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  Speaker 1: It's critical. I mean, you know, it's the point where
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  Speaker 1: now we're you know, we're we've got a meaningful game,
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  Speaker 1: you know, this late in the year obviously, and uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the goal is obviously to go one, to know,
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  Speaker 1: as everybody in around the league is trying to do.
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  Speaker 1: And um, you know, I think using a little momentum
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  Speaker 1: from last week, you know, can help us, you know,
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  Speaker 1: going forward. But listen, um, we understand two is a
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  Speaker 1: good football team. We're about to play, you know, inside
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  Speaker 1: of Dome, loud and all that. So we've got to
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  Speaker 1: you know, we've got to play well. You know that
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  Speaker 1: this is a big game for Detroit to you know,
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  Speaker 1: their season on the line in a way. You got
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  Speaker 1: to take that into account of all and preparing you
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  Speaker 1: just now, I mean you do and and understand that
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  Speaker 1: they're in the same situation kind of we are, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and and yet it's still you know, I know, I
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  Speaker 1: know they're their coaches telling them the same thing. It's
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  Speaker 1: about It's about us, right and and I'm saying the
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  Speaker 1: same thing about our team. It's about us, and you know,
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  Speaker 1: we just um, you gotta focus and and uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: just lock in on details of your job and go
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  Speaker 1: to work that third cornerback spot. You've kind of been
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  Speaker 1: rotating guys. Trey Herndon was a healthy scratch a week ago.
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  Speaker 1: Are you playing into is that just playing the receiver
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  Speaker 1: matchup from the other team kind of deal or are
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  Speaker 1: you liking what you're seeing from Buster and Campbell? All
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  Speaker 1: three guys have done a nice job. It's just an
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  Speaker 1: opportunity for for all of them to get time and
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  Speaker 1: and you know, to get get some snaps, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and still you know, still trying to find the right
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  Speaker 1: combination of guys, but all three have done a done
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  Speaker 1: a nice job you know there, and you know it
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  Speaker 1: really doesn't have anything to do with the opponent other
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  Speaker 1: than let's see, you know, let's see our guys play.
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  Speaker 1: And it's great for Buster young player to you know,
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  Speaker 1: get get meaningful snaps now and and and gain game
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  Speaker 1: more confidence as he goes. How challenging is it to
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  Speaker 1: go against that minds often sort of more of an
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  Speaker 1: old school I guess that's what people say offense just
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  Speaker 1: going up against with with the personnel matchups. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: it could be it's tough. I mean it's a great
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  Speaker 1: offensive line. You know, Number one starts there. You know,
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  Speaker 1: we're running running back too, good running backs, quarterbacks the
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  Speaker 1: veteran guy and and um, you know, they just they
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  Speaker 1: want to run the football, and you know it's it's
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  Speaker 1: a challenge you know each week, and you know, um,
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  Speaker 1: our defense needs to be obviously be ready to go
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  Speaker 1: and be on point and you know, try to um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, try to slow him down the best they can.
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  Speaker 1: But you know it's uh kind of runs through that aspect,
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  Speaker 1: you know, of their offense and of course Jared's playing
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  Speaker 1: playing well. You know, um they've won three their last
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  Speaker 1: four here and kind of a little bit of a role.
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  Speaker 1: Can you see the league sort of shifting a little
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  Speaker 1: bit back to that because of the defenses are sort
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  Speaker 1: of smaller. Now you're gonna be able to run the
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  Speaker 1: football a little bit more. I mean, you know, it's
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  Speaker 1: it's interesting because you know, historically there's all the ebbs
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  Speaker 1: and flows of the of the you know, historical data
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  Speaker 1: you know at the NFL, And UM, I still believe
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  Speaker 1: you gotta throw the football to win, you know, in
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  Speaker 1: this in this league, and it helps you score points,
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  Speaker 1: you know, in this league. But you're saying too that
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  Speaker 1: the running game is kind of picking itself up. And
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  Speaker 1: I also believe that down the stretch here, you've got
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  Speaker 1: to have the ability to do that. You know, you
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  Speaker 1: gotta better run the football because you know, I've been
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  Speaker 1: in situations where you get yourself into the postseason and
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  Speaker 1: you might have to be on the road in a
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  Speaker 1: you know, outdoor, cold environment and the ability to not
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  Speaker 1: only run the ball, uh, you know, effectively in those
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  Speaker 1: in those situations. What for um, probably if if if
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  Speaker 1: Travis is going, you know, Darryl will probably be down
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  Speaker 1: you know, being active, you know, for this game. Um,
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  Speaker 1: as he continues to grow and learn the offense. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: those are decisions will make after after today and tomorrow obviously,
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  Speaker 1: and that's that's definitely a possibility. Yeah, he ran hard,
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  Speaker 1: took care of the football, had a couple of nice
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  Speaker 1: pickups and protection. Um just again just growing young player
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  Speaker 1: that quite honestly, just need to put him out there
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  Speaker 1: a little bit more and let him get a bit
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  Speaker 1: more confidence, you know, and and um, you know, show
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  Speaker 1: us that he's he's capable of handling you know, his
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  Speaker 1: role on on a big stage. And I thought he
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  Speaker 1: um took a step in the right direction last week
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  Speaker 1: and he had a kind of a different element than
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  Speaker 1: the other backs in the room. I think Press kind
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  Speaker 1: of mentioned it yesterday. He can be kind of tough
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  Speaker 1: downhill in the front. He's a little bit a little bigger,
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  Speaker 1: little thicker, a little more powerful, run behind his pads
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  Speaker 1: type guy. I think he could do that, you know,
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  Speaker 1: um be that type of guy for us. You know,
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  Speaker 1: probably not gonna stretch the defense going sideways, but you
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  Speaker 1: know he's really good between the tackles and and um, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I think that's something that could you know, turn into
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  Speaker 1: a good role for him. Why receivers that Trevors does
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  Speaker 1: a pretty catch full ball, Why what is it about
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  Speaker 1: the way and throws it amazing catch? Well, I think
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  Speaker 1: first off, it's there's not a lot of wobbles, you know,
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  Speaker 1: ducks as they say, you know, this ball, pretty good spiral.
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  Speaker 1: You know he puts it in a Trevor's tall you know, um,
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  Speaker 1: his release, where he puts the ball, you know, all
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  Speaker 1: those things become what we would call catchable football's right.
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  Speaker 1: So you know, I'm sure there's probably a stat out
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  Speaker 1: there somewhere that's, you know a percentage of catchable balls, right,
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  Speaker 1: and he's probably up there with um, you know, with
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  Speaker 1: some of the some of the top guys. But all
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  Speaker 1: that's part of it. Um, you know, we we work
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  Speaker 1: on accuracy. It's something you can work on, you can't
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  Speaker 1: improve it, and uh he doesn't. He does a nice
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  Speaker 1: job just kind of putting the ball where he wants
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  Speaker 1: to put it.