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Press Pass | Liam Coen on Prep for Mile High Atmosphere, Building Consistency in Week 2 · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Denver you know doesn't necessarily play up to their standard
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  Speaker 1: what's the challenge for you guys trying to uh scout
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  Speaker 1: them yeah I mean I think they they we know
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  Speaker 1: how they're going to respond I mean there's no question
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  Speaker 1: that uh they're a well-coached uh talented team that we
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  Speaker 1: have obviously a lot of film on from from last
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  Speaker 1: year and then obviously playing them later on helps with
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  Speaker 1: some of that um you know definitely different ways of
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  Speaker 1: how they used waddle throughout the game and know they'll
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  Speaker 1: want to continue to get him involved early on. And
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  Speaker 1: it's really so much of this week is truly about us.
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  Speaker 1: It is. I mean, we have to be aware of
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  Speaker 1: their good players and their good schemes and their good coaching,
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  Speaker 1: but also going into this atmosphere, the communication, both verbally
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  Speaker 1: and visually, guys being on the screws. Like I told
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  Speaker 1: him this morning that we have to know this plan
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  Speaker 1: so well that you know what the guy next to
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  Speaker 1: you is going to be able to do without having
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  Speaker 1: to say it to him or speak or talk about it.
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  Speaker 1: Like that's how well we have to be connected this week.
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  Speaker 1: That's how intentional we have to be in our work
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  Speaker 1: and our preparation. So, yeah, I'm fully anticipating a really
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  Speaker 1: good game from these guys. I thought Walker ran out
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  Speaker 1: of his mind. He kind of carried on what he
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  Speaker 1: was doing towards the end of last year throughout. I
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  Speaker 1: thought they played hard up front. Kansas City played really
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  Speaker 1: hard up front, but he was forcing a ton of
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  Speaker 1: missed tackles. I mean, he's so physical and quick and
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  Speaker 1: you can't really count, you know what I mean? Like
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  Speaker 1: you can count on obviously the scheme and you're trying
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  Speaker 1: to set things up and you can always take things
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  Speaker 1: from that game, but everybody's different, our players are different,
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  Speaker 1: and so you've got to set it up fully expecting
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  Speaker 1: and anticipating them to, you know, play their best as well.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, that's kind of big, that's what we're anticipating,
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  Speaker 1: and knowing that, you know, we didn't run it great
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  Speaker 1: against them last year, and so those are some things
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  Speaker 1: we're obviously having to look at. Okay, well, how did
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  Speaker 1: Kansas City set things up? Yes, does that match things
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  Speaker 1: that we do? If not, okay, can we go back
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  Speaker 1: and look at last year and and try to find
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  Speaker 1: anything that could help us in this game, formationally, personnel, motions,
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  Speaker 1: different scheme, whatever it might be. They definitely ran it well,
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  Speaker 1: but I think what they threw for 170 yards or
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  Speaker 1: something like that throughout the game. So obviously we're looking
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  Speaker 1: for balance, and Trevor and the receivers and the skill
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  Speaker 1: players to step up for us this week as well.
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  Speaker 1: Going back to last year, I know it's a new season,
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  Speaker 1: stuff's changed, but is it helpful that you played them
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  Speaker 1: so late in last season? Yeah, it helps. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I think it helps our players know the atmosphere, know
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  Speaker 1: what they're going into. The schemes are probably going to
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  Speaker 1: be very similar for us as well, you know, like
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  Speaker 1: our schemes and what we do. I'm sure they're looking
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  Speaker 1: at that game just as much as we are. For me,
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  Speaker 1: it's more of like, okay, we have the– experience of
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  Speaker 1: going there and going through that trip and knowing what
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  Speaker 1: that's like and the altitude and the atmosphere and then
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  Speaker 1: having to go and play a quality opponent. Why is
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  Speaker 1: Trevor so good throwing the ball down the field when
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  Speaker 1: he's moving left? I really don't know. Seriously, it is
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  Speaker 1: pretty impressive. Some of those throws from last year that
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  Speaker 1: were all kind of going to his left as well.
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  Speaker 1: I know I referenced that I think in one of
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  Speaker 1: the press conferences that we had earlier in training camp
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  Speaker 1: or before the season and I think he just can
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  Speaker 1: get deliver more torque like when he's going to his
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  Speaker 1: left it's actually I think one of his most natural
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  Speaker 1: throwing motions is when he is going to his left
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  Speaker 1: because he truly gets more rotation on it and it
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  Speaker 1: just comes out of his hand like I mean it
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  Speaker 1: can travel it can keep traveling while going to his
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  Speaker 1: left which is typically challenging for a lot of quarterbacks
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  Speaker 1: to do not that that play was but when oftentimes
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  Speaker 1: when quarterbacks are going out to their left and they're
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  Speaker 1: throwing the ball like in the middle you're kind of
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  Speaker 1: like in those oh no no no no moments and
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  Speaker 1: then it's oh great that wasn't one of them but
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  Speaker 1: that can happen when throwing across your body at times
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  Speaker 1: for some quarterbacks and I think it's just kind of
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  Speaker 1: the way he throws, the way he's built, the way
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  Speaker 1: he kind of gets more torque behind it when he's
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  Speaker 1: going to his left, and he's confident doing it. That's
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  Speaker 1: something that I think he naturally has the ability to
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  Speaker 1: escape either way, but it's nice to know he can
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  Speaker 1: go to his non-dominant hand and have success. No, it's
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  Speaker 1: not like something I can't take any credit for this
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  Speaker 1: or have any real drill work. Obviously, we drill a drill.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we have a pocket movement drill where it's either, hey,
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  Speaker 1: you're going to escape out straight, right, left, back to
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  Speaker 1: your side. And you're trying to set up different throws
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  Speaker 1: for them so they get the reps at it. But
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  Speaker 1: that's him being him. Sometimes they only have one true lineup. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: obviously we know last year they led the NFL in sacks,
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  Speaker 1: and Bonito, the getoff, especially when they're at home and
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  Speaker 1: the guys can kind of tee off a little bit more,
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  Speaker 1: anticipating some of the silent cadences and counts. I think
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  Speaker 1: Allen is one of the more underrated players in the
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  Speaker 1: National Football League. especially in his rush. I think he
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  Speaker 1: has real rush from a three technique. I think the
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  Speaker 1: Koi Robinson kid that I really liked out of Alabama
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  Speaker 1: actually last year is continuing to come on for him.
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  Speaker 1: Ellis has done some good things. And Vance Joseph does
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  Speaker 1: a really nice job of putting those guys in positions
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  Speaker 1: to be successful. Singleton's a good blitzer from the second level.
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  Speaker 1: Hafunga's a good blitzer from the third level. So it's
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  Speaker 1: not just the guys up front. They definitely mix it up.
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  Speaker 1: Vance does a nice job of making things look the
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  Speaker 1: same and creating a lot of problems for you pre-snap
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  Speaker 1: from a communication standpoint. He's got the backers mugged up
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  Speaker 1: in there a lot, and so it's a guessing game.
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  Speaker 1: Are they coming? Are they dropping? What are some of
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  Speaker 1: the ways that you can try to undress it? But
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  Speaker 1: it's challenging when they're well-coached and it's well-schemed up. arguably
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  Speaker 1: the most daunting stretch of football in NFL history, 28
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  Speaker 1: of the next 33 regular season games on the road
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  Speaker 1: or away from home anyway. You got ahead of this
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  Speaker 1: messaging anywhere, anytime, anybody. How important was that for the
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  Speaker 1: players to get ahead of that and maybe prepare them
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  Speaker 1: months in advance? Yeah, I think just being honest, like, hey, guys,
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  Speaker 1: if you're a part of this organization right now, this
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  Speaker 1: is the reality. Like, this is our truth. This is
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  Speaker 1: our reality. And nobody... in this league and then this
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  Speaker 1: fan base, like nobody's going to care at the end
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  Speaker 1: of the day, like nobody, it's not going to be
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  Speaker 1: an allowed excuse or an allowed reason because the results
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  Speaker 1: are what they are at the, at the end of
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  Speaker 1: the season, like your records, your record, and nobody's going
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  Speaker 1: to look at it and say, well, oh, well they
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  Speaker 1: had to go play a lot of games away from home.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it is what it is. And so for
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  Speaker 1: us to get ahead of it, I did think was
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  Speaker 1: important to just be honest and to bring it up
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  Speaker 1: in front of everybody. So, Hey, look, you didn't not
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  Speaker 1: know this, or we didn't not address this and, and
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  Speaker 1: at least know that, Hey guys, like this is something
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  Speaker 1: we have to be intentional about. I thought we traveled
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  Speaker 1: well last year in terms of as a group being connected.
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  Speaker 1: I liked it. I thought our guys handled it really
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  Speaker 1: well and took pride in it. And so I can
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  Speaker 1: kind of lean into that in ways from, The leadership group,
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  Speaker 1: the captains, and the guys that obviously have been here
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  Speaker 1: kind of knowing what's ahead of us and just get
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  Speaker 1: ahead of it. I think it's better to be honest
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  Speaker 1: and upfront. Can it be a bonding and beneficial? That's right.
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  Speaker 1: That's kind of what I think. It's like when you
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  Speaker 1: go on the road, especially the West Coast trips that
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  Speaker 1: we did have last year, I mean, those are longer trips, right?
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  Speaker 1: You're together a little bit longer. You know, there are
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  Speaker 1: opportunities to rest specifically on the flights, and you can
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  Speaker 1: get a little bit more rest. and less distractions, right?
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  Speaker 1: As much as I want to go see my family
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  Speaker 1: on a Friday, you know, on a Saturday after we
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  Speaker 1: have our work done here, it is good for us.
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  Speaker 1: It's good for us to be connected. It's good for
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  Speaker 1: us to be around each other and to keep learning
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  Speaker 1: and growing together. How does Sir Dan challenge you from
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  Speaker 1: an offensive standpoint? He's extremely rangy, really good recognition of splits,
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  Speaker 1: of concept id they do a nice job of moving
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  Speaker 1: them around when they need to and when they want
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  Speaker 1: to and they feel like the matchups are things that
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  Speaker 1: they want to take advantage of but also mixing up
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  Speaker 1: the coverages away from him as well so they'll play
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  Speaker 1: a lot of different combination coverages which can make it
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  Speaker 1: challenging as well i think he's tackled at a high
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  Speaker 1: level throughout the course of his career and he's long.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, anytime you have a long-rangey dude, that's always
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  Speaker 1: a little bit challenging in general, right? If he gets hands-on,
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  Speaker 1: he's smooth, competitive at the catch point. Yeah, I think
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  Speaker 1: he's definitely one of the best corners in the NFL.
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  Speaker 1: You said in the offseason what your expectations were for Trayvon.
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  Speaker 1: I know one game, a firm training game to what
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  Speaker 1: we saw on Sunday. Is he kind of starting to
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  Speaker 1: hit that strength? I think so. I thought he wreaked
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  Speaker 1: some havoc, especially early on in the game. I think
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  Speaker 1: those guys all were doing a nice job rushing and
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  Speaker 1: affecting the quarterback at times. He can be a savage
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  Speaker 1: when he really wants to be. When he's going and
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  Speaker 1: he's staying low and coming off the rock and not
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  Speaker 1: hesitating or waiting for the set and just going and
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  Speaker 1: causing havoc and He can be that way, and I
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  Speaker 1: was pleased to see that show up in week one
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  Speaker 1: especially and to see some of the coverage in the
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  Speaker 1: front match each other. And we obviously have a huge
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  Speaker 1: challenge this week because I think Denver's got one of
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  Speaker 1: the better offensive lines in the NFL as well. Do
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  Speaker 1: you anticipate Travis's role kind of increasing as he works
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  Speaker 1: his way back from this injury? Yeah, I think so.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously you want to continue to do what we think
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  Speaker 1: is going to give us the best chance at winning.
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  Speaker 1: throughout the course of the week. And so if that's
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  Speaker 1: Travis getting more touches, then absolutely will. And just on B.J.
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  Speaker 1: Green's injury, what can you tell us about that? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: he'll be out for a little bit here. And, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we announced, correct, that we're putting him on IR. So
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  Speaker 1: unfortunate for B.J. He did it on the first play
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  Speaker 1: of the game and really played another, like, 15 snaps there. um,
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  Speaker 1: with an injury. And so it kind of tells you
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  Speaker 1: about the guy, the type of dude that he is.
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  Speaker 1: He did not want to come out, um, really hurt,
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  Speaker 1: you know, hurt and form because of how well he
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  Speaker 1: performed throughout training camp. Um, how much work he put
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  Speaker 1: into this off season, um, how much you really wanted
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  Speaker 1: to help this team this year, you know, this year,
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  Speaker 1: and he'll get his opportunity to do so. Just unfortunately,
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  Speaker 1: I have to wait a couple of weeks here. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I think it's, you know, you always want to try
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  Speaker 1: to give your guys a little bit of time and
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  Speaker 1: especially when they've had the injury bug, like Jalen McLeod,
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  Speaker 1: for instance, right? That did not play at all for
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  Speaker 1: us last year and really didn't have much time at all.
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  Speaker 1: And so, Then he gets an opportunity in a preseason
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  Speaker 1: game and is able to do some good things that
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  Speaker 1: we want to continue to work with him. And Jack's
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  Speaker 1: similar in terms of, obviously, he was able to help
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  Speaker 1: us more on special teams last year. He got some
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  Speaker 1: quality snaps at linebacker in some games last year as well.
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  Speaker 1: But I'm glad to have him up and be able
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  Speaker 1: to continue working with Jack. Who is assigned to monitor
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  Speaker 1: Sean Beaton's press conferences this week in case he wants to? No,
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  Speaker 1: I think they... I talked to Sean at the owners
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  Speaker 1: meetings and he gave me a little love for it,
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  Speaker 1: but he said, I'm coming for you this year. It's great.
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  Speaker 1: It's all in competition and I've learned so much football
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  Speaker 1: from Sean Payton. He's allowed me in his building in
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  Speaker 1: New Orleans and got to talk to him a ton.
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  Speaker 1: When we're at the owners meetings and you just listen.
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  Speaker 1: You just listen to the stories and A lot of
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  Speaker 1: it is insightful in ways. You can learn something from
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  Speaker 1: every conversation with him because of the experience. And a
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  Speaker 1: lot of the ways that I've typically kind of modeled
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  Speaker 1: calling plays, a lot of it stemmed from what I
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  Speaker 1: learned from him and what I watched from him and
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  Speaker 1: how it affects and attacks a defense, not just with
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  Speaker 1: scheme but with personnel change and being able to mix
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  Speaker 1: it in. And I've always had a ton of respect,
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  Speaker 1: so I can't anticipate much this week. I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: I think Pete Prisco was saying how bad passing stats were,
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  Speaker 1: so I think all the coaches were ticked off. I
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  Speaker 1: don't know. I'm kidding. Yeah, I know. I love him. Yeah, right.
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  Speaker 1: I know. Yeah, he must be thrilled with me. No,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. I think early on in an NFL–
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  Speaker 1: You can see a lot like tackling show up as
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  Speaker 1: a potential issue early on in most NFL seasons, especially
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  Speaker 1: if you're not playing your starters in preseason games. They're
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  Speaker 1: just not going to get a ton of tackling. And
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  Speaker 1: I think that there was probably a lot more forced
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  Speaker 1: missed tackles this past week that I saw, at least
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  Speaker 1: when you just watch around the league. A lot of
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  Speaker 1: catch and runs. A lot of guys being able to
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  Speaker 1: do stuff with the football after the catch or after
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  Speaker 1: the initial five yards or so. And so I'm not
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  Speaker 1: quite sure exactly. I mean, but I do attribute a
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  Speaker 1: lot of the points to some of the maybe missed
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  Speaker 1: tackles and stuff like that. Since he was the next
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  Speaker 1: level for Trevor, can you look at the last nine
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  Speaker 1: games and say he's playing consistently or can you look
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  Speaker 1: at what he did on Sunday and how do you,
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  Speaker 1: how do you look at his consistency? Yeah, I think
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  Speaker 1: it was like, we'll, we'll know here, you know, in
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  Speaker 1: the next couple of weeks specifically the stretch that we
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  Speaker 1: have and, I thought it was a really good start
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  Speaker 1: to building off of the things from last year that
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  Speaker 1: we really liked and some of the areas in which
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  Speaker 1: we wanted to continue to improve and thought he took
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  Speaker 1: care of the football as well on Sunday, which was
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  Speaker 1: a huge deal for us. And to see him use
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  Speaker 1: his legs, as I mentioned, this early on is also
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  Speaker 1: very encouraging to see and to let him just go
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  Speaker 1: play free. And if we can continue to see that,
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  Speaker 1: that's the consistency that we're all looking for. What kind
• 15:29
  Speaker 1: of problems can Bo Nix create? It's similar in ways
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  Speaker 1: to Trev that he's a threat as a passer, as
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  Speaker 1: a scrambler, but also as a designed quarterback run. And
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  Speaker 1: they've done that over the years. The zone read game,
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  Speaker 1: the quarterback draw game, some of that stuff. I think
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  Speaker 1: he's really good at extending plays and remaining a passer.
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  Speaker 1: And he had a few of them against us last year.
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  Speaker 1: that he extended and really hit some crosses and over
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  Speaker 1: routes down the field. And I know they're going to
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  Speaker 1: be extremely intentional about their execution this week, I'm sure,
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  Speaker 1: and all that offensively. So fully anticipating him to come
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  Speaker 1: out and have a competitive day against us. Coach, thank you.