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  Speaker 1: Two games in, Travis, just how are you feeling about
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  Speaker 1: how you've been playing.
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  Speaker 2: And sort of where do you feel like you need
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  Speaker 2: to get to?
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  Speaker 3: It's only been two games in. Well, there's nine games
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  Speaker 3: in the NFL for me, so just got to continue
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  Speaker 3: to work, continue to just get better.
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  Speaker 4: How do you compare kind of how you feel right now,
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  Speaker 4: both physically, mentally with learning the game compared to where
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  Speaker 4: you were at this time last season two games in?
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  Speaker 3: I feel like I just move a lot quicker. I
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  Speaker 3: know a lot more than what I did last year.
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  Speaker 3: And I just feel like the guys are starting to
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  Speaker 3: trust me a little more and more every week. So
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  Speaker 3: I just continue to just get better and be comfortable
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  Speaker 3: out there.
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  Speaker 4: Liam mentioned yesterday that they want to try and share
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  Speaker 4: the wealth around a little bit more offense. Just how
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  Speaker 4: difficult is that when you guys just have so many
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  Speaker 4: weapons on this offensive side?
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  Speaker 3: It's not difficult when you want to win. So that's
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  Speaker 3: our motto. We want to go out there and win
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  Speaker 3: and compete with everybody and just continue to dominate. So
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  Speaker 3: I feel great about it.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, Travis, when you were in that virtual reality room
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  Speaker 1: and stuff, did you only.
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  Speaker 4: Do defensive stuff or.
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  Speaker 3: Were you able to do some offensive play stuff? No,
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  Speaker 3: I did both.
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  Speaker 2: Okay. Is it easier in there mocking it with the
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  Speaker 2: defensive stuff versus the offensive stuff or no?
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  Speaker 3: No, it's about the same. You just learn pretty much
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  Speaker 3: the same thing. You just got to continue. You just
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  Speaker 3: got to flip it.
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  Speaker 2: Chill.
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  Speaker 5: So is there– do you have someone in there that
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  Speaker 5: actually tosses you the ball when snaps like to help
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  Speaker 5: you out? No, no, no.
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  Speaker 3: It's just more looking at the coverage and stuff? Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: looking at the coverages and just continue to just figure
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  Speaker 3: out the formations and stuff like that.
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  Speaker 5: What are you.
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  Speaker 4: Happy with, with the way you've performed so far and
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  Speaker 4: where are you.
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  Speaker 1: Looking to grow?
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  Speaker 3: Just because I'm just happy that I can continue to
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  Speaker 3: get better. We got a game next week, what if
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  Speaker 3: we're coming up. So that's the best thing.
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  Speaker 1: Camp said that you had a really good day of
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  Speaker 1: practice yesterday. Why is it important to you specifically, you know,
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  Speaker 1: come out here and kind of respond this week and
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  Speaker 1: have a good week of practice?
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  Speaker 3: I feel like all of us want to respond. We lost.
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  Speaker 3: We didn't win. So we feel like we just got
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  Speaker 3: to continue to get better and just lock in more.
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  Speaker 4: A lot of the guys yesterday were saying that it
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  Speaker 4: was a really intense practice. Did you feel that intensity
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  Speaker 4: continue today, or did it drop off or stay the same?
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  Speaker 3: No, it definitely been intense this whole week. You know,
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  Speaker 3: coming off a loss, you don't want to lose. You
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  Speaker 3: don't want to give the coaches any more– any more
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  Speaker 3: energy to yell at you. So you just couldn't try
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  Speaker 3: to go out there and just be better.
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  Speaker 4: Have you had any communication with the coaches about the
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  Speaker 4: rotation this week at cornerback?
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  Speaker 3: I'm gonna leave that up to the coaches to answer.
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  Speaker 3: That ain't for me to answer.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely a huge opportunity to respond the right way and
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  Speaker 1: to get back on track for our goals and what
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  Speaker 1: we're trying to do this year.
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  Speaker 2: How much stress can that Patriots offense put on the defense?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, quarterback does a great job of extending
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  Speaker 1: plays and doing all that, so you've got to be
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  Speaker 1: on your P's and Q's, and rush lane's got to
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  Speaker 1: be on point. But, yeah, it could definitely be challenging
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  Speaker 1: if 11 aren't playing as one.
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  Speaker 2: When the quarterback's kind of moving around like that, and
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  Speaker 2: you kind of got to keep track of him, plus
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  Speaker 2: whatever other responsibilities, how does that make your job harder,
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  Speaker 2: the defense's job harder?
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  Speaker 1: It's just the discipline to be able to, if you're
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  Speaker 1: in coverage, stay in coverage. If you're in the rush,
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  Speaker 1: to be in your rush lanes and and to be
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  Speaker 1: able to work off of each other to feel where
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  Speaker 1: the space is. It shouldn't be any more difficult because
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  Speaker 1: you should be disciplined in your job regardless, but there's
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  Speaker 1: definitely an uptick, especially in the secondary, being able to
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  Speaker 1: plaster and stay with their guys in the rush or
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  Speaker 1: racing to get to the quarterback so they don't have
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  Speaker 1: to do that as long.
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  Speaker 2: And they got two running backs that are kind of
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  Speaker 2: different in style, kind of have to keep track of
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  Speaker 2: who's on the field a little bit?
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, absolutely. Knowing who's in the game. crucial, crucial this week.
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  Speaker 2: Got you. Appreciate you, man.
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  Speaker 5: Appreciate you. Just look back a few years ago, or
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  Speaker 5: last year, you know, not being in those conversations. Now,
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  Speaker 5: being in those conversations, it shows a lot of the
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  Speaker 5: growth between his relationship and then the growth.
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  Speaker 4: You know.
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  Speaker 5: The relationship I have with my teammates and how they
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  Speaker 5: view me and, you know, being a leader on the team.
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  Speaker 5: So it means a lot.
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  Speaker 1: How have you learned to be a leader this year?
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  Speaker 5: It's been crazy. I'm still learning, honestly. You know, being
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  Speaker 5: more vocal. It's different because, you know, I've never really
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  Speaker 5: been the leader of a room in the sense of, like, being, like,
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  Speaker 5: the oldest. You know, like, actually just, you know, taking
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  Speaker 5: that role on, but now being, like, the second oldest
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  Speaker 5: in the room. When I played from last year, my peers,
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  Speaker 5: they respect me and they ask my opinion. Just being
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  Speaker 5: more vocal is, I feel like, the biggest thing.
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  Speaker 4: Communication-wise, how has that process been this week?
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  Speaker 1: Do you feel like you have stuff to correct from
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  Speaker 1: that game?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, most definitely. There are some things we need to
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  Speaker 5: clean up as a collective. We're doing it this week,
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  Speaker 5: and we're spending extra time together to make sure when
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  Speaker 5: we go out there on Sunday that we play a
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  Speaker 5: clean game.
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  Speaker 2: Why are you important in that role of communication on.
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  Speaker 4: The back line?
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  Speaker 5: I feel like because, one, safety is the quarterback of
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  Speaker 5: the defense, so we have to be able to make
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  Speaker 5: the checks and make sure everybody's in the right spot.
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  Speaker 5: But we see everything. We're the farthest back, so it's
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  Speaker 5: better for us to be able to make sure everybody's good.
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  Speaker 3: I feel like that's just the biggest part.
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  Speaker 2: Appreciate your time.