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  Speaker 1: Eric, You've been in this league an awful long time.
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  Speaker 1: Uh why do why are there a lot of occasions
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  Speaker 1: where backup quarterbacks have very good games? I'm wondering, does
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  Speaker 1: the defense look at it on film and and and
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  Speaker 1: see that this guy is not CJ. Stroud, for example,
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  Speaker 1: and get complacent or you know, or is anybody who's
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  Speaker 1: who's getting a paycheck as a quarterback in the NFL
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  Speaker 1: capable of doing what Davis did?
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  Speaker 2: Do you think you're asking against us specifically or just yeah, opinion.
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  Speaker 1: On yeah, just why the backup quarterback scene has success
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  Speaker 1: against the Jaguars this year, specifically Jake Browning and Davis.
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  Speaker 2: I think with the back of the game plan definitely changes,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, the game kind of kind of simplifies.
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  Speaker 2: You see a lot of quick game, a lot of
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  Speaker 2: in the football, you know, trying not to.
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  Speaker 3: Quote unquote put the.
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  Speaker 2: Game in their hands, and and I think it simplifies.
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  Speaker 2: It's kind of from what I would say my experience
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  Speaker 2: has been of seeing and so yeah, I think that
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  Speaker 2: that's the difference.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, and most backups are veterans. You know, Davis has
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  Speaker 1: been around the league a while. You know, Jake Browning
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  Speaker 1: has so you know is uh uh, you know, do
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  Speaker 1: you have to give those guys credit for you know,
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  Speaker 1: being in the league for a while and and you know,
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  Speaker 1: sticking to the game play, so to speak.
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  Speaker 2: I don't take any I don't take any player or
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  Speaker 2: a team lightly in this league. You know, it's any
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  Speaker 2: given Sunday for a reason. You know, it's good players
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  Speaker 2: all over the league, whether backups or or starters. And
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  Speaker 2: so once you get in the business of taking people lightly,
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  Speaker 2: that's when you know you're you're setting yourself up for
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  Speaker 2: a recipe for a disaster. So I don't take anybody lightly.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think we take anybody lightly. I mean, how
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  Speaker 2: could we. We're trying to prove our prove our own selves.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we haven't really done anything yet, and so
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  Speaker 2: we can't take anyone lightly. We've got to go out
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  Speaker 2: here each and every game and give it, give it
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  Speaker 2: our best, which I feel like we have been doing.
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  Speaker 2: And so yeah, there's no taking it lightly on anyone
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  Speaker 2: in the NFL.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, thank you, Jamal, followed by Shipley Eric.
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  Speaker 4: How do you make sure a loss like this one
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  Speaker 4: doesn't doesn't linger around and creep into next week?
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  Speaker 2: Turn the page, you know, flip the script whether you
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  Speaker 2: like or not. You know, we have another game coming
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  Speaker 2: up here in six days, So lingering about what happened
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  Speaker 2: this last game is going to do going to do
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  Speaker 2: anything for for the Chargers. You know, you learn from
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  Speaker 2: your mistakes, you get things cleaned up, and then and
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  Speaker 2: then you move on. We're still in a very good
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  Speaker 2: position with our season ahead of us, and you turn
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  Speaker 2: the page and get back to work.
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  Speaker 4: And you're leading the team in sacks, but the sack
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  Speaker 4: numbers for the defense as a whole probably not where
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  Speaker 4: y'all want them. Is there a way you can manufacture
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  Speaker 4: more pressure with the front floor.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think there's really a manufacturing of pressure. I
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  Speaker 2: think manufacturing of pressure is blitzing and bringing more than
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  Speaker 2: they can handle or trying to free guys up. So
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  Speaker 2: in terms of getting pressure with the front, it's you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's it's on us to go waring matchups when you
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  Speaker 2: know that that is the play call for us to
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  Speaker 2: to rush forward and put pressure on them rush and four.
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  Speaker 2: So and just really focusing up for us up front,
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  Speaker 2: focusing on that when are when we are called on
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  Speaker 2: to go get them with four you know, making sure
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  Speaker 2: that you know we're putting our best for forward and
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  Speaker 2: we're locked in and you know we're going to win
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  Speaker 2: our matchups and whether whatever they throw out as chips,
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  Speaker 2: you know, double teams or whatever it may be, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we got to find a way.
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  Speaker 4: Appreciate Eric M.
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  Speaker 3: Piple you followed by g Rock. Hey, Eric, thanks for
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  Speaker 3: doing this.
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  Speaker 5: Does your guys like highs on defense early in the
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  Speaker 5: season of potentially you show, does that kind of make
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  Speaker 5: these last couple of games more maybe frustrating? I guess
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  Speaker 5: just knowing what you guys can do.
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  Speaker 2: I mean losing in losing in that fashion and then
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  Speaker 2: you know, down the stretch having some struggles defensively in
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  Speaker 2: the previous game. You know, definitely you don't necessarily look
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  Speaker 2: at like your highs and like it makes it more frustrating.
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  Speaker 2: But it's the ebbs and flows of the season and
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  Speaker 2: knowing what you're capable of and feeling like you know
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  Speaker 2: you're you haven't reached that and you know you're doing
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  Speaker 2: everything you can to try to reach it and still
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  Speaker 2: not you know, getting those those still not getting that
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  Speaker 2: to that level that you want to play at. You
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  Speaker 2: know it's frustrating, but you know, we we're midway through
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  Speaker 2: our season. We eight games left and this is the
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  Speaker 2: time of the year where you know, you really need
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  Speaker 2: to be playing great football. And so that's our focus
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  Speaker 2: is to get back to working, you know, do everything
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  Speaker 2: we can, both individually and together to make sure that
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  Speaker 2: we're playing good football down the stretch.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks Eric, last one d rock.
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  Speaker 6: Hey. Eric Goleam was pretty pointed in the criticism last
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  Speaker 6: night of the Front four not really being able to
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  Speaker 6: get pressure without blitzing. So do you take that, you
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  Speaker 6: guys take that as a challenge this week that you
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  Speaker 6: have to respond pretty soon or you know, there could
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  Speaker 6: be you know, some changes in terms of playing time
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  Speaker 6: and rotations and stuff like that.
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  Speaker 2: I think everything is a challenge in the NFL. You
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  Speaker 2: got to take it, take it personal. You know, you
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  Speaker 2: strive to be the best at what you do. I
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  Speaker 2: think that we have the ability, we have the talent
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  Speaker 2: in the room to be successful, especially up front with four.
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  Speaker 2: I think throughout times guys and in our room in
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  Speaker 2: our career have shown that to have a lot of success.
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  Speaker 2: And so it's just about coming together. You know, when
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  Speaker 2: you're challenged, you got a band together, because none of
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  Speaker 2: us are going to be successful individually. It's about coming together,
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  Speaker 2: accepting whatever is in front of you. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: whenever I'm challenged or I feel that, you know, someone
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  Speaker 2: might be questioning or things aren't you know, having reached
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  Speaker 2: the level of success that I want, you know, I
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  Speaker 2: take it as an opportunity to to use that adversity
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  Speaker 2: for good. And it makes it that much sweeter. Once
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  Speaker 2: you do reach that success, and once you do, uh,
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  Speaker 2: start making those plays and and things do start coming together,
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  Speaker 2: it makes it that much sweeter and you cherish it
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  Speaker 2: a little more. So I think that's the mentality that
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  Speaker 2: we have to have, is the frustration.
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  Speaker 6: How frustrating is it when you guys have made those
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  Speaker 6: plays at the ends of games, you know, first four
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  Speaker 6: or five weeks of the season, and against Houston before too,
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  Speaker 6: and then to see it go the way it did
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  Speaker 6: on Sunday. How frustrating is that to know that you
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  Speaker 6: have been able to do it before, but just this
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  Speaker 6: time it didn't It didn't work out.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: It's frustrating, but it's part of the process, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the you have to go through to reach the gains
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  Speaker 2: and find the success, and everything that you go through
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  Speaker 2: is part of the process and part of the journey,
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  Speaker 2: and Like I said, these moments, these games are making
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  Speaker 2: us the team and the players that we need to be.
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  Speaker 2: And we you know, we have to go through these
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  Speaker 2: things to find growth. And you know, when times get hard,
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  Speaker 2: that's when you learn a lot about yourself and either
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  Speaker 2: you come together and make it better or you know,
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  Speaker 2: things go away. And I believe that we're gonna come
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  Speaker 2: together and make it better and you know, find the
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  Speaker 2: success that you know we want to have. And uh,
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  Speaker 2: it's all about sticking together and going through that process
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  Speaker 2: as a team.
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  Speaker 6: Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: M HM All said, thanks Eric Barker, And it was
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  Speaker 1: probably tough to enjoy what you did in individually yesterday
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  Speaker 1: because of the loss. But you know, three punt returns
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  Speaker 1: for touchdowns in the last two seasons, first yaguar to
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  Speaker 1: have that. You're the first NFL player to get to
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  Speaker 1: in this season. So what is what's happening out there
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  Speaker 1: that is giving you these kinds of opportunities?
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  Speaker 3: Just continuing that.
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  Speaker 7: Just have confidence, and you know it starts with preparation
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  Speaker 7: of course, and just throughout my career as well, just
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  Speaker 7: being able to be around with some great teammates that
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  Speaker 7: been able to learn from and being able to build
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  Speaker 7: off of and it's just been cool to just go
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  Speaker 7: out there and be able to have these opportunities like
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  Speaker 7: you're talking about, and it's just just making the most
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  Speaker 7: of them is the most important thing for me, and
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  Speaker 7: having fun doing it. So just getting back to having fun,
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  Speaker 7: just being the kid has been playing football his whole
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  Speaker 7: life and just making the most of it.
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  Speaker 1: And he's touched on this last week when he was
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  Speaker 1: in You know, you guys have got some new players
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  Speaker 1: on special teams, the core of the special teams, quite
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  Speaker 1: a few rookies and everything. So in terms of on
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  Speaker 1: the punt return teams and what you see in front
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  Speaker 1: of you are are these first year players and the
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  Speaker 1: younger guys really responding to being said, Okay, you're you're
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  Speaker 1: gonna get snaps on special teams. This is where you're
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  Speaker 1: this is where it's gonna come for now. And how
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  Speaker 1: well they responded to that.
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  Speaker 7: They're they're working their tail off and hats off of
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  Speaker 7: those guys. And I said, like, all right, especially for
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  Speaker 7: me as a punt return our return unit is one
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  Speaker 7: of the best in the NFL, just as far as
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  Speaker 7: how those guys work, how intentional they are, I mean,
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  Speaker 7: they've blocked their tails off finished plays, running to the
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  Speaker 7: end of the play. I mean, it's just special to
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  Speaker 7: be a part of and as a returner, I just
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  Speaker 7: want to be able to make those plays for them,
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  Speaker 7: just because of how hard they work and seeing that,
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  Speaker 7: just seeing all these big plays that we've been able
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  Speaker 7: to make so far, has it's been cool and hopefully
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  Speaker 7: we can keeping on it.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, thank you, Jamal, followed by Shipley.
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  Speaker 4: Hey Parker, how do you make sure that I guess
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  Speaker 4: you guys have lost three to the last four and
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  Speaker 4: that one's a tough one in Houston? How you make
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  Speaker 4: sure that doesn't linger and creep into next week?
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  Speaker 7: Just remembering who we are and as much as we
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  Speaker 7: did all our corrections and then we got got together
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  Speaker 7: as a unit and we started to show all our
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  Speaker 7: like our like our identity.
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  Speaker 3: Plays of like who we can be and who we are,
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  Speaker 3: and I felt.
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  Speaker 7: Like that was a good way to wipe this away
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  Speaker 7: and you know, move forward to know that we could
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  Speaker 7: be special and we just got to keep trusting each other,
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  Speaker 7: keep coming together as a unit as a team, and
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  Speaker 7: you know, get out there on Sunday, have some fun
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  Speaker 7: that most importantly and continue to make plays.
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  Speaker 4: Is part of your identity. Play like those get it
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  Speaker 4: off the top show if you're not the top all
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  Speaker 4: this receiver, but I feel like if you put all
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  Speaker 4: your highlight catches together, a lot of them are go
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  Speaker 4: up and kind of get it those acrobatic catches. Is
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  Speaker 4: that part of your identity?
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  Speaker 3: I like to say that, appreciate it. Par definitely, followed
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  Speaker 3: by d rock Hey Parker, thanks for doing this.
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  Speaker 5: Man on the broadcast, they said, Liam said Jakobe had
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  Speaker 5: like seventy five percent of the offense down. He went
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  Speaker 5: in there yesterday and played like half the snaps as
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  Speaker 5: a fellow receiver. How like difficult do you think I
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  Speaker 5: probably was to get here and five days later kind
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  Speaker 5: of go in there and do what he did.
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  Speaker 3: Well, that's super tough. I mean it's I mean he's
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  Speaker 3: with when.
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  Speaker 7: He was with the Raiders, is already a workload to
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  Speaker 7: learn that offense and be a part of that. So
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  Speaker 7: just imagine you show up and then you change all
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  Speaker 7: the words to all the plays you've been running. And
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  Speaker 7: it could be crazy, because it can be some things
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  Speaker 7: can mean in his offense different from what it means
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  Speaker 7: in our offense. So it's kind of crazy, and it
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  Speaker 7: could be the same words. So hats off to him
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  Speaker 7: just being a professional. As we know, that's why we
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  Speaker 7: brought him in. You know, he's a true pro. He
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  Speaker 7: came in and put the time in and clicked it
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  Speaker 7: clicked early, and it's just been exciting to see that
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  Speaker 7: that coming together and he's, like you said, he's been specially,
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  Speaker 7: he's gonna continue to be special.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks per appreciate it. Last one, d rock.
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  Speaker 6: Hey on uh, I guess on the film and the
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  Speaker 6: punt return, you threw that hand up like right around
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  Speaker 6: the fifty. That is that kind of when you knew
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  Speaker 6: that that thing was going to the house.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 7: I mean once once I started to see the punter
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  Speaker 7: and that's the only person I gotta win against, I'm like,
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  Speaker 7: let's go.
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  Speaker 3: And I was just haped to be able to make
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  Speaker 3: that play.
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  Speaker 5: You know.
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  Speaker 7: It's always tough that we fell short and didn't get
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  Speaker 7: this win, But like I said, the Special Teams unit
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  Speaker 7: is so special to be a part of and I
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  Speaker 7: wouldn't want to be with anybody else.
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  Speaker 6: Fourth quarter the off, it really was not able to
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  Speaker 6: get anything going at all. How tough is that? You
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  Speaker 6: know when you see that the defense is struggling and
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  Speaker 6: they could really use a drive from you guys, even
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  Speaker 6: if it's just two or three first downs to kind
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  Speaker 6: of bleed some clock. How frustrating is that you guys
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  Speaker 6: weren't able to get anything going.
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  Speaker 3: Definitely, it's definitely tough.
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  Speaker 7: You know, as an offense for us that we go
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  Speaker 7: out there, our intentions are to make big plays and
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  Speaker 7: you know, just most important to just move the chains
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  Speaker 7: and you know, at least in with some type of
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  Speaker 7: kick well for points, you know they'll go pat.
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  Speaker 3: After the touchdown that type of thing.
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  Speaker 7: So you know, it's tough to go out there and
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  Speaker 7: not be able to do our best work. But as
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  Speaker 7: the unit, I feel like we stayed together and like
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  Speaker 7: I said, like going into today and then ready for
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  Speaker 7: a Wednesday practice, we have the most confidence in the
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  Speaker 7: world that will continue to grow and just you know, say,
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  Speaker 7: go be our best selves this Sunday and the next opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: Is it.
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  Speaker 6: The mental toughness on this team to get past this.
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  Speaker 6: Is there any doubt in your mind that you guys
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  Speaker 6: will be able to kind of put it behind you
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  Speaker 6: by Wednesday?
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  Speaker 3: I feel like I.
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  Speaker 7: Feel like that's what's been making us special this year,
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  Speaker 7: is just the unity and coming together and not pointed
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  Speaker 7: fingers coach Coach Lamb, He's always that's his thing. We're
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  Speaker 7: not going to point fingers through this and we're not
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  Speaker 7: going backwards. So I feel like that's been really cool
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  Speaker 7: to be a part of, and guys are buying in
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  Speaker 7: that and it's been special and we're just going to
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  Speaker 7: continue to have fun to just be us.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you, Appreciate you.