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Publix Tailgate Show: Adam Archuleta, CBS Sports · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: With the call of today's game on CBS Sports. It's
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  Speaker 1: analyst Adam arch Aletta, and it's good to see you.
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  Speaker 1: I know you've had the Jags a few times this year,
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  Speaker 1: but here we are in mid December and things have
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  Speaker 1: gone off the rails for the Jacksonville Jaguars at one
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  Speaker 1: and eleven. It's great to see you though, Adam. Thanks
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  Speaker 1: for taking the time. Yeah, no problem. I I feel
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  Speaker 1: like I know the Jacksonville quite well. They'm almost like
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  Speaker 1: a home announcer for them, right the Jaguars Television Network
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  Speaker 1: with the Spiro and Adam on the call. Yet again,
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  Speaker 1: let's start with this, Adam, were you ever on a
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  Speaker 1: team that lost eleven in a row? And what's the
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  Speaker 1: mindset right now? You think I was not on a
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  Speaker 1: team that lost eleven in a row. I've certainly been
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  Speaker 1: a part of a couple losing seasons where at this point,
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  Speaker 1: or you know, late November, you're out of it. So
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  Speaker 1: I know what that feeling is like. And I've also
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  Speaker 1: got to imagine that just the way that this season
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  Speaker 1: has gone, as far as all the COVID stuff and
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  Speaker 1: the restrictions and the lack of Camaradero re you know,
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  Speaker 1: the lack of really being in there in the locker room.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure that that probably weighs on players because you know,
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  Speaker 1: relationships and being there together, Um, that's a big part
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  Speaker 1: of the game as well, and that's a big part
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  Speaker 1: of where you get your joy from. So I would
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  Speaker 1: imagine that this is a very difficult season for the
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  Speaker 1: coaches and the players who at this point not only
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  Speaker 1: have losing seasons, but really don't have a playoff season
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  Speaker 1: to look forward to. It's it's it's got to be
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  Speaker 1: a real challenge. These are obviously two teams going in
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  Speaker 1: in opposite directions since the week to match up. The
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  Speaker 1: Jags haven't won since that Tennessee game in Nashville. The
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  Speaker 1: Titans are in first place, eight and four. They have
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  Speaker 1: an offense that can do a lot of different things.
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  Speaker 1: The defense has its moments where it can be shaky.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, it's amazing how things just went totally
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  Speaker 1: different directions after Week two. It is. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: we we had the first game of the season against
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  Speaker 1: the Colts, and so we thought, wow, you know, I
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  Speaker 1: think coming into this season, everybody kind of knew that
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  Speaker 1: the roster, you know, was a little young and a
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  Speaker 1: little inexperience, and there would be some bumps this year.
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  Speaker 1: But after the way they started out that Colts game,
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  Speaker 1: with Colts a legitimate football team, you thought, okay, well,
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  Speaker 1: you know, maybe you can kind of get something going here. Um,
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  Speaker 1: at the end of the day, I just think, and
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  Speaker 1: you kind of look at Tennessee as well. On the
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  Speaker 1: defensive side of the ball, Um, the talent is just
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  Speaker 1: not there to be consistently good, you know. And and
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  Speaker 1: in terms of the passing game, and in terms of
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  Speaker 1: not being able to get after the passer, um not
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  Speaker 1: being able to cover you know, those things, those two
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  Speaker 1: things go kind of hand in hand. You have to
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  Speaker 1: be excited and please with the way Jacksonville has run
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  Speaker 1: the football. I think that's a positive part of it.
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  Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, Um, they do
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  Speaker 1: need to upgrade their talent and they just have to
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  Speaker 1: get better. Adam Marshal Lena with us from CBS Sports,
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  Speaker 1: and you mentioned the running game for the Jaguars, and
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  Speaker 1: it's a great running back matchup to day two of
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  Speaker 1: the top three running backs of the NFL in terms
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  Speaker 1: of artist, Jarrick Henry on the other side, James Robinson,
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  Speaker 1: the undrafted rookie for the Jacksonville Jaguars, it doesn't get
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  Speaker 1: much better than this matchup. Two different styles of backs though,
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  Speaker 1: and Henry and Robinson, Yeah, they're very, very different. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: we all know what Derrick Henry brings to the table
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  Speaker 1: and just the commitment to their running game and just
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  Speaker 1: how they just kind of wear on you as the
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  Speaker 1: game goes on, very similar to what Cleveland um and
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  Speaker 1: how they use their running game. When you look at Tennessee,
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  Speaker 1: I think you know the cliche every week as announcers,
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  Speaker 1: we always say, well, you gotta get to Derrick Henry
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  Speaker 1: before he gets started, right, you know, that's kind of
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  Speaker 1: everybody says that. If you look at last week what
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  Speaker 1: Cleveland did, they actually did that. Um, you had linebackers
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  Speaker 1: getting free shots and to their credit, UM a lot
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  Speaker 1: of great one on one tackles UM and and their
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  Speaker 1: defensive line, their front really did a nice job of
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  Speaker 1: keeping their linebackers clean. So that truly is really kind
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  Speaker 1: of the key to Tennessee. Now when you look at Jacksonville,
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  Speaker 1: I think you've got to be a pressed with Robinson
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  Speaker 1: A But to me, when I look at them in
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  Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks with Glennon at quarterback. They
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  Speaker 1: The feeling to me is that they look like a
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  Speaker 1: normal NFL offense really kind of for the first time.
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  Speaker 1: And I think Gruden has been able to find his
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  Speaker 1: groove as a play caller a little bit. You know,
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  Speaker 1: glenn is not a perfect quarterback, but I think when
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  Speaker 1: he had Gardner in there, it was a lot of
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  Speaker 1: one read, scramble, try and make something happen, you know,
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  Speaker 1: not really a traditional passing game. And I think Luton
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  Speaker 1: kind of the same thing. You know, he missed some throws,
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  Speaker 1: missed some protections. I think now they're there finally able
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  Speaker 1: to call more of a balanced game and I and
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  Speaker 1: I really think you're seeing what Robinson can do if
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  Speaker 1: you give and you have a balanced offense rather than
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  Speaker 1: playing from behind and then just getting to a past
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  Speaker 1: first mentality. So I do think Glennon has really helped
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  Speaker 1: Robinson kind of find his own even more so as
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  Speaker 1: the season has gone on. But also has to help
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  Speaker 1: the offensive line because they have a little more time,
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  Speaker 1: they know what's gonna happen back there or have a
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  Speaker 1: better idea. And it also helps those wide receivers when
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  Speaker 1: they're not getting frustrated running down the field all the time.
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  Speaker 1: And all of a sudden things have to go away. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I think it all plays. It all plays together again.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Glennon hasn't played a lot of football in
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  Speaker 1: the last three years, but you do see that he does.
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  Speaker 1: He does go through progressions and you can be a
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  Speaker 1: little bit more sophisticated in the passing game. And so
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  Speaker 1: um to me, just the fact that the the offense
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  Speaker 1: has balance and I think you're starting to see again
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  Speaker 1: Gruden called the plays a little bit differently and and
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  Speaker 1: use Robinson be able to use him in the third
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  Speaker 1: and fourth quarter effectively when he's actually a threat. Um,
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  Speaker 1: it really does help the offense out. So um, I've
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  Speaker 1: actually enjoyed watching the offense here in the last couple
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  Speaker 1: of weeks, and I think it's a little closer to
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  Speaker 1: what they envisioned when they brought j Gruden here as
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  Speaker 1: a play caller. Adam Archialletta with us from CBS Sports
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  Speaker 1: has the call of the jaguarris and the Titans coming up.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Derrick Henry gets loose past the second level
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  Speaker 1: safety Adam Argiletta's standing between Henry and the end zone.
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  Speaker 1: What's the approach? Yeah, that's uh, that's nasty. Um, that's
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  Speaker 1: the that's the safety's worst nightmare. I mean, one on
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  Speaker 1: one open field. I mean, let's be honest, the running
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  Speaker 1: back that he's supposed to win that you know eight
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  Speaker 1: out of ten times. The key is you've got to
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  Speaker 1: know where your help is. You've got to get guys
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  Speaker 1: running to the ball, and you've got to take your shot,
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  Speaker 1: and you've got to be aggressive. You can't come in
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  Speaker 1: soft and know that if you take your shot and
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  Speaker 1: you do miss, you gotta make him stutter his feet
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  Speaker 1: and that the rest of your teammates are gonna come
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  Speaker 1: in from inside out and give you help. If you
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  Speaker 1: try and play it soft, you're just not gonna win
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  Speaker 1: that battle. You you've got to be aggressive, you've got
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  Speaker 1: to take your shot, and you've got to have help.
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  Speaker 1: And that's really the only way you can approach it.
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  Speaker 1: Final thought with you here, Adam, is this a Tennessee
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  Speaker 1: team that can finish the job in the regular season
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  Speaker 1: and do they have staying power if they get to
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  Speaker 1: the playoffs? Well, I think it's it just depends. Um, Defensively,
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  Speaker 1: they're not there to be able to say you can
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  Speaker 1: count on them. Um, they're just not. They They also
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  Speaker 1: are playing with a lot of backups. They also don't
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  Speaker 1: really have the ability to consistently pressure disrupt the quarterback,
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  Speaker 1: and they're struggling with matchups in the secondary. So, Um,
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  Speaker 1: the fact that they can't get off the field on
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  Speaker 1: third down, that is that's a trend. That's just not
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  Speaker 1: an exception. Um. To me, you have to have some concern.
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  Speaker 1: Now they're capable of playing a good, complimentary game, you
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  Speaker 1: just don't know which defense is gonna show up. And
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  Speaker 1: so to me, that is a definite legitimate concern. And
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  Speaker 1: I just don't know if you can have confidence that
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  Speaker 1: weekend week out, if a playoff caliber offense is playing
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  Speaker 1: really good, can that defense consistently step up. Um, they're
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  Speaker 1: gonna have to rely on their offense probably scoring more
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  Speaker 1: than thirty points a game. We know some of these
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  Speaker 1: offenses in the f C and the powerhouses they are,
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  Speaker 1: so it is quite a challenge ahead. All right, Hey,
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  Speaker 1: appreciate the time and have a great call today, and
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  Speaker 1: I appreciate it. All right, any time, Thank you very much.