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Press Pass | Foye Oluokun & Trevor Lawrence Discuss Ravens Prep During a Short Week · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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Speaker 1: Yo, what up, Oye?
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Speaker 2: The Thursday game, how does that change your, like, weekly schedule?
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Speaker 1: Do you change your Sunday night deal, or do you
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Speaker 1: start kind of today moving forward?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, Sunday I was kind of just doing the normal
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Speaker 2: stuff for postgame. I was off my feet for the
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Speaker 2: most part. You know, I had a dinner and then
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Speaker 2: was off my feet. I went to sleep. I wake
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Speaker 2: up this morning. We already have a different schedule just
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Speaker 2: from being in the building and the things that we
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Speaker 2: have to do here, so.
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Speaker 3: Get the lift done.
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Speaker 2: But the recovery stuff, you know, has got to be
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Speaker 2: continuous and often all the way through the early parts
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Speaker 2: of this week, trying to get your body right for
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Speaker 2: the game Thursday.
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: I know home field advantage is kind of a home thing,
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Speaker 1: and you always talk about that.
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Speaker 2: Why did you fit so good at home in front
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Speaker 2: of the home crowd.
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Speaker 3: At the bank? You know, to feed off the energy.
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Speaker 2: I think I'll make a joke to Liam that we
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Speaker 2: get to sleep in a little bit more on Saturdays,
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Speaker 2: trying to press to maybe end up sleeping some more.
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Speaker 2: But really it's, you know, just feeding off the energy
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Speaker 2: and just opportunity that we have to feel that, you know,
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Speaker 2: that connectivity that comes through the team and then the
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Speaker 2: crowd kind of feeds off of it and then helps
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Speaker 2: us with the energy as well. And I feel like
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Speaker 2: even though it's loud, we stress on our communication. Everybody's
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Speaker 2: dialed in all the way through the downs and stuff.
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Speaker 2: I think we did a good job of getting the calls,
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Speaker 2: even though it was loud all the way until the snap.
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Speaker 2: They kind of tried to hurry up a little bit,
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Speaker 2: maybe trying to mess with our communication, wouldn't let us
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Speaker 2: align it.
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Speaker 3: You know, some of the looks that they didn't want
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Speaker 3: to see.
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Speaker 2: But we was able to communicate our way through a
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Speaker 2: lot of different plays and get the ball down. I
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Speaker 2: told us let's celebrate third downs, get off the field
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Speaker 2: on third down, and we did that a lot yesterday.
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Speaker 3: So it was definitely cool to see.
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Speaker 5: Appreciate it for you.
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Speaker 4: Yep.
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Speaker 3: Boy, how you doing?
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Speaker 4: I'm doing well.
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Speaker 3: How about yourself?
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Speaker 4: Not bad. Not bad.
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Speaker 3: Boy, with the quarterback situation in Baltimore, it's unsettled as
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Speaker 3: it is.
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Speaker 1: I'm I think there's a natural assumption that you guys
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Speaker 1: are going to get heavy doses of, uh, of Derrick Henry.
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Speaker 3: And you guys have not seen him.
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Speaker 6: With Baltimore, Tom Putty with Tennessee, but what is it
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Speaker 6: about Derrick that's presented the biggest challenge to you as
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Speaker 6: a linebacker trying to hold another.
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Speaker 3: Team's running back down?
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Um, you know, played him a couple of times in Tennessee, um,
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Speaker 2: powerful human being fast, um, Good vision at the line
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Speaker 2: of scrimmage. Understand his tracks well with the old Wanda scheme.
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Speaker 2: They used to run the stretch games. He'll hit the
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Speaker 2: C-gap or he'll bounce it if he needs to get
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Speaker 2: on to the DBs out to the corner. Or he'll,
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Speaker 2: you know, cut it back to the weak side B
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Speaker 2: that might be cut out with the backside tight end
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Speaker 2: blocking and trying to seal off either opposite safety or spiking.
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Speaker 2: And I think he just has good vision and good
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Speaker 2: enough power to run through arm chapters at the first level.
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Speaker 2: And he has great speed at the second level. to
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Speaker 2: where I think his biggest superpower throughout his whole career
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Speaker 2: is he's able to keep the same energy from the
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Speaker 2: first quarter through the fourth quarter as a primary back.
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Speaker 2: He doesn't slow down, so a lot of times people
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Speaker 2: might get tired pounding gaps and building the wall and stuff,
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Speaker 2: and then it just takes a little bit of a
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Speaker 2: leak in your energy in the game, and he's able
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Speaker 2: to keep running through with his own energy, and that's
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Speaker 2: when he starts to really break long runs and stuff
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Speaker 2: because you're getting tired of doing the small things. So
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Speaker 2: I think that's what we're going to have to emphasize,
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Speaker 2: doing the small things, playing team football, building a wall,
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Speaker 2: 11 is one. Everybody's training to get to the ball
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Speaker 2: to make gang tackles. I think it's very fun when
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Speaker 2: we can do that in order to get the team
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Speaker 2: to third and long, but we've got to keep celebrating
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Speaker 2: the little stuff in order to get to the big stuff.
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Speaker 1: Okay, and can you give an easy explanation as to
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Speaker 1: why backup quarterbacks have had some success against you guys?
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Speaker 3: Davis Mills, for example. Davis Mills? Which quarter? When was
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Speaker 3: Davis Mills? Oh, that was last year. Yeah, it's a
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Speaker 3: spooky thing.
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: I'll answer that before you get too far in depth there.
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Speaker 2: You know, sometimes you game plan for for something and
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Speaker 2: a lot of looks and backup quarterbacks.
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Speaker 3: Do what they're comfortable with.
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Speaker 2: And a lot of time this first read things or,
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Speaker 2: you know, giving up, throw the ball to, you know,
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Speaker 2: somebody is given a chance on the first option, first
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Speaker 2: look or they won't. You know, some some quarterbacks like
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Speaker 2: to take the game into their own hands and really.
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Speaker 2: You know, try to make the implant on the game.
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Speaker 2: Backup quarterbacks just run offense and don't try to get
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Speaker 2: in trouble, I feel like. So sometimes you're not really
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Speaker 2: prepared for the ball to come out quick or for
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Speaker 2: that look to be what he's really staring at and
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Speaker 2: throwing at. You're kind of preparing through the week for
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Speaker 2: a feel and game type of another quarterback and a
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Speaker 2: backup quarterback and sometimes throw you a little curveball. But
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Speaker 2: it's really on us to play our defense better than
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Speaker 2: they play their offense. And that's what we're going to
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Speaker 2: focus on for this week. I don't want to play
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Speaker 2: into that. backup quarterback stuff. I like saying right now,
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Speaker 2: anybody's in the NFL, anybody's capable enough to, to be playing.
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Speaker 3: They're probably a really good player.
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Speaker 2: So, um, you know, it's on us to get off
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Speaker 2: the field, how we did this week and, uh, take
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Speaker 2: advantage of whatever it looks that they give us.
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Speaker 4: Okay. Thank you. Yep.
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Speaker 2: We'll go Brian.
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Speaker 3: Hey, I got two for you.
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Speaker 6: Um, At defensive tackle now with Devon going down, what
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Speaker 6: is your level of confidence in Matt Dickerson to step
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Speaker 6: into that spot if he's called upon?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, Devon is a great player, and he
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Speaker 2: does so much good stuff for us, and we're leaning
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Speaker 2: on him a lot, especially in the run game. He's
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Speaker 2: always been disruptive, and he lets us flow over the
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Speaker 2: top and stuff. But Matt Dickerson has been a guy
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Speaker 2: since he got here. He's been working, working, working. I
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Speaker 2: think he was on practice squad when he first got here,
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Speaker 2: but he was disruptive right away. It's just the way
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Speaker 2: that he plays, selfless like I'm talking about, building the
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Speaker 2: wall for the team, holding double teams, you know, running
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Speaker 2: the stunts right and stuff. He's selfless and definitely plays,
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Speaker 2: you know, with a lot of grit and determination. I
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Speaker 2: definitely appreciate him for it. So we have a lot
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Speaker 2: of faith in Dickerson and.
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Speaker 3: Then whoever else we're going to put in there.
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Speaker 2: But just knowing the kind of guy that he is,
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Speaker 2: you know, he's ready for success in that same spot.
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Speaker 7: And then Francis Compton had an interception yesterday.
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Speaker 6: He said that early in the season he had some
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Speaker 6: plays in the pass game that were a big learning
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Speaker 6: experience for him. How far have you seen his knowledge
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Speaker 6: grow since maybe that week two game against Denver?
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Speaker 2: Yes, repetition and trust in the technique and then just
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Speaker 2: trust in his own athleticism as well that he can
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Speaker 2: just play the technique and then make a play on
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Speaker 2: the ball when it's in his area. It was a
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Speaker 2: good job packing the hash on the interception. He had
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Speaker 2: something similar earlier in the game and he dropped it
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Speaker 2: and he was mad that he dropped it. I wasn't
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Speaker 2: going to let him get his confidence down with that,
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Speaker 2: so he came back in the second half and made
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Speaker 2: a whole another play on it and caught that one.
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Speaker 3: Now he had two good plays.
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Speaker 2: So really just staying up, staying up with his confidence
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Speaker 2: and trusting himself, but just trusting the technique that we
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Speaker 2: practice every day in practice and the looks that we
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Speaker 2: see and just executing all the way through the down.
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Speaker 2: And then we get to celebrate the achievement afterwards.
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Speaker 6: Thank you.
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Speaker 3: Yep, for sure.
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Speaker 1: Hey, boy, I've got two as well. When you're preparing
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Speaker 1: in a short week for a quarterback that you've never
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Speaker 1: seen before, in fact, probably nobody in the league's ever
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Speaker 1: seen before potentially, how does that complicate what you have
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Speaker 1: to do preparation-wise? Is it meaning even.
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Speaker 3: More extra study? Maybe see.
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Speaker 2: I'm sure the coaches will have cut-ups of games that
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Speaker 2: he has played. They might go back to wherever he
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Speaker 2: played college. They might go back to a preseason. They
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Speaker 2: might just find some clips of him to see. you know,
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Speaker 2: his play style, but really we're playing against the coordinator
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Speaker 2: at that point. I'm sure he's coming in running the
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Speaker 2: plays that, you know, he's supposed to be running. He's
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Speaker 2: probably practiced all the way through from preseason until now
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Speaker 2: or wherever, you know, he's been playing.
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Speaker 3: So, but he has to do, you know, what the
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Speaker 3: coordinator tells him.
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Speaker 2: And I'm sure they'll try to lead into the run game,
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Speaker 2: hold the ball as much as possible. So for us,
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Speaker 2: it's still about stopping the run first. In the pass game,
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Speaker 2: understanding what concepts and routes they run, let's try to
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Speaker 2: affect the quarterback as much as possible. And then, you know,
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Speaker 2: if he has some, some, some, different play style that
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Speaker 2: we haven't seen before, we'll adjust to that in a
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Speaker 2: short week.
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Speaker 1: You talked a little bit earlier about, you know, the
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Speaker 1: communication being so much better here at home than Jacksonville.
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Speaker 1: I mean, you guys are 10-1 under Liam here in Jacksonville.
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Speaker 1: and you've been killing teams in those games. I think
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Speaker 1: it's an average margin, 20 plus points per game in
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Speaker 1: those games there.
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Speaker 4: Is there an.
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Speaker 1: Underrated reason that we don't think about or fans don't
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Speaker 1: think about as for why, or maybe it's a hidden
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Speaker 1: reason or something that you guys are so have been
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Speaker 1: so good here at home that maybe we don't think about.
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: I mean, I'll just keep making the joke. We get
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Speaker 2: to sleep in a little bit on Saturdays, uh, and
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Speaker 2: that makes us well rested. Uh, but seriously, uh, it's
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Speaker 2: just the energy that we bring and, uh, You know,
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Speaker 2: we come out, just everything being comfortable. Me personally, I
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Speaker 2: like the feel of road games as well, but just
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Speaker 2: coming out to the tunnel and seeing, you know, the
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Speaker 2: Jaguars fans and everything and everybody cheering for us in
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Speaker 2: the stands, it's definitely, you know, calming, less anxiety. But
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Speaker 2: the noise, like, just when you do well and them cheering, celebrating,
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Speaker 2: definitely carries energy through the game. But I think we
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Speaker 2: do a good job of bringing our own energy, whether
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Speaker 2: it's here or on the road. But, you know, them
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Speaker 2: cheering for us is definitely... amplifying what we bring to
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Speaker 2: the field so it's definitely much appreciation and we want
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Speaker 2: to keep doing what we do here at home and
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Speaker 2: make it a hard place to play as teams are
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Speaker 2: seeing now.
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Speaker 5: Thanks we'll go john and then justin hey foray thanks
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Speaker 5: for doing this you mentioned it a few minutes ago
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Speaker 5: talking about ham and just talking about that.
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Speaker 1: Next man up mentality it seems like you know real
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Speaker 1: mainstone a few times this year every time you guys
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Speaker 1: need somebody to step up somebody's ready can you just.
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Speaker 2: Talk about how that's been it's been great uh you
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Speaker 2: know i think we got a lot of talent on
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Speaker 2: this team so uh it's just good that they everybody
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Speaker 2: has that kind of inner competition not uh against anybody
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Speaker 2: on the team but just feeling like they're they're ready
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Speaker 2: to play and they can step up and make plays
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Speaker 2: for the team So, you know, you hear it all
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Speaker 2: the way from camp until now.
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Speaker 3: Like, oh, I want my time.
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Speaker 2: Like, when's my time going to come for really anybody
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Speaker 2: on the team? Like anybody's ready to step up and
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Speaker 2: get into a role where they're making plays for us.
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Speaker 2: So a lot of times it's keeping people, you know,
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Speaker 2: level headed, understanding, like, let's do the right thing, what
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Speaker 2: coach is saying, this and that. and he's going to
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Speaker 2: give you more and more trust so that when you
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Speaker 2: do get your opportunity, you don't squander it. So you
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Speaker 2: saw Rayard, uh, even from what that Bengals game where
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Speaker 2: he played a lot coming to the next game, uh,
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Speaker 2: I think overseas and then coming to this game, it's
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Speaker 2: the growth that he's had. Our communication was way better.
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Speaker 2: You know, he's blitzing well, playing fast, uh, physical player.
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Speaker 2: And then he saw his, uh, you know, instincts and
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Speaker 2: stuff while all the way throughout the game, uh, show up. Uh,
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Speaker 2: and then Dickerson has played for us a lot already, but, uh,
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Speaker 2: you know, whoever's going to play in place of D ham, uh,
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Speaker 2: on the D-line, you know, kind of backing up Dickerson
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Speaker 2: or whatever. Like, I got the utmost confidence in them
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Speaker 2: just because how we practice every day is like we're
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Speaker 2: trying to prove that, you know, we can do what
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Speaker 2: the coach wants for us each and every play, which
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Speaker 2: will help the team out. Because we always preach, and
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Speaker 2: I keep saying, like, unselfish football, do our job, own
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Speaker 2: our job, own our role. Because, you know, when somebody else,
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Speaker 2: when everybody's doing their job, somebody's going to eat off
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Speaker 2: of that. But that's really like a team stat. So
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Speaker 2: we really dive into having everybody do what they're supposed
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Speaker 2: to do so we can all celebrate the little victories.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure.
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Speaker 7: Hey, Trevor, appreciate you doing this. You mentioned yesterday that,
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Speaker 7: you know, obviously over a short week the game plan
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Speaker 7: sort of has to reflect the limited time you guys have.
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Speaker 7: Just what specifically changes for you maybe as a quarterback
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Speaker 7: when you only have three days to prepare.
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Speaker 4: Rather than a full week? Yeah, I mean, I think
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Speaker 4: obviously like I kind of mentioned post-game, you know, in
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Speaker 4: some of the game planning stuff, I think, coaches are
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Speaker 4: definitely aware of the limited time and there's just some
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Speaker 4: things that you know in certain plays that we might
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Speaker 4: install or you know maybe it's some of the like
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Speaker 4: shifts and motions who knows it could be a lot
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Speaker 4: of different things I think obviously you have less time
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Speaker 4: to to practice the plays you got um you know
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Speaker 4: you really have I guess what is it three less
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Speaker 4: days for all that and I think and there's the
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Speaker 4: physical work like today we just played what less than
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Speaker 4: 24 hours ago and We're starting our practice now. So
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Speaker 4: I think just from that standpoint is you don't have
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Speaker 4: as much time to, like, this would be typically a
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Speaker 4: Wednesday practice where we're going full speed and we're repping
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Speaker 4: all of our plays, and you just don't really get that.
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Speaker 4: So I think more so on probably just adding new
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Speaker 4: things is where it's limited. We're going to do things
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Speaker 4: that we do, and we're going to game plan for
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Speaker 4: the opponent. I'm sure we're going to have some great
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Speaker 4: indicators and different formations and motions, but, you know, maybe not.
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Speaker 4: a bunch of new stuff that we've never ran before
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Speaker 4: just because you don't want to be running plays that
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Speaker 4: you just haven't got a chance to rep in practice.
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Speaker 7: And then just, you know, obviously yesterday you were able
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Speaker 7: to get three touchdowns and only 14 passing attempts. I mean,
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Speaker 7: what does a performance like that tell you about how
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Speaker 7: efficient the offense can be just when the running game
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Speaker 7: and the passing game kind of complement each other?
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think it's just, I mean, it's in the
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Speaker 4: simplest way, like, how you want to play football, right?
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Speaker 4: Especially offensively is you want to be able to run
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Speaker 4: the ball. Um, it sets up your play action, sets
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Speaker 4: up your screens, um, and then be efficient when you
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Speaker 4: do have to drop back and throw it. I thought
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Speaker 4: we did a good job for the most part of
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Speaker 4: all those things. Definitely some stuff that we still need
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Speaker 4: to clean up. You know, I think third down, we
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Speaker 4: had more there for us that we didn't take advantage of. And, uh,
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Speaker 4: but yeah, we ran the ball great. I think, I
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Speaker 4: think upfront we played really physical, you know, at the
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Speaker 4: line of scrimmage and moved guys and created some big
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Speaker 4: opportunities for our running backs who played really, really well.
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Speaker 4: So I think that's how you want to play every game.
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Speaker 4: It doesn't always go as clean as that, but that's
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Speaker 4: the idea is to set the tone up front and
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Speaker 4: be the more physical team, and I think our guys
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Speaker 4: really did a good job of that yesterday.
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Speaker 8: I appreciate it.
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Speaker 4: What's up, Trevor?
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Speaker 3: The bye week was right before this last game. Did
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Speaker 3: no one get a short week.
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Speaker 8: Right behind it?
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Speaker 7: Did you peek ahead at all and.
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Speaker 3: Add for Ravens at all?
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Speaker 4: I didn't. I think our staff has for sure. I
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Speaker 4: think there's definitely that's not a good opportunity. The way
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Speaker 4: it timed up, I'm sure we were able to get
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Speaker 4: ahead a little bit game planning wise with the staff,
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Speaker 4: but I didn't do that. I want to try to
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Speaker 4: keep my focus on the next opponent. I think it
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Speaker 4: can be tough to try to go to the opponent
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Speaker 4: two weeks ahead and then try to come back, so
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Speaker 4: I I haven't done that. I mean, we briefly talked
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Speaker 4: about a couple things last week when we had the
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Speaker 4: extra day on Monday to practice to try to get
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Speaker 4: ahead of a couple adjustments that are going to come
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Speaker 4: in this week into our plan. So there was some
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Speaker 4: small things, but we didn't get in the weeds too
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Speaker 4: much just because we wanted to have a really great
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Speaker 4: plan and keep our focus on Indy. So that'll start today.
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Speaker 4: I mean, we're going to be game planning and putting
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Speaker 4: together a plan. So Our staff is definitely on track,
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Speaker 4: and I'm sure we've got a great plan set up.
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Speaker 4: And just how much growth have you seen from some
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Speaker 4: of the young guys?
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Speaker 6: I mean, Josh Cameron was playing early in the season,
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Speaker 6: making some great plays.
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Speaker 3: Borkature's got touchdowns in back-to-back games. Bregnon's starting on the
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Speaker 3: offensive line.
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Speaker 2: Got a lot of young guys making some big contributions
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Speaker 2: on the offense.
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Speaker 4: I think it's really cool just looking at our team
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Speaker 4: and the mixture of different guys that we have. We've
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Speaker 4: got some vets. We've got some young guys that are
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Speaker 4: all making an impact. And I think just... As a team,
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Speaker 4: and for your confidence in the young guys, it's really
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Speaker 4: cool to see them come in and make plays when
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Speaker 4: their number's called. And a lot of those guys, it's not,
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Speaker 4: you know, we have other guys at those positions that
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Speaker 4: are making a lot of plays, so it's not necessarily
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Speaker 4: like they're getting tons and tons of opportunities, but it's
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Speaker 4: just cool to see guys like Nate and Josh who
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Speaker 4: have been playing a decent amount, but when they do
15:43
Speaker 4: get an opportunity to make a play, they've made some
15:45
Speaker 4: unbelievable plays. So it just goes to show what we
15:48
Speaker 4: have in those rooms, the depth that we have, and
15:51
Speaker 4: it's really just going to help us moving forward to
15:53
Speaker 4: have that many viable threats on the field. And you
15:55
Speaker 4: look at what Nate does in the run game as well,
15:58
Speaker 4: and then a play like he made on Sunday and
16:00
Speaker 4: the one he made in London against Houston. I mean,
16:02
Speaker 4: he's starting to make some really cool plays in the
16:04
Speaker 4: passing game, and I think that's just really good for
16:06
Speaker 4: our tight end room because we can do a lot there.
16:07
Speaker 7: Appreciate it, Trevor.
16:09
Speaker 4: Yeah, thank you. We'll go to Brent and then John.
16:20
Speaker 6: Hey, Trevor, I know last year we talked a lot
16:22
Speaker 6: about Jacoby Myers changing the offense.
16:24
Speaker 3: But Brian Thomas Jr.
16:25
Speaker 1: Brought this up this last week, how much he's helped
16:28
Speaker 1: him through this tough time.
16:31
Speaker 7: Can you give us a little insight on what he
16:33
Speaker 7: brings to the building, to the rooms.
16:35
Speaker 1: To just how important he is, even if he's not
16:38
Speaker 1: catching a pass for a first down?
16:42
Speaker 4: Yeah, he's just a really steady player. guy. I mean,
16:46
Speaker 4: on the field, off the field, I think he's about
16:48
Speaker 4: as low maintenance as it gets when it comes to, um,
16:52
Speaker 4: you know, players, especially receivers. I mean, he's just hard worker.
16:56
Speaker 4: Doesn't say a ton, you know, just goes about his business.
16:59
Speaker 4: Even some of the stuff just in his past where he's,
17:02
Speaker 4: you know, maybe he's been a little banged up or
17:04
Speaker 4: dealing with something and I'll be talking to him throughout
17:06
Speaker 4: the week. And he's like, I'm going to be good.
17:08
Speaker 4: And it's, and he tells me, and it's like, all right,
17:10
Speaker 4: that's kind of into the conversation. It's not a guy that, um,
17:14
Speaker 4: I just respect the way he goes about his business.
17:16
Speaker 4: He's not a guy that wants a lot of attention,
17:18
Speaker 4: just goes to work, and his play reflects that. You
17:22
Speaker 4: look at what he does in the run game, very selfless,
17:25
Speaker 4: great blocker, and then when he gets opportunities, he's making
17:29
Speaker 4: a ton of plays in the passing game, and he's
17:30
Speaker 4: a guy I really can rely on. And then I
17:33
Speaker 4: think the teammate he is, that also is the same
17:35
Speaker 4: way with the guys in the receiving room. I think
17:37
Speaker 4: he's a guy that they can look up to, that
17:40
Speaker 4: practices hard, he does all the right things, he knows
17:42
Speaker 4: the plan, he's a smart player. is really selfless, and
17:46
Speaker 4: I think that just spreads throughout the room, and we
17:48
Speaker 4: have a lot of guys that are like that, and
17:50
Speaker 4: obviously different personalities, but I think our whole receiver room is,
17:55
Speaker 4: you know, great. I mean, just selfless guys that don't
17:58
Speaker 4: really care. I'm sure that, you know, everybody wants the ball, but,
18:01
Speaker 4: you know, they don't make it about themselves, and I
18:03
Speaker 4: think that that's honestly pretty rare to find these days,
18:06
Speaker 4: especially an entire room like that. So, you know, I've
18:09
Speaker 4: loved playing with these guys. I think BT is obviously...
18:12
Speaker 4: Had a touchdown yesterday, and we had a lot more
18:15
Speaker 4: opportunities to hit him, and I wish I was able
18:17
Speaker 4: to get one off to him where he was open deep.
18:21
Speaker 4: I think there's a lot more out there for him,
18:23
Speaker 4: and he's going to keep plugging away. He's done a
18:25
Speaker 4: great job of that, and I really think that we're
18:27
Speaker 4: going to come out the other side, and he's going
18:29
Speaker 4: to be playing some of his best ball.
18:31
Speaker 3: Just a quick follow-up on Jacoby.
18:33
Speaker 7: He said recently he'd rather catch a ball for a
18:36
Speaker 7: first down than a touchdown.
18:37
Speaker 3: Have you ever heard that from a receiver?
18:39
Speaker 4: No, I haven't heard that. That's interesting.
18:44
Speaker 8: Hey Trevor, thanks for doing this. Can you just talk
18:54
Speaker 8: about the way that Liam's kind of sequences plays and
18:57
Speaker 8: just the way that he approaches play calling? It seems
18:59
Speaker 8: like the student screen yesterday.
19:01
Speaker 3: Kind of walked off that Travis Hunter, you know, player
19:03
Speaker 3: earlier in the game.
19:04
Speaker 4: How good is he at that? Yeah, he's really good.
19:08
Speaker 4: I think it's a team effort. Definitely, you know, Liam's
19:12
Speaker 4: the one that's calling, and I think that there's a
19:13
Speaker 4: real thing with play callers and having the, it's not
19:17
Speaker 4: always a science, you know, there's an art to it,
19:19
Speaker 4: and I think he has that knack for calling the
19:22
Speaker 4: right play at the right time, and that's something that's
19:25
Speaker 4: kind of hard to put your finger on as a player,
19:27
Speaker 4: but you can feel it when you have that, and
19:30
Speaker 4: it's like, it seems like it's always timed up, you know,
19:32
Speaker 4: for the most part at the right time, you're not
19:34
Speaker 4: going to be 100%, but just when he calls those plays,
19:37
Speaker 4: I think he's got a great feel for it, and
19:39
Speaker 4: then it goes back to our Our game plan process, too,
19:42
Speaker 4: and I think our whole staff, it's obviously more than
19:45
Speaker 4: than just Liam the whole staff does a really awesome
19:47
Speaker 4: job of that's thought of you know a week before
19:51
Speaker 4: it happens on Sunday I mean all this this stuff
19:53
Speaker 4: is in the plan and to see those things when
19:56
Speaker 4: they do work like they did on Sunday it's just
19:59
Speaker 4: really cool because there's so much work that goes into
20:01
Speaker 4: that and then to see it play out the way
20:03
Speaker 4: you want it to is is uh it's cool and
20:05
Speaker 4: I know there's a lot of people that deserve credit
20:08
Speaker 4: for that. Not just the players, not just Liam. There's
20:10
Speaker 4: a lot of people behind the scenes.
20:11
Speaker 8: For sure.
20:16
Speaker 5: We'll go D-Rock and then Ryan.
20:25
Speaker 1: And Trevor, after knowing what Brian went through last week
20:29
Speaker 1: and then obviously the bye week, did you feel any
20:33
Speaker 1: extra when you got him that touchdown pass and when
20:36
Speaker 1: he caught that touchdown pass right there yesterday.
20:40
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I was super, super excited. I think that's,
20:43
Speaker 4: you know, it's a team game and you want to
20:46
Speaker 4: see all your teammates have success, especially the situation with BT.
20:51
Speaker 4: I mean, the guy's so talented. He's a great player
20:54
Speaker 4: and obviously hasn't been the easiest for him lately, but
20:56
Speaker 4: he's been working extremely hard, you know, to make plays.
21:01
Speaker 4: So I think that's something that all of us want
21:04
Speaker 4: to see is guys make these plays on Sunday that
21:06
Speaker 4: we put in all this work throughout the week. And
21:09
Speaker 4: I just think the way that BT, like I said earlier,
21:12
Speaker 4: I might've been to the production crew. I've just been
21:14
Speaker 4: impressed the way he's handled himself. It hasn't been the
21:16
Speaker 4: easiest and he's really just, if anything, worked even harder
21:20
Speaker 4: and kept his head down. And I think there's a
21:22
Speaker 4: lot of guys that wouldn't have handled this situation the
21:24
Speaker 4: same way. So just, I have a lot of respect
21:26
Speaker 4: for that. And that makes me want to see him
21:27
Speaker 4: have success even more and give him opportunities and, That
21:31
Speaker 4: ball actually got tipped at the line of scrimmage, so
21:34
Speaker 4: I was kind of stressing when the ball was in
21:35
Speaker 4: the air. I'm like, are you serious? We get him
21:37
Speaker 4: open for a touchdown and it gets tipped and he
21:40
Speaker 4: was able to focus and complete the catch and super
21:43
Speaker 4: pumped for him.
21:45
Speaker 1: You guys, under Liam, I guess since the start of
21:47
Speaker 1: last year, 10-1 in games here in Jacksonville and winning
21:50
Speaker 1: those games by significant margin. And, you know, Floyd is
21:54
Speaker 1: talking about, you know, the comfort of being at home
21:57
Speaker 1: and being able to hear better, communication, all that stuff.
21:59
Speaker 1: But is there something else, you know, that maybe we
22:02
Speaker 1: don't think of or another factor as to why you
22:05
Speaker 1: guys have been so good here in Jacksonville?
22:10
Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't know. I mean, I think there's all
22:12
Speaker 4: those things that you mentioned are a part of it.
22:14
Speaker 4: I think we're just, you are just a little more
22:16
Speaker 4: comfortable at home. I mean, you're, you're in your own,
22:19
Speaker 4: you're in your bubble, you're in your environment where you're,
22:21
Speaker 4: you're staying put, you know, I don't really know to
22:25
Speaker 4: answer your question. I think, you know, you obviously want
22:28
Speaker 4: to play good at home. I think that's a, you
22:30
Speaker 4: want to use that as an advantage and we have
22:32
Speaker 4: used that and you've got to be able to play
22:34
Speaker 4: great on the road too. So, but I mean, yeah, it's,
22:37
Speaker 4: I remember a time where we weren't the best team
22:39
Speaker 4: playing at home. So it's fun to be on the
22:41
Speaker 4: other side where we do feel like we have an
22:44
Speaker 4: advantage and we feel like we come out hot when
22:47
Speaker 4: we play at home. So I think the fans are
22:49
Speaker 4: a big part of that as well.
22:50
Speaker 1: Thank you.
22:57
Speaker 3: Hey Trevor, two for you.
23:00
Speaker 6: Jesse Mentor calls the plays involved for.
23:01
Speaker 1: Now, did it with the Chargers last year.
23:04
Speaker 7: How beneficial is it to maybe take a peek back
23:06
Speaker 7: at your notes from that Chargers game?
23:08
Speaker 4: Yeah, definitely we'll take a look at that today as
23:12
Speaker 4: I'm starting to prepare for the Ravens. I think it's
23:14
Speaker 4: always good to just see, especially when you're playing someone
23:17
Speaker 4: that you played earlier in the season if it's a
23:20
Speaker 4: division opponent or we played them last year towards I guess,
23:23
Speaker 4: towards the back half of the year. So there'll be
23:25
Speaker 4: some stuff that we can pull from, I'm sure. Obviously,
23:27
Speaker 4: personnel changes when he goes to a new team. He
23:30
Speaker 4: has different players. I'm sure there's going to be some differences,
23:34
Speaker 4: but as far as just the general scheme and what
23:36
Speaker 4: he wants to do, that usually remains consistent through a
23:39
Speaker 4: play caller's, you know, I guess, journey on different teams.
23:44
Speaker 4: That stays pretty consistent. So I think it'll be valuable
23:47
Speaker 4: to look at, but we also have a lot of
23:49
Speaker 4: great tape this season on Baltimore and, you know, they're
23:53
Speaker 4: always a really good defense. So expecting them to, uh, to,
23:56
Speaker 4: to be the same way and it to be a
23:57
Speaker 4: fight on Thursday, but yeah, there'll be some good stuff
23:59
Speaker 4: for us to look at.
24:00
Speaker 3: And then, uh, second, uh, John.
24:02
Speaker 6: Just to piggyback on Chip's question about the screen game,
24:04
Speaker 6: you hit two of them yesterday.
24:06
Speaker 3: You guys have been grinding away on that.
24:08
Speaker 6: How good was it to see that, that work pay off?
24:11
Speaker 4: Yeah, it was great. You know, it's been an emphasis
24:13
Speaker 4: for us for a while. Um, and to see it
24:15
Speaker 4: come to life and get some of these big gains,
24:17
Speaker 4: I think it's, it's great. Um, It's something that we're
24:20
Speaker 4: going to need. I think it just really helps you
24:22
Speaker 4: as an offense because when you can run the ball,
24:27
Speaker 4: play action, and then you get screens, it's just such
24:29
Speaker 4: a variety. It makes it difficult for the defense to defend.
24:32
Speaker 4: So I think we have to continue on this trajectory,
24:36
Speaker 4: especially in the screen game and the run game. All
24:39
Speaker 4: that stuff plays. It really helps you be a better offense.
24:43
Speaker 4: Thank you.
24:47
Speaker 1: You want to adjust him?
24:54
Speaker 3: What's up, Trevor?
24:55
Speaker 5: What's up, man?
24:57
Speaker 7: It's kind of been the topic of the Zoom call,
25:00
Speaker 7: but on that facial screen, what did you see to
25:04
Speaker 7: check out of the.
25:05
Speaker 4: Original play or can out of the original play?
25:09
Speaker 3: Or do I have that wrong?
25:11
Speaker 4: The one he scored on?
25:12
Speaker 1: Yeah.
25:13
Speaker 4: No, that was the original play. We were out of
25:16
Speaker 4: the huddle a little late, so it was a little
25:19
Speaker 4: frantic at the line. Maybe that's what it looked like,
25:21
Speaker 4: but that was the original play call. Gotcha.
25:25
Speaker 7: And then just a lot of teams say they're close.
25:28
Speaker 7: A lot of teams say that they're family, but you
25:31
Speaker 7: can really see it on the field with you guys.
25:34
Speaker 7: Is that coach driven?
25:36
Speaker 4: Is that player driven?
25:37
Speaker 7: What makes you guys so close with each other?
25:41
Speaker 4: To be honest, I think it's always player driven when
25:43
Speaker 4: it comes to that. I mean, the coaches, I think
25:45
Speaker 4: there is a part of it when you do have a,
25:48
Speaker 4: when you have good rapport with the staff as well,
25:50
Speaker 4: that plays a part in it. It's just a good
25:52
Speaker 4: work environment somewhere where people enjoy coming in, and you
25:58
Speaker 4: like the people you work with. I think that's a
25:59
Speaker 4: huge part of it. And then the team, I think
26:01
Speaker 4: it's mostly player-driven, and it's guys that, it all starts
26:06
Speaker 4: with guys that love football, that care about winning and
26:09
Speaker 4: doing everything it takes to be successful on the field.
26:11
Speaker 4: And I think that has created an atmosphere where we
26:15
Speaker 4: can all depend on each other. We don't have selfish
26:16
Speaker 4: guys in our locker room. So we all know we're
26:19
Speaker 4: on the same page. We all know what the sacrifices
26:22
Speaker 4: that we make in order to have success. And I
26:24
Speaker 4: think everyone being in tune with that and having the
26:28
Speaker 4: right guys in the locker room has created that. Because,
26:31
Speaker 4: you know, when you have guys that there's a question about,
26:34
Speaker 4: you know, what their motives are or, you know, how
26:38
Speaker 4: devoted they are to the team, that can affect your
26:40
Speaker 4: chemistry on the team. And I think that we don't
26:42
Speaker 4: have any of that, which is great as a player
26:44
Speaker 4: because you know that everyone's doing everything they possibly can
26:47
Speaker 4: to win.
26:49
Speaker 3: Thank you, Travis.
26:51
Speaker 4: Yep.
26:53
Speaker 5: Go to Rachel.
27:00
Speaker 2: Hey, Trevor.
27:01
Speaker 3: Thanks so much for doing this. I know it's hard
27:03
Speaker 3: to self-evaluate when you're in the middle of a season,
27:05
Speaker 3: but do you feel like you're playing the best football of.
27:07
Speaker 1: Your career right now?
27:08
Speaker 3: And if so, what do you put that down to?
27:13
Speaker 4: Yeah. I mean, I think I've played good football, you know,
27:17
Speaker 4: throughout my career at different times. I'd say definitely the
27:19
Speaker 4: most consistent I've played.
27:21
Speaker 5: So.
27:23
Speaker 4: I think that's just, I've said it before, I think
27:26
Speaker 4: it's just a part of my growth and learning and growing.
27:29
Speaker 4: I've learned a lot from our staff. I think the
27:32
Speaker 4: way I prepare is just completely different than I used to.
27:37
Speaker 4: And that's just from learning of what works for me.
27:39
Speaker 4: The staff has helped me a lot in that process
27:41
Speaker 4: of how you prepare, how you study the game plan,
27:45
Speaker 4: why we're doing certain things. And I think I'm just
27:47
Speaker 4: really in tune to that. So it's helped me a
27:48
Speaker 4: lot pre-snap. It's helped me make better decisions. I think
27:53
Speaker 4: our guys are playing really good on the perimeter. Up front,
27:56
Speaker 4: we're running the ball great. Our line's playing really well.
28:00
Speaker 4: There's a lot of factors into that, to be honest,
28:02
Speaker 4: but I do think I'm playing the most consistent I've
28:05
Speaker 4: played in my career, for sure.