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No, he insisted in response to three separate inquiries, the rigors of being the first two-way threat since the days of Babe Ruth weren’t the cause of his offensive slump.

After a season as the University of Kentucky’s offensive coordinator, he returned to the Rams as offensive coordinator in 2022.

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On Friday, the key free agent addition was tentative on the offensive end to start.

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Northern Shan state has been rocked by fighting since June 2024 when an alliance of ethnic armed groups renewed an offensive against the military along the highway to China's Yunnan province.

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But diplomats say they expect Middle East states to take the lead and the EU doesn't want to rebuild Gaza if Israel could launch fresh offensives in the future.

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