job of. Do

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Speaker 1: you have you know, are there like set go to

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Speaker 1: plays for when you're down close? Do you have to

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Speaker 1: kind of change things up a little bit perhaps not

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Speaker 1: be as predictable. Sure, well, yeah, I think you know,

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Speaker 1: I think it depends on just how you break down

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Speaker 1: the different areas of the field, right, So certain defenses

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Speaker 1: will change their philosophy when you get inside a certain

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Speaker 1: yard line or whether it's more of a goal line

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Speaker 1: philosophy or a low red zone or a medium red

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Speaker 1: zone philosophy. So I think it's all dependent on on

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Speaker 1: team that you're playing each week. It does change then

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Speaker 1: he moves there a little bit. But relative to go

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Speaker 1: to play, sure, I mean every play that you you

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Speaker 1: want a game plan for from week to week, you

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Speaker 1: hope that it you know, you have chance to have

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Speaker 1: success with it, or you wouldn't put it in. So

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Speaker 1: I mean I would say, like relatively speaking, you know,

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Speaker 1: relative to us, I mean, we've we've been down there

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Speaker 1: a decent amount and we just got to finish you know,

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Speaker 1: touchdowns over field goals would obviously be the way to go.

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Speaker 1: But no, you know, everything that you that we try

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Speaker 1: to game plan forward to answer your question is designed

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Speaker 1: obviously with the intent to that we like it and

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Speaker 1: we don't. We don't feel good about it going into

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Speaker 1: the game plan. Just we got to do a better job.

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Speaker 1: I think across the board, all of us, you know,

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Speaker 1: just executing and improving. That is the you know, fluctuation

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Speaker 1: in either targets or receptions for your tight ends. Is

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Speaker 1: that kind of based on how you game plan each

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Speaker 1: week or you know, are are they just not getting open? No?

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Speaker 1: I think it's you know, look, it's a little bit.

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Speaker 1: It changes. It changes sometimes heading into whether it's personnel,

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Speaker 1: whether it's uh scheme variation, whether it could be protection

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Speaker 1: on certain plays to or just you know, guys. You

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Speaker 1: know there's other guys in the reads that are open

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Speaker 1: before prior to us. I think, you know are the

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Speaker 1: one thing I can say about you know, the skill guys,

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Speaker 1: But all speak for my group is that they've all

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Speaker 1: they've done a good job whatever the rule has been

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Speaker 1: each week embracing that and you know, the opportunities come.

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Speaker 1: We're always trying to improve route running and blocking at

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Speaker 1: the point of attack. So, uh, you know, you don't

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Speaker 1: really focus on the outcome. I mean, obviously we're talking

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Speaker 1: about the outcome you and I right now, but you

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Speaker 1: focus on the process and trying to find ways to

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Speaker 1: get open every week and find ways to win versus

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Speaker 1: specific types of coverage players and same thing in the

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Speaker 1: run games. So it's just it's it's really week by weeks,

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Speaker 1: scheme by scheme. However, we're trying to attack whatever front coverage, variation,

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Speaker 1: based defense, subdefense, those things that each team and each

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Speaker 1: opponent really presents. Great. Thanks Nick, Yeah, thank you, Karen,

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Speaker 1: have a great day. Next question, Mike Race and Nick,

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Speaker 1: how you doing? Hey good, Mike, how are you good?

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Speaker 1: Good to see you man. You're looking fit out on

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Speaker 1: the field there before the games. I'm trying to I'm

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Speaker 1: trying to trying to stay in shape, get in the

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Speaker 1: work when you can. Right. Yeah. I wanted to ask

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Speaker 1: you to, like John u and is blocking and you

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Speaker 1: might have just been sort of popped in the room.

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Speaker 1: You might have just sort of been indirectly addressing this

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Speaker 1: sort of struck me that he's asked to handle some

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Speaker 1: is viewed internally from your standpoint. Yeah, yeah, No, I

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Speaker 1: mean I've got a lot of confidence in John oun

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Speaker 1: Hunter at the point of attack in the run game.

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Speaker 1: I think they both have played with very good effort

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Speaker 1: this year. Um. They've really worked hard going back into

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Speaker 1: the offseason program and then obviously in training camp when

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Speaker 1: you can you can have some contact there, you know,

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Speaker 1: trying to improve footwork, hand placement, um, and really all

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Speaker 1: that is important. Effort and finish is very important. I

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Speaker 1: think they've really embraced everything we've asked them to do. Um.

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Speaker 1: They're both smart guys that will do anything for the team.

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Speaker 1: So you know, it seems like every week, you know,

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Speaker 1: there's very good edge players and a line players in

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Speaker 1: the national football There's just there's a I mean there's

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Speaker 1: little bit more size against all tight ends just generally speaking.

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Speaker 1: But I've been very pleased with the effort. We certainly

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Speaker 1: can improve in a variety of ways, and we're going

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Speaker 1: to continue to work on that. But yeah, no, I've

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Speaker 1: I've been I've been proud of the way they've fought

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Speaker 1: and competed in there, and uh, and really do whatever's willing.

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Speaker 1: You know, they'll do whatever we ask them. They're willing

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Speaker 1: want to want to you know, we saw the other

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Speaker 1: day and really with you guys going with two tight

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Speaker 1: ends on the game day roster. Yep, we tell me

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Speaker 1: if you answered this, because I don't want you have

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Speaker 1: to repeat it. But we've seen you go with you know,

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Speaker 1: bringing Marcus, you'll call Marcus eligible bring on another offensive

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Speaker 1: on like not that they're in your room, obviously they're

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Speaker 1: not going to be in your tight end room, but

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Speaker 1: which specific to your position. Yeah, no, I didn't answer

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Speaker 1: we install those things so that everybody's hearing it. Um,

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Speaker 1: position meetings and stuff will break out, but tackles and

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Speaker 1: tight ends always work closely together, whether it's combination blocks

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Speaker 1: We're really always speaking the same language. That's that's the

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Speaker 1: beauty of kind of what we do. There's not and

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Speaker 1: we're not independent contractors in the tight end room with me,

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Speaker 1: and then you go over to Matt and Billy and

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Speaker 1: the old line room and it's different. It's all the same, um,

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Speaker 1: So we install that way, so they're hearing a lot

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Speaker 1: of the same terminology and really the fundamentals of call it,

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Speaker 1: you know, using specific footwork if it's play side footwork

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Speaker 1: carries over to whether you're a guard, a tackle, a

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Speaker 1: tight end, uh, you know, an F and a YY

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Speaker 1: wing set where you know you get multiple tight end

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Speaker 1: looks that the techniques don't change, it's the application and

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Speaker 1: the alignment of certain defenders that you know, you plug

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Speaker 1: in there and you you get a look presented to you. So, um,

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Speaker 1: we all work together to to not be so long whended.

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Speaker 1: We all work together. Um from that standpoint, and I

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Speaker 1: some flex and there there are all a bunch of

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Speaker 1: guys are hearing it differently, so you know, we'd say

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Speaker 1: we have some flexibility from that standpoint. Thank you,