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Press Pass | Jaguars Players on Playoff Implications, Prep for Colts · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: How big is this game?
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  Speaker 2: I mean Indianapolis both team Jocelyn for that first spot.
• 0:05
  Speaker 2: Technically both got a one in the AFC South next
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  Speaker 2: to your name right now. How big is this one?
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  Speaker 3: Uh?
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  Speaker 4: Definitely huge playoff implication game. You know, we're we're excited
• 0:15
  Speaker 4: about this matchup. Uh, you know, we know what they
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  Speaker 4: do well. Hell, I've been seeing the same offense for
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  Speaker 4: seven years now, same offensive line for about five years
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  Speaker 4: now since Raymond's been there. You know, tight ends changed.
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  Speaker 4: They got well, they got uh Alie Cox, but then
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  Speaker 4: they got the rookie who's been playing really well for them,
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  Speaker 4: who's uh, who's definitely a Mitch mac problem uh for defenses.
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  Speaker 4: So we're gonna have to keep a eye out on him.
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  Speaker 4: But again, it starts with Jonathan Taylor, and you know
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  Speaker 4: we gotta get him down, do our best and.
• 0:46
  Speaker 1: Play some good football.
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  Speaker 2: Fans make an impact on these kind of games. I mean,
• 0:50
  Speaker 2: heck yeah, how much does home build advantage and that
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  Speaker 2: kind of thing matter?
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  Speaker 4: I mean I think, I mean, if we're being real, like,
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  Speaker 4: if we're trying to I want everybody to be out there.
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  Speaker 4: I want everybody to cheer and support and enjoy this
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  Speaker 4: moment with us, uh, whilst we go out there and
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  Speaker 4: have war. But at the end of the day, man,
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  Speaker 4: you know, it is what it is. But if we
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  Speaker 4: can have the fans behind us, that that only encourages
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  Speaker 4: us more. But we need the real deal fans that's
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  Speaker 4: gonna be out there and that's gonna stand on their feet,
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  Speaker 4: that's gonna cheer first, second, third down and celebrate the
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  Speaker 4: good and don't you know, scream at us when we
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  Speaker 4: do something bad happens, you know what I mean, Like
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  Speaker 4: it's a part of the game and we need that
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  Speaker 4: type of energy we need and we just we can
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  Speaker 4: have that, we'll be good.
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  Speaker 1: You guys are number one against the run. What's going
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  Speaker 1: into your success against the run this season?
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  Speaker 4: Guys staying square, Guys not turning their shoulders, Guys being
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  Speaker 4: where are supposed to be. And you know we're all
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  Speaker 4: rallying to the ball cause we all wanna be physical.
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  Speaker 4: We wanna make sure that the guy gets down. In
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  Speaker 4: order us to do that, then we all gotta run
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  Speaker 4: to the ball.
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  Speaker 5: You've been here longer than most people have meaningful games
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  Speaker 5: and just one year, what what does it mean to you?
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  Speaker 4: Just after all those second I mean, I'm gonna get
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  Speaker 4: used to this feeling. You know, I've had a similar
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  Speaker 4: feeling a couple of years ago with Doug.
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  Speaker 1: Well too.
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  Speaker 4: You know, I had you know, when we have when
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  Speaker 4: we won about eight straight or something with our omnie
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  Speaker 4: I don't going straight, but then we lost that many straight.
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  Speaker 4: So it's just like I've had both feelings of it.
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  Speaker 4: And where we're at right now, man, We're focused on
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  Speaker 4: you know, this week, excited about the matchup. I know,
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  Speaker 4: I am. It's gonna be a huge game for us
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  Speaker 4: on the edges. I think they're gonna try to test
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  Speaker 4: us out hopefully and uh.
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  Speaker 1: Be physical.
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  Speaker 2: You kind of mentioned that twenty three season. Did you
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  Speaker 2: learn anything from that one? I mean, you guys are
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  Speaker 2: kind of accelerating this time of year, and that year
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  Speaker 2: you guys were kind of slowing down.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean that's that's how much focus can we
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  Speaker 4: have during the week, and you know, how well can
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  Speaker 4: we come in Obviously coaches take care of us.
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  Speaker 1: We're not out here practicing.
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  Speaker 4: We're Hats and Jersey East, So how well how detailed
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  Speaker 4: can we be today and then tomorrow come in with
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  Speaker 4: pads and move around, flying around and do what we
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  Speaker 4: do best and uh, you know, keep carrying that on
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  Speaker 4: to the of the week. I think if we prepare
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  Speaker 4: to keep preparing the same way, we're gonna keep executing
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  Speaker 4: on the high level and keep playing on the high
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  Speaker 4: clip too.
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  Speaker 2: You got a handful of rooks in this locker room.
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  Speaker 2: The college football season is wrapping up. Do you talk
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  Speaker 2: about the I mean with them about how many games
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  Speaker 2: you guys still have left and taking care of their bodies.
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  Speaker 4: They're professionals, now, you gotta Hey, you know it's I mean,
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  Speaker 4: I don't know what they don't. Hell, I think they
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  Speaker 4: already know. I think we have a really mature group
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  Speaker 4: of rookies. I will honestly say that I kind of
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  Speaker 4: understand what's going on without you telling them, like, hey,
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  Speaker 4: you play the game.
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  Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. It's like me understand.
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  Speaker 4: But they do a heck of a job in ten
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  Speaker 4: care of their bodies and being in the playbook and
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  Speaker 4: make sure that they're ready to play you Sunday.
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  Speaker 1: Do you feel like they're playing a little bit lighter?
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  Speaker 4: Huh, Like they're playing a little bit what you're playing
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  Speaker 4: a little bit?
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  Speaker 1: You have the record monkey back? Yeahs much pressure on you?
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  Speaker 4: No, I feel like, you know the scheme has been
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  Speaker 4: a lot different these last couple of weeks that allowed
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  Speaker 4: me to play a little bit more freer. And you know,
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  Speaker 4: I've been obviously I'm you know, I don't like to
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  Speaker 4: talk about myself, but I've been top five impressures the
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  Speaker 4: whole year, you know what I mean. So it's not
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  Speaker 4: like I'm just now started to you know, get back there.
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  Speaker 4: I've been getting back there. It's just, you know, the
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  Speaker 4: scheme has been a little bit different. We've been doing
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  Speaker 4: a lot of more simple things that allowing me to
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  Speaker 4: play a lot faster. And uh so it's just work
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  Speaker 4: hand in hand, and I think that's kind of what's
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  Speaker 4: been helping me out.
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  Speaker 2: You've been flipping back and forth between the sides of
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  Speaker 2: you likes being able to switch up a little bit
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  Speaker 2: throughout the game.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I like to be able to you know, keep
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  Speaker 4: you know, keep them on the ques because at the
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  Speaker 4: end of the day, man, you know, I want to
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  Speaker 4: you know, be the best.
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  Speaker 1: That I can be.
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  Speaker 4: And obviously I like focusing on more people too, Like
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  Speaker 4: I'm not just focusing on one guy now. I know,
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  Speaker 4: I got to watch tape for both guys because you know,
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  Speaker 4: I can do it. And if you line up. If
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  Speaker 4: I get the line up on you, then get to
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  Speaker 4: bless you in a good way.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Aggressive is what Danny Strigo is doing right now.
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  Speaker 4: Man, he's doing He's playing again. Man, he's you know
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  Speaker 4: him and DJ both. I know we're talking about Danny,
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  Speaker 4: but him and beat there both. Man, they've been huge
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  Speaker 4: sparks for us. They've done something. You know, Danny. We
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  Speaker 4: look at the way Danny plays a run like you know,
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  Speaker 4: you act like he's been in the league for a
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  Speaker 4: couple of years now. He not obviously knows the scheme,
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  Speaker 4: so he's really comfortable in it. And you know with
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  Speaker 4: the knee thing and him being with the brace like
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  Speaker 4: it hasn't slowed him down one bit. And Uh with
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  Speaker 4: BJ Man, you know, he creates a spark every time
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  Speaker 4: he's on the field that that's a big hit, personal
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  Speaker 4: foul or a Forrest Hoemo special team. So, uh, those
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  Speaker 4: guys are those guys been playing really huge for us.
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  Speaker 4: And that's what I'm saying. They're a mature group of
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  Speaker 4: guys that you know, I'm glad that I get to
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  Speaker 4: be their vet and uh keep showing them the right way.
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  Speaker 2: What do you think of the match up with Jonathan Taylor,
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  Speaker 2: and how do you guys go.
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  Speaker 6: About shopping him.
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  Speaker 4: We're excited about it, you know, we're again you know,
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  Speaker 4: I don't wanna say like, yeah, we we are, you know,
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  Speaker 4: good at stopping a run with number one in the defense,
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  Speaker 4: we're number one r uh rush defense obviously. But at
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  Speaker 4: the end of the day, man, we just try to
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  Speaker 4: do what we do best, and that's that's you know,
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  Speaker 4: staying square, physical up front and everybody getting too the ball.
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  Speaker 4: I think if we continue to have that mindset, you know,
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  Speaker 4: and we gotta tackle this dude. This dude, he's I
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  Speaker 4: think up for the MVP race and we obviously on
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  Speaker 4: the note, we obviously understand that too. So we're excited
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  Speaker 4: about him. A lot of respect for him. Uh, But
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  Speaker 4: at the end of the day, it's all about us.
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  Speaker 4: We're excited for that game.
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  Speaker 1: But you know the stakes in this game clearly, but
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  Speaker 1: it's another game. How do you balance the battle for
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  Speaker 1: first place with five weeks left in the.
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  Speaker 3: Season, understanding that just you gotta win games in November
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  Speaker 3: if if you want to make it to the Big Dance. Obviously,
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  Speaker 3: this is the next one on our schedule. I think
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  Speaker 3: all of them are important so I think it's more
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  Speaker 3: of the outside media making it the hoop liar around
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  Speaker 3: the game. Every game is important going down the stretch
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  Speaker 3: in this race. Obviously individual games, so it's worth two.
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  Speaker 3: It is the one that's tied with to the division,
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  Speaker 3: but we gotta win all the way through the year.
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  Speaker 3: It's a tight race. Three teams in the tight race
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  Speaker 3: right now. So just thinking about just playing one game
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  Speaker 3: at a time and then taking care of what you
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  Speaker 3: should take care of, and then everything kind of fixed yourself.
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  Speaker 3: It's help out from there.
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  Speaker 1: Number one rush defense against the number one rusher. Why
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  Speaker 1: are you guys so good against the run this season?
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  Speaker 3: Just making sure we're playing team ball. Everybody stays in
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  Speaker 3: their gaps, wins there one on one and then when
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  Speaker 3: the ball does hit a gap, gap and a half,
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  Speaker 3: but trusting a fit, everybody being able to trust the
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  Speaker 3: scheme of the defense. Really, i'd say corners coming up
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  Speaker 3: and tackling when they do try to bounce it out.
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  Speaker 3: It's really everybody playing for one another. I know a
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  Speaker 3: lot of times it's hard muddy downs for people, whether
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  Speaker 3: you know it cautes it as a passing lead. Being
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  Speaker 3: in this too hot shell. D Lin grinding it out
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  Speaker 3: or guy having to hit a block and rip over
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  Speaker 3: the top, or the corner cracker placing. It's really a
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  Speaker 3: team defense. Everybody has a role to play in it
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  Speaker 3: and everybody's doing it well.
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  Speaker 1: And what's the tackling plan for Jonathan Taylor? How do
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  Speaker 1: you go about day? You wrap?
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  Speaker 3: And I said multiple hats to the ball, but about rapping, stopping,
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  Speaker 3: stopping the charged early, trying not to get him on
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  Speaker 3: the second level, but really everybody running into the ball,
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  Speaker 3: taking his cut back lanes away and then holding on
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  Speaker 3: when you make contact.
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  Speaker 1: You guys have had a lot of injuries this year.
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  Speaker 1: Secondary has when some rotation there defensive line, we're seeing
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  Speaker 1: it now, but there's other guys stepping up to What
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  Speaker 1: does that tell you about the depth in this locker
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  Speaker 1: room and on the step.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, there's a lot of growth and it's happening fast
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  Speaker 3: when people get their opportunities. Everybody's learning as.
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  Speaker 1: They go a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: But it's about just being consistent in the scheme and
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  Speaker 3: understanding like where you messed up, all right, you're gonna
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  Speaker 3: see the same look again maybe from another team, and
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  Speaker 3: just mastering our calls, really worrying about ourselves and worrying,
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  Speaker 3: you know, how we can get ourselves better weekend week out.
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  Speaker 3: So a young guy sees, all right, I messed up
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  Speaker 3: that play like he's gonna see the same look again,
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  Speaker 3: having the trust to just do his little one eleventh
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  Speaker 3: because it's gonna help everybody else else out making his
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  Speaker 3: communication on the play. Then when the play shows up,
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  Speaker 3: being able to trigger and be in the right spot.
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  Speaker 1: December football, it matters fun, right, This is the fun part.
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  Speaker 5: It is fun.
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  Speaker 3: I'm one game at a time, though, Like I just
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  Speaker 3: want to win the one in front of me. I
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  Speaker 3: think in order to go on this run, he kind
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  Speaker 3: of got us keep everything inward. Uh, it's been inward
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  Speaker 3: to this point.
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  Speaker 5: Uh.
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  Speaker 3: In order to get to eight and four. We had to,
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  Speaker 3: you know, keep everything within the locker room positivity, but
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  Speaker 3: in the locker room, trusting ourselves and then let that
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  Speaker 3: flourish and then whatever happens with that. When the record
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  Speaker 3: in the season, everybody else can talk about it, but
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  Speaker 3: we know how we got here and we have to
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  Speaker 3: keep doing that.
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  Speaker 5: Uh, that's just the nature of what we do. You know,
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  Speaker 5: I think you want to be playing your best football
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  Speaker 5: around this time of the season and continue to be
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  Speaker 5: ascending and you know you can start off hot, but
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  Speaker 5: what's that uh in the grand scheme of things later
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  Speaker 5: in the season when you you know you're not having
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  Speaker 5: that success. So uh, I think it's all, uh you
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  Speaker 5: a mass raising process as you grow together and all
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  Speaker 5: of us being our first time together.
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  Speaker 1: Appreciate thanks. Chris jumped in a little bit later. But
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  Speaker 1: and this is the fun part right in the in
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  Speaker 1: the mix first place game December five to go.
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  Speaker 5: This is what you're building up to right on this
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  Speaker 5: team hundred perc. You know you earn the right to
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  Speaker 5: play and meaning for football. That's late in the season
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  Speaker 5: and you know this is when things start to get
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  Speaker 5: real fun.
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  Speaker 1: Why are you guys so successful against the run this year?
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  Speaker 1: Number one in the.
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  Speaker 5: League playing with fundamentals and technique and everyone being assignment
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  Speaker 5: sound and doing it together and running and hitting together.
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  Speaker 5: You know, stopping the run is a is a full
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  Speaker 5: you know, commitment and effort on everyone's part. You know,
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  Speaker 5: it's not just one individual out there. It takes everyone
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  Speaker 5: to to do the right thing and be where they're
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  Speaker 5: supposed to be and you know, get off blocks and
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  Speaker 5: running hit and you know that's what we're doing.
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  Speaker 1: Why is Jonathan Taylor racking up the artist this year.
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  Speaker 5: On the other side, he's you know, one of the
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  Speaker 5: or you know, could be the best back in the NFL.
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  Speaker 5: He's extremely talented. He's he runs a four to three
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  Speaker 5: at two hundred and twenty five pounds. You know, so
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  Speaker 5: when you have that ability and uh, you know you
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  Speaker 5: have a good offensive line and a good scheme, you
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  Speaker 5: know you can do some special things. So he's a
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  Speaker 5: hell of a talent, a great player, and I mean
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  Speaker 5: he's shown what he's capable of throughout years. This isn't
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  Speaker 5: nothing new or surprising for anyone.
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  Speaker 1: Last one. How difficult is the practice with the club
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  Speaker 1: on that hand, Uh, it is. It's it's difficult.
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  Speaker 5: You know, I'm getting a getting a better feel and hang,
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  Speaker 5: uh hang for it. I I had to do it.
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  Speaker 5: So it's probably been about six years when I had
• 11:26
  Speaker 5: a uh a break in my hand and had to
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  Speaker 5: play in the club. So yeah, going through the process,
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  Speaker 5: and you know, I'm a good track.
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  Speaker 6: I just looked and senior cardis so I just went
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  Speaker 6: trying to transition to the next uh next, next player
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  Speaker 6: and it was able to go down there and uh
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  Speaker 6: make a big block for him, like I said, just
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  Speaker 6: trying to uh spring him open, starting to spring him
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  Speaker 6: in the end soon. So just puzzling down there for
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  Speaker 6: my teammate, trying to be a good teammate.
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  Speaker 1: Feel state you pretty fun after that hour? Yeah, definitely happy.
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  Speaker 6: But in fact, do you think you had on over
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  Speaker 6: that sturdy far?
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  Speaker 1: Just like helping you guys.
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  Speaker 6: Feel it as a unit.
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  Speaker 2: How big of an impact do you think your courage's
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  Speaker 2: hat on the offense so far?
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  Speaker 6: Just helping you guys feel it. His name, Oh yeah,
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  Speaker 6: that was my first game back, so but I just
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  Speaker 6: him being able to do with things that he can do.
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  Speaker 1: I feel like he's helped us out a lot.
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  Speaker 6: I feel he's gonna continue to help us out for
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  Speaker 6: the rest of the season for sure.
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  Speaker 2: One game under your belt now then you're going into
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  Speaker 2: facing the cults.
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  Speaker 6: How are you feeling about this match out. I'm feeling
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  Speaker 6: pretty good, feeling feeling really healthy. But I'm just ready
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  Speaker 6: to go out there and go out there and compete
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  Speaker 6: at the highest level and execute what's.
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  Speaker 1: The quick like, what's what quin like?
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  Speaker 6: He's a great guy, great teammate, gonna go out there
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  Speaker 6: and give it his all each and area. Play Like
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  Speaker 6: I said, great guy great teammate for sure. I wouldn't
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  Speaker 6: say crazy, just competing, just competing at the highest level.
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  Speaker 6: He go out there, he's gonna that's his that's his mindset,
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  Speaker 6: just to go out there and be the best player
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  Speaker 6: on the field, be the best that he can be,
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  Speaker 6: and he's just gonna compete at the I love it.
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  Speaker 6: I would say that's it. I wouldn't sound it crazy.
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  Speaker 2: Do you like how he goes at opposing team's best players, Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: Crosby and yeah.
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  Speaker 6: Definitely set an example for the rest of the team
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  Speaker 6: and just going there, like I said, competing. You don't
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  Speaker 6: matter who it is, gonna go out there and compete,
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  Speaker 6: and we're gonna give you, give you all.