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Press Pass | Doug Pederson: "This was a great team win." · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Huge. Um, you know, we're just we're just looking for
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  Speaker 1: one more point, right, We're just looking for you know,
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  Speaker 1: guys to make plays. We're just looking for opportunities. And
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  Speaker 1: I think all of that came, you know, came true
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  Speaker 1: today in this game. And this is a great team win.
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  Speaker 1: Would you see Trevor today? You know what I thought,
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  Speaker 1: he played. He played solid, He played within himself. Um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, really managed the offense, the situations, made some
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  Speaker 1: tough throws, got out of some tough throws, got out
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  Speaker 1: of some you know, sack situations, ran hard, you know,
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  Speaker 1: just um second half, third downs, you know, making some big, big,
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  Speaker 1: big throws there, and just took a step in the
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  Speaker 1: right direction, you know. And and that's uh, that's that's
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  Speaker 1: all you can ask from your from your quarterback. He did.
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  Speaker 1: What was the message at halftime for Davante Adams and
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  Speaker 1: and how impressed are you with what you guys did
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  Speaker 1: in the second half holding him to one catch for
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  Speaker 1: zero yards after he really had his way with you
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  Speaker 1: guys earlier. Yeah, I mean, you know the first half, Um,
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  Speaker 1: obviously he had he had some big plays there and uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we just we just regrouped really in in
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  Speaker 1: at halftime. I don't think there were a ton of
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  Speaker 1: a ton of changes, you know, quite frankly, the guys
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  Speaker 1: were you know, we're in position in the second half,
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  Speaker 1: and just and and that's listen, that's that's part of
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  Speaker 1: what we're trying to teach these guys here, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and and how to win and and and to um
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  Speaker 1: stay within you know, stay within themselves. You know, just
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  Speaker 1: just do their job and and um in the second
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  Speaker 1: half they did that and we got we got great
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  Speaker 1: pass rush. We uh had our chances at some interceptions.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we gotta we gotta work on that obviously,
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  Speaker 1: but um, just a really good defensive performance in the
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  Speaker 1: second half. Doug your down seventeen nothing in a lot
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  Speaker 1: of scenarios there, there could have been panic. But you
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  Speaker 1: know this team that you elected to stay with the run,
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  Speaker 1: your your thought there and and what did you learn
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  Speaker 1: about this team? They in some cases, you know, it
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  Speaker 1: could have gone south, but obviously that wasn't what happened. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's you know, it's interesting saying. You know, when you're
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  Speaker 1: in games like this, you know you look at that
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  Speaker 1: opening drive and and really went down the field. Um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, a mix of run, mix of play pass.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously we had the misqth fumble. You know, there were
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  Speaker 1: some opportunities even after that, you know, we didn't get
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  Speaker 1: off the field. We gave up the big touchdown you
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  Speaker 1: know to Davante there, you know, so it wasn't like
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  Speaker 1: we were far off, right, Um, our guys had a
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  Speaker 1: lot of confidence on the sideline coaches. You know, we
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  Speaker 1: stuck to the game plan and and really just trusted
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  Speaker 1: our players, you know, honestly, and just kept putting them
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  Speaker 1: in those situations to be successful. Put In didn't ass
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  Speaker 1: Trevor to you know, uh, do anything other than than
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  Speaker 1: what he's been coached to do. And and um, can
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  Speaker 1: you do that all the time? You know, I don't
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  Speaker 1: know if you can. But but today it worked. And
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  Speaker 1: proud for the guys a win like this. You know,
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  Speaker 1: talk so much about learning how to win. Is this
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  Speaker 1: the first step in that or is this something that
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  Speaker 1: just kind of validates everything you've been saying to them?
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  Speaker 1: And can you put too much emphasis on it? Well,
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  Speaker 1: I mean you you don't want to put too much
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  Speaker 1: empantis on wins and losses, but this is a this
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  Speaker 1: is a step in the right direction. You know, we've
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  Speaker 1: been really close as you guys know over the course
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  Speaker 1: of the season, and and um, you know, it's it's
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  Speaker 1: great to see our team finish. It's great to see
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  Speaker 1: our defense finish offensively in the second half, make plays,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, just special teams, the great return to start
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  Speaker 1: the second half. Um, it's all steps in the right direction,
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  Speaker 1: right and and and um it's something now that we
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  Speaker 1: can build upon. Guys have that feeling kind of their
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  Speaker 1: taste in their mouth, and and uh, we just gotta
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  Speaker 1: capitalize and keep keep improving. The one smooth the game
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  Speaker 1: he had today, especially coming up big late. How big
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  Speaker 1: was that for him? That was big? It was big.
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  Speaker 1: I mean he's he's a great player, and you know
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  Speaker 1: he's he's got he's got tremendous skill and ability and
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  Speaker 1: and somebody that we lean on heavily, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: to get after the passer. And um, he did a
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  Speaker 1: nice job, you know, did a great job of just uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, sticking to his game plan and and uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, making some big plays, especially here at the end.
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  Speaker 1: Doug back here, Um, pul Brown w j C T
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  Speaker 1: news real fast. This is the third three game that
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  Speaker 1: you all have light in the fourth quarter. Um, and
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  Speaker 1: you were able to come away with the victory today.
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  Speaker 1: What specifically were some things that your team did today,
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  Speaker 1: taking from the lessons from the last two weeks that
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  Speaker 1: and applied them here today. You know, I think it's
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  Speaker 1: just a matter of just continuing to you know, build
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  Speaker 1: on the game plan that that that was given us
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  Speaker 1: success in the second half. Um. You know, um, you know, Trevor,
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  Speaker 1: Trevor was in a good spot. You know, the running
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  Speaker 1: game was in a good spot, and we just had
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  Speaker 1: to continue. We couldn't. My mindset in those situations is
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  Speaker 1: I still gotta you still gotta be aggressive and get
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  Speaker 1: first downs. Right the game is not necessarily over and
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  Speaker 1: you're only up four at the time, you know, and
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  Speaker 1: you still gotta get first downs and try to score
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  Speaker 1: as many points as you can. And and so that's
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  Speaker 1: always gonna be you know, the mindset late in the game,
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  Speaker 1: especially in games like this, and um, it was really
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  Speaker 1: good for our guys to you know, finish this game
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  Speaker 1: that way, and and really for Variley to you know,
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  Speaker 1: I know we missed the one, but to come back
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  Speaker 1: and hit a really a bigger kick in my opinion
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  Speaker 1: there at the end, UM, just goes to show the
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  Speaker 1: I think how this team is is really um embracing
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  Speaker 1: each other. Um, they're they're taking the coaching to the field.
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  Speaker 1: And just a great sign of that how important today
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  Speaker 1: wasn't to get eat and that kind of work. Little
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  Speaker 1: the show that he could bell cow bat well. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: we know obviously that he's he's going to be the guy.
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  Speaker 1: So you know, we just gotta we just gotta continue
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  Speaker 1: to find ways to get get him touches, you know,
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  Speaker 1: in this game and and really every game moving forward. Um.
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  Speaker 1: You know, as a staff, we gotta be smart and
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  Speaker 1: how much we use him. I don't want to wear
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  Speaker 1: him out. But at the same time, you know we're
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  Speaker 1: gonna keep um, you know, using him in situations to
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  Speaker 1: to be successful. He made some tough runs in the
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  Speaker 1: second half. He's and he's still learning. That's that's the
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  Speaker 1: thing that I'm excited is he's still learning how to
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  Speaker 1: run the football, you know, and where to run it
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  Speaker 1: sometimes and and but he's got so much talent that
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  Speaker 1: that you hate for him to come off the field,
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  Speaker 1: you know, especially in moments of uh, you know, crunch time,
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  Speaker 1: Hey Doug, right here, you rotated Trey hertonon and Montard
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  Speaker 1: Brown a lot. Uh, This game. What went into the
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  Speaker 1: decision to do that and what do you think about
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  Speaker 1: how the rookie did today? Yeah, I thought, you know, well,
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  Speaker 1: the reasoning obviously is it just to you know, in
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  Speaker 1: in situations like this where you know, um, you know,
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  Speaker 1: to get get Buster some opportunities to play, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and get him comfortable with with the way, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the way he can play. And and it's really nothing
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  Speaker 1: against Trey. It's just a matter of having everybody available.
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  Speaker 1: And I thought both those guys did a nice job. Um,
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  Speaker 1: you know Buster her and in particular did and made
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  Speaker 1: some made some plays. Uh, And it'll be really good
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  Speaker 1: for him to to go back and watch this film
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  Speaker 1: tomorrow and and really great himself, and and just to
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  Speaker 1: see overall how how well he played and and uh
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  Speaker 1: if there were anything you know that he might have
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  Speaker 1: left out there on the field, doug Um Trevor coming
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  Speaker 1: off maybe his toughest game to respond how he did
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  Speaker 1: down seventeen nothing with you know, as you said, just
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  Speaker 1: third down pass after third down pass. What does that
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  Speaker 1: mean for him? I think it it just just boost confidence,
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  Speaker 1: you know, And and it's everything that we talked about,
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  Speaker 1: you know with him, and how um you know how
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  Speaker 1: he can't play and and you know, it just takes
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  Speaker 1: it takes moments like this. It takes games like this
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  Speaker 1: for young players to really understand, you know, kind of
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  Speaker 1: sometimes what the coach is talking about, you know a
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  Speaker 1: little bit. And and he was able to do That's
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  Speaker 1: great to see him do that. He you know, he
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  Speaker 1: was in a great frame of mind all game. Um.
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  Speaker 1: Never once did he you know, show any signs of
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  Speaker 1: panic or wavering, nothing like that. He showed a lot
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  Speaker 1: of confidence and and um, you know, as play caller,
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  Speaker 1: you know you still want you want him to you know,
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  Speaker 1: have the ball in his hands because you know, at
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  Speaker 1: the time, I think especially in the second half, he um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, those third down throws. He was hot and
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  Speaker 1: wanted to you know, get him opportunities to finish the
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  Speaker 1: game as well on offense,