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Press Pass | Liam Coen: "Those guys stepped up in a major way." · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Hey, coach, the offense in the second half, the pretty
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  Speaker 1: good balance you dictated the run a lot seven and
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  Speaker 1: eleven on third and fourth down, five minutes, time of
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  Speaker 1: possession advantage and no more importantly, no penalties or turn it.
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  Speaker 1: Is it that division you have for this offense when everything's.
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  Speaker 2: Clicking, I would say so, Yeah, Gary, I thought multiple
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  Speaker 2: guys stepped up. As I mentioned last night, we were
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  Speaker 2: able to possess the line of scrimmage in some ways.
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  Speaker 2: We didn't really break any big ones and there's definitely
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  Speaker 2: some meat left on the bone and those runs that
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  Speaker 2: were about, you know, those three and a half four
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  Speaker 2: yard five yard runs that we need to kind of
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  Speaker 2: clean up a few things so we can make those
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  Speaker 2: eight to ten yard runs.
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  Speaker 3: But leaning on the run in overtime I thought.
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  Speaker 2: Was obviously big and that's that's definitely a recipe of
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  Speaker 2: somewhat success for us.
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  Speaker 3: So I was definitely proud of the runners.
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  Speaker 2: There's, like I mentioned, meet left on the bone still,
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  Speaker 2: but really proud of the way that they competed in
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  Speaker 2: the run game and uh fought their tails off.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks, thank you, get them all. Followed by Mark what.
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  Speaker 4: Coach, that's pretty long injury list coming out of this one,
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  Speaker 4: can can you give us an update on any of
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  Speaker 4: the guys.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll hold off on the updates right now until
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  Speaker 2: the injury report comes out on Wednesday. You're right, but
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  Speaker 2: but yes, there was there was quite a few, and
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  Speaker 2: it was throughout the game, in and out.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: I really appreciate the guys that did try to, you know,
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  Speaker 2: keep coming back in and.
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  Speaker 3: Try to help us when I came.
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  Speaker 2: And then the guys that obviously needed to step up
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  Speaker 2: because of some of those injuries. Jamal and proud of
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  Speaker 2: those guys and their coaches for getting them ready to
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  Speaker 2: play and and made plays for us.
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  Speaker 3: So definitely a little bit of a laundry list.
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  Speaker 4: Though, in that same vein Tim Jones, Austin Trammell, I mean,
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  Speaker 4: for those guys to kind of step in the big
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  Speaker 4: moment crunch time, Tramway has the kickoff return, Tim Jones
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  Speaker 4: made the catch.
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  Speaker 3: How big was that?
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  Speaker 4: I mean, how much confidence did you have? And those guys,
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  Speaker 4: I mean Tim Jones hasn't been with the team for
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  Speaker 4: that long, right, Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: It was.
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  Speaker 2: It was cool to really see those guys step up.
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  Speaker 2: I mean tram with the return. He was also open
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  Speaker 2: on another route where where Tim had the shallow cross,
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  Speaker 2: Austin ran a great route on the outcut over there.
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  Speaker 2: Parker was open. Those guys stepped up in a major
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  Speaker 2: way on the bus after the game. On bus one,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you had those three guys were all in
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  Speaker 2: the back of the bus kind of hanging out together,
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  Speaker 2: and and I went back there and talked to them.
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  Speaker 3: For a while. Was really proud of their ability to
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  Speaker 3: step up.
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  Speaker 2: And remain the course, and for Tim especially just getting here,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, he.
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  Speaker 3: Made a huge play for us so block their tails
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  Speaker 3: off out on the perimeter as well. So was was
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  Speaker 3: really huge for those guys to step up in a
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  Speaker 3: major way. Appreciated coach, Thank you.
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  Speaker 6: Jamal Mark followed by Mia.
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  Speaker 7: I got a couple quickly, Devin Lloyd. Is you expect
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  Speaker 7: him back? I know you don't. You don't want to
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  Speaker 7: get into the injuries. But is Lloyd a guy who
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  Speaker 7: was really super close?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I would say he's getting a lot closer. I
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  Speaker 2: would say we we definitely. The calves man are are
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  Speaker 2: differ I went through a calf you know, debacle in
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  Speaker 2: Tampa last year. In terms of some of the defensive linemen,
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  Speaker 2: it's a players having cap injuries and bringing them back
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  Speaker 2: too soon sets you back in a major way. So
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  Speaker 2: we just want to make sure we're doing right by
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  Speaker 2: by Devin and doing right by our our team to
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  Speaker 2: not bring them back too soon.
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  Speaker 7: Okay, And did you guys hear anything from the Hall
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  Speaker 7: of Fame on regarding Campbell his kick, like they do
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  Speaker 7: they want his cleats, do they want his jersey anything
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  Speaker 7: like that?
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  Speaker 3: They're in touch, I think.
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  Speaker 7: Okay, And then last one may have gotten overlooked a
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  Speaker 7: little bit, but Trevor scoop on the trick play, Trevor
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  Speaker 7: shortstop play, and then Logan Cooks hold on the game
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  Speaker 7: time field goal. How good were those two to do that?
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  Speaker 7: I mean, those things could have been gone completely gone awride.
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  Speaker 3: I mean just perfect us.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we try to do a throwback and create
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  Speaker 2: it goes like that, so kind of on par but uh,
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  Speaker 2: a huge play from Trevor being able to to do
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  Speaker 2: that and give us an opportunity throw down the field
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  Speaker 2: or at least make it a non negative play. And
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  Speaker 2: then you're right, the hole to go in the regulation
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  Speaker 2: was was a huge hold, right that was was that
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  Speaker 2: was the one at the end of the game, Right, Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that was a huge hold, big time moment from from
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  Speaker 2: both Sleek Caman Logan in that situation, you know, our
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  Speaker 2: our specialists obviously, can you continue to do some good things?
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  Speaker 2: Logan only had the two punts, but big clutch moments
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  Speaker 2: right from from both of those guys.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely, Mia.
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  Speaker 2: Then to O'Halloran, Hey, Liam, we'll do two.
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  Speaker 5: Since we're on the subject of special teams, how would
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  Speaker 5: you evaluate the kickoff return yesterday since obviously Mostard had
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  Speaker 5: that really big one in the second half and felt
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  Speaker 5: like there were holes at different points in the coverage.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we got to do a much better job getting
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  Speaker 2: off blocks. I mean, that's the reality of it. You know,
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  Speaker 2: that kickoff game is not a ton of scheme like
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  Speaker 2: you know what I mean, You're only can do so
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  Speaker 2: many things on kickoff. You've got a whoop blocks and
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  Speaker 2: we have done that. We have shown multiple instances and
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  Speaker 2: games of doing that. Credit Vegas for for obviously sticking
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  Speaker 2: on their blocks, and most is he's dangerous. He's been
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  Speaker 2: a dangerous player for a long time. So we didn't
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  Speaker 2: do a great job getting off blocks and keeping contained
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  Speaker 2: a few times.
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  Speaker 3: And so we definitely need to improve in that area.
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  Speaker 2: Coming up against one of the best special teams units
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  Speaker 2: in the NFL in Houston, and.
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  Speaker 5: Then to the point of the offensive line. And I
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  Speaker 5: know you're not going to comment on injuries, totally respect it,
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  Speaker 5: but I'm curious the eligible tackle and then t Tuma
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  Speaker 5: when Cole had to slide to left guard. How much
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  Speaker 5: of that one was necessitated by the fact that you
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  Speaker 5: only had two tight ends healthy up on game day
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  Speaker 5: versus the reality of you want to run the ball more.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that was going.
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  Speaker 2: We definitely had a thought process of using the jumbo
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  Speaker 2: more specifically I was a Cole in that.
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  Speaker 3: Instance, and if Tuma was was.
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  Speaker 2: Called into it as well. To have confidence in those
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  Speaker 2: guys that have stepped up in multiple other games for us,
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  Speaker 2: and then shoot, you're down to one tight end when
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  Speaker 2: Hunter goes down. So that definitely made it a necessity
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  Speaker 2: to live in a little bit more jumbos.
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  Speaker 3: We weren't killing Johnny.
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  Speaker 2: Munt only being the one tight end and giving us
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  Speaker 2: the ability to run the ball in twelve personnel, but
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  Speaker 2: kind of being in more of a heavy set. So
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  Speaker 2: it was something we saw on tape that we felt
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  Speaker 2: we could take advantage of them with some of the
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  Speaker 2: tight end or the tackle wing position that we were
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  Speaker 2: utilizing and running those plays to the boundary and then
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  Speaker 2: back to the field those same plays kind of over
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  Speaker 2: and over again, which which gave us some critical yards
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  Speaker 2: and allowed us to hold onto the all. So I
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  Speaker 2: was very proud of Cole. He was he had a
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  Speaker 2: great look in his eye. The entire game wanted it,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we wanted to keep playing. The guy was
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  Speaker 2: running on and off the field. Think about how much
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  Speaker 2: he ran and did in the game, because he's not
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  Speaker 2: sure if we're keeping them in on the player not.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we're trying to figure out personnel all throughout
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  Speaker 2: the game, and honestly, Vegas early on in the game
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  Speaker 2: was giving us some some different looks defensively from a
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  Speaker 2: personnel match standpoint than what they had initially been doing
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  Speaker 2: with Jamal Adams.
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  Speaker 3: They played a little bit more.
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  Speaker 2: Dime almost with Jamal at backer chin at the nickel position,
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  Speaker 2: which was just a little bit different.
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  Speaker 3: From targeting standpoint.
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  Speaker 2: Which we needed to Once we figured that out and
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  Speaker 2: settled in, it definitely improved things and we looked at
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  Speaker 2: where we could use the Jumbo as a little bit
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  Speaker 2: of a mismatch for us.
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  Speaker 5: Thank you, thank you.
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  Speaker 6: Ohhaaleran then to d rock any lien for me, you
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  Speaker 6: rolled out the Wildcat yesterday, what led to that and
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  Speaker 6: how much had you been repping that in practice during
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  Speaker 6: the season until this week.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we've been repping it now for I would I
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  Speaker 2: would say at least three weeks or so. A lot
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  Speaker 2: more on the buy for sure, with some that Shane
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  Speaker 2: Waldron actually had used a good amount of in Seattle
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  Speaker 2: numerous times over the years. I used it a little
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  Speaker 2: bit at Kentucky there with Ray Davis a couple of
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  Speaker 2: years ago.
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  Speaker 5: And so.
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  Speaker 2: We had a kind of two play package and wanted
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  Speaker 2: to make sure it's like, hey man, it doesn't matter
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  Speaker 2: what this is.
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  Speaker 3: We're getting a runoff. It's not a check, it's not anything.
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  Speaker 2: It's getting the ball directly in Etn's hands and let.
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  Speaker 3: Him go to do something with it.
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  Speaker 2: That was the thought process, was to make sure we
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  Speaker 2: got off more run attempts, and that's kind of we
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  Speaker 2: wanted to give them something maybe that they weren't prepared
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  Speaker 2: for coming off the buy, and it was definitely some
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  Speaker 2: help us at times. So that was something that Shane
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  Speaker 2: had brought up a few weeks ago. We implemented it,
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  Speaker 2: have been practicing it because it's a little bit for
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  Speaker 2: a non quarterback right to be sending emotion using his
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  Speaker 2: foot for the cadence and just the timing of some
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  Speaker 2: of that stuff. So we didn't want to pull it
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  Speaker 2: out maybe a little too quickly. As you can see
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  Speaker 2: when we put in a new trick play, it didn't
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  Speaker 2: quite go well the first time doing it, so we
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  Speaker 2: needed a little bit more time to practice.
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  Speaker 4: Then.
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  Speaker 8: Second for me, the o to play clock yesterday. I
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  Speaker 8: mean in overtime, you were trying to bleed it. I
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  Speaker 8: get that, but you know, down to two down the
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  Speaker 8: one probably on about a dozen plays, were you okay
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  Speaker 8: with Trevor bringing it all the way down and how
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  Speaker 8: he was snapping at that late?
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  Speaker 5: Oh?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: That was the whole point in overtime was to eat
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  Speaker 2: as much clock as possible. And I didn't really ever
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  Speaker 2: feel I didn't feel like we were stressed out at
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  Speaker 2: all when it came to I mean, you look at
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  Speaker 2: the National Football League all the time, quarterbacks are operating
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  Speaker 2: at one second. I mean, that's part of it. That's
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  Speaker 2: part of the game. You have to be able to
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  Speaker 2: operate with.
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  Speaker 3: The clock, especially with the personnel changes.
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  Speaker 2: The people that weren't even sure, who's healthy on the
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  Speaker 2: sideline half the time last night? So you know, I
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  Speaker 2: think some of that had to do with it, But
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  Speaker 2: I never actually felt like we were in a mode
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  Speaker 2: of panic or not able to get plays off.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you, thank you.
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  Speaker 1: We'll go to d Rock, then to Shipley.
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  Speaker 9: You guys put in a trick play and then wrap
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  Speaker 9: it for weeks and weeks and weeks and then call
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  Speaker 9: it and then it doesn't work.
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  Speaker 3: How do you what's the reaction?
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  Speaker 9: Does that drive you crazy?
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  Speaker 3: And we didn't put the toss in. The toss was
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  Speaker 3: new this week. The throwback was new the wild inalled
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  Speaker 3: weeks ago.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously time on task practice, it was well executed. We
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  Speaker 2: put the throwback in this week as something we felt
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  Speaker 2: like they've been hit on it before. We've seen it
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  Speaker 2: on hit them on it last year for a touchdown.
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  Speaker 2: We wanted to call it when we crossed the fifty.
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  Speaker 2: TJ threw it pretty well in practice back to Trevor.
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  Speaker 3: And it just didn't execute well in the game.
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  Speaker 9: And one real quick and then I've got another one.
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  Speaker 9: Travis is supposed to know some further testing. Do you
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  Speaker 9: have an update on Travis Hunter and how those testing out? Yet?
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  Speaker 3: Nothing new I have absolutely no.
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  Speaker 2: New news on quite what we're truly expecting here.
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  Speaker 9: And when you look at the season so far, you want,
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  Speaker 9: on a night game where Trevor tripped twice and ran
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  Speaker 9: on touchdown, you just won a game where you blocked
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  Speaker 9: a two point conversion pass and you had a guy
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  Speaker 9: kicked the NFL record field goal. Is that a lot
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  Speaker 9: to kind of absorb in your first year as a
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  Speaker 9: head coach?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think, Look, you look around the league every
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  Speaker 2: week and you see crazy plays that that kind of
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  Speaker 2: dictate outcomes and wild finishes, and there's part of luck.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, luck is a part of this game, and
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  Speaker 2: ultimately the guys just keeps sticking with it right and
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  Speaker 2: finding a way to stay in it and battle. And look,
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  Speaker 2: we as you guys know, I mean, we rep batting
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  Speaker 2: balls down weekly.
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  Speaker 3: Like all the time.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, you got lucky because the guy was open,
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  Speaker 2: But also d Ham used a fundamental and technique in
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  Speaker 2: which you know, we practice and rep and emphasize every
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  Speaker 2: week and made a play. So you know, we're four
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  Speaker 2: and one and one score games and they're they're obviously
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  Speaker 2: some of them are weird and wild and different and
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  Speaker 2: can be frustrating but to come out with a win.
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  Speaker 2: I think Cam Little Meta said it really well last
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  Speaker 2: night and his presser.
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  Speaker 3: Is nobody cares. At the end of the year, you
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  Speaker 3: look at a record of wins, win. Thanks Llyn, thank you.
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  Speaker 6: This is the last one we'll have time for John Shipley, Hey.
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  Speaker 3: Liam, thanks for doing this.
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  Speaker 2: But Muster's interception and just kind of show why he
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  Speaker 2: always been so high on him and why you guys
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  Speaker 2: think he's such a thing and what you want to do. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's just the his feel for his own coverage has
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  Speaker 2: always been something that we've appreciated. We we probably you know,
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  Speaker 2: we went into the game wanting to play a little
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  Speaker 2: bit more match man to try to get on them
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  Speaker 2: and help our pass rush. But then you know, obviously
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  Speaker 2: losing Travis and then Jay Lou may have put our
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  Speaker 2: guys in in some tough spots on some of the
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  Speaker 2: man coverage and maybe not what we're you know, best
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  Speaker 2: at at the moment in some instances, and against some
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  Speaker 2: against a really good player as well. So Buster's got good,
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  Speaker 2: great vision and and and some anticipation. So uh, I
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  Speaker 2: just need to continue to find positive ways of putting
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  Speaker 2: these guys in a position to be successful down in
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  Speaker 2: and down out.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks Tom, thank you,