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Press Pass | Doug Pederson Reacts to Jaguars Preseason Win over Chiefs · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: All right, let's uh, let's keep going, Doug.
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  Speaker 2: Can you go go ahead, Gene?
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  Speaker 3: Okay, Doug, can you obviously get the big return from
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  Speaker 3: Parker Washington? Can you tell us describe that for us?
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  Speaker 1: And then how pleasing was it to see the touchdown
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  Speaker 1: from Trevor to Etn?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, just with the returns, you know, it
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  Speaker 4: was all new obviously things we've been working on. Uh,
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  Speaker 4: just a really good, really good return by Parker. But
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  Speaker 4: but there were some also some good blocks on that play.
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  Speaker 4: He ran tough, uh physical run. You know, it was
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  Speaker 4: a great way to a great way to really you know,
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  Speaker 4: start our offense and and get get the game rolling
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  Speaker 4: for us. And then then you know, Trevor to to
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  Speaker 4: e t N on the play just a nice one
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  Speaker 4: on one matchup. You know, it was an angle route
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  Speaker 4: by ETN and and he just did a great job
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  Speaker 4: setting up the backer and and you know, a good throw.
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  Speaker 2: Doug.
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  Speaker 5: How encouraging was it for you just to see so
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  Speaker 5: much production from guys that are either considered backups or
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  Speaker 5: newcomers to the squad.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's it is pleasing. You know.
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  Speaker 4: It goes back to our message back in April, and
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  Speaker 4: I talked about development, you know, and I think that's
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  Speaker 4: what you're seeing out there in practice. It's what I'm
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  Speaker 4: seeing anyway. And then tonight, with so many guys playing
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  Speaker 4: in this game, you just there wasn't really a drop off,
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  Speaker 4: you know, because sometimes when you when you get out
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  Speaker 4: of that first second unit, sometimes there's there's a letdown
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  Speaker 4: or a drop.
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  Speaker 2: Off with with play.
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  Speaker 4: And I didn't see that tonight. Our guys played played fast,
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  Speaker 4: they played hard. Were their mistakes, Sure, there were mistakes
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  Speaker 4: and MS and things like that that we can clean
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  Speaker 4: up this week. But you know, I think top to bottom,
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  Speaker 4: you know, the guys, the guys played.
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  Speaker 2: Credit to them, they played fast, and they played physical.
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  Speaker 5: Could you talk specifically about Tank Bixby and what he
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  Speaker 5: was able to do tonight? Uh, just just how hard
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  Speaker 5: he ran and also almost getting the kickoff return for
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  Speaker 5: a touchdown.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, we know, we knew and we know
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  Speaker 4: that the Tank's a physical downhill runner and and quite honestly,
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  Speaker 4: there were you know, the kickoff return is a lot
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  Speaker 4: like his own run play. You know, it's a downhill,
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  Speaker 4: it's a downhill type play, and he's built for that.
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  Speaker 4: And and I was exciting to see him h not
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  Speaker 4: only in the return game, but also offensively, you know,
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  Speaker 4: get some carries and.
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  Speaker 2: And do the things that we know he's capable of doing.
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  Speaker 4: But again it's it's also given him the opportunity to
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  Speaker 4: do it right in practice. And obviously you're you know,
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  Speaker 4: in the game tonight.
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  Speaker 6: Doug, it was the fourth defensive play. It was like
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  Speaker 6: a hockey shift. Five guys came on the field, and
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  Speaker 6: then the rotation and the substitution. If you ever seen
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  Speaker 6: a defense off the top of your head that substituted
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  Speaker 6: as much as your team did tonight in the first
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  Speaker 6: half with solid production.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I have seen it. And it's the reason.
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  Speaker 4: It's the reason, you know, the guys can stay fresh
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  Speaker 4: not only throughout the game, but they stay fresh throughout the.
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  Speaker 2: Course of the season.
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  Speaker 4: And it was it was our team and you know,
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  Speaker 4: and with with Jim Schwartz as a coordinator, you know,
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  Speaker 4: when you have eight guys on your roster and you
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  Speaker 4: can consistently rotate and keep those guys fresh the entire game,
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  Speaker 4: it it helps and and it and it helps on
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  Speaker 4: third down when when they're fresh and and and can
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  Speaker 4: get after the passers. So it's just something that you know,
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  Speaker 4: Ryan obviously, you know, believes in I believe in it,
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  Speaker 4: and and the guys are listen, it's coordinated now, It's
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  Speaker 4: it's not just you just go pick five guys.
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  Speaker 2: It's it's well organized and it's well coordinated.
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  Speaker 4: And uh, you know, credit to the defensive staff and
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  Speaker 4: then obviously the players for getting it and out.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, Doug, congratulations on the wind.
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  Speaker 3: Just talk to us a little bit about your quarterback play.
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  Speaker 3: What you were hoping to see and did you see
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  Speaker 3: what you wanted to see out of the for an open.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I did. All three of them played played played good.
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  Speaker 4: They played smart. I don't think there was a turnover there,
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  Speaker 4: you know, with those guys, and and you know Trevor played.
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  Speaker 2: Trevor played smart. Obviously. The throw you know to ETN
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  Speaker 2: and and CJ.
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  Speaker 4: Comes in and makes it makes it some really nice
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  Speaker 4: down the field throws and and you know in the
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  Speaker 4: face of adversity too, you know, getting hit on the
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  Speaker 4: rough from the passer, and and then for Mac to
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  Speaker 4: come in and really, you know, do what he he's
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  Speaker 4: capable of doing.
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  Speaker 2: It's it's it's it's a great room.
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  Speaker 4: It's a great room where we're blessed and fortunate to
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  Speaker 4: have three veteran players in that room, and and it
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  Speaker 4: was exciting to watch all three play.
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  Speaker 7: Doug, can you take us through the touchback argument with
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  Speaker 7: their can't because that's long.
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  Speaker 2: It will be here a while. I'm just glad to honestly,
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  Speaker 2: I'm just glad they went to review.
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  Speaker 4: It's the ball landed in the end zone and now
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  Speaker 4: by rule, it is still a live ball. You know,
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  Speaker 4: last year that would have been down, it would have
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  Speaker 4: been dead, right, and the ball comes out to the
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  Speaker 4: what twenty five or whatever it was last year.
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  Speaker 2: Now the ball's live.
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  Speaker 4: So the ball was in the end zone, came out
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  Speaker 4: to about the half yard line, The returner was in
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  Speaker 4: the end zone, but pulled the ball back into the
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  Speaker 4: end zone when he took a knee. So safety, that's
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  Speaker 4: the rule.
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  Speaker 7: Did you did you know that? Immediately?
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  Speaker 2: And and.
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  Speaker 4: Heath was Heath was yelling at me, and and and
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  Speaker 4: Zach and the guys upstairs were kind of in my
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  Speaker 4: ear about it. And when I was talking to the
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  Speaker 4: officials about it, just trying to my point to the
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  Speaker 4: officials was you got.
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  Speaker 2: To review it.
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  Speaker 4: At least give us an opportunity to review it, not
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  Speaker 4: not me, because you know I couldn't, but let the
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  Speaker 4: officials review it, and they got together, they collaborated on it, obviously,
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  Speaker 4: went to review and and and that's the that was
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  Speaker 4: the right rule.
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  Speaker 7: You expect a lot of confusion like that until this
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  Speaker 7: thing kind of sorts itself out in the first few
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  Speaker 7: months or a month or so of the season about
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  Speaker 7: stuff like that.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I don't, I don't know if it's going
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  Speaker 2: to be much confusion on it.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, I think I think it's a good coaching
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  Speaker 4: point for for all teams, you know, to really coach
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  Speaker 4: our returners, you know, in that situation. It's definitely going
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  Speaker 4: to be on the coaches video that's going to come
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  Speaker 4: out this week, and it's just it's it's really a
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  Speaker 4: good team teaching moment for everybody, us included for our returners.
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  Speaker 4: And you know, it's just a great way to learn
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  Speaker 4: that rule and to learn the game of football.
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  Speaker 3: Doug, not a lot has ever put into preseason results.
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  Speaker 3: But did you guys need do you feel like maybe
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  Speaker 3: you needed this thing to maybe gain some momentum after
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  Speaker 3: the way last year ended.
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  Speaker 2: No, not necessarily.
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  Speaker 4: I just wanted our guys to execute and play hard,
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  Speaker 4: play fast, and I felt like they did that. Today's
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  Speaker 4: it's a new season, new faces, you know, some old
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  Speaker 4: faces out there, you know, and it's just for us internally,
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  Speaker 4: it's just a different feel.
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  Speaker 2: It's a different team, you know, a.
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  Speaker 4: Whole different year. So it's not anything about last year.
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  Speaker 4: It's just about getting better and moving forward.
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  Speaker 1: Coach overall and special teams, how do you feel your
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  Speaker 1: on the other side of the coin adapted both with
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  Speaker 1: kicking off and also the you have a new kicker.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously this year sixty two year owner would have been
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  Speaker 1: good from seventy and the forty seven yarnder just Apex
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  Speaker 1: does it cut through the uprights. There's some special looks like.
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  Speaker 4: You know, it just shows the leg strength that Cam
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  Speaker 4: has and and the reason we drafted him. And he definitely,
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  Speaker 4: you know, he had some wind in his back and
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  Speaker 4: that that one before half there and and uh, you
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  Speaker 4: know just uh, you know, he works hard, he works
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  Speaker 4: hard and practice at it and you can see he's
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  Speaker 4: not a big guy, but he's got a really strong
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  Speaker 4: leg and a powerful leg and and you know it
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  Speaker 4: was good for you know, I went into this game
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  Speaker 4: thinking I wanted to get him some opportunities, you know,
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  Speaker 4: to kick under this type of pressure, this kind of stage,
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  Speaker 4: and and uh, he performed extremely well. I mean he
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  Speaker 4: was amped up now to start the game. You saw
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  Speaker 4: those kickoffs go go through the end zone and he
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  Speaker 4: was excited, which rightfully so, but uh, he'll learn from
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  Speaker 4: it and uh, but he had a good night.
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  Speaker 5: Doug.
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  Speaker 6: Can you talk about Brian's big catch and didn't What
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  Speaker 6: does it just say to you to see the team
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  Speaker 6: kind of go as crazy as they did for him
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  Speaker 6: in that moment.
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  Speaker 4: Well, you know, obviously, when you when you draft a
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  Speaker 4: guy you know first on your and you're you know
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  Speaker 4: this year and the type of receiver and really the
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  Speaker 4: type of person for him, he's very capable obviously of
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  Speaker 4: making those types of plays and just an excellent play
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  Speaker 4: and then you know, it's just it's just you see
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  Speaker 4: the I think you see the excitement from the entire team.
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  Speaker 4: You know, same thing when when Christian braswell, you know,
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  Speaker 4: even though it was rolled down, you saw the excitement
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  Speaker 4: there as well, and some of the other big plays
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  Speaker 4: that were made. But you know, we just got to
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  Speaker 4: keep Brian coming. You know, he's gonna be a big
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  Speaker 4: part of our offense.
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  Speaker 7: Doug.
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  Speaker 5: I'm just curious curious of whether you mentioned anything that
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  Speaker 5: Trevor after he took the sack on a fourth down
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  Speaker 5: instead of just trying at least get the ball down
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  Speaker 5: feel even if it's in tight coverage.
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  Speaker 2: No, not, not really.
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  Speaker 4: I mean it was We're a bit too long for
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  Speaker 4: a fueld goal anyway, you know, because of where the wind,
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  Speaker 4: wind was in our face, and and you know that
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  Speaker 4: one didn't hurt us as much, but didn't didn't really
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  Speaker 4: feel like that was you know, worthy of a conversation
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  Speaker 4: at that time.
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  Speaker 3: And Parker Washington not only did he have the big kickoff,
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  Speaker 3: but a thirteen yard punt return ten yard I think
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  Speaker 3: catch where he slipped a tackle. We've heard about, you know,
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  Speaker 3: we've heard teammates raving about him. But it's what we
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  Speaker 3: saw tonight. Is that kind of what you guys expect
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  Speaker 3: now going into year two?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, it's just the growth and development. Just
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  Speaker 2: like Tank.
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  Speaker 4: You know, both guys are having really good camp right now.
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  Speaker 4: And you know, Parker, Parker has worked extremely hard. He
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  Speaker 4: worked you know during the off season and obviously now
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  Speaker 4: in camp to put himself in this position and and it's, uh,
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  Speaker 4: it's showing on the field right and and uh it
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  Speaker 4: obviously showed today,