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Press Pass | Trevor Lawrence: "My main focus is getting healthy..." · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm feeling feeling better today, um than I was
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  Speaker 1: Monday and yesterday. You know, a little bit of the
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  Speaker 1: soreness is it's kind of is going down a little bit. Um. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: still still sore and kind of taking it day by day,
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  Speaker 1: but um, fortunate for sure. You know, I feel I
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  Speaker 1: feel pretty good. One of those things were you have
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  Speaker 1: to try to keep it elevated for most of the
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  Speaker 1: day or is that not good for it? Yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: mean obviously you I mean you want to try keep
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  Speaker 1: it elevated and rested as much as you can, just
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  Speaker 1: let it heal up. Um. And you know, obviously it's
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  Speaker 1: just kind of like I said, it's just day by
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  Speaker 1: day and see how it feels, and as much treatment
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  Speaker 1: as possible, stay off of it when you can, and
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  Speaker 1: all that stuff that we've been doing and continue to
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  Speaker 1: do throughout the week. Said today, he was basically a
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  Speaker 1: toast breaking more or less. Uh. When it happened, I
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  Speaker 1: think everybody thought knee and then maybe ankle or high God,
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  Speaker 1: how did it go from the knee. Well, I thought
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  Speaker 1: it was my knee at first, you know, Um, just
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  Speaker 1: the way I got twisted and um, you know I
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  Speaker 1: thought I really thought it was my ney. That's why
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  Speaker 1: I kind of grabbed it on the field. Just scared
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  Speaker 1: me more than anything because it bent away. It's probably
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  Speaker 1: not supposed to bend. Um. And then when I was
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  Speaker 1: laying there, you know, my my knee was hurting a
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  Speaker 1: little bit, uh, and I felt my toe a little
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  Speaker 1: bit too, But my first concern was my knees. So
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  Speaker 1: I was laying there and tchainers came up there checking
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  Speaker 1: everything that asked me if it hurt. I was like, actually,
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  Speaker 1: you know, when they were moving, it didn't really hurt
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  Speaker 1: too bad. So that made me feel better. And then
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  Speaker 1: when I got up started moving around, my toe was
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  Speaker 1: my toe was hurting, um, you know. And then from
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  Speaker 1: there obviously like after the game and Monday morning, woke
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  Speaker 1: up and it was really really sore, stiffened up on me.
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  Speaker 1: But um, yeah, I kind of dodged a bullet for
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  Speaker 1: sure on that on that hip. I mean I've worn
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  Speaker 1: shoes off and on. You know, I kind of wore
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  Speaker 1: the other the other shoe just to keep that toe
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  Speaker 1: from bending as much as possible, just to protected and
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  Speaker 1: let it heal without stretching it anymore. So, Um, I
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  Speaker 1: kind of wear that when I'm not having to you know,
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  Speaker 1: work out and do some treatment stuff like that. But um, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: so I've tried to wear that as much as I can,
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  Speaker 1: and then obviously today kind of wearing tennis shoes and
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  Speaker 1: and all that. So in you in your mind you
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  Speaker 1: think you're playing. Sorry, Yeah, that's a plan. You know,
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  Speaker 1: that's a plan. And like I said, all I can
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  Speaker 1: do is just take a day by day and um
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  Speaker 1: if I if I can, I'll be out there. So, um,
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  Speaker 1: biggest injury scare you've ever gotten on any football level, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean I would say so. You know, I've had
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  Speaker 1: a relatively healthy career thankfully, so, um yeah, I'm definitely
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  Speaker 1: kind of the way my leg got caught, I was.
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  Speaker 1: It scared me when I was out there. So thankful.
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  Speaker 1: That's it's nothing major and really really fortunate, So thankful
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  Speaker 1: for that. How do you if you if you don't
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  Speaker 1: get on the practice field substantially, how do you prepare
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  Speaker 1: for a game you're just having the mental reps? How
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  Speaker 1: how do you do that? Yeah? It's um, you know,
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  Speaker 1: our our offenses is what it is that we do
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  Speaker 1: a lot of things a week to week that changes,
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  Speaker 1: but um, it's it's really just mostly about seeing the looks. Practicing,
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  Speaker 1: you know, calling the play is going through my footwork,
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  Speaker 1: my steps, all my checks, whether that's run game, passing game,
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  Speaker 1: all those things. Um, so I'm sharp into lea. So
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  Speaker 1: that's so that when I do come back on the field,
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  Speaker 1: that's not something that I got to catch up on
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  Speaker 1: you because I've already got the reps in my head.
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  Speaker 1: You know, maybe just get a couple of throws and
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  Speaker 1: rep a couple of things that are a little unique
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  Speaker 1: this week. But um, for the most part, you know,
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  Speaker 1: mentally I'm gonna stay in it, or really I'm completely
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  Speaker 1: gonna stay in it mentally, but that you can do
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  Speaker 1: a lot of the work that way, um, because you
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  Speaker 1: kind of play play all the scenarios out in your head,
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  Speaker 1: and um, it's kind of like what we did today.
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  Speaker 1: So it was good comfortable playing on Sunday. If you
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  Speaker 1: weren't able to practice all this week, yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I haven't haven't done that before, you know, I've, like
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  Speaker 1: I said, I don't know if I don't know the
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  Speaker 1: last time I miss a practice, So it's kind of
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  Speaker 1: uncharted territory for me. But um, yeah, I mean I
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  Speaker 1: think as long as I feel good enough to go
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  Speaker 1: out there and run and cut and do what I
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  Speaker 1: need to do to play, um and put us in
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  Speaker 1: a good situation. I would feel comfortable being out there.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I'm gonna get all the reps mentally throughout
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  Speaker 1: the week and do what I can as the week progressive.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, I guess, yeah, COVID. Yeah, it would have
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  Speaker 1: been COVID. That's right. So yeah, any concussion of yep,
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  Speaker 1: my freshman year. You guys are on it. So you
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  Speaker 1: did you didn't go on the field with the team today,
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  Speaker 1: I do a little bit. Yeah, Well I was out
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  Speaker 1: there just really just watching and get some reps and um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, looking along and listening to all the calls
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  Speaker 1: and all that. But yeah, you know for all the
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  Speaker 1: team stuff challenges this week against the Titans where they
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  Speaker 1: sort of present on defense to give you guys some
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  Speaker 1: some challenges. Yeah, they're really good. You know, they're really disciplined. Um,
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  Speaker 1: they're on the same page they got obviously, they got
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  Speaker 1: a couple of great players, and I mean their whole
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  Speaker 1: defense is is good players. But you know, if you
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  Speaker 1: guys that stand out Simmons up front, played against him
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  Speaker 1: last year, he's really good player. Um, really really good,
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  Speaker 1: David Long linebacker, Bayard safety. I mean, there's a bunch
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  Speaker 1: of guys really all the way around, but those three
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  Speaker 1: guys really really jump out on tape making plays, they're
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  Speaker 1: directing traffic. Can tell those guys kind of lead that defense.
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  Speaker 1: UM and just they play hard, their physical they're always
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  Speaker 1: in the right spot, really sciplined group, UM, and they've
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  Speaker 1: been really good on third down this year. They've kept
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  Speaker 1: people in third and long. So that's you know, that's
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  Speaker 1: a big that's a big UM emphasis for us is
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  Speaker 1: just not getting behind the chains, and I think you
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  Speaker 1: know that's kind of what happened a little bit in
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  Speaker 1: the Detroit game as well as put yourselves in second
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  Speaker 1: and third and long. It makes it hard no matter
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  Speaker 1: who you're playing, but especially Tennessee has done a really
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  Speaker 1: good job of getting people in second and third and
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  Speaker 1: long situations, and it's harder to convert when you're when
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  Speaker 1: you're in that situations. Have a reputation of being this
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  Speaker 1: man on a man on football team for a long
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  Speaker 1: for a long time. Given what happened last week to
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  Speaker 1: the offense, particularly offensive, why do you expect that your
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  Speaker 1: teammates will will respond to the so called embarrassment of
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  Speaker 1: last Sunday, especially against the team as physical as the Tennessee. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I think, uh, I think we have to. You know,
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  Speaker 1: obviously it's a huge game for US division game. It's
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  Speaker 1: a huge game because it's the next one too. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you look at where we're in our season, every game
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  Speaker 1: is I mean it's vital. So you know, we're gonna
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  Speaker 1: respon on the right way. And I definitely, you know,
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  Speaker 1: got full faith in our group and the way we're
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  Speaker 1: gonna bounce back, even just in practice this week and
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  Speaker 1: had a great day to day and um yeah, so
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  Speaker 1: I you know, I expect us to come out swinging
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  Speaker 1: and anytime you know, we play these guys, that's that's
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  Speaker 1: the mindset anyways, because it's a division game, especially so
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  Speaker 1: um and I think we're both both teams are probably
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  Speaker 1: feeling the same way obviously after last week and just
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  Speaker 1: kind of what's at stake and everybody knows that's no secret.
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  Speaker 1: So um yeah, definitely when a game like last week happens,
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  Speaker 1: is that kind of kick up the agency a little
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  Speaker 1: bit more for this week? Definitely. Yeah, I mean just
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  Speaker 1: you know, especially after you know, our game against Baltimore
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  Speaker 1: then to come out last week and play as bad
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  Speaker 1: as we did. I think one you gotta flush it
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  Speaker 1: and move on and you gotta get ready to play
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  Speaker 1: the next week because it's not slowing down. But you
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  Speaker 1: really have to think about your process and your week
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  Speaker 1: and just how how you prepared yourself going into that
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  Speaker 1: game and kind of what what was missing, what went
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  Speaker 1: wrong all those things, and you know, we've looked at
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  Speaker 1: that and at this point now we're all focused on
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  Speaker 1: the Titans. But those are things that you gotta look
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  Speaker 1: at and you have to attack this week and you
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  Speaker 1: have to bring energy you and you gotta be you
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  Speaker 1: gotta be ready to go. And um, the guys, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we look great today. So obviously so much goes around
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  Speaker 1: goes on around the quarterback at his feet. You're already seen.
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  Speaker 1: How do you protect I assume it's still gonna sore
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  Speaker 1: come Sunday. How do we protecting Canon? Yeah? I mean
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  Speaker 1: never know, I might have some of the back for
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  Speaker 1: me now. That just that's something that we're gonna have
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  Speaker 1: to talk about as a game gets closer and going
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  Speaker 1: with the plan. You know, honestly don't have all the
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  Speaker 1: answers for that right now. Um, you know my main
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  Speaker 1: focus is just getting healthy as soon as I can.
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  Speaker 1: I'm making sure I'm ready to go. And um yeah,
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  Speaker 1: so that's I wish I give you a better answer,
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  Speaker 1: but I really can't right now. Paint tolerance on that
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  Speaker 1: now it is the great. Yeah, I mean there's a
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  Speaker 1: there's a degree of that. You know, you gotta be
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  Speaker 1: smart though it's it's pain tolerance. It's also how do
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  Speaker 1: we let it. You know, heal as much as possible.
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  Speaker 1: Um before you need to press it and and go
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  Speaker 1: and be on it and move around and and and
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  Speaker 1: really stretching all that stuff. So it's a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of both. You have to be smart. But yeah, you
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  Speaker 1: know that's it's partly pain talerance for sure, which you
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  Speaker 1: know most injuries are. So do you lean on CJ
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  Speaker 1: a little bit more this week since he's getting the rep.
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  Speaker 1: It's kind of iffy or maybe not iffy to you,
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  Speaker 1: but just in case you might not play on some day.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, yes, and no, that's I mean meet me
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  Speaker 1: and CG have a great relationship. He prepares every week
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  Speaker 1: like he's a starter. You know, he knows, he knows
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  Speaker 1: the plan inside and out. You know, he brings We
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  Speaker 1: talked about stuff. He brings stuff to me throughout the week. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: this call or whatever the play is, this could be
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  Speaker 1: an issue. Let's get a check for that. And we
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  Speaker 1: talked with coach, you know, with press, with Doug Um,
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  Speaker 1: coach McCoy to get it right. So he's he's done
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  Speaker 1: that the whole season. He's always really prepared. So, um,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, lean on him in in that case
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  Speaker 1: of you know, if there's a question, you know he's
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  Speaker 1: ready to go. So that makes us all feel good.
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  Speaker 1: But um yeah, I mean he's he's always done a
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  Speaker 1: great job of being prepared. So UM, I guess I
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  Speaker 1: don't know if that answers your question, but yeah, well, good, good,
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  Speaker 1: all right, thank you all.