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Press Pass | Ryan Nielsen On Attacking In Week 10 Vs. Vikings · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: I think their whole offense is operating at an extremely
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  Speaker 1: high level. Kevin's done a great job with the quarterback
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  Speaker 1: and you know, not just Jefferson, but you know, they've
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  Speaker 1: got other pieces that they're scary. So we've got to
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  Speaker 1: do a good job. We've got to affect the interior
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  Speaker 1: of the pocket. We got to get around the quarterback.
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  Speaker 1: We got to keep him in because he's doing a
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  Speaker 1: good job extending place. You know. Obviously, you know Jefferson
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  Speaker 1: is you know, he's at the top of the game
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  Speaker 1: and receiver wise, so we've got to We've got to
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  Speaker 1: keep stay on top of him. I mean, that's the
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  Speaker 1: biggest thing. He's going to get his catches. Just stay
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  Speaker 1: on top, eliminate the explosive catches, and then tackle, like
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  Speaker 1: get him on the ground, you know, because he is
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  Speaker 1: a good run after catch guy, and so if he
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  Speaker 1: gets his catch, you know, keep it, keep it as
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  Speaker 1: short as we can, and then get him on the
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  Speaker 1: ground and let's line up and play again. Now you know,
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  Speaker 1: we're gonna we're gonna be who we are. We're gonna
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  Speaker 1: play like we've been playing. There'll be some times where
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  Speaker 1: he's a critical situations and things like that. He'll be
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  Speaker 1: on him. But you know we're gonna be who we
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  Speaker 1: are and continue to say the course and and uh
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  Speaker 1: you know, continue with this defense. Josh said he and
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  Speaker 1: Trayon did rock paper scissors to decide who's going to
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  Speaker 1: be on the field on that drive opposite of Eric.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, was which one was supposed to be on
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  Speaker 1: the drive? Did they do that a lot? Maybe we
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  Speaker 1: should just keep Trayvon on the field all the time.
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  Speaker 1: They'll score more touchdowns, right you know? So, uh, no,
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  Speaker 1: we the rotation. It's the rotation, and you know Eric,
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  Speaker 1: Eric was up and you know the next guy up.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Trayvon is going to go in there, and
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  Speaker 1: and then Josh was the next guy. And so that's
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  Speaker 1: just because of how we rotate. And we've been rotating
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  Speaker 1: like that all season long. You know, yeah, you know, yes,
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  Speaker 1: you know Treyvon Josh won the rock paper scissors. He
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  Speaker 1: would have run out. I don't believe Trayvon would have
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  Speaker 1: let him run on the field. I think Trayvon would
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  Speaker 1: have stopped him from running on the field. And and
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  Speaker 1: no that you know, they're in their rotation, that's what
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  Speaker 1: they're doing. You know, Eric's the next guy up and
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  Speaker 1: then you know, they go out on the field, and
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  Speaker 1: I'm happy Travon was on the fielding that. No. I
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  Speaker 1: think it was part of the game where you know,
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  Speaker 1: sometimes you get into the game where you're battling and uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, you the guys are are feeling good, and
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  Speaker 1: you want them to be. I felt on our defense,
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  Speaker 1: we we started away and then we gave up a touchdown,
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  Speaker 1: and we battled and we battled, and you felt the
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  Speaker 1: energy on the sideline and things like that, and you
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  Speaker 1: know there's some some things that, man, you want the
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  Speaker 1: guys up and upbeat, and and you know when we
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  Speaker 1: ran out there and and that next drive, you can
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  Speaker 1: feel the energy and things like that. And so I think,
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  Speaker 1: you know, our guys have been doing a good job
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  Speaker 1: of communicating and hey what whatever the case that was.
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  Speaker 1: But when they went out there, they were ready to play.
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  Speaker 1: And you can see by the play and in the
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  Speaker 1: in their stances and attacking and and you know Travon
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  Speaker 1: with the return, I mean, you know, and there's some
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  Speaker 1: other things on that return that was phenomenal football play.
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  Speaker 1: Jurrying and his two blocks and guys turning and running.
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  Speaker 1: And so the most important thing is when we're out there.
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  Speaker 1: We're ready to go with high energy, suddenness. You know,
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  Speaker 1: our effort is at an all time high. That's the
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  Speaker 1: most important thing. And when you turn on that plane
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  Speaker 1: and you watch what happened, I mean, we were right there.
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  Speaker 1: I think we're making way more out of it than
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  Speaker 1: what it really was. So you're not leaving it up
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  Speaker 1: to them through plays. No, we have a rotation and
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  Speaker 1: as we have the entire year. You know, I've seen
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  Speaker 1: some things where we we've been called hockey subs and
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  Speaker 1: things like that. You know, that's what we do is
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  Speaker 1: we have our rotation. The next guy up and at
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  Speaker 1: that time, uh you know, and the next guy was
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  Speaker 1: up and away we go. You know, same thing with
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  Speaker 1: Miles Cool. You know, all those guys are they're having
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  Speaker 1: a certain number of snaps we like them to get
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  Speaker 1: and at the end of the day they met those snaps.
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  Speaker 1: And so the rotation is and sometimes it changes. Josh
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  Speaker 1: went out there, you would have pulled them off. If
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  Speaker 1: it was Josh. If it was Josh's turn to be up,
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  Speaker 1: then he would have been up on the field. Would
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  Speaker 1: off well, I don't think the other player who was
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  Speaker 1: supposed to be on the field would have let them
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  Speaker 1: go on the field, so right to change for your
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  Speaker 1: run defense, to shore up after a couple of weeks
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  Speaker 1: of yeah, sure. The first thing is the tackling. You know,
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  Speaker 1: we got tackle better, you know, tackling space, tackling whatever
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  Speaker 1: you know in the box, you know, and then we
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  Speaker 1: got to get off blocks, you know, that's the thing
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  Speaker 1: is is strike blocks, get off blocks, and it's just
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  Speaker 1: where we are. Sometimes we're in a light box. And
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  Speaker 1: that's what we got to do is stop the running
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  Speaker 1: a light box. But start with the tackling. Let's start
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  Speaker 1: with the tackling. Let's make sure we're sure tacklers at
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  Speaker 1: all three levels of the defense, strike blocks, get off
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  Speaker 1: blocks at all three levels of the defense, and then
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  Speaker 1: you know, keep them in. Don't let an explosive run
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  Speaker 1: you know, pop on us. You know, because at times,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we're playing consistently good real run defense, and
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  Speaker 1: then one will hit and that's what we've got a limit.
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  Speaker 1: That's what's what's going on with our defense right now.
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  Speaker 1: As you see periods of time where it's it looks
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  Speaker 1: how it's supposed to look, and then one play will
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  Speaker 1: hit in it. It disrupts the flow of what we're doing,
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  Speaker 1: and so we've got to do a good job of
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  Speaker 1: eliminating the explosive plays like that's the biggest thing. Hamilton's
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  Speaker 1: most consistent performance from start to finish. And have you
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  Speaker 1: seen that coming from him last time? Yeah, last couple
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  Speaker 1: really since we've been in London, like the New England
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  Speaker 1: game and the last Green Bay and then this last
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  Speaker 1: week you've seen an uptick of his play and it's
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  Speaker 1: helped us. I mean, his his production, his tackles, things
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  Speaker 1: like that is I think off the it's off the chart.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he's he's very productive right now. In the
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  Speaker 1: last couple of games. You know, he's upwards. I don't
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  Speaker 1: know how many exactly tackles he's had, but there's been
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  Speaker 1: a bunch of them, but he's getting off blocks, causing
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  Speaker 1: double teams, things like that, and is helping us for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Maturity just kind of the minds that he's had, you know,
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  Speaker 1: says the Sacon play and not let get down or
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  Speaker 1: anything like that. Yeah, well, the Saquone play. I mean, look,
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  Speaker 1: the guy's a really good football player, and I don't
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  Speaker 1: I don't look at that as you know, a something
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  Speaker 1: that we're I think we're making big. Look the play
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  Speaker 1: was fantastic for their team. But what I do like
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  Speaker 1: about is watch the finish of the play. Gus turned Rand.
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  Speaker 1: It was a violent collision tackle, you know, and things
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  Speaker 1: are gonna happen like that. You know, he's a good player.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, give him all the credit. Great play. We
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  Speaker 1: only got like two more yards afterwards, you know, so
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  Speaker 1: it was what it was. We haven't even that's not
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  Speaker 1: even something that we've talked about, like it's move on
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  Speaker 1: to the next. I appreciate his maturity since the start
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  Speaker 1: to the season until we are right now. He's playing
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  Speaker 1: at extremely high level covering guys. You can see him
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  Speaker 1: gain confidence every snap, you know, the play in the
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  Speaker 1: Green Bay interception and how he's covering, you know, and
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  Speaker 1: you get excited because he's he's raising his level of
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  Speaker 1: play every week. And you know, the this this guy's
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  Speaker 1: the limit for the guy. I mean, he really is
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  Speaker 1: a really good football player. And he's just figuring it out,
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  Speaker 1: you know, being a rookie, you know, and we're at
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  Speaker 1: the middle of the season and and so maybe that's
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  Speaker 1: not the correct thing to say he's figuring out. He's
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  Speaker 1: figured it out now. He's just growing, you know, in
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  Speaker 1: the position uh, and playing it at a high level
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  Speaker 1: because I just kind of sure overall instincts of the football.
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  Speaker 1: But yes, absolutely, I mean what first of all, go
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  Speaker 1: go get scoop every ball. I mean he scoops every ball, turns,
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  Speaker 1: he gets hit right, that keeps on balance and then
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  Speaker 1: works his way down the sideline and then you watch
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  Speaker 1: you know, jarring with the he shields a lineman. Then
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  Speaker 1: go block the quarterback cutback. I mean it was what
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  Speaker 1: a play. I mean, guys did a great job, you
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  Speaker 1: know everything. Credit to the players man turn, get the ball,
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  Speaker 1: scoop and score like everything that you you know, your
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  Speaker 1: your your your drills that you do. I mean there,
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  Speaker 1: it was right. It was awesome, you know, and give
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  Speaker 1: those guys a bunch of credit for for executing that
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  Speaker 1: that play. You know, Ventro making the tackle, you know,
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  Speaker 1: getting the ball. The whole thing together is is it's
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  Speaker 1: something to build on. You know, there's a lot of
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  Speaker 1: things last game we can build on the the sneaks
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  Speaker 1: and the fourth down stops and things like that. There's
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  Speaker 1: a lot to build on. And you feel like you're
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  Speaker 1: going in the right direction. It's like what we've talked about,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we just got eliminate some of those explosive
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  Speaker 1: plays and put a full game together. Where would you
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  Speaker 1: rate Trayons Alison? Is you know house like completely off
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  Speaker 1: the chart? Is he's off the charts? I mean it's
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  Speaker 1: it's the guy. He's as athletic for being a big
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  Speaker 1: man as they come. Uh, he's light on his feet. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: he can rush, finesse and power like he can. He
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  Speaker 1: can do it all. I think I know where you're
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  Speaker 1: going with the can he play offense? Well, let's slow
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  Speaker 1: down on that, you know, but no, he's uh. And
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  Speaker 1: and how he practices is you appreciate he comes to
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  Speaker 1: work every single day. He's the same guy, and he
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  Speaker 1: goes out there and he busts that practice and you
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  Speaker 1: just get fired up to be around him. And then
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  Speaker 1: and you see a guy who's continue to make plays
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  Speaker 1: and getting better. You know, he's seven eight tackles. You know,
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  Speaker 1: he's it's hard to block in the run game. You
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  Speaker 1: know he's power rushing and and you see his game.
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  Speaker 1: Take continue to grow fired up about it, for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Pretty I didn't say that learned the bar for a
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  Speaker 1: player to you, Hey, hey take them like, let's let's
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  Speaker 1: go so all good? Yeah, yeah, thank you, thank you,