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Press Pass | Brenton Strange, Dennis Gardeck on Jaguars' Mindset at 7-4 · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: No, bet, Breton, did you feel like you were going
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  Speaker 1: to get in the flow of the game as quickly
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  Speaker 1: as you did yesterday after so much time off?
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  Speaker 2: We I think we had a good game plan to
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  Speaker 2: put me in position to do that, and this just
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  Speaker 2: went out there and executed the play. So I'm happy
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  Speaker 2: that they call the players. I'm happy that the players
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  Speaker 2: worked out and just got to keep going, keep making
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  Speaker 2: it happen.
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  Speaker 1: Well, so that was your preference to just jump right
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  Speaker 1: in there and make a play early, get targeted early,
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  Speaker 1: instead of maybe gradually being worked.
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  Speaker 3: In of course.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I mean, I feel like always when I
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  Speaker 2: can get my hands on the ball early, it sets
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  Speaker 2: the tone for the game and it kind of just
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  Speaker 2: gets me in the right mindset to play the rest
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  Speaker 2: of the game and just be aggressive, you know. So
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  Speaker 2: I'm happy that the coaches got me involved early. It
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  Speaker 2: felt good to be back out there and back moving around.
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  Speaker 2: I'm blessed and I'm thankful.
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  Speaker 1: Man.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, thank you them all.
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  Speaker 4: Followed by d Rock. We'll go to Jamal. Followed by
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  Speaker 4: d Rock Jamal, I think you're still muted. We can
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  Speaker 4: go to d Rock and then we'll circle back.
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  Speaker 5: Hey, Brenton, can you talk about the belief that this
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  Speaker 5: team has, or it certainly has developed over the last
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  Speaker 5: month or so about no matter what's happening, you guys
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  Speaker 5: are going to find a way to kind of pull
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  Speaker 5: this thing through.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean that's a big thing in football. You
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  Speaker 2: always gotta there's always going to be adversity at some
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  Speaker 2: point in time in the game. And I think that
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  Speaker 2: we do a good job of just sticking together. Coach
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  Speaker 2: Liam always says we want to come like this right here,
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  Speaker 2: So I think it's a great thing that we do that,
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  Speaker 2: and we got to continue to do that for the
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  Speaker 2: rest of the year, and I think it'll take us
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  Speaker 2: to the places that we want to go.
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  Speaker 5: And I don't want you know, I'm not asking this
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  Speaker 5: to disparage previous staff or anything else, but why has
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  Speaker 5: that kind of clicked in, that togetherness kind of clicked
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  Speaker 5: this time as opposed to maybe, you know, the last
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  Speaker 5: year or so. What's been different?
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  Speaker 3: I think it's a different team.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we've obviously we have a lot of the
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  Speaker 2: same guys, but we've been through those things before, so
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  Speaker 2: we've we've been on the other side and we understand
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  Speaker 2: what it takes and we understand what we have to do.
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  Speaker 2: And I think another thing is our preparation. We work
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  Speaker 2: hard every single week, come out to practice, and we
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  Speaker 2: do what we need to do during the week for practice,
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  Speaker 2: and I think that it pays off during the game.
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  Speaker 5: And Tim Patrick said that Coach Cohen is one of
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  Speaker 5: the more relatable coaches he's ever played for. Do you
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  Speaker 5: kind of feel the same way? And what is it
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  Speaker 5: about Liam that sort of kind of makes him, I
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  Speaker 5: guess relatable, maybe more so than other guys.
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  Speaker 2: I definitely do think he is a lot more relatable.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I feel like that I can go up
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  Speaker 2: to him and I can say whatever I need to
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  Speaker 2: say to him, and I hope that he thinks that
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  Speaker 2: he can do the same with me. And whether it's
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  Speaker 2: a hard conversation or whatever it is, I feel like
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  Speaker 2: I'm able to have those conversations with him. Man. I
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  Speaker 2: just think that's his personality, you know. I feel like
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  Speaker 2: he's very open and very welcoming, like I could reach
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  Speaker 2: out to him through text or whatever it is. So
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  Speaker 2: I definitely appreciate Coach Cohen and everything that he's done.
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  Speaker 5: Is there a certain pride in winning games when it
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  Speaker 5: doesn't always go your way? You know, it's one way.
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  Speaker 5: You beat the Chargers and you're at them and everything's
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  Speaker 5: going great, but you know, Vegas and then this game.
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  Speaker 5: Is there some pride in winning games when it's kind
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  Speaker 5: of ugly.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's always pride in winning games. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we want to make you guys proud. We want to
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  Speaker 2: make the city of Jacksonville proud every single time we
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  Speaker 2: step out on the field. So it's always pride, you know,
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  Speaker 2: within it. And like I said, we're just trying to
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  Speaker 2: trying to win games for us in the city of Jacksonville.
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  Speaker 5: Thank you, but appreciate it.
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  Speaker 6: We can go to Jamal, Sorry about that. What's up Britain?
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  Speaker 6: To finish a game like you guys did on Sunday?
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  Speaker 6: What does that kind of say about this team?
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  Speaker 2: I think it's a big thing with adversity, and I
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  Speaker 2: think that we talk about it a lot, you know,
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  Speaker 2: So I think that just staying steady the whole entire
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  Speaker 2: game that's important for our team to do. Whether things
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  Speaker 2: go good, whether things go bad, it's just about staying
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  Speaker 2: steady the whole entire time. And I think that that
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  Speaker 2: was something that worked well for us yesterday. No matter
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  Speaker 2: what happened, we just stayed steady, just next play, next play,
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  Speaker 2: mentality through everything.
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  Speaker 6: Kind of that same thing about Trevor. I mean, probably
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  Speaker 6: not his favorite stat line of the year, but to
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  Speaker 6: go out there and lead the drives you guys needed
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  Speaker 6: in crunch time. I mean, what does that kind of
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  Speaker 6: say about him his mentality to be able to bounce
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  Speaker 6: back from some of the mistakes throughout the game.
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  Speaker 3: I think he stayed steady.
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  Speaker 2: I think Trevor did the things that he needed to
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  Speaker 2: do to help us win the game. So it's not
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  Speaker 2: always going to be pretty for for all of us.
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  Speaker 2: You know, sometimes I might mess up or somebody else
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  Speaker 2: might mess up, and it's not always going to be pretty.
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  Speaker 2: And I think Trevor did a great job of just
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  Speaker 2: fighting the whole entire game and staying steady.
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  Speaker 6: Does that sort of game, I mean, build as much
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  Speaker 6: confidence in the quarterback as I mean, maybe a perfect one.
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  Speaker 6: I mean, because you see that even if stuff goes wrong,
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  Speaker 6: he's gonna be there. He's gonna stay steady and be
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  Speaker 6: there to finish with you guys.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, no matter what goes on, I always
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  Speaker 2: got full belief, full faith and Trevor and everything that
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  Speaker 2: he does. Whatever he does. I'm right there with him,
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  Speaker 2: supporting him, right by his side. So I'm just happy
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  Speaker 2: that we got to win.
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  Speaker 3: And yoh, appreciate you Britton.
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  Speaker 4: This will be our last question. John Shipley, Hey, Britain.
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  Speaker 7: A couple of weeks ago, Coach Cohen said that coach
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  Speaker 7: and Gulo was one of the best.
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  Speaker 3: Tiding coaches he's been around.
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  Speaker 7: What does he kind of meant for you and your
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  Speaker 7: development and just you know, how big has he been
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  Speaker 7: for you in the season you're having.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, from the beginning, he's been very big and my
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  Speaker 2: development since I've been here. He does a great job
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  Speaker 2: of preaching you know, uh, finish and and and sort
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  Speaker 2: of the all small things that might get over overlooked
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  Speaker 2: from from other people. So uh, I'm very thankful for
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  Speaker 2: coach Angulo and and him helping me while I've been here.
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  Speaker 2: So he's he's done a great job. And like I said,
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  Speaker 2: I'm very thankful for him.
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  Speaker 7: It was kind of strange for it to be a
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  Speaker 7: big deal to me before the season and everything, something
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  Speaker 7: that I kind of looked forward to.
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  Speaker 3: Yesterday was my mom's birthday.
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  Speaker 7: So shoot, as soon as we kind of got the
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  Speaker 7: schedule and everything, it was like Uh, You're playing the
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  Speaker 7: Cardinals on my birthday and I want to win. So
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  Speaker 7: it was a big deal when I first signed, and
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  Speaker 7: then you just get into the week weekly routine that
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  Speaker 7: it didn't It didn't seem like it was going to
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  Speaker 7: be that big of a deal until Sunday morning. We're
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  Speaker 7: hopping on the bus getting ready to go over there,
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  Speaker 7: and I'm like, man, like, I'm excited for this one.
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  Speaker 7: So it was really cool.
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  Speaker 6: Well, when mom asked for a win for a birthday,
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  Speaker 6: you gotta deliver that, right, I gotta deliver. So the
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  Speaker 6: way you guys were able to get that win, I
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  Speaker 6: mean fighting through some of the adversity throughout it, finishing
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  Speaker 6: it in overtime. What does getting wins like that kind
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  Speaker 6: of say about this team?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think I think it's awesome for us.
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  Speaker 7: Obviously it's not what you're trying to do weekend and
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  Speaker 7: week out, but I think it's good that we can
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  Speaker 7: lean on each other. I think it builds trust in
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  Speaker 7: all three phases of the ball, in each other on
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  Speaker 7: the same side of the ball. I think it's something
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  Speaker 7: that that brings the locker room together, and I feel
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  Speaker 7: like we're a closer team.
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  Speaker 3: After that win. I to appreciate you this.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you the Rock, followed by Gary.
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  Speaker 5: Hey, Dennis, was your mom there for the game yesterday?
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  Speaker 3: She was yeh, I had my whole family out there.
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  Speaker 3: Was really cool.
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  Speaker 5: We able to spend any time after the game with
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  Speaker 5: them for a few minutes or anything.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, we caught up in the friends and family section
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  Speaker 3: for a little bit.
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  Speaker 5: What'd she say to you? First thing?
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  Speaker 7: She was fired up? Yeah, she was really happy. Honestly
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  Speaker 7: that I don't know. Fifteen to twenty minutes. It was
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  Speaker 7: a blur seeing everybody. My son, my nephew, my three brothers,
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  Speaker 7: and my parents were all there.
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  Speaker 3: I had some.
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  Speaker 7: Friends, everybody that I've been training with all through my
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  Speaker 7: time in Arizona were there.
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  Speaker 3: So it was cool to have everybody there.
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  Speaker 5: Awesome. Also real quick coach Campanile. Are you impressed with
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  Speaker 5: the way he's able to just kind of come up
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  Speaker 5: with a bunch of stuff every week and he's just
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  Speaker 5: throwing essentially throwing the kitchen sink at offenses there and
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  Speaker 5: he's trying different guys in different spots and how creative
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  Speaker 5: that is? Yeah?
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  Speaker 7: Absolutely, super creative, super smart. Also just just who he
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  Speaker 7: is as a man and a leader. I think the
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  Speaker 7: locker room and the guys really respond well to camp,
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  Speaker 7: and uh, it's definitely brought new life. The way he
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  Speaker 7: coaches brought new life into my career. Kind of being
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  Speaker 7: a crusty old vet. Just having having somebody speak that
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  Speaker 7: passion and intensity into.
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  Speaker 3: How you go about your business has been awesome for me.
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  Speaker 5: So as that crusty old vet, is there always a
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  Speaker 5: part of you that when you get and you see
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  Speaker 5: a guy, Okay, it's the first time defensive coordinator, I
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  Speaker 5: don't know what to expect out of this guy. Could
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  Speaker 5: be good, could be bad. Is there an element of
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  Speaker 5: I don't know what we're going to get here? And
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  Speaker 5: then when did maybe it kind of click with you that, yeah,
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  Speaker 5: this guy might have something.
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  Speaker 7: No, I don't. I don't really approach you know, a
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  Speaker 7: player coach relationship with apprehension. It's let's dive in, let's
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  Speaker 7: get to know each other. Let's hey, this is what
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  Speaker 7: I think I'm good at, this is how I think
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  Speaker 7: my skills fit into this, this is kind of what
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  Speaker 7: he's thinking. I think you just got to kind of
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  Speaker 7: jump in and trust and it means everything in this sport,
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  Speaker 7: So you just kind of got to jump in with
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  Speaker 7: both both feet.
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  Speaker 5: Awesome, Thank you.
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  Speaker 4: We'll go to Gary and then we can circle back to.
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  Speaker 1: Jamal Hey, Dennis, did you guys see something before the
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  Speaker 1: game that led you to believe you could put some
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  Speaker 1: heat on Jacoby? Is it because maybe he's not the
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  Speaker 1: most mobile guy. On the other hand, he gets the
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  Speaker 1: ball act quick. He did that against San Francisco. So
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  Speaker 1: was the ability to rush the pass or something kind
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  Speaker 1: of evolved as a game went on, or did you
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  Speaker 1: think you're gonna be able to do what you did?
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  Speaker 7: That was a tattered offensive line. I think they were
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  Speaker 7: on their their second right tackle. They had moved Jonah
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  Speaker 7: to I r Will Hernandez had been split in time
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  Speaker 7: with somebody. It was the offensive line that we saw
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  Speaker 7: we could take advantage of.
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  Speaker 3: Jacoby not being mobile. He's mobile enough to extend throws
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  Speaker 3: and do all that. So I think it was more
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  Speaker 3: the offensive line than anything. Okay, thank you.
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  Speaker 4: We'll finished out with Jamal Hey, Dennis.
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  Speaker 6: I know you guys are a confident group, but I mean,
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  Speaker 6: over the course of the season, with games like that one,
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  Speaker 6: have you seen the confidence like grow as a team
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  Speaker 6: that you know there there's never a doubt that you're
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  Speaker 6: gonna get a dub at the end of that one.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, I don't think it's waivered throughout the entire season.
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  Speaker 7: The confidence comes from our preparation and that has all
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  Speaker 7: also been consistent throughout the season.
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  Speaker 3: So I don't.
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  Speaker 7: Grow maybe in terms that you kind of have to
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  Speaker 7: face some adversity to really feel the confidence, but in
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  Speaker 7: terms of where we felt like our level of confidence
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  Speaker 7: was at, it's kind of been consistent. Does that make
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  Speaker 7: any sense?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, No, I think that may be just as.
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  Speaker 7: Confident through the adversity kind of reinforces it maybe.
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  Speaker 6: And some of that adversity, maybe some of the injuries,
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  Speaker 6: I mean the shuffle of guys that you guys have
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  Speaker 6: had to put out there at different times over the
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  Speaker 6: course of the season for the defense to still be
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  Speaker 6: performing at a high level. I mean, what does that
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  Speaker 6: say for the guys that are stepping into those moments
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  Speaker 6: and guys that have been able to step up.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, I think that's that's an NFL season and it
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  Speaker 7: comes down to being prepared for when for when your
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  Speaker 7: moment comes. It's been awesome to see our guys were
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  Speaker 7: spar on then be able to play the way they have.
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  Speaker 5: Appreciate you.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you.
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  Speaker 4: That's everyone. Thanks Dennis, thank you,