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  Speaker 1: What's up, guys?
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  Speaker 2: It's cut into your time.
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  Speaker 3: It's perfect. Just coming off the bye, how do you feel.
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  Speaker 1: Like or what do you feel like you've learned about
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  Speaker 1: yourself and the team and just how have you seen
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  Speaker 1: the team sort of respond? Yeah, I think we've had
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  Speaker 1: a good two days.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously, we got a little bonus practice on Monday to
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  Speaker 3: get our legs back on, get everybody running around, just
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  Speaker 3: get everybody.
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  Speaker 1: Back in the building.
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  Speaker 3: And then today was a good day starting our prep
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  Speaker 3: for Indy, obviously. big week for us i think just
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  Speaker 3: having the week to rest mentally physically is good um
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  Speaker 3: and then also you know you get to watch games
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  Speaker 3: on sunday and you see other teams play and you
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  Speaker 3: see a lot more than you would see on a
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  Speaker 3: normal week and they just gives you perspective and i
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  Speaker 3: watched all the games it's like so many games one
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  Speaker 3: possessions it's stuff you already know but you just see
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  Speaker 3: um how small the margin is and you watch and
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  Speaker 3: learn from other teams and um i think it's always
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  Speaker 3: just a good perspective for us and be like you
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  Speaker 3: know take a step back and look at what we're
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  Speaker 3: doing what we have left on our schedule. And obviously
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  Speaker 3: we've got a big stretch coming up and some huge
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  Speaker 3: games for us. So I think it's just a good
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  Speaker 3: reset and to get your mind right, to be honest,
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  Speaker 3: and take a step back. Having that type of reset
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  Speaker 3: for a guy like Brian Thomas, who's had plenty of
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  Speaker 3: success here, but maybe not the last couple of weeks
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  Speaker 3: and having that reset helped him move forward.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think so.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's, you know, not just him really for anyone,
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  Speaker 3: but I do think it's valuable. I think sometimes especially
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  Speaker 3: in this business, it's, it's such a performance based deal.
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  Speaker 3: And it's, um, you know, I've been, I've been in
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  Speaker 3: a place where I might maybe I'm not making the
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  Speaker 3: plays I want to make. And I've, I've felt like
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  Speaker 3: I was pressing a little bit and, um, I'm not
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  Speaker 3: putting that on BT at all, but just speaking to
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  Speaker 3: my own experience, I've felt that and, and having some
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  Speaker 3: time away and just to reflect and take a step
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  Speaker 3: back and be like, okay, you know, I know who
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  Speaker 3: I am. I know the player I am. I know
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  Speaker 3: what I'm capable of. I think that can be valuable
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  Speaker 3: for anyone. And, um, I mean, yeah, that's, we got
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  Speaker 3: a ton of confidence in him and just excited for
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  Speaker 3: another opportunity this week to go put together a good
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  Speaker 3: plan for really all our guys, but especially, you know, BT.
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  Speaker 1: Um, yeah, I mean, at times it can be frustrating.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I think for, Yeah, I'm sure for all
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  Speaker 1: of us.
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  Speaker 3: It seems like there hasn't been quite as many opportunities
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  Speaker 3: as maybe we would have liked for early in the
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  Speaker 3: season and planned for. But that's just football. It doesn't
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  Speaker 3: go exactly as planned. We've done some other things really,
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  Speaker 3: really well this season. I think we're a really well-rounded offense.
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  Speaker 3: I think we're a really good offense. Obviously, there's a
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  Speaker 3: lot of room for improvement. Frustrating, I don't know if
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  Speaker 3: that's the correct word, but I do think it's important
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  Speaker 3: for that to be a part of our offense and
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  Speaker 3: something that we're able to do. And that's a huge
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  Speaker 3: element of BT's game, something he's really good at. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you want to see a little bit more
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  Speaker 3: of that and us make those plays and, you know,
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  Speaker 3: me giving him some more opportunities. But, you know, I
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  Speaker 3: think that's just something that it doesn't always go exactly
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  Speaker 3: as you plan and want it to.
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  Speaker 1: It's, you know, it's not a perfect science always.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I mean, occasionally, sometimes it depends on the
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  Speaker 3: plan and what we're what we've talked about throughout the week.
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  Speaker 3: I try to stick to that and not try to
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  Speaker 3: do that on my own and try to force things
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  Speaker 3: or force feed a guy. I feel like I have
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  Speaker 3: in the past maybe thought that way a little bit,
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  Speaker 3: and I don't think I ever play as good as
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  Speaker 3: I should if that's something that I'm thinking about.
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  Speaker 1: I just trust what we're doing offensively. I know the plan.
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  Speaker 3: I know my reads, my progressions, and I know guys
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  Speaker 3: are going to get open. I just let the ball
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  Speaker 3: find them, find the guy who's open, and trust my
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  Speaker 3: guys to go make plays. I think you got to
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  Speaker 3: be careful trying to overdo that too much because these
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  Speaker 3: defenses are good and you're trying to just throw the
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  Speaker 3: ball to one guy because you want to get him
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  Speaker 3: a touch. It can be a little bit more challenging
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  Speaker 3: than you might think. So I think you got to
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  Speaker 3: let the game come to you. But I do think
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  Speaker 3: there is an element, obviously, in the game planning process
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  Speaker 3: where you can scheme some things up or try to.
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  Speaker 3: And it doesn't always go the way you want it to,
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  Speaker 3: but you can try to do some of that. But
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  Speaker 3: not really as much me doing it, going rogue on
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  Speaker 3: game day. I think it's grown a lot. I think
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  Speaker 3: just the trust has grown, obviously, for both of us.
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  Speaker 3: My trust in him, his trust in me, the way
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  Speaker 3: we talk to each other and what I know about
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  Speaker 3: our system has grown so much. So now the feedback,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, he hasn't said this, but I'm sure my
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  Speaker 3: feedback is a little bit more positive important at this
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  Speaker 3: point than it was maybe when he first keep hitting
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  Speaker 3: this thing sorry when he first got here uh because
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  Speaker 3: it's i'm still learning the system and there's a lot
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  Speaker 3: of things where i think he's always valued my feedback
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  Speaker 3: but now we've been through a lot together we've seen
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  Speaker 3: things so when i say something i'm like i'm not
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  Speaker 3: sure about this route or the timing of this i
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  Speaker 3: think we should switch it you know he's always really
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  Speaker 3: great about looking at it honestly and saying yeah you
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  Speaker 3: know you're right we'll change it or if he doesn't
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  Speaker 3: think that that's right then he'll explain why he disagrees
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  Speaker 3: or whatever and we work through it so i think
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  Speaker 3: there's a really It's a really collaborative process, like those
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  Speaker 3: guys said, and it's been fun. Trevor, I get that
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  Speaker 3: you're probably going to be better at home than on
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  Speaker 3: the road.
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  Speaker 2: Naturally, in sports, but you guys in the last six
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  Speaker 2: are turning into 11 by average score here.
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  Speaker 1: Is there anything to that? Do you see it in
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  Speaker 1: the back?
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  Speaker 3: Do you guys just feel better?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's great.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you want to play well at home in
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  Speaker 3: front of your home crowd and your fans and, you know,
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  Speaker 3: That hasn't always been the case, so it's a good
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  Speaker 3: feeling knowing that we're playing good here. It's just such
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  Speaker 3: a week-to-week league. It doesn't really mean much for this Sunday.
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  Speaker 3: We've got to prepare and go play well on Sunday
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  Speaker 3: to get a win, but I'm sure you'd have to
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  Speaker 3: ask our fans. I'm sure it's great for them to
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  Speaker 3: be able to come to the stadium and feel good
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  Speaker 3: about who they're coming to watch and feel confident in
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  Speaker 3: hopefully getting the result we want.
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  Speaker 2: Before Philly, they had a ton of injuries, retirement. The
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  Speaker 2: feeling around the league was Jacksonville wins this game. It
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  Speaker 2: took 60 minutes. Now the fire sale and the fact
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  Speaker 2: they haven't won here since 2014. How do you remain
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  Speaker 2: focused for this game considering around the NFL it's.
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  Speaker 1: Show up and win?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I think it's, to be honest, the
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  Speaker 3: only reason reason it gets brought up, which is a
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  Speaker 3: fair question. I totally understand the question is because it's
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  Speaker 3: asked of us and it's all in the media and
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  Speaker 3: all that stuff. I think as a team, you always
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  Speaker 3: respect your opponent and the guys, especially if you've played
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  Speaker 3: in this league for, you know, for a while or
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  Speaker 3: even just a year. I mean, you know how hard
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  Speaker 3: it is to win and no matter who you're playing,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, there's, you can look back. I remember in
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  Speaker 3: my rookie year, we were three and 14 and we
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  Speaker 3: beat Buffalo here. We beat Indy the last game of
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  Speaker 3: the season. They were trying to get in the playoffs
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  Speaker 3: and We were 2-14, and it's the last game of
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  Speaker 3: the year. You wouldn't think we had much to play for.
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  Speaker 3: And we came out, played great, flying around, and played really,
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  Speaker 3: really well. So, I mean, it's just the NFL. It's
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  Speaker 3: hard to beat any team. Honestly, you've got to play
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  Speaker 3: well every week. So I think that's the mindset for
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  Speaker 3: us is it doesn't really matter what's going on with
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  Speaker 3: the team that we're playing. They're still going to have
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  Speaker 3: a team full of guys ready to go that are
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  Speaker 3: going to want to beat us here in our home stadium.
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  Speaker 1: So we've got to be ready.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, just a lot of energy, um, you know, playmaking.
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  Speaker 3: You see every time he touches the ball, he flashes
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  Speaker 3: and makes a play and makes a guy miss. And, um,
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  Speaker 3: just special player. Obviously he was able to get the
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  Speaker 3: turnover and the touchdown in the game. I mean, um,
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  Speaker 3: it's really cool to see what he's, what he's able
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  Speaker 3: to do. And I think obviously that was the most
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  Speaker 3: we've used him offensively this year. And hopefully he can
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  Speaker 3: just build on that and have more for him. And, um,
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  Speaker 3: you know, it's been really cool to see how it's unfolded.
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  Speaker 1: It's kind of been.
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  Speaker 3: Steady and growing every week and he's handled it well.
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  Speaker 3: I've been impressed with, I mean, it's a lot.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know many guys that could do it as
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  Speaker 3: far as playing corner full time and then come and
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  Speaker 3: play receiver and knowing what to do. And our offense
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  Speaker 3: can be a little bit complex and he's done a
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  Speaker 3: good job. So got to continue building off it, but
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  Speaker 3: he's a special player for sure.
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  Speaker 2: 56 players came in on the off day on.
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  Speaker 3: Tuesday to live just what does that say about this
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  Speaker 3: team and how hungry you guys are to continue to
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  Speaker 3: be in yeah you know i think um i mean
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  Speaker 3: i bet that would be i wonder what the numbers
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  Speaker 3: are on the normal week i think guys just treat
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  Speaker 3: it as we have our routine our routines and we
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  Speaker 3: know what we need to do to feel like we're
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  Speaker 3: ready and um staying on top of our of our
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  Speaker 3: stuff and i think that's just people following their routines
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  Speaker 3: and staying on track you know it doesn't matter that
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  Speaker 3: we didn't play the week before like even more so
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  Speaker 3: we need to be in here and getting ready to
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  Speaker 3: go for this week. So I think it's just guys
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  Speaker 3: being mature and handling it the right way more than anything.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think it's like a guy's out to prove something.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's just guys knowing what's best for them
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  Speaker 3: and sticking to that process, which our guys have done
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  Speaker 3: a good job.
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  Speaker 2: You have the fuller knowledge of the offense that you've.
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  Speaker 3: Had for about a year and a half of playing.
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  Speaker 3: Is it easier or more difficult then to take more
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  Speaker 3: chances with throws?
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  Speaker 1: Or does it not really even factor in at all?
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  Speaker 1: I'd say, you know, that's a tough question. I don't
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  Speaker 1: know the answer to that.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's probably more calculated, you know, the chances
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  Speaker 3: that you take. And I just feel like, you know,
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  Speaker 3: I have a better understanding of what we're doing. So
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  Speaker 3: I do think sometimes and sometimes it might actually make
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  Speaker 3: me take less chances occasionally. Just knowing the situation and
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  Speaker 3: trusting what we're doing. I know I'll just take this
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  Speaker 3: completion and move on. I'm going to get another opportunity
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  Speaker 3: to hit this, the big play. this might not be
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  Speaker 3: you know I'm dropping back it doesn't look exactly how
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  Speaker 3: I want it to look I don't need to try
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  Speaker 3: to force that in there I can just check it
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  Speaker 3: out and you know sometimes it is the flip side
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  Speaker 3: where I see it pre-snap and I know I'm going
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  Speaker 3: to have to look for the shot. So I think
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  Speaker 3: there's a little bit of both probably to answer that question.
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  Speaker 2: Trevor, this might be a very philosophical question, but since
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  Speaker 2: you mentioned it, you feel like this team at this
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  Speaker 2: point in time, it's not like you're trying to prove
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  Speaker 2: anybody wrong or something like that.
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  Speaker 3: You referenced the habits and systems that you guys have built.
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  Speaker 3: So what is driving this team right now, comparatively perhaps
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  Speaker 3: to where the edge might have been, hey, we're proving
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  Speaker 3: people wrong in previous.
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  Speaker 1: Iterations of this team?
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  Speaker 3: I think it's always just that push for your best.
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  Speaker 3: You're chasing something that I think we really have a
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  Speaker 3: ton of confidence and belief that we're a really good team.
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  Speaker 1: How good is that? I think we all want to
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  Speaker 1: find out.
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  Speaker 3: The only way that happens is if you put the
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  Speaker 3: work in every day, put your best foot forward and
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  Speaker 3: just take it one week at a time. We'll see
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  Speaker 3: where we stack up at the end of this thing.
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  Speaker 3: I think that's where there's a lot of confidence in
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  Speaker 3: our team, but There's also the reality of you have
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  Speaker 3: to take it one day at a time. It doesn't
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  Speaker 3: matter how good you think you are. You look at
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  Speaker 3: our schedule, we've got 11 games left, and there's a
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  Speaker 3: long road before we even talk about postseason and all
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  Speaker 3: that stuff. So we've got a lot of work to do,
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  Speaker 3: and I think our team is just focused on today
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  Speaker 3: and then tomorrow and getting ready for Sunday as opposed
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  Speaker 3: to the big picture of what we could do.