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Press Pass | Doug Pederson: "Their Confidence is Extremely High Right Now." · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Uh, Tyson is uh right now obviously you know with
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  Speaker 1: the hamstring probably you know, in a short week, chances
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  Speaker 1: are he's out, you know for this game. We'll just
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  Speaker 1: keep monitoring that. But you know, with hamstrings they can
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  Speaker 1: be they can be a little a little finicky. So
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  Speaker 1: what we'll see, we'll see. But right now is training
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  Speaker 1: that way? Uh. Trevor and Brandon are both day to day,
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  Speaker 1: Both are both are are feeling better today. They're sore obviously,
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  Speaker 1: but uh uh they're day to day. Zay and Walker
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  Speaker 1: are doing better again their day to day and you know,
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  Speaker 1: non obviously non committal on on this game just just yet.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's the major ones showed.
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  Speaker 2: Trevor.
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  Speaker 1: You haven't talked for you. Yeah, that's that's out of my.
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  Speaker 3: Pretty well linaments or anything like that or bone Brews
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  Speaker 3: or what.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's out of my jurisdiction. Is there a sense
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  Speaker 1: that you may not play Thursday? He's day to day?
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  Speaker 3: What icing going down? And uh, crapwell already one I R.
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  Speaker 3: Does that kind of put you guys in a pitch
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  Speaker 3: You're gonna have to use buster a lot.
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  Speaker 1: More a bust play. We have tabon Campbell, you know,
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  Speaker 1: Eric Hallett. Guys are sitting there, you know, on the
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  Speaker 1: practice squad, have been practicing, so we have we have
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  Speaker 1: some options there.
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  Speaker 2: What sort of challenges does the Thursday night game give you?
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  Speaker 1: With the short week? You just said it short week?
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  Speaker 2: How difficult is it to adjust to that?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's, uh, it is what it is. You know. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: you just you understand that you're gonna go through it.
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  Speaker 1: You gotta get your team in here today, you got
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  Speaker 1: you gotta practice today, you gotta practice tomorrow, and then
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  Speaker 1: you're on a plane heading to New Orleans. So you know,
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  Speaker 1: guys are gonna be sore, Guys are gonna be dealing
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  Speaker 1: with things. You know, we don't have the full complement
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  Speaker 1: of a week, you know, for guys to feel somewhat normal,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and you know the challenge the game plan
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  Speaker 1: is the game plan. I mean it's just based on
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  Speaker 1: you know, what you see on film and and trying
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  Speaker 1: to get something together you know for the game and
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  Speaker 1: and and go play.
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  Speaker 2: How difficult is it to get your offensive line situation
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  Speaker 2: figured out?
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  Speaker 1: And feels like injuries keep popping up week after week. Well,
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  Speaker 1: I mean it's it's a challenge, but guys have done
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  Speaker 1: a nice job. You know, of of the guys that
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  Speaker 1: have been filling in, you know, Blake did good yesterday
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  Speaker 1: and and Tyler's been filling in nicely, and you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's it's obviously you know, it's not not perfect, but
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  Speaker 1: but nothing is, you know, and and uh, but they
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  Speaker 1: think these guys are these guys are battling their tails
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  Speaker 1: off and and you know they're well coached and well prepared.
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  Speaker 1: So you know, we just uh, put the next guy
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  Speaker 1: in and go play first te reps with Trevor possibly,
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  Speaker 1: you know, if Trevor's if Trevor's sore. I mean we've
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  Speaker 1: done this before. We did last year, you know, where
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  Speaker 1: CJ took like the Wednesday reps and then Trevor took
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  Speaker 1: the rest of the week, you know, and r and
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  Speaker 1: played in the game. So it's it's possible that happens.
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  Speaker 3: Will you do you anticipate knowing by Wednesday he's gotta
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  Speaker 3: be able to.
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  Speaker 4: Go seven twenty kick off Thursday night East twenty Central time. Yeah,
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  Speaker 4: I'll be in Central time.
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  Speaker 1: It does. Nobody's nobody's been in a CJ.
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  Speaker 5: Situation more than you have, and everything, But do you
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  Speaker 5: do you.
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  Speaker 2: Take comfort in the fact that if you have to
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  Speaker 2: go that route, you've got a seven year better and
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  Speaker 2: you've got a guy who's been there, done that and
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  Speaker 2: all that kind of So confidence.
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  Speaker 1: Is I mean a lot of confidence is CJ obviously
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  Speaker 1: if that's the If that's the case, you know, he
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  Speaker 1: prepares himself each week as if he is the starter.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he does a great job in game with Trevor.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously the communication there and I've seen it the last
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  Speaker 1: you know, year and a half being around him and
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  Speaker 1: and obviously his his career. So a lot of confidence
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  Speaker 1: in him, and I know he'll he'll be uh, you know, ready,
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  Speaker 1: just like he always is.
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  Speaker 5: Yesterday you you acknowledged that, uh after in regard to
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  Speaker 5: the play call, you kind of you defended it, and
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  Speaker 5: you you also said there was an element of risk too.
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  Speaker 5: Do you still feel the same way today now if
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  Speaker 5: you've had a data Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I mean it's listen, we we we it's it's part
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  Speaker 1: on us, part on players, right. I mean, we we
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  Speaker 1: put our players in situations where we have to understand
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  Speaker 1: the situation. So you know, we had talked about taking
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  Speaker 1: the short sack in a situation like that if you
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  Speaker 1: don't feel like you can get outside, you just you
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  Speaker 1: go down. And you know, so part of that's on
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  Speaker 1: the player, and then we can coach that better, we
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  Speaker 1: can emphasize that more. But the play call, I'm one
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  Speaker 1: hundred percent you know behind the play call. It's it's
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  Speaker 1: something that a lot of teams do in situations like
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  Speaker 1: that to get the quarterback on the edge. You know,
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  Speaker 1: they're they're defensively, they're they're pinching gaps and there their
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  Speaker 1: edge pressures, and it's a good way of getting your
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  Speaker 1: quarterback on the perimeter to get the first down and
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  Speaker 1: pretty much ice the game at that point. But and
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  Speaker 1: then again as coaches too, we can str our quarterback better, uh,
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  Speaker 1: coach him better and understand that if you can't get outside,
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  Speaker 1: just just go down.
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  Speaker 5: I guess the reason why I asked that is cause
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  Speaker 5: where you were on the field, if you had a
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  Speaker 5: you know, basically a I guess you could call it
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  Speaker 5: close to a chip shot field goal. You know that's
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  Speaker 5: usually a ninety five ninety six percent chance of making it,
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  Speaker 5: and you and you were sure running time off the
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  Speaker 5: clock just by revenue.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and I if if again, this is where we
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  Speaker 1: have to communicate with with Trevor Better if if he
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  Speaker 1: doesn't extend to play, he goes down sooner. So it's
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  Speaker 1: not a fifty one yard kick, right, It's a forty
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  Speaker 1: one yard kick or a thirty nine yard kick. So
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  Speaker 1: you know that that's where we can as a staff
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  Speaker 1: can and myself can communicate with him better. You know,
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  Speaker 1: in situations like that.
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  Speaker 3: Yesterday post game, you tell the guys that you feel
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  Speaker 3: like they're just scratching the surface of what the team
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  Speaker 3: could be. Kind of after the last third games, what
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  Speaker 3: have they've shown you in kind of just their resolve.
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  Speaker 1: I guess one they're they're cop evidence is extremely high.
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  Speaker 1: Right now. I see this team playing better together. We're
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  Speaker 1: playing better complimentary football in all three phases, especially the
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  Speaker 1: last couple of weeks. You know, the defense you know yesterday,
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  Speaker 1: you know with the takeaways, and then the offense scoring
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  Speaker 1: you know, the seventeen points off of those takeaways, things
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  Speaker 1: like that. I mean, that's the complimentary element that that
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  Speaker 1: we talk about. And again, the confidence we're beginning to
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  Speaker 1: eliminate some of those mistakes that happened early in the season.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they're not showing up as much. You know,
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  Speaker 1: it's still some work to do. Obviously, each week. But
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  Speaker 1: those are some of the areas that I see that
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  Speaker 1: this team is really beginning to sort of mature and
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  Speaker 1: come together as a group.
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  Speaker 3: With a short week, do you guys have to simplify
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  Speaker 3: the game plan sort of not put in as many
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  Speaker 3: new plays with only just a couple of days, or
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  Speaker 3: how does that process or to look like?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's no different than any other week.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you know, you still want to have the
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  Speaker 1: element of surprise going into the game, things that maybe
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  Speaker 1: haven't shown on tape. But listen, you're also going into
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  Speaker 1: a place where, regardless if it's a Thursday night or
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  Speaker 1: a Sunday or a Monday night or a Sunday night game,
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  Speaker 1: you're going into a place it's extremely loud, and so
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  Speaker 1: communication is hard, and snap counts are hard, and so
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  Speaker 1: the more you can simplify motions and shifts and you know,
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  Speaker 1: just line up in stagnant formations, you know can help you.
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  Speaker 1: But at the same time, you still want to, you know,
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  Speaker 1: put your guys in positions to to you know, have
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  Speaker 1: successful matchups or at least you know, have some success
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  Speaker 1: on the field.
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  Speaker 5: When you ask the NFL that you would favor having
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  Speaker 5: a home game coming back from London and then that
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  Speaker 5: you would wait for the buy. You're kind of at
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  Speaker 5: the mercy of the schedule maker about what comes after
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  Speaker 5: that home game. So now that you that you see it,
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  Speaker 5: you know, shortly then another road game, could you just
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  Speaker 5: talk about how your team is navigating which is a
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  Speaker 5: very awkward part of the schedule.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we can't control the schedule, obviously, but I
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  Speaker 1: honestly don't think our team really cares that much about
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  Speaker 1: when and where and who we play. I mean it, yes,
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  Speaker 1: you're guaranteed a home game after you know, after the
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  Speaker 1: the London trip and all of that, which is great,
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  Speaker 1: But after that, I mean, yeah, you just you go
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  Speaker 1: to the next one. And I honestly believe that our
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  Speaker 1: players really don't pay much attention to that, you know,
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  Speaker 1: nor do we. I mean it's it's, uh, the schedule
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  Speaker 1: comes out in May and and we see it, and
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  Speaker 1: you know, we're excited for it. Great opportunity.
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  Speaker 3: Sorry try Sorry.
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  Speaker 1: You're taking that.
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  Speaker 5: Next is the running back you guys.
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  Speaker 1: Talked about camp I think so you know, he's uh,
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  Speaker 1: he's really been impressive. You know, there's a lot of
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  Speaker 1: I would say, there's still some things he can he
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  Speaker 1: can improve upon, you know, but but he's really taking
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  Speaker 1: a nice step this year understanding the run schemes, understanding
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  Speaker 1: you know, some of the fits and some of the holes.
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  Speaker 1: Missed a few things yesterday we get that fix. But
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  Speaker 1: has definitely taking that step. You know, he's a he's
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  Speaker 1: a tough, young, physical running back that you know, we
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  Speaker 1: we put him in a lot of different positions because
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  Speaker 1: he can handle it, and he's taking a really nice
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  Speaker 1: he's taking a really nice step in that direction.
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  Speaker 2: When you hired Mike Caldwell and you guys talked about
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  Speaker 2: your vision for the defense, how close is what's on
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  Speaker 2: the field to the vision that you guys came up with.
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  Speaker 1: For the defense. Yeah, you know, it's funny because, uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, you probably have a vision of what it
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  Speaker 1: would look like, you know, even your offense. You know,
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  Speaker 1: but you you sort of each year you're almost starting over,
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  Speaker 1: and you kind of it's dictated by your personnel, right
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  Speaker 1: and and who your guys are, and and so it
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  Speaker 1: kind of morphs and shapes into into different different things.
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  Speaker 1: But it still doesn't mean, you know, you still want
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  Speaker 1: to be able to stop the run. Right obviously in
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  Speaker 1: our division, right past rush, we know past rushes is uh,
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  Speaker 1: we talk a lot about that in this room, about
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  Speaker 1: the pass rush. So that's that's every week, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and and then you have to determine how much man
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  Speaker 1: coverage do you want to play right, and again that's
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  Speaker 1: predicated on on your personnel. But you know, pressure, do
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  Speaker 1: you want to be a pressure team or do you
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  Speaker 1: want to you know, play zone and keep everything in
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  Speaker 1: front of you? So you know, it's it's something. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you talk about it when you go through all that
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  Speaker 1: hiring process and what the vision might look like. But
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  Speaker 1: again it's it's uh, it changes sort of shapes based
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  Speaker 1: on based on the personality of the team. How do
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  Speaker 1: you look just having his feet like maybe a little
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  Speaker 1: more left, Yeah, I mean he's he's really settled in nicely.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he did some good things yesterday in the game.
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  Speaker 1: It's getting more comfortable. Obviously had the one false start
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  Speaker 1: you know there, but you know, other than that, he's
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  Speaker 1: he's playing physical, you know, good pass sets and just
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  Speaker 1: just gets better each time out. A few times last
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  Speaker 1: year that after however many so games, the rookie label
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  Speaker 1: kind of goes away or you kind of at that
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  Speaker 1: point the airton and what kind of growth have you've
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  Speaker 1: seen from him? Yeah, I think I think, you know,
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  Speaker 1: he's played enough games now to understand what it's gonna
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  Speaker 1: be like playing in the National Football League. And he's
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  Speaker 1: played against some some really good edge rushers, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and and so you know, he does a great job
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  Speaker 1: each week of getting himself prepared, you know, and Phil
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  Speaker 1: and and uh, you know, Todd and the guys, they
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  Speaker 1: do a great job of preparing him in the entire
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  Speaker 1: offensive line and and especially who he might be going
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  Speaker 1: up against. This is this is a challenge again this week.
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  Speaker 1: It's a really good defensive line, their physical defensive line.
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  Speaker 1: And and again you're on the road, crowd noise, all that,
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  Speaker 1: so you know, snap count is importing and getting off
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  Speaker 1: on the on the ball. So but you know, I
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  Speaker 1: would say the you know, the the rookie tag probably
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  Speaker 1: has gone away, you know now, and and uh, he's
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  Speaker 1: settling in nicely.
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  Speaker 5: Sure, we do.
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  Speaker 2: You have to start trying to look ahead to New
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  Speaker 2: Orleans last week or earlier than maybe you would on
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  Speaker 2: a normal full week.
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  Speaker 1: You do. You just want to get a peek at him,
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  Speaker 1: you know, without without kind of confusing the game that
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  Speaker 1: you're currently in. You know, but coaches definitely took advantage
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  Speaker 1: of a Friday afternoon, a little bit of a Saturday,
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  Speaker 1: even after the game yesterday, coming in and getting some
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  Speaker 1: work in yesterday, and and you know, trying to trying
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  Speaker 1: to stay ahead as much as possible.
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  Speaker 5: You did exactly ease smooth back into game action. He
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  Speaker 5: had thirty the snaps. How did you think he looked?
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  Speaker 5: D Do you think his get off was a little
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  Speaker 5: tad bit slower over yeah?
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  Speaker 1: I think no. I think last week I was asked
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  Speaker 1: if he'd be on a pitch count and I said no,
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  Speaker 1: and and he, you know, he was. He was good.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you know, he's had a couple of plays
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  Speaker 1: in there. I mean, just settling into the game. That
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  Speaker 1: was one thing that he and I talked about just
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  Speaker 1: he just just be him, don't try to chase a play,
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  Speaker 1: you know, make plays that come his direction. And I
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  Speaker 1: asked him this morning, you know how he felt. He
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  Speaker 1: said he actually felt pretty good physically, you know, coming
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  Speaker 1: out of the game and and and all of that.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, overall, you know, he again, much like Cam,
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  Speaker 1: you know, he's going to be uh, you know, kind
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  Speaker 1: of a week to week improvement, you know, until he
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  Speaker 1: kind of gets his legs under him, you know, football
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  Speaker 1: legs that way. But you know, thirty two of seventy
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  Speaker 1: plus snaps, you know, is a good, good chunk for
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  Speaker 1: a first time player coming off of a you know,
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  Speaker 1: a c L. He did well, though, he did good.
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  Speaker 1: How specialized types.
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  Speaker 3: Darius Williams played band recently Verd strike weeks with the interception.
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  Speaker 1: It seems like the ball, you know, ends up ends
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  Speaker 1: up his way and he makes plays on it, you know.
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  Speaker 1: And he's such a smart player, savvy player, and and
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  Speaker 1: just he's got really good hands, you know, and and
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  Speaker 1: good ball skills and and you know, he's just been
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  Speaker 1: making making the plays when they come. And that's that's
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  Speaker 1: what you want, you know. And and there's obviously a
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  Speaker 1: huge play and obviously Atlanta the pick six, and then
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  Speaker 1: last week Buffalo and again you know again Sunday. So
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  Speaker 1: keep that going, okay, coaching, all right, guys,