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Press Pass | Trevor Lawrence on Prep for Facing Texans Defense, First Divisional Matchup · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: So Liam said earlier today, Trevor, that you guys had
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  Speaker 1: a pretty good meeting as an offense on Monday. He
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  Speaker 1: took some ownership of the delay of games. How productive
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  Speaker 1: was that back-and-forth conversation to fix that?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it was great.
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  Speaker 3: It's always great hearing your head coach and play caller
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  Speaker 3: talk about every situation. And obviously for the guys that were–
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  Speaker 3: I mean, everyone that was there, we understand what happened.
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  Speaker 3: And there were some things that we have to clean
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  Speaker 3: up as players too. Obviously it was cool to see him.
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  Speaker 3: take ownership and point out some things where maybe he
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  Speaker 3: could get a call in sooner or whatever it was.
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  Speaker 3: But I think as players, it also makes you reflect
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  Speaker 3: on the plays yourself and say, this is what I
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  Speaker 3: need to do better. And I think having a coach
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  Speaker 3: that does that, it makes it easier for the players
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  Speaker 3: to all take your own ownership of what you need
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  Speaker 3: to fix.
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  Speaker 1: How much time left on the play clock do you
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  Speaker 1: want Hainsey on the ball?
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  Speaker 2: On the ball?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, typically you would like to be breaking the
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  Speaker 3: huddle with around 20 seconds would be great, you know.
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  Speaker 3: It's not always realistic, and you look around the league.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know what the percentage of that happening is,
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  Speaker 3: but it's a good feeling when you can break at
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  Speaker 3: 20 and see what you're looking at or get a
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  Speaker 3: chance to look at the defense.
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  Speaker 2: So it just depends.
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  Speaker 3: Some situations it's not realistic because there's a lot of
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  Speaker 3: factors that play into that. But, yeah, I think that's
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  Speaker 3: kind of like a rule of thumb sometimes.
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  Speaker 4: Does what happened in Houston last year still come up
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  Speaker 4: during the week this week for you guys or no?
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  Speaker 2: No, it's not something we would talk about at all.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, I think in the past we had, I thought,
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  Speaker 3: just more of towards the end of last season and
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  Speaker 3: I guess maybe a little bit this offseason, we felt
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  Speaker 3: like that really kind of spurred us on in a
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  Speaker 3: good direction. Last year after that game, it was kind
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  Speaker 3: of a wake-up call for us. But no, it's not
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  Speaker 3: something that I think we're pretty far past that now.
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  Speaker 3: And this is a new year, new teams on both sides,
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  Speaker 3: and we just got to put together a good plan
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  Speaker 3: to go try to beat these guys this year.
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  Speaker 4: What is the challenges of those two edge guys?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there's a lot of challenges.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you look at their front, they're really good
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  Speaker 3: across the board, you know, and it's not just the
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  Speaker 3: edge guys, it's the interior guys too that can play,
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  Speaker 3: and I think that's where, you know, they're really good
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  Speaker 3: at rushing the passer, but they also are pretty committed
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  Speaker 3: to stopping the run too, so that can be a
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  Speaker 3: challenge because they can do both well, and you look
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  Speaker 3: at those guys, especially on the edges, and they're great,
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  Speaker 3: great players, so it's a challenge. There's no secret there,
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  Speaker 3: and then Just the second and third level, too, are
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  Speaker 3: really tied in. Sound coverages, you know, this scheme, they've
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  Speaker 3: been doing the same stuff for a long time, and
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  Speaker 3: I think they're just really good at it. Really well coached,
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  Speaker 3: and the guys fly around. They swarm to the ball.
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  Speaker 3: They tackle well, can make plays on the ball in
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  Speaker 3: the passing game, so a lot of challenges.
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  Speaker 2: It's a really good defense. There's no secret about it,
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  Speaker 2: and we got to have a great plan.
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  Speaker 3: We'll have a plan for the guys up front will
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  Speaker 3: have a plan, you know, obviously in the run game
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  Speaker 3: and in the pass game, and we just got to
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  Speaker 3: execute it, and I'm sure they're saying the same stuff,
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  Speaker 3: you know.
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  Speaker 5: Trevor, what's the biggest difference for you playing at Wembley
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  Speaker 5: compared to playing at Spurs last week, like in terms
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  Speaker 5: of your preparations for the game?
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  Speaker 2: I don't prepare any different, really. I think, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the surface is different.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously, we have the turf in Tottenham, and then in Wembley,
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  Speaker 3: it's the grass, so Some guys wear different cleats because
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  Speaker 3: the grass can sometimes be a little slick because it's
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  Speaker 3: a little different than the grass that we play on
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  Speaker 3: in the States. So that's probably the only thing. Besides that,
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  Speaker 3: we're really the same.
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  Speaker 5: Trevor, from a psychological point of view, how much does
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  Speaker 5: respecting the opponent, so Texans, a great defense, with Anderson Jr.,
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  Speaker 5: how much of that becomes allowing what they do to
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  Speaker 5: dictate how you play as a quarterback?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a good question.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, I think you always have to respect your
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  Speaker 3: playing against, but you also have to know that, hey,
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  Speaker 3: we're a good offense too, and we can make plays,
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  Speaker 3: and we have to have confidence, and we do. And
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  Speaker 3: we have to have confidence in our guys and the
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  Speaker 3: things that we've been able to do because we've played
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  Speaker 3: some good defenses up until this point as well. So,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, there's always a respect factor of, Those guys
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  Speaker 3: have earned the respect.
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  Speaker 2: They're great players.
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  Speaker 3: They have a lot of them on that defense, and
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  Speaker 3: we respect them, and we're going to have a good plan,
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  Speaker 3: and we're going to make sure we do everything to
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  Speaker 3: be prepared, but also when Sunday comes around, we've got
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  Speaker 3: to go make plays and have the confidence that we're
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  Speaker 3: the best guys in the field, and I think we
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  Speaker 3: believe that, and we've got to play like it.
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  Speaker 6: Trevor, when coaches think about Marvin Harrison Jr. trying to
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  Speaker 6: learn a playbook really quickly and to having it packed,
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  Speaker 6: on Sunday. What do you remember from Jacoby coming in
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  Speaker 6: last year, kind of in the same situation, middle of
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  Speaker 6: the week and, um, and playing that following Sunday?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: You know, Jacoby was able to do more than I
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  Speaker 3: thought he was going to be able to do, honestly.
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  Speaker 3: So it'll be interesting to see what, what happens with
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  Speaker 3: Marvin this week.
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  Speaker 2: I have no idea.
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  Speaker 3: I hadn't really thought about it to be honest, but
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  Speaker 3: I'd say it depends on the system. It depends on, um,
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  Speaker 3: where they're going to put them and what their plan is,
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  Speaker 3: I really have no idea. But I do think it's
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  Speaker 3: definitely doable for him to see some real time and
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  Speaker 3: get some opportunities.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know.
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  Speaker 3: Probably not the whole playbook's opened up for him, but
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  Speaker 3: you can definitely game plan and get him involved and
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  Speaker 3: have him ready to do something for sure.
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  Speaker 1: A little left tackle, now he's back in there. How
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  Speaker 1: does that experience ease the transition?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's– sorry, it's Mike that is. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: It's, it's really nice having a guy that's played a
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  Speaker 3: lot and that I've played a lot with. And I
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  Speaker 3: think that's that position I've seen just over my career,
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  Speaker 3: how important that you want to call it swing tackle
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  Speaker 3: spot is, is just, you know, unfortunately, obviously tons and
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  Speaker 3: be out like that's, it happens in this league and
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  Speaker 3: injuries happen.
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  Speaker 2: It's an unfortunate part of it.
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  Speaker 3: And just seeing how important it is to have a
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  Speaker 3: guy that can step up and Walker's shown that he
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  Speaker 3: can do that.
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  Speaker 2: I played a lot of football with him, trust him. Um,
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  Speaker 2: He had a great day today.
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  Speaker 3: He seems ready to go, and he's been locked in
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  Speaker 3: the whole season, you know, in case his number gets called.
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  Speaker 3: So I don't have any hesitations about him.
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  Speaker 1: A couple guys said they went to Buckingham Palace yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: Did you do any exploring?
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  Speaker 2: I did not go there.
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  Speaker 3: I saw my wife and daughter were in the city,
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  Speaker 3: so I spent a little time with them and.
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  Speaker 2: Took our daughter to the park, which was fun.
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  Speaker 3: Spent a little time, you know, away from it, and
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  Speaker 3: then obviously got back, and now we're back to work.
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  Speaker 2: But, yeah, I did not do the Buckingham Palace. It
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  Speaker 2: seemed pretty cool, though.
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  Speaker 4: I know you asked on Sunday after his performance, but
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  Speaker 4: how much of an asset is Parker to your offense
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  Speaker 4: and what growth have you.
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  Speaker 2: Seen in him?
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  Speaker 3: He's a huge playmaker for us. You've seen all the
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  Speaker 3: different things he can do. He's great after the catch.
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  Speaker 3: He's physical through contact. He's made some unbelievable contested catches.
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  Speaker 3: He's good over the middle. You look at a guy
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  Speaker 3: that can do all that, it opens up a lot
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  Speaker 3: for your offense. We have other guys that have been
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  Speaker 3: able to do those things as well, you know, Jacoby, Bryn, BT.
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  Speaker 3: So I think the group that we have right now
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  Speaker 3: are playing really well together. We've had good answers for
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  Speaker 3: what the defense is doing and a good plan each week.
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  Speaker 3: And we've got to continue to build on it. And
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  Speaker 3: just we have a lot of confidence, obviously, in Parker
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  Speaker 3: and what he's doing. So we've got to continue to
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  Speaker 3: just get better and better.
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  Speaker 4: What kind of impact has Amir made inside that locker room,
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  Speaker 4: especially on some of the younger guys?
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  Speaker 2: He's been great.
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  Speaker 3: I think he's been really good for the running back
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  Speaker 3: room just as an older vet that's been through a lot,
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  Speaker 3: has a ton of experience, really smart guy, just understands football.
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  Speaker 2: I think those guys, he's been a good steady voice.
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  Speaker 3: For them in that room because really the room is younger,
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  Speaker 3: especially now that Travis isn't here anymore. I mean, it's
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  Speaker 3: a younger room, and I think his leadership's been really important,
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  Speaker 3: and it's cool to see a guy.
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  Speaker 2: He just does everything the right way.
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  Speaker 3: He's one of the first ones in the building, works
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  Speaker 3: extremely hard, is always prepared, and to see him have
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  Speaker 3: a huge play for us to help us win the game.
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  Speaker 2: It's cool to see that pay off for a guy
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  Speaker 2: like that.
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  Speaker 4: Do teams need that? Do good teams need to have
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  Speaker 4: a guy like that?
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  Speaker 3: I think so. It's usually a different guy. It can
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  Speaker 3: be a different position, but a guy like Amir who's
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  Speaker 3: that vet presence, who's very calm, like I said, really
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  Speaker 3: football savvy and smart, good leader, just does things the
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  Speaker 3: right way. I think I think you need a few
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  Speaker 3: guys like that on your team, honestly. Maybe not, doesn't
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  Speaker 3: have to be, I think Amir's in what is 12th
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  Speaker 3: or 13th year. He's been playing a long time. Maybe
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  Speaker 3: not everyone has to be that much of a vet,
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  Speaker 3: but I think just that presence is important and it's
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  Speaker 3: just a lot of maturity from them. And I think
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  Speaker 3: guys feed off that.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you all. Appreciate it.