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Thoughts on helping players deal with Drake’s passing, watching video, and new WR coach

Q. You often talk about your job being one where you give the players what they need. What did they need in the immediate aftermath of Darryl Drake’s passing?

A. I thought the first thing that they needed, and we all needed, was time to digest what transpired in some way, to digest it in individual ways. That’s why I canceled work last Sunday. That’s why we switched the off day from Tuesday to Monday. It just gave guys a block of time to

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