We have a show to do today.

The whole new acronym thing, drive me effing bennan.

Can we call him by his dream?

Shell here and Bias.

On 985, the Sports Hub.

Hey, guys.

Let me first begin by saying thank you.

Thank you for your patience that you've shown in a personal and private matter for me and obviously

everybody involved.

I know that that's not easy for you, and I respect that, and I appreciate your efforts in doing so.

I understand I could have addressed you guys sooner, but it was important to me to have a

conversation with the players, which I did sooner, but it was important to me to have a conversation with the

players, which I did yesterday, very candidly, as we began our off-season program, which everyone

is excited to be a part of. Stacey had mentioned the players' availability, and I was never

my intention to have them speak to you or address you before I did.

And so I asked him to come today and to talk with you.

You know, I also don't want to take away from our, you know, the draft, the weekend of the draft.

You know, this is an important time for us and our organization and the excitement and the joy that

those players are going to have that we bring onto our football team.

They're starting an amazing journey, one that should be celebrated as we welcome them onto our team.

With that being said, I've had some difficult

conversations with people that I care about, with my family, the organization, the coaches,

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