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Press Pass | Pederson: "It's the right guys in the locker room." · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Can you take us through the mechanics of just the
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  Speaker 1: conversations that you had with Mike and the officials.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, obviously, you know, after the after the hit and
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  Speaker 2: you just you know, as a head coach, you just
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  Speaker 2: start looking at your your team, You start looking at
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  Speaker 2: their team, You start looking at body language and and
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  Speaker 2: kind of where guys are mentally. And after you know,
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  Speaker 2: after the amount of time that went past, and then
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  Speaker 2: Mike and I you know, got together and and and
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  Speaker 2: talked about you know, suspending the game. Just just from
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  Speaker 2: where it was. We had to get our player reps involved,
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  Speaker 2: you know, obviously New York involved, and and it's the
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  Speaker 2: right thing to do, you know, at that time, and
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  Speaker 2: and uh, you know, this game is all about player safety,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, I know it's a preseason game and
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  Speaker 2: some guys you know, are fighting for spots and and
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  Speaker 2: all of that. But at the same time, we want
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  Speaker 2: to make sure that everybody is one hundred percent offensively.
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  Speaker 1: Twelve first downs on your first two possessions. How do
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  Speaker 1: you How were you guys able to get in such
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  Speaker 1: a rhythm so quickly to night? What did you see?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it was just something that you know, we
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  Speaker 2: had talked about all week. It just with the starters
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  Speaker 2: knowing that they were going to play, you know, just
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  Speaker 2: just being in the right frame of mind. How to
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  Speaker 2: how to you know, we talked about, you know, starting fast.
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  Speaker 2: We didn't start fast against the Cowboys, you know, a
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  Speaker 2: couple of weeks ago, and so we wanted to come
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  Speaker 2: out and do that and we did and unfortunately, uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the turnover tankle learned from that something we
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  Speaker 2: have to eliminate, obviously in the red zone. And but
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  Speaker 2: please with the way the offense you know, executed those
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  Speaker 2: first two first.
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  Speaker 3: Two drafts, Doug had you planned to play them through
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  Speaker 3: a half and then they looked good for two series
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  Speaker 3: and said, okay, that's.
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  Speaker 1: It, yes, okay, yeah, uh, Doug.
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  Speaker 4: This game concludes Calvin's first preseason back with the team
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  Speaker 4: or in the league. Could you just talk about what
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  Speaker 4: you saw from him over the last few weeks and
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  Speaker 4: just I mean, he had that one catch today that
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  Speaker 4: looked like Calvin Ridley.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he is. He's embraced sort of this second chance,
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  Speaker 2: you know, this opportunity, and he's done an outstanding job
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  Speaker 2: of coming in and picking up the system, blending with
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  Speaker 2: the guys, you know, and and really again just embracing
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  Speaker 2: the opportunity. You know, he understands obviously where he's been
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  Speaker 2: and what he's been through, and and uh, he just
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  Speaker 2: appreciates every moment that he can he can be out there,
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  Speaker 2: you know, on the grass and and uh, you know
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  Speaker 2: he did he did some really nice things early in
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  Speaker 2: the football game, and and uh, it's really good to see.
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  Speaker 1: Coach. How pleased were you to see Trevor distribute a
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  Speaker 1: ball to multiple receivers.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that's you know, obviously, that's what you hope,
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  Speaker 2: you know, anticipate to, uh, you know, spread the ball around.
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  Speaker 2: I think everybody but Evan was able to get a catch,
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  Speaker 2: you know, those first two drives. But you know, it's
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  Speaker 2: what you want. I mean, Christian came up with a
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  Speaker 2: big fourth down force there and and kept the drive alive.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, obviously we talked about Za and Calvin
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  Speaker 2: and you know TJ and Tank ran ran hard. Give
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  Speaker 2: credit to the offensive line too, you know, for the
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  Speaker 2: way they protected, the way they blocked. Just just well
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  Speaker 2: executed by the by the first unit.
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  Speaker 5: Can you talk about the next three days. You got
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  Speaker 5: some tough decisions to make with the cuts the backups
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  Speaker 5: have looked awfully good all three preseason games. And do
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  Speaker 5: you start talking to some of these guys tomorrow or
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  Speaker 5: will you wait until Tuesday to make.
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  Speaker 2: The fun you know, I feel like our young guys
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  Speaker 2: have played extremely well, you know, and they've really embraced
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  Speaker 2: their opportunities and made the most of their opportunities when
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  Speaker 2: they had had chances in these in these three preseason games.
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  Speaker 2: And and my hat's off to them for how they
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  Speaker 2: you know, attack training camp. And yeah, you're right, this
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  Speaker 2: is a this is a tough time of the year
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  Speaker 2: for thirty two clubs. You know, you've got to get
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  Speaker 2: down to fifty three and and uh, you know, you
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  Speaker 2: disrupt the lives of so many, so many players and
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  Speaker 2: so many athletes. But you know, we've got a chance
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  Speaker 2: tomorrow actually to to get through the tape. We have
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  Speaker 2: a family you know, barbecue lunch played tomorrow for everybody
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  Speaker 2: you know on the football side, players, coaches, everybody, And
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  Speaker 2: we're going to enjoy that. And we're going to get
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  Speaker 2: through tomorrow, and uh, and then and then start making
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  Speaker 2: some tough decisions, you know, Monday, Tuesday.
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  Speaker 6: Doug Walker little didn't play today precautionary reasons. Is that
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  Speaker 6: something to be concerned about long term or.
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  Speaker 2: No, it's just something that you know, he he, he
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  Speaker 2: kind of tweaked his kind of his right growing in
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  Speaker 2: practice the other day, and we warmed him up the
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  Speaker 2: last couple of days, actually worked him out before the game,
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  Speaker 2: and just just felt like in the best interest of
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  Speaker 2: him and our team and you know, uh, him being
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  Speaker 2: the starting left tackle, I didn't want to didn't want
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  Speaker 2: to risk it, you know, and set him back or
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  Speaker 2: set up our offense back. So just precautionary kept him.
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  Speaker 6: Out and then vinro Miller was I guess ruled out eventually.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well we'll see, you know, we'll see later tonight
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  Speaker 2: and then have probably a better update for you tomorrow
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  Speaker 2: and at least have a statement for you tomorrow on Bentroky.
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  Speaker 5: Doug, You're you're starting offense one hundred and sixty four
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  Speaker 5: yards on the first of their two possessions. Uh, operated
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  Speaker 5: very clean except for fumble in the red zone you.
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  Speaker 3: Just talked about and Trevor, who's every single one of
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  Speaker 3: his weapons on both drives. Did you just talk about
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  Speaker 3: the just how you felt the first offense.
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  Speaker 2: I obviously I thought they they they came out in
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  Speaker 2: the right frame of mind knowing that they were playing
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  Speaker 2: in this football game, so they've had, you know, obviously
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  Speaker 2: time to prepare for it, and and just they attacked
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  Speaker 2: it the right way, you know, and and w that's
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  Speaker 2: what we wanted to see as an offense, That's what
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  Speaker 2: I wanted to see, was just you know, the execution
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  Speaker 2: and uh uh it started up front with the offensive line.
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  Speaker 2: I felt like, you know, we were playing on their
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  Speaker 2: side of the ball, on their side of the line
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  Speaker 2: of scrimmage, you know, for those first couple of drives,
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  Speaker 2: and and you know, both TJ and Tank did some
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  Speaker 2: did the nice job in a run game, Trevor, as
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  Speaker 2: you mentioned, dispersing the football all you know, a fourth
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  Speaker 2: down conversion in there, you know, not many third downs,
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  Speaker 2: which is which is obviously good, you know, but I
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  Speaker 2: thought overall, this was a really good, uh, really good
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  Speaker 2: result for them, you know, being the last preseason game
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  Speaker 2: getting ready for the regular season.
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  Speaker 1: Doug, you talked a few weeks ago to us about
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  Speaker 1: ETN and wanting him to run then a little bit
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  Speaker 1: different of a of a style and more squared shoulders
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  Speaker 1: and things like that. Obviously it was very productive tonight.
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  Speaker 1: Have you seen that payoff in training? Camp for him, I.
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  Speaker 2: Have and you really saw it tonight. You know, we
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  Speaker 2: talk about you know, keeping the shoulder square and and
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  Speaker 2: just keep keep throwing jabs, keep throwing punches, right, you know,
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  Speaker 2: two yards, three yards, two yards, one yard, two yards,
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  Speaker 2: three yards and eventually those turned into eight yards and
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  Speaker 2: ten yards and twelve yards and you know, so it's
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  Speaker 2: just it's got to be a consistency. And we've we've
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  Speaker 2: seen that, you know, throughout the course of the spring
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  Speaker 2: and obviously training camp with him. He did a nice
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  Speaker 2: out with that tonight and again he's uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: he's maturing and and really I think embracing his opportunity
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  Speaker 2: as well.
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  Speaker 1: Trayvon had four tackles tonight. Uh what kind of camp
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  Speaker 1: has he had? And I don't know how much he
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  Speaker 1: might have caught your eye tonight, you.
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  Speaker 2: Know, Trayvon has has has really he's really attacked this
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  Speaker 2: training camp. He came in right frame of mind several
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  Speaker 2: weeks ago, and you know, he knew he had to
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  Speaker 2: you know, develop obviously pass rush and we know what
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  Speaker 2: he can do set in the edge, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think I think tonight too, was was just a
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  Speaker 2: good way for him to you know, uh, kind of
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  Speaker 2: finished finished camp and and sort of catapult him into
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  Speaker 2: the regular season. So please where he's at. Please where
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  Speaker 2: the defense is at. Obviously, I know the young guy
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  Speaker 2: has created some takeaways you know today and and uh,
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  Speaker 2: our defense, you know, he stopped when they had to
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  Speaker 2: in the red zone, you know, kept him, kept him
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  Speaker 2: field goals, which is good. And and you know, please
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  Speaker 2: with you know, the whole units one.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, coach O, we're here on your left. Just talk.
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  Speaker 3: Compare the two preseasons now that you've had here, since
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  Speaker 3: this one's now coming to an end. It seems like
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  Speaker 3: last year establishing culture, trying to figure out what you had,
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  Speaker 3: assembling of staff and all that. This year, everything's already
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  Speaker 3: pretty much installed, and it seems like the results have
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  Speaker 3: been a lot smoother, especially on the opposite side of
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  Speaker 3: the ball.
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  Speaker 5: It has.
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  Speaker 2: And and you know it's the right guys in the
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  Speaker 2: in the locker room. Quite frankly, you know a lot
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  Speaker 2: of guys returning from last year. They know how they
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  Speaker 2: know how I like to operate when it comes to
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  Speaker 2: practices and training camp, and you know, make it as
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  Speaker 2: difficult as I can, you know, on them during training camp.
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  Speaker 2: And you know they embraced it and they did a
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  Speaker 2: nice job. Very proud of you know, everybody you know
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  Speaker 2: in training camp. But you know it's the leadership of
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  Speaker 2: the locker room that really shows up, you know, in
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  Speaker 2: year two. And you know, I feel like that as
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  Speaker 2: the head coach, I don't necessarily have to motivate these players.
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  Speaker 2: They can motivate themselves now, and that's that's a good sign,
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  Speaker 2: you know that they can they can take that upon themselves.
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  Speaker 2: And I've seen it, you know throughout training camp. You know,
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  Speaker 2: the things they say and they're talking about things, and
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  Speaker 2: just a really good way to kind of end, you know,
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  Speaker 2: our training camp. We still have one more week, but
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  Speaker 2: but really the way the way they finished sets us
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  Speaker 2: up for the regular season.
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  Speaker 5: Lay Doug the last look at Cam before his suspension
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  Speaker 5: game reps anyway, how did he play tonight?
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  Speaker 1: You think early impressions and did you you wanted to
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  Speaker 1: play him a lot?
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  Speaker 2: I'm assuming yeah, you know that was the goal coming
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  Speaker 2: into camp was to give him a lot of a
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  Speaker 2: lot of reps. Let him play, you know, because we
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  Speaker 2: know the suspension is coming and and he really rebounded
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  Speaker 2: from the Detroit game. You know, I didn't think he
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  Speaker 2: played his best in Detroit. He knew that, and uh,
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  Speaker 2: he bounced back tonight. You know. Obviously a tough situation
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  Speaker 2: because it was a late kind of a late decision
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  Speaker 2: right to go with him as a starter, but he
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  Speaker 2: really embraced it. I thought he did a nice job,
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  Speaker 2: very consistent, you know, and and really the calm of
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  Speaker 2: old that that we all we all know he can be.
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  Speaker 2: He showed up tonight. Thank you, coach, all right, thank
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  Speaker 2: you for your