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Today, as you can see, if you're watching on YouTube, I am joined by the Washington Post,

Nikki Javala. You can read her work on Washington

Post.com. Nikki, it's hot out there. So that's why normally, this is a post-practice wrap-up.

Usually I would do it out from the facility. It's about approximately 900 degrees out there right now.

So wanted to get out the other day yesterday, my phone, just being inside

in the tents, my phone was like overheating. My computer was overheating just like everybody else's.

So wanted to do this in the nice air conditioning from our respective homes. Anyways, thanks for joining

me. So let's get to it.

I kind of want to wrap up just the first week of practice, but today, 10,000 fans out there,

what kind of energy are you feeling around the team right now?

Yeah.

I mean, granted, I've only been there three years, but I've known about the state of the team for quite some time.

I've never seen anything like it. It's, it's unbelievable.

They had, what, an estimated 10K, like you said, it was packed.

The bleachers were packed.

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