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Press Pass | Trevor Lawrence: "Feels Good to Get a Win Here." · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean, I'm sure you guys asked Christian. He
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  Speaker 1: kind of did all the work there.
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  Speaker 2: It's a play that we run, you know, we'd like
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  Speaker 2: it out of empty and it's a good, good matchup
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  Speaker 2: typically for us with Christian and just reading it top down,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I gave Evan a look. It was split
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  Speaker 2: safety and the safety attached to Evan and then just
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  Speaker 2: had our one on one and Christian ran a great
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  Speaker 2: route underneath, and honestly just trying to talking to press
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  Speaker 2: for the play, just kind of trying to at least
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  Speaker 2: get something going, get a completion, kind of how we
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  Speaker 2: played the whole game, especially with not wanting to hold
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  Speaker 2: the ball back there with you know, my knee and
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  Speaker 2: not taking any hits and all that stuff. So I
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  Speaker 2: just wanted to find a completion and get us going
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  Speaker 2: and worst case, let's get some points. Let's get a
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  Speaker 2: feel going. That the game was tied at that point,
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  Speaker 2: and then Christian went through it. I thought it was
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  Speaker 2: gonna be, you know, maybe a ten yard game. Knew
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  Speaker 2: we had twenty on the angle, but then he took
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  Speaker 2: it off. He took it to the house. So I
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  Speaker 2: just that was a great play by him to finish
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  Speaker 2: it and see that opportunity and go get it.
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  Speaker 1: It's good.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, Kley, it's crazy how you you have something
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  Speaker 2: like that going on. You don't plan on moving a
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  Speaker 2: lot and end up running the ball more than I
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  Speaker 2: usually do. So it's just funny how that works. But
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  Speaker 2: you know, it felt pretty good. I was happy with
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  Speaker 2: it and didn't bother me too much. Definitely didn't, you know,
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  Speaker 2: set it back. So I'm really really happy with it.
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  Speaker 2: That was the goal is play, find a way to
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  Speaker 2: win the game and not set it back, and we
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  Speaker 2: get ten days now to recover and get ready for Pittsburgh.
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  Speaker 2: So I mean it went perfectous honestly, So that was
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  Speaker 2: really good. You got on the plane, was there still
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  Speaker 2: some doubt about whether you would be able to play?
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  Speaker 1: And today kind of convinced you and everyone else we're
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  Speaker 1: good or no.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there were some There were some questions just because
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  Speaker 2: it was a short week and it's on a short week,
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  Speaker 2: it's tough to decide on how much you test it
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  Speaker 2: and push it because you only have so much time.
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  Speaker 1: You don't want to make it sore for the game.
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  Speaker 2: So that was kind of what we were debating, is
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  Speaker 2: you know how hard do we push it Tuesday, Wednesday.
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  Speaker 2: You know, Monday, I wasn't doing anything, did not did
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  Speaker 2: not feel good at all on Monday. So really, our
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  Speaker 2: medical team did an amazing job of just kind of
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  Speaker 2: getting me to where I could play, and I felt
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  Speaker 2: much better than I thought I would on Monday, especially,
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  Speaker 2: so credit goes to them.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, I'm getting and moving out there today.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously had some discomfort, of course you're going to, but
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  Speaker 2: felt you know, confident enough to go out there and
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  Speaker 2: play and felt like I could, you know, somewhat be
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  Speaker 2: myself and and go play, and I was able to.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm thankful for those those guys for taking care
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  Speaker 2: of me.
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  Speaker 1: Like whaty won games in the NFL.
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  Speaker 2: This is the first time you've led your rushing, You've
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  Speaker 2: had a career high rushing total, wearing a D race
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  Speaker 2: on a Vandy.
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  Speaker 1: How do you explain all of that?
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  Speaker 2: I don't know, Like I said, we you know we
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  Speaker 2: that wasn't the plan. So it wasn't the plan, but
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  Speaker 2: you know, instincts kind of take over, and I'm glad
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  Speaker 2: that it was able to hold up and I was
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  Speaker 2: able to feel good enough to make those plays.
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  Speaker 1: I think those were needed at times. You know, they
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  Speaker 1: the defense. Gotta give Saints defense the credit they deserve.
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  Speaker 1: They're good. They're good defense.
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  Speaker 2: They gave us some tough looks, and the guys up
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  Speaker 2: fronted a heck of a job blocking too and giving
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  Speaker 2: me opportunities down the field. And then when I need
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  Speaker 2: to scramble clean lanes and you know, I don't know
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  Speaker 2: if that's part of maybe the the plan, the rush plan,
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  Speaker 2: the pressures from from their perspective of me being maybe
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  Speaker 2: not as mobile, and there was some lanes that opened up.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I don't know if it's that or or what,
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  Speaker 2: but it just kind of presented itself and took advantage
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  Speaker 2: of it.
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  Speaker 1: By no means a clean game by the offensive struggle
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  Speaker 1: a lot of struggles on third down, short yardage. But
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  Speaker 1: in the in the aftermath, I mean, does does any
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  Speaker 1: of that really matter? Because you get the win and
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  Speaker 1: you going into a ten day get got ten days
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  Speaker 1: before the next one, and then you get a buy
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  Speaker 1: after that. Yeah, I mean, that's not what we're thinking
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  Speaker 1: about right now.
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  Speaker 2: We're happy with with the win. I mean, it's it's
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  Speaker 2: tough to win this league. Like I said, this is
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  Speaker 2: a good defense. You know, we knew it was. It
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  Speaker 2: wasn't gonna be easy, especially on a short week and
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  Speaker 2: a lot of a lot of hurdles. You got guys
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  Speaker 2: that are banged up and playing through stuff and just
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  Speaker 2: came together and found a way to win. And that's
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  Speaker 2: what it's about. But yeah, I mean we're not. Of course,
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  Speaker 2: you don't. You don't let things slide, and you don't
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  Speaker 2: settle for not having your best day offensively and being
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  Speaker 2: situationally and probably not great. You know, we got to
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  Speaker 2: help our defense out, so you don't settle for that either.
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  Speaker 2: But you're happy with a win, and that's kind of
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  Speaker 2: our mindset. And you got to be able to turn
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  Speaker 2: the page and and make the corrections and go with
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  Speaker 2: one to Pittsburgh one of.
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  Speaker 1: Your more satisfying wins. Give them the circumstances, not only
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  Speaker 1: you being down, but other people being down as well.
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  Speaker 2: I mean they all feel pretty good. Uh so, not
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  Speaker 2: not necessarily. I mean it does feel good to It
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  Speaker 2: feels good to win here. You know, I haven't had
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  Speaker 2: much success in this stadium going back to college, so
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  Speaker 2: that that feels really good. And I just think it
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  Speaker 2: was good for our team today to you know, we
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  Speaker 2: kind of we jumped on them early, and it looked
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  Speaker 2: like we could maybe run away with it and put
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  Speaker 2: them away. And that's what we were all thinking, and
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  Speaker 2: that's what I was hoping for. Maybe I can get
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  Speaker 2: out a little early and we can.
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  Speaker 1: Get a lead.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, that's It's NFL doesn't really work like
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  Speaker 2: that usually, So they come storming back and it put
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  Speaker 2: us in a position where we had to make plays
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  Speaker 2: down the stretch. And that's that's something that builds your
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  Speaker 2: team is when you see guys make the plays when
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  Speaker 2: they have to, When we score when we have to,
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  Speaker 2: and the defense gets to stop on fourth down when
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  Speaker 2: they have to. It's game on the line that builds
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  Speaker 2: offense in your team more than blowing a team out.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, that was cool to see and that
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  Speaker 2: was cool to be a part of. And just the
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  Speaker 2: overall belief in each other that we that we have
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  Speaker 2: right now, it's it's awesome.
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  Speaker 1: A permanent part of the offense. You think you run
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  Speaker 1: it as much as you did.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, there were scrambles, so that's this. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: it's it's crazy how this league is going now, especially
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  Speaker 2: so many players are off scrambles at you look at
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  Speaker 2: Pat Mahomes and Josh Allen and all these guys, and
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  Speaker 2: I could talk about a lot of other guys, and
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  Speaker 2: there's so many plays made off scrambles and whether that's
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  Speaker 2: running or throwing the ball down field. I mean, so
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  Speaker 2: that's always a huge part of the game, is how
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  Speaker 2: do you execute those situations, whether you run or whether
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  Speaker 2: you throw. Scramble drill and scramble rules and all that
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  Speaker 2: stuff is a huge part of the success of an offense.
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  Speaker 2: I think you look all the great offenses, they have
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  Speaker 2: that component of it. So it's not really a plan,
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  Speaker 2: but you also do work those things to be better
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  Speaker 2: at it because you need to be when players break down.
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  Speaker 2: The defenses in this league are really good. You're not
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  Speaker 2: gonna always now we're always gonna have progression one in
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  Speaker 2: two and you're not always gonna be able to protect
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  Speaker 2: for three four seconds. There's really good pass rushers, So
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  Speaker 2: there's things that are gonna break down. You never one
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  Speaker 2: of those building.
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  Speaker 1: I thought about it. Yeah, lean up to this game.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, that was part There's not not the main reason,
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  Speaker 2: but part of the reason why I wanted to play
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  Speaker 2: too is like I you know, I've I've had a
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  Speaker 2: bad taste in my mouth every time I've left New Orleans,
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  Speaker 2: so uh, it feels good to feels.
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  Speaker 1: Good to get a win here to this he's uh,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, we it's crazy. We talk.
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  Speaker 2: I mean I'm talking about it with guys on the
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  Speaker 2: sideline about him during the game, like he's just all
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  Speaker 2: over the place and just I mean, I'm glad he's
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  Speaker 2: on our team. Literally said that today. I was glad
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  Speaker 2: that I'm glad that guy's on our team. I wouldn't
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  Speaker 2: want to play against him. I mean, just smart, smart
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  Speaker 2: as they come, tough, I I haven't seen I don't
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  Speaker 2: know if I've seen anybody that plays as hard as him.
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  Speaker 2: Every play is full speed, just all out. He's, like
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  Speaker 2: I said, really smart. He's a great athlete. I mean
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  Speaker 2: that's something that people don't really give him credit for.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, just the leader and one of the leaders
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  Speaker 2: on our defense. I mean, gets guys going the jews,
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  Speaker 2: always just has that switch that he can flip, and
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  Speaker 2: he's just always on every day and he's impressive to
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  Speaker 2: be around. I mean, I think he now he's starting
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  Speaker 2: to get the credit he deserves. He's been even going
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  Speaker 2: back to when he was in Atlanta when we played
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  Speaker 2: on my rookie year I mean, he was a stud
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  Speaker 2: so I think he's been doing it for a few
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  Speaker 2: years now and people are finally catching on. But glad
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  Speaker 2: he's on our team for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Thank y'all appreciate it.