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Press Pass | Evan Engram: "There’s no room for complacency." · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: So much fun. Um, even in the preseason, like just
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  Speaker 1: the atmosphere there, it was like that first game. It
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  Speaker 1: was just different, different atmosphere from me. Um and so
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  Speaker 1: I knew once come regular season, it was gonna be
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  Speaker 1: jumping Um. Um. And they're just they're just in it
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  Speaker 1: the whole game. Obviously we played really well. We gave
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  Speaker 1: a lot of things to be excited about, but we
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  Speaker 1: feed off of that. We Fed off of it yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: A couple of players, a lot of players. The guys
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  Speaker 1: made a couple of touchdowns. I made a couple of players.
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  Speaker 1: It was just a good atmosphere to go be great.
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  Speaker 1: Then you mentioned making a couple of plays. You stiff
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  Speaker 1: farm gilmore there on the sideline and then started flexing. Just.
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  Speaker 1: How does that feel, letting those emotions come out? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it was. It was a big third down. Um. We
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  Speaker 1: really strive on being successful in the third and Um.
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  Speaker 1: It's just a just a strong play. Um that I
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  Speaker 1: expect myself to make. Um and Um, just a situation.
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  Speaker 1: We're trying to drive, go get points. Made a third down. Um,
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  Speaker 1: it was a nice, pretty nice stiff farm. So, Um,
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  Speaker 1: I felt great. It was just just feeding, like I said,
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  Speaker 1: just feeding off the energy and just get into my swagger,
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  Speaker 1: get into my zone. Um. It was a cool moment, Um,
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  Speaker 1: and it was. It was a big moment for our
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  Speaker 1: team too. It felt good for sure. This office yesterday
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  Speaker 1: as smooth as it's been, you know, since you guys
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  Speaker 1: didn't trying to get it, get it. I mean we've
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  Speaker 1: had a lot of great days, Um, just a lot
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  Speaker 1: of great days in training camp, you know, going against
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  Speaker 1: our defense, the defense. I was on the field yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: We saw them every day. So we had our battles, Um,
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  Speaker 1: and we definitely got a lot of working and, Um,
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  Speaker 1: iron sharp as iron in that case, for sure. So
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  Speaker 1: we were just we're just clicking, Um, and the coaches
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  Speaker 1: did a great job with our game playing and we
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  Speaker 1: were all focused all week on executing and I'm doing
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  Speaker 1: our job and when the opportunity presented itself yesterday we
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  Speaker 1: just cashed in. Um. And there's there's still some things
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  Speaker 1: that we can even be better at, for sure, Um,
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  Speaker 1: but it's just all around effort from everybody, Um, coaches, Um,
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  Speaker 1: and the players involved. was there a moment of practice
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  Speaker 1: lead up or during the game early on when you said, okay,
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  Speaker 1: the offense is clicking. We got this thing rolling. Um. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it was the defense getting the interception the first drive, um,
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  Speaker 1: their first possession, getting getting the ball back to us
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  Speaker 1: and US going down and scoring. Um, that was big
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  Speaker 1: for us. We wanted to set the tone offensively from
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  Speaker 1: the jump. Um, they got the ball first. So the
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  Speaker 1: defense kind of prevailed us into that energy and Um,
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  Speaker 1: we we capped it off that that first drive with
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  Speaker 1: a touchdown. Um, and you know, that's what that's what
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  Speaker 1: we know we can be and so we try to
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  Speaker 1: do it Um to the best of our ability. and Um,
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  Speaker 1: just that drive really set the tone for the day. Um,
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  Speaker 1: after the defense really set the tone for us too.
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  Speaker 1: So I feel about Christian. Um. Both of you guys
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  Speaker 1: are very versatile players. You can line up in different positions.
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  Speaker 1: At being a versatile player. Just how easy is it
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  Speaker 1: for play callers to be able to get you involved
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  Speaker 1: and get you in different positions? Yeah, it's just a
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  Speaker 1: lot of accountability on all part on our part, Um.
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  Speaker 1: We have a lot of guys that can do a
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  Speaker 1: lot of things, Um, and Um the coaches know that. So, Um,
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  Speaker 1: and our coaches are really smart. Um. The game plan
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  Speaker 1: really well. We have a lot of great concepts and Um,
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  Speaker 1: the offense fits what we have. Uh and UH. I
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  Speaker 1: think we just all just hold ourselves accountable to knowing
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  Speaker 1: a lot of different positions, knowing all the nuances of
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  Speaker 1: what they're asking us to do. Um and we I
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  Speaker 1: mean we have a lot of different personnel. So, Um,
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  Speaker 1: I can be in one spot in one situation and
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  Speaker 1: then we have that same situation and I'm in a
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  Speaker 1: completely different spot. And so it's just accountability on our part,
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  Speaker 1: just knowing our job, knowing that we can be anywhere
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  Speaker 1: on the field and try to be a weapon. How
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  Speaker 1: do you get the offensive success from Sunday to carry
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  Speaker 1: over week to week? Um, just taking our preparation up
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  Speaker 1: another level. I think you know, we were really piste
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  Speaker 1: off last weekend. Um, and and then that led, that
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  Speaker 1: led into a great week of preparation and Um, now
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  Speaker 1: we had a better result yesterday and now you know
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  Speaker 1: there's no room for complacency and I think we just
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  Speaker 1: we all can even find another level to hit in
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  Speaker 1: our preparation. We have a really tough poinent this week
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  Speaker 1: and uh, we're gonna WE'RE gonna need to prepare Um
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  Speaker 1: even better than we did last week. No matter how
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  Speaker 1: all the guys still with us. Guy. US Back to teasers,
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  Speaker 1: tight ends. You guys get earrows after the catch and
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  Speaker 1: everybody seems to be really difficult to break down. You know,
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  Speaker 1: think Gott to Travis, how many times he gets hot,
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  Speaker 1: and then Christian Berger really good tapping the sort of
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  Speaker 1: press us down. So is that? Is that what makes
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  Speaker 1: us go, offense go? Is You guys get the earrows
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  Speaker 1: after some catch and then you always see the first tassle. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's just a mentality. Um, you know, we want to
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  Speaker 1: make the defense tackle us, Um and uh, there's there's
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  Speaker 1: great tacklers in the League, across the League that that
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  Speaker 1: do a really good job at that, and there's other
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  Speaker 1: guys that we can attack and Um, take advantage of.
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  Speaker 1: So just a mentality. When the ball comes our way,
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  Speaker 1: we want to be smart, have good ball security, but
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  Speaker 1: be aggressive and be strong with the rock and try
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  Speaker 1: to make the most of each opportunity. What was the
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  Speaker 1: reaction like from this locker room after the wind? It
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  Speaker 1: seems like a lot of the guys, you know, acted
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  Speaker 1: like they've been there before kind of deal, as opposed
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  Speaker 1: to some of the wins we've seen over the past
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  Speaker 1: couple of years. Uh, it was it was a very
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  Speaker 1: different energy. Is that something that I mean almost like
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  Speaker 1: Doug Peterson's impact on this team or just, uh, you
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  Speaker 1: know you're destined for more than just one game kind
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  Speaker 1: of deal from lot. I mean we really expected to win.
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  Speaker 1: We really expected to go out and do our job
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  Speaker 1: and come out with a victory. Um. And it was
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  Speaker 1: a division win, Um, and we were at home. We
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  Speaker 1: wanted to protect our house. So Um. But the biggest
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  Speaker 1: thing we expected to go out there and get a victory. Um,
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  Speaker 1: and that's a big part, uh, of winning in this league.
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  Speaker 1: Every Sunday is a battle, Um and UH, every Sunday,
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  Speaker 1: every game isn't promised. So Um. I think it's just
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  Speaker 1: our mentality, like I said, in our preparation and our
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  Speaker 1: mentality going into the game of Um selling nothing less
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  Speaker 1: other than a victory. So Um. I'll just give credit
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  Speaker 1: to just our mentality going into that game, knowing that
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  Speaker 1: we were we wanted to come out with a win.
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  Speaker 1: We're gonna go earn the win, Um, and we did that.
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  Speaker 1: Getting Ready for the chargers, what kind of different difficulties
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  Speaker 1: to their defense present? I mean, I know Darren James
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  Speaker 1: is back there and that's tight end safety. Matchup is
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  Speaker 1: probably do something. Yeah, now, he's a great player. Um,
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  Speaker 1: I saw him in college and, you know, watching them
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  Speaker 1: kind of blow up in the League. I mean he's
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  Speaker 1: he's a freak athlete, great player. Um, we're gonna have
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  Speaker 1: to count for him. But they have they have they
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  Speaker 1: have dogs all over the place. So we have a
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  Speaker 1: huge uh responsibility in our preparation this week and trying
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  Speaker 1: to Um, you know, maximize our opportunities against them, Um and,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and attack them and still go at them too. So, UM,
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  Speaker 1: they they're they have a great team, great defense. Is
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  Speaker 1: gonna be a great challenge for US play in New York.
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  Speaker 1: Before you came here, you made those west coast trips before.
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  Speaker 1: This team historically struggles when it has to go over
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  Speaker 1: to the west coast. What sort of challenges just having
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  Speaker 1: that long flight and making that long trip kind of
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  Speaker 1: present to you on Game Day? Yeah, it's just accountability
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  Speaker 1: and you know, the biggest thing is really just taking
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  Speaker 1: care of bodies, Um, and that having a west coast
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  Speaker 1: trip like that, you gotta get on it now, Um
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  Speaker 1: and really be consistent with it. At the beginning of
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  Speaker 1: the week. Um Even we're gonna have a couple of
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  Speaker 1: hard practices. So we got everybody's gotta Take Care of bodies,
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  Speaker 1: be accountable with that stuff, Um, and just stay focused.
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  Speaker 1: There's gonna be a long flight, tim chains all that stuff. Um,
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  Speaker 1: it's just staying focused, staying a lot then on our
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  Speaker 1: our mission and our goals. Um, and then when when
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  Speaker 1: kickoff happens on Sunday, it's just it's just football and
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  Speaker 1: we're ready for internally, you said you guys expected to win,
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  Speaker 1: but how much satisfaction do you get going back to
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  Speaker 1: the locker room after the game, looking on twitter, seeing
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  Speaker 1: a lot of people saying wow, the JAG shocked the
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  Speaker 1: colts today, Um, and and seeing that and being like Mann,
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  Speaker 1: you know this team is good enough to repeat that? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean we know what we're capable of. We hold
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  Speaker 1: ourselves to a high standard. We work our bus off
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  Speaker 1: every single day. Um, the media and all the family
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  Speaker 1: and all that stuff, like you guys are the professionals
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  Speaker 1: and that stuff. So we're professionals going they're playing football
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  Speaker 1: and trying to win as many games as possible and
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  Speaker 1: be a successful team. So we're just really pumped because
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  Speaker 1: we worked really hard. We worked really, really hard everybody, Um,
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  Speaker 1: and we deserve that one and and we're gonna keep
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  Speaker 1: working hard to go get more. Think that you were
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  Speaker 1: eager to play, you know, for Dona Peterson, catching the
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  Speaker 1: role with tight ends in the offense. So for two weeks,
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  Speaker 1: kind of happy with the way you know, you're kind
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  Speaker 1: of be uge and targets and all that time. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean I'm I'm a big team guy like I
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  Speaker 1: just I love doing what Um, Um, what I have
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  Speaker 1: to do for the team, whatever makes it successful. And
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  Speaker 1: that's the rest of the guys in the tight room too.
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  Speaker 1: We're all just bought into doing what we can to
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  Speaker 1: Um produce a win. So Um, and and then and
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  Speaker 1: just by nature, Doug asks a lot and the system
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  Speaker 1: asks a lot of the tight ends. So we have
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  Speaker 1: a lot on our plate. We take pride in it. Um.
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  Speaker 1: There's gonna be Games where we get a lot of footballs.
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  Speaker 1: There's gonna be Games where our hand is in the
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  Speaker 1: dirt and we gotta be dirty, Um and be really
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  Speaker 1: physical in the run game. So Um, there's there's a
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  Speaker 1: multiple opportunities for us, Um, and it's a long season,
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  Speaker 1: so we're gonna have our shots to go make plays and,
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  Speaker 1: you know, be involved. In the past game, but we're
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  Speaker 1: asked a lot to do in the run game too.
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  Speaker 1: So Um, it is a big job and coaching Google
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  Speaker 1: does a great job preparingness each and every weekend. Um,
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  Speaker 1: and we're all just really bought into doing what we
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  Speaker 1: can to win the most complete game. He might have
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  Speaker 1: seen from tremor, Lawrence name and played a lot of
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  Speaker 1: games with them, but a lot of practises at this point. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it was it was just a big game plan of
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  Speaker 1: just being smart, Um, and taking with the defense gives us.
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  Speaker 1: Um and you know, we we want to go out
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  Speaker 1: there and call a bunch of shots and make all
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  Speaker 1: the plays downfield and Um and you know, have a
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  Speaker 1: lot of explosive plays. But the way that defense played, Um,
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  Speaker 1: they give up a lot of stuff underneath they you know,
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  Speaker 1: they give you those easy pitch and catches and Um,
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  Speaker 1: and that's that kind of leads to that yards after
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  Speaker 1: catch stuff when when defense is rallying down. So Um,
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  Speaker 1: I think he just played a really smart, decisive game.
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  Speaker 1: He made a lot of plays, a couple of scrambled
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  Speaker 1: drills that we succeeded on. Um, and just made a
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  Speaker 1: lot of smart throws and we still had our shots.
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  Speaker 1: One shot kind of led to a penalty that kind
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  Speaker 1: of extended the drive. So Um, it was just it
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  Speaker 1: was just a there's a smart performance by him, just
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  Speaker 1: being really decisive and smart with the ball. No turnovers
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  Speaker 1: Um and our defense took the ball away a lot
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  Speaker 1: and you do that on Sundays you're you're in a
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  Speaker 1: great position to win. Thank you. Thank you all