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  Speaker 1: You just walk us through the decision to release start
• 0:02
  Speaker 1: Off Savage and what.
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  Speaker 2: Went into that yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, just at the end of the day, you know,
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  Speaker 1: wish them nothing but the best and uh, you know
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  Speaker 1: best just at this time, best for both parties, you know,
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  Speaker 1: for him to have a runway to go and get
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  Speaker 1: on the grass and uh, you know, wish him nothing
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  Speaker 1: but the best of When he talked to you on Monday,
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  Speaker 1: you said, after that you're going to talk to Brian Thomas.
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  Speaker 2: H How did the conversation go. Where's his head at
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  Speaker 2: right now? Yeah?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, just to think anybody on this team, nobody
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  Speaker 1: was pleased with the outcome, right and we have some
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  Speaker 1: good conversations, really good conversations, and everybody was frustrated. But
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  Speaker 1: at the end of the day, he's got a great
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  Speaker 1: opportunity to bounce back, as does the rest of our team,
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  Speaker 1: and and feel really confident about that is getting him
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  Speaker 1: on the right track.
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  Speaker 2: For this office to be I guess what it can be.
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  Speaker 2: Ye's huge.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you've got a very talented player that we
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  Speaker 1: want to continue to try to get the most out
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  Speaker 1: of and put him in a position to continue to
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  Speaker 1: be successful and stay and continue to have his back.
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  Speaker 2: With Travis Hunter on practice.
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  Speaker 1: Have you guys found a sweet spot how to divide
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  Speaker 1: this week and how to make sides? I think so
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  Speaker 1: you look at I think we were very intentional last
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  Speaker 1: week specifically about some of the volume and mileas that
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  Speaker 1: we were looking at deploying, and it showed up on Sunday.
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  Speaker 1: You know, there's definitely things to clean up about that
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  Speaker 1: in terms of detailing the preparation and making sure that
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  Speaker 1: all the formations, all the alignms. But we can help
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  Speaker 1: him too and maybe simplify some of that stuff as
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  Speaker 1: well for him. But very you know, very happy with
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  Speaker 1: where things were last week in terms of our organization
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  Speaker 1: with him his preparation, and you know, we kind of
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  Speaker 1: continue to do that this week as we continue to
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  Speaker 1: just evaluate how many snaps and what it looks, what
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  Speaker 1: it's going to look like each week. Off guys, off
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  Speaker 1: and say Aleard Curve spread West receivers a postal corner
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  Speaker 1: and that is that it's right now. Honestly, guys, it's
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  Speaker 1: it's pretty split up. It's pretty fifty to fifty at
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  Speaker 1: the moment. But the extra work that he's putting in,
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  Speaker 1: you know, on his own earlier in the mornings before
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  Speaker 1: meetings even get started on his own on both sides. So, uh,
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  Speaker 1: he does have to do I don't want to call
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  Speaker 1: it double time, but it is in a lot of
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  Speaker 1: ways a little bit of double time. And so I
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  Speaker 1: thought he had a really intentional week last week. The
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  Speaker 1: way that he prepared, the way that he practiced was
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  Speaker 1: was exactly.
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  Speaker 2: What we're hunting up.
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  Speaker 1: So was was definitely pleased and hopefully it continues to
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  Speaker 1: carry over.
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  Speaker 2: Is that I mean?
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  Speaker 1: I think if anything, we we probably have a little
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  Speaker 1: bit more encouragement and excitement about where things went last
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  Speaker 1: week in terms of being able to handle that workload.
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  Speaker 2: And yeah, we've got.
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  Speaker 1: To manage it though, like it's something we are kind
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  Speaker 1: of instantly evaluating. We were just meeting a minute ago
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  Speaker 1: with Sports Siens with Chris Bach about that and with
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  Speaker 1: Jay Kaiser about his schedule and about what it looks like,
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  Speaker 1: what the mileage, what we're hoping to get out of today, tomorrow,
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  Speaker 1: the whole vision. So is it a concern, Oh, it's
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  Speaker 1: just something that we definitely need to make sure we're
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  Speaker 1: constantly evaluating and being able to tweak if necessary.
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  Speaker 3: And didn't Hunter how did the Texans challenge you from
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  Speaker 3: a post rush.
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  Speaker 1: Then, yeah, those guys, you know obviously being in that
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  Speaker 1: division in LA with San fran right, very very similar structure,
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  Speaker 1: the way that they come off the rock, the way
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  Speaker 1: that they want to disrupt. We have got to have
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  Speaker 1: another sound plan when it comes to protecting the quarterback,
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  Speaker 1: but also in the run game, you know, manufacturing different
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  Speaker 1: ways to manipulate those guys. Like I said, it takes
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  Speaker 1: all eleven, but specifically the way that they want to
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  Speaker 1: roll off and come off the rock and play talented.
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  Speaker 1: Got a lot of respect for the way that those
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  Speaker 1: guys play the game and can be very disruptive.
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  Speaker 2: Is it that you know on Monday night you have
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  Speaker 2: you have Tampa Bay going up against Houston just you know,
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  Speaker 2: obviously the scene's like a little different than that, but
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  Speaker 2: but just from your past there having.
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  Speaker 1: Going in LA week one, so we've got some good
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  Speaker 1: formations to work with, like you know, things that we
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  Speaker 1: formationally conceptually, things that we obviously have and and want
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  Speaker 1: to sometimes deploy that it really helps us get a
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  Speaker 1: good look at maybe how they'll adjust how they'll play
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  Speaker 1: certain formations, certain motions, certain concepts. What's been helpful, what
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  Speaker 1: hasn't worked? Things like that. I mean, those are all
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  Speaker 1: very you know, beneficial to have, you know, so it
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  Speaker 1: gives us just a little bit different inventory, especially going
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  Speaker 1: into only having two weeks.
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  Speaker 2: Right, but those are two weeks of good tape for us.
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  Speaker 3: How I know, half the locker room hasn't been here
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  Speaker 3: for the last over many years. And you guys too,
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  Speaker 3: But cognizant or aware of the fact that Houston is
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  Speaker 3: one of the stadium seven straight times, nine out of ten,
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  Speaker 3: does that be full trade the building in.
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  Speaker 2: A week like this, I think they're I think they're aware,
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  Speaker 2: you know.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, we've really tried not to look back much
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  Speaker 1: and and you know, out last year, whatever it is,
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  Speaker 1: we're trying to really go forward. And each year is
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  Speaker 1: a new year, Each week is a new week. And look,
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  Speaker 1: we've we've I think these guys are aware of what
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  Speaker 1: is at stake in terms of just the competitiveness between
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  Speaker 1: these two teams, and that we haven't had a ton
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  Speaker 1: of success, but that's that's the past and we're looking forward.
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  Speaker 1: And these guys I think have the right mentality the
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  Speaker 1: way that they're approaching things, the way that we competed
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  Speaker 1: in the first two games. Yeah, the outcome last week
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  Speaker 1: wasn't what we were hoping for, But these guys continue
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  Speaker 1: to play their tails off and are starting to continue
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  Speaker 1: to do it physically, and that's going to be this
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  Speaker 1: type of game.
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  Speaker 3: Strike a balance between in the communication between The game
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  Speaker 3: doesn't come down to one play, but when there is
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  Speaker 3: one play to be made, especially at the end of
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  Speaker 3: the game when you're running out of time, it's important
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  Speaker 3: to make them.
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  Speaker 1: That's a great point you try to really, you know,
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  Speaker 1: at the end of each game, man, guys, whether it's
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  Speaker 1: the refs, whether it's the opponent, whatever it is. Guys,
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  Speaker 1: look that that we control our outcome in so many ways.
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  Speaker 1: We try not to put it in other people's hands.
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  Speaker 1: So when are numbers called, when the opportunity presents, we've
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  Speaker 1: we've got to make those plays. It's the teams that
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  Speaker 1: make those plays usually win the game. And we've got
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  Speaker 1: to continue to learn to do that and to do
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  Speaker 1: it out here in practice. To put your mind through
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  Speaker 1: those situations as the work week goes, uh start to
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  Speaker 1: visualize yourself making those plays and putting yourself in those positions.
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  Speaker 1: But the thing that I do feel is there's a
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  Speaker 1: general confidence I think from this group right now, even
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  Speaker 1: after the result at the end of the last game. Frustrating, disappointing,
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  Speaker 1: but a great learning lesson for us to be able
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  Speaker 1: to go and say, hey, look as we got to
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  Speaker 1: take it out of it and we're not going to
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  Speaker 1: get a call. We're not gonna put it in other
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  Speaker 1: people's hands. We got to go take it and it's
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  Speaker 1: on us to go do that. Nobody else is gonna
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  Speaker 1: do it for us. Because the game was last year
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  Speaker 1: against the Texas when Trevor got hid advised he's out.
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  Speaker 3: Shuty Or, is there less of a worry about any
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  Speaker 3: kind of retaliation from you?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I wouldn't you know, if that's on our minds,
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  Speaker 1: then you know we're probably thinking about the wrong things
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  Speaker 1: right now.
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  Speaker 3: No, what do you say, Trevor about.
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  Speaker 2: The way that he can.
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  Speaker 1: Show that he's you know, continuing to respond is in
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  Speaker 1: his preparation and way that he's surgical with his footwork,
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  Speaker 1: with his reads, like playing the position at a high
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  Speaker 1: level and continuing to get better week in and week out,
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  Speaker 1: mastering their defensive scheme, knowing what's going to happen. You know,
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  Speaker 1: we're using the formations and motions to be able to
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  Speaker 1: undress the defense. Like being in playing the quarterback position
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  Speaker 1: at a high level and being a surgeon is how
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  Speaker 1: he can, uh if he feels that way, he hasn't
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  Speaker 1: brought it up or anything like that. So I just think,
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  Speaker 1: you know, continuing to focus on him, on us, on
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  Speaker 1: our guys, on our execution. You know, that's how you
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  Speaker 1: ultimately respond to anything.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 1: I think we have multiple different players that can catch
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  Speaker 1: them and do something with him, which I've appreciated, whether
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  Speaker 1: it's the receiver position, the running back position, or even
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  Speaker 1: the tight end position that you know, we had some
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  Speaker 1: up last week just didn't end up getting to And
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  Speaker 1: I think with our ol being a little bit more
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  Speaker 1: ath and having the ability to run in space really helps.
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  Speaker 1: And we've detailed the heck out of them. There's landmarks
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  Speaker 1: on every single screen in terms of where we're trying
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  Speaker 1: to catch it. What's the timing of the screen. Is
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  Speaker 1: it a two count screen, is it a three count screen,
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  Speaker 1: is it a set and go screen. You know, we've
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  Speaker 1: tried to detail the heck out of those just to hey, guys, like,
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  Speaker 1: because every look and every screen is different in its
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  Speaker 1: own entity, and so whether somebody blitz is we don't
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  Speaker 1: block blitzers. We just want to level up and go
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  Speaker 1: get our eyes inside this week, or hey, the when
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  Speaker 1: they blitz, the next player that you're going to look
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  Speaker 1: for is now up or.
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  Speaker 2: Outside this week.
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  Speaker 1: Trying to detail those things up for these guys so
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  Speaker 1: that they're prepared for any of those looks that could
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  Speaker 1: come up. And is it a screen that we like
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  Speaker 1: verse zone better or is it a screen that we
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  Speaker 1: like versus Man better, and some of those things and
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  Speaker 1: trying to set them up formationally important it's hints like
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  Speaker 1: the screen game.
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  Speaker 2: Or running game. Oh man, that's a great question.
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  Speaker 1: I think there's a huge balance there that you want
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  Speaker 1: to have. You look at Tampa. I think last week
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  Speaker 1: having that balance was okay. They ran for one hundred
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  Speaker 1: and seventy yards and also hit some screens that were
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  Speaker 1: ended up being explosive plays and game changing plays. So
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  Speaker 1: I think that's kind of the balance you're hunting up
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  Speaker 1: when you're talking about, you know, trying to neutralize darn
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  Speaker 1: good rushers and edge players to help these ol Like
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  Speaker 1: that's another way that you're helping the offensive line to
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  Speaker 1: not just sit there and say we're gonna drop back
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  Speaker 1: forty times and put these guys in a position to
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  Speaker 1: just go tee off and do what they do best.
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  Speaker 1: So it's the balance of all right, arkham, wham them,
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  Speaker 1: trap them, you know, crack them, screen them like that.
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  Speaker 1: Whole dynamic is something that we've got to be detailed
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  Speaker 1: and intentional about the week. When you start your process
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  Speaker 1: switch Houston yesterday or Monday, do you watch the game
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  Speaker 1: start to finish first, Start to finish first always, so
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  Speaker 1: it's kind of their their last game, start to finish,
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  Speaker 1: just to get a flow of that game, get a
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  Speaker 1: flow for the play callers on both sides, and really
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  Speaker 1: in all three phases, get a feel for within a game,
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  Speaker 1: who is either side of the ball trying to go
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  Speaker 1: attack in certain situations, you know, seeing who performs on
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  Speaker 1: third douns in the red zone and crunch time, who
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  Speaker 1: can we you know, go attack in some of those moments.
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  Speaker 1: And then you kind of jump into the formation cutups,
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  Speaker 1: the personnel cutups. Okay, where are they at in two
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  Speaker 1: by two double, where are they at in three by
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  Speaker 1: one trips or bunch? How do they handle one by
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  Speaker 1: three in slot formations? And then you get into the
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  Speaker 1: motion tape. So that's kind of how we try to
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  Speaker 1: build the game plan and how we start to visualize
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  Speaker 1: to attack or opponent.
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  Speaker 2: It's the three safety looks. You guys at Deploid getting their.
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  Speaker 3: Confidence Antonio and stepping in there, or does they kind
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  Speaker 3: of change out on the first No.
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  Speaker 1: That's that's the goal is to Uh, Antonio has flashed
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  Speaker 1: some really good stuff since we've all gotten here. Obviously physically,
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  Speaker 1: big dude who can run. And when Antonio is playing
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  Speaker 1: confident and playing fast and knows exactly what he's doing, man,
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  Speaker 1: he can be disruptive.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: He can impact the game for us in a positive way.
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  Speaker 1: But now this is a great challenge and opportunity for
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  Speaker 1: Antonio And that's what we communicated to him was, man,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we we've got confidence in you. Now you've
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  Speaker 1: got to go and and take it and earn it
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  Speaker 1: and show it every single day because you have the
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  Speaker 1: ability to do so.
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  Speaker 3: Advantage of you guys get having at kid together.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean we've.
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  Speaker 1: Two guys that both can you know, we've had success
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  Speaker 1: running the football with and then you know, both guys
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  Speaker 1: that can catch the football and do something with it
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  Speaker 1: as well. You know, two and on the one screen,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's maybe a two to three hour game
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  Speaker 1: and he and he splits through and Anton had an
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  Speaker 1: unbelievable block on that play. The effort that he showed
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  Speaker 1: on that screen that kind of got out on too
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  Speaker 1: and on our sideline was great effort. But it's the
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  Speaker 1: ability to say, Okay, you can put either one in
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  Speaker 1: maybe different spots in some ways, but both can catch
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  Speaker 1: it and.
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  Speaker 2: Do something with it. I can't coach that.
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  Speaker 1: I also, you know, so you can try to design
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  Speaker 1: to put them in a position to go, get them
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  Speaker 1: in space and do what they do best role on
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  Speaker 1: the offense. Absolutely absolutely, Parker has you guys saw it
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  Speaker 1: all through training camp, right, and the way that he's
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  Speaker 1: continued to ascend and perform, whether it be out in
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  Speaker 1: the practice field, in the meeting settings and then on Sundays.
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  Speaker 1: So that was something that when we went into last week,
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  Speaker 1: we wanted to get him a bigger role and to
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  Speaker 1: get him going. Uh didn't do a good enough job
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  Speaker 1: of that in week one. Week two, he's and that's
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  Speaker 1: just a great example of a guy staying the course.
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  Speaker 1: And yeah it didn't for him personally showing the stat
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  Speaker 1: column on you know, week one against Carolina, right, So
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  Speaker 1: how does he work the next week? How does he respond,
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  Speaker 1: how does he handle it? And then he goes out
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  Speaker 1: on Sunday and and makes plays and makes some huge
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  Speaker 1: plays for us.
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  Speaker 2: So he's absolutely earned a bigger role. Arker, how would
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  Speaker 2: you evaluate kick return, punt return game and then coverage two?
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  Speaker 1: Since I know with the angles of the starting field
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  Speaker 1: position probably.
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  Speaker 2: Less than optot you need to be improved. Needs to
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  Speaker 2: be improved.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to evaluate, you know, the kickoff return thing
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  Speaker 1: and and just see, hey, how many other guys We're
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  Speaker 1: going to look at competition back there. We've got to
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  Speaker 1: do a better job communicating as an off returner. I
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  Speaker 1: mean last week that that guy was putting him right
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  Speaker 1: on the goal line, and there's those are brutal because
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  Speaker 1: you're sitting there and you teach these guys to catch
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  Speaker 1: a kick off in a staggered stance and so well,
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  Speaker 1: where's the one foot versus the other.
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  Speaker 2: That's got to have great.
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  Speaker 1: Communication and trust between those two back there. So that's
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  Speaker 1: something we're evaluating this week. And I mean, Houston has
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  Speaker 1: a very good special teams unit, physical, aggressive fakes.
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  Speaker 2: They have speed down the field in all phases.
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  Speaker 1: So this is a great opportunity for our unit that
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  Speaker 1: you know, coming off the heels of not our best
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  Speaker 1: performance and not the standard to bounce back against a
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  Speaker 1: great team, you're kicking a part of it.
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  Speaker 2: I know Cam told us he's still trying to get
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  Speaker 2: used to this new format.
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  Speaker 1: What would you say from that perspective, Have.
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  Speaker 2: A ton of confidence in Camp.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, obviously he's been lights out making his kicks
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  Speaker 1: and that operation, and just continue to take that confidence
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  Speaker 1: in the kickoff, and yeah, it's a it's a work
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  Speaker 1: in progress, right, and so nobody was ultra thrilled, thrilled
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  Speaker 1: with some of that execution. Cam's one of the first
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  Speaker 1: guys up here on Tuesdays on the off day, coming
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  Speaker 1: in to make sure that it's getting done right and
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  Speaker 1: getting fixed. So got a lot of confidence in that
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  Speaker 1: group and Heath and and Uh and Luke and those
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  Speaker 1: guys in there, and fully anticipate those guys, you know,
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  Speaker 1: bouncing back this week.