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Trevor Lawrence: "We have something special here." | Postgame Press Conference | Week 16 · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Just you know, doing whatever it takes to win. I
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  Speaker 1: think that's what it obviously comes down to. And this
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  Speaker 1: this game, Um, we felt really good about just our ability.
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  Speaker 1: If we can hold onto the ball, we can put
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  Speaker 1: points on the board consistently. Our defense is gonna step
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  Speaker 1: up just like they did because they're the other offense
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  Speaker 1: is dealing with the same thing. So um and then
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  Speaker 1: when our numbers called in the passing game, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we made enough plays. Obviously it was a little sloppy
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  Speaker 1: and there's gonna be a lot of stuff to correct,
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  Speaker 1: and the elements played a little bit of a factor.
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  Speaker 1: But the end of the day, we made the plays
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  Speaker 1: that we needed to make, and we left some out
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  Speaker 1: there for sure, But we played a complete game. Just
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  Speaker 1: as far as our defense, you know, having our back
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  Speaker 1: even early. Obviously, ball securities what we talked about, that
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  Speaker 1: was the biggest thing. And had a fumble in the
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  Speaker 1: first drive and so that was that was a bad play,
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  Speaker 1: but uh, defense stepped up. I mean, that was the
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  Speaker 1: only points they got and they got it what on
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  Speaker 1: the fifteen yard line or something, so sorry. Um So,
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  Speaker 1: I mean you look at that and our defense pretty
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  Speaker 1: much pitched to shut out. Besides that. So, um, it
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  Speaker 1: just a big win and just shows that this team
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  Speaker 1: is is growing and you know, we can win however
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  Speaker 1: it takes. You know, we don't have to put up
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  Speaker 1: forts to win. We don't have to have all these
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  Speaker 1: yards and throw the ball everything, you know what I mean,
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  Speaker 1: it's just whatever it takes to win. You know, we're
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  Speaker 1: able to do and to be able to adjust like
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  Speaker 1: this was was really good for us and those conditions
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  Speaker 1: short week. Um, is that what good teams do? Is
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  Speaker 1: that where you guys are right now? Yeah, I mean, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: good teams win games for sure. Uh they in this
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  Speaker 1: this point in the season. You got to and it's
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  Speaker 1: where we're at. Um. We understand the task in front
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  Speaker 1: of us, and I've said that the last couple of weeks.
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  Speaker 1: Every games that must win for us. And that's how
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  Speaker 1: we're treating it. And we understand that and we love it.
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  Speaker 1: You know, that's the that's the position we put ourselves in,
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  Speaker 1: good and bad. You know. So we're you know, we
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  Speaker 1: love where we're at. We love the momentum we have.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean good, good teams win win these
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  Speaker 1: games because you got to, um, And so yeah, it
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  Speaker 1: was it was a great day. A lot better feeling
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  Speaker 1: this time around and when we were when we were
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  Speaker 1: here last year. So it's good. How much is the
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  Speaker 1: belief that you guys had even when it wasn't going
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  Speaker 1: well really this season paying off? I think that makes
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  Speaker 1: it even better, to be honest, just to see kind
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  Speaker 1: of what we've battled through the ups and downs. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I've said it before, this team lost five straight and October,
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  Speaker 1: So to look at just where we were and where
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  Speaker 1: we are now and by no means have we arrived.
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  Speaker 1: We got two big games in front of us, and
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  Speaker 1: we hadn't done anything yet. You know, we still got
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  Speaker 1: a lot of work. We still got our work cut
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  Speaker 1: out for us. So but just to see how the
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  Speaker 1: team's grown, um, how we've stuck together, you know, especially
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  Speaker 1: just the staff and the coaches, the confidence they've had
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  Speaker 1: in us. I've said it a couple of times. I think,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the staff and especially coach Peterson has had
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  Speaker 1: belief in us even when maybe we didn't at the beginning.
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  Speaker 1: You know, things were crazy, and I think just him
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  Speaker 1: having that confidence in us is we kind of realized
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  Speaker 1: like we have something special here and we had to
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  Speaker 1: kind of figure out what we wanted to do before
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  Speaker 1: we got too late. And you know, we made adjustments
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  Speaker 1: and really started playing our best ball at the right time.
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  Speaker 1: And it's about getting better every week. And and this one,
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  Speaker 1: this one ain't gonna carry over in Houston next week,
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  Speaker 1: so we got to go back to work. And um,
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  Speaker 1: but I just love love the momentum, the energy we
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  Speaker 1: have right now. How important was that ninety six yard
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  Speaker 1: drive just for you guys to get that momentum to
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  Speaker 1: to just keep it rolling. Yeah, I mean you look
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  Speaker 1: at like I said that. The turnover early obviously put
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  Speaker 1: our defense in a tough spot. They got to stop
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  Speaker 1: for us. And then to be able I don't know
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  Speaker 1: if it was the next drive, maybe the one after that,
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  Speaker 1: but to be able to put a drivegither like that,
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  Speaker 1: obviously in a game like this, eat a lot of
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  Speaker 1: the clock, you know, have a methodical drive and then
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  Speaker 1: ending points a touchdown. You know, that's that's huge. Um,
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  Speaker 1: And then you kind of put them in a position
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  Speaker 1: to where you go up by a couple of scores.
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  Speaker 1: Then they they have to throw the ball more. The
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  Speaker 1: elements aren't great, you can kind of you get the
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  Speaker 1: ball back quicker and quicker, and um, so it was
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  Speaker 1: it was big just to answer and to respond and
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  Speaker 1: to have a drive like that. And I mean that
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  Speaker 1: defense is really good. I don't know what how many
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  Speaker 1: points they give up per game, but it's really really
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  Speaker 1: low and another top top five defense. So they you know,
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  Speaker 1: they played really well. That's also part of it, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the elements, but also that's a really good defense. So
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  Speaker 1: now I was proud of the guys for for executing
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  Speaker 1: the game plan and doing what we had to do
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  Speaker 1: to win. Do for you and your rhythm when you
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  Speaker 1: guys can get those quick perimeter passes earlier there going
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  Speaker 1: for I mean explosive plays on on on layups, and
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  Speaker 1: that's what you know, the guys done a great job
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  Speaker 1: of this year is just you know, getting the ball
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  Speaker 1: in space, and our our yards after catch have been
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  Speaker 1: have been really good. And just guys in the perimeter
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  Speaker 1: blocking for one another, guys in the perimeter blocking in
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  Speaker 1: the run game just epitomizes what the team's about. You know,
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  Speaker 1: everybody's unselfish. They want to see that we want to win.
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  Speaker 1: And that's really like, no one really cares about who
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  Speaker 1: gets the credit, who gets the gets the yards, who
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  Speaker 1: gets whatever. You know, it's really about just just doing
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  Speaker 1: whatever it takes to win. And that's what you see
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  Speaker 1: from those guys out there. You've talked about him a
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  Speaker 1: little bit before, but everything in the last three weeks
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  Speaker 1: has just been productive. Last sixteen weeks, he's been really,
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  Speaker 1: really good. So the numbers maybe have been a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: I got you. I'm just messed around. But yeah, he's
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  Speaker 1: Evan's awesome. What has he done for this office? Just
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he's a guy that can really do anything.
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  Speaker 1: He's he's a really good blocker. Obviously, has a lot
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  Speaker 1: of speed, you know, so you can you can use
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  Speaker 1: them a lot of different ways on the perimeter, in
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  Speaker 1: the passing game, you can move from inside, outside, emotional,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you can just do so much with him.
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  Speaker 1: So add adds that element that stress on the defense
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  Speaker 1: of it's a tight end. But you can't just put
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  Speaker 1: anybody on Evan, you know, you have to really think
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  Speaker 1: about that matchup. And UM, I think that adds that
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  Speaker 1: adds some difficulty to teams that we play. UM and
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  Speaker 1: just the way he's he's so good after the catch too,
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  Speaker 1: so physical, UM, And I mean that's it. There's a
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  Speaker 1: lot of things, but he's he's been playing great and
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  Speaker 1: happy for him. So it's great that you took the
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  Speaker 1: hardesty you've taken. Na. That's fine, it's fine. I'm good.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. It didn't hurt the worst, but it
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  Speaker 1: got me pretty good. I saw on the Jumbo tron,
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  Speaker 1: so he got me. Not really what you want in
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  Speaker 1: that situation, so I need to probably throw that one
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  Speaker 1: away a little earlier Christmas. W do you have By
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  Speaker 1: the way, I have a couple. You know, this is
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  Speaker 1: actually four Yer's brand right here, so shout out for you.
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  Speaker 1: He told him i'd wear and he said to make
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  Speaker 1: sure I give the pitch. So, um, it's good. It's
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  Speaker 1: it's good. I told him I haven't even watched it yet,
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  Speaker 1: so it's pretty comfortable. So it's it's good. Travis got
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  Speaker 1: to a thousand yards stay on the season. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: just just to see his growth throughout the whole year
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  Speaker 1: after what he had to deal with last year. You know,
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  Speaker 1: how happy are you for him? And what does it
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  Speaker 1: say about him as a player. Yeah, I'm just the
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  Speaker 1: way he's bounced back obviously had a big injury last
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  Speaker 1: year and not being able to play, and just the
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  Speaker 1: way he's been, you know, just came to work every
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  Speaker 1: day had been consistent. Um, it's been awesome. I mean
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  Speaker 1: it's kind of like his rookie year and I think
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  Speaker 1: he's just handled himself great and really mature and um
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  Speaker 1: just done a lot of good things for us. He's
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  Speaker 1: really changed our offense as far as just explosive runs,
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  Speaker 1: just the big playability that he creates. If he has
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  Speaker 1: a crease, you know, he could take it, he could
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  Speaker 1: take it to the house. So I mean, just what
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  Speaker 1: he's been able to do for us has been great. UM,
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  Speaker 1: just keep building off of it. Obviously, Like guys up
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  Speaker 1: front are pumped at the end of the game. They're like,
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  Speaker 1: we gotta get him to a thousand. You know, they
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  Speaker 1: knew we were close. So it's it's cool just seeing
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  Speaker 1: just seeing that everybody like rooting for each other and
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  Speaker 1: that feeling has been really cool. So awesome. Thank you,
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  Speaker 1: Merry Christmas.