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Press Pass | Heath Farwell: “Do exactly what you do every day.” · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: They're both great. Yeah, you know, obviously Riley missed yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: That was more just he was a little bit sore.
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  Speaker 1: We kind of held him out. There's he's gonna be
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  Speaker 1: full go today. Uh, not a concern at all. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: not a concern. He's great, he's doing fine. And Ross
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  Speaker 1: is Uh, this is part of the program. He's obviously
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  Speaker 1: it's been a few weeks. He's gonna play. Excited to
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  Speaker 1: have him back out here. He's fantastic. So I could
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  Speaker 1: rather get hurt the player, like you said, the general
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  Speaker 1: just generalness, Yeah, general soreness. It was just kind of
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  Speaker 1: decision we made yesterday. We weren't concerned. We even thought
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  Speaker 1: about he thought about practicing. Um. Like I said, it
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  Speaker 1: was more of a group decision. Um it says was
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  Speaker 1: the best to give him a rest. He'll go today.
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  Speaker 1: He'll be full go today. He's sort of actually returning
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  Speaker 1: it for a touchdown. Bl one for a touchdown? Or
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  Speaker 1: was that as good as performances out of the first
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  Speaker 1: teams as he seemed. It was a cool game for us.
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  Speaker 1: The magnitude of that game, the importance of that game,
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  Speaker 1: and even the situationally it was huge. Uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: down ten nothing they go down and score, and we
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  Speaker 1: needed kind of a play to kind of ignite us
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  Speaker 1: a little bit. And um obviously as had a big
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  Speaker 1: return and we had great blocking for them to just
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  Speaker 1: get the you know, get the group started, a big return.
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  Speaker 1: Offense goes down and scores right after that. Just a
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  Speaker 1: big play in that game to kind of get us rolling.
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  Speaker 1: And then obviously Logan had some fantastic punts, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: down the ball inside the ten. There was a there
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  Speaker 1: was just a bunch of cool plays of just flipping
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  Speaker 1: the field and being a huge impact. It's something we
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  Speaker 1: work at every week. We want to be really consistent
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  Speaker 1: and be really clean all the time. But if we
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  Speaker 1: can make an impact on the game like we did, uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know in the kicking game, it's huge. It's a
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  Speaker 1: huge part of what we did. We played great defense, uh,
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  Speaker 1: and we played great special teams, so that was a
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  Speaker 1: huge part of that game. I went back to the
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  Speaker 1: second half of the season, You've only had two special
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  Speaker 1: team penalties, and one of them up the Nashville was
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  Speaker 1: not exactly Yeah, but so let to say, on one
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  Speaker 1: such games, how's that? What does that tell you for
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  Speaker 1: about these guys? For the more the guys are doing well.
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  Speaker 1: The tension to detail every week, the importance of it. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, all season has been really good. We had
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  Speaker 1: one game that kind of got out of whack a
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  Speaker 1: little bit, but other than that one game, we've been
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  Speaker 1: really really good. But it's attention to detail. It's the fundamentals,
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  Speaker 1: the little techniques we're teaching them, and they take it
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  Speaker 1: from the practice field to the game. They care. They
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  Speaker 1: know the importance of that hidden yardage you know, in
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  Speaker 1: the in the kicking game, it's such a big deal
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  Speaker 1: and you lose those twenty thirty, forty, sometimes a hundred.
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  Speaker 1: You know, those are big game changing yardage. Uh that
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  Speaker 1: it's so important. So it's a big stress in the program. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: It's something we stress so much and and they take, um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, such an interest in it. Is there some
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  Speaker 1: sort of demarcation line for Jamal and the end zone
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  Speaker 1: about how how deep you really want it to be?
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  Speaker 1: Taking a punt and bringing I keep taking a kick
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  Speaker 1: and bringing in. It's not exact every week, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and it will change and it depends on the hang
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  Speaker 1: time of the you know, the opposing kicker. UM. And
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  Speaker 1: so that's part of it. Um. How do they cover,
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  Speaker 1: how we block and do we like our scheme better
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  Speaker 1: this week versus maybe another week? Um, that's part of it.
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  Speaker 1: How is he feeling? Is he? You know? And he
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  Speaker 1: was feeling great and he was he was really feeling
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  Speaker 1: the energy and so he was bringing him out, you know,
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  Speaker 1: a little deeper than than normal. Uh. And now what
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  Speaker 1: we loved it. You know, it's a it was a
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  Speaker 1: it was a game changing play, big time play for us. So, Uh,
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  Speaker 1: he's so good. I love to give him the green
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  Speaker 1: light when we can and when the opportunity is right.
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  Speaker 1: But we have to make good decisions sometimes because these
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  Speaker 1: kickers are so talented, they can really hang up those
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  Speaker 1: hang times that make it tough to get the return started.
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  Speaker 1: So when he was four yard midfield, did you say
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  Speaker 1: to yourself immediately don't know or anything like that. Now
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  Speaker 1: I didn't, Honestly, I didn't. And and part of the
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  Speaker 1: reason is because we trust Aggs, he's going to make
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  Speaker 1: great decisions back there. The guys have improved every week,
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  Speaker 1: not only blocking for him in the kick return game.
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  Speaker 1: At the part return game, you're starting to see some
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  Speaker 1: you know, some finishing blocks. We had a twenty two
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  Speaker 1: yard return that kind of flipped the field in in
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  Speaker 1: the pump return game. So we're putting all those things
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  Speaker 1: and I feel like each week we've gotten better, not
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  Speaker 1: only in penalties, but just cleaner blocks, just more technique,
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  Speaker 1: and uh it's just all part of the process of
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  Speaker 1: getting better each week. And we're playing as good as
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  Speaker 1: ball uh as we have all season right now at
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  Speaker 1: the right time. You had some big returns this year.
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  Speaker 1: How important do you want to try and finally get
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  Speaker 1: him to get one loose and take it to the house.
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  Speaker 1: I love it. I mean that's you know, we we
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  Speaker 1: get such excitement out of that fifty yard return and
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  Speaker 1: twenty two year returned. But to be able to put
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  Speaker 1: one in the end zone and really take over a game, uh, it,
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  Speaker 1: it would be unreal. The guys are waiting for it.
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  Speaker 1: They feel like we're one block away, and you since that,
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  Speaker 1: you know, you since that we're so close. Uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: when you're just hoping this is the game, hopefully this
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  Speaker 1: is the one. If it's not, we'll keep working. But
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  Speaker 1: I really believe we're this close. Uh. You know, as
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  Speaker 1: with with the opportunities, it's hard because you know, most team,
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  Speaker 1: most coordinates try to keep the ball of hands. So
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  Speaker 1: you're getting a ton of touchbacks, a ton of fair catches,
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  Speaker 1: but when we get opportunities, we're getting better every week
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  Speaker 1: and he's starting to feel it and the guys are
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  Speaker 1: really starting to block, you know, improving tremendously. So we're
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  Speaker 1: really in a good we're in a good, good situation
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  Speaker 1: right now. Is there a tangible and a little numi
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  Speaker 1: from kat Yard? No, I don't to me. The biggest
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  Speaker 1: thing for me is on a game to game basis,
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  Speaker 1: how do we do against their punt team and and
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  Speaker 1: their pump return? Can we flip the field? What does
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  Speaker 1: their net look like compared to ours? And that's the
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  Speaker 1: biggest thing. Can we flip the field? Yes? What were
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  Speaker 1: you guys sending forty three? I believe? No, I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 1: Our net was was fifty to their forty three, So
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  Speaker 1: that's a huge different each punt we're flipping the field
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  Speaker 1: and the punt return game. You know, just an individual
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  Speaker 1: I do kickoff was thirty seven for them. That's we've
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  Speaker 1: got some hidden yardage there of winning that because you
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  Speaker 1: know the kickoff, kickover turn and then the point punt return.
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  Speaker 1: How big Chris Claybrooks, Daniel Thomass on gunners, how big
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  Speaker 1: they've been in the couple weeks, you know, and that's
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  Speaker 1: where you see all those that great uh you know
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  Speaker 1: net punt. It starts with a fantastic snap logan obviously
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  Speaker 1: with fantastic points. I mean, he's as good a punter
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  Speaker 1: as there is in this league. But we have really
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  Speaker 1: good gunners and get down the field. That was a
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  Speaker 1: prime example, and it's happened all year of you know,
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  Speaker 1: first DT that takes his shot barely slides off him
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  Speaker 1: and Chris is right there to make the play. Again.
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  Speaker 1: Those guys are controlling it outside with great hang times,
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  Speaker 1: good good distance and even uh you know, being that
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  Speaker 1: wide it was out by outside the numbers those are huge,
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  Speaker 1: uh you know, huge kicks for us and then great coverage.
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  Speaker 1: Those guys have been as good as there is. I
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  Speaker 1: mean it's they've controlled it completely, probably two against Kansas
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  Speaker 1: City since and this one, uh with or something after
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  Speaker 1: that game and you go back to work with any
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  Speaker 1: you have any contacts with him, No, I think it's
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  Speaker 1: just he just out back to what he does. He
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  Speaker 1: is a very consistent kicker. The ball comes off his
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  Speaker 1: foot every single time exactly the same. I think he
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  Speaker 1: got kind of out of whack in that game. But uh,
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  Speaker 1: since then, even before that, he's been so consistent. He's
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  Speaker 1: done a fantastic job for us all season. It's not
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  Speaker 1: one of the women where he's gonna be a little chilly,
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  Speaker 1: but we're really gonna be no win to the game.
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  Speaker 1: So what's his you know, what's his line at him?
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  Speaker 1: Where do you feel pomfortable with him? It's an individual
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  Speaker 1: based I mean, until we get out on this field,
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  Speaker 1: to until we see warmups and get a better field.
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  Speaker 1: For what that Uh, you know what the what the
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  Speaker 1: temperature feels like when it's when it's as cool as
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  Speaker 1: it potentially can be, the ball doesn't fly as good.
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  Speaker 1: So that's part of it. Is there a win eight
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  Speaker 1: minor wind? I've been told, Um, you know, is that
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  Speaker 1: going to make a difference which ways of blowing in? Oh,
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  Speaker 1: that's that's a that's a pregame. Uh, never look at
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  Speaker 1: it other than just kind of getting a field. But
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  Speaker 1: we don't make those decisions till after we see warm up.
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  Speaker 1: How's he hitting him, how's he feeling, have those conversations
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  Speaker 1: with Doug and and communicate that with Press and the guys.
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  Speaker 1: You've been poor believe you want to super Bowl the Seahawks,
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  Speaker 1: which been you guys and preparing for this potential playoff
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  Speaker 1: run you got coming up. I think the biggest thing
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  Speaker 1: for us and I and we talked about it last
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  Speaker 1: week a ton too, is these are nationally televised game.
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  Speaker 1: These are huge games, and there are a lot of
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  Speaker 1: fun uh night games, prime time. Don't make it bigger
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  Speaker 1: than it is. Just do exactly what we've done every
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  Speaker 1: single week every Wednesday, look the same every Thursday. So
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  Speaker 1: then it leads you into one play at a time.
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  Speaker 1: And you saw that our guys didn't do anything different
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  Speaker 1: in that game. They just did exactly dated all year.
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  Speaker 1: Great punts, great coverage down the field, you know, all
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  Speaker 1: that stuff, all that stuff we've been doing all season,
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  Speaker 1: just happened to be on a national stage. But I
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  Speaker 1: think when you get out of whack, if you try
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  Speaker 1: to I'm gonna I'm gonna go make this extra play,
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  Speaker 1: dive inside and all of a sudden the ball, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the ball gets outside. Do you lose leverage? Don't try
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  Speaker 1: to make it bigger it is. I said, don't make
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  Speaker 1: stuff up. I told them that all the time. Don't
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  Speaker 1: make stuff up. Do exactly what you do every day
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  Speaker 1: and we'll be happy with the results. And uh, that
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  Speaker 1: was the message. It showed up a ton and and
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  Speaker 1: then even on on Sunday when we met back, it's
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  Speaker 1: saying you did exactly what we talked about, exactly what
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  Speaker 1: we've done. We've done all year. Keep doing that. That's
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  Speaker 1: why we've been successful. I'd be a little missed. We
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  Speaker 1: didn't ask about tomorrow since you coached him last year
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  Speaker 1: in Buffalo. Pull the last week life for you, and
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  Speaker 1: you know all those guys there and pay sold to
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  Speaker 1: him or you know anybody out there to last. Damar
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  Speaker 1: is a great guy. I'm sure you guys are well aware,
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  Speaker 1: but he was a fantastic player, even better guy. I
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  Speaker 1: love Damar. Um. It was tough. That was a tough week,
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  Speaker 1: and only for everybody but those those guys who know him. Um.
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  Speaker 1: I was devastated. And to see my friends, um, all
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  Speaker 1: that group in that building, it was tough seeing him
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  Speaker 1: out there on the field and even throughout that week.
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  Speaker 1: And I've had a lot of those conversations, phone calls
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  Speaker 1: and text checking in with them, and and they've been
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  Speaker 1: checking out on with me. So it was a tough
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  Speaker 1: week for me as well. But the moment we started
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  Speaker 1: to kind of see sense that he's coming back, he's
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  Speaker 1: doing great. That was a huge relief when you know,
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  Speaker 1: Chris now it's just we're gonna keep getting better news.
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  Speaker 1: It kind of puts it, you know, it put it
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  Speaker 1: back in perspective of dealing with you know, real life stuff.
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  Speaker 1: But it also kind of got allowed us to kind
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  Speaker 1: of get back to what we do of playing ball.
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  Speaker 1: We love this game. We want to continue to be
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  Speaker 1: around it. UM keep obviously still thinking about him every
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  Speaker 1: day and UM hoping that you know, hopefully, shoot, I'm
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  Speaker 1: hoping he'll be on the sideline potentially this weekend. You know,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if that's possible. But again, I think
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  Speaker 1: about those guys all the time, and and it's been
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  Speaker 1: a good We've had those good conversations and checking in
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  Speaker 1: each other because I have a bunch of friends in
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  Speaker 1: that building. A thank you, guys, Thank you