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Press Pass | Jaguars Players Discuss Team Performance vs. 49ers · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Question. Uh you asking if it meant more fired up.
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  Speaker 2: I mean just his passion I think has been awesome
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  Speaker 2: to see as players.
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  Speaker 1: Brought a lot of energy to our team.
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  Speaker 2: The way that he talks, why he speaks, and then
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  Speaker 2: the way that he just lives it and acts every day.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you can tell he loves what he does.
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  Speaker 2: He cares a lot about it, cares about us as players.
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  Speaker 2: So I think that sh that shows he puts a
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  Speaker 2: lot of work in so but he's he's like that
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  Speaker 2: every week constly. I don't I wouldn't say there was
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  Speaker 2: necessarily more than than normal, but you know, it's a
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  Speaker 2: good football team that we beat today, so we're all
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  Speaker 2: pretty fired up after.
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  Speaker 1: Getting that win. Uh yeah, I mean definitely.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you use everything you can, right and if
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  Speaker 2: they're gonna give you free fuel, you take it. So
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  Speaker 2: that's something that you always do. But at the end
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  Speaker 2: of the day, you gotta go play the game. That
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  Speaker 2: stuff doesn't really matter. You got to go take care
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  Speaker 2: of business and execute and find a way to win
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  Speaker 2: the game, which we did today. So it feels great.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, you try to use anything you can
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  Speaker 2: for sure as motivation.
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  Speaker 3: This is the most brushing attempts you've had since a
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  Speaker 3: week more of twenty twenty three. Is there anything that
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  Speaker 3: this defense gave why I what led you to scramb
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  Speaker 3: so much?
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  Speaker 2: This? I mean, it's a good defense. It's really sound.
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  Speaker 2: I think in their zone coverages they're they're really good.
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  Speaker 2: They take away a lot of things, especially on third down.
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  Speaker 2: They do a good job of dropping to certain spots,
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  Speaker 2: mixing in match coverage, being physical, pressing guys.
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  Speaker 1: So they took some things away from us, how to
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  Speaker 1: you know, move around a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: And then there at the end of the game, obviously
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  Speaker 2: had had some keepers and then some some sneaks along
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  Speaker 2: the way and all that stuff kind of adds up.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, this is it's a good defense. They've been
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  Speaker 2: a good defense for a long time. A lot of
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  Speaker 2: good players over there, well coached, you can tell. So
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  Speaker 2: there's times where you got to kind of usually like
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  Speaker 2: you've thought I could have even done it more, to
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  Speaker 2: be honest, today on some of those third downs, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we weren't as good as you know we want to
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  Speaker 2: be on third down, and I felt like I could
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  Speaker 2: have maybe extended a few more players, to be honest.
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  Speaker 2: So just gotta watch that and keep learning from it
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  Speaker 2: and grow and they've ever Uh the Travis Hunter on
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  Speaker 2: the third line sort of watching saw that one. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we went Temple on the ball and they got to
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  Speaker 2: shell coverage and they kind of doubled BT into the
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  Speaker 2: boundary and then we had you know, then we had
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  Speaker 2: cloud of the field, so that safety was put in
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  Speaker 2: the buying and Travis just did a great job of
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  Speaker 2: taking it straight down the middle over Fred and just
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  Speaker 2: throwing over the top, kind of seeing it as I
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  Speaker 2: got back to the field side progression and uh, Travis
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  Speaker 2: set a great angle for me to throw it and
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  Speaker 2: obviously made a great play on the ball. Safety kind
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  Speaker 2: of came back in and tried to break it up,
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  Speaker 2: and it's a great catch by Travis.
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  Speaker 4: How much was the punk return cause you guys have
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  Speaker 4: struggled a little bit to move the ball consistently in.
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  Speaker 1: That third quarter. It's huge.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, special teams made a bunch of big plays today,
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  Speaker 2: some some great kick returns, some great punts. I mean, uh,
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  Speaker 2: obviously the apartment turned for a touchdown is huge. You know,
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  Speaker 2: there's a lot of players special teams.
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  Speaker 1: Man.
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  Speaker 2: It was just a full effort game by everyone and
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  Speaker 2: that you know, obviously get some points on the board,
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  Speaker 2: give us a little bit of a cushion, and then
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  Speaker 2: our defense again just with the takeaways and the big
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  Speaker 2: stops and then us just having to go and and
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  Speaker 2: get a first down and finish the game out, you know.
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  Speaker 2: So it was a complete game for us, I think offensively, obviously,
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  Speaker 2: there's a lot more out there that we can that
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  Speaker 2: we can do and and that's the great thing about
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  Speaker 2: it is finding ways to win. And we still feel
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  Speaker 2: like we can grow a lot as an offense. So,
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  Speaker 2: like you said, the punt return and defense and special teams,
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  Speaker 2: you know, did a great job today. Oh yeah, same
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  Speaker 2: locker room we're in. So definitely had some good vibes
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  Speaker 2: and some good memories being back here.
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  Speaker 1: So it felt good.
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  Speaker 2: Couple, you had to shuttle a couple of line to
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  Speaker 2: do today.
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  Speaker 1: How much Patrick communication, how long they played?
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  Speaker 2: Those guys get did a great job. I mean the
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  Speaker 2: whole the whole unit. We had what seven or eight
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  Speaker 2: guys play today. I mean, uh, that's hard to do.
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  Speaker 2: It's hard to just come in and you haven't gotten
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  Speaker 2: a lot of reps with that starting unit and guys
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  Speaker 2: filling in and playing well, you know, they hats off
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  Speaker 2: to them and they protected. Well, we ran the ball great,
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  Speaker 2: did what we needed to do. They gave me plenty
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  Speaker 2: of time back there. I mean, those guys did an
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  Speaker 2: awesome job. And that's a hard job to come in
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  Speaker 2: as a as an offensive lineman and you know, drop
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  Speaker 2: of a pin and have to go and protect, especially
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  Speaker 2: in a third down or whatever it is. Uh, and
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  Speaker 2: those guys stepped up. So they did a great job.
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  Speaker 2: Takeaways for you guys in four weeks on offense, man,
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  Speaker 2: it's uh yeah, it's it's huge for your team, just
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  Speaker 2: the takeaways, the turnover margin. Like we always talk about
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  Speaker 2: that battle of I mean, you want to take one
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  Speaker 2: thing away from this game or just any game in general,
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  Speaker 2: is if you win, if you have less turnovers than
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  Speaker 2: other team, you got a good chance of winning, you know,
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  Speaker 2: taking everything else out of it. So I think for
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  Speaker 2: us that's been a huge advantage for us, our defense
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  Speaker 2: getting bunch of turnovers in today. Finally we had a
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  Speaker 2: game where we didn't give the ball away, so obviously
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  Speaker 2: it ended up being a what five point game? You know,
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  Speaker 2: those things matter at the end of the day when
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  Speaker 2: you have I think we got three turnovers and or
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  Speaker 2: maybe more and then three or four and then we
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  Speaker 2: didn't have any You know that that makes a difference,
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  Speaker 2: So gotta keep doing it.
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  Speaker 4: Is there just a belief now that they're gonna get
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  Speaker 4: two or three game at this point in the four.
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  Speaker 2: Weeks, you know, Yeah, it's uh, there is a belief
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  Speaker 2: for sure, and and those guys believe. And I think
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  Speaker 2: that's why we're getting the ball so much because they
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  Speaker 2: work on it and practice constantly and it's always they're
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  Speaker 2: punching at the ball. They're getting their hands on footballs
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  Speaker 2: down the field, you know, making plays in the back end.
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  Speaker 2: Like it's something that they've been working so hard on
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  Speaker 2: since the spring and to see it show up is
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  Speaker 2: really cool for us as an offense, you know, we
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  Speaker 2: got to keep taking care of the ball, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: I I I'd be surprised if we win every single
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  Speaker 2: game getting three takeaways the whole season. So you know,
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  Speaker 2: we can't clean some stuff up and go score some
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  Speaker 2: more points on offense. I know we can be better. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: but yeah, there is a belief that our defense is
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  Speaker 2: gonna get takeaways cause they've proven it through four weeks
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  Speaker 2: and just keep doing it.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it helps us out. Obviously, getting those turnovers.
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  Speaker 4: I be Liam talks about if you need to hear
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  Speaker 4: for a while where there wasn't a lot of that
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  Speaker 4: reveal resiliency. That's who this team is at this point.
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  Speaker 1: Gets is that kind of what your belief is.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean we're it's it's a great start for us.
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  Speaker 2: Like I've like I've said the last couple of weeks.
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  Speaker 2: I mean it's early in the year still, but the
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  Speaker 2: way we've won a couple of these games, and I
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  Speaker 2: think just in any game there's gonna be adversity and
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  Speaker 2: ups and downs, and that just the way we've handled
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  Speaker 2: them has been. Uh, it's been awesome. Team's really coming together,
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  Speaker 2: getting behind each other, playing complimentary football when when something happens,
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  Speaker 2: we really take advantage of the momentum swings. I think
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  Speaker 2: that was a big thing today.
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  Speaker 1: And we just play a full game.
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  Speaker 2: You don't know what what the next play is gonna hold,
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  Speaker 2: just what even if something bad happened the play before,
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  Speaker 2: just play the next play, keep looking forward. And I
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  Speaker 2: think our this team's done a good job of that.
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  Speaker 2: But you gotta keep keep doing it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we're uh, very opportunistic.
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  Speaker 5: You know, we have a lot of ball hawks on
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  Speaker 5: the defense, and the ball is always on our mind.
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  Speaker 5: You know, it starts up front, and I think everybody
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  Speaker 5: just capitalizing on the opportunities that we have season this year.
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  Speaker 5: Is it what is the the change then? Yeah, I
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  Speaker 5: mean I think it starts in practice. You know, we
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  Speaker 5: always practice taking the ball away, punching the ball out,
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  Speaker 5: you know, catching the ball. Everybody always has the ball
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  Speaker 5: in their mind. And I think whenever you're thinking about
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  Speaker 5: it all the time, naturally, you know, those plays and
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  Speaker 5: those opportunities, you'll be ready for a whenever they whenever
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  Speaker 5: they present themselves.
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  Speaker 4: Run us through that second interception that that ball get deflected.
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  Speaker 4: It looks like a little bit and it's just like
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  Speaker 4: an easy catch.
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  Speaker 1: Right, Yeah, it was.
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  Speaker 5: I believe Mason tiffed at the line of scrimmage, so
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  Speaker 5: I have to go back and see that, but I'm
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  Speaker 5: pretty sure he did.
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  Speaker 1: That's what I heard.
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  Speaker 5: And then you know, I just had a good feel
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  Speaker 5: for where he was trying to go with the ball
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  Speaker 5: and you know, luckily through it and uh it was
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  Speaker 5: right there.
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  Speaker 1: It was a easy catch, the first one.
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  Speaker 4: Just a matter's sticking with it.
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  Speaker 1: Fucanccaffrey's handling. He's got like that Yeah, he found his
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  Speaker 1: way through.
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  Speaker 5: He leaked through, and uh, those are one of those
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  Speaker 5: players you gotta just keep running, you know. Uh, Coach
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  Speaker 5: Camps always talks about running to the ball, and the
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  Speaker 5: opportunity was there whenever you you know, opportunity are gonna
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  Speaker 5: be there when you get to the ball. So you know,
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  Speaker 5: fortunately that was on our side and you know I
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  Speaker 5: was able to get the tip.
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  Speaker 1: Are you played the best football in your career to.
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  Speaker 4: Start this year?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm playing good football. You know, I think as
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  Speaker 5: a team, we're all playing good football. And ultimately, you know,
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  Speaker 5: I'm just focused on playing my best for the team
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  Speaker 5: so we can win. You know, it's a great team win.
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  Speaker 5: This is is uh comp it. It was complimentary ball and
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  Speaker 5: everybody was playing together and uh believe throughout the whole court, Uh,
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  Speaker 5: throughout the whole game. So just proud of everybody. And
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  Speaker 5: like I said, we're all playing off each other.
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  Speaker 2: You thought to Eric, at all offer you guys made
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  Speaker 2: that sat on pretty because of all the years of
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  Speaker 2: air was here at or was it bring him.
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  Speaker 1: To get this kind of win? A man that was
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  Speaker 1: so special?
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  Speaker 5: You know, I'm just so happy for Eric for you know,
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  Speaker 5: he didn't spend so much time here and uh this
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  Speaker 5: was his home for so long, and to make a
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  Speaker 5: play like that return home, you know, just so happy
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  Speaker 5: for him and uh you know he deserves uh every
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  Speaker 5: bit of that. You know, that was big for him.
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  Speaker 4: You guys in the way with anything that Robert Sallas
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  Speaker 4: said about stealing signs, did that impact anybody in that
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  Speaker 4: locker room this week at all?
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  Speaker 1: Nope? Nope?
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  Speaker 6: See the game turn Yeah, I was, Uh, can't write
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  Speaker 6: a better script than that, to be honest, just walk
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  Speaker 6: up today, you know, didn't wanna make it bigger than
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  Speaker 6: it was and just leaving them and you know, see
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  Speaker 6: what today had to bring. And it was a pretty
• 9:03
  Speaker 6: special day, probably one I won't forget.
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  Speaker 5: What was it like being the best locker room and
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  Speaker 5: it's just a it's a different you know, coming back
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  Speaker 5: here and be.
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  Speaker 1: On their side. Yeah, it was. It was weird.
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  Speaker 6: I think I've been in this locker room one time
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  Speaker 6: for the Practical Championship when I was in college. But yeah,
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  Speaker 6: coming into the visit of the locker room was a
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  Speaker 6: little weird for sure, and uh yeah, but it was
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  Speaker 6: it was an amazing experience.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 6: Obviously I got a lot of memories in this building,
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  Speaker 6: and I just made another one today.
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  Speaker 3: Did you happen to give your signature gesture after you
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  Speaker 3: stacked pretty?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? I did?
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  Speaker 2: You did?
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  Speaker 3: Ago, Yes, you do.
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  Speaker 1: Robert tallerwell you know them. Well when did you think
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  Speaker 1: of the whole back and forth beca this week and
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  Speaker 1: ad then after the games sort of seen? Oh, I
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  Speaker 1: don't know what happened after the game. Uh.
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  Speaker 6: I know, coaches get competitive, you know they're there are
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  Speaker 6: two great coaches and.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously r uh both fiery. So I don't really know
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  Speaker 1: what that was about.
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  Speaker 3: So that play, uh the fumble, uh force fumble. Uh
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  Speaker 3: obviously doing that against your you know, former team. Uh.
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  Speaker 3: I was talking to you, Foyer, you said, uh, you
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  Speaker 3: kind of took the ball up and held it up
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  Speaker 3: like uh the lion king. What was that celebration? Where
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  Speaker 3: did that come from?
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  Speaker 1: Oh?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, in the locker room the coach game and game
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  Speaker 6: ball and uh, I just you know, held it up
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  Speaker 6: like it was the most precious thing in the world,
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  Speaker 6: cause the ball is and you know this, Like I said,
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  Speaker 6: this was a big day for me, a big day
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  Speaker 6: for our team, you know, getting our first road win
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  Speaker 6: in this fashion.
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  Speaker 1: Against a great team. It's to day.
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  Speaker 6: You know, I'll I'll I'll remember always, especially in you know,
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  Speaker 6: my career. There's gonna be certain games I'll forget about
• 10:47
  Speaker 6: obviously playing a lot of football, but this, this won't
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  Speaker 6: be one of those.
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  Speaker 3: Well is it kind of talk thought mostly though when
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  Speaker 3: you're when you're playing form routine because you have so
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  Speaker 3: many you played so many years, you know, with the
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  Speaker 3: forty nine ers, and you're you know, on the other side,
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  Speaker 3: is it always kind of difficul when.
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  Speaker 6: You're yeah, it w It was a little weird, But
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  Speaker 6: like I said, the my mindset was that, like, it's
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  Speaker 6: a unique experience that not a lot of human beings
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  Speaker 6: get to have. Playing in the NFL for one, but
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  Speaker 6: being somewhere for so long coming back, Uh like that
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  Speaker 6: that kind of situation not a lot of people get
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  Speaker 6: to have in their life.
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  Speaker 1: So, you know, I was just living in a moment
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  Speaker 1: and seeing how the day went.
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  Speaker 4: Mm is it surprising to even think thirteen turnovers in
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  Speaker 4: four games? I mean, that's a lot of turnovers, you guys,
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  Speaker 4: I mean, a little hard to believe.
• 11:35
  Speaker 6: Uh, it it it it, It is crazy. Weir it
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  Speaker 6: obviously it's historic, and you know it's something we we
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  Speaker 6: talk about and preach like we wanna take the ball
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  Speaker 6: away and get the ball back to our offense and
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  Speaker 6: we're doing it at extremely high level. Now early in
• 11:53
  Speaker 6: the season. Got to keep it going. But off to
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  Speaker 6: a great start, what did it.
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  Speaker 1: Need to come back?
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  Speaker 3: You're not uh suggection for black Guarth, but as the
• 12:02
  Speaker 3: Walter Payton.
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  Speaker 6: End of the year, definitely hold that with you know,
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  Speaker 6: a huge honor to represent not only the myself and
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  Speaker 6: my family, but the NFL and my team and you know,
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  Speaker 6: everyone who looks up to me for all the things
• 12:23
  Speaker 6: that I've done.
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  Speaker 1: I wear that with huge honor, and.
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  Speaker 6: So it feels good to to play out there with
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  Speaker 6: the patch and so everyone can you know, see that
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  Speaker 6: and it can be on display, cause I wanna continue
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  Speaker 6: to inspire uh the next generation and so hopefully I'm
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  Speaker 6: doing that.
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  Speaker 2: Eric.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, sir. I appreciate you.