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Press Pass | Doug Pederson Discusses Season Opener vs. Miami Dolphins · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Hey, Doug, we're able to hear on the Hunt where
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  Speaker 1: Seat sort of talked about winning now is the expectation said,
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  Speaker 1: I'm not misquoted. Winning now is the expectation. Make no mistake,
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  Speaker 1: this team is the best of Sam why the jacksonvill
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  Speaker 1: Jaguars ever, best players, best coaches. When you hear that
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  Speaker 1: as the head coach, what sort of goes through your mind?
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  Speaker 1: And how have you sort of seen the team? Maybe
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  Speaker 1: embody that statement?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you know, I think he's right on.
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  Speaker 3: I think that, uh, you know that that is our
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  Speaker 3: expectations is always our expectation. And you know each year,
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  Speaker 3: you uh, you know, you put together and you assemble
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  Speaker 3: the best team, the best set of coaches, and and
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  Speaker 3: you got to put in the time, you got to
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  Speaker 3: work hard, and that's that's uh, you know, he he
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  Speaker 3: sees what we've done the last two years, you know,
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  Speaker 3: and the successes that we've had. But he also knows
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  Speaker 3: and we know that that we're better than than the
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  Speaker 3: way we finished last year. And I think that's something
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  Speaker 3: that that you know, he alluded to and and you know,
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  Speaker 3: but he's right, that's the expectation, and you know, we're
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  Speaker 3: all helped to that.
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  Speaker 1: How much confidence can that give you, guys? I mean,
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  Speaker 1: just knowing that the owner has that much respect for
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  Speaker 1: what you guys have built and sort of believed in
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  Speaker 1: in the entire team. How much confidence does that give
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  Speaker 1: a team going into week one?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, it gives you a lot of a lot
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  Speaker 3: of confidence, you know. And it's just something that we've
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  Speaker 3: focused on all the way back in the off season program.
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  Speaker 3: You know, you've heard me say this a bunch about
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  Speaker 3: the development and developing our roster and making sure everybody
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  Speaker 3: gets opportunities and carried over into training camp and and
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  Speaker 3: you know, so now it's just a matter of we
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  Speaker 3: just gotta we gotta go do it, you know. And
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  Speaker 3: and uh, I guess as they say that talking is
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  Speaker 3: over and you just got to go put in the
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  Speaker 3: hard work and preparation and you know, try to go
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  Speaker 3: want to know, you know, this week, thank.
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  Speaker 4: You, Hey, hey, Doug, could you just talk about your
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  Speaker 4: secondary what you you feel like the strides that they
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  Speaker 4: have made, uh, in terms of the roster turnover a
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  Speaker 4: little bit, and also about the fact that you guys
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  Speaker 4: are facing two receivers this first week.
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  Speaker 5: They're about as elite as any any other any other
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  Speaker 5: pair on the same team in the league.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, to to uh kind of address the second part
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  Speaker 3: of your question there the these this is this is
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  Speaker 3: a lot of a lot of team speed. These guys
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  Speaker 3: got a lot of skill and ability obviously on offense,
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  Speaker 3: and and they they they just know how to attack,
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  Speaker 3: you know, attack a secondary and you know we've we've
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  Speaker 3: you know, revamped ours and and I think the scheme
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  Speaker 3: that Ryan has brought and Chris has broad I think.
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  Speaker 2: Has really helped our guys.
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  Speaker 3: And we do have some young players you know back
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  Speaker 3: there that have that have i would say, don't have
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  Speaker 3: a lot of game reps, you know, but uh, great
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  Speaker 3: opportunity for for our guys to really focus in this week.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, I look forward to to Tyson and and
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  Speaker 3: Dar and you know, the guys to just compete and
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  Speaker 3: you know, see what happens. But a lot of respect
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  Speaker 3: for Miami, a lot of respect for their skill positions.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, with even with their quarterback too, I
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  Speaker 3: think you know, he does a great job of getting
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  Speaker 3: the ball out of his hand and anticipating windows and
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  Speaker 3: those guys, those guys make plays.
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  Speaker 5: Follow up to that, are you are you almost glad
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  Speaker 5: that you've got this kind of test in the opening
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  Speaker 5: week because when you look at the schedule down the line,
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  Speaker 5: you're facing eight of the top ten paid receivers in
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  Speaker 5: the entire league on your schedule, and I think it's
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  Speaker 5: something like thirteen or fourteen of the top twenty. So
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  Speaker 5: this is not going to be anything.
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  Speaker 4: New for you.
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  Speaker 3: No, but thanks for reminding me the people that we're
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  Speaker 3: going to be playing. You know, it's just it is,
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  Speaker 3: it's a great test. I mean, this is this is
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  Speaker 3: what you want though. You want to you want to
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  Speaker 3: compete against the best, and and you know, sure preseason
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  Speaker 3: is one thing, but now it's the regular season and
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  Speaker 3: you're gonna get everybody's best and and.
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  Speaker 2: You know we're gonna we're gonna put our best foot forward.
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  Speaker 3: So great opportunity for our guys, for our defense and
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  Speaker 3: for our team to uh, you know, compete this coming weekend.
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  Speaker 6: Thanks Don, we'll go to Hayes and then to Jamaal.
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  Speaker 6: We'll go to Jamal for now and then we'll go
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  Speaker 6: back to Hayes. But we can get it working.
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  Speaker 7: Hey, coach, any guys that are in jeopardy are possibly
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  Speaker 7: not playing this week.
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  Speaker 3: And Drew Wise, no, we're you know, we're pretty healthy
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  Speaker 3: at this stage. You know, probably the last one is
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  Speaker 3: Daniel Thomas to get him back on the grass this week,
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  Speaker 3: and and you know series that. But but you know,
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  Speaker 3: anticipate having every everybody you know full strength going into
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  Speaker 3: this week.
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  Speaker 7: And just how important is a fast start to the season.
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  Speaker 7: I know you want to go one and oh every week,
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  Speaker 7: but I mean that first step, that first win, how
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  Speaker 7: important can that be for the overall picture?
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  Speaker 3: You know, it's it's always it's always good to get
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  Speaker 3: off to a good start. You know, you can't go
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  Speaker 3: two and oh unless you go one and oh. Right,
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  Speaker 3: So it's just, uh, it's it's again, it's I think
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  Speaker 3: we we face, you know, playoff teams in our first
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  Speaker 3: you know, four or five, you know, six, seven weeks,
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  Speaker 3: whatever it is. I mean, it's it's these are playoff
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  Speaker 3: teams and and you know a f C type teams
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  Speaker 3: to that that we have to we have to compete again.
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  Speaker 3: So you know, it's it's a long season. We understand that,
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  Speaker 3: and and uh, but at the same time, you want
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  Speaker 3: to you want to play, you want to play good football,
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  Speaker 3: and uh it does help the momentum too if you
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  Speaker 3: can get off to a good start.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks coach.
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  Speaker 6: We'll go to d Rock and then to John ship Lee.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, Doug, I'll go ahead and ask the favorite question.
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  Speaker 2: I suppose are your favorite question?
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  Speaker 1: Press is gonna be the full time play caller in
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty four of you made your up your mind on.
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  Speaker 2: That, I still haven't made my mind up yet. Okay, okay,
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  Speaker 2: So you anticipate by Wednesday possibly having an answer for us? Possibly? Yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: maybe you may. You may never know, can you? You
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  Speaker 2: can just stop with the question right now, You'll never know. Okay.
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  Speaker 8: How would you if someone just came up to you
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  Speaker 8: that you didn't know and asked you to describe Trevor's personality?
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  Speaker 2: How would you describe it?
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  Speaker 3: Trevor's personality. I would say that he's he's definitely he's
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  Speaker 3: got an outgoing personality, but he's got a he's got
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  Speaker 3: a sneaky sort of humor to him.
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  Speaker 2: He's well liked, he's likable.
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  Speaker 3: He's he's also somebody that will will shoot you straight,
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  Speaker 3: which which I can appreciate, you know, from him. And
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  Speaker 3: you know the other thing too, his demeanor. He's just
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  Speaker 3: he's just a just a cool, calm, collective person. You know,
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  Speaker 3: there's not a whole lot that gets him, gets him
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  Speaker 3: riled up, and probably a whole lot that doesn't, you know,
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  Speaker 3: necessarily get him going in the other direction, you know.
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  Speaker 2: But just the calmness about him.
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  Speaker 3: Uh, he's got a great poise about him, you know,
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  Speaker 3: but he has that sneaky humor that that shows up
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  Speaker 3: from time to time with his teammates.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks John Shipley, Thank thanks for doing this.
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  Speaker 8: Has there been any decision you know, what a player's
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  Speaker 8: voted or coaching decision on captains yet for this year?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? Yes, yes, Uh, there there's been a decision, yes,
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  Speaker 2: made made.
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  Speaker 8: Is that something you want to announced later in the week?
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  Speaker 2: What are we putting that out? I don't go out
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  Speaker 2: in associated.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's it's coming out. It's coming out. I think
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  Speaker 3: bye by Wednesday it should be out.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, understood.
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  Speaker 8: And this last question, how much unknown is.
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  Speaker 2: There week one?
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  Speaker 8: You know, just in general and especially for a team
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  Speaker 8: like Miami with a new defensive staff and scheme, et cetera.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, there there's there's quite a bit of unknown,
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  Speaker 2: you know, even though there's.
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  Speaker 3: There's history right with uh, you know, with this DC
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  Speaker 3: being in Baltimore and and you know some of the
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  Speaker 3: some of the we've played Baltimore the last couple of
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  Speaker 3: seasons and and kind of understanding what what they've done,
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  Speaker 3: and and look, it's it's the unknown because you know,
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  Speaker 3: he's gonna he's gonna have his own ideas, he's gonna
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  Speaker 3: have his own thoughts, and now that he's now that
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  Speaker 3: he's running it, there's gonna be some unscouted looks. But
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  Speaker 3: you know, we we go back and we can look
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  Speaker 3: at personnel, we can look at you know, some of
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  Speaker 3: the you know, some of the Baltimore stuff where he's
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  Speaker 3: been and and really kind of study that, but there's
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  Speaker 3: always going to be that unknown in Week one.
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  Speaker 8: Thanks to appreciate it.
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  Speaker 6: Is that good all?
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  Speaker 8: Hey, Doug, I know you've spoken throughout the off season
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  Speaker 8: about the value of not just the player that you know,
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  Speaker 8: Eric Armstead or Ronald Darby and the veterans you brought
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  Speaker 8: in can be, but just the experience and how valuable
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  Speaker 8: that can be in shape in the team. With Week
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  Speaker 8: one here, how much do you think that that you know,
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  Speaker 8: influenced how this team was made up throughout the preseason
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  Speaker 8: training game?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah?
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  Speaker 3: I think you know, both those guys all are free
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  Speaker 3: agents that we brought have really added, you know, one,
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  Speaker 3: they've added the value and the competition that we were
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  Speaker 3: looking for at their positions. And and also some leadership.
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  Speaker 3: You know, veteran players, you know that have played a
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  Speaker 3: lot of football. They've been on winning, you know, winning teams.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously Eric is you know, he's been been to a
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  Speaker 3: couple of Super Bowls and he knows how.
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  Speaker 2: How that is. And and Darby the same way.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, I look at Mitch and Gabe and
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  Speaker 3: all the guys too offensively that that have you know,
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  Speaker 3: been to the top in the a FC. But it's
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  Speaker 3: just their leadership I think, and the value that they
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  Speaker 3: bring there, uh, not only with their you know, with
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  Speaker 3: their skill set and what they can provide offensively and defensively.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, you bet, Thanks coach. You're all set, all right, guys.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you