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Press Pass | Liam Coen Talks Stepping Up Amid Injuries, Week 11 Game Plan · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: You're you've been in the public eye probably the most
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  Speaker 1: in your life over the last eleven months. Just how
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  Speaker 1: have you sort of kept yourself insulated?
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  Speaker 2: You know, it could be you know, when things are
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  Speaker 2: going right, you might be written about positively, when things
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  Speaker 2: are going wrong criticized.
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  Speaker 1: How do you sort of keep yourself grounded.
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  Speaker 2: That's a good question, Trevor, and I've had these conversations
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  Speaker 2: a few times actually, and with a number of different
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  Speaker 2: players that it, Man, it comes with the responsibility of
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  Speaker 2: being in these positions, right, you sign up for it.
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  Speaker 2: You you actually put your name on a contract for it,
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  Speaker 2: and it's with great responsible right like with where we're at.
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  Speaker 2: It it's just the name of the game. And I
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  Speaker 2: do believe that. I mean, I don't have any social
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  Speaker 2: media first and foremost, I don't.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it was more, you know.
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  Speaker 2: I was I got kind of deep with it a
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  Speaker 2: few years ago where I remember sitting on the couch
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  Speaker 2: after we just had our second son, and it was
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  Speaker 2: in the summertime, so I'm off and I had both
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  Speaker 2: my sons sitting next to me, watching them and hanging
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  Speaker 2: out with them, and I remembered.
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  Speaker 1: Like I was scrolling through Twitter and I was like,
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  Speaker 1: what am I doing? Like, what am I doing? You know?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I'm not being present with my kids. And
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  Speaker 2: I was like, all right, how much time am I
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  Speaker 2: wasting minutes, seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, at
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  Speaker 2: the end of my life?
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  Speaker 1: What is that going to add up to?
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  Speaker 2: Looking at news or other people's lives, Like what am
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  Speaker 2: I doing? So that was a kind of turning point
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  Speaker 2: for me in terms of just all right, man, let
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  Speaker 2: me just try to be more in the moment with
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  Speaker 2: the people that I'm with, whether it's here home with
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  Speaker 2: family and friends, whatever that is, and know that it
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  Speaker 2: comes with it, man, right, It just comes with the job.
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  Speaker 2: And sometimes the outside like perception and we can sometimes
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  Speaker 2: become reality for good or for bad, and we it's
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  Speaker 2: just maintaining that having real conversations with the people that
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  Speaker 2: help you through these conversations, you know, through tough times.
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  Speaker 1: And that was the message to.
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  Speaker 2: To Trevor, to our players, to all these guys that, man,
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  Speaker 2: it's our responsibility. It comes with the territory for good
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  Speaker 2: or for bad. The focus level building this week for
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  Speaker 2: practice and a little choir like for a few days,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I think just you know, not as raw
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  Speaker 2: raw during the week, but I thought, you know, and
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  Speaker 2: then Wednesday was more jog walks, so we weren't able
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  Speaker 2: to do a ton full speed on Wednesday. But then
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  Speaker 2: when we got out there yesterday, had the pads on, Man,
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  Speaker 2: they practiced hard. You know, you felt a little bit
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  Speaker 2: of a buzz, You felt intentionality at practice. You know,
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  Speaker 2: you're still coaching, there's still stuff to correct and fix.
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  Speaker 2: But I thought that the guys came out yesterday quiet.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes okay, you know, I'm sure we're you know, there's
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  Speaker 2: still some ticked off.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's okay to be ticked off.
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  Speaker 2: But as long as our the way that we approach
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  Speaker 2: practice and the way that we approach this game is
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  Speaker 2: rooted in man, we can't let you know, never never again, right,
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  Speaker 2: and if we can use it as motivation a learning moment,
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  Speaker 2: And that's how practice maybe was yesterday. In some ways,
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  Speaker 2: I thought, I thought it was good getting longer.
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  Speaker 3: To go through the season, and when you look at that,
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  Speaker 3: guys get opportunities to show up. I mean, I know
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  Speaker 3: that sometimes there's a strain on the maybe the game
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  Speaker 3: player or on the team, but how big is it
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  Speaker 3: for those guys that kind of embrace that moment and
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  Speaker 3: stuff up huge.
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  Speaker 2: I mean you look at I know Tim Patrick did
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  Speaker 2: not show up in a stat column this past Sunday. Right,
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  Speaker 2: Tim Patrick played his tail off and blocked his tail off,
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  Speaker 2: ran routes full speed, was open. You know a few
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  Speaker 2: times that either we couldn't get it to him or
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  Speaker 2: you know, whatever it was, maybe the ball wasn't going
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  Speaker 2: his way. But guys like that that have you know,
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  Speaker 2: continue to do right longer. And that's ultimately what it
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  Speaker 2: comes down to when when you do have injuries and
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  Speaker 2: you do have a talented roster, guys that have worked
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  Speaker 2: their tails off to stay the course, that maybe haven't
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  Speaker 2: made a million plays for us thus far this season,
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  Speaker 2: but are going to be ready and prepare when their
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  Speaker 2: number is called.
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  Speaker 1: I do think we.
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  Speaker 2: Have a group of guys that that's important to that
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  Speaker 2: are that next man up mentality, And yeah, that list
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  Speaker 2: is long.
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  Speaker 4: To that point. You obviously were part of a pretty
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  Speaker 4: banged up Bucks team last year, but where and then let.
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  Speaker 2: Alone the twenty twenty two rams right challenges in practice
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  Speaker 2: the last two days to have enough guys to do
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  Speaker 2: what you want to do a little bit, Yeah, I
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  Speaker 2: mean we had a few show team dbs playing wide out,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and guys bouncing around from a few different
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  Speaker 2: positions to do that. And look, it's it's a it's
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  Speaker 2: all part of adversity, right it is. It's just all
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  Speaker 2: part of an NFL season and that a lot of
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  Speaker 2: teams have gone through, not just us or the Bucks
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  Speaker 2: last season or the Rams that unual. It's part of
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  Speaker 2: it and it is a balance though of I know
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  Speaker 2: Wednesday specifically this week.
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  Speaker 1: Like I think a lot of the guys were itching.
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  Speaker 2: They wanted to go full speed, they wanted to come
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  Speaker 2: more so to help get some of that taste out
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  Speaker 2: a little bit and to just go, man, go cut
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  Speaker 2: it loose a little bit in a moment at practice.
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  Speaker 2: But I'm glad we were able to do that yesterday
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  Speaker 2: more and you could feel that from the guys. So yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's a balancing act when it comes to the way
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  Speaker 2: that you're trying to schedule the day for these guys
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  Speaker 2: and also your reps, Like the reps have to be
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  Speaker 2: very intentional. Who's getting what throw does Trevor these are
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  Speaker 2: the throws he needs to get.
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  Speaker 1: These are the routes that these guys need to get.
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  Speaker 2: They don't need to probably get that one, they've run
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  Speaker 2: that a million times, or they're not the primary.
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  Speaker 1: Let's move on. And so it's I have had.
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  Speaker 2: Some experience with the balancing act and ultimately Sunday's coming.
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  Speaker 4: If you're able to speak on it. Waving Colin Saunders
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  Speaker 4: and then elevating or signing Branson to the fifty three
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  Speaker 4: man roster number one, what went into that decision. But
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  Speaker 4: then also in terms of run defense, what do you
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  Speaker 4: need to see from that defensive front.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I have a lot of respect for Bank.
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  Speaker 2: It was you know, he came here. It was unfortunate
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  Speaker 2: just with the way things were from a depth standpoint,
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  Speaker 2: and we had an opportunity to get Branson up to
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  Speaker 2: the to the active roster, who's done a phenomenal job
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  Speaker 2: on on teams all year that when his number has
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  Speaker 2: been called. You know, that's just some of those decisions
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  Speaker 2: go into like, all right, hey, how do we Helmets
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  Speaker 2: are hard? You know, getting guys a hat on game day, man,
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  Speaker 2: it's it is, it's a challenge. So we just felt
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  Speaker 2: like for us moving forward, that was just kind of
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  Speaker 2: the benefit and the best thing for us moving forward
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  Speaker 2: and defensively in the run game, you know, you look
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  Speaker 2: at h we try to say, all right, we want
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  Speaker 2: to make people one dimensional, right and or get our
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  Speaker 2: opportunities to rush the passer. Well, we're getting a lot
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  Speaker 2: of drop back. First and foremost, Houston was able to
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  Speaker 2: maintain balance at the end of that previous game, whereas
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  Speaker 2: maybe in weeks prior we knocked out that run game
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  Speaker 2: a little bit better in the second half. Right, that's
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  Speaker 2: kind of what I've seen. We need to you know,
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  Speaker 2: look at when you're playing a four, I when you're playing.
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  Speaker 1: A three, when you're playing five, you're playing that.
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  Speaker 2: Just the techniques up front at the second level, how
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  Speaker 2: are we fitting these runs? Are we staying square? Are
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  Speaker 2: we just plugging or aimlessly running through? And our safety
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  Speaker 2: fits We looked at a little bit, okay, our depth
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  Speaker 2: at our safety position to start and then man, when
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  Speaker 2: we see you run, all right, we gotta go right.
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  Speaker 2: And so a lot of that goes into stopping the run.
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  Speaker 2: I think for the most part all year, I think
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  Speaker 2: we've done a solid job at that. It is so
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  Speaker 2: critical this week for us to be able to stop
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  Speaker 2: the run against these guys that we know they want
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  Speaker 2: to run the ball, so that we can get our
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  Speaker 2: ops on second We got to make third down a
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  Speaker 2: lot harder than it's been over the last few weeks.
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  Speaker 2: Third down has been way too three to five, then
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  Speaker 2: seven to nine, and that makes it a lot harder
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  Speaker 2: to convert when those third downs are better and it
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  Speaker 2: starts on first down.
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  Speaker 1: What do you like about guard X game love Dennis?
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  Speaker 2: You know he needs to continue to get more. When
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  Speaker 2: he's on the grass and he's going that way, it's man,
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  Speaker 2: good things have happened for us, and he's such a pro.
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  Speaker 2: All he cares about is the team and working his
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  Speaker 2: tail off every day. When he's out there and he's
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  Speaker 2: up against the tight end or an ol, whatever it is,
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  Speaker 2: he's going to do everything he can to shed and
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  Speaker 2: to strike and to make a play, But not because
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  Speaker 2: he's trying to do anything outside of the scheme, just
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  Speaker 2: because of his mentality and the way that he approaches it.
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  Speaker 2: So Dennis and I actually had a really good talk
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  Speaker 2: yesterday just out in the grass about staying the course,
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  Speaker 2: continuing to push forward, and that he's just feeling better
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  Speaker 2: and better as he gets going.
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  Speaker 1: So we got to get him more.
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  Speaker 4: The Chargers have four guys that all have at least
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  Speaker 4: four hundred and fifty receiving yards and we look at Malconkie, Johnston,
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  Speaker 4: Allen and Gadsden. How hard is that? And is that
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  Speaker 4: the most complete group that maybe you guys have faced
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  Speaker 4: this year.
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  Speaker 2: It's up there for sure. They're they're very detailed route runners.
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  Speaker 2: I think they have.
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  Speaker 1: They all compliment each other really well.
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  Speaker 2: And especially with Gadson being that big skill tight end,
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  Speaker 2: and they compliment each other well. Their route detail I
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  Speaker 2: think is very good. They're spacing in the past game
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  Speaker 2: you could tell it's understood, you know. I think that
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  Speaker 2: was something maybe over the last year, if you were
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  Speaker 2: looking at them, playing them last year was something that
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  Speaker 2: excuse me. They just needed to get continue to get
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  Speaker 2: better at maybe adding a piece to and you can
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  Speaker 2: see what that's done for that group and for that offense.
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  Speaker 2: And Justin's playing with confidence, letting the rip to those guys,
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  Speaker 2: understanding where they're going to be, the timing, and they're.
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  Speaker 1: Run after catch. They've all had run after catch.
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  Speaker 2: So it's definitely a talented unit that is going to
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  Speaker 2: challenge us for sure, and being able to sign outside
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  Speaker 2: for you guys, I would be kind of seeing any
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  Speaker 2: growth since Yeah, we've we've had a lot of conversations.
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  Speaker 2: We've had a lot of talks, We've had a lot
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  Speaker 2: of moments, and you know, he was definitely challenged a
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  Speaker 2: few weeks ago to you know, continue to do right
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  Speaker 2: and continue to go out there, and he, you know,
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  Speaker 2: he was frustrated too at times right and wanting to
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  Speaker 2: get out on the grass to help and go play,
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  Speaker 2: which I'm proud the way that he's responded and stayed
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  Speaker 2: the course, made some great plays for us on Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: He always plays and brings energy, which I do appreciate.
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  Speaker 2: And I mean I thought he triggered really well on
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  Speaker 2: the bubbles and some of the quicks outside obviously the
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  Speaker 2: big interception to start the game, the fourth down stop
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  Speaker 2: where he made the great play on the mesh.
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  Speaker 1: I'm excited for Jarring.
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  Speaker 2: I hope that we can continue to build off of
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  Speaker 2: this positive momentum because he's a guy that you know,
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  Speaker 2: when he's up and he's bouncing around and he's doing
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  Speaker 2: right and everybody's communicating at a high level, like he's
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  Speaker 2: somebody that can be infectious that way.
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  Speaker 4: Your conversations with Josh and trade on that, especially after
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  Speaker 4: saying the pass reffort, just the four guys, it's got too.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, And look when I say that it's got, it's
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  Speaker 2: got to be with the coverage though too. Now, you know,
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  Speaker 2: like it has to match you look at all the best.
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  Speaker 1: You know, look at the Eagles last year, right, guys.
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  Speaker 2: Right, if we're just talking about I read one of
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  Speaker 2: the charge Y Lineman's you know, comments about like if
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  Speaker 2: you could rush four right and play coverage with seven,
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  Speaker 2: that is typically a good thing, right, Like I'm releasing
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  Speaker 2: four right, if you can rush with four and my
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  Speaker 2: halfback is kind of helping to maybe chip somebody. Well,
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  Speaker 2: now you truly have four against seven, I think those
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  Speaker 2: odds are usually gonna be in the defense's favor if
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  Speaker 2: you're pattern matching the right way and the coverage is
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  Speaker 2: really getting a little bit more less aired out and
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  Speaker 2: having a little bit less air to the coverage, understanding
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  Speaker 2: third and three third and five second and eight second
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  Speaker 2: and twelve where the sticks, what's the It all kind
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  Speaker 2: of goes together. So the conversations with those two have
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  Speaker 2: been very positive this week, very positive. And there's an
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  Speaker 2: accountability factor for all of us involved, those guys and
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  Speaker 2: us as coaches to all, right, are we coaching it
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  Speaker 2: the right way every single day? To have the details
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  Speaker 2: show up on passing downs to where the coverage and
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  Speaker 2: the rush are matching each other. And at the end
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  Speaker 2: of the day, man, just go, guys, don't don't think
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  Speaker 2: about it. Just cut it loose, run it go and
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  Speaker 2: get off the rock. Just get off the rock.
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  Speaker 1: And go man.
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  Speaker 2: And not saying we're gonna stop the run on our
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  Speaker 2: way to the passer, but a little bit of that mentality,
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  Speaker 2: especially in some of those second downs. Man, just let's
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  Speaker 2: hunt a little bit here, man, you know. And they
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  Speaker 2: had great combos this week. Less versatility on that line. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: very very pleased with Cole as the whole season, right.
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  Speaker 2: He came in and obviously multiple instances have helped us
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  Speaker 2: either get through games, starting games. I thought, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Cole's just he does the preparation, the trust that he
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  Speaker 2: has in that room with those guys. It's a good
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  Speaker 2: group that trust each other. So I have a ton
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  Speaker 2: of faith in Cole. This week's step been in if
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  Speaker 2: he has to and continue to keep playing.
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  Speaker 1: At a high level for us. So his pad level,
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  Speaker 1: we talked about.
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  Speaker 2: Wanting to continue to improve and staying lower and when
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  Speaker 2: he's lower, uh, he's able to be a little bit
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  Speaker 2: more explosive.
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  Speaker 1: So I've been very pleased with Cole. How much of
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  Speaker 1: a relief is it just to see him back on practically,
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  Speaker 1: it's great to have him back out there. You know,
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  Speaker 1: it's you. You want him out there as much as
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  Speaker 1: you can.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously, we're continuing to take it day by day, and
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  Speaker 2: but I just know that, you know, obviously we're better,
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  Speaker 2: We're a better offense right when when he's out on
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  Speaker 2: the grass and I know how much he wants it,
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  Speaker 2: I know how much he's put into his rehab in
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  Speaker 2: the time off, so you know, hopefully we can continue
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  Speaker 2: to get more, all right, guys, Yeah,