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  Speaker 1: I mean, listen, this is uh, this very explosive, high
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  Speaker 1: energy player, uh, you know, great football player, great quarterback.
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  Speaker 1: And one of the things he's doing, you know, this year,
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  Speaker 1: I think, which was a point of emphasis for them
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  Speaker 1: obviously throwing the ball a little bit more from the pocket.
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  Speaker 1: And he's he's done a nice job for that, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and it takes it takes all eleven on defense. You
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  Speaker 1: just can't, you know, you can't let your guard down
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  Speaker 1: with him obviously, not only.
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  Speaker 2: In the run game, but the past game as well.
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  Speaker 1: When you get an opportunity to tackle him, you got
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  Speaker 1: to tackle him, you know, because he can. He can definitely,
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  Speaker 1: you know, burn you with his with his speed, so
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  Speaker 1: you know, you try to you try to slow him
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  Speaker 1: down obviously, try to minimize some of the explosiveness, you know,
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  Speaker 1: but at the same time, with his ability to throw
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  Speaker 1: the ball, it makes it makes it a challenge, especially along.
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  Speaker 3: That offensive line with Walker and Ezra kind of fluctuations.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, both guys are doing well. Kind of a day
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  Speaker 1: to day right now. You know, we'll get him in
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  Speaker 1: some of these walkthroughs we're going to do, you know,
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  Speaker 1: in the morning and and see how they respond to
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  Speaker 1: the afternoon practice. But both are trending in the right way.
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  Speaker 2: Practice today, I believe so, Yes, I think so.
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  Speaker 1: Some of the miss miscommunications that have popped up over
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  Speaker 1: the past couple of weeks, do you do anything different
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  Speaker 1: in the practice this week to try.
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  Speaker 2: And I guess make sure those don't show up on
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  Speaker 2: the game for you. I mean, you know, I challenge
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  Speaker 2: the coaching staff, you know, really to.
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  Speaker 1: Listen in practice, right, listen to the to the communication,
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  Speaker 1: make sure that the guys are communicating and and that
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  Speaker 1: you know, it carries from today tomorrow. Obviously it carries
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  Speaker 1: through the game. But you know, we just keep we
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  Speaker 1: keep communicating with our players to communicate during the game,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and and uh, we know that that's a
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  Speaker 1: big that's been a big reason why you know, we've
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  Speaker 1: had some breakdowns, you know in our game last couple
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  Speaker 1: of weeks.
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  Speaker 4: We're about Campbell this week.
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  Speaker 2: He's again day to day. We'll see, you know, we'll
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  Speaker 2: see how he progresses.
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  Speaker 1: Really, yeah, let's go the same just those are tough injuries,
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  Speaker 1: you know, so we'll see, we'll see how he is
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  Speaker 1: too after after today.
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  Speaker 4: Rick Trevo prictice today.
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  Speaker 2: Should be yes, should be shouldn't have to limit him.
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  Speaker 1: Today, Trey Herndon is uh trending good.
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  Speaker 2: He'll be out there Orange Jersey.
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  Speaker 1: Still part of the still in the protocol hasn't been cleared,
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  Speaker 1: but part of the process is to get him in practice.
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  Speaker 2: And today we can get him. We can get him going.
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  Speaker 4: Have you been surprised by the lack of focus over
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  Speaker 4: the last couple of weeks by the defense and you know,
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  Speaker 4: it's fourteen weeks and just it seemed like they were
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  Speaker 4: focused though first you know, ten games.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean.
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  Speaker 1: It's interesting because you know, lack of focus.
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  Speaker 2: I just think sometimes it's it kind of I know,
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  Speaker 2: one thing.
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  Speaker 1: At this at this level, this this game, where we are,
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  Speaker 1: this late, we've played a lot of football obviously, and
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  Speaker 1: you know, those things just just can't they can't happen, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: And it really just does does come down to those
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  Speaker 1: guys just talking right and just having conversation on.
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  Speaker 2: The field and.
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  Speaker 1: Just staying locked into the game plan right and just
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  Speaker 1: one play at a time mentality, and they don't have
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  Speaker 1: to do anything other than that.
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  Speaker 2: Just just trust that.
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  Speaker 1: You know, and trust their instincts and how they've been
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  Speaker 1: coached this week to execute that game plan and they'll
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  Speaker 1: be fine, hopeful.
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  Speaker 4: Argue that this being the second game that Zay Jones
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  Speaker 4: and Calvin Ridley are without Christian, the things will be
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  Speaker 4: better this week and that you the little details that
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  Speaker 4: end up being big in the end will we'll be
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  Speaker 4: diminished this week.
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  Speaker 1: That's gonna be a point of emphasis offensively, you know,
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  Speaker 1: is the route detail and that that discipline aspect of it.
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  Speaker 2: I tell the guys all the time, you know, don't
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  Speaker 2: you don't have to go chasing plays.
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  Speaker 1: Just just do your job and let the let the
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  Speaker 1: play or the ball come to you and then make
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  Speaker 1: make the play when it comes. So, you know, much
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  Speaker 1: like the issues on defense, it just comes down to that.
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  Speaker 1: It just just do your job. You know, let the play,
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  Speaker 1: let the coaches coach, let the players play. Have great
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  Speaker 1: dialogue throughout the week, you know, work through these issues
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  Speaker 1: now during practice so that they don't show up and
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  Speaker 1: repeatedly don't show up in games. But that'll be a
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  Speaker 1: that'll be a focus this week for us offensively, is
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  Speaker 1: is that that attention to detail in the passing game.
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  Speaker 4: How frustrating is it? And you when you turn on
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  Speaker 4: the tape and watch the two plays, specifically the interception
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  Speaker 4: were Calvin doesn't turn around. And then again at the
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  Speaker 4: goal line where Trevor's expecting him to go in and
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  Speaker 4: he goes out and of course the ball almost gets
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  Speaker 4: almost gets picked up. How frustrating you to see that
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  Speaker 4: and it's December, not you know, week one or week two.
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  Speaker 2: Well, yeah, I mean.
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  Speaker 1: Those are again, those are those are plays that they
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  Speaker 1: you know, they were huge plays in the game. You know,
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  Speaker 1: it took one one of them, you know, took play,
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  Speaker 1: It took points off the board. Obviously. The other one
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  Speaker 1: was a big, big point of the game. You know,
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  Speaker 1: from a blitz standpoint, we saw it, we protected it,
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  Speaker 1: got to the right play, and we failed to execute. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: so you know, those are the things. Those are the
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  Speaker 1: things that that we have to continue to iron out
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  Speaker 1: during the week. Right there's a lot of things nowadays too,
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  Speaker 1: or or this late in the season where you know,
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  Speaker 1: we might we might talk about him in and sometimes
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  Speaker 1: you don't get that live rep during the week because
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  Speaker 1: there's just not enough practice reps right now to go
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  Speaker 1: around because you're trying to keep guys healthy and fresh
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  Speaker 1: for for game day. And so we'll have conversation and
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  Speaker 1: dialogue and a meeting, but as coaches and players. We
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  Speaker 1: expect those things to happen during the game, right, even
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  Speaker 1: though you don't get that rep during the week of practice.
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  Speaker 1: But we've covered it, right, So those are the things
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  Speaker 1: that I think have kind of kept us back just
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  Speaker 1: a little bit, you know, and and and those are
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  Speaker 1: the things that we've got to continue to, you know,
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  Speaker 1: to work towards. And it's all it's all it's all
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  Speaker 1: internal stuff. It's all us, right, It's it's what it's
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  Speaker 1: what we see, it's it's how we execute, how we play,
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  Speaker 1: and we got to make sure we do a better
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  Speaker 1: job of that.
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  Speaker 4: One of the problems when you have a young team.
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  Speaker 2: It is but we're not young, really, I don't.
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  Speaker 1: I don't. Everybody's played, rookies are no longer rookies is
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  Speaker 1: Week fifteen.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I can't.
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  Speaker 1: I can't hide behind that anymore. You know, I can't
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  Speaker 1: use that as an excuse anymore. You know, every teams
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  Speaker 1: in Week fifteen, there's no more buys. Every rookie is played.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's it's it's.
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  Speaker 1: It's uh, it's just everybody has to has to focus
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  Speaker 1: that much greater right this time of year, and and
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  Speaker 1: be on the same page.
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  Speaker 5: Argue that you've talked about guys need to be doing
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  Speaker 5: extra and studying.
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  Speaker 2: On their own and you know, doing whatever extra things
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  Speaker 2: they need to do.
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  Speaker 4: Are you pleased with the with the amount the guys
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  Speaker 4: are doing that now? Is that tailed off or not? Well?
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  Speaker 2: I don't.
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  Speaker 1: I don't follow everybody home in the afternoons, you know, right, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: yeah you can. You can listen and hear and see
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  Speaker 1: what guys are doing, and see what guys are doing
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  Speaker 1: in the building, you know, and and when they're here
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  Speaker 1: obviously their their attention to detail and all that. Listen,
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  Speaker 1: there's there's life outside of this building too, and and
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  Speaker 1: families and all kinds of things that are going on.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, but at the same time, this is
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  Speaker 1: obviously our jobs right and and our responsibility no different
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  Speaker 1: than you're doing your job right. And I'm sure you
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  Speaker 1: take your work home and you study and read and prepare,
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  Speaker 1: and all that's all I ask them to do is
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  Speaker 1: just spend thirty minutes, spend forty five minutes just just.
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  Speaker 2: Watching a little extra film.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, you can you can tell the guys
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  Speaker 1: that do it right and and and then I just
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  Speaker 1: I just ask them just to collectively too you know,
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  Speaker 1: just spend extra thirty minutes just just watching watching.
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  Speaker 2: A little more film on their opponent.
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  Speaker 1: You know, again, it's more about getting mental reps this
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  Speaker 1: this late in the season than it is the physical
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  Speaker 1: reps and and keeping bodies and minds as fresh as possible.
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  Speaker 1: Where's your confidence level and the ability to correct these
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  Speaker 1: mistakes that late in the years.
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  Speaker 2: The confidence level is fine.
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  Speaker 1: I you know, I trust the coaching staff, Like I said,
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  Speaker 1: it starts there, and and I trust the coaches to
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  Speaker 1: make sure that they're you know, making sure our guys
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  Speaker 1: are prepared, turning over every stone, you know. Uh and
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  Speaker 1: and you know, taking it from the practice field into
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  Speaker 1: the post practice meetings, you know, and then picking up
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  Speaker 1: the next day, you know, kind of where they left off.
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  Speaker 1: So confidence is still is still high. I mean, you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's our job. Our jobs are to make sure that
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  Speaker 1: they're they're prepared mentally, and uh, my job is also
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  Speaker 1: to make.
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  Speaker 2: Sure they're they're ready to go physically, you know as well.
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  Speaker 1: So a little bit of a trade off, but a
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  Speaker 1: lot of confidence in the staff and the players.
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  Speaker 2: To get it done.
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  Speaker 5: Those lines talk about, you know, mentally, do you like
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  Speaker 5: where your team is in terms of mental toughness, you know,
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  Speaker 5: riding a sees now wins losses is you see the
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  Speaker 5: Titan scale would win in Miami, the Bear is be Detroit.
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  Speaker 4: It's crazy.
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  Speaker 5: So, I mean, do you like where your team is
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  Speaker 5: from a mental standpoint approaching a big prime time game.
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  Speaker 1: I do a lot of confidence downstairs, I meaning, the
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  Speaker 1: guys are excited for this week. So it's a you know,
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  Speaker 1: two good football teams coming together to top four right
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  Speaker 1: now in the AFC, you know, playing and obviously.
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  Speaker 2: It's great for the NFL, great.
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  Speaker 1: For great for fans, and and you know, these are
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  Speaker 1: the games. Again, it goes back to what I expect
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  Speaker 1: our players to get used to, right playing in moments
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  Speaker 1: like this and games like this. Baltimore obviously has. But
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  Speaker 1: the confidence is high, you know, and the confidence is great.
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  Speaker 1: I mean again, it just it just we have to
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  Speaker 1: turn it internally and just focus on us and make
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  Speaker 1: sure we are doing everything that we can in our
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  Speaker 1: power to be to be prepared for these games. But
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  Speaker 1: the confidence is uh, the confidence is there.
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  Speaker 3: So what see the sense with the struggles in the
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  Speaker 3: interior of the offensive line when it comes to running
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  Speaker 3: the football, and you've been able to identify why it
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  Speaker 3: has been a struggle at times running between the times.
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  Speaker 1: Well, one we're playing you know, we're playing some good
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  Speaker 1: defensive lines. I mean this season, there hasn't been a
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  Speaker 1: shortage of you know, defensive front I mean, it's every
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  Speaker 1: week is another challenge.
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  Speaker 2: We got another one again this week. And and you.
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  Speaker 1: Know it's a matter of just the extra strain, the
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  Speaker 1: extra the extra effort, you know, again, those five guys
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  Speaker 1: having great communication.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we've talked a little bit about the.
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  Speaker 1: Distraction on the left side of our line, you know,
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  Speaker 1: with the injuries there, and you know, these guys, these
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  Speaker 1: guys work extremely hard at it. We can do better
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  Speaker 1: obviously there. We can help them to game plan, you know,
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  Speaker 1: whise we can.
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  Speaker 2: We can make.
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  Speaker 1: Sure we're running our best play, our best concepts you
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  Speaker 1: know that have been successful for us, and putting our
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  Speaker 1: players in, especially the offensive line, in those positions to
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  Speaker 1: be successful. And then and then coaching the backs too, right,
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  Speaker 1: we got to make sure we're coaching them, we're detailing
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  Speaker 1: those guys they're hitting the right hole or the gap,
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  Speaker 1: seeing the right things also, you know, plays into that.
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  Speaker 2: So it's a little bit of everything, you know, But
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  Speaker 2: I think getting back to what we do well will
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  Speaker 2: help us do that.
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  Speaker 6: You guys had your red zone struggles early in the year,
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  Speaker 6: but you've gotten a lot better lately. In fact, I
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  Speaker 6: think perfect the last two weeks, maybe bright spots, any
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  Speaker 6: any thing you put your finger on in terms of
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  Speaker 6: why you guys have gotten so much better scoring touchdowns
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  Speaker 6: in the red zone.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you know, the execution has gotten better, you
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  Speaker 1: know when you have we're four for four. I think
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  Speaker 1: this past Sunday, you know, eating opportunities down there has
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  Speaker 1: been has been good for us. But you know, you
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  Speaker 1: get that's the thing about the course of a season.
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  Speaker 1: You know you're not going to start out great and
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  Speaker 1: you're just going to keep building in certain areas are
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  Speaker 1: going to get better. I think some of our third
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  Speaker 1: downs have gotten better, you know, even the last few weeks,
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  Speaker 1: and and it's just a matter of those all those
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  Speaker 1: things beginning to come together at the right time.
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  Speaker 2: We just have to put more of them together. Right.
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  Speaker 1: Run game is one of them, obviously, we know, getting
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  Speaker 1: after the passers and all that stuff needs to come
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  Speaker 1: together now, you know, with this last month, thanks