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Hello.

Mr. President, I have Mr. George Allen here.

Yeah.

Mr. President, sir.

Hello.

Mr. President.

I just hope that my visit helped your team a little, George.

I'll tell you what.

We had a great practice today.

Did you?

Good.

You know, on Tuesday, you have bumps and bruises.

Yeah.

Sore.

Gosh, I can see that.

And then after a loss, you know, it's even... Oh, boy.

Depressing.

But we really had a fine practice and...

The feeling throughout the team was that it was just so great of you to take time to come with them, and you were with us for about 40 minutes.

Latham remarked to me that they were amazed that you knew so much about him, you see.

And then I told Pat Fisher I have a meeting with the defense every day after practice.

We meet before practice and after practice.

I told Pat Fisher that you asked about him right at the end there.

That's right.

I saw him over there.

And that you wanted to say something to him.

I thought it went very, very well.

And everything was...

And I wanted to make sure that you met... Well, you handled it extremely well, I thought, with meeting.

I was so glad to meet so many of the guys, too.

So that there wouldn't be any say, well, you need to meet this guy or that guy.

That's right.

And I thought it was good, too.

One thing I did want to do was to build up those offensive linemen, you know.

It was tremendous.

Because they are the unsung heroes, and unless they open those holes and...

and protect that pass or you aren't going to make it.

I tell you what I did, I got all the offensive linemen together and I said, you know what?

I said, you guys arranged this with the president, see?

And I said, I'll be gosh darned.

I said, how many people will get a plug around here of the offensive linemen?

And I said, well, if we win the next four games, we'll have to take the presence of vice and give you all a raise.

And they all got a big kick out of that.

So that was great for them because they have been taking a beating.

Oh, they're playing against the toughest.

Yeah, and see, our line is not as big as some of the lines.

It's agile, but it's not as...

big and strong.

I met Jim Snowden today.

Well, he's only about 235 pounds.

Well, let me say that against the Eagles, it seems to me, having seen the last game,

time you would open them up though, don't you think?

I think so.

They were awfully good defensively last time, as I recall, but I just can't believe that they can hold you this time.

Well, what we did is we gave them the ball, so we threw four interceptions.

Oh, that's right.

That's what did it.

We're not going to do that this time.

And then we fumbled Larry Brown, fumbled twice.

I know.

That won't happen.

Won't happen.

I think that, in fact, even my coaches, when we were finishing up with our showers, the coaches said,

I don't know what made practice so good today, but... And one of them said, well, the president was here.

Because I have been giving them Tuesday off.

Yeah, I've heard that, yeah.

Because we've had so many injuries, and it's the first time we've worked out probably in three weeks.

I was going to show you around the whole facility, but I didn't.

No.

Well, I had a 3 o'clock appointment, George, so I had to get back.

But I'll see you again someday.

We've got a nice setup out here to help us win.

Yeah, it's beautiful.

And we don't have the distractions, you see.

Nope.

That's right.

People come out.

That's right.

Are you going to try to come to the giant game?

Well, the giant game is a possibility if I'm in town.

But as I told you, the main thing you can count on me is when you need me, you see.

This is the week, huh?

Boy, I think this...

Being there today was a heck of a lift.

Well, I'll tell you, before you, and you're going to win this week, I can assure you.

And you'll win next week.

You beat the Giants.

I mean, you can't, two scramblers have done you in, but Tarkenden won't do you in.

Just rushing from the outside.

You know what we're going to do?

I told Kilmer, I said, I want you to open the ballgame with a screen.

That's right.

Against the Eagles.

So listen, when we open that ballgame with a screen pass, it's going to be your play.

Oh, boy.

Well, okay.

All right, George.

Thanks a million.