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Press Pass | Liam Coen Recaps Decisive Win Over the Colts in Week 8 · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Liam, do you start the game with the 98-yard touchdown drive?
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  Speaker 2: How important was that, and what would you see on
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  Speaker 2: that scoring?
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  Speaker 1: Very important to get started a little bit quicker than normal.
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  Speaker 2: I think the.
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  Speaker 1: Guys took the week of preparation, the week of practice,
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  Speaker 1: the way they prepared to that first drive specifically. I
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  Speaker 1: think we were able to mix in the run, got
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  Speaker 1: the explosive to Strange, which kind of got us out
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  Speaker 1: of the minus side of the field there. and just
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  Speaker 1: were able to run the football effectively. Had the one
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  Speaker 1: penalty again in the low red zone that killed us,
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  Speaker 1: but then Trevor finds.
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  Speaker 2: BT open in the back of the end zone, which
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  Speaker 2: was great to see.
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  Speaker 1: You know, had some disappointing sacks throughout that kind of
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  Speaker 1: stalled some drives, but was very proud of the way
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  Speaker 1: the guys competed.
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  Speaker 3: William, you spoke recently about wanting to get more explosives
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  Speaker 3: out of the run game.
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  Speaker 1: Today, it seemed like that came just What did you
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  Speaker 1: think about the run game, and then specifically Basial Tootin,
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  Speaker 1: first 100-yard game of his career?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it was awesome.
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  Speaker 1: I thought Toot played really well. Was seeing it, thought
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  Speaker 1: he was a little bit more patient, you know, this game.
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  Speaker 1: Was running through contact, obviously. Was explosive in the pass
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  Speaker 1: game as well, which was nice to see in the screens.
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  Speaker 2: C-Rod ran it hard. Amir ran it hard.
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  Speaker 1: I think our line did a nice job staying a
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  Speaker 1: little bit more connected to blocks through the echo of
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  Speaker 1: the whistle.
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  Speaker 2: Wyatt Milam did a nice job stepping in for Ezra.
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  Speaker 1: Pryde opened a couple holes, I think, on some of
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  Speaker 1: those long runs, which was nice to see. But, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: he had a great week of practice again and really
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  Speaker 1: carried over.
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  Speaker 4: Hey, Liam, Rayon Lane steps up, makes the big play.
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  Speaker 4: Combs as well, getting some contributions from those younger guys. Huge.
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  Speaker 2: Great for those guys to step up.
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  Speaker 1: Branson had the one earlier that could have caught, didn't.
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  Speaker 1: made some great plays on kickoff as well on our sidelines,
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  Speaker 1: some great plays. Rayon with the huge interception that kind
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  Speaker 1: of really broke the game open, which was a massive
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  Speaker 1: play to stay focused throughout the tip and be able
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  Speaker 1: to control that ball and take it to the house.
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  Speaker 1: So he's made a number of those plays, right?
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  Speaker 2: Big plays for us this year, and we need it, right?
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  Speaker 1: We needed some guys to step up today, had some
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  Speaker 1: guys get nicked up, and You know, when you have
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  Speaker 1: second-year players that have been primarily special teams contributors step
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  Speaker 1: up and make plays for you on defense, that's huge.
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  Speaker 3: Coach, Rayon's obviously giving you all the highlight packages, but
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  Speaker 3: Keontae and Jalen also make splash plays during the course
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  Speaker 3: of the game. Your two starting safeties didn't play basically
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  Speaker 3: all day long. How big is that for those guys
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  Speaker 3: to step up in the back end where you could
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  Speaker 3: have been exploited very easily?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Kayvon did some good things for us and Husky
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  Speaker 1: as well. You know, Eric obviously got nicked. Antonio didn't play.
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  Speaker 1: And so to have those guys step up, it's a
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  Speaker 1: credit to Anthony Perkins, Campy for the way they called it,
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  Speaker 1: the way they prepared those guys, and to the players for,
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  Speaker 1: you know, staying the course, understanding that next man up
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  Speaker 1: mentality that we have to have as a team.
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  Speaker 2: This is the NFL. It's violent.
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  Speaker 1: Guys get nicked up, and it's a next man up mentality.
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  Speaker 1: And those guys stayed the course, continued to prepare the
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  Speaker 1: right way, and then it shows up for us in
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  Speaker 1: a major way at home. Coach, tell us the first half,
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  Speaker 1: four touchdowns, what is your winning formula right now?
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  Speaker 4: You got a winning formula going.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think the guys, I appreciate you saying that,
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  Speaker 1: the guys, I think they were knowing that, hey man,
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  Speaker 1: there's a little blood in the water, that we want
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  Speaker 1: to be able to jump on these guys at home,
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  Speaker 1: we haven't been at home much, wanting to be able
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  Speaker 1: to put on a show for our home fan base,
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  Speaker 1: and give the people some excitement. Hopefully we can get
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  Speaker 1: back here in a couple weeks and get some more
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  Speaker 1: of that. Starting fast is always a nice thing. We
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  Speaker 1: haven't done it every week, but we've typically played well
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  Speaker 1: at home and I think that that's something these guys
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  Speaker 1: take a lot of pride in. They understand and feel
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  Speaker 1: the limited ops that we do have in this stadium,
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  Speaker 1: that we want to take advantage of those opportunities and
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  Speaker 1: you know, jump out.
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  Speaker 2: And we played complimentary football.
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  Speaker 1: Typically when we do that and we're getting turnovers and
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  Speaker 1: we're able to get some points off of turnovers, that's
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  Speaker 1: usually a recipe for success. And our guys kind of
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  Speaker 1: sense that, they feel that, and they do a nice
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  Speaker 1: job of capitalizing on that.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you. Can you talk about the impact Devon has
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  Speaker 4: had on the run defense, obviously, and how devastating a
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  Speaker 4: loss that is for you?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, extremely, extremely difficult.
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  Speaker 1: There's not many opportunities. better humans, better competitors, team guys.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you should have saw Deham this week in practice,
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  Speaker 1: his leadership and defensive line individual periods this week, his,
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  Speaker 1: you know, just the human, the competitor that I can't
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  Speaker 1: say enough about him. I mean, when he's out there
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  Speaker 1: laying down and he's reassuring me, like that's who he is.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he's reassuring me and has a smile on
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  Speaker 1: his face actually, you know, just He trusts God and
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  Speaker 1: he trusts himself. He trusts life. He's just one of
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  Speaker 1: those type of people. And so tough to see that, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: really tough. So have to evaluate what it's, you know,
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  Speaker 1: truly is.
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  Speaker 3: William, Trevor's touchdown, the Borkature, how impressed were you with
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  Speaker 3: sort of the calmness under pressure to make that throw?
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  Speaker 2: Big time.
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  Speaker 1: Brenton, you know, it was a half roll, like bootleg
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  Speaker 1: half roll. We did want to invite an inside, kind
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  Speaker 1: of get beat a little bit, but he got beat quick,
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  Speaker 1: and it happened a little bit faster than maybe we
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  Speaker 1: anticipated it happening, and Brenton stuck with the block. He
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  Speaker 1: strained his tail off, and Trevor just, you know, he's
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  Speaker 1: like that, right? I mean, he's making plays like that,
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  Speaker 1: giving us those off-schedule plays, but also being able to
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  Speaker 1: flip his hips and make a long throw like that,
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  Speaker 1: and then I thought Bork's body control and adjustment was
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  Speaker 1: pretty impressive as well to make the finish so um
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  Speaker 1: you know when Trevor's doing those kind of things you
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  Speaker 1: feel like he's in a rhythm he's in a flow
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  Speaker 1: he's seeing it and able to just react and go
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  Speaker 1: play so that was really nice to see