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Press Pass | Liam Coen Recaps Big TNF Win Over Ravens · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I was extremely proud of their process throughout the week.
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  Speaker 1: It was, I told the guys, one of the better,
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  Speaker 1: best short weeks I've been a part of in terms
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  Speaker 1: of their preparation, their detail. You know, we didn't have
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  Speaker 1: like a ton of MA, you know, guys like looking
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  Speaker 1: lost tonight. I mean, you just had a lot of
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  Speaker 1: guys just business-like doing their job, had some individual performances
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  Speaker 1: of guys making plays. But I was extremely proud of
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  Speaker 1: their process throughout the week, which led us to this point.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they got us.
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  Speaker 1: On a couple of wildcat things, and he gets downhill.
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  Speaker 1: It's tough to get him down a little bit. But
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  Speaker 1: some of the yards early, I felt like we really
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  Speaker 1: stood tall, forced the punts. Obviously, the first drive got
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  Speaker 1: him to kick a field goal there, and that was
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  Speaker 1: kind of it for the rest of the game in
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  Speaker 1: a lot of ways until the end when we had
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  Speaker 1: our backups in. So I was very pleased with the
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  Speaker 1: way they adjusted at halftime to some of the wildcat stuff.
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  Speaker 1: And then then they got off blocks better like we
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  Speaker 1: also got off blocks and swarmed a little bit better
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  Speaker 1: in the second half But very pleased with the way
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  Speaker 1: the defense played today.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah Huge huge great start like we took the ball.
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  Speaker 1: We don't typically take the ball much and took the
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  Speaker 1: ball because of the weather knowing that it was gonna
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  Speaker 1: come a little heavier in the second half wanting to
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  Speaker 1: steal an early drive possession and And to go down
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  Speaker 1: two weeks in a row now to start the season,
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  Speaker 1: which is something that, right, we've been struggling at, have
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  Speaker 1: been a point of emphasis is starting faster, being better
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  Speaker 1: on the first drive of the game. Makes a great,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I'm kind of yelling at him to run
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  Speaker 1: out of bounds. And he just, you know, finds Bork.
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  Speaker 1: And I just think he was very on when it
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  Speaker 1: was really a game, right? Like when it was mattering
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  Speaker 1: and things were going and it's a back and forth
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  Speaker 1: football game early on, he was extremely sharp, accurate. And
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  Speaker 1: he played, again, a really solid football game for.
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  Speaker 2: Us.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, kind of annoyed with that, right? I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I'm not trying to throw it too much down the
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  Speaker 1: field when it was pouring.
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  Speaker 2: We had the one fumble.
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  Speaker 1: You know, probably wanted to throw it more than we did,
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  Speaker 1: but it was also pouring rain. You got a 20-point
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  Speaker 1: lead at that time. You're just trying to get some
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  Speaker 1: first downs and keep things moving. What I was frustrated
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  Speaker 1: with was just not ending things on our terms at
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  Speaker 1: times offensively, having to put the defense back out on
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  Speaker 1: the field a few times where if we would have
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  Speaker 1: got more first downs, you're going to end the game
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  Speaker 1: on your terms.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, huge. Right before the half, that was.
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  Speaker 1: A running clock, two minute, four verticals where they went
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  Speaker 1: to a running clock blitz, you know, zero blitz and
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  Speaker 1: Parker and Trevor diagnosed it very early on in the down.
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  Speaker 1: Parker widened the safety out pretty good and then stuck
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  Speaker 1: his foot in the ground, cross-faced, perfect ball.
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  Speaker 2: Just really good.
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  Speaker 1: Two-minute detail, two-minute execution. You know, was very pleased with
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  Speaker 1: that to go up 17-3 at the half. I thought
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  Speaker 1: it was really critical. When you look at the first
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  Speaker 1: half of the season, the way it's played out really light.
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  Speaker 2: Where do you challenge your guys on the second half?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think so far the mental and physical toughness
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  Speaker 1: of the group I've been pleased with. You know, winning games,
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  Speaker 1: I guess you're quote-unquote supposed to win in ways, right?
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  Speaker 2: Like they got their third-string quarterback in.
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  Speaker 1: We also had some guys down as well, some starters,
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  Speaker 1: but came in and took care of business and have
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  Speaker 1: kind of done that a few times now.
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  Speaker 2: The second half challenge is going to.
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  Speaker 1: Be, you know, being at our best when our best
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  Speaker 1: is truly required in some of these games that we
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  Speaker 1: got coming up. being road warriors in a lot of
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  Speaker 1: ways with one game being played in Jacksonville in a
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  Speaker 1: 65-day span. We've got to continue to be focused and
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  Speaker 1: together as a group.
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  Speaker 2: On the road.
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  Speaker 1: I'm getting a little frustrated with it, yes. We were
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  Speaker 1: blessed and so lucky last year, right? We didn't play
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  Speaker 1: any poor weather games.
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  Speaker 2: And so, I mean, it's a good thing, right?
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  Speaker 1: It is to test your mettle, to test your physical
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  Speaker 1: and mental toughness.
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  Speaker 2: To test your ball security. Uh, it's a little.
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  Speaker 1: Annoying at times for sure, because you want to be
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  Speaker 1: able to do some of the things, right. That you're
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  Speaker 1: not able to do, um, in some of those moments,
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  Speaker 1: like being aggressive and taking more shots down the field. But, uh,
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  Speaker 1: I thought they handled it for the most part, had
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  Speaker 1: the one turnover that was a little, uh, disappointing, but
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  Speaker 1: we can learn from it. Yeah, that's, that's a huge,
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  Speaker 1: I think Trevor really like it's such a bonus that, um,
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  Speaker 1: he's comfortable with it. You date back to Indy last
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  Speaker 1: year where he was spinning it, probably arguably one of
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  Speaker 1: his better outings in terms of throwing the ball down
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  Speaker 1: the field vertically in the weather. He handles it really
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  Speaker 1: well at practice. He's got big hands, which always helps.
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  Speaker 1: And he's been accurate and been able to get the
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  Speaker 1: ball enough zip to where it still spins.
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  Speaker 2: It's a very catchable ball in the elements. And so
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  Speaker 2: it only helps, right? It does.
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  Speaker 1: It only helps you because you never know when it's
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  Speaker 1: going to come up again, right?
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  Speaker 2: Especially in December.
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  Speaker 1: And as we go, you never know where you're going
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  Speaker 1: to play. And it doesn't matter as long as you
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  Speaker 1: can handle the elements.
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  Speaker 2: Big time.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, that guy played right the whole game with it.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, last week that happened on the first drive
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  Speaker 1: of the game. And so to have the mental and
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  Speaker 1: physical toughness to come out, did not practice all week.
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  Speaker 2: And comes out and gives us a chance, right?
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  Speaker 1: He wanted to go. He was really positive all throughout
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  Speaker 1: the week on going. And then Trayvon as well to
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  Speaker 1: come out and give us a lot of quality snaps.
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  Speaker 2: And I think it's a testament to the guys.
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  Speaker 1: It's the locker room. It's the type of guys I
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  Speaker 1: think we have in there. They want to play. They
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  Speaker 1: want to help the team win. And so a lot
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  Speaker 1: of credit to those guys. Matt, first.
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  Speaker 2: I thought Campy did a really nice job.
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  Speaker 1: The whole defensive staff did a nice job of kind of, okay,
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  Speaker 1: what are our best two calls to Wildcat and really
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  Speaker 1: trimming the inventory, getting our guys settled on some of
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  Speaker 1: that stuff.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, Look, it's a lot, right?
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  Speaker 1: When you're jet motioning and the ball could go to
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  Speaker 1: the jet, the ball could go counter, the ball could
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  Speaker 1: go outside, it could go inside.
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  Speaker 2: It's not easy to defend. That's why a lot of
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  Speaker 2: people do it.
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  Speaker 1: And so, yeah, I thought that the defensive staff and
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  Speaker 1: the defensive players did such a good job. That was
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  Speaker 1: a critical time in the game where I felt like
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  Speaker 1: we took some momentum there.
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  Speaker 2: Did you expect that? Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we expected it as soon as, you know, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: we saw it. Joey over there had an ankle that
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  Speaker 1: we expected probably some Wildcat, less quarterback run. They hit
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  Speaker 1: us on the one zone read on third down early
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  Speaker 1: in the game. But we practiced Wildcat a ton yesterday
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  Speaker 1: and all day today.
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  Speaker 2: When you talked about the middle toughness, is that something
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  Speaker 2: that you've cultivated? The leadership, where does all that come from?
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  Speaker 2: I think it's a group effort, right? I think it's
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  Speaker 2: a standard of operation, the standard of.
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  Speaker 1: The way that we the way that we practice, the
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  Speaker 1: way that we walk through, the way that we do
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  Speaker 1: anything is the way we do everything.
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  Speaker 2: And so it's a group effort.
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  Speaker 1: It starts obviously with the coaches and staff and leadership,
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  Speaker 1: but also I think we have a group of dudes
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  Speaker 1: that they care about each other. They care about us,
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  Speaker 1: we care about them. They know the support staff that
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  Speaker 1: they work with every single day truly cares about them
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  Speaker 1: and wants to do what's right and best for them
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  Speaker 1: on an every single day basis. which just leads to
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  Speaker 1: better collaboration and communication and ultimately connection. Dialed, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I almost went, I almost sent them out there early.
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  Speaker 1: I think we're, you know, on the plus 40, whatever
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  Speaker 1: it was early, it was raining and we punt, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we punted it.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, no, sorry.
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  Speaker 1: It's when we drew them off sides. It's when we
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  Speaker 1: drew them off sides, which I was very pleased with
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  Speaker 1: us to do. Um, just situational football there. I thought
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  Speaker 1: that was very, but we almost sent him out there. Um,
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  Speaker 1: but it felt like that was the better thing to
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  Speaker 1: do at the time, but very pleased with his, um,
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  Speaker 1: he's got a lot of confidence, right? He's got a
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  Speaker 1: lot of confidence right now. We have a lot of
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  Speaker 1: confidence in him. Um, and he's hitting it really good
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  Speaker 1: right now.
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  Speaker 2: Great. Thanks guys. Appreciate you.