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Press Pass | Trevor Lawrence on Readiness for Week 1 vs. Miami Dolphins · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: All right you guys.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yes, hard to follow that you're voted to captain
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  Speaker 2: fourth time in your career.
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  Speaker 1: Just does it ever get an old team to you know,
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  Speaker 1: have that respect and acknowledgement from your teammates. No, I
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  Speaker 1: mean I think it's obviously being a captain is important.
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  Speaker 1: You know. I take a lot of pride in that,
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  Speaker 1: all of our guys do. I think it says a
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  Speaker 1: lot about you know, how your teammates think of you.
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  Speaker 1: So of course I'm very appreciative and don't take it lightly.
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  Speaker 1: So every year that I get an opportunity to because
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  Speaker 1: your team changes every year, so you know, you have
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  Speaker 1: you build new relationships, You got to lead every day
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  Speaker 1: every season. You know, it changes a little bit the dynamics.
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  Speaker 1: So for me, obviously it's a big honor, and I
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  Speaker 1: know the other guys feel the same way.
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  Speaker 2: For have a different place in time. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty one beating the Dolphins, can you recall your
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  Speaker 2: feelings getting your first NFL victory?
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  Speaker 1: That was awesome. I had to go overseas to do it,
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  Speaker 1: but yeah, that was Obviously we started starting in finished
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  Speaker 1: prety rough that year, but we started out zero to five,
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  Speaker 1: so to get that win in London against this team.
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  Speaker 1: Came down to the end. You know, Matt made that kick,
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  Speaker 1: remember all that. So that was a that was a
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  Speaker 1: fun game.
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  Speaker 2: Dolphins and the new defense.
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  Speaker 1: So how challenging is it what you.
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  Speaker 2: Look at I guess this week Dolphins.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's challenging. You know when you're early games in
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  Speaker 1: the season are always a little tough, but especially when
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  Speaker 1: it's a new defensive coordinator. So you try to you know,
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  Speaker 1: piece it all together, some preseason stuff, some Baltimore stuff,
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  Speaker 1: all those things. You got to kind of try to,
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  Speaker 1: you know, take your educated guesses on you know what
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  Speaker 1: you're gonna see, and you got to prepare kind of
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  Speaker 1: for everything. And obviously it'll be a big game where
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  Speaker 1: you adjust as you go and you kind of see
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  Speaker 1: what they're doing. And obviously everyone has a game plan.
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  Speaker 1: So once we go in and we figure out what
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  Speaker 1: theirs is, it's on us to make the adjustments and
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  Speaker 1: you know, try to execute what we think is the
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  Speaker 1: best plays versus whatever they're doing. So the process, like
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  Speaker 1: in terms of you and Doug and Press kind of
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  Speaker 1: doing that opening script of what's that process like and
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  Speaker 1: how much infut do you get to have in a
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  Speaker 1: you know, those especially, I mean Press puts a lot
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  Speaker 1: of time into like all that stuff and all the
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  Speaker 1: tape and the breakdowns and all that, and obviously I
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  Speaker 1: do my own studies and stuff I like to do
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  Speaker 1: every week, but he already has a pretty good idea
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  Speaker 1: typically of what he wants to do. Towards the end
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  Speaker 1: of the week, he's putting it together and we're kind
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  Speaker 1: of piecing everything, you know, Dug and Press, we're all
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  Speaker 1: talking about it, and myself usually i'll talk with them,
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  Speaker 1: I'd say probably Thursday, Friday we start to kind of
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  Speaker 1: talk about the openers, and then by you know, Friday, Saturday,
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  Speaker 1: we definitely have them in place. So there's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of different things that we do. You know, it just
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  Speaker 1: depends on the week. Obviously, it changes every week, but
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  Speaker 1: you have a with every play, there's a purpose and
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  Speaker 1: you're you're you're trying to, you know, see how the
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  Speaker 1: game unfolds and how they respond and all those things.
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  Speaker 1: It's kind of a it's definitely like a chess game,
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  Speaker 1: so there's a lot that goes into it that you know,
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  Speaker 1: I don't do all the prep work on that, but
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  Speaker 1: obviously I feel or I have to say on if
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  Speaker 1: I'm not comfortable with something, or if I want to
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  Speaker 1: add something, or you know, he asked me if he's
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  Speaker 1: decided between a few things. So, yeah, we talked about
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  Speaker 1: all that. What do you think about.
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  Speaker 2: Having Press on the sideline this year.
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  Speaker 1: I think it'll be good, you know, I said early on.
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  Speaker 1: Besides just being able to communicate faster, I don't really
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  Speaker 1: know how much will change. I think it'll be good,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, he'll be able to feel the game.
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  Speaker 1: It's just different being in the box. I'm sure I
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  Speaker 1: haven't been up there, but you're separated from the players
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  Speaker 1: in the game on field, and it feels a little
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  Speaker 1: bit different being out there, so it could bring a
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  Speaker 1: new element. I think it'll be good to be able
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  Speaker 1: to run over there and talk to him face to
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  Speaker 1: face instead of, you know, through a headset or through
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  Speaker 1: a coach that has a headset on, because you know,
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  Speaker 1: I'm not keeping my helmet onto and when I'm on
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  Speaker 1: the sideline, so that communication I think will be even sharper.
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  Speaker 1: But besides that, you know, I don't think it'll change
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  Speaker 1: too much, but I think it'll be good for us.
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  Speaker 1: If anything, that Brian and some of the other rookies
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  Speaker 1: are playing a first wheel NFL game, maybe remembering how
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  Speaker 1: you felt for your first one. Yeah, just to settle
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  Speaker 1: in and remember it's the same game you've played since
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  Speaker 1: you were a kid. Obviously, it's you're playing against the
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  Speaker 1: best of the best, and you're in the NFL now
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  Speaker 1: and it's you know, all the bells and whistles, but
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  Speaker 1: it's the same game. And you know, we play it
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  Speaker 1: because we love it and it is a game, And
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  Speaker 1: just to remember that, keep it into perspective. You're prepared.
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  Speaker 1: We put all the work in. At that point on Sunday,
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  Speaker 1: you know, you've put all the work in during practice,
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  Speaker 1: throughout the week, preparing, watching tape. So at that point
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  Speaker 1: that's the fun part. You get to go play, and
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  Speaker 1: not every play is going to be perfect, but you
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  Speaker 1: just got to live for the next place. So that's
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  Speaker 1: something that is important to just remind yourself, and I'll
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  Speaker 1: definitely remind the guys before we go out there, is Hey,
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  Speaker 1: we got each other's back. Just go out there, play,
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  Speaker 1: you know what to do, Play free, don't think, and
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  Speaker 1: just let it rip. I think that's the biggest thing.
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  Speaker 2: He certainly has potential to be an offensive shootout and
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  Speaker 2: usually in games like that, sometimes your best defense is
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  Speaker 2: your offense staying on the field, just warnering. How much
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  Speaker 2: better you feel about this team being able to do
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  Speaker 2: that with where Travis and Tank are as a running game,
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  Speaker 2: and of course the offensive line as well.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, obviously you're always I got we got
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  Speaker 1: a lot of confidence in our defense, so you're you're
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  Speaker 1: always hoping it's not that, and I got a lot
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  Speaker 1: of faith and belief in them. But you know, reality is,
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  Speaker 1: you play against a lot of good teams every week.
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  Speaker 1: You know you're playing against great players, so that's always
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  Speaker 1: a possibility. But I got a lot of faith in
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  Speaker 1: our defense and not concerned about it. But to your point,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we there are times where we're gonna have
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  Speaker 1: to pick up the load and carry the defense a
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  Speaker 1: little bit, and vice versa. You know, they're gonna have
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  Speaker 1: to to some games carry us and we're not get
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  Speaker 1: anything going. We're a little bit, you know, stalling out drives.
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  Speaker 1: They gotta come up with some big stops and vice versa.
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  Speaker 1: Another offense gets rolling a little bit. We gotta be
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  Speaker 1: able to answer. We gotta be able to hold the ball,
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  Speaker 1: have some long drives finished drives with touchdowns in the
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  Speaker 1: red zone instead of field goals. You know, all those
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  Speaker 1: things are important and it just depends on what the
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  Speaker 1: game is. That's why it's a team sport. You know,
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  Speaker 1: you never know how it's gonna unfold each week, but
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  Speaker 1: you got to be prepared to do whatever you need
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  Speaker 1: to do to win. I think having Travis and Tank
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  Speaker 1: both playing great ball in de earnest, I mean, we've
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  Speaker 1: got three great backs that are that have played really
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  Speaker 1: well in camp, and you know, I really out into
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  Speaker 1: the system and you know, I feel great about so
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  Speaker 1: having those guys the run game and obviously all the
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  Speaker 1: weapons just everywhere we have upfront, passing game, all that
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  Speaker 1: is going to help us too. So yeah, nerves are
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  Speaker 1: excitement after the way last seed season ended, to get
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  Speaker 1: back out there, get gone excited. Yeah, really excited. You know.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure I always get a little like game day nervous,
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  Speaker 1: stomachs tight, it's like harder to eat in the morning,
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  Speaker 1: stuff like that. But once you kick it off, you know,
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  Speaker 1: you settle in really quick. So I wouldn't say there's
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  Speaker 1: anything added to it except for just excitement. You know,
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  Speaker 1: I think as you as you play longer it's going
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  Speaker 1: to my fourth year. You get really excited when you
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  Speaker 1: get to actually game plan and prepare for an opponent
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  Speaker 1: because you go through training camp, and obviously training camp
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  Speaker 1: is very necessary and really important, but towards the end
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  Speaker 1: of training camp, you're like, all right, let's just get
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  Speaker 1: to week one and let's play somebody, and let's game
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  Speaker 1: plan and do all that because you're running your same
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  Speaker 1: stuff throughout training camp for four weeks and you get
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  Speaker 1: to the point where you're just like, all right, I
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  Speaker 1: want to have a game plan and know what we're attacking.
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  Speaker 1: And you know that part of the game I think
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  Speaker 1: is fun. And our coaching staff, I know, feels the
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  Speaker 1: same way. It's like, that's why you play, is to
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  Speaker 1: you know, plan for certain opponents and you get to
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  Speaker 1: go do it on Sundays. You know, that's what's that's
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  Speaker 1: what's really fun.
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  Speaker 2: Any added comfort knowing that Christian Kirk is gonna be
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  Speaker 2: back out there.
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  Speaker 1: For you definitely, definitely. Obviously he's an important part of
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  Speaker 1: you know, our offense, our team. What he brings to
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  Speaker 1: the table. I think we all saw how important he
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  Speaker 1: was last year when we were missing him. Just the
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  Speaker 1: things that he's able to do really in every every
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  Speaker 1: aspect of the of the game. You know, he's he
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  Speaker 1: contributes and he's a playmaker, so very dependable and it's
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  Speaker 1: gonna be great to have him back out there.
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  Speaker 2: How much more a couple are you?
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  Speaker 1: Four years has happened in speaking to the team and
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  Speaker 1: the kind of rallying the guys pre game like that. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I've said this before. I think everyone's leadership is a
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  Speaker 1: little bit different. You know. For me, I'm not the
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  Speaker 1: big ra ras speech guy. It's just not that's just
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  Speaker 1: not my thing. And we have guys that do that
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  Speaker 1: and are good at good at it and it comes natural.
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  Speaker 1: I think for me, it's having those conversations with with
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  Speaker 1: our group, whether it's the skill guys, the offense whatever,
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  Speaker 1: throughout the week, also on game day and just reinstilling
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  Speaker 1: the confidence. And I like to on game day. I don't.
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  Speaker 1: I don't like to change my personality because I think
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  Speaker 1: it kind of gets you out of sorts a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm a little a little quiet, you know. I
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  Speaker 1: want to make sure that my mind is at peace,
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  Speaker 1: I'm settled in and I can do my job as
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  Speaker 1: the best of my ability. And of course there's like
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  Speaker 1: little things I'll talk to guys about, whether it's Christian
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  Speaker 1: or Evan or you know, gaving BT obviously new this year,
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  Speaker 1: but everyone's and you feel out everyone's game day process.
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  Speaker 1: Some guys don't like to be talked to at all.
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  Speaker 1: Some guys you know, are loose and just hang out
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  Speaker 1: and you wouldn't wouldn't necessary know it's a game. They
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  Speaker 1: just want to feel comfortable and loose going out there.
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  Speaker 1: So everyone's different. But you know, I think I definitely
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  Speaker 1: feel comfortable speaking up when needed. I feel like the
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  Speaker 1: team needs to hear something, whether it's half time before
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  Speaker 1: the game. There's definitely times where that happens.
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  Speaker 2: Most likely kind of uh.
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  Speaker 1: Cam does a great job. Foyer for sure, he's always
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  Speaker 1: uh getting the defense up in the locker room. Foyd
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  Speaker 1: does a good job. Trying to think who else would be?
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  Speaker 1: Those are the probably the two main guys, one on
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  Speaker 1: each side. Typically, like you see the dynamic, like you
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  Speaker 1: can't have more than that. Like one guy goes and
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  Speaker 1: then it's like the next guy's turn, he goes again,
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  Speaker 1: so it's like it gets a little repetitive, and that's
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  Speaker 1: like you can't stand. Sometimes you have like twenty five
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  Speaker 1: breakdowns on game day, I'm like, all right, guys, we
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  Speaker 1: get it, like we're playing and we've done a good job.
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  Speaker 1: We've kind of limited it a little bit. But then
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  Speaker 1: it's like, all right, now it's your turn to say something.
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  Speaker 1: You know. So our group does a good job of
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  Speaker 1: handling that, and we kind of know who's who feeds
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  Speaker 1: off that too, because there's guys that they like to
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  Speaker 1: be in front of the team and they want that
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  Speaker 1: and it gives them some juice. So you know, like
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  Speaker 1: I said, Camafoya are really really good at that, and
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  Speaker 1: they bring they bring some juice for sure.
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  Speaker 2: Like what's it been like getting the dovation for as
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  Speaker 2: a player, and how are there things that you've learned
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  Speaker 2: from his experience and what's that communications process been?
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  Speaker 1: Like? Communications? Great, really smart player. Obviously he's played a
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  Speaker 1: lot of ball. You know. The thing is when you're
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  Speaker 1: playing with a veteran guy at that up front that's
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  Speaker 1: seen a lot and he's ran every different run scheme
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  Speaker 1: and protection stuff. He's seen every look and he's very
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  Speaker 1: clear and decisive on what he likes, what he doesn't like,
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  Speaker 1: his opinion on different things. You know, I think he
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  Speaker 1: does a really good job of voicing that we've communicated,
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  Speaker 1: and obviously this is our first opportunity to actually prepare,
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  Speaker 1: prepare and plan for an opponent, so that'll be a
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  Speaker 1: different element of all week. You're looking at different things
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  Speaker 1: and you know the defense and the looks you're gonna get. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: I said this week, it's a little bit tough because
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  Speaker 1: it is a new defensive coordinator. But it'll be interesting.
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  Speaker 1: It'll be fun to work through all that with him
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  Speaker 1: and just all the there's so much communication that goes
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  Speaker 1: on throughout a game and the adjustment you have to
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  Speaker 1: make in game too, so it'll be it'll be good
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  Speaker 1: to see how this goes this first week. But I
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  Speaker 1: got a lot of confidence and you know, we've communicated
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  Speaker 1: great so far, so I have no concerns. It's a
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  Speaker 1: long season, but just how important is this first step?
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  Speaker 1: Very important? I mean every week is I mean, every
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  Speaker 1: week is crucial. We just never know down the line.
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  Speaker 1: You know it's early, it's week one and you think
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  Speaker 1: he got seventeen games, but at the end of the season,
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  Speaker 1: you never want to be in a position think of
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  Speaker 1: last year for example, where you look back and yeah,
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  Speaker 1: of course we finished the season bad, but you also
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  Speaker 1: look back to the beginning and you're like, man, we
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  Speaker 1: let some games slip early that would have gave us
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  Speaker 1: even more room at the end of the season. So
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  Speaker 1: it's really important. You know. Obviously this is an AFC
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  Speaker 1: team too, so that's important. But every game is crucial
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  Speaker 1: and you put everything into it and you just try
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  Speaker 1: to go one to know each week, and you got
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  Speaker 1: to keep that tunnel vision for seventeen weeks straight. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: that's that's.
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  Speaker 2: What it is.
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  Speaker 1: So we got to start with just one though this
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  Speaker 1: week awesome. Thank you all. I appreciate it.