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Press Pass | Ryan Nielsen on Defense Confidence and Rotations · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: I saw a video of Traygon just you know, sort
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  Speaker 1: of on the sideline giving some leadership. I'm curious from
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  Speaker 1: your perspective where you've seen him grow in that area
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  Speaker 1: over the first seven gable of the season.
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  Speaker 2: And he's done a really good job. You can see
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  Speaker 2: he's with the teammates and the coaching and the you know,
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  Speaker 2: he's coaching them up, he's encouraging them, and you're seeing
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  Speaker 2: all the things that you want to see out of
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  Speaker 2: you know, a guy who's is is that position doing
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  Speaker 2: the things that he's doing, and you're very encouraged about
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  Speaker 2: where he's going continues. His play has been really well.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he's he's doing a lot of really good
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  Speaker 2: things and then he adds that piece to it and
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  Speaker 2: you're you know, he's he's really picked it up, and
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  Speaker 2: U we're fire up about that.
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  Speaker 1: I've noticed too that he's sort of taken on more
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  Speaker 1: double teams like that. It feels like, how have you
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  Speaker 1: seen him sort of handle that and what does he
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  Speaker 1: have to do to take.
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  Speaker 3: That next step?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it just adds to his you know, his plan
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  Speaker 2: is if you know, if there's a tight end to
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  Speaker 2: your side, you know you got to rush it. A
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  Speaker 2: little bit different, or there's a back to your side.
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  Speaker 2: Just be alert for a chip or a nudge from
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  Speaker 2: a tie in or you know, a guard kicking out
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  Speaker 2: on you. But you know, all all the good rushers,
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  Speaker 2: that's that's what they every week. That's that's what they
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  Speaker 2: go against. And so he's just another guy. You just
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  Speaker 2: got to continue to to find a way to win
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  Speaker 2: and and work your plan, doesn't matter if who's around you.
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  Speaker 1: Have you seen him handling that pretty well, he's done a.
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  Speaker 2: Good job since. Man, the Indianapolis game, I thought he
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  Speaker 2: he rushed really with his plan. You've seen his plan
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  Speaker 2: when you watch it consecutively, one rush to the next.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he's he's got a plan, he's executing his
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  Speaker 2: plan doesn't matter. You know, if he's got a nudge
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  Speaker 2: or a chip to his side, he's he's gonna rush
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  Speaker 2: it like this. And so you've seen him really grow
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  Speaker 2: and take the next step in terms of just the
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  Speaker 2: football IQ in terms of the rushing part of it.
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  Speaker 2: And and you've seen his game even raise another level
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  Speaker 2: because he can. I mean, he's got a power. The
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  Speaker 2: finesse rushes his hands. You know he's on the edge,
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  Speaker 2: you can go down the middle. He can do anything,
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  Speaker 2: and and you just see in the progression of him
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  Speaker 2: grow and his confidence I think is the biggest thing
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  Speaker 2: that that has grown throughout the season.
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  Speaker 1: Not sure if it's this week or not that what
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  Speaker 1: did you do?
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  Speaker 3: He's energy back?
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  Speaker 2: Mean for you know, it's it's getting every you know,
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  Speaker 2: getting a player back that that you expect to contribute.
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  Speaker 2: We expected it, you know, the beginning of camp and
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  Speaker 2: you know, things happen and the guys, the other guys
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  Speaker 2: have done a good job. But just getting you know,
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  Speaker 2: our our full defense back together again. It's it's been good.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you get Foyer back, We're excited. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we're fired up to have those guys back and in
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  Speaker 2: the mix of what we're doing when.
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  Speaker 1: In place and campbell impact has a ripple effect across
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  Speaker 1: the secondary.
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  Speaker 2: Sure sure, I mean he's a he's a really good
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  Speaker 2: football player that can that can do it all. You know,
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  Speaker 2: man coverage, you know, zone coverage. He's the speed you
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  Speaker 2: know you watch last game, I mean the driver oute.
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  Speaker 2: I mean he came out of nowhere and I mean
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  Speaker 2: that was great play by him, you know, and just
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  Speaker 2: adds to the things that you can. Hey, you know
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  Speaker 2: you got that guy or you know, you want to
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  Speaker 2: play cloud or look like man plays own, you know
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  Speaker 2: those type of things, and and uh, it really adds
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  Speaker 2: to the package.
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  Speaker 1: He adds like a level of comfort and confidence for
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  Speaker 1: the rest of the guys on it.
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  Speaker 2: Sure, you know, I think it goes with, you know,
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  Speaker 2: getting all these guys back. You know, you're just seeing
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  Speaker 2: the guys play and look it's you know, we've played
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  Speaker 2: a few games together now, and so I think there's
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  Speaker 2: also that part of the guys kind of know where
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  Speaker 2: each other is going to be out there. And the
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  Speaker 2: continuity of the defensive back position is you see the
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  Speaker 2: communication getting better and things like that. So we just
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  Speaker 2: continue to want it to get better and and build
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  Speaker 2: on it, just one one more day to day.
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  Speaker 1: When you played Jordan Love last year, it was like
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  Speaker 1: his start career start.
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  Speaker 3: He's played like twenty more games since then.
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  Speaker 1: How have you kind of seen the growth, you know,
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  Speaker 1: those early days of him as he started to the
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  Speaker 1: guy you're paying for now.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, he's a really good football player. He's
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  Speaker 2: handling the position, the offense, he's in command of everything. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: he knows where to go with the football. Matt's done
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  Speaker 2: a great job with offense scheme and and and putting
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  Speaker 2: them in the position where you know he's making rose
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  Speaker 2: that he can make every throw like that was the
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  Speaker 2: thing last year and this year, the guy can make
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  Speaker 2: every throw. The offense has just built, you know, obviously
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  Speaker 2: the time you know that he's been starting now from
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  Speaker 2: early in his career to now, and you're seeing the
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  Speaker 2: progression of that. And then with his legs, you know,
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  Speaker 2: he can get out of trouble and you know, you
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  Speaker 2: saw in the Philly game escapes the pocket and he
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  Speaker 2: throws the deep ball and the ability to move and
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  Speaker 2: throw on the run. It makes him an elite I think,
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  Speaker 2: an elite player at the position. And so it's gonna
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  Speaker 2: be a good challenge for sure, Savage.
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  Speaker 1: And safety kind of set.
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  Speaker 3: Of things down back there.
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  Speaker 2: For well, you know, he's played there before, so that's
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  Speaker 2: not it wasn't new for him, and that was always
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  Speaker 2: the uh, you know when we had him here first,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we nickel safety and we had him in
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  Speaker 2: that that dual role and so uh just wanted to
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  Speaker 2: try it last week and and good communication thought back there,
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  Speaker 2: he did some really good things in terms of his
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  Speaker 2: disguise and things like that, and he flew around and
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  Speaker 2: made some plays and so it was really good to see.
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  Speaker 2: And uh, we'll just continue to grow with that.
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  Speaker 3: Wing guard comes back. Is there a possibility winguard's in there?
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  Speaker 3: And that safety as a starter, And then sat back to.
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  Speaker 2: The nickel, don't know yet. I don't know yet. We're uh,
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  Speaker 2: we'll go through that. We'll handle this game and and
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  Speaker 2: then when Dewey comes in, you know, and then maybe
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  Speaker 2: we'll have a different package.
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  Speaker 3: So Gus splash a little bit. Uh uh what what
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  Speaker 3: what do you see in him in terms of what
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  Speaker 3: he can provide and maybe in a way that he
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  Speaker 3: could maybe increase his snaps counts at all as as
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  Speaker 3: as the season goes along.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he's a he's a tough guy, tough player, really
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  Speaker 2: good run defender, good edge setter. He's he's excellent in
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  Speaker 2: the run game. And then as a rusher is a
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  Speaker 2: power rushes more with power and then can get on
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  Speaker 2: the edge and move. And so yeah, we our plans
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  Speaker 2: to get him a few more snaps this week and
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  Speaker 2: and see how that goes. And and uh, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: as the history with that play man, he's he's a
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  Speaker 2: solid you know exactly where he's going to be you know,
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  Speaker 2: you know how hard he's going to play, and that's
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  Speaker 2: what you like about the guy.
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  Speaker 1: Gotten more opportunity. Has there been anything that's surprised you
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  Speaker 1: about the success.
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  Speaker 2: He's had out there, No, because you saw it in
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  Speaker 2: O t as you saw it in camp. He flew around.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he he's done a really good job with
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  Speaker 2: the reps that he's had. You know, he's got command
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  Speaker 2: in his position and the things that he's doing out there,
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  Speaker 2: like he's in the right spot a lot. You know,
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  Speaker 2: he's doing some really good things. And then the thing
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  Speaker 2: that really excites you is how physical he's playing. He's
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  Speaker 2: a physical, physical guy. Run through contact, you know, it
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  Speaker 2: doesn't stop his feet. I mean, he'll accelerate through And
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  Speaker 2: there's a couple of hits last game that are very impressive.
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  Speaker 1: Mentioned the possibility with Foyer coming back, combind him and
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  Speaker 1: trail out there on the field a lot more together.
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  Speaker 3: Is that something that you've seen and feel comfortable with?
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  Speaker 2: Sure? Sure, and that but that's the thing that we've
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  Speaker 2: been doing since OTA's you know, we've had that rotation
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  Speaker 2: in that position group and you're kind of seeing it
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  Speaker 2: work out and in the game and so when Foyer
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  Speaker 2: comes back, you know who will have a rotation. Those
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  Speaker 2: guys will still continue to play. Vientre has definitely earned
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  Speaker 2: snaps like he's he's so he'll play. It's just you
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  Speaker 2: know in that rotation and how that all works out.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned guys have proven game one, the game two before.
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  Speaker 1: What did you say Jordan is second time?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, just you know, he's uh, he did some really
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  Speaker 2: good things in the past Rush game, you know, getting
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  Speaker 2: off blocks and maybe it didn't show up in the
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  Speaker 2: stat sheet at the end, but you saw him get
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  Speaker 2: off blocks a little bit better of this game, and
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  Speaker 2: he played with a little bit better pad level and
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  Speaker 2: just his confidence. You know, that's the biggest thing from
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  Speaker 2: one game to the next game, is is confidence grew
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  Speaker 2: and you know, I belong I should be playing out here.
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  Speaker 2: So he did a good job.
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  Speaker 3: Is that where Mason Smith struggling a little bit?
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  Speaker 2: And I don't, I don't. I don't see that. I
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  Speaker 2: don't see that. Mason's a very confident guy. He's smart player.
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  Speaker 2: It's not anything to do with that. You know, he
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  Speaker 2: had a sack against Chicago, you know, so uh, we're
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  Speaker 2: we're staying staying, uh staying with him. And he'll continue
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  Speaker 2: to get better for sure. Yeah, yes, how your dad
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  Speaker 2: coach