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Press Pass | Trevor Lawrence: "...that's what we talk about in the QB room..." · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: I'll probably sleeping, so I'll be asleep, you know that
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  Speaker 1: with that time change is like we get there and
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  Speaker 1: it's seven am or something like that. So I'm gonna
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  Speaker 1: I'm gonna try to sleep honestly the whole time if
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  Speaker 1: I can. UM, just to get that full night's rest.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's obviously important. And UM yeah, that's that's
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  Speaker 1: pretty much it. So speaking of which, you're always be
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  Speaker 1: your first pro victory is always gonna be However, you
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  Speaker 1: know you still um, I mean, he gets a pretty
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  Speaker 1: fun memories of day. That day. Oh yeah, it was
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  Speaker 1: a great. It was a great time obviously to have
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  Speaker 1: to go how many miles is that? You guys know,
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  Speaker 1: I you go three thousand something miles for our first
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  Speaker 1: win last year, and uh, it was. It was. I
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  Speaker 1: mean it was awesome. It's incredible with the stadium, the fans,
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  Speaker 1: just the the city. Everything was really cool. Where we
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  Speaker 1: stayed at we loved it, and so we're excited to
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  Speaker 1: go back. Obviously, you know, it's a business trip for us. UM.
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  Speaker 1: One goal of mine is to go UM and come
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  Speaker 1: back with a win, So that's the that's the focus.
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  Speaker 1: But I know myself and other guys that were here
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  Speaker 1: last year. We're all excited and you know a lot
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  Speaker 1: of other players have been there in their career too.
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  Speaker 1: So you're a business How top is it to lose James? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean that's you know, that's a tough thing, just
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  Speaker 1: the business side of it is. UM isn't always the
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  Speaker 1: most fun. You know, you have guys that you've I
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  Speaker 1: guess the last year and a half you've worked with,
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  Speaker 1: you go you grow close to, and um, you have
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  Speaker 1: a good relationship with and obviously James one of those
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  Speaker 1: guys for me, and uh leaning on him a lot
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  Speaker 1: last year, this offseason even this season too. So UM,
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  Speaker 1: just just really for him just to keep being him,
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  Speaker 1: keep being great. He's a great player, a great person. UM,
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  Speaker 1: just excited to see his career continue to take off.
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  Speaker 1: And I know no matter where he's at, he's gonna
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  Speaker 1: be He's gonna be a great player. So I'm excited
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  Speaker 1: for him. But obviously, UM, you know, you hate to
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  Speaker 1: lose a guy like that, just what he means the
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  Speaker 1: city too, and given everything he had for Jacksonville and
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  Speaker 1: I think he embodied that. So UM, I know all
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  Speaker 1: the guys coaches are gonna miss him, and UM, that's
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  Speaker 1: just sometimes the business side of this thing sucks but
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  Speaker 1: also creates a pretty good opportunity for your guy. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean I definitely like you know, you look at
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  Speaker 1: the way Traps has been playing. Um, I think he's
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  Speaker 1: up for the challenge, and um, so we'll have to
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  Speaker 1: let do a good job managing that. And I think
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  Speaker 1: he'll do a really good job just take care of himself.
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  Speaker 1: But then those other guys we got in the room,
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  Speaker 1: that gives them a chance to step up and um,
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  Speaker 1: make some plays and be more involved, you know, so
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  Speaker 1: whether that's snoop um sorry to whoever and obviously hasty.
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  Speaker 1: So we got some We've got some really good backs,
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  Speaker 1: and um, they shouldn't have to step up, sum look
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  Speaker 1: dive into the numbers, the metrics that are all over
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  Speaker 1: the NFL now, because you guys show pretty good in
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  Speaker 1: the metrics, but the record obviously doesn't. Do you take
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  Speaker 1: time to look at how you're performing or the offense
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  Speaker 1: is performing, like within the game, and if the score
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  Speaker 1: board isn't saying it. I mean we always, you know,
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  Speaker 1: coming Monday, we look at everything. Sorry, I'm still freaking
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  Speaker 1: out of breath from running. I'm trying to catch my
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  Speaker 1: breath right now. Um well, no, no, I walked here,
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  Speaker 1: I ran on the field, but not for you, Mark
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  Speaker 1: everybody else. But um no, So, I mean we we
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  Speaker 1: always talk about we put the stats up there just
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  Speaker 1: you want to show the whole picture of the game
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  Speaker 1: and how you performed as an offense. You know what
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  Speaker 1: we're are How do we protect the ball? That's number one?
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  Speaker 1: You know what was the turnover margin? You include turnovers
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  Speaker 1: on downs and obviously fumbles, interceptions, all those things, So
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  Speaker 1: put those up there. Um you look at total yards,
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  Speaker 1: and you look at explosives and negatives, and obviously you
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  Speaker 1: want to have a lot more explosives and negative plays
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  Speaker 1: and um so those are some areas you look at.
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  Speaker 1: You look at third down efficiency, red zone. Um and
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  Speaker 1: you look at the red zone weren't great last week,
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  Speaker 1: And there's always one or two that kind of tell
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  Speaker 1: the story when everything else looks good. You know, we
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  Speaker 1: might have had a lot of yards, it might have
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  Speaker 1: been pretty good on third down, and then you see
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  Speaker 1: red zone and it's over three, over two whatever. Maybe.
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  Speaker 1: Um So there's usually something that kind of tells the story.
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  Speaker 1: But when you look at the way we've we've played
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  Speaker 1: obviously hasn't been good enough to win more games, and
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  Speaker 1: that's that's the main goal. So that's really all we're
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  Speaker 1: talking about. But you know, we've been able to move
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  Speaker 1: the ball and everybody we've played, we've had a lot
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  Speaker 1: of a lot of yards pretty much in every game,
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  Speaker 1: and UM, but just certain areas, whether that's third down
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  Speaker 1: one week, red zone one week, um, turnovers one week,
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  Speaker 1: whatever it is. We just gotta kind of put together
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  Speaker 1: a complete game and do that more frequently, you know,
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  Speaker 1: more consistently. So you know, we look at all that
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  Speaker 1: and we know we're capable of and we've shown when
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  Speaker 1: we when we're at our best, we're playing well, we're
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  Speaker 1: a great offense. So UM, we gotta we gotta get
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  Speaker 1: back to that and just being more consistent the last
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  Speaker 1: few games like very well in game situations. Uh, what
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  Speaker 1: have you learned? What do you continue to learn about poise,
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  Speaker 1: kind of leadership and everything in those uh Battle drive
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  Speaker 1: there's two minutes to joy. I mean, just what you said,
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  Speaker 1: you're you're always learning something. There's I mean there's so
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  Speaker 1: many clips even from um obviously this last game, just
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  Speaker 1: some stuff that I could have done differently, We could
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  Speaker 1: have done differently, as an offense at the end of
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  Speaker 1: that game that we're looking at and it's just great things.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously you're you're frustrating, didn't get it done, But there's
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  Speaker 1: so many things from tape and some things in this
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  Speaker 1: game too. It's a lot easier to learn when you
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  Speaker 1: go through when you experience that. You can watch clips
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  Speaker 1: of other people doing it, and it's a lot easier
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  Speaker 1: when you go through that yourself. And whether it's a
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  Speaker 1: situation where you wish you would have signaled something or
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  Speaker 1: got to a different concept or recognize there in the
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  Speaker 1: game coverage a little bit better. All those things you
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  Speaker 1: just put in your memory bank. That's what we talked
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  Speaker 1: about in our QB room, UM, and then for the
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  Speaker 1: rest of my career, just being able to pool from
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  Speaker 1: all these experiences, these in the game situations, UM. And
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  Speaker 1: I think that's what that's a good thing. You look
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  Speaker 1: at the positive of all this that we've been able
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  Speaker 1: to learn from. We've had a lot of a lot
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  Speaker 1: of crazy situations, and I think we've gotten better and
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  Speaker 1: better as an offense. Not just me, obviously, it goes
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  Speaker 1: through me in that in those situations at the end
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  Speaker 1: of the game, but it's everybody doing their part. And
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  Speaker 1: I think guys did that the huge play Marvin made
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  Speaker 1: um and some plays leading up to that end of
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  Speaker 1: the game. So there's a lot to learn from and
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  Speaker 1: I think just having that next play mentality is something
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  Speaker 1: that we're getting better as an offense and being able to,
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  Speaker 1: regardless of what just happened to play before or the
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  Speaker 1: quarter before, being able to move on to that next
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  Speaker 1: play and give us a chance to go win that native.
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  Speaker 1: It is a penalty. Yah got wiped out? Did you? Uh?
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  Speaker 1: Did you? Was that a pattern you kind of you
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  Speaker 1: thought that was going a different way or because looking
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  Speaker 1: through it right to him? But yeah, it's bad. It's
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  Speaker 1: a bad, really bad play. Um. So that's the true.
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  Speaker 1: I think there was forty seconds left, no time outs,
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  Speaker 1: and we have I think we had about seventy yards ago.
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  Speaker 1: We were probably the thirty thirty five maybe. And the
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  Speaker 1: one thing is one we're trying to get out of balance.
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  Speaker 1: If you can't get out of balance, that's all right,
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  Speaker 1: if we're in balance, but we've gotta get up there
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  Speaker 1: clock it or get up there and run a quick play.
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  Speaker 1: But the one thing you kind of can't do is
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  Speaker 1: we'll turn it over is one, but or get sacked.
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  Speaker 1: So I was, you know, looking front side and try
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  Speaker 1: to come backside and there was a free um backerd
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  Speaker 1: delimma whatever it was, and just trying to get the
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  Speaker 1: ball in my hands throw it near someone's feet backside.
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  Speaker 1: But we had kind of a drive concept where everything
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  Speaker 1: was going on in the other direction, so it kind
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  Speaker 1: of came up to go just to throw it away
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  Speaker 1: to avoid the sack and throw it right to the guy.
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  Speaker 1: So that was one, you know, got a little bailed out.
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  Speaker 1: Why having a call that didn't really affect my decision,
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  Speaker 1: which was which was really bad. And just to learn
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  Speaker 1: from that, and that's that's what I'm talking about, Like
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  Speaker 1: terrible play, but to flush that and then just to
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  Speaker 1: go and make the next one, I think that's a
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  Speaker 1: really borderline. You said, what penalty on cam? Where when
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  Speaker 1: was that? No? That was on like a QB QB
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  Speaker 1: run um. I mean it's yeah, at the end of
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  Speaker 1: the day, like our job is to go win the game,
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  Speaker 1: and we had so many opportunities and you can look
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  Speaker 1: at different penalties whatever it is, and um, the refs
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  Speaker 1: never decide the game, you know, we always have opportunities
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  Speaker 1: to go win it. And that's our messages. Doesn't really
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  Speaker 1: matter what happened. Yeah, there was some bad, There was
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  Speaker 1: some bad. There was some calls both ways. There were
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  Speaker 1: some calls both ways that um, you could look at.
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  Speaker 1: And that's how this game is played. The refs have
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  Speaker 1: to make a decision. A lot of players are close
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  Speaker 1: and you can't leave it in anyone's hands but your own.
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  Speaker 1: And that's what I think. You know, obviously the Giants
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  Speaker 1: we're able to finish the game. And um, there's really
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  Speaker 1: no no excuses either way, so a little different. Um,
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  Speaker 1: how much do you worry about that? I saw you
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  Speaker 1: just you say, yeah, I mean I don't. I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: Georgia talked us about I honestly don't. Haven't played at Wimbley.
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  Speaker 1: Played at Totten Tottenham last year and that was fine.
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  Speaker 1: I don't remember. I think that was turf. It was
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  Speaker 1: that it was the grass. It's turf, Yeah, so that
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  Speaker 1: was But yeah, I heard Wimbley is a little bit different.
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  Speaker 1: So I'll probably wear my normal normal cleats here and
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  Speaker 1: got some Dita's cleats should be good, great cleats, so
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  Speaker 1: it would be good to go. Do you think about stuff?
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  Speaker 1: I mean a lot of players will think about not really.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I just wear where the cleats always do.
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  Speaker 1: I don't really I don't really think about that. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: you't out there in pre game and you warm up
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  Speaker 1: and you kind of feel what the difference is. Maybe
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  Speaker 1: it's a little slicker. You just know you've gotta keep
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  Speaker 1: your feet under you, and you know you kind of
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  Speaker 1: I don't, honestly don't really think about that stuff. I
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  Speaker 1: think it's a little bit bigger for the guys in
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  Speaker 1: the perimeter and um, just understanding you know, coming in
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  Speaker 1: and out those breaks, how the grass is gonna feel
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  Speaker 1: that from last year's trop not like game watching whatever,
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  Speaker 1: just in the biggest thing that will help you long issues, um,
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  Speaker 1: I think just um, but something we've been talking about
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  Speaker 1: is trying to get your prep done, not done, but
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  Speaker 1: the bulk of your prep done before you get over there,
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  Speaker 1: just because you know, obviously they are they went ahead
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  Speaker 1: and went over there, so they have a little bit
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  Speaker 1: more time to get adjusted and they can do a
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  Speaker 1: lot of their prep while they while they're over there.
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  Speaker 1: But for us, you know, we're leaving tomorrow, so trying
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  Speaker 1: to take care of all of the stuff we need to,
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  Speaker 1: whether that's tape, meeting, you know, protection stuff, whatever it
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  Speaker 1: is before we leave, because we're gonna get there Friday morning.
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  Speaker 1: That's kind of a long day. Everybody's trying to kind
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  Speaker 1: of get settled in. We have we have a practice,
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  Speaker 1: and then we have some time off, but you're you're
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  Speaker 1: still kind of getting adjusted and then Saturday is the
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  Speaker 1: day before the game, so you don't have a ton
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  Speaker 1: of time really to catch up on stuff. So just
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  Speaker 1: you know, making sure you don't get behind during the
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  Speaker 1: week and you're on on top of your game plan
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  Speaker 1: and all that. So when you look at those defense, Trevor,
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  Speaker 1: obviously the past rushes their second areas there with certain
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  Speaker 1: and company back there. Knowing this offense and the strengths
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  Speaker 1: of this offense, which of those two presents the biggest
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  Speaker 1: challenge for you guys. I think they're you know, they're
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  Speaker 1: one of the best defenses in the league. So it
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  Speaker 1: definitely presents a challenge for us. It would be a
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  Speaker 1: great challenge just to see how we stack up against
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  Speaker 1: them and put together a plan to um find areas
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  Speaker 1: to attack. But yeah, there, their past rush is really good. Um,
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  Speaker 1: not just the edge guys that the interior guys are
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  Speaker 1: really good players. And then obviously you look at just
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  Speaker 1: their whole back end. Um, really good players. Obviously Pat
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  Speaker 1: on the perimeteries playing great. We played him last year
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  Speaker 1: obviously we were both rookies and we were kind of
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  Speaker 1: talking last year. You always kind of you know who
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  Speaker 1: the rookies are on the defense, and same thing like
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  Speaker 1: last year for me. I'm sure that obviously they know
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  Speaker 1: him a rookie and you have a plan for those guys,
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  Speaker 1: and um, we go in and he's just playing great,
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  Speaker 1: you know Pat, and he had a great year, and um,
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  Speaker 1: he's playing great this year too, So he's he's a
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  Speaker 1: really talented guy, does a good job, really smart player.
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  Speaker 1: And then the safeties, both safeties are really good. The
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  Speaker 1: new nickel they got from from San fran played him
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  Speaker 1: last year, K one, so he's he's a good player.
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  Speaker 1: I could go on and on. Really good defense, really disciplined.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's what you see. And they're all on
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  Speaker 1: the same page, you know. And they do a good
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  Speaker 1: job disguise and stuff and um so they do and
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  Speaker 1: presenting different looks, so they do a good job. You know, Pat,
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  Speaker 1: sir hand before like you guys got to you know,
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  Speaker 1: combines and workouts and getting ready for the NFL. Did
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  Speaker 1: you know him in high school from the various circuits
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  Speaker 1: or I can't remember where I met him. I met
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  Speaker 1: him somewhere in high school. UM. I actually think he
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  Speaker 1: was visiting Clemson. I was committed already and he visited Clemson.
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  Speaker 1: This was before he desided to go to Alabama. UM,
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  Speaker 1: and I remember hanging out with him one night when
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  Speaker 1: we were both on a visit. Um, so that was
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  Speaker 1: probably the one time we actually spend some time together
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  Speaker 1: and kind of hung out and UM, you know, so
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  Speaker 1: that was really that was really pretty much it. But
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  Speaker 1: obviously I followed his career and UM, it's been hard
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  Speaker 1: to miss him. You know, he's been he's been a
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  Speaker 1: great player. Some of the some of the misses, maybe
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  Speaker 1: it's a z A Jones or if that's a miss
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  Speaker 1: the other day before et and fumble or the wheel
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  Speaker 1: around or even going way back to the et. Are
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  Speaker 1: you do you feel like you're still trying to be
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  Speaker 1: cautious at times in that red area, like because of it,
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  Speaker 1: maybe because last year, because seventeen turnovers or whatever it is,
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  Speaker 1: or are they just missus? You know, I think there's
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  Speaker 1: there's a couple. There's always gonna be a few throws
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  Speaker 1: that you want back. That's definitely one. You know, I
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  Speaker 1: had Za coming open and just anticipating a little bit
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  Speaker 1: better throwing to a spot, um and just giving him
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  Speaker 1: a chance. I think that's something that there's always a
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  Speaker 1: couple of throws that come up where I wish I
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  Speaker 1: would have done that more, and that's definitely one of them. So,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I wouldn't say playing it safe. You know,
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  Speaker 1: obviously there was a backer kind of underneath it, but
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  Speaker 1: still was as running full speed and you've got an
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  Speaker 1: inside linebacker that's just dropping underneath him. He's he's gonna
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  Speaker 1: outrun them. So just seeing that and understanding where to
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  Speaker 1: put the ball and just didn't really put it in
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  Speaker 1: a good spot. Honestly, kind of made him go back
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  Speaker 1: up the field on the back line, which wasn't It
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  Speaker 1: wasn't the right spot for it. So I think there's
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  Speaker 1: just that's just one that I missed. Right when I
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  Speaker 1: let go of it, I was like, that didn't come
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  Speaker 1: out good. Too much air kind of floated in the
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  Speaker 1: back and um, those are plays we talked about, and
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  Speaker 1: you talk about the fumble happened right after that, which
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  Speaker 1: obviously we can't turn over in the red zone. But
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  Speaker 1: if I make that throw, that situation never comes up.
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  Speaker 1: So you always think about these things, and um, those
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  Speaker 1: are kind of plays that you're remembering that just bother
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  Speaker 1: you kind of until the next game comes up. So um,
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  Speaker 1: that's one definitely that that I just missed. So