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Press Pass | Pederson: "Gotta take it up another notch this Saturday." · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: You can hit that one on the head. Yeah, No,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you know it does kind of break it up. Plus,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we haven't had fans at practice, and this
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  Speaker 1: gives our organization and their families to come and watch
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  Speaker 1: the guy's practice, you know, this afternoon tonight and UM,
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  Speaker 1: just a kind of a way to give back to
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  Speaker 1: them a little bit. We have on James Robinson. Whether
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  Speaker 1: he's gonna be clear, you'll see him in some team drills.
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  Speaker 1: We're gonna keep him out of contact drills though, UM
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  Speaker 1: this week and just keep progressing him along. But he's
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  Speaker 1: doing doing well and and that's that's the goal, just
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  Speaker 1: to progress him, you know here in the next few
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  Speaker 1: days the same thing. You know, you'll see him in uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, some individual work. UM. Still want to keep
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  Speaker 1: him away from any kind of contact right now where
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  Speaker 1: he's got a strain, UM and uh, hopefully here in
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  Speaker 1: the next couple of days we'll see more of him.
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  Speaker 1: You talked about having a plan of when to have
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  Speaker 1: more high contact practices and so forth. If you adjusted
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  Speaker 1: anything in your trainee camp plan from when you when
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  Speaker 1: you starting with you just in day to day or
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  Speaker 1: has it been pretty much as you anticipated? Everything has
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  Speaker 1: been as anticipated. Other than kind of flipping the script today,
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  Speaker 1: you know, practicing tonight. Everything we've done, um, we've we've
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  Speaker 1: kept right to the right to the schedule on all
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  Speaker 1: the practices, the length of time. Uh. The only thing
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  Speaker 1: I've done, I think, if anything, and subtle probably to y'all,
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  Speaker 1: has just increased the number of reps that the ones
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  Speaker 1: getting during practice. I've increased that just a little bit
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  Speaker 1: started last week. UM, we'll do that again this week.
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  Speaker 1: But other than that, we've stayed true toful basically where
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  Speaker 1: you anticipated being at this point. I mean, I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: you had some milestones in your head where you wanted
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  Speaker 1: to be. Yeah, you know, And that's kind of the
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  Speaker 1: gauge with the games too. You know, you can ask
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  Speaker 1: your benchmark and where you are. And you know, obviously
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  Speaker 1: the ones came out and did you know, did it
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  Speaker 1: did a nice job the other night in that football game. Um,
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  Speaker 1: and they'll get another opportunity, hopefully a little bit longer
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  Speaker 1: in this in this next game, you know, Saturday night,
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  Speaker 1: start starting up in Man's got to be quick, you're good,
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  Speaker 1: uh close? Uh the interception the other night, I was
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  Speaker 1: returning for a touchdown. When you look at the film
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  Speaker 1: didn't just fight for that enough. Um, I mean he did.
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  Speaker 1: I mean obviously like to see there there were it's
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  Speaker 1: a little bit everything, Um, understanding the situation of the
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  Speaker 1: game where we were, you know, around a minute to go. Um,
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  Speaker 1: we weren't necessarily in a two minute scenario because we
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  Speaker 1: were in the you know, the plus side of the
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  Speaker 1: field chance to get three points right there. We had
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  Speaker 1: a couple of options to go other places with the football,
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  Speaker 1: um that c J had. But at the same time,
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  Speaker 1: he chose, he chose to go that way, and that's fine.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we just got to make the player at
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  Speaker 1: least knock it down. UM. Tough, tough play just because
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  Speaker 1: of the twisting and the turning. But I'd say that's
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  Speaker 1: a great play by the dB two to get it
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  Speaker 1: out of his hands. And it's just makes tea. Yeah. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: he's still competing, still still doing doing a nice job,
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  Speaker 1: you know, not only his receiver but on special teams
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  Speaker 1: and and uh, we just you know, keep keep his
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  Speaker 1: head up and keep moving. Knowing what you said about Devon,
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  Speaker 1: about James and their recovery and also the other guys
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  Speaker 1: that will back up and he held out, say Friday night,
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  Speaker 1: is safe to say they probably play this on Saturday. Um,
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  Speaker 1: you're referring to those two James for sure. You know,
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  Speaker 1: we're still not there yet with him. Um, Devin's closer,
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  Speaker 1: but we gotta see today and then uh Wednesday again
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  Speaker 1: to see where he's at Wednesday Thursday to really make
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  Speaker 1: a determination if he can play in this football game.
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  Speaker 1: When you were in Philadelphia, you had a pretty deep,
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  Speaker 1: decent defense that first year, and then the next two
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  Speaker 1: or three years it got really it got really pretty good,
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  Speaker 1: particularly against a run. What do you see from this
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  Speaker 1: defense in terms of where it could get down the road?
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  Speaker 1: Knowing you've got a lot of people that are still
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  Speaker 1: getting used to each other. Yeah, you know, I think
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  Speaker 1: you know Philly, they were learning a new scheme as
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  Speaker 1: well in sixteen and seventeen, and um, same thing here,
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  Speaker 1: you know, learning a new scheme and run fits and
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  Speaker 1: different gaps that you have to protect and defend, and
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's just it's just different styles and and uh.
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  Speaker 1: But at the same time, you see you see improvement.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we saw improvement a little bit this past
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  Speaker 1: week against you know, Cleveland's rush and then you know,
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  Speaker 1: we got to take it up another Notch, you know
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  Speaker 1: this Saturday against Pittsburgh who kind of prides himself and
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  Speaker 1: running the football. So, um, it's a matter of just
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  Speaker 1: continuing to work together, getting more reps on the field
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  Speaker 1: with those starters, um and and I think you'll begin seeing,
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  Speaker 1: you know, a little more improvement in that that area
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  Speaker 1: seven the middle years. And Jil, do you feel like
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  Speaker 1: I didn't know that you feel like the personnel that
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  Speaker 1: you here can to that type. I think, so, I
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  Speaker 1: really do, I really do. I think it's a good
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  Speaker 1: it's a good group of you know, seven or eight guys.
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  Speaker 1: You know that that comprised of the front when start
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  Speaker 1: adding the safeties in there. Um and so yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: do believe that we can we can ascend there. It's
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  Speaker 1: gonna take a lot of work though, you know, I
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  Speaker 1: mean this is uh you look at our division and
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  Speaker 1: some of the running backs in our division and and um,
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  Speaker 1: you know they we're gonna have to bring, as they say,
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  Speaker 1: your lunch bell to work every day when we play.
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  Speaker 1: These guys can talk about the decision to wave Jake
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  Speaker 1: Lewton and the rest of the guys. You know, first
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  Speaker 1: of all, appreciate everything that those guys did for us.
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  Speaker 1: You know, offseason training camp. Um, they gave everything they had,
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  Speaker 1: you know, obviously to to us and and we appreciate
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  Speaker 1: that is just a I've been in their shoes too
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  Speaker 1: many times, you know to understand exactly and know exactly
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  Speaker 1: what they're going through. It's just part of the business,
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  Speaker 1: you know. And and you know, by rules, we have
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  Speaker 1: to reduce our roster by five guys, and we gotta
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  Speaker 1: do five after you know, next week, and then get
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  Speaker 1: it down to fifty three after that. So, um, it's
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  Speaker 1: part of the business. Um, But you know, it also
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  Speaker 1: gives them an opportunity to to seek you know, employment
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  Speaker 1: somewhere else and and try to try to stay in
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  Speaker 1: this league as much as I can from the other
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  Speaker 1: quarterbacks and or you know, just the one. And then today, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you know it's it's I'm not gonna get into a
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  Speaker 1: bunch of the wives, but um, you know, you've gotta
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  Speaker 1: make tough decisions in this league. And um, you get
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  Speaker 1: down to the point where sometimes to having the extra quarterback. Um,
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  Speaker 1: you know you're not getting enough snaps now because you're
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  Speaker 1: getting your starters ready to go and and we haven't
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  Speaker 1: seen e J enough yet. So it's time for him
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  Speaker 1: to perform and see what he can do. Does he
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  Speaker 1: have the kicking job down now? Is it? Is it his? Um? Uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, still working there too, you know, I mean
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  Speaker 1: until we until we make the fifty three. I think
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  Speaker 1: everybody's still fighting for for spots, you know, quite honestly.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, we we know, we know a few
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  Speaker 1: guys are gonna make Josh Allen's gonna make the team.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, we know that Trevor is gonna make the team.
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  Speaker 1: But you know there are guys competing for for roster
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  Speaker 1: spots and and um, you know, until until we, you know,
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  Speaker 1: make that fifty three final. I think I think these
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  Speaker 1: guys need to understand that, understand Toso to be comfortable
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  Speaker 1: with him. I think we're still working there. I think
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  Speaker 1: we need to see more, quite honestly, Um, he understands that.
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  Speaker 1: And it's unfortunate that Elliott got hurt in the game
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  Speaker 1: the other day, and and because there was there was
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  Speaker 1: some nice competition going on there in practice, and um,
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  Speaker 1: I thought I thought those two would kind of battle
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  Speaker 1: it out to the end and then we'll see what
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  Speaker 1: happens here at the end. What was the injuries Elliott?
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  Speaker 1: And then turn you maybe have to wave another additional
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  Speaker 1: player to bringing another kicker. It's just a groin with
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  Speaker 1: him and I'm just kicking leg and um. You know
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  Speaker 1: you you can wave them injured, um, and and and
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  Speaker 1: protect yourself that way, so you'd be part of the five.
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  Speaker 1: Do you know what, Curt, are they full time? Yes?
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  Speaker 1: You talk about it being important to see in the
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  Speaker 1: offensive line because of last week when you went back
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  Speaker 1: to the film, you know, what did you want to
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  Speaker 1: see from the first group. I saw a movement on
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  Speaker 1: on Cleveland side of the ball, you know, whether it
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  Speaker 1: be the double teams or even some of the single blocks. Um,
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  Speaker 1: I'll tell you that's one of the things that Cleveland
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  Speaker 1: really did a nice job they did. They run run
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  Speaker 1: their linebackers through gaps really well downhill and that was
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  Speaker 1: good for us to see because we missed a couple.
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  Speaker 1: But at the same time, we were able to create
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  Speaker 1: a new line of scrimmage and and uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: do some good there with our with our one offensive line.
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  Speaker 1: But again we still gotta you know, be aware of
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  Speaker 1: those second level defenders and and pick those guys off.
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  Speaker 1: We had some chances to you know, create some bigger holes.
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  Speaker 1: Um that we missed, but that's why we go back
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  Speaker 1: to practice and and figure those out, seem. Oh yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: he's getting more and more comfortable you know in there. Um,
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  Speaker 1: and of course it helps playing you know next to
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  Speaker 1: Brandon and and really Shatley and they're two veteran guys,
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  Speaker 1: can really help him out. Where does Ben barge kind
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  Speaker 1: up fit from the offensive line depth right now? Um,
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  Speaker 1: just obviously kind of progressing. He's progressing well, He's played well,
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  Speaker 1: uh you know him and uh Tyler working at left
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  Speaker 1: left guard, you know, and I think there's a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of competition there as well, and it's good to
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  Speaker 1: see both guys are doing extremely well and and um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's good to have depth there at that
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  Speaker 1: position because you know, Shatley can can also play center,
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  Speaker 1: which is good for us. And and we just continue
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  Speaker 1: to you know, monitor their their their progress. With Ben's
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  Speaker 1: benchman doing really well right now that the number one
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  Speaker 1: spot at left guard is kind of up for grabs, um,
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  Speaker 1: I think so, uh, you know, again, both guys are
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  Speaker 1: doing well, but um, yeah, you know it's it's you
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  Speaker 1: can start Ben one week, you can start Tyler the next.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's just it's it's that close right now
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  Speaker 1: to a call. What do you want to see tonight's practice?
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  Speaker 1: Obviously it's a live hitting again. Just you talk about
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  Speaker 1: the physicality last week. What do you want to see today?
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  Speaker 1: Same thing. Physicality obviously, protect each other, you know, um,
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  Speaker 1: one of the periods, and how to be the run
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  Speaker 1: game and so just defensively, just being able to you know,
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  Speaker 1: fit those gaps and and still work on the run,
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  Speaker 1: you know, defense that way, and same thing offensively. You know,
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  Speaker 1: I'm kind of caught in the middle, right, I mean
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  Speaker 1: I want to succeed offensively, but at the same time
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  Speaker 1: I want the defense to to stop them. So those
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  Speaker 1: are the things you got to see out of practices
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  Speaker 1: like this. Um, it'll be a little cooler tonight, you
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  Speaker 1: know for the guys, So they should be able to
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  Speaker 1: fly around and and uh, you know, enjoy the night.
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  Speaker 1: There are four preseason games. The third was always the
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  Speaker 1: big one for the veterans. In the starters, you have four,
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  Speaker 1: but everybody else has you know three this year, did
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  Speaker 1: you treat the third one like you used to? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: a little bit. Um you're talking about this week being
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  Speaker 1: our third, Um, yeah, you know. For for me, I
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  Speaker 1: do want to see our starters play a little bit longer,
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  Speaker 1: go go a little bit deeper into the second quarter.
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  Speaker 1: You know, our defensive starters haven't played a ton in
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  Speaker 1: the first two games. They've they've done well, they just
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  Speaker 1: haven't played a whole lot. So I want to see
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  Speaker 1: them play a little bit more in this in this game.
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  Speaker 1: And and the same with the offense, you know, and
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  Speaker 1: and just again just start seeing the consistency with those
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  Speaker 1: two units. Um. But yeah, I think overalls kind of
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  Speaker 1: treating this like a like we would a normal in
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  Speaker 1: season game plan type you know game um, and then
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  Speaker 1: and then get ready for uh, you know, for Atlanta
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  Speaker 1: next week. What did you see when you watch back
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  Speaker 1: the TA in terms of the run game some maybe
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  Speaker 1: some struggles there, trials was able to break free for
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  Speaker 1: that one. Was it inconsistencies along the offensive line or
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  Speaker 1: it was it was a little it was a little both. Um.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we talked about the run through linebackers. Cleveland
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  Speaker 1: does a great job of that, anticipating not us not
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  Speaker 1: coming off of some of our you know, B blocks
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  Speaker 1: and A blocks and different combo blocks you know, on that,
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  Speaker 1: and then the running backs just staying patient with the
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  Speaker 1: whole too, you know, there's some uh quick decisive moves
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  Speaker 1: that they could have just been a little more patient. Um.
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  Speaker 1: And so that's all the timing things that we just
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  Speaker 1: continue to work on in practice and and um, you
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  Speaker 1: know we get better at but you know, I thought
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  Speaker 1: overall decent heading in the right direction and you know,
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  Speaker 1: just another another opportunity this week to get better. Have
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  Speaker 1: you been with Zay Jones and just his ability to
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  Speaker 1: connect with Trevors at this early Yeah, it's been it's
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  Speaker 1: been a bright spot, you know, offensively. Uh. Za's a
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  Speaker 1: tremendous worker in practice. You know, he practices fast all
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  Speaker 1: the time. He's picked up our system well. And um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, he and Trevor seemed to have a good rapport.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they work work a lot together and and
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  Speaker 1: it's good to see you know, from him and Christian
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  Speaker 1: and really Marks too, you know. But you know z
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  Speaker 1: has been a veteran player, UM, great leader, good in
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  Speaker 1: the room and uh he's uh you know obviously made
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  Speaker 1: some plays the other night. It's good to see