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Press Pass | Trevor Lawrence on Walker Little, Parker Washington, Eagles Prep · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: What's your reaction to the reports of the move that
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  Speaker 1: left tackle and just walk a little kind of settling.
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  Speaker 2: Into the rest of the year.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I would say, first, first of all,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, I'm not supposed to like talk about any
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  Speaker 3: stuff where we're at now, but just Cam, like, I'm
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  Speaker 3: very appreciative of him what he's done for me. Obviously,
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  Speaker 3: got a soft spot for those guys up front, and
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  Speaker 3: they got a hard job and very selfless and he's.
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  Speaker 2: Been here a long time.
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  Speaker 3: So I'm grateful for him, always gonna wish him the best.
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  Speaker 3: He's a guy that I've loved playing with over the
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  Speaker 3: past few years, and so that's part of this business,
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  Speaker 3: right the situations that change and losing teammates and friends
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  Speaker 3: and stuff and in different areas like that can be tough.
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  Speaker 3: But on the flip side, I will say Walker's done
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  Speaker 3: a great job. I'm excited for this opportunity for him.
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  Speaker 3: He's played great when he's had the opportunity. In the
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  Speaker 3: last few years, he's been putting some tough spots. He's
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  Speaker 3: had to play a lot of different positions. He's had
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  Speaker 3: to come in in twenty two when Cam got hurt,
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  Speaker 3: he had to come in and finish the season when
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  Speaker 3: we were on that run, and we didn't skip a
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  Speaker 3: beat because he was paired, and he prepared.
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  Speaker 2: Every day like a starter.
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  Speaker 3: And so he's been ready for his opportunities and that's
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  Speaker 3: that's not easy to do when you're not the full
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  Speaker 3: time guy. And now that he's getting that opportunity, I'm
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  Speaker 3: excited for him. So I think it's like there's always
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  Speaker 3: two sides to it, and it's tough, and but obviously
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  Speaker 3: like Walker, like I said, he's he's more than ready
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  Speaker 3: and he's done a great job, and I'm excited for him.
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  Speaker 2: I got all the faith in the world. And he's
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  Speaker 2: played great so far.
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  Speaker 1: From Parker Washington from last season.
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  Speaker 2: And now he's been great.
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  Speaker 3: I think, you know, just the improvements he's made on
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  Speaker 3: whether it's just the cyst knowing the system ins and out.
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  Speaker 3: It's like you know, last year when he played a lot,
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  Speaker 3: he knew the system, but I think understanding why you
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  Speaker 3: do things a certain way, running routes a certain way
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  Speaker 3: versus different coverages or zones or sitting in certain spots.
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  Speaker 3: I think just all of that he's developed a lot
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  Speaker 3: more over the past year. And you know, because he
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  Speaker 3: had a full off season. He had all this time
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  Speaker 3: in the off season to train, and he looks great.
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  Speaker 3: He's explosive. You know, you see him when he came
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  Speaker 3: in on Sunday playing on the outside, playing on the inside.
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  Speaker 2: He can move around and just do a lot of
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  Speaker 2: things that help us.
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  Speaker 3: So and it's time like this when you know, as
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  Speaker 3: the season goes on and might have guys banged up,
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  Speaker 3: and you know, always one hundred percent sure on what
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  Speaker 3: Sunday is going to look like because you're just trying
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  Speaker 3: to get there and see who's healthy. So that's helpful
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  Speaker 3: when you have a guy that can that can do
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  Speaker 3: as many things as he can. And it's been good
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  Speaker 3: for us.
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  Speaker 1: With all the questions that are receiver because of the injuries.
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  Speaker 1: Do you have to spend extra time throwing to some
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  Speaker 1: of the other guys maybe have been thrown a bunch
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  Speaker 1: with the.
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  Speaker 3: Season, definitely, you know, I mean me and me and
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  Speaker 3: Parker have worked a lot obviously because you know the
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  Speaker 3: year he had last year in the off season all
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  Speaker 3: stuff that well, there was the plan obviously to get
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  Speaker 3: him involved and to have things for him, and we've
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  Speaker 3: been working him in even before the injuries. But so
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  Speaker 3: I feel like that chemistry is there definitely with the
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  Speaker 3: other guys, though that could possibly be up on Sunday.
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  Speaker 3: Just making sure that we're all good on you know,
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  Speaker 3: basic stuff timing and obviously I throw a little bit
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  Speaker 3: to him as the season goes on, but it's not
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  Speaker 3: as much as the main guys just naturally you only
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  Speaker 3: have so much time. So just kind of making up
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  Speaker 3: for some of those reps now this week and getting
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  Speaker 3: you know, the plan in and running all these different
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  Speaker 3: routes with the guys, just to make sure whatever happens
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  Speaker 3: who ever's out there, we're ready and we've gotten the reps.
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  Speaker 1: Spirits.
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  Speaker 2: He's good.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I saw him, saw him yesterday, and yeah, he's
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  Speaker 3: doing He's doing good. Obviously I hate that for him,
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  Speaker 3: you know, just one great player and huge impact for
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  Speaker 3: our offense and our team, but also just not not
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  Speaker 3: someone that works harder, you know, and sucks to see
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  Speaker 3: him the last two years have to have a season
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  Speaker 3: ending deal. Just sucks and you see how hard he works,
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  Speaker 3: and obviously I know him really well and know how
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  Speaker 3: much he puts into it, how much it means to him.
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  Speaker 3: So yeah, that's definitely disappointing. Whenever that happens to two
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  Speaker 3: guys in your team, And so just praying for him
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  Speaker 3: speed recovery, and I know he's gonna be back better
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  Speaker 3: than he was before. And it's just the beginning for him.
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  Speaker 3: So I know he's in good spirits, but obviously frustrated.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, how could you not be. And it's it's
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  Speaker 3: hard when when it gets taken from you like that
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  Speaker 3: and you're out for the year.
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  Speaker 4: It's hard to replace his odd field production, but how
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  Speaker 4: hard is it to replace him in a lot of
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  Speaker 4: room as well?
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  Speaker 2: And the leadership that he has there. Yeah, just you know,
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  Speaker 2: he's just such a steady voice out there. He's really smart.
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  Speaker 3: You know, there's where when things get crazy, are you
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  Speaker 3: moving fast? Like he directs a lot of the traffic outside.
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  Speaker 3: So guy's got to step up, you know, whoever, whoever's
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  Speaker 3: in that role on certain plays has to step up.
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  Speaker 2: And everyone just has to be themselves.
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  Speaker 3: You don't have to try to be Christian, you don't
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  Speaker 3: have to try to be anything other than yourself, but
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  Speaker 3: you gotta really master your role, your position, the plan,
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  Speaker 3: and you got to know what to do. And you know,
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  Speaker 3: I got a lot of faith in those guys and
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  Speaker 3: and Chad to get him ready and no questions in
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  Speaker 3: my mind. But yeah, it's definitely definitely avoid to fill
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  Speaker 3: as far as, like you said, the production and the
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  Speaker 3: locker room presence. He's a great leader, he's a good
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  Speaker 3: voice in that room, very steady, same guy every day,
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  Speaker 3: and so guys will just have to step up.
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  Speaker 2: What's the challenge this week?
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  Speaker 3: Just going up against the Eagles defense.
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  Speaker 2: Big Fangie.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not sure you've ever played against his style defense before,
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  Speaker 3: but but if you have, just what what's the challenge there?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I played against this.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, he's got a lot of he's he's been
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  Speaker 3: on a few different teams obviously as of recent and
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  Speaker 3: then his coaching tree is pretty big too. So I
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  Speaker 3: mean you look at Chargers, are that similar When Staey
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  Speaker 3: was there, that defense was a similar system in Denver
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  Speaker 3: played against them like a similar scheme, and then my shoot,
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  Speaker 3: my rookie year played against them in Denver two so
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  Speaker 3: uh yeah, I mean, he's he's just well coached defense.
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  Speaker 3: They know what to do. Everything looks the same, really
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  Speaker 3: good disguises. It all comes out of this shell and
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  Speaker 3: then at the snap it it changes and they do
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  Speaker 3: a good job of disguising, disguising some pressures. They mix
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  Speaker 3: the fronts up. You know, it's not a they don't
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  Speaker 3: it's not a group that pressures a ton necessarily. They
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  Speaker 3: just seems like they do at the right time. They're
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  Speaker 3: on the same page. They really stress your protections when
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  Speaker 3: they do, they like to get one on ones up front.
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  Speaker 3: You know, this this D line is is a really
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  Speaker 3: good group. So they play to their strengths and then
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  Speaker 3: the guys in the back end they fly around. These
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  Speaker 3: backers are really physical, very physical, and then the the
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  Speaker 3: the back end is smart and they got good ball
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  Speaker 3: skills and they're all playing together. So I think you
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  Speaker 3: see their defense every week you watch the season, they've
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  Speaker 3: gotten better and better every week. What's it?
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  Speaker 4: What's it feel like this this season compared to idiot?
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  Speaker 4: You don't think you've ever been this two and six
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  Speaker 4: guys getting traded, you know, questions about the head coach
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  Speaker 4: with expectations up here, like is it feel surreal or weird?
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  Speaker 2: Or I mean nothing surprises me anymore? Uh with this league?
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  Speaker 3: And it's different things you hear people say, and I mean,
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  Speaker 3: just try to block all of it out because a
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  Speaker 3: lot of it is If something happens you kind of
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  Speaker 3: it's how you respond to it and then you move forward.
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  Speaker 3: But there's no point in speculating on stuff like that.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, people just say crazy stuff, honestly, and I
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  Speaker 3: mean part of y'all's job is not to say crazy stuff,
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  Speaker 3: but to report rumors or whatever. And and a lot
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  Speaker 3: of this stuff, my opinion, has no weight. And it's
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  Speaker 3: it's like every I know, we're two and six and
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  Speaker 3: we're struggling and not making any excuses for but it's
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  Speaker 3: like every week you lose, the sky's falling on Monday,
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  Speaker 3: and it's like you have to remind yourself just to
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  Speaker 3: take a deep breath, relax, and how do we put
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  Speaker 3: together a plan to go win this week? Like I
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  Speaker 3: feel like you can't put yourself in panic mode of
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  Speaker 3: freaking out of trying to get this thing back on track.
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  Speaker 3: Like you just gotta you know, you just gotta put
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  Speaker 3: together another good week and go to work. There's really
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  Speaker 3: no other answer. There's not a you know, if there
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  Speaker 3: was a one answer that could give you, we would
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  Speaker 3: have already done it. So we just got to go
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  Speaker 3: have a great week of prep and go play well
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  Speaker 3: and execute on Sunday and make a couple more plays
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  Speaker 3: than the Eagles and find a way to win the game.
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  Speaker 1: Do you feel like there's extra pressure on you on Sunday?
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  Speaker 1: The offensive line, a little banged up receivers, question marks
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  Speaker 1: about who will be available that put extra pressure on
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  Speaker 1: you to execute.
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  Speaker 3: No, I mean I need to play well. It's the
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  Speaker 3: same thing every week, though, you know I don't. I'm
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  Speaker 3: not putting any more pressure on myself. It's I gotta
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  Speaker 3: play well. I gotta play well every week to give
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  Speaker 3: us a chance to win. That's just playing quarterback in
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  Speaker 3: this league. You know, It's it's not unique to our
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  Speaker 3: team or the situation. It's just how it is. So yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I'm just gonna, like I said, have a great week
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  Speaker 3: of prep, make sure I'm ready to go on Sunday
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  Speaker 3: and work through all those things like we talked about,
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  Speaker 3: like whether all the guys are obviously Christian's not going
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  Speaker 3: to be out there, but all the other guys that are,
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  Speaker 3: you know, a little banged up. If they're good to go, great,
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  Speaker 3: that's kind of that's we're prepared for that.
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  Speaker 2: That's not much change.
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  Speaker 3: But if that's not the case, how do we work
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  Speaker 3: out all the other stuff and making sure that I
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  Speaker 3: talked through with all those guys that could possibly play
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  Speaker 3: and make sure that we're all doubt in and ready
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  Speaker 3: to go. And that's my responsibility and the coach's responsibility,
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  Speaker 3: and we'll make sure that we're ready and then just
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  Speaker 3: go play. You know, trust those guys to go whin.
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  Speaker 3: We got good players. Obviously, when you're missing guys, it
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  Speaker 3: sucks and you want your.
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  Speaker 2: Guys out there.
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  Speaker 3: But we got players that are ready that can are
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  Speaker 3: more than capable of doing their job.
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  Speaker 4: Remember about that first trip that was conditions.
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  Speaker 3: Rough day for us in Philly, just the weather was bad.
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  Speaker 3: I didn't play well, had plenty opportunities to win the game,
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  Speaker 3: you know, we had a big lead early and let
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  Speaker 3: them back in the game. So I remember that one
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  Speaker 3: and I don't want to feel like that leaving Philly
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  Speaker 3: this time.
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  Speaker 2: Sense that, like just looking at it was two years ago.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, grown a lot, you know, it was played a
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  Speaker 3: lot of football since then, been in a lot of
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  Speaker 3: different situations. Yeah, I mean, I've grown a lot as
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  Speaker 3: a player. I mean it's uh, situations obviously change every
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  Speaker 3: year and the teams are different. But it would be
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  Speaker 3: cool to go back there. And obviously it's a. It's
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  Speaker 3: a hostile environment, but it's a fun place to play.
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  Speaker 3: That's one of the cool stadiums and environments to play in,
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  Speaker 3: just because it is You're ready for crazy group and
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  Speaker 3: it's going to be loud and it's exciting, so it'll
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  Speaker 3: be fun.
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  Speaker 4: There any added emphasis this week.
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  Speaker 1: There's a lot of pre staff penalties on offense last week,
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  Speaker 1: trying to make sure that you can avoid those.
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  Speaker 2: Definitely there was.
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  Speaker 3: That's something to always talk about as penalties and stuff
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  Speaker 3: you can control, you know, I think that's the those
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  Speaker 3: are the things that you harp on the most just
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  Speaker 3: because they're controllables. You know, there's times where you know,
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  Speaker 3: I don't ever focus too much on you know, making
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  Speaker 3: the play or doing certain things because it's it's football,
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  Speaker 3: and that's gonna happen. You might miss a few and
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  Speaker 3: you're gonna make a lot more than you miss. But
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  Speaker 3: the stuff you can control, the penalties that stelf we
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  Speaker 3: gotta clean up. So, you know, I think there was
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  Speaker 3: some there was a couple of misunderstandings out there on
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  Speaker 3: some of them that were interesting.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, I think.
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  Speaker 3: Besides that, there are some things that we need to
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  Speaker 3: clean up and do better. But I think there was
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  Speaker 3: one where one motion where you know, it wasn't really
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  Speaker 3: like Gabe, the false start. I think that's something that
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  Speaker 3: I don't know that necessarily was a false start, just
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  Speaker 3: something that we coach and we gotta maybe let them
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  Speaker 3: know beforehand because it does time up with our cadence
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  Speaker 3: really well. And so that's one where I don't see
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  Speaker 3: like that that one was on Gabe necessarily. We just
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  Speaker 3: have to prepare for that and let them know that
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  Speaker 3: that's something that we're gonna do.
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  Speaker 2: All right, thank y'all,