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Press Pass | Doug Pederson: "We focus on the future, focus on the present and trying to get better." · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

• 0:03
  Speaker 1: I you know, I guess you can kind of.
• 0:05
  Speaker 2: Look at it that way.
• 0:06
  Speaker 1: You know, we were fortunate enough to to make the
• 0:09
  Speaker 1: postseason and and play him again then. But it's a
• 0:14
  Speaker 1: good football team, you know, it's uh, they're well coached,
• 0:17
  Speaker 1: it's a discipline group, great players over there, great quarterback
• 0:22
  Speaker 1: you know, obviously with Chris Jones, gives him a a
• 0:24
  Speaker 1: shot on defense there. And and we'll see where Kelsey's
• 0:26
  Speaker 1: at this week. And you know, and and we've got
• 0:31
  Speaker 1: to look at what we did last year or what
• 0:33
  Speaker 1: we didn't do. You know, there were some opportunities we missed.
• 0:36
  Speaker 1: You know that we've got to take a look at
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  Speaker 1: those and just make sure we capitalize and and uh,
• 0:40
  Speaker 1: we know it's gonna be you know, a four quarter
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  Speaker 1: physical football game.
• 0:44
  Speaker 3: Is there? Is there really a way to game plan
• 0:46
  Speaker 3: for Travis Kelsey? He played him a couple of times now,
• 0:49
  Speaker 3: but I mean, I is is he sort of I
• 0:51
  Speaker 3: don't know a.
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  Speaker 4: Cloud game planning is the right term, but do you
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  Speaker 4: know what I.
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  Speaker 2: Mean kind of? I mean he's a difficult tight end.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they they move him all over the place
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  Speaker 1: with motions and formations and different things, and he's very shifty,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and elusive that way, and it is hard
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  Speaker 1: to defend him, you know. But you have to have
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  Speaker 1: a plan, you know, you have to go in with
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  Speaker 1: a plan. You can't, I don't think not have a
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  Speaker 1: plan for it, you know. So yeah, we'll, uh, we'll
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  Speaker 1: be prepared for it, and you know, for him and
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  Speaker 1: and just see where he's at.
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  Speaker 3: You're finding the lead. You're very familiar with the idea
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  Speaker 3: of it. When players don't work, a lot of times
• 1:28
  Speaker 3: the criticism goes on the coordinator. Could you talk about
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  Speaker 3: the context of game planning in terms of that it's
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  Speaker 3: not just the coordinator that there's a lot of a
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  Speaker 3: lot of the a lot of coaches that have input
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  Speaker 3: into a game plan.
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  Speaker 2: So can you talk a little bit about it. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's not just the coordinator.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, it's it is You're right, it's it's
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  Speaker 1: not just the coordinator, although he's in charge, you know obviously,
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  Speaker 1: And and yet you know, we we sort of implore
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  Speaker 1: our staff, our assistants, you know, different different aspects of
• 2:00
  Speaker 1: the game plan and let them focus on that because
• 2:04
  Speaker 1: you you can watch it all, but you really can't
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  Speaker 1: study it the way you want to study it, you know.
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  Speaker 2: And this is why you you.
• 2:10
  Speaker 1: Know, you hire for in my case, you hire you know,
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  Speaker 1: coaches who have had game plan experience, who have done
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  Speaker 1: certain things within within an offense, and they can all assist,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the coordinator and they can help the coordinator
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  Speaker 1: in those planning moments. The coordinator obviously has final say,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and what goes into the plan, but it does,
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  Speaker 1: it does help him as he prepares, you know, for
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  Speaker 1: the week, and and and it's not just about putting
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  Speaker 1: the right plays in the game plan. It's also scheduling
• 2:44
  Speaker 1: practice and who's doing the scripts and cards and who's
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  Speaker 1: breaking down tape and all those kinds of things during
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  Speaker 1: the week as well. So you know, there's a lot
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  Speaker 1: more to it than just putting plays together.
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  Speaker 3: Coordinator has final say, but ultimately isn't the head coach
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  Speaker 3: that you know, I mean, you have veto power.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah I can.
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  Speaker 1: I can say go for it, he can call the play,
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  Speaker 1: you know, but we're we're all listen. Those are those
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  Speaker 1: are things that that we're on board before we get there, right.
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  Speaker 1: Those are all conversations and situations that have been discussed.
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  Speaker 2: Prior to the game.
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  Speaker 1: And and so we're on the same page with the
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  Speaker 1: decision number one, uh and number two the play call
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  Speaker 1: at that time.
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  Speaker 3: Generally speaking, how many coaches in your experience in Philly
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  Speaker 3: and in here are really involved in putting the game
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  Speaker 3: plan together? Is a three four and the offensive game plan?
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  Speaker 1: I mean that you're talking about on staff on a
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  Speaker 1: on a normal staff, Yeah, I mean for us, it's
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  Speaker 1: it's all of them, you know, quite honestly, you know,
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  Speaker 1: some have some have more input than others, obviously, but
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  Speaker 1: because other and then other coaches are are geared more
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  Speaker 1: toward preparing, you know, preparing their meetings and their classrooms
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  Speaker 1: during the week. So but yeah, we we we we
• 4:01
  Speaker 1: challenge all our assistant position coaches to have some element
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  Speaker 1: of game planning.
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  Speaker 4: Not that this team needs a confidence boost or anything,
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  Speaker 4: but wouldn't say something about the where you guys are
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  Speaker 4: at if you knocked off the champs.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know, it's early, it's week two, you know,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of football ahead. You know, obviously it's a
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  Speaker 1: it'd be a great win for us, But you know,
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  Speaker 1: quite frankly, it's not how you start, it's how you finish,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and you know I know this with a
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  Speaker 1: with a coach read led team, you know, his team's
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  Speaker 1: always finished fast and it doesn't matter what happens early
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  Speaker 1: in September, you know, and you know for us, yes,
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  Speaker 1: I mean it would be a great opportunity to pull
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  Speaker 1: one out and and a little bit of a benchmark,
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  Speaker 1: I think to where we are as a football we've
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  Speaker 1: got to play better. By no means are we where
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  Speaker 1: we want to be too? You know, the Colts game
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  Speaker 1: was an indication of that. So we got some work
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  Speaker 1: to do ourselves that.
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  Speaker 4: Sorry, have you found that betweens week weeks one and
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  Speaker 4: week two you clean Most teams clean that stuff up.
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  Speaker 2: You do.
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  Speaker 1: After having a full game and the guys play and
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  Speaker 1: seeing the mistakes and you know, the excitement of week
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  Speaker 1: one is not there anymore. Yeah, the mistakes go away
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  Speaker 1: a little bit. I don't think you're obviously a finished
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  Speaker 1: product by week two or week three.
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  Speaker 2: I think you're still a work in progress.
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  Speaker 5: But.
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  Speaker 2: You do see some of the metal mistakes going I guess.
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  Speaker 5: He gives an update on the injured guys. Sheriff Johnson
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  Speaker 5: Lacy Well.
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  Speaker 2: Antonio is still.
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  Speaker 1: You know, still aways you know from being back on
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  Speaker 1: the fields. He's rehabbing extremely well. You know, he's running
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  Speaker 1: and and doing the straight line stuff. He hasn't done
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  Speaker 1: much football st yet, so he's in a good place.
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  Speaker 2: You know. Brandon, Brandon's day to day. You know, we'll
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  Speaker 2: see where he's at.
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  Speaker 1: You we'll get the walk through coming up in practice,
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  Speaker 1: but chances are he doesn't go today and we'll just
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  Speaker 1: we'll just kind of rest him there. You know. Luke's
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  Speaker 1: another one that's that's day to day. But he's probably
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  Speaker 1: a little further ahead than Brandon is right now, but
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  Speaker 1: you know, optimistic that he can maybe get some work
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  Speaker 1: in today.
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  Speaker 5: Europe for this week. Do you bring up the playoff
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  Speaker 5: game to the guys at all?
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  Speaker 3: Have you?
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  Speaker 5: Or is that one just completely flushed?
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  Speaker 2: No? I don't.
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  Speaker 1: I don't bring it up, even though it's in our
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  Speaker 1: it's in our cutups. You know, it's in the it's
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  Speaker 1: in the the tape study for this week and and
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  Speaker 1: all of that. But I don't really go back. You know,
• 6:47
  Speaker 1: it's why they call it history. You know, it's in
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  Speaker 1: the past, and uh we focus on on the future,
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  Speaker 1: focus on the present and trying to get better.
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  Speaker 2: You know, today you answered this, but what's Luke dealing
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  Speaker 2: with sparting an uh lower body.
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  Speaker 3: Chris back, what kind of challenge is that for the
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  Speaker 3: interior line.
• 7:08
  Speaker 1: Great player, I mean great player has a has a
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  Speaker 1: big impact on the past game. Obviously, he can push
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  Speaker 1: the pocket, can line up at defensive end, you know,
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  Speaker 1: which you would anticipate him doing that, you know, you know,
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  Speaker 1: so yeah, you gotta you gotta kind of know where
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  Speaker 1: he's going to be, you know, on the defensive line.
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  Speaker 1: And and it's always a challenge. He's he's a load
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  Speaker 1: in there, and uh, you got to make sure you
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  Speaker 1: have not just two, but maybe four four hands on him,
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  Speaker 1: you know, to to try to stop his momentum.
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  Speaker 3: Where is his rank in terms of hard guys to
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  Speaker 3: get down quarterback wife currently?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah?
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  Speaker 3: Well, yeah, I mean how hard is it? How hard?
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  Speaker 2: He's probably the number one guy to get on the ground.
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  Speaker 1: He's so elusive either either the balls coming out quick
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  Speaker 1: or he has the ability to make guys miss and
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  Speaker 1: and extend play.
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  Speaker 2: And and that's that's a challenge, and that's hard.
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  Speaker 1: You know, There's there's been some good ones that can
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  Speaker 1: do that, but but he right now currently is probably
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  Speaker 1: probably the.
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  Speaker 2: Best at it. You know.
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  Speaker 1: Plus he has great vision down the field once he's
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  Speaker 1: outside the pocket too, and and his guys do a
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  Speaker 1: nice job in the in the scramble drill, you know
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  Speaker 1: as we call it, and they do a great job
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  Speaker 1: of working for.
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  Speaker 2: Him down down the field. So very very hard to uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, get on the ground.
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  Speaker 4: Expectation when you go into a game to get it said,
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  Speaker 4: we're probably not going to get him down.
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  Speaker 2: Well, no, your expectation is you try. The expectation is
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  Speaker 2: you want to get him on the ground.
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  Speaker 3: But you don't. You kind of figure because of all
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  Speaker 3: the stuff you said, I mean, that's kind of who
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  Speaker 3: he is.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it's you know, it doesn't mean you
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  Speaker 1: stop your pass rush. You got to continue to pursue
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  Speaker 1: and and it then it then it challenges your back
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  Speaker 1: end guys right to make sure that they uh stay
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  Speaker 1: close to the receivers and tight ends and but yeah,
• 9:02
  Speaker 1: it's a challenge. You know, obviously do your best you
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  Speaker 1: can to get him down from which.
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  Speaker 3: Of the game is against Kansas City, he's getting to
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  Speaker 3: the fourth quarter and being mentally able to handle everything.
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  Speaker 2: That comes with playing the homes of the Jews.
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  Speaker 3: Meaning they're relentless and you've got them in a situation
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  Speaker 3: to get out of that situation about being mentally tough,
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  Speaker 3: all the way through.
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  Speaker 2: To the end.
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  Speaker 1: You know, as the game progresses, they get better, right,
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  Speaker 1: and and so that's something that that is a challenge
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  Speaker 1: for us, you know. And one of the things that
• 9:34
  Speaker 1: we've been able to do most recently is is is
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  Speaker 1: the same thing, you know, get better kind of as
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  Speaker 1: the game progresses and get into the fourth quarter. And
• 9:44
  Speaker 1: evident of that last week, you know, and and how
• 9:47
  Speaker 1: we you know, we're able to score, defense gets the stops,
• 9:51
  Speaker 1: things like that, and and you know, it could it
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  Speaker 1: could come down to that, right, It could come down
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  Speaker 1: to a kick. It could come down to whoever has
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  Speaker 1: the ball last, which you know, you do look at
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  Speaker 1: the playoff game, right and if we don't, we don't fumble,
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  Speaker 1: hopefully you score. You're down three with you know, five
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  Speaker 1: minutes to go, you get to you know, so it's
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  Speaker 1: gonna come down to those types of types of moments,
• 10:13
  Speaker 1: and you know, we've got to be prepared for that.
• 10:18
  Speaker 1: You know, not only is it coaching staff, but as
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  Speaker 1: players and and but anytime you're playing you know, these
• 10:24
  Speaker 1: types of teams, you've.
• 10:26
  Speaker 2: Got to be you've got to be ready for that
• 10:28
  Speaker 2: fourth quarter.
• 10:29
  Speaker 5: Last season with Juwan Taylor, after last week's game, a
• 10:32
  Speaker 5: lot of people were focused on his get off at
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  Speaker 5: the snap. Is that something that you've you've seen it
• 10:36
  Speaker 5: in person, that you've talked to the reps about before
• 10:38
  Speaker 5: the game or I'm.
• 10:40
  Speaker 1: Sure they've been notified, you know, after that that first
• 10:44
  Speaker 1: game on Thursday night. But again, good player, we know
• 10:48
  Speaker 1: who he is. You know, he did the same thing here.
• 10:50
  Speaker 1: He has great anticipation, you know with the snap count,
• 10:55
  Speaker 1: you know, optimistic our crowd will be lost, you know,
• 10:59
  Speaker 1: loud and and you know if they use the silent count,
• 11:02
  Speaker 1: he does a great job of getting you know, getting
• 11:04
  Speaker 1: off the ball there too as well. And I mean
• 11:08
  Speaker 1: if they don't call it, if they don't call it,
• 11:09
  Speaker 1: you know, there's only so much you can say.
• 11:13
  Speaker 5: Is there any creatives that maybe Josh Allen knowing Jawana
• 11:16
  Speaker 5: a little better maybe most offense tackles or even by servant.
• 11:19
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think there's you know, obviously that familiarity being
• 11:23
  Speaker 1: teammates for several years and kind of knowing each other
• 11:27
  Speaker 1: a little bit.
• 11:27
  Speaker 2: There.
• 11:29
  Speaker 1: Uh, it's gonna be a good, good little matchup to watch,
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  Speaker 1: you know, whether it's Josh or Trayvon you know over
• 11:35
  Speaker 1: there and and you know, Jowan's a really good young
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  Speaker 1: football player that you know played well last week and
• 11:43
  Speaker 1: against another fine young you know, defensive end and and
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  Speaker 1: our you know, our two guys, their work works cut
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  Speaker 1: out for him.
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  Speaker 4: Sticks with you most from that playoff game, is it
• 11:53
  Speaker 4: was it the ninety eight yard drive, the humble you
• 11:55
  Speaker 4: talked about, or maybe not being able to get to
• 11:58
  Speaker 4: a hobble Patrick Malone, Yes, yes, yes, yes.
• 12:02
  Speaker 1: Yes, I just I just think of it. You know,
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  Speaker 1: there were some missed opportunities by us. You know, obviously
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  Speaker 1: those that you mentioned, I mean, those are those are critical,
• 12:13
  Speaker 1: and those are big and and all of that. But
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  Speaker 1: you know, I felt like too, we you know, just
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  Speaker 1: missed the opportunities that were there. Whether you know, whether
• 12:22
  Speaker 1: that's the outcome of the game or not, who knows,
• 12:24
  Speaker 1: but you know, maybe fortunately for us, it's a learning experience,
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  Speaker 1: right and and something that our young football team can
• 12:31
  Speaker 1: take away from moments like that. You know, when when
• 12:34
  Speaker 1: you're playing good teams like this and defending world championship teams,
• 12:39
  Speaker 1: you can't make those mistakes, you know, and and expect
• 12:43
  Speaker 1: to win.
• 12:44
  Speaker 5: Some of the guys have used the words like this
• 12:45
  Speaker 5: game's personal or called it a playoff game type game.
• 12:49
  Speaker 5: Do you like the guys going to the game thinking
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  Speaker 5: about it like that.
• 12:53
  Speaker 1: I think it draws attention focus, you know, to the players.
• 12:57
  Speaker 1: You know that they see it that way. And look,
• 13:00
  Speaker 1: I've been on the other side of this too, you know,
• 13:04
  Speaker 1: where when you're the defending champion, the bull's eyes on
• 13:06
  Speaker 1: your back, right and you have you know, you're getting
• 13:09
  Speaker 1: everybody's best each week, and and so I can understand
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  Speaker 1: that from from both sides.
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  Speaker 2: And and but yeah, I think it. I think it.
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  Speaker 1: It draws the focus, you know, internally, keeps it about
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  Speaker 1: us and what we're trying to do. And you know,
• 13:24
  Speaker 1: as I said, it's a it's a long season. But
• 13:27
  Speaker 1: it's great to have matchups like this early to see
• 13:29
  Speaker 1: where you're at.
• 13:29
  Speaker 2: The football teams