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Press Pass | Lawrence, Hunter & Tuten on Team Performance, Improving After Loss to Texans · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Obviously, tough game today. Didn't go our way and just
• 0:03
  Speaker 1: made a few too many mistakes that cost us, you know,
• 0:06
  Speaker 1: in the end. It's a one-score game like most of
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  Speaker 1: them are and ended up hurting us, you know, this week.
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  Speaker 1: We've gotten away with it a little bit in the past. So,
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  Speaker 1: I think that's probably the biggest reflection so far is
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  Speaker 1: just how do we clean up some of the little
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  Speaker 1: things that are hurting us and that end up costing
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  Speaker 1: us the game. You know, how to turn over in
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  Speaker 1: the red zone, something like that. I mean, that's a
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  Speaker 1: big play. Giving away points and ends up being a
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  Speaker 1: three-point game. So, That's an immediate reflection, but I think
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  Speaker 1: we'll watch it and we'll talk about it tomorrow and Tuesday,
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  Speaker 1: go through it, and then we'll have a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of time because we've got a bye week next week.
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  Speaker 1: So we'll have some time to reflect and just see
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  Speaker 1: what we need to get better at. I think our team,
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  Speaker 1: we've got a lot of confidence, and we know who
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  Speaker 1: we are. We don't need to go soul-searching or anything
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  Speaker 1: like that. It's just how can we continue to do
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  Speaker 1: the little things better and better because they cost you
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  Speaker 1: in these tight games. Trevor, how does it feel for
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  Speaker 1: you to get Travis Moore involved Especially the second half offense. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I thought Travis played awesome, made some huge plays for us,
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  Speaker 1: gave us a spark. I mean, just made some unreal plays.
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  Speaker 1: So I thought it was cool to, you know, obviously
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  Speaker 1: get him involved. And he's special with the ball in
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  Speaker 1: his hands. And I think obviously today was probably the
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  Speaker 1: most work he's gotten offensively this season. So he did
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  Speaker 1: some great things. And, yeah, it kind of just happened
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  Speaker 1: that way. We always have a plan for him. And
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  Speaker 1: it seemed like we got pretty much all those called today,
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  Speaker 1: which was great. And he was making plays.
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  Speaker 2: The game as well do you have to worry about
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  Speaker 2: not overworking him.
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  Speaker 1: I guess yeah you know i mean that's something that
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  Speaker 1: i you know i don't spend too much time thinking
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  Speaker 1: about i'll let the coaches handle it and and travis
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  Speaker 1: i know he's he's a special you know person and
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  Speaker 1: player that seems like he can run all day and
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  Speaker 1: is in incredible shape so um but i i think
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  Speaker 1: we've done a pretty good job of managing that and
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  Speaker 1: not making it too much and um I know he
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  Speaker 1: wants to be out there every play if he could be.
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  Speaker 1: So I think he has that mentality, which has helped him.
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  Speaker 1: And that's why he's able to, you know, play so
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  Speaker 1: many snaps and be effective.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we had a, we had a play. It
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  Speaker 1: was trying to sell really a run play and have
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  Speaker 1: him leak out. We were in, you know, 14 personnel
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  Speaker 1: with an extra offense alignment as well. So no receivers
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  Speaker 1: and got into empty and, Yeah, and he just leaked
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  Speaker 1: out the back, and the guy actually covered it better
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  Speaker 1: than we'd hoped for. We'd hoped it was a little
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  Speaker 1: bit more open than that, but Nate made a great
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  Speaker 1: play and went up and snagged it with one hand,
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  Speaker 1: which was pretty cool for his first touchdown.
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  Speaker 3: What can you tell about the atmosphere? Are there some differences.
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  Speaker 4: Comparing it with the USA?
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  Speaker 2: Sorry, say that again?
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  Speaker 3: What can you say about the atmosphere?
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  Speaker 5: Oh, the atmosphere?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, I thought it was great. It's always a
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  Speaker 1: good atmosphere. Obviously, I thought this week we had a
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  Speaker 1: lot more Jags fans in there than last week, so
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  Speaker 1: it was nice for the operation not being on silent
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  Speaker 1: the whole game. But, yeah, atmosphere is always good. I
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  Speaker 1: saw there was a ton of people here. I don't
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  Speaker 1: know what the attendance was, but you guys always show
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  Speaker 1: out for us, and we appreciate it. The atmospheres are
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  Speaker 1: always great over here.
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  Speaker 3: Two weeks in London for the Jags.
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  Speaker 4: How has it been, like, just being away.
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  Speaker 2: From, I guess, the regular home conference and kind of adapting?
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  Speaker 4: You was obviously.
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  Speaker 3: Here last year, but does that, being able to come back,
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  Speaker 3: does it help, you know, help you set anything easier,
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  Speaker 3: or was it, how did it feel just being in
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  Speaker 3: London and preparing in London?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's always an adjustment, you know, I've done this
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  Speaker 1: trip a bunch now, this is my sixth year, and
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  Speaker 1: this is my third time being out here for ten days,
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  Speaker 1: so you know what to expect, but it's always, there's
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  Speaker 1: always some, you know, challenges, the time, you know, adjustment,
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  Speaker 1: and then You're not home in your own building and
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  Speaker 1: have all the things in your routine isn't the exact same,
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  Speaker 1: but I thought the guys did a great job adjusting
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  Speaker 1: and adapting. We had a great week of practice and
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  Speaker 1: preparation and obviously just didn't get it done, but I
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  Speaker 1: think we've done it enough now to where we know
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  Speaker 1: what to expect and at least know how to plan
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  Speaker 1: leading up to this week, but yeah, there's always a
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  Speaker 1: few challenges.
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  Speaker 3: Did you have a good view of the Brenton Strange Holder?
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  Speaker 2: I did not.
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  Speaker 1: No, I did not on that play. Obviously I saw
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  Speaker 1: they threw the flag. I thought we scored. So I didn't,
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  Speaker 1: I didn't see the actual hold there.
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  Speaker 3: What's it going to take for us to, for you
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  Speaker 3: to get Brian Thomas that we saw in his rookie year?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. You know, I think we just have to keep,
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  Speaker 1: keep working, keep plugging away. Um, you know, keep finding
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  Speaker 1: opportunities to give him shots at the ball. Um, and
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  Speaker 1: I think, you know, for him, just keep playing and
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  Speaker 1: let the ball find you. I think that's the big
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  Speaker 1: thing is don't try to chase too much. And, um, Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: we need to get him involved more, and we're going
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  Speaker 1: to need him. So just excited for the opportunity moving
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  Speaker 1: forward to do that and just got to stick with it.
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  Speaker 1: This game's funny. It doesn't always work exactly how you
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  Speaker 1: want it to. Sometimes things can be challenging. Getting a
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  Speaker 1: specific guy touches and involved and just got to stick
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  Speaker 1: with it. The ball will find him. It will come
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  Speaker 1: his way. He's too good of a player for it
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  Speaker 1: not to. Just keep working, which he's done. So just
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  Speaker 1: keep showing up, and we're going to get through it.
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  Speaker 4: Today's game with offensively and defensively with a crucial intersection
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  Speaker 4: and also a touchdown.
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  Speaker 3: I want to know what's the biggest benefit of playing
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  Speaker 3: with a cornerback and wide receiver?
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  Speaker 4: What skill does it give you.
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  Speaker 5: In the game?
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  Speaker 2: It's just being able to help the team on both
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  Speaker 2: sides of the ball when it matters most. It's really
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  Speaker 2: my job to do here and I'm excited to do it,
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  Speaker 2: but we've got to come out and just continue to
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  Speaker 2: win these games and we've got to turn it around.
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  Speaker 4: That's an effort, giving up 426 and then 34 points.
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  Speaker 4: What allowed them to put those.
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  Speaker 3: Kind of yards up today?
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  Speaker 2: We just got to communicate better. We got to be
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  Speaker 2: able to talk, you know, getting into what the coach
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  Speaker 2: is calling and just continue to trust in what he's
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  Speaker 2: calling and just continue to do our job. You walked
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  Speaker 2: us through the interception, what'd you see? I was mad
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  Speaker 2: about the play a couple plays before when I got
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  Speaker 2: the push off, but, you know, I just got to
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  Speaker 2: continue to fight and Our coaches say always just go
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  Speaker 2: to the next play and just continue to turn it around.
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  Speaker 2: So my mindset was just turn it around, just go
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  Speaker 2: out there and make a play when the opportunity presents itself.
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  Speaker 4: Do you walk through the touchdown catch?
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  Speaker 2: Touchdown catch, I was just telling the coach on the sideline,
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  Speaker 2: I'm ready to go whenever you're ready for me. And
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  Speaker 2: he put me in the right position and called the
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  Speaker 2: right play for me to go out there and do
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  Speaker 2: what I do.
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  Speaker 4: This, I think, was the biggest amount you played on
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  Speaker 4: offense all year and then four catches on four targets.
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  Speaker 4: Is this just a glimpse of maybe it's starting to
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  Speaker 4: get rolling with you on offense?
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  Speaker 5: Hopefully.
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  Speaker 2: Just going over the plan with Coach over this bye
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  Speaker 2: week is just the main focus for me and just
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  Speaker 2: continue to do. And whenever he calls my number, just
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  Speaker 2: go out there and shine. It just filled a fire
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  Speaker 2: for us. We're coming off a loss, so we've got
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  Speaker 2: to continue to dominate. We've got to turn this around
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  Speaker 2: and just continue to go out for the second half
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  Speaker 2: of the season and just dominate.
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  Speaker 4: What do you say to Brian? I had a rough
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  Speaker 4: day today.
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  Speaker 2: I just try to give him motivation. Keep speaking to him.
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  Speaker 2: Just continue to let him know I'm here for him.
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  Speaker 2: He needs me. I'm right here with him whenever he
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  Speaker 2: needs help. I just continue to uplift him. Just tell
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  Speaker 2: him you can do better. Just talk to yourself. Continue
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  Speaker 2: to uplift yourself no matter the circumstances you're in, no
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  Speaker 2: matter the the mental space you're in right now. Just
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  Speaker 2: continue to believe in yourself. You got to this point
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  Speaker 2: for being yourself and continue to just do that.
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  Speaker 3: Travis, were you aware you were the first player in
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  Speaker 3: the league in 24 years with a touchdown reception and
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  Speaker 3: a pick in the same game?
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  Speaker 2: I know it doesn't change the result, but to heck
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  Speaker 2: with an achievement for you. I've been doing this since
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  Speaker 2: I was a baby, doing those type of things. We
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  Speaker 2: just got to come up with the one that's really
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  Speaker 2: my main focus.
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  Speaker 3: Since you were a baby.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Travis, you spoke about.
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  Speaker 2: Speaking to your teammates and uplifting them and when they're
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  Speaker 2: in a down moment, having to be able to coach
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  Speaker 2: them to be.
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  Speaker 3: Able to, I guess, not look at the negatives and
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  Speaker 3: think about the positives.
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  Speaker 2: Can you think of a time in your career so
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  Speaker 2: far when you felt like you had to do that
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  Speaker 2: for yourself or maybe somebody else has even done it
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  Speaker 2: for you and maybe you weren't thinking as positively about yourself? Today.
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  Speaker 2: I'll say, sorry to cut you off, but I'll say today.
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  Speaker 2: My teammates came to me and just told me, after
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  Speaker 2: I give up that deep ball, Travis, go out there
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  Speaker 2: and be yourself. Next play, mindset. I'll probably tell you
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  Speaker 2: the whole defense, they came up to me and told me,
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  Speaker 2: we know who you are. Go out there and shine.
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  Speaker 2: When your time is coming, go out there and prove
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  Speaker 2: to everybody what you can do. They kept me uplifted,
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  Speaker 2: kept motivating me. I was able to shine on defense.
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  Speaker 2: When I went to the offensive side of the ball,
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  Speaker 2: that motivation just carried over.
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  Speaker 4: Both your touchdown catches have come here in London. Does
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  Speaker 4: that make this a special place for you?
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  Speaker 2: It's definitely a special place for me. Every time I
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  Speaker 2: come out here, I'm able to shine and and do
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  Speaker 2: what I have to do, but we just got to
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  Speaker 2: continue to win. I need more wins here.
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  Speaker 3: Great game today. I just wondered what it was like
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  Speaker 3: having the confidence of someone like the opponent to help
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  Speaker 3: you through the two touchdowns and build on that performance
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  Speaker 3: and become the center of the bell tower for the
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  Speaker 3: Jags in the first half of the season.
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  Speaker 5: Definitely a huge confidence boost, I would say. The offense
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  Speaker 5: put a lot of trust in me, all the coaching staff,
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  Speaker 5: the players. So it's just my job to go out
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  Speaker 5: there and execute I think I've been having a good
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  Speaker 5: season so far. But, you know, it's always more steps to,
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  Speaker 5: you know, take and improve my game in certain areas.
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  Speaker 5: But I'm pleased with where I'm at now.
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  Speaker 4: On the first touchdown, what kind of awareness does it
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  Speaker 4: take on Myers' part to set that block up without blocking.
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  Speaker 1: A guy in the back?
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  Speaker 5: A lot of awareness. Jacoby is great with that, blocking downfield,
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  Speaker 5: selfless guy, great teammate. And you saw it on that play.
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  Speaker 5: You know, he's straining effort. He's putting himself in the
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  Speaker 5: right position to not get a penalty caught. And that's
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  Speaker 5: just a great job by him. You know, I dapped
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  Speaker 5: him up afterwards and just, you know, again, a big
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  Speaker 5: thanks for that.
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  Speaker 4: This is the number three rush defense you guys played today.
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  Speaker 4: How would you consider the way you guys ran today?
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  Speaker 5: I think we ran hard. Me and C-Rod just grounded
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  Speaker 5: and pounded. We knew it was going to be a
• 10:04
  Speaker 5: tough game running the ball, but I think we went
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  Speaker 5: out there and the O-line played dominant and I think
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  Speaker 5: the backs ran well. I think it was a punishing
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  Speaker 5: run game today, but they played pretty good, so I
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  Speaker 5: can't complain about it.
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  Speaker 4: What do you think of Travis's Touchdown on offense and
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  Speaker 4: the interception on defense.
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  Speaker 5: Great player, man. We have him here for that. Playing
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  Speaker 5: both sides of the ball. Put him on offense and
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  Speaker 5: he can win his one-on-one matchups and then put him
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  Speaker 5: on defense and do the same. Definitely a special player
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  Speaker 5: for us and we're loving it.