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Press Pass | Etienne Jr. & Lloyd on Guys Stepping Up, Executing vs. Texans · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: What seven straight runs to end the game. That's take
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  Speaker 1: us back through that. What goes through an Offensi's mindset
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  Speaker 1: when that's happening.
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  Speaker 2: I mean I throughout the game, you just wet a
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  Speaker 2: deepense down and uh, you got to kind of just
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  Speaker 2: impose your will, and I mean, uh, at the end
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  Speaker 2: of the game, I feel like the old lines kind
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  Speaker 2: of started dictating the line of scrimmage and coaches kept
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  Speaker 2: we just kept getting yards, kept getting yards, and coaches
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  Speaker 2: kept calling and we were just ready for it. And
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  Speaker 2: now when it's like that, you need it, and the
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  Speaker 2: old lines just doing anything they can, it's easy to
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  Speaker 2: run behind or behind the over line like that.
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  Speaker 1: There's a lot of guys coming out of the lineup
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  Speaker 1: during the game and you're looking around like, wait, wait
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  Speaker 1: a minute, these guys were in the starting lineup. What
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  Speaker 1: does that say about the guys that were ready to
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  Speaker 1: play in their place?
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  Speaker 2: I says a lot. Just the preparation of the grind
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  Speaker 2: of dedication and just all the hard work they put
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  Speaker 2: in in the week. Also, like guys who aren't starting
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  Speaker 2: to countropa like the starters, because you never know you're
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  Speaker 2: going to be thrust into there, and when they were
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  Speaker 2: thrust into that they was ready for that moment, and uh,
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  Speaker 2: it is a testament to just the culture that coach
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  Speaker 2: Coin is building it and those guys just that for
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  Speaker 2: just their the willingess to be locked in even when
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  Speaker 2: they're not the start, I mean, because you never know
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  Speaker 2: where you're gonna get your chance. And I'm pretty sure
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  Speaker 2: they was greatful that they was ready whenever their chance came.
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  Speaker 1: Texans the number one defense in the league and total
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  Speaker 1: D and scoring D good against the run. Last time
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  Speaker 1: against this group except the second half, you guys kind
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  Speaker 1: of grind it out some yards. So what's different about
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  Speaker 1: the Texans?
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  Speaker 3: Now?
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  Speaker 1: What do they show defensively especially against the run.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, they haven't alloted one hundred yard rusher this year,
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  Speaker 2: so I mean they're going to be good. They're going
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  Speaker 2: to be They got them big detocers, they got the
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  Speaker 2: ends always up the field. So it's gonna be another
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  Speaker 2: game where you got to grind it out. I feel
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  Speaker 2: like a team like this you kind of just wear
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  Speaker 2: them down throughout the game, wear them down throughout the game,
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  Speaker 2: get those four yards, get those five yards, and hopefully
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  Speaker 2: whenever the third fourth quarter comes, you're able to pop
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  Speaker 2: at eight yard of ten yard to get a fifteen yarder.
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  Speaker 2: So we just I feel like that's just NFL football
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  Speaker 2: if you're realigious. I mean just looking back to like
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  Speaker 2: just playoffs last year, the teams that's real good, going down,
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  Speaker 2: going down and making to the championship games of the
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  Speaker 2: teams that could run the ball, and us t two
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  Speaker 2: throughout the throughout the whole game, because uh, that first quarter,
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  Speaker 2: everybody's hyped up, everybody standing as on one hundred, everybody
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  Speaker 2: there is, nobody really just you ain't getting much. You
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  Speaker 2: ain't getting you're getting two or three yards, So you
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  Speaker 2: gotta keep weighing them down, weighing them down and then
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  Speaker 2: see who really wants at the end of the game.
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  Speaker 2: And that's what it all balls down to.
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  Speaker 4: What was this team just finding ways to win games?
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  Speaker 3: Kind of meaning that.
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  Speaker 2: Means a lot. I feel like just last year, I
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  Speaker 2: feel like we were just finding ways to lose games.
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  Speaker 2: For us to just come out here and just be
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  Speaker 2: on the other end of one score games, I feel
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  Speaker 2: like it just goes to us just understanding how for
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  Speaker 2: them to be on the other side and everybody's locking
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  Speaker 2: into that one player that one time. I feel like, uh,
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  Speaker 2: in the second half. We cut down the pills. That
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  Speaker 2: was huge for us, not beating ourselves, just being able
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  Speaker 2: to play the baby was still on track and get
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  Speaker 2: down the field. That was really huge for us. So
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  Speaker 2: we just got to consider not beat ourselves and just
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  Speaker 2: kind of just understand, like, what's that stake here. We
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  Speaker 2: don't want to have that feeling of losing, and uh,
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  Speaker 2: we've been there, so we gotta keep going moving forward.
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  Speaker 1: How how difficult last few weeks been. Just gotta be
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  Speaker 1: it off to the side here.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's been a little different experience. Obviously, I was
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  Speaker 3: back here while they were in London, and then when
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  Speaker 3: they came back, slowly getting back in the groove, just
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  Speaker 3: trying to be as supportive as I can, especially you know,
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  Speaker 3: making a trip to Vegas, just trying to help them
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  Speaker 3: in any way that I can, and just trying to
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  Speaker 3: get back healthy.
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  Speaker 1: What kind of game will this be against the Texans?
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  Speaker 1: It always feels like there's just a lot of scrap
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  Speaker 1: iron left on the field after the game.
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  Speaker 3: After this game, Yeah, it's gonna be a physical game. Obviously.
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  Speaker 3: We know it's an individual opponent and you know, a
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  Speaker 3: team that we placed twice a year. The second time
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  Speaker 3: we played them, and I know they're gonna be, you know,
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  Speaker 3: a different team than the team we played last time,
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  Speaker 3: So we're just expecting a physical four quarter game that
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  Speaker 3: everybody on both sides has to be mentally prepared for.
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  Speaker 4: Do you feel like you're close to the Yeah, I'm
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  Speaker 4: all good.
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  Speaker 1: It seemed like you were able to still stay involved
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  Speaker 1: even on the Sidebrians, while you were hurt. How important
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  Speaker 1: was that for you to just be there for your
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  Speaker 1: teammates and while they're trying to get a win.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that was really important, you know, just like I said,
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  Speaker 3: trying to help them anyway I can be the biggest cheerleader,
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  Speaker 3: trying to give them tidbits for things I see on
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  Speaker 3: the field, just in any way. You know, I'm still
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  Speaker 3: a part of the team even though I'm not out there,
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  Speaker 3: So just trying to be as helpful as supportive as
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  Speaker 3: I can.
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  Speaker 2: I've got to guard against trying to like make up
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  Speaker 2: for lost time a little bit, you know.
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  Speaker 1: What I mean.
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  Speaker 3: Every time you step on that field, it's an opportunity,
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  Speaker 3: and you know, I'm grateful for all the opportunities that
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  Speaker 3: I have. So obviously, you know, as a player competitor,
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  Speaker 3: you want to be out there every game, all the time.
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  Speaker 3: So you know, from that point it's a little unfortunate.
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  Speaker 3: But at the same time, you know, I trust the
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  Speaker 3: guys playing and I'm just ready to get back out there.
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  Speaker 4: Was it tougher because you were playing at such a
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  Speaker 4: high level. I mean, you were coming off the AFC
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  Speaker 4: Player of the Month, you were rolling with the interceptions,
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  Speaker 4: the defense was really rolling, and then you kind of
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  Speaker 4: gott to take that step back and watch for a
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  Speaker 4: little bit.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, yeah, it was definitely fun having fun out
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  Speaker 3: there and winning, and whenever you know you do have
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  Speaker 3: to take a step back from that, you just want
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  Speaker 3: to get back in rhythm and get back going again. So,
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  Speaker 3: like I said, I'm grateful for the opportunity that I
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  Speaker 3: have to play this game and to be out there
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  Speaker 3: this week, and I'm grateful for my health.
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  Speaker 1: Still lead the league and interceptions, I think, right, so
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  Speaker 1: that's still good, right Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, people are catching up to me, though.
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  Speaker 4: I gotta get back out there. How big is the
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  Speaker 4: division win this week? If you guys go in there
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  Speaker 4: and take down Houston and Houston to get this.
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  Speaker 3: Week, it's a big win. You know, it's a big
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  Speaker 3: game because it's the next game. Obviously, it's a vision opponent. Obviously,
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  Speaker 3: you know it's Houston as well, so there's all that involved.
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  Speaker 3: But ultimately it's a big game because it's the next game.
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  Speaker 3: That's the way we look at it. So it's a
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  Speaker 3: must win for us, and we're preparing that way.
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  Speaker 4: How do you prep for a quarterback that you don't
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  Speaker 4: have a whole lot of game tape on it?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you just go back to the tape that you
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  Speaker 3: do have on him. Obviously we played him my rookie
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  Speaker 3: year and then he played a little bit last year.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, we don't have that much tape on him.
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  Speaker 3: And I'm sure he's developed since twenty twenty two or
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  Speaker 3: whenever the last time he was starting, So you know,
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  Speaker 3: you do got to account for that. At the same time,
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  Speaker 3: it's about us. It's about how we play, our style
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  Speaker 3: of defense, and how we are detailed in everything that
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  Speaker 3: we do. And that's your take care of Nick. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: he's still a great player, somebody that you know, we
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  Speaker 3: all have respect for. He's more than capable of getting
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  Speaker 3: a job done, and you know, he's a guy that
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  Speaker 3: we all have respect for. You thinking