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Press Pass | Trevor Lawrence: "We know the sense of urgency to play better." · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: We're just concerning for you guys, for you personally to
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  Speaker 1: see the team kind of struggling right now because you
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  Speaker 1: are in the second year with du system as opposed
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  Speaker 1: to last year when there was certainly a lot bigger
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  Speaker 1: learning curve.
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  Speaker 2: He says, it more concerning because of that. No, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: not necessarily. I think it's either way. It's you don't
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  Speaker 2: want to have you don't want to struggle. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: obviously you want things to go smoother, and you look
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  Speaker 2: at any team every year and that's just not the case.
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  Speaker 2: You're going to have a stretch where you might not
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  Speaker 2: play your best ball, and the good teams find a
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  Speaker 2: way to get out of that and get out of
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  Speaker 2: their own way and start executing. So obviously, last two
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  Speaker 2: weeks we haven't played well and we know that, and
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  Speaker 2: that's that's just where we stand. And we also know
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  Speaker 2: it's a long season and we still got fourteen more
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  Speaker 2: games left, So both those things can and are true,
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  Speaker 2: or can be true and are true. So that's just
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  Speaker 2: where we're at, and we understand that, and we know
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  Speaker 2: the sense of urgency to play better and to execute
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  Speaker 2: and to do what we know we're capable of, especially offensively.
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  Speaker 2: So and we have that and the guys are ready
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  Speaker 2: to go, and we got to go do it though,
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  Speaker 2: And it's it's little things. It's you know, I think
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  Speaker 2: we've done We've done some difficult things and made them
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  Speaker 2: look easy as far as protections. We've done some things
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  Speaker 2: that maybe aren't easy, and we've done those well. But
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  Speaker 2: it's the simple things that we're that we're not executing on,
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  Speaker 2: the things that we know we can do, that we've
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  Speaker 2: done in the past, that we have to do to win.
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  Speaker 2: That's what we're not doing. So you know, it just
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  Speaker 2: takes you know, a couple of plays here and there,
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  Speaker 2: and it takes one week just to get back on track,
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  Speaker 2: start getting that confidence back going in the right direction.
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  Speaker 2: And so looking forward to doing that this week. And
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  Speaker 2: you know, we got a we got a big week
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  Speaker 2: of prep obviously before we travel over there on Thursday
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  Speaker 2: or tomorrow. So today and tomorrow tomorrow are critical to
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  Speaker 2: our planning and just getting ready.
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  Speaker 1: Assuming you grew up watching.
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  Speaker 2: Toy Story, I did you know, I'm not like a
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  Speaker 2: I wouldn't say maybe the biggest Toy Story fan. I
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  Speaker 2: like the movies, I just haven't like I don't know
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  Speaker 2: all the characters necessarily and and all of that. But
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  Speaker 2: I definitely I've watched all of them be the character
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  Speaker 2: and rude.
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  Speaker 1: It'll be cool.
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  Speaker 2: It'll be cool for the kids. I think, you know,
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  Speaker 2: if I was a kid and they did that for
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  Speaker 2: a football game, it'd be definitely entertaining something i'd want
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  Speaker 2: to watch. But yeah, I don't know. Do you guys
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  Speaker 2: know what character I'm supposed to be? They have they
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  Speaker 2: said that yet? It's just me, okay, just in Andy's room. No, No,
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  Speaker 2: it's all good. And I thought I would be like, no,
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  Speaker 2: that's good. I'm not is that sid? Maybe I'll be
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  Speaker 2: I'll hold I might be Slink or something that's a
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  Speaker 2: pretty cool one. But it'll be archive. Maybe it would
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  Speaker 2: be on Disney Plus, like after the game, not just live.
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  Speaker 2: I'll probably watch it turn at least check it out,
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  Speaker 2: see see how it goes, you know, But yeah, exactly, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I mean Richard's third down is a trouble spot. Do
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  Speaker 2: you or do you take a more macro view of it?
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  Speaker 1: And if you do, what do you think about third down?
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  Speaker 2: And how do you how do you work through? Just
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  Speaker 2: continue to you know, I trust our process and the
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  Speaker 2: way we prepare it's proven that it works. You know,
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  Speaker 2: obviously this year we've we've had some struggles, especially on
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  Speaker 2: third down and then then like we talked about red
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  Speaker 2: zone against Kansas City, so there's been some struggles at times.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think it's maybe more attention to detail,
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  Speaker 2: more emphasis on certain things. But you know, I think
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  Speaker 2: that our process is right. I think we're doing things
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  Speaker 2: the right way, the way we prepare. Maybe it's just
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  Speaker 2: more attention to detail and just playing loose. I think,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we have so much talent and we're an
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  Speaker 2: offense that has a lot of talent and we should be.
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  Speaker 2: We have the guys to be a great offense, but
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  Speaker 2: we have to go out there and do it and
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  Speaker 2: execute and just think when those situations come up, just
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  Speaker 2: just keep playing free play like it's a normal down,
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  Speaker 2: like nothing's different. You know, it's it's third down, but
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  Speaker 2: this shouldn't change anything. And I think that's kind of
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  Speaker 2: emphasis too, and for all of us to just go play.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we're we got great players. I'm gonna I'm
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  Speaker 2: gonna find them. Travis is gonna do the right thing
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  Speaker 2: when he gets the ball. The eye up front is
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  Speaker 2: gonna gonna match the guys. They're gonna do a great job,
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  Speaker 2: like we're gonna We have all the right people, so
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  Speaker 2: it's just not to overthink it. And and don't you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think one thing too is losing magnifies everything. It
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  Speaker 2: always does. So you know, you can't panic and throw
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  Speaker 2: everything out just because we've had some struggles. Some of
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  Speaker 2: the stuff, like I said, is just simple stuff that
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  Speaker 2: we've executed the past two years, and maybe we just
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  Speaker 2: haven't the first few games for whatever reason, maybe different reasons.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, you can't panic and just throw everything
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  Speaker 2: away after three games. So we know who we are,
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  Speaker 2: we know what our identity is, and we know what
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  Speaker 2: we have to improve on, and we do we need
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  Speaker 2: to improve on them. But you can't lose all sense
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  Speaker 2: of who you are after just a couple of games.
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  Speaker 1: Third line game, I think, yeah, be your third lineing game.
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  Speaker 2: Be Shay, it's crazy.
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  Speaker 1: Can you imagine that?
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  Speaker 2: Crazy? Yeah? I can't imagine that. That's a long time.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's the most anyone's ever played an international
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  Speaker 2: game in league history. So but if you stay here
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  Speaker 2: in the contract continues, you can.
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  Speaker 1: Be up like ten, twelve, fifteen one.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, she especially like a double dipping this year, got
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  Speaker 2: two of them, so that's crazy. It's cool though. Shots
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  Speaker 2: just you know, just his longevity has been cool to
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  Speaker 2: to see, and uh, yeah, he's he's a good one.
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  Speaker 1: Do you have any concerns about going over there for
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  Speaker 1: two weeks and then coming back that turnaround to come
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  Speaker 1: back and play a game right after?
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  Speaker 2: I haven't even thought about it, to be honest. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: we'll cross that bridge when we get there, you know, honestly,
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  Speaker 2: don't know. I don't know how it's gonna how it's
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  Speaker 2: gonna be doesn't really matter. You know, we're gonna have
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  Speaker 2: to either way. We're gonna we're gonna play two games
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  Speaker 2: over there, come back and play again. So that's not
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  Speaker 2: gonna change. So we'll cross that bridge when we get there.
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  Speaker 2: We'll do everything we can to stay fresh through for
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  Speaker 2: these two games and then obviously traveling back. I'm sure
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  Speaker 2: the coach will have a good setup for us.
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  Speaker 1: All right, the first two business trips, go over come
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  Speaker 1: back pretty quick, right, Yeah, Like does Mrissa come? Does
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  Speaker 1: family come? Because it's a little bit longer stay you
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  Speaker 1: might have.
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  Speaker 2: A day in there that yeah, I mean, obviously it
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  Speaker 2: depends who you are. MRIs actually came last year and
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  Speaker 2: you know, there wasn't much time, but she kind of
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  Speaker 2: did her own thing, and yeah, she'll be out there
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  Speaker 2: this year. My parents are gonna get to go, and
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  Speaker 2: my little sister and my grandmother, so we'll have some
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  Speaker 2: some people out there going for both games. So that'll
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  Speaker 2: be that'll be cool. I won't have a ton of
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  Speaker 2: time because obviously you're don't have a ton of time
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  Speaker 2: when we're here during the week on just a home
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  Speaker 2: game anyway, so that's not going to change. Our schedule
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  Speaker 2: is pretty similar. But yeah, we'll have a day to
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  Speaker 2: you know, maybe maybe explore and hang out and kind
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  Speaker 2: of just uh, what's it called. It's gonna get your
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  Speaker 2: mind off at a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: So next Tuesday you'll actually get to see London for
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  Speaker 1: the first time.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, a little yeah exact. Yeah, we'll have we'll
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  Speaker 2: have that day to kind of do what we want
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  Speaker 2: to do. Yep. Calvin's Calvin's dealt with a little bit
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  Speaker 2: of an off week or the.
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  Speaker 1: Past couple of weeks.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously, what do you sort of say to him to
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  Speaker 2: sort of keep his keep his mind right, knowing that
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  Speaker 2: he's gonna be able to bounce back kind of Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think, uh, you know, I don't think there's
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  Speaker 2: there's too much to say. I think obviously Calvin's a
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  Speaker 2: great player. He's been a great player, you know, in
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  Speaker 2: his year's past, and I don't have a concern with that.
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  Speaker 2: I've seen the way he works and how he's been here,
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  Speaker 2: and it's just it's all of us, you know, we're
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  Speaker 2: all kind of doing we're all making mistakes at the
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  Speaker 2: wrong times. You know, it's not just him. Obviously he's
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  Speaker 2: got kind of the spotlight this week, but it's it's
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  Speaker 2: not just him. It's it's all of us have to
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  Speaker 2: play better as well. But I think it's just continued
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  Speaker 2: to encourage him. But he's also a guy. He's got
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  Speaker 2: a lot of confidence in himself, so he's not he's
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  Speaker 2: not gonna get down on himself. You know, we have
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  Speaker 2: all the confidence in him. He's gonna make that those
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  Speaker 2: plays nine out ten times, and just happened on Sunday,
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  Speaker 2: you know, that was the one time. So not not
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  Speaker 2: really concerned there, but definitely just gotta keep keep talking
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  Speaker 2: to him, communicating. Obviously, that's a new dynamic with me
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  Speaker 2: and him. We didn't play together in the past like
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  Speaker 2: some of the other guys that are on the team.
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  Speaker 2: So that's a continue progression of just that relationship. You know,
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  Speaker 2: when things do get hard. Maybe right now it's he
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  Speaker 2: had kind of a little bit of a rough week.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe it's later in the season when when I'm not
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  Speaker 2: finding him and he's he's playing good and there's things
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  Speaker 2: that are continued to are gonna continue to happen that
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  Speaker 2: you gotta work work through. But I don't have any
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  Speaker 2: concern about him. He's gonna be just fine.
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  Speaker 1: Urgency, just trying to play relax or is that just
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  Speaker 1: what you've always done as an athlete.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a good question. I think you prepare and
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  Speaker 2: and this is I think the message too for us
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  Speaker 2: this week is you should prepare and focus on all
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  Speaker 2: the little details as much as you possibly can throughout
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  Speaker 2: the week and walk throughs and practice and really challenge yourself.
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  Speaker 2: And that's the time where you can think a little
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  Speaker 2: bit and you want to see every look and it's
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  Speaker 2: all right to make a mistake and you want to
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  Speaker 2: you know, and that's when you when you get better
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  Speaker 2: and you see all the looks and you you learn
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  Speaker 2: from it. So have that sense of urgency and practice
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  Speaker 2: of let me get everything I can, all the information,
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  Speaker 2: dial in on the game plan, have it, you know,
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  Speaker 2: know it like the back of my hand. So then
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  Speaker 2: when Sunday comes, you just go play. And of course
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  Speaker 2: there's gonna be mistakes either way, no matter how well
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  Speaker 2: you prepare, there's gonna be some mistakes, but you can
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  Speaker 2: just go play free and play and not I think
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  Speaker 2: that's the biggest thing is when you're thinking more than
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  Speaker 2: you're just reacting, it's hard to play, especially at this level.
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  Speaker 2: It's hard to play that way. So I think that's
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  Speaker 2: for all of us, you know, myself included, is just
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  Speaker 2: to continue to challenge yourself to do that and to
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  Speaker 2: prepare that weight so when Sunday comes, you can let
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  Speaker 2: it go and not think. So I think that's kind
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  Speaker 2: of the challenge for us this week, and I'm excited
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  Speaker 2: to see how we all respond.
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  Speaker 1: And knowing how of the core of the team being
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  Speaker 1: back from last year handled the challenges from last season,
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  Speaker 1: give you confidence that you guys can bounce back and
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  Speaker 1: get the ship right at this year.
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  Speaker 2: Definitely, there's no sense of panic. There's no guys are
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  Speaker 2: I wouldn't say aren't concerned, because that's not the right word. Obviously,
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  Speaker 2: we care a lot about what we do, so there
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  Speaker 2: is some concern on when you don't play well and
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  Speaker 2: you put a lot of work in and you don't
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  Speaker 2: play well the past two weeks, it's obviously frustrating, but
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  Speaker 2: there's no panic. There's all the belief, there's all that there.
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  Speaker 2: Even last week, as bad as we played, sitting there
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  Speaker 2: halftime down seventeen nothing, we had no doubt we're going
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  Speaker 2: to win the game. And obviously second half, you know,
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  Speaker 2: had some some some bad plays and weren't able to
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  Speaker 2: overcome it. But there's no lack of belief. And I
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  Speaker 2: think that's that's one thing you can't lose. You can't
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  Speaker 2: ever lose that, and we definitely haven't. So no no
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  Speaker 2: concern there.
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  Speaker 1: I think that the change of scenery, Han's on it
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  Speaker 1: for two weeks, it's good for this team right now
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  Speaker 1: and refresh.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I think it is good. I think
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  Speaker 2: we're gonna use that, use it to our advantage and
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  Speaker 2: definitely in a positive way. I think maybe that's something
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  Speaker 2: that could be good for us just to kind of
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  Speaker 2: get out of this environment. Let's go over there, kind
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  Speaker 2: of disconnect from what we know for a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: And and go take care of business and and come
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  Speaker 2: back with a new sense of energy and kind of
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  Speaker 2: refresh and all that. So I think we're gonna we're
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  Speaker 2: gonna use it that way. Like I said, you never
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  Speaker 2: wanna if we weren't going over there. I don't think
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  Speaker 2: that was something that we desperately need, you know, because
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  Speaker 2: obviously if we're here, you got games to play and
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  Speaker 2: you got you got your job to do as well.
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  Speaker 2: So I wouldn't say it that way, but I definitely
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  Speaker 2: we're gonna use as a positive for sure. Awesome, thank you,