Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell discusses challenges of trimming NFL roster to meet 53-man requirement.
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00:07 And look, every year this is the hardest time for me and Brad.
00:11 I mean, there's nothing worse than watching guys just give everything they've got,
00:17 bust the rear, the blood, the sweat, all of it.
00:20 The angst, the good, the bad, and that's hard.
00:26 It's hard to look them in the eye and tell them that,
00:32 hey, this is as far as it goes for now.
00:34 But there'll be a number of guys too that, yeah, you didn't make it on this,
00:41 maybe the 53, but we want you back here.
00:44 And if it doesn't work out somewhere else or somebody's not willing to claim you,
00:48 there's a reason why we want you back because we feel like you can help us.
00:52 And I mean, our practice squad players play.
00:56 I mean, they play during the year, whether it's injury or special teams or,
01:01 I mean, there's a good chance you're gonna end up playing at some point this year if
01:06 you're with us, so, but it's tough.
01:09 I mean, there's nothing fun about this.
01:11 >> How many decisions do you have left to make?
01:13 Like, release a few- >> Tough to say.
01:16 We're close, but we still have,
01:20 there's a number of moving pieces between here and
01:23 then looking out on the other 31 teams too.
01:28 And where does that, is there a piece there that fits here?
01:32 How does it, relative to what we already have here, and so we're close,
01:37 but we still have, there's a little bit of flux we have to go through.
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