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Press Pass | Press Taylor on OL, Improving Communication & MNF vs. Bills · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: We get what makes this desens to challenge. I think
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  Speaker 1: the D line is a very good unit. I think
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  Speaker 1: as a whole they've always done a really good job
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  Speaker 1: with communication, so they can do a lot of things
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  Speaker 1: at a lot of different times that all look the same.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: It's really for the most part, it doesn't seem like
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  Speaker 1: it's overly complicated. But the fact that they can do
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  Speaker 1: what they need to do by making it all look
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  Speaker 1: the same as what's really impressive. I have a lot
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  Speaker 1: of respect just for the communication aspect of it to
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  Speaker 1: all be on the same page all the time, really,
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  Speaker 1: regardless of who's playing. And then the D line is
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  Speaker 1: just relentless. They got a lot of depth play, a
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  Speaker 1: lot of bodies throw a lot at you, and they
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  Speaker 1: do a good job. Is von Miller is still doing
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  Speaker 1: a lot of Von Billow things in this same Yes. Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: If you're gonna start listening off the best pass us
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  Speaker 1: in the league, it's not going to take you long
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  Speaker 1: to get to von Miller still. And you know he
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  Speaker 1: has that respect from us and really across the league
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  Speaker 1: as you talk to a lot of people that have
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  Speaker 1: played them and what they know, he's still capable of
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  Speaker 1: providing out there said.
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  Speaker 2: On Sunday, he's not going tempo kind of helped you
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  Speaker 2: guys a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: It seems like the players have kind of embraced that.
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  Speaker 2: What about going tempo you think cups on offense?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think sometimes you're going to simplify a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of what you do. You're taking out the details,
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  Speaker 1: the you know, whatever, those types of eye can you
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  Speaker 1: would be for just lining up and playing and gaining
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  Speaker 1: your advantage now by playing fast, trying to simplify the
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  Speaker 1: defensive schemes, and you tend to do things that you
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  Speaker 1: do well. And then we've we've kind of got a
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  Speaker 1: system built that we can communicate fairly quickly and still
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  Speaker 1: do a lot of different things that we do well
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  Speaker 1: in that system. So, you know, it's part of it's
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  Speaker 1: being efficient. You don't want to just go tempo on
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  Speaker 1: second fifty when you lose five yards, doesn't really do
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  Speaker 1: benefit to jump on the ball and keep playing. So
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  Speaker 1: sometimes when you hit a big play or you get
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  Speaker 1: a little bit of momentum, you want to stay on
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  Speaker 1: the ball and you want to kind of build that
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  Speaker 1: momentum out a little bit. In the first two weeks
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  Speaker 1: that the explosive plays have been there at times, How
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  Speaker 1: do you find maybe some consistency in those single kind
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  Speaker 1: of plays between that. Yeah, that's a big thing. I
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  Speaker 1: think a big thing for us is our just third
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  Speaker 1: down conversions. You know, we haven't had enough snaps because
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  Speaker 1: we're not converting enough on third down to begin with.
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  Speaker 1: We've had some manageable third down situations that we haven't
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  Speaker 1: executed well. But I think you know, we've I think
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  Speaker 1: we've had fifty five and fifty four plays in two games.
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  Speaker 1: That's that's not enough. We want to be even watching
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  Speaker 1: last year we played Buffalo, we were up in the
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  Speaker 1: high eighties I believe it was, and just that game alone.
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  Speaker 1: So we need to be in there. And then that
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  Speaker 1: gives you more opportunities to spread the ball around, more touches,
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  Speaker 1: get a little bit more rhythm for across the board.
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  Speaker 1: Everybody as players, gets a little bit more rhythm when
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  Speaker 1: you're getting more calls in and things like that. So
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  Speaker 1: third down conversions is a big part of trying to
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  Speaker 1: be able to continue to develop that consistency and that
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  Speaker 1: consistent momentum. I guess you will. I've talked about communication
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  Speaker 1: issues and we specifically mentioned, you know, plays in the
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  Speaker 1: huddle getting out in time. Why has there been that disconnect? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that's a big thing, and really it's been in the
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  Speaker 1: red zone, which where we always know it. That's an
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  Speaker 1: issue because your substitutions are traveling the furthest point they
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  Speaker 1: could throughout the course of a game. So you're leaving
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  Speaker 1: the player's box into the red zone. There, you're trying
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  Speaker 1: to be quick in and out. We've got to get
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  Speaker 1: in an in and out of the huddle. Sometimes you're
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  Speaker 1: an explosive play led you to that. That's one of
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  Speaker 1: the issues we had the other day. Trevor had the
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  Speaker 1: long score, amble gets down there, and then we struggle
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  Speaker 1: to get in and out of the huddle because again
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  Speaker 1: I think we're all kind of everybody takes a deep
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  Speaker 1: breath when it's third and eight, you convert on a
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  Speaker 1: thirty yard run, whatever that may be, take a deep breath. Well,
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  Speaker 1: the clock's rolling, So we got to get in and out.
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  Speaker 1: We got to communicate quickly, we got to get to
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  Speaker 1: the line. We've gotta be aware of the play clock,
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  Speaker 1: and then we got to execute. And then it's really
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  Speaker 1: that's also when you're on the road. We were obviously
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  Speaker 1: at home, but when you're on the road, you're closest
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  Speaker 1: to the opposing fan base. A lot of times in
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  Speaker 1: the red zone, especially in Buffalo, it's about ten yards
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  Speaker 1: off the end zone where the fans are, so it
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  Speaker 1: gets very loud in those situations. So it's just about
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  Speaker 1: keeping a tight huddle, making sure we hear the call.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of that helps with just understanding the game plan.
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  Speaker 1: If we know exactly what the call is gonna be,
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  Speaker 1: you're anticipating it, you hear it in the huddle, you break,
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  Speaker 1: and then we can communicate and operate cleanly.
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  Speaker 2: How many you break down in terms of timing of
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  Speaker 2: what a call going from you to Trevor or?
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  Speaker 1: No, I'm sure. I'm sure there's somewhere along there. I'm
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  Speaker 1: sure we're all responsible in some way, shape or form
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  Speaker 1: for you know, getting personnel in getting call, in getting
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  Speaker 1: it communicated and getting broken.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, that's something that shouldn't be any of the communication
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  Speaker 2: issues here three in the offense. I know there's some
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  Speaker 2: new guys there, cry still you're three in the offense.
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  Speaker 1: Should this be you be honest?
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  Speaker 2: Right?
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  Speaker 1: We should be honest? Yes, sir, yep.
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  Speaker 2: How much of Trevor's accuracy issues here in these first
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  Speaker 2: two games, or him how much of it is maybe
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  Speaker 2: sometimes being under to too much duress. What do you
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  Speaker 2: what do you make of because that's a pretty low
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  Speaker 2: number for him.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, completion percentage being a low number, saying I think
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  Speaker 1: completion percentage and accuracy can be different at times. I
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  Speaker 1: think I understand what you're saying with it. You know,
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  Speaker 1: you're taking account drops and throwaways. That's gonna make it
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  Speaker 1: look like you are not accurate, quote unquote, But I
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  Speaker 1: don't know if that's necessarily the case. There have been
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  Speaker 1: times we've missed we've missed some throws, whether that be timing, pressure,
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  Speaker 1: timing and routes, or constricted field space in the red zone.
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  Speaker 1: I think those comes into play as well.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously, Trevor was very critical of the offense the other
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  Speaker 2: day after be how would you assess his play in
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  Speaker 2: these first two games, just just him and also considering
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  Speaker 2: circumstances around and like.
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  Speaker 1: Not have and you know, I think I think Trevor's
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  Speaker 1: like the entire offensive unit us as coaches, players, play design,
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  Speaker 1: play calling, play execution. It's just inconsistent. It needs to
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  Speaker 1: be more consistent throughout the course of the game. We
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  Speaker 1: have flashes to remove the ball and then we're not
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  Speaker 1: punching it in the red zone. We're settling for three
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  Speaker 1: instead of seven. So it's just you know, continuing to
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  Speaker 1: stick with it. But that consistency is the piece we've
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  Speaker 1: really been missing the most. When the offensive line is struggling,
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  Speaker 1: how can you, I guess, call a game to kind
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  Speaker 1: of get them rolling.
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  Speaker 2: A little bit.
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  Speaker 1: I think every situation is its own, so when you
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  Speaker 1: hit big plays, sometimes staying on the ball and letting
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  Speaker 1: them kind of build that momentum against the tire defensive
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  Speaker 1: line at times where they're leaning on them providing help
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  Speaker 1: depending on the line you play. Obviously, we played a
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  Speaker 1: very good defensive line, very good defense last week. That
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  Speaker 1: kind of provides relentless amount of pressure and the pace
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  Speaker 1: at which they play. So there's a number of things
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  Speaker 1: throughout the course of game. I think a big part
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  Speaker 1: converting third downs staying consistent in that you convert third downs.
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  Speaker 1: You're playing ahead of the sticks or with the sticks
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  Speaker 1: in first and ten, second, five situations. But if you're
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  Speaker 1: you know, first and ten, second and five, third and
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  Speaker 1: five and then you're off the field, you don't really
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  Speaker 1: get that rhythm and you start to get a little frustrated.
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  Speaker 1: It's kind of what it's felt like at times when
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  Speaker 1: you're not converting those situations. Have you seen enough from
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  Speaker 1: Brian at this point where you feel like you kind
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  Speaker 1: of know what you're gonna get and want to see him.
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  Speaker 2: Do more in the offense?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think so. I think he's proven he belongs,
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  Speaker 1: he's proven that the moment's not too big for him.
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  Speaker 1: He's done well against good players, and then that's what
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  Speaker 1: we anticipated from him. But it is exciting to see.
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  Speaker 1: And then again, like I've always said that, I think
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  Speaker 1: there's so much ahead for him, just how he's gonna
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  Speaker 1: grow each and every week of you know, we've played
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  Speaker 1: two games, we've played one hundred snaps. So I think
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  Speaker 1: his future is bright and I think he's gonna grow
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  Speaker 1: right along with the offense, just being consistent down and
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  Speaker 1: down out.
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  Speaker 2: Is this the most frustrated or those I guess had
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  Speaker 2: a loss? You've seen Doug be here? I mean in
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  Speaker 2: the three or four however many years is four?
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  Speaker 1: Three years here? I don't know the game I think
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  Speaker 1: was just pause, okay, well pause before the answer is yeah,
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  Speaker 1: very sat lost. Well, you know, we're confident in what
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  Speaker 1: we have collectively come together, tried to identify how we're
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  Speaker 1: going to approach issues, how we're going to establish that consistency. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I didn't see the clip. I don't know, but I
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  Speaker 1: think certainly when you have to get up here within
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  Speaker 1: an hour after a very frustrating loss, you're gonna be
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  Speaker 1: very frustrated. That's going to show. So I think that's understandable.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's pretty much speaks for the whole group.
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  Speaker 1: That's how we've all felt throughout this. Now, one of
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  Speaker 1: the hard parts is in the NBA, we don't get
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  Speaker 1: the double header. We got to wait a week and
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  Speaker 1: we got to you gotta kind of sit and stew
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  Speaker 1: and what you did and what you're responsible for as
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  Speaker 1: an entire unit, that's all of us. And then when
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  Speaker 1: we get another opportunity to go put our best foot forward.
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  Speaker 1: What did you see from Britain strange last week, get
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  Speaker 1: more reps and getting more involved in the offense, and
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  Speaker 1: how do you expect him to build off that? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that was that was very encouraging to see. And that's
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  Speaker 1: something we've always known Brentain's capable, it's just the opportunity
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  Speaker 1: hasn't necessarily been there, and then Evan obviously suffering an injury,
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  Speaker 1: pregame under the ninety minute mark, not being able to
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  Speaker 1: get anybody else up to brentin you know, he's going
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  Speaker 1: to have a larger role right there, And I thought
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  Speaker 1: he responded similarly, like we're talking about Brian. The moment's
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  Speaker 1: not too big for him. He knows exactly what he's
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  Speaker 1: supposed to do. I thought was impressive for him. That's
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  Speaker 1: most amount snaps he's played. He's still involved in special
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  Speaker 1: teams as well. So to remain as physical and as
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  Speaker 1: locked in and dialed in as he was and then
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  Speaker 1: be able to make plays when his opportunity to present it,
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  Speaker 1: it was impressive to see. And I think that's you know,
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  Speaker 1: that's again like we expected from him, but the opportunity
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  Speaker 1: came and he was ready for it. Is a definitely
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  Speaker 1: guy like Christian Kirk hasn't been able to maybe get
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  Speaker 1: going in the season.
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  Speaker 2: He's such a big part of what you guys do
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  Speaker 2: on offense.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he's a huge part of what we want to do.
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  Speaker 1: And yeah, that's on all of us to make sure
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  Speaker 1: that he's getting those opportunities and touches because his impact
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  Speaker 1: on our offense is I mean, I don't think you
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  Speaker 1: can necessarily put measure on it itself, but I mean
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  Speaker 1: we all know when he went down at the end
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  Speaker 1: of the year, what it started to look like is
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  Speaker 1: we dealt with injuries and obviously the loss of Christian.
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  Speaker 1: He's somebody weld definitely have to be involved early in
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  Speaker 1: games
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  Speaker 2: Else, all right,