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Press Pass | Mike Caldwell: "...it’s always next man up mentality." · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Challenging receivers and getting his hands on him. And then
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  Speaker 1: down the field, he's a would locate the ball. I
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  Speaker 1: think he's worked on that and you can see the
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  Speaker 1: dividends paying off. He they would locate the ball and
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  Speaker 1: knock him down. We should come away with more interceptions
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  Speaker 1: when he's in position. But he's doing a great job
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  Speaker 1: of winning at the line of scrimmage and went in downfield.
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  Speaker 1: Have you seen anything like in his perpono or even
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  Speaker 1: just in the classroom. Do you see him preparing differently
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  Speaker 1: this year or at this point, Well, really, I didn't
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  Speaker 1: know how he prepared last year, but I see him
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  Speaker 1: spending extra time. He meets early in the morning, gets
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  Speaker 1: a little extra with his coach at the SA is
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  Speaker 1: doing a great job of feeding him information. He's taking it.
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  Speaker 1: And then on the field, you see the confidence and
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  Speaker 1: you see the leadership starting to show up. He'll speak
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  Speaker 1: to the dbs and you know, get guys in the
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  Speaker 1: right place. So it's good to see the growth. Normally
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  Speaker 1: you're a pretty calm guy, but I'm sure you had
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  Speaker 1: to get pretty excited from that hit last week from
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  Speaker 1: Sad Quarterman on Derrick Henry. Oh, that was big. That
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  Speaker 1: was a big time. It was We talked all week about,
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  Speaker 1: you know, being able to impact the game, and Chat
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  Speaker 1: got a chance to come in and play a certain role,
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  Speaker 1: and he came in and did a great job of
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  Speaker 1: really being physical and then igniting the team. You look
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  Speaker 1: at that, there was a couple of other big hits
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  Speaker 1: in the game, but that one really stood out and
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  Speaker 1: you can see the reaction on the sideline where you know, uh,
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  Speaker 1: that's when they're that's a very good player in this
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  Speaker 1: league and able to get the ball off of him.
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  Speaker 1: That was big for us from from a symbolism standpoint,
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  Speaker 1: a guy that has made a career out of it
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  Speaker 1: running all over jack Worth defense, regardless of who was
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  Speaker 1: playing or who's coving did that was that an emotional
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  Speaker 1: lift to see the bully get bullied and so to speak.
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  Speaker 1: I think it was good for us to be able
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  Speaker 1: to go out there and make a play. He had
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  Speaker 1: broken the yard. We had not gotten the right gap.
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  Speaker 1: He had broken and gained a bunch of yards early on.
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  Speaker 1: I think he had like close to a hundred in
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  Speaker 1: the first quarter. And for us to be able to
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  Speaker 1: make that play, for Shack be able to make that hit,
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  Speaker 1: it was really a big boost for us, and he
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  Speaker 1: saying he had just given them a first down around
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  Speaker 1: the twenty. So if if Shaq doesn't knock that ball loose,
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  Speaker 1: you know they got a first down with some time
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  Speaker 1: wept and everything. So from about three different perspectives, that
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  Speaker 1: was that a big play. You know, it was a
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  Speaker 1: takeaway and stopped them from being in position to score,
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  Speaker 1: and it delivered kind of a message, Oh really, anytime
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  Speaker 1: you can take the ball away from the offense and
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  Speaker 1: give it back to your offense. And the big play.
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  Speaker 1: But just like you said, the way he was able
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  Speaker 1: to hit him and the ball came out and we're
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  Speaker 1: able to get the ball and it was on our
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  Speaker 1: sideline and it really ignited our team. Having when we
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  Speaker 1: back this week or it looks like you'll be back,
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  Speaker 1: how much does that change the rotation that linebacker, having
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  Speaker 1: him being able to mix him in. Devonope really is
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  Speaker 1: day to day and and the staff we're confident in
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  Speaker 1: both of those guys. So whoever's out there, feel good
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  Speaker 1: with him play in. But right now he's day to day.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see that shakes out, but both guys were comfortable
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  Speaker 1: throwing them out there. Challenges run game as this year.
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  Speaker 1: I've seen this ranks out there said again, you had
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  Speaker 1: a lot of challenge this year. It's uh, you know
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  Speaker 1: it's weekly when you're playing our division. You know you
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  Speaker 1: have great running backs. We're facing another one this week.
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  Speaker 1: So it's uh what we do and we just have
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  Speaker 1: to understand what we have to do out on Sunday
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  Speaker 1: and go out there and get it done. They're pretty
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  Speaker 1: balanced though, because they can air it out as well.
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  Speaker 1: Just what's going to be the key to even if
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  Speaker 1: you do get the stops and the run defense not
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  Speaker 1: getting beat on the back end with those talented receivers.
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  Speaker 1: They just signed another one this week. They do. They
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  Speaker 1: definitely have a bunch of weapons, But defensively, we have
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  Speaker 1: to have our priorities and go out there and execute
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  Speaker 1: our game plan and at the end of the day,
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  Speaker 1: it's time. It's time. When it's time to make a play,
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  Speaker 1: you have to make a play, and we did that
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  Speaker 1: this past Sunday and we would go out to day
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  Speaker 1: and practice and work on it in hopefully get it
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  Speaker 1: done this Sunday we're able to give the Cowboys in trouble.
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  Speaker 1: After that game, Mike McCarthy said, if he was the
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  Speaker 1: Jaguars defensive coordinator, he'd basically do similar to what they
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  Speaker 1: did last week. How much of what you saw from
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  Speaker 1: Houston do you mix in or do you just stay
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  Speaker 1: kind of true to who you are? Really the thing
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  Speaker 1: about it is they made play the crucial situations. They're
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  Speaker 1: the fourth and one stop interception there. There there's a
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  Speaker 1: bunch of players that help them play defense, and we
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  Speaker 1: want to be the same way when it's time to
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  Speaker 1: make a play where the fourth down or first down,
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  Speaker 1: when it's time to make a play, stand up and
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  Speaker 1: make that play. In will trust our defense and go
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  Speaker 1: do it. I remember earlier this season you mentioned like
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  Speaker 1: when you guys are on defense at home, it gets
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  Speaker 1: really loud. This Sunday probably gonna be a lot of fans,
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  Speaker 1: maybe a lot of visiting fans, So there's gonna be
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  Speaker 1: a lot of noise. Do you talk to the players
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  Speaker 1: about that and just get them ready for this caliber
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  Speaker 1: of game. But we understand that the Cowboys, uh, they
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  Speaker 1: travel well, and you know it's gonna be a little
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  Speaker 1: different than our stadium, but our fans will be there
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  Speaker 1: and they're gonna be pulling for us, and we understand
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  Speaker 1: that we go out there, we play for our fans.
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  Speaker 1: We play for ourselves. Also, we're playing for those fifty
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  Speaker 1: three guys that are out there, and you know, we'll
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  Speaker 1: go out there and we'll be that tight knit group
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  Speaker 1: and go out there and cheer for each other. As
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  Speaker 1: for us all a little bit of a spike last
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  Speaker 1: week and the Cowboys offensive line having some shuffling. Do
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  Speaker 1: you go tell those guys look at their moving players around,
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  Speaker 1: we gotta keep this rolling. Well, the thing the pass
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  Speaker 1: for us last week, they really got after it and
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  Speaker 1: you could see the difference in the game. And it's
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  Speaker 1: the same message this week, same message every week. You know,
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  Speaker 1: pass freshers, it's your job. You get to the quarterback.
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  Speaker 1: It's your job to make the quarterback feel pressure. And
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  Speaker 1: you know this week is no different than any other.
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  Speaker 1: It's time to go out there and let's get pressure
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  Speaker 1: on the quarterback's hand in the dirt. Do you see
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  Speaker 1: a difference in him when he when he's lined up there. Really,
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  Speaker 1: it's a at the coach. Sometimes you sit back and
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  Speaker 1: you look at different things, but we want to make
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  Speaker 1: a player feel comfortable. So whether he's in a two
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  Speaker 1: point or three point really it's on if he chooses
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  Speaker 1: to getting a three point in certain situations he can
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  Speaker 1: get in the three point all he wants, and being
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  Speaker 1: able to be comfortable out on the field. We don't
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  Speaker 1: want robots. We want guys that are able to have
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  Speaker 1: a little flexibility in the defense. And whether it's two
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  Speaker 1: point or three point, whatever he feels he can get
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  Speaker 1: the best take off. Let him do that and we'll
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  Speaker 1: coach him up whichever way he wants to do it.
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  Speaker 1: If he can't go this week, how difficult is it
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  Speaker 1: to replace what he does? You? You always want your
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  Speaker 1: guys right to come in here. I talk about other
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  Speaker 1: teams guys. You always want your guys with you. And
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  Speaker 1: if you can't have your guy, then we have to
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  Speaker 1: have a guy step up. And the really the important
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  Speaker 1: part about being a guy is the guy behind you.
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  Speaker 1: When you are able to play, what have you done
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  Speaker 1: to get that guy to come along? And I think
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  Speaker 1: we have enough depth in that position where we have
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  Speaker 1: a few guys and if Treybon can't play this week,
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  Speaker 1: then we have another guy ready to step up. That
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  Speaker 1: name part of the key to what happened last week.
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  Speaker 1: You kind of got some of those guys to step up.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, so some big plays for manj Winger a
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  Speaker 1: big player for Sack quarterman. That kind of thing. That's
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  Speaker 1: the thing like when you're not a starter and you're
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  Speaker 1: a role player, you're always itching for the opportunity. And
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  Speaker 1: once you get that opportunity, I tell them all the time,
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  Speaker 1: taking a run with it and you you've you've seen it. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: Trey had a great game last week, um wingered. He's
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  Speaker 1: been doing it the last few weeks. And Shat got
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  Speaker 1: his opportunity, stepped up and made a big place. So
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  Speaker 1: I think it's always next man up mentality. But when
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  Speaker 1: it's really not next man up and you get opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to play, you're itching for you go out there and
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  Speaker 1: you uh, you show and you bring a little life
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  Speaker 1: to the team. And the guys are doing that. Shack
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  Speaker 1: was unfolding. Did you see Shacks flipping the call twice?
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  Speaker 1: Or did you don't see that until you looked at
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  Speaker 1: the film later on. It's funny. I made the point
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  Speaker 1: to the to the defense, like coach always talks about
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  Speaker 1: prepare yourself for the field and go out there and
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  Speaker 1: test it out. And I joked with the defense of like,
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  Speaker 1: look here, we've got three linebackers on the field all
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  Speaker 1: three of them slipped on the same play, but again
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  Speaker 1: Shack slipped, got up, got back, brand, made a big play,
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  Speaker 1: and you know we'll get his shoes fixed. Oh yeah,
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  Speaker 1: he's out there. You know, he's uh, he's gonna give
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  Speaker 1: it his all and he did a great job for us.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.