Oregon Ducks Coach Dan Lanning on the Impact of Having Matthew Bedford and Gary Bryant Jr. Healthy

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00:00yeah we're a better team and we have healthy players out there that are able to help us and

00:07matt's one of those guys that we're counting on being able to help us you know and um size matters

00:10up front experience he's a guy that has more experience um and and just it's great to see

00:15him healthy out there uh and he has a great energy and enthusiasm on the field james several guys in

00:21the receivers were remarked about what gary's role was last season even as he was hurt where

00:27do you see him physically at this point and uh what role and how important is he to the room now

00:31going forward when it's losing a couple of guys yeah gary looks as good as he's looked since i've

00:36been here and you know gary has always been a really talented player that we felt like could

00:39help us right and it's just a matter of his availability and being and being healthy and

00:43he's done a great job of attacking you know rehab this off season even even throughout last year

00:48um he's been a leader he stepped up in front of the team yesterday and had some words to are on

00:53saturday and had some words to share with the team about the direction of this program so really

00:58pleased with gary and his progress and and uh definitely think we're a better team with a

01:01healthy gary out there

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