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Press Pass | Doug Pederson: "...things have begun to slow down..." · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Yeah, morning, it's going well, Mike said yesterday, which Mike, well, okay,
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  Speaker 1: now he said yesterday that you know, with Treyvon and
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  Speaker 1: Devon like the rookies, but after playing so much in
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  Speaker 1: five games at the rookie label, kind of goes away
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  Speaker 1: and they're just going Is that kind of how you
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  Speaker 1: view it? Yes, Um, yes, it does. It does go
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  Speaker 1: away because they have played now, you know, but still
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  Speaker 1: I still think they're learning, you know, the game. And
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  Speaker 1: and I think one thing that that Traybon will understand
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  Speaker 1: more and more is is if teams start the game
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  Speaker 1: plan for him right and and now he has to
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  Speaker 1: really pay attention to that, and and and obviously he
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  Speaker 1: can help other other guys on the on the line there,
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  Speaker 1: but you know, those are all things now as as
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  Speaker 1: he gets more playtime and as the game progresses, how
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  Speaker 1: are they attacking him? Um? And and that's the next
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  Speaker 1: das I think for both those guys, How does Traybond
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  Speaker 1: sort of look in your opinion? You know, obviously he
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  Speaker 1: might not get the sacks right now, but you know
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  Speaker 1: he's you know, causing almost behind the time actually pay
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  Speaker 1: attention to him. So how is he sort of helped
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  Speaker 1: out the rest of the defense. Well, I mean, it's
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  Speaker 1: all complimentary football. And you know, I think I think
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  Speaker 1: with in Treybon's case, with his size and athleticism, and
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  Speaker 1: you know, he's uh, he's a guy that can be
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  Speaker 1: a dominant edge center you know, um over there, and
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  Speaker 1: in the run game, he can be physical in the
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  Speaker 1: run game. UM, and you've seen him, you know, his
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  Speaker 1: athleticism as he as he drops into coverage. So you know,
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  Speaker 1: and then of course everybody kind of you know, if
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  Speaker 1: they do their jobs and their assignments, they can they
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  Speaker 1: can play and feed off of one another, and it
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  Speaker 1: just you know, um helps the entire the entire defense
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  Speaker 1: when when one, two, three or all of them are
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  Speaker 1: playing playing good. We were bringing here and creating see
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  Speaker 1: what were some of the things that you like, appreciate
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  Speaker 1: her in the way he does deal And how much
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  Speaker 1: research are you doing to him? You know, yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you know, obviously we did a lot of research when
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  Speaker 1: he was coming out of college. You know, first it
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  Speaker 1: kind of starts there. You do a lot of film study. Um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, um, his play in Arizona and the things
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  Speaker 1: he thinks he had done there. But you know, quite honestly,
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  Speaker 1: one of the biggest things that that that I was
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  Speaker 1: looking for, just me personally, is just just high character guys,
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  Speaker 1: you know, guys that were gonna fit and kind of
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  Speaker 1: help help change the culture here in Jacksonville. And he
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  Speaker 1: was one of those guys. And you know, I think, uh,
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  Speaker 1: to all the offensive coaches, I can probably go and
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  Speaker 1: speak for all of them. You know, he was he
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  Speaker 1: was our number one target, you know that we wanted
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  Speaker 1: to get in free agency and and we were able
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  Speaker 1: to you know, we were able to get him, and
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  Speaker 1: you know, and then when you get him here and
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  Speaker 1: you just see exactly who he is and what he's about,
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  Speaker 1: and how he works and how um he spends time
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  Speaker 1: doing little things and extra things and how he studies
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  Speaker 1: the game. You know, it just I guess it's just
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  Speaker 1: confirmation that that, you know, our efforts looking at him
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  Speaker 1: have have paid off in that you know, in that regard,
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  Speaker 1: you've seen Luke Fortner grow into his role over the
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  Speaker 1: course of the season. Um, you know, things are slowing down,
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  Speaker 1: which are good, you know, mentally, I think early in
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  Speaker 1: the season, the first couple of games, things can be
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  Speaker 1: a little fast. It's different than preseason, right, Um, And
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  Speaker 1: and again he's another one that I think as as
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  Speaker 1: he games more experience, he's going to understand how defenses
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  Speaker 1: are trying to you know, defend him, and and how
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  Speaker 1: how they can utilize pick stunts and you know, disguise
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  Speaker 1: coverage or blitzes. And so he's now taking his game
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  Speaker 1: to the next level. You know, as far as understanding
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  Speaker 1: all of that, he's a smart kid. Um, everything kind
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  Speaker 1: of starts with him. But but things have you know,
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  Speaker 1: begun to slow down and and allow which allows him
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  Speaker 1: to play faster. And how important is the kind of
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  Speaker 1: the continuity of that interior the offensive line. Tyler Shatley
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  Speaker 1: got a lot of reps during preseason with that group,
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  Speaker 1: so it's not exactly just rebuilding the relationship from scratch.
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  Speaker 1: They have some of that already. Yeah, you know, and
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  Speaker 1: that's the that's the nice thing about having, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the off season, having training camp where you really don't
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  Speaker 1: have five guys yet in your You're you're working different
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  Speaker 1: combinations because times like this is when it pays off. Right.
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  Speaker 1: And again, Shatley is a veteran guy, and he he's
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  Speaker 1: played a ton of games and and um, you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's gonna be a great opportunity for him. I'm excited
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  Speaker 1: to watch him play. Obviously, you know, going against those
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  Speaker 1: two guys, interior guys there for the Colts, is he's
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  Speaker 1: a challenge, but uh, I know he's up for it.
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  Speaker 1: But um, you know, uh, he's prepared himself for it.
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  Speaker 1: Five games are too small examples still to know exactly
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  Speaker 1: even your own personnel strengths weaknesses on Sundays obviously, you
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  Speaker 1: know in Brattsfield and everything else, but what do expect
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  Speaker 1: just some of the young players or some of the
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  Speaker 1: guys that you're due to be around. Is it is
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  Speaker 1: that a small sample yet? Now, I don't think it's
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  Speaker 1: a small sample. I think it's this is the time
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  Speaker 1: of the season where we kind of figure out who
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  Speaker 1: we are, you know, um, and how we want to
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  Speaker 1: you know, who we want to be, sort of that identity.
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  Speaker 1: I think now the month of October is is that
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  Speaker 1: time for all the teams really coming out of preseason
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  Speaker 1: and kind of kind of finding their way for the
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  Speaker 1: first month. But you know, even for us, just understanding
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  Speaker 1: some of our our younger players, you know, um, some
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  Speaker 1: of the draft picks, how we're how they're fitting in
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  Speaker 1: offensively and defensively, you know, Um, this is now I
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  Speaker 1: think there's enough of a sample size there to really
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  Speaker 1: start to figure out all of that and everything you've
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  Speaker 1: expected and maybe a little bit more. Yes, just what
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  Speaker 1: do you see in terms of that and how much
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  Speaker 1: does he helped Luke out? He's just I mean, he's
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  Speaker 1: just the ultimate pro in my opinion. Um, this guy
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  Speaker 1: never takes a playoff. He wants to you know, even
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  Speaker 1: when we take him out in practice for a for
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  Speaker 1: a rest here and there, he you know, he doesn't
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  Speaker 1: want to come out. Um. Great communication you know with Luke. Um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and it's just what you gotta You gotta
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  Speaker 1: have those those type of guy, especially in the offensive line,
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  Speaker 1: those veteran guys like that that you know, his his style,
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  Speaker 1: his caliber play, the success that he's had you know,
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  Speaker 1: on the football field, and the accolades have come with that. Um,
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  Speaker 1: just a great asset to have in the on line room.
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  Speaker 1: Chris and man Hurts isn't the flash. He catch a
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  Speaker 1: bunch of passes kind of tight end. But how important
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  Speaker 1: is he for what you want to do in the
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  Speaker 1: running game. He's been great for us in a running guy.
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  Speaker 1: He's been a he's been one of the guys that
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  Speaker 1: that I've really enjoyed working with you know. Um, each week,
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  Speaker 1: we still try to figure out way to throw in
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  Speaker 1: the ball, you know, if we can. I mean, he doesn't.
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  Speaker 1: I know, he sacrifices a lot to block, and he
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  Speaker 1: does a great job of that. But I know wants
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  Speaker 1: to catch passes too, and and you know, caught one
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  Speaker 1: last week and a couple and I just gotta keep him,
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  Speaker 1: keep him going, you know. And he's been a valuable
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  Speaker 1: piece to the to the you know, to the offense,
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  Speaker 1: to the run game, you know, and just been been
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  Speaker 1: a bright kind of joy for us to work with.
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  Speaker 1: And we've got a fare of running backs like James
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  Speaker 1: Robinson and Traping CTN who's playing style is kind of
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  Speaker 1: vastly different. How much flexibility does that give you? It
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  Speaker 1: gives you a little bit, gives you, well, I just
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  Speaker 1: said quite a bit, you know, two different styles. Um,
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  Speaker 1: two guys that uh, you know, I think both of
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  Speaker 1: them want to be on the field, you know, and
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  Speaker 1: and their competitors, but their teammates at the same time,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, they just want to win and be
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  Speaker 1: a part of the offense and in any capacity, both
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  Speaker 1: have done an outstanding job in the run game. Pass
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  Speaker 1: protection has been has been good. It's it's improved each week,
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  Speaker 1: you know, um and you know the challenge is getting
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  Speaker 1: them to football