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Press Pass | Doug Pederson on Injury Updates, Challenge vs. Buffalo · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Yeah, starting with jamal Za, the guys that missed last week. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: they both both those guys have had a really good
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  Speaker 1: week of preparation and practice and then you know right
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  Speaker 1: now optimistic that they'll play, you know, in this game.
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  Speaker 1: Antonio Johnson, who's missed with his uh you know, hamstring injury,
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  Speaker 1: is doing well. He practiced this week, so again, barring
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  Speaker 1: any setbacks, look for him to be up and active.
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  Speaker 1: You know, this week, Cam had a good week, you know,
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  Speaker 1: Walker in there at left guard. You know, we got
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  Speaker 1: one more day right there. We haven't made a final
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  Speaker 1: determination yet there, but Cam has has done a nice job.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we'll get through tomorrow and and and see
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  Speaker 1: where he's at, you know again mentally but physically, he
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  Speaker 1: had a good week. Walker had a good week in
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  Speaker 1: there at left guard. Who else are we talking about? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I talked about day. Yeah, that's about it. I think
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  Speaker 1: so I think they will be a go. He had
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  Speaker 1: a good week, you know, borring anything coming out of
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  Speaker 1: today's practice, you know, with the treatments later on, hopefully
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  Speaker 1: no setbacks knock on wood, but he should be fine.
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  Speaker 2: Describe as far as the situation that is that Kim wer.
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  Speaker 1: Kind for this week. Yeah, for this week, and we'll
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  Speaker 1: just see, we'll get through, you know, we'll go back,
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  Speaker 1: we'll look at the tape today again, Cam had a
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  Speaker 1: good week. We'll get through tomorrow, you know, and and
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  Speaker 1: and make sure that that you know, we're all on
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  Speaker 1: board and comfortable with with making that move, you.
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  Speaker 2: Guys can.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, I'm being hopefully well. Listen, this is a good
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  Speaker 1: football team, regardless of regardless of travel. You know, I'll
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  Speaker 1: just say that it's been a it's been a great week, uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know for us here. You know, the folks here
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  Speaker 1: at Hanbury Manor have been outstanding for us and and uh,
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  Speaker 1: I can't say enough good things about our stay here
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  Speaker 1: and and all that. And obviously you know historically spending
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  Speaker 1: two weeks, you know, two games over here in in
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  Speaker 1: in London, and you know, our preparation has been good
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  Speaker 1: this week. But you know, this is a good football
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  Speaker 1: team and we got to go. Gotta go play particulars. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you know, probably no different if you're playing
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  Speaker 1: you know Kansas City Mahomes those teams, good teams like that,
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  Speaker 1: you know, teams that you know have explosive offenses, even
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  Speaker 1: you know, looking down the line in San Francisco teams
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  Speaker 1: like that that that that score points. And you just
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  Speaker 1: gotta you got to be efficient in the passing game,
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  Speaker 1: and you gotta you gotta play ball control, you know,
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  Speaker 1: efficient in the run game. And you know, I think
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  Speaker 1: the number one thing too is you can't can't turn
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  Speaker 1: the ball over. You can't give this offense, uh any
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  Speaker 1: more opportunities than than what's given to them in a
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  Speaker 1: normal game. So you know, those are all the things
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  Speaker 1: that that we stress and and and trying to make
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  Speaker 1: sure that we stay on the field. You know, third
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  Speaker 1: down has been an issue for us. We've got to
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  Speaker 1: make sure we you know, this team has more Buffalo
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  Speaker 1: has more third and eleven pluses on defense than they
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  Speaker 1: do any other third down yardage, So uh, they're getting
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  Speaker 1: teams in third and longs and and uh, we've got
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  Speaker 1: to do our best to stay out of that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, because days.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, this team is, this team is leading.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they're they're number one and a lot of
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  Speaker 1: categories on defense, and it's a good defense. It starts
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  Speaker 1: with that front and and they they they roll eight
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  Speaker 1: to nine guys you know through there and and they
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  Speaker 1: can all get off the football and you know, if
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  Speaker 1: if Vaughn plays, there's another there's another weapon form you know,
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  Speaker 1: on the edge. So you know, it's a really good group.
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  Speaker 1: It's solid. They've they've been in this scheme now for
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  Speaker 1: you know, seven years, and and they know exactly wherever
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  Speaker 1: as we say, where all the bones are buried, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and and and they know it all. So solid, solid
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  Speaker 1: group on defense that that you know, maybe not many
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  Speaker 1: people are talking about, but but we certainly are aware
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  Speaker 1: risky or how.
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  Speaker 2: Much from a close state board get us settled.
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  Speaker 3: When it comes to potentially Can and Walker and has
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  Speaker 3: played in a long time, hasn't played, Walker hasn't had
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  Speaker 3: a lot of games.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean that's a that's a real concern, right,
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  Speaker 1: but but it just going through the week of preparation,
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  Speaker 1: those two guys working together, and you know it, it
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  Speaker 1: gives you a little more comfort knowing kind of what
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  Speaker 1: we've seen as a staff. You know, obviously you guys
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  Speaker 1: don't get a chance to watch that part of it,
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  Speaker 1: but you know, we do feel comfortable with where Cam is,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and and maybe not so much Cam, but
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  Speaker 1: it's Walker, right, Walker kicking down a whole new kind
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  Speaker 1: of a position for him at this point. You know,
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  Speaker 1: he's been he's been our kind of our swing tackle
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  Speaker 1: a year ago. He's our starting left tackle first four
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  Speaker 1: games and you know, we'll see, we'll see after tomorrow,
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  Speaker 1: you know where he is there.
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  Speaker 2: The last couple of days.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Smoots looked really well. You know, we opened his window,
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  Speaker 1: you know, this week. I mean, he's he's looked, he's
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  Speaker 1: looked really good. Probably don't anticipate him playing in this game,
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  Speaker 1: but uh, he's really close, you know, so we're optimistic
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  Speaker 1: that maybe in the next week that he'll be ready
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  Speaker 1: to go. But yeah, I had a really good we
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  Speaker 1: gave Shoot, I mean, he gave Anton a great look
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  Speaker 1: this week on the on the look team, and you
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  Speaker 1: know that's what we needed out of out of Smoot
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  Speaker 1: And and he did a great job in the.
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  Speaker 3: Categories at the time.
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  Speaker 1: Well the quarterback isn't doing this was.
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  Speaker 2: How despite some of.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I think Trevor's Trevor's playing playing good. He's
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  Speaker 1: improving every week. You know, there's probably a few throws
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  Speaker 1: in the Houston game obviously the Chiefs game, you know
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  Speaker 1: that that you know, we learned from still young, right,
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  Speaker 1: I mean second year in our system and and third
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  Speaker 1: year overall. But he's a great leader. He's throwing the ball, uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, extremely accurate right now and seeing the field
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  Speaker 1: really well. And you know there's some things too that
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  Speaker 1: affect that, you know, whether protection breakdowns or maybe a
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  Speaker 1: miss timing on a route combination or things that sometimes
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  Speaker 1: are out of his control. But I think you think overall,
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  Speaker 1: Trevor's been playing really good and improving each week.
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  Speaker 3: Just a big picture that have three years his third
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  Speaker 3: year at that age, with a long career potentially.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it's it's exciting for us for the
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  Speaker 1: organization that uh, you know, Trevor is young, and and
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  Speaker 1: and he is improving and and you know, and and
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  Speaker 1: can stay in the same system, you know, much like
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  Speaker 1: with Buffalo. With these you see what happens when when
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  Speaker 1: teams and players stay in the same same system for
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  Speaker 1: for years, you develop chemistry and rapport and great communication
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  Speaker 1: and all those things.
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  Speaker 3: Offense, an Anglo Cham could.
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  Speaker 2: How does that be seen playing agents well to the
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  Speaker 2: to the offense, how does that be to.
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  Speaker 3: Getting involved?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, No, it's it's really been it's really been good.
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  Speaker 1: I mean it's it's it's it's hard from a game
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  Speaker 1: plan standpoint to try to get everybody the football. But
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  Speaker 1: we do know that, you know, the the top guys
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  Speaker 1: as you mentioned, you know, Christian and and and Evan
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  Speaker 1: has been been with us now the longest obviously, and
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  Speaker 1: they coming back in there, and and Calvin is it
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  Speaker 1: has been really good. He's been a bright spot. He's
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  Speaker 1: he's uh, he sees the field really well, and he's
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  Speaker 1: him and Trevor continue to work and and and be
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  Speaker 1: on the same page. And but you know, again it
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  Speaker 1: goes back to just having that familiarity with guys and
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  Speaker 1: and you know, understanding where they're going to be as
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  Speaker 1: a quarterback, knowing where they're going to be in any
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  Speaker 1: particular route combination, and you know, it's uh, it is.
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  Speaker 1: It is fun when it's clickings. It looks good obviously,
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  Speaker 1: but uh, you know, we've still got to make some
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  Speaker 1: some adjustments and and make some areas of improvement in
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  Speaker 1: order for us to you know, be the offense that
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  Speaker 1: we want to be. Yeah, I mean you never know, right,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you never know un til you get out there.
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  Speaker 1: But but Travis is a is a is a really
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  Speaker 1: good running back and and we trust what he does.
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  Speaker 1: And and you know, against a team like this, you
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  Speaker 1: got to try at least to run the football a
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  Speaker 1: little bit. And and you know, you just can't drop
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  Speaker 1: back and throw it every down or they're gonna get you.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they're they're too good over there. Uh and
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  Speaker 1: they create sacks and and you know that's that's what
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  Speaker 1: they're good at, rushing the passers. So we got to
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  Speaker 1: be able to run the ball effectively and efficiently and
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  Speaker 1: stay on the field, stay out of third and mongs,