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Press Pass | Doug Pederson: "Proud of Our Guys For the Way They Competed..." · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Obviously, you know, after four weeks of a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of heartbreak, you know, it's it's the one thing I
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  Speaker 1: appreciate about our guys is they they continue to roll
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  Speaker 1: up their sleeves.
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  Speaker 2: They continue to go to work.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they they know, they they know the mistakes
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  Speaker 1: they've made right that we've been making. But yet they
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  Speaker 1: continue to work and they continue to work hard during
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  Speaker 1: the week and it and it showed, it showed today.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it might not have been like just a
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  Speaker 1: pretty football game, but they never are, you know, and
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  Speaker 1: they're hard, they're gritty, they're tough, they're physical, all that
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  Speaker 1: kind of stuff. And just proud of our guys for
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  Speaker 1: the way they competed today.
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  Speaker 3: Doug. Now it's a it's a winning in scenario next
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  Speaker 3: week with the Titans. You just talk about how just
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  Speaker 3: the approach to that game and just another right you know,
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  Speaker 3: like last year, got to.
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  Speaker 1: Win and get in Yeah, coming down to week eighteen.
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  Speaker 1: I mean that's just I think our guys really thrive
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  Speaker 1: on these situations and and that's okay, you know, uh,
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  Speaker 1: it's it's it's a great opportunity for our for our organization,
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  Speaker 1: for our franchise, for players, for our owner, you know,
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  Speaker 1: to be in this situation and you know, uh, we
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  Speaker 1: gotta go, we gotta go play another good football team
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  Speaker 1: on the road, and and uh well, well we'll enjoy
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  Speaker 1: this one obviously, and and prepare, you know, prepare this
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  Speaker 1: this week whenever we play.
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  Speaker 3: As a follow up, did you talk about the performance
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  Speaker 3: of c J.
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  Speaker 2: Bethar today?
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  Speaker 3: No precept no precept penalties by your guys, uh prett efficient,
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  Speaker 3: didn't cash in on some red zone opportunities.
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  Speaker 2: But other than that, no turns.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I thought CJ played, He played smart,
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  Speaker 1: he played tough, came back in after being checked, you know.
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  Speaker 2: He he he.
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  Speaker 1: Ran the offense, and you know, credit the offensive line,
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  Speaker 1: you know, especially in the second half of really kind
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  Speaker 1: of taking over and and and helping out in the
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  Speaker 1: run game. And you know, and and the thing too
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  Speaker 1: sometimes is when you know, when when you're when your
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  Speaker 1: starters out, your backups in, I think the folks because
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  Speaker 1: the attention is a little bit, you.
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  Speaker 2: Know, little guys are a little more zeroed in.
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  Speaker 1: And we saw that today really from not only the offense,
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  Speaker 1: but I think the defense as well.
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  Speaker 4: On that the defense turned in its best performance of
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  Speaker 4: the season. Is that just maybe a result of what
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  Speaker 4: they've gone through the last four weeks, not having maybe
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  Speaker 4: the success that they wanted.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know it, it hasn't been what we wanted. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: I thought today they responded, you know, well obviously to
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  Speaker 1: to you know, have the shutout and and and really
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  Speaker 1: really play a solid football game. You know, I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: there's there's gonna be some things to clean up, you know,
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  Speaker 1: as we look at this film, but you know, the
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  Speaker 1: defense defense responded to you know, and and played played
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  Speaker 1: a played a really good game today.
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  Speaker 5: Doug, First, congratulations on the win. Happy New Year. Also,
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  Speaker 5: even though that you got stopped in the red zone
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  Speaker 5: a number of times, how much was it How important
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  Speaker 5: was it to get Brandon's confidence again because he had
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  Speaker 5: all the field goals today?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that's that's part of it. You know.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously we would have loved to score the touchdowns you know,
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  Speaker 1: in those situations, but but two, to have Brandon out
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  Speaker 1: there and and make those kicks like he did, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: that's that's good for his confidence, you know, moving forward,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, hats off to him. I mean he's
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  Speaker 1: battled through a little adversity of his own, you know,
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  Speaker 1: here lately, and and it was good to see him respond.
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  Speaker 5: And as a follow up, the you know you as
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  Speaker 5: a longtime coach, assistant or pro a head coach, was
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  Speaker 5: there any kind of a story that you could have
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  Speaker 5: told these guys about when it gets tough, you know,
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  Speaker 5: this is how we got through this, or anything like.
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  Speaker 2: That, or just no.
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  Speaker 1: I mean it's you know, I keep everything sort of
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  Speaker 1: in the present, in the moment, and and and you know,
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  Speaker 1: try to be more forward thinking, but but I still
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  Speaker 1: want to We got to learn from the past, we
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  Speaker 1: got to learn.
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  Speaker 2: From our mistakes, you know, and all of that.
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  Speaker 1: But there wasn't anything that I needed to really tell
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  Speaker 1: these guys or show these guys, and.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they just they just know, they just understand.
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  Speaker 4: Hey, Doug, we didn't get chance to talk to Friday
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  Speaker 4: Trevor Shoulder. Where is he on that? And is this
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  Speaker 4: the thing where you're not sure if he could play
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  Speaker 4: next week or is this a game where you just
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  Speaker 4: wanted to kind of rest them to make sure everything
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  Speaker 4: was good for him.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, there was there was really you know, for this game,
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  Speaker 1: there was really no chance of him getting out there.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we'll see how he is this week.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously, you know, if we play Saturday or Sunday, and
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  Speaker 1: it all depends, but he'll do everything he can to.
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  Speaker 2: Try to get back out there if possible. If not,
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  Speaker 2: c J'll be ready to go and we'll have him
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  Speaker 2: Matt ready.
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  Speaker 4: And Josh sets a single season franchise record with I
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  Speaker 4: guess he's what sixteen and a half sacks? Now, what
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  Speaker 4: can you say about the year he's had and then
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  Speaker 4: specifically today too.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, Josh is a he's had a heck
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  Speaker 1: of a season and you know, today was a great performance
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  Speaker 1: by him. But but you know, I think he'd understand
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  Speaker 1: and he knows that the other ten guys are doing
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  Speaker 1: their jobs too, which helps him, you know, get back
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  Speaker 1: there to the quarterback. And and congratulations to him for
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  Speaker 1: set that mark.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, those are those are you know, those are
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  Speaker 2: big numbers.
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  Speaker 1: You know he's been He's been good all season, been consistent,
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  Speaker 1: been steady, and just congratulations to him and really the
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  Speaker 1: whole defense for that performance today.
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  Speaker 6: Coach, another milestone, guy, Uh, you're tight end Evan Ingram,
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  Speaker 6: second Jaguars player ever over one hundred hundred receptions in
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  Speaker 6: a season. You had a guy in Zach Ertz and
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  Speaker 6: Philly who you coached who's a similar kind of numbers
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  Speaker 6: a little bit comparison between those two guys and how
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  Speaker 6: you've been able to use them so effectively in your offenses.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean the you know, the tight ends or
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  Speaker 1: can be the you know, kind of a quarterback's best
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  Speaker 1: friend sometimes. And you know Evans. Evan's been that way
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  Speaker 1: for Trevor, you know, the last couple of seasons he was.
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  Speaker 2: He was that way today for for CJ. And and
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  Speaker 2: he just listen. He he's a great leader.
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  Speaker 1: He he he leads a lot by example, really, you know,
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  Speaker 1: during the week, how he how he's out to practice early,
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  Speaker 1: working on his craft, always catching something whether it be
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  Speaker 1: a tennis ball or a football or something you know,
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  Speaker 1: anybody can throw at him, you know.
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  Speaker 2: And and and he challenges himself.
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  Speaker 1: And that's why that's why he's in these positions, right,
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  Speaker 1: And that's why he's you know, getting the accolades and
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  Speaker 1: the you know, the praise that he deserves. And it's
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  Speaker 1: just because of who he is as a person and
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  Speaker 1: the way he the way he works and challenges himself.
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  Speaker 3: Doug.
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  Speaker 7: You you've mentioned before guys having to step up on
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  Speaker 7: the backups in is that what you saw from the
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  Speaker 7: skill room today.
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  Speaker 1: It seemed like some tough catches from the skill guys,
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  Speaker 1: some tough catches, tough runs. Yeah, you know, it's just
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  Speaker 1: it's just kind of where we are, you know. And
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  Speaker 1: and you know, our teams aren't going to make excuses
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  Speaker 1: for us. We're not going to make excuses. We got
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  Speaker 1: to make sure we're coaching the next guy up and
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  Speaker 1: and putting them in in positions to help us today.
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  Speaker 1: And and I thought that, uh, you know, they they
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  Speaker 1: really did some good things. You know, they stepped up
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  Speaker 1: and you know, what do they say. It's it's gritty,
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  Speaker 1: it's not pretty, you know, And and they just they
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  Speaker 1: just hung in there and battled it out.
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  Speaker 7: Uh, two winning seasons for this franchise. I know you
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  Speaker 7: got more to clinch this year, but can you talk
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  Speaker 7: about that. I think it's been since two thousand and
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  Speaker 7: five that this franchise has had two consecutive winning seasons
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  Speaker 7: in a row. The importance of that when you came in,
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  Speaker 7: it was kind of on a downturn, and the significance
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  Speaker 7: of it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it's obviously you know, that's that's why,
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  Speaker 1: that's why we're all here.
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  Speaker 2: You know it is to win, and.
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  Speaker 1: You know, and that's that's a credit really to the coaches,
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  Speaker 1: is the credit to the guys in the locker room,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and just you gotta consistently have guys on
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  Speaker 1: your team that that speak the same common language, Guys
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  Speaker 1: that work hard every single day, every single week. You know,
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  Speaker 1: no matter what happens, they work through, you know, adversity,
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  Speaker 1: they work through injury, And just proud.
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  Speaker 2: Of the guys. You know, two years in a row.
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  Speaker 1: We got we got obviously one more game, you know,
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  Speaker 1: next weekend to hopefully get to ten, but you know,
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  Speaker 1: we're gonna do everything we can to to put something
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  Speaker 1: together and go back on the road.
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  Speaker 4: H