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Press Pass | Trevor Lawrence: "We played complementary.." · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: I mean not necessarily something that you think about. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: obviously every week you want to as a quarterback player,
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  Speaker 1: play as good as you can because when your quarterback
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  Speaker 1: plays well, it gives it gives you a chance to
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  Speaker 1: win every week. So that's just the nature of what
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  Speaker 1: we do of this business. Um, So I understand that.
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  Speaker 1: But really just making the plays that are there. Um.
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  Speaker 1: And then some today, you know, guys came through, had
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  Speaker 1: some great catches. I mean you look at Evan and
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  Speaker 1: Z's and Aggs and a couple just all over the
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  Speaker 1: field guys making plays, and um, just cool to see
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  Speaker 1: our offense take off like that, and especially after somewhat
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  Speaker 1: of a rough start. I mean not rough, but a
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  Speaker 1: three and out and they scored in their first possession,
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  Speaker 1: so it kind of got in the hole there, and
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  Speaker 1: then big turnover kind of propels us, um give us
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  Speaker 1: some momentum. We scored off of it. I think that
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  Speaker 1: was the biggest thing. As we played complimentary. When the
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  Speaker 1: defense gave us a takeaway, we scored on it um
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  Speaker 1: and we put together some really long drives and key
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  Speaker 1: moments into the first half beginning of the second half.
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  Speaker 1: You know, just just playing complimentary ball and I thought
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  Speaker 1: we did a really good job for that of that
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  Speaker 1: just show what this team is made of. Um, in
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  Speaker 1: the direction we're headed, I think that's huge. And to
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  Speaker 1: have to get some momentum back this last stretch, you know,
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  Speaker 1: at the end of the season. Obviously, these games are
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  Speaker 1: huge if we want to give ourselves a shot at
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  Speaker 1: the postseason. And um, I think this is you know,
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  Speaker 1: you can't win whatever five of them, tell you win one.
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  Speaker 1: Like I said after you know, the Ravens games, So
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  Speaker 1: same mindset. We still you know, believe everything is in
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  Speaker 1: front of us. Um, this is a great star at
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  Speaker 1: great momentum. And but again going back to you know,
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  Speaker 1: big win over Baltimore couple of weeks ago, didn't play
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  Speaker 1: well last week, So how do we take this this momentum,
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  Speaker 1: use it to fuel us have a great week of
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  Speaker 1: practice again. You know, I thought we attacked every day
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  Speaker 1: in practice and the guys were really locked in and
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  Speaker 1: you could tell our preparation was was really good this week.
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  Speaker 1: So we gotta do that every week. UM, And I
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  Speaker 1: think that's where this team is growing, and you see
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  Speaker 1: us starting to stack more games like this and it's
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  Speaker 1: just fun to be a part of. You should have
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  Speaker 1: it and everything because made it sound like you've got
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  Speaker 1: a great story for We left that for me, So
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  Speaker 1: let's think about what I should stay here. Uh No,
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  Speaker 1: I just honestly, I just probably should have handed it,
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  Speaker 1: but I felt like I had you know, I think
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  Speaker 1: it was fifty three linebacker on the edge, stepped down
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  Speaker 1: one or two steps and really felt like I could
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  Speaker 1: have just outran them to the to the pyline and
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  Speaker 1: that's you know what I did. Luckily got the stiff farm.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he recovered a little better than I thought
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  Speaker 1: he would. So it's close to being in TfL. And
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  Speaker 1: those were those plays like if you make them, it's great,
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  Speaker 1: like it was. If you don't make them, it's a
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  Speaker 1: bad play and you take a TfL on the goal line.
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  Speaker 1: So it's just one of those plays. It's one of
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  Speaker 1: those days where we made those plays and good, great
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  Speaker 1: teams do that, and I think that's where we're heading,
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  Speaker 1: and um, it's exciting. So you've ever thrown, Yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: haven't had a lot of successful one, so that was
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  Speaker 1: that was a good one. That was a good one
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  Speaker 1: for me. No. No, I mean it's like like I said,
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  Speaker 1: you score, no one's bad. You don't score, and then
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  Speaker 1: then it's a different story. It's kind of like that
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  Speaker 1: throat his a is like a little little sketchy that
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  Speaker 1: he caused, Like, oh no, it's a great play, you know,
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  Speaker 1: So that was actually a bad throw though they made
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  Speaker 1: a great play. But yeah, I mean, you score. No
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  Speaker 1: one's mad. But it's something we'll talk about, I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: on Monday, and maybe maybe keeping our pocket for a while.
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  Speaker 1: So you obviously looked fine to happus again. Yeah it's okay,
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  Speaker 1: you know about what I thought. It's sore, but nothing
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  Speaker 1: that's gonna keep me out of the game. Nothing that's
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  Speaker 1: that limited me. Um, you know, and when the game's going,
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  Speaker 1: you're not thinking about it. Obviously it's it's not ideal,
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  Speaker 1: but it's not really something that I felt hindered me
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  Speaker 1: at all. Um. So, you know, I think as the
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  Speaker 1: game got going, especially got warmed up, settled in at first,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I'm kind of just making sure I'm good.
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  Speaker 1: Didn't want to do anything too crazy when a good
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  Speaker 1: the ball in my hand, you know, I thought we
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  Speaker 1: had a really good plan and um then settled in
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  Speaker 1: and was able to make some plays moving and you know,
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  Speaker 1: getting out of the pocket. All those things, So it
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  Speaker 1: was good. Were you worried you might be a little
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  Speaker 1: rusty after from only practice and Friday? Not really, I
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  Speaker 1: mean a little bit, just thinking about you know, you
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  Speaker 1: don't give as many reps, so usually I'll wrap everything
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  Speaker 1: multiple times and you feel good. And you know, that
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  Speaker 1: wasn't the case this week. But with our offense and
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  Speaker 1: the way we've built this thing, you know, I've gotten
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  Speaker 1: a lot of these reps in the past, so that
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  Speaker 1: that helps, and um with the guys that are running
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  Speaker 1: them all those things. So I felt pretty good and
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  Speaker 1: got a bunch of good mental reps this week and
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  Speaker 1: really felt like I was prepared, and that obviously is huge,
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  Speaker 1: you know, so that's something you'll have to worry about.
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  Speaker 1: The physical part obviously, you know, it helped. Like I
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  Speaker 1: said that, I got to practice on Friday, so I
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  Speaker 1: think that helped a lot, you know, with my confidence
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  Speaker 1: and just feeling good about letting it rip and you know,
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  Speaker 1: trusting the guys. So how do you feel like your
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  Speaker 1: escapability has grown? You had to play today where you
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  Speaker 1: sort of dodge some defenders. I think found agne canals
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  Speaker 1: through just your development there and just how imported that
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  Speaker 1: I think just knowing the time and the place to
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  Speaker 1: do it. Obviously, Like ball security is important. Something I'm
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  Speaker 1: always working on is in the pocket you can kind
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  Speaker 1: of get loose, and it's something that's just something I,
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  Speaker 1: you know, work on every every week. You know, when
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  Speaker 1: you're moving around, that's important because guys are going for
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  Speaker 1: the ball. So that's something where I feel like I've
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  Speaker 1: you know, taken a step in the right direction and
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  Speaker 1: then just know one time and a place to to
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  Speaker 1: extend plays. You know, are we in field goal range?
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  Speaker 1: Are we down tied to the third down from the fifteen?
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  Speaker 1: You know, I can kind of extend to play and
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  Speaker 1: give us a shot because if I, you know, worst
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  Speaker 1: case near I take a sack still in field goal range.
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  Speaker 1: But it's different if we're on the thirty or the
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  Speaker 1: thirty two yard line. You gotta be smart, um, And
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  Speaker 1: that's something that we that's something that we talk about,
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  Speaker 1: you know, during the week or like what's our plan
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  Speaker 1: in certain situations. And they do a great job talking
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  Speaker 1: to me in my headset and something that we have
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  Speaker 1: dialed in and just the guys up front, our relationship
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  Speaker 1: and knowing, you know, just being able to feel the
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  Speaker 1: pocket when the edge collapses and Camra jointed a nice
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  Speaker 1: job of washing some people down today and you know,
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  Speaker 1: gave me a lane outside, So all that stuff. I
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  Speaker 1: think it's just knowing the time of the place of
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  Speaker 1: when when you can take a little bit more of
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  Speaker 1: a chance. I think we were like twelve and thirteen
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  Speaker 1: kind of bridging that wade first half really second of it.
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  Speaker 1: Did that feel a little bit like Baltimore where you
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  Speaker 1: just getting to groove? Yeah, I mean felt felt good.
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  Speaker 1: I felt like we um. I feelt really like we
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  Speaker 1: had a good plan and we're taking advantage of some
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  Speaker 1: of the stuff they were giving us, and um make
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  Speaker 1: sure of that and just guys making plays, you know,
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  Speaker 1: making great, great great catches, great feels for whatever its
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  Speaker 1: zone coverage, you know, whatever looks they're giving us, and
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  Speaker 1: all of us just being on the same page. And
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  Speaker 1: today prime example of just trusting my guys to go
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  Speaker 1: make plays and then making them for us. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: that's what the game comes down to. I talked about
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  Speaker 1: it against Baltimore after that game. Is just it's players,
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  Speaker 1: not plays. You know, got trusting them and just the
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  Speaker 1: chemistry that we have is is really is really growing.
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  Speaker 1: So it's cool to be a part of Trevor to
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  Speaker 1: be playing. You guys are playing meaningful, meaningful football right
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  Speaker 1: in terms of playoff contention. We know what happened last
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  Speaker 1: year for you guys to be in the position you
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  Speaker 1: guys are now, um, considering you know, kind of all
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  Speaker 1: the progress you guys have made. I guess what's the
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  Speaker 1: vibe with the team knowing that you guys have so
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  Speaker 1: much ahead of you, um at this point in December.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, that's uh, there's something to say for that,
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  Speaker 1: you know, putting yourself in a position obviously, you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's it's kind of twofold that we've and you look
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  Speaker 1: at the year we've had. We've let a lot of
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  Speaker 1: games slip that we're right there that we could have had.
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  Speaker 1: So that's even putting in a different position. But still
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  Speaker 1: the games that we've been able to win down the stretch,
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  Speaker 1: to be able to put ourselves in a position to
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  Speaker 1: play meaningful games in December and January, that's where you
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  Speaker 1: want to be. You know, it's not a good feeling
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  Speaker 1: when you're sitting here like last year, and you know,
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  Speaker 1: I mean the games matter because you're playing for pride
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  Speaker 1: and that you've got a lot of pride in that room,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, guys work their butt off to win games,
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  Speaker 1: but at the end of the day, you know you
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  Speaker 1: don't have a shot to make the playoffs. That's that's
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  Speaker 1: not a good feeling. So, um, I'm just proud of
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  Speaker 1: this group of how we've been able to bounce back
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  Speaker 1: week to week no matter what happens, and prime example
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  Speaker 1: of that today. So it was, it was great, awesome,
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  Speaker 1: Thank you all appreciate it.