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Press Pass | Trevor Lawrence: "We got to be able to start the game faster." · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Do you think that your experience from two years ago
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  Speaker 1: where things weren't going very well to get into a
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  Speaker 1: really good place where you've got to do, Like how
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  Speaker 1: much do you at all use that experience sort of
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  Speaker 1: maybe help you dig yourself out of what's going on now.
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  Speaker 2: Definitely use all the past experience, you know. I think
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  Speaker 2: that's one thing that's good from having the experience in
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  Speaker 2: this league is you've seen a lot. You know, seasons
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  Speaker 2: are always different, how they unfold, how these games go
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  Speaker 2: early and down the stretch. So I feel like this,
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  Speaker 2: not not just myself, this group, for the for the
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  Speaker 2: majority of us. We've played together, you know, for a
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  Speaker 2: few years now, so we've we've been through a lot,
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  Speaker 2: and I think it will help us. But we got
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  Speaker 2: to use it and we got to move forward. And
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  Speaker 2: it's a long season. And I don't say that to
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  Speaker 2: say we have time to waste, because we surely don't anymore,
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  Speaker 2: but saying that is it is a long season, and
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  Speaker 2: we've been in We've been in a worse spot than
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  Speaker 2: this before, and we we found a way out of it,
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  Speaker 2: and I got full faith we're gonna we're gonna do
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  Speaker 2: the same. But you know, we gotta we gotta go
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  Speaker 2: prove it. So excited for that opportunity.
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  Speaker 3: This is a.
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  Speaker 4: Confidence level where it needs to be in the locker.
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  Speaker 3: Room right now. Yeah. I mean, obviously we're frustrated.
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  Speaker 2: And the game the other night was just a disaster
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  Speaker 2: on pretty much every level. But you know, we still
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  Speaker 2: have the confidence in our group, you know, our coaches,
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  Speaker 2: our team, and that's not gonna change.
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  Speaker 3: And that can't change, you know.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's when that's when you have problems, when
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  Speaker 2: you lose that confidence and start pointing the fingers. And
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  Speaker 2: there's been none of that. So we're staying together and
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  Speaker 2: that's just the messages. Just stick together. Just remember to
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  Speaker 2: have fun too, like you know this, Situations like this
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  Speaker 2: a lot of times make you get tight and tense
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  Speaker 2: and be on your details and be locked in, and
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  Speaker 2: we got to prepare the right way and put everything
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  Speaker 2: into it during the week, but also have fun. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we're playing a game and we have an opportunity to
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  Speaker 2: do things that not many people get to do. So
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  Speaker 2: keeping that perspective and let that relax you and let
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  Speaker 2: you play better. You know, not to say that it
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  Speaker 2: doesn't matter, because it does. And we take a lot
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  Speaker 2: of pride in it, but you also do have to
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  Speaker 2: have the perspective if I think that helps you play
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  Speaker 2: better and looser, because you want to go out there
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  Speaker 2: and fly around and not be thinking about everything and
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  Speaker 2: being able to go play free real quick.
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  Speaker 1: Like, passing numbers are down across the league, rushing numbers
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  Speaker 1: are up. I don't know how much attention you've paid
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  Speaker 1: the rest of the.
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  Speaker 4: League, But got any theories on why that might be.
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  Speaker 3: That's a good question. I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's defenses are smart too, and they have
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  Speaker 2: game plans, and I think it's a lot easier to
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  Speaker 2: defensively to make the offense earn it and to play
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  Speaker 2: shell coverages and to have two safeties to defend the pass.
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  Speaker 2: And if teams running on you, you can adjust and
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  Speaker 2: make some changes. But I think quick, you don't want
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  Speaker 2: to get beat over the top. You know these vertical
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  Speaker 2: passing attacks across the league. I think it's just a
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  Speaker 2: way to slow that down. So that would probably be
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  Speaker 2: my guess. Some more more shell defense is showing up
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  Speaker 2: across the league, and the teams that have typically been
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  Speaker 2: single high teams are playing more shell, which just changes
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  Speaker 2: your passing attack a little not to say you can't
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  Speaker 2: attack that still, but definitely changes than if it's a
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  Speaker 2: you know, post safety.
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  Speaker 1: You talk about playing more loose and free.
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  Speaker 3: Do you feel like.
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  Speaker 2: The games as things have gotten sort of tough, have
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  Speaker 2: you been pressing a little bit just trying to make
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  Speaker 2: a big play when maybe there's an easier play to come.
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  Speaker 1: I Have you been trying a little bit too hard
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  Speaker 1: to get those neiggor plays?
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  Speaker 3: No, I actually don't. I don't think so.
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  Speaker 2: I think there's been times where I've been a little
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  Speaker 2: unisciplined with my eyes and maybe been a little sped
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  Speaker 2: up in some of my progressions. So maybe a little
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  Speaker 2: bit of that for sure. I think a few times
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  Speaker 2: my feet have gotten sloppy, have cast some some of
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  Speaker 2: my passes, and that goes after where I wanted them to,
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  Speaker 2: you know. And then there's times where the defense is
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  Speaker 2: gonna win and they have they have a better call
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  Speaker 2: than we do at times, So that that happens every
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  Speaker 2: every game, every year. I mean, that's just gonna happen.
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  Speaker 2: And do the next best thing with the ball, whether
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  Speaker 2: that's thrown it away, find it underneath guy, giving him
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  Speaker 2: a chance to run, maybe get it to him earlier.
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  Speaker 3: So we can catch it with space.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, I don't think it's been an issue
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  Speaker 2: of me trying to force the issue. I think that
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  Speaker 2: there's been a couple of throws I've missed throughout the year.
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  Speaker 2: There's been a couple times where progression wise, I've you know,
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  Speaker 2: gotten a little too far ahead of myself or thought
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  Speaker 2: I saw something I didn't see. And I think those
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  Speaker 2: are majority of the mistakes. But it's gonna keep trusting it.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's the main thing is keep trusting it,
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  Speaker 2: Trust what I see, you know, trust my progression, and
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  Speaker 2: just get the ball to our playmakers. They're gonna make plays.
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  Speaker 2: So we got to continue doing that and staying on schedule.
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  Speaker 1: And Douglas says he feels like, you guys are just
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  Speaker 1: one play from any sparking something.
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  Speaker 3: Is that you feel like that that's one series, one play,
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  Speaker 3: one quarter or one half.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I mean it can turn, It can
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  Speaker 2: turn quick. And that's the thing is we just have
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  Speaker 2: to keep our head down and keep working. And like
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  Speaker 2: I said, but stay stay loose, have fun, keep flying around,
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  Speaker 2: don't tighten up, don't try to force the issue on
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  Speaker 2: making that one play that turns. It just let it
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  Speaker 2: come to you. So it's kind of a mixture of
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  Speaker 2: you know, the sense of urgency has to be there
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  Speaker 2: this position we're in, but you also have to, you know,
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  Speaker 2: do your job, and you can't get outside of your
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  Speaker 2: of of what your job is and your responsibilities and
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  Speaker 2: try to.
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  Speaker 3: Do too much. So I think it's a little bit
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  Speaker 3: of both.
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  Speaker 2: And we have to stay level headed through all this
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  Speaker 2: and and keep trusting the work that we're putting in
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  Speaker 2: and it's gonna pay off for us. And unfortunately it
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  Speaker 2: hasn't yet, and we've haven't had much success the first
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  Speaker 2: three weeks, but I really really do believe that it will.
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  Speaker 2: And this is a great opportunity this week to get
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  Speaker 2: on track.
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  Speaker 4: How much do you feel that your relationship with Doug
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  Speaker 4: is that a quarterback of this lead here as a
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  Speaker 4: backup for as long as e How much does it
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  Speaker 4: encourage you that you, you're you personally along with this
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  Speaker 4: team can pull themselves out because of you guys having
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  Speaker 4: probably a connection you might not necessarily would have with
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  Speaker 4: another head coach who had no quarterback experience on lead.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's you know, I think it's very Uh,
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  Speaker 2: it's really nice to have a coach that played because
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  Speaker 2: he understands. So, like I said after the game, I'm
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  Speaker 2: not happy with how I've played. I know that I
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  Speaker 2: have more to give and I need to make more
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  Speaker 2: plays for this team. And your quarterback just has to
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  Speaker 2: play well to give you a shot to win every week.
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  Speaker 2: So I understand that, and that's my job. So I
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  Speaker 2: own that. But I you know, in the situations where
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  Speaker 2: maybe I don't play my best or there's certain plays
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  Speaker 2: that didn't have a good result, but you know, coach
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  Speaker 2: can understand what I'm seeing out there. He's been in
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  Speaker 2: that position, he's seeing. He knows football, he knows offense,
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  Speaker 2: he knows what's going on, and I think that helps
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  Speaker 2: at times when you know, if you had a coach
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  Speaker 2: that doesn't really understand and they just see the result
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  Speaker 2: of the play and it's like, what's going on here,
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  Speaker 2: and he really understands what I'm saying, Well, hey, this
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  Speaker 2: is what happened. This is what I saw, and maybe
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  Speaker 2: it's not right and I still got to make the play.
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  Speaker 2: But he understands kind of what I'm seeing and what's happening.
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  Speaker 2: So I think that helps when there is times of
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  Speaker 2: when we're struggling a little bit. Him having that perspective
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  Speaker 2: has helped me, and really our whole staff has been
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  Speaker 2: pretty good about just continuing to trust me, even if
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  Speaker 2: we in a little bit of a rut and I'm
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  Speaker 2: maybe not playing my best, just continuing to trust me,
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  Speaker 2: keep putting the ball in my hands, and I know
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  Speaker 2: that we're gonna we're gonna come out of this for
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  Speaker 2: the better. But we got a lot of work to do,
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  Speaker 2: and we got to put the work in.
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  Speaker 4: This week's defense looked that much different comparing to last year,
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  Speaker 4: so second even did to Meka. I know they've added
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  Speaker 4: some new guys, but does it kind of look.
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  Speaker 3: Like they played their game?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean a lot of stuff's the same, but
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  Speaker 2: there's definitely some some new wrinkles, some.
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  Speaker 3: Things that have changed.
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  Speaker 2: I'd say a little bit scheme wise, nothing major, but
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  Speaker 2: some things have changed. Personnel's changed a lot. They have
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  Speaker 2: a lot of new players, some really good players, some
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  Speaker 2: good additions to their team. So they're flying around. It's
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  Speaker 2: the same thing that you know jumped out on tape
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  Speaker 2: last year. Is this the defense that plays really hard,
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  Speaker 2: flies around, makes a lot of plays where even if
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  Speaker 2: they're out of position, their effort and their their motor
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  Speaker 2: to get to the ball really makes up for it.
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  Speaker 2: So it's a it's a tough defense to play against
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  Speaker 2: because they play hard every snap.
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  Speaker 3: They're very fundamentally sound, they're well coached.
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  Speaker 2: But the effort there that the player brings to each
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  Speaker 2: position that can overcome even when there are some mistakes
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  Speaker 2: or you get them or you scheme them up, that
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  Speaker 2: effort that they bring can cover up some of that
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  Speaker 2: stuff too.
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  Speaker 3: A lot of the.
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  Speaker 2: Offense has been together for three years now. Yeah, can
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  Speaker 2: you put your finger on why there's still some I
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  Speaker 2: guess the execution mistakes or communication things that are popping.
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  Speaker 3: Up up down the field.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it just comes down to us making the plays
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  Speaker 2: and we haven't made them, and we haven't been able
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  Speaker 2: to get the momentum early and I think each game
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  Speaker 2: we've had a three and out to start the game,
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  Speaker 2: So just unacceptable for us. You know, we got to
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  Speaker 2: be able to start the game faster. So there's a
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  Speaker 2: lot of things that we're looking at to fix that
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  Speaker 2: and get on track this week and start faster and
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  Speaker 2: get some momentum. That's our job as an offense to
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  Speaker 2: do that early in games, and we got to stay
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  Speaker 2: on the field to let our defense settle into, you know,
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  Speaker 2: when you go three and out, especially when when you
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  Speaker 2: don't get the ball first and you go three and
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  Speaker 2: out and the defense was just on the field, and
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  Speaker 2: think about you know, on Monday night, defense on the field,
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  Speaker 2: Buffalo scored, We get the ball, three and out, defenses
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  Speaker 2: right back on the field after a six minute drive
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  Speaker 2: to start, you know, so it makes it hard on
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  Speaker 2: the defense to settle in and you want to play
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  Speaker 2: complimentary and we didn't. We didn't do that on Monday.
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  Speaker 2: So just an example of why we need to play better,
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  Speaker 2: how we need to play better. And I think it
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  Speaker 2: just comes down to, like I said, the details, knowing
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  Speaker 2: the plan, being confident that then playing fast, and then
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  Speaker 2: just making the plays that come to you. Don't get tight,
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  Speaker 2: just go out there and make the plays that come
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  Speaker 2: to you. That's a good question, and I don't really
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  Speaker 2: thought about that now. I think I think I like,
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  Speaker 2: you like getting out of the second half, honestly, because
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  Speaker 2: even we had some opportunities.
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  Speaker 3: We had an opportunity last week.
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  Speaker 2: You score before the half, you get it back, you
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  Speaker 2: double dip, that's what you want.
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  Speaker 3: So I think, you know, I
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  Speaker 2: Like the strategy there obviously is smart, and I think
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  Speaker 2: that's that's good football, so but who knows