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Press Pass | Liam Coen Speaks Monday after Loss to Texans · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I was just going to say, since we're at
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  Speaker 1: the bye week, could you give a rookie kind of report?
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  Speaker 1: What are you seeing from the guys? I know guys
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  Speaker 1: like Nate and Josh are getting a little bit more burned,
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  Speaker 1: but maybe some of even the other guys who haven't
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  Speaker 1: been playing, what have you seen in practice from them?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, we've obviously got some decent contributions from
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  Speaker 2: some of those young guys. It was nice to see
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  Speaker 2: Nate make that play in the red zone, which is
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  Speaker 2: something that we had seen him be able to do
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  Speaker 2: throughout the course of training camp and some of the
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  Speaker 2: joint practices.
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  Speaker 3: I think he's playing his tail off.
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  Speaker 2: You know, Kozil got a little bit more burn as
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  Speaker 2: well this week, hoping to continue to build off of that.
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  Speaker 2: Josh Cameron, as we know, he's obviously playing a lot
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  Speaker 2: of football for us. Let me see here. Brian Thomas Jr.,
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  Speaker 2: you know, hopefully, you know, Continue to get him some
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  Speaker 2: more rush-ups as we go. He's doing a good job
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  Speaker 2: on special teams. Obviously, E-man, Pregnant, I thought he had
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  Speaker 2: one of his better outings yesterday. Had the one hold,
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  Speaker 2: and we'll continue to work with him as he goes
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  Speaker 2: on the second level and getting up and getting in space.
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  Speaker 2: But I thought he played really, really well on the
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  Speaker 2: inside for us yesterday.
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  Speaker 3: Let's see.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, I thought Wesley Williams and both Albert Regis had
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  Speaker 2: awesome weeks of practice. They were so critical to our
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  Speaker 2: preparation last week. They gave us such a good look, um,
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  Speaker 2: up front and really like our Thursday's practice in London
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  Speaker 2: was the fastest, most physical practice we've had of the season. Um,
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  Speaker 2: and those two were a huge part of that. Um,
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  Speaker 2: I think Jamari Taylor has done a really nice job
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  Speaker 2: on the show team as well on some of those looks.
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  Speaker 3: And then, you know, bowlers, Peña.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of those guys are continuing to surface for us.
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  Speaker 3: So hopefully we can continue to develop that crew.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.
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  Speaker 4: Thanks, bro.
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  Speaker 5: We'll go to Demetrius, then to Jamal.
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  Speaker 6: Hey Liam um now that you've had about six games
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  Speaker 6: with this group how does the offense compare to what
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  Speaker 6: you envision coming to the season and has anything surprised
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  Speaker 6: you with this group in terms of what they do
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  Speaker 6: particularly well?
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  Speaker 2: Um it's a good question I think from uh what
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  Speaker 2: we envisioned I think there's a lot of football that
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  Speaker 2: points to what we were hoping for right um You know,
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  Speaker 2: the ability, I thought yesterday we stayed out of, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the longer third downs. I thought we were a little
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  Speaker 2: bit more efficient. We ran the ball effectively. I think
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  Speaker 2: I probably, you know, could have got some more runs off.
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  Speaker 2: It's just we were down 10. We're kind of chasing points.
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  Speaker 2: But I did think, you know, we've been able to
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  Speaker 2: run the ball more efficiently at times. I think the
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  Speaker 2: backs are running hard. We've protected, you know, the yesterday
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  Speaker 2: way we protected.
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  Speaker 3: And so.
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  Speaker 2: um you know I'd like to continue to see us
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  Speaker 2: be you know more explosive and get some more explosive
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  Speaker 2: plays in specifically in the run game you know as
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  Speaker 2: much as I want to be efficient and we got
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  Speaker 2: to stay there and I can't get too greedy with
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  Speaker 2: uh schematically getting us are trying to hunt up too
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  Speaker 2: many explosives but I would like to see us maybe
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  Speaker 2: get some more of those explosives and and I mean
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  Speaker 2: more like hey 15 20 our runs I'm not saying
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  Speaker 2: we have to be hitting 30 and 40 yarders. But
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  Speaker 2: I was pleased with the offense's response yesterday in a
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  Speaker 2: lot of ways, you know, to move.
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  Speaker 3: It effectively throughout.
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  Speaker 2: Never really felt like we were just static or couldn't
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  Speaker 2: move it. And so they should take confidence from some
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  Speaker 2: of those things yesterday. And six games in, I've been
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  Speaker 2: very pleased with Trevor Lawrence.
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  Speaker 5: Awesome.
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  Speaker 3: Appreciate it.
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  Speaker 5: Thank you. Jamal, then to Shipley.
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  Speaker 7: What's going on, Liam? Yesterday, the game didn't end the
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  Speaker 7: way you wanted it to, but playing in this many
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  Speaker 7: close games early in the season, I mean, how much
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  Speaker 7: does that kind of teach you about the group you
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  Speaker 7: have and kind of prepare you for what you'll see
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  Speaker 7: as the year goes on?
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  Speaker 3: That was the message to the group after the game.
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  Speaker 2: Was, yeah, that was not the result that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: you hunt up each week. The only thing, like, and
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  Speaker 2: what I said to the staff today was, let's say
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  Speaker 2: we would have They would have missed a field goal.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe like there was more time on the clock and
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  Speaker 2: we end up kicking a field goal to win, right?
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  Speaker 2: There's still so much in that game that you need
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  Speaker 2: to clean up and things that we have to, that
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  Speaker 2: winning will mask at times. And it's human nature, right?
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  Speaker 2: And so you never want to lose. But I am
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  Speaker 2: glad that we're able to respond in terms of like
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  Speaker 2: the mental toughness of the group. when it's not perfect
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  Speaker 2: or everything's not going exactly according to plan and they
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  Speaker 2: just keep playing their tails off. And there's situational football,
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  Speaker 2: things that pop up, clock stuff, all this stuff that
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  Speaker 2: we have to continue to learn from. And I mean
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  Speaker 2: all of us, like truly collectively as a group. And
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  Speaker 2: to be six weeks in and to feel confident that
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  Speaker 2: your team's going to respond, that we're made of the
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  Speaker 2: right stuff to respond. And we have so much football
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  Speaker 2: left that you're excited about. You're excited about getting things corrected.
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  Speaker 2: You're excited about being able to be in those moments
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  Speaker 2: again and maybe do it right or do it better
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  Speaker 2: the next time as much as it hurts in the moment,
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  Speaker 2: in the aftermath. But I have a lot of confidence
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  Speaker 2: in this football team. Trevor gives me so much confidence
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  Speaker 2: on a weekly basis as a play caller.
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  Speaker 3: And the way that I You know, I'm very excited
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  Speaker 3: about this football team right now.
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  Speaker 8: Thanks, Liam.
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  Speaker 3: Appreciate it.
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  Speaker 5: We'll go to Shipley, then to Mark Long. Hey, Liam.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks for doing this.
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  Speaker 6: Now that you've had, you know, a day to reflect
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  Speaker 6: on it, when you go back to the process of,
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  Speaker 6: you know, having Cam kick the six-year off-field goal, how
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  Speaker 6: much is just knowing you have a kicker who can
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  Speaker 6: make that?
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  Speaker 3: How much does that kind of play into the decision-making? Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: it's a huge part of it.
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  Speaker 2: Look, you know, every– decision like that it's you know
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  Speaker 2: a coach's decision I ended up doing that and you
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  Speaker 2: know there's always hindsight and you look at all right
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  Speaker 2: we we don't get it we're going to need to
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  Speaker 2: stop either way if we you know go down and
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  Speaker 2: you're down by six points now we got to go
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  Speaker 2: score a touchdown I felt like uh we had just
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  Speaker 2: got the turnover maybe we put a little pressure on
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  Speaker 2: them on the other side of the ball um but
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  Speaker 2: he gives you so much confidence to be able to
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  Speaker 2: be in those moments um you know, regardless of end
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  Speaker 2: of game, end of half, like you feel like you
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  Speaker 2: got a shot. And that's why we were able to
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  Speaker 2: be aggressive at the end of the half was to
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  Speaker 2: try to put us in a position to get points.
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  Speaker 3: And he's such a weapon.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes make some of these decisions challenging when you have
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  Speaker 2: a guy that's so dynamic that he can make kicks
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  Speaker 2: from so many different spots on the field. But very
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  Speaker 2: proud of Cam in the last really the last few
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  Speaker 2: weeks that he's had. just continues to give us a
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  Speaker 2: chance to win.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks, Liam.
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  Speaker 5: We'll go to Mark, then to Mia.
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  Speaker 7: Hey, Liam.
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  Speaker 4: With the bye week and a few guys on IR,
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  Speaker 4: anybody you envision maybe being able to help you coming
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  Speaker 4: out of that?
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  Speaker 3: Let me see here.
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  Speaker 5: I don't think so, John.
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  Speaker 3: Anything that's, I'm trying to think for.
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  Speaker 2: Anybody on that's truly could be, I don't think anybody
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  Speaker 2: anytime soon, you know, Patrick, you know, Makari could, you know,
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  Speaker 2: obviously be somebody from a depth standpoint that can be
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  Speaker 2: available for us to be able to help us, you.
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  Speaker 3: Know, as we go for sure.
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  Speaker 2: But I wouldn't see anybody else at the moment You know, Anton, obviously,
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  Speaker 2: we have to see when that thing all shakes itself out.
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  Speaker 2: But as of right now, I'd say Patrick would probably
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  Speaker 2: be the closest. And then I think, you know, maybe B.J.
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  Speaker 2: Green would probably be the next closest.
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  Speaker 4: And then you had a comment about the turf at
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  Speaker 4: Wembley maybe helping the offense more than the defense. Had
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  Speaker 4: you studied that? How did you come to that conclusion?
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  Speaker 3: You know, it's interesting.
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  Speaker 2: Watching last year's tape against the Rams, like we were
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  Speaker 2: obviously a little bit concerned of their, their pass rush. Um,
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  Speaker 2: and they did, you know, they did some things and
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  Speaker 2: they disrupted us in ways, but it wasn't necessarily, um,
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  Speaker 2: as overwhelming as maybe some other games that, that they
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  Speaker 2: had played in and their players are good, right? They're
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  Speaker 2: the same players. Um, it, it definitely is an offensive surface.
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  Speaker 2: That's for sure. Right.
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  Speaker 3: Because you're You know where you're going.
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  Speaker 2: And there was a lot of guys in all three
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  Speaker 2: phases on both sides, you know, on the ground a
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  Speaker 2: little bit, right? We missed more tackles than we have
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  Speaker 2: in previous weeks. Both pass rushes on those sides, you
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  Speaker 2: saw guys slipping out of there. The official fell down, right?
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  Speaker 2: Had the issue there. And so, you know, practicing on
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  Speaker 2: it all week, Mark, like you can feel, where it's
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  Speaker 2: beneficial and it is a little bit more beneficial.
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  Speaker 3: For the offense.
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  Speaker 2: So we did do some studying and we were lucky,
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  Speaker 2: just being out there. It doesn't have to rain out
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  Speaker 2: there for it to be slick, and then it did rain,
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  Speaker 2: so it made it more slick.
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  Speaker 3: And you saw some of the effects of it.
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  Speaker 2: I obviously give a ton of credit to our offensive
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  Speaker 2: line for the way that they protected and played It
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  Speaker 2: was phenomenal, but also that surface definitely has a.
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  Speaker 3: Little bit of an advantage to the offense.
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  Speaker 5: These will be our last three. If we can keep
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  Speaker 5: it to one apiece, please. We'll go to Mia, then
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  Speaker 5: to Mark, then to Travis.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, Liam.
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  Speaker 8: Welcome back to the States. If you could evaluate with
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  Speaker 8: regards to the defensive challenges yesterday in terms of pass
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  Speaker 8: rush versus coverage, and additionally, are you getting enough in
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  Speaker 8: the way of both playmaking from both of those areas
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  Speaker 8: of your defense, and then also as far as the
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  Speaker 8: communication for both the secondary and then the coverage and
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  Speaker 8: then also the pass rush?
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  Speaker 7: Yep.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think with regards to the pass rush,
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  Speaker 2: I think, you know, just kind of think our pressure
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  Speaker 2: rates actually, you know, not, not so bad in terms of.
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  Speaker 3: What that looks like.
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  Speaker 2: And, um, you know, it's, if they were struggling or,
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  Speaker 2: you know, rush at times against us, like, I, I
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  Speaker 2: kind of feel like that wasn't, they did a good
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  Speaker 2: job of getting the ball out is really what I
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  Speaker 2: would say in ways. I think there was, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Antonio goes down, Eric's back, you know, back, but, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we have a little bit of, uh, guys back there playing,
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  Speaker 2: you know, hadn't played, Kayvon hasn't played a ton and,
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  Speaker 2: So I think we can do a better job as
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  Speaker 2: coaches in helping, you know, settle them down with some
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  Speaker 2: of the communication and calls and being able to limit
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  Speaker 2: some of the inventory to just be able to go
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  Speaker 2: and continue to do what we do best to put
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  Speaker 2: our guys in a position, especially when you're feeling a
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  Speaker 2: little bit like we're getting chased, you know, that you
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  Speaker 2: feel like you're chasing as a play caller or as
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  Speaker 2: a defense. Hey, we can continue to help settle them down.
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  Speaker 2: um you know and then ultimately we we've got to
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  Speaker 2: be able to communicate at a high level out there
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  Speaker 2: right and so it's a combination it always is Mia
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  Speaker 2: and I think it's um you know it's it's challenging
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  Speaker 2: in the moment when you feel like they're able they're
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  Speaker 2: a little bit ahead of you right and so you're
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  Speaker 2: looking for a call to be able to do that
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  Speaker 2: and sometimes it's like hey we just got to go
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  Speaker 2: simplify things let our guys get their cleats in the
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  Speaker 2: ground and go play and I know we'll continue to
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  Speaker 2: look at the ways of being able to do that
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  Speaker 2: moving forward.
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  Speaker 7: All right.
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  Speaker 5: Last two, Mark, then Travis.
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  Speaker 1: Hey Liam, just based on what you've seen from this
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  Speaker 1: unit over the first six weeks, what do you personally
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  Speaker 1: hope to correct and or prioritize during this elongated break period?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think, um, looking at, uh, situational football is
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  Speaker 2: something that you just always learn from right and it's
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  Speaker 2: so many of these games come down to one score
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  Speaker 2: in this league and whether it's like all right guys
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  Speaker 2: you're hurt right or your shoe gets shit something happens
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  Speaker 2: like you gotta stay down out there like in terms
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  Speaker 2: of if you're hurt don't come running off the field
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  Speaker 2: little situational things that just come up right they happen
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  Speaker 2: and it affects games it affects winning and losing games
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  Speaker 2: and some things that ultimately we can continue to help
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  Speaker 2: provide clarity for within the week for our players. You
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  Speaker 2: cannot rep enough situational football. You don't have enough time
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  Speaker 2: in the day to do it. But emphasizing it as
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  Speaker 2: we're in our second year together, that's what I mean
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  Speaker 2: about the beauty of simplicity in all three phases. allows
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  Speaker 2: you to now work on more situational football, work on
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  Speaker 2: more of those end-to-half, end-of-game scenarios, all those different things.
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  Speaker 2: So I think that's an area of focus that we
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  Speaker 2: want to continue to lean into. And then, you know,
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  Speaker 2: playing clean in terms of the self-inflicted things, right? Whether it's,
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  Speaker 2: you know, fundamentals and techniques of blocking and playing coverage
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  Speaker 2: and man coverage and It's like, hey, we're at the
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  Speaker 2: point of attack and we can't tug.
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  Speaker 3: It could be called. It could not be called.
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  Speaker 2: And so fundamentally sharp, being fundamentally sharp throughout the course
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  Speaker 2: of the week to be able to provide that on Sundays.
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  Speaker 2: And then situational football, I think, are things that we
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  Speaker 2: can absolutely work on throughout this little break. When we
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  Speaker 2: get back, we'll have a good situational practice on Monday
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  Speaker 2: to get these guys back in and rolling.
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  Speaker 5: Afternoon, Liam.
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  Speaker 9: 114 yards surrendered on the ground. I know it's obviously
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  Speaker 9: a super high bar in Jacksonville, been dominant, stopping teams
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  Speaker 9: on the ground multiple seasons straight. How did you feel
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  Speaker 9: about this game last night with a lot of the
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  Speaker 9: jumble personnel you saw from the Texans?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think we got to continue to look at
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  Speaker 2: how we can match that personnel with groupings and being
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  Speaker 2: able to get guys out there to match some of
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  Speaker 2: that stuff. And then when you get into a game of, hey,
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  Speaker 2: it's single high shell versus run and pass, and they're
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  Speaker 2: playing that game, and we're trying to play that game.
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  Speaker 2: They kind of got us on some of that stuff
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  Speaker 2: where it was like, hey, we're disguising single high, and
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  Speaker 2: they end up getting a pass off in single high,
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  Speaker 2: which is what you want to be able to do.
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  Speaker 2: And they can max protect it and keep everybody, you know,
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  Speaker 2: their jumbo in and their other tight end in and
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  Speaker 2: go one-on-one routes. And then, hey, we're disguising shell, and
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  Speaker 2: they're in the run game, and they get a runoff
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  Speaker 2: for a shell, which... we've been very good at defending
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  Speaker 2: the run specifically in too high. And they were able
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  Speaker 2: to work that jumbo a little bit. I thought their
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  Speaker 2: backs made some good cuts. We missed some tackles, right?
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  Speaker 2: And so as a coaching staff, you look at, okay,
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  Speaker 2: how can we continue to help provide answers throughout the
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  Speaker 2: course of a game for some of those things? And
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  Speaker 2: also our play style has to show up each week.
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  Speaker 2: It just does, right? Like getting off blocks, playing violent,
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  Speaker 2: swarming around the football and doing some of those things,
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  Speaker 2: which I'm not saying we didn't do all game. I
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  Speaker 2: know it showed up. It was just, yeah, we got
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  Speaker 2: more runs on us than normal. And that's something that
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  Speaker 2: we take pride in. It's one of the pillars of
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  Speaker 2: our defense. But when you get the ball thrown over
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  Speaker 2: your head at times now, that allows for the whole
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  Speaker 2: playbook to be open as an offensive play caller. And
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  Speaker 2: those are some of the things that showed up. So Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it definitely wasn't our standard, that's for sure.
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  Speaker 3: Good, humbling, humbling day.