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Press Pass | Doug Pederson: "...they believe in this team." · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: I mean it's everything you kind of pictured, um, you know,
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  Speaker 1: after after a hard fought game and you know, a
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  Speaker 1: two point conversion to win. I mean, it was exciting. Electric.
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  Speaker 1: Guys were kind of beside themselves. But you know, besides
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  Speaker 1: the excitement, the guys, the guys believe, right, I mean
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  Speaker 1: that's the I think that's the thing that I see
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  Speaker 1: is that they believe in themselves. They believe in this team,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and and amongst all the excitement that that's
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  Speaker 1: what it that's what it means more to me, you know,
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  Speaker 1: with these guys, but very excited electric. Um. You know,
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  Speaker 1: these guys really deserve this one. What went into the
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  Speaker 1: decision to go for it? On on for the two pointer?
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  Speaker 1: And then can you describe sort of how Trevor and
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  Speaker 1: Zay executed that? What do we got to lose? I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and and this is this is something I
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  Speaker 1: told the staff during the during that last I don't know,
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  Speaker 1: five or six minutes of the game, It's like, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we gotta think players, not plays, you know, and and
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  Speaker 1: and and trust our guys and you know, and and
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  Speaker 1: and that's what this game are. Our guys believe, they
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  Speaker 1: believe and once we scored that touchdown at the end.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they wanted to go for two. It wasn't
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  Speaker 1: my decision that players were like let's go, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and and um, I got a lot of faith and
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  Speaker 1: trust in them and just a well executed place to play.
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  Speaker 1: We've had in our game plan pretty much every week
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  Speaker 1: and and um we were able to pull it out great.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Trevor today was you know, as lights out.
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  Speaker 1: He played extremely well. That throw that catch um for
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  Speaker 1: the two point was was a thing of beauty. And um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I think it's a football team too, you know,
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  Speaker 1: A win like this just you know, UM kind of
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  Speaker 1: kind of heads us in the right direction. A little
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  Speaker 1: bit earlier in that drive Doug three and two, fourth
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  Speaker 1: and five, I believe it was, um, you know, it
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  Speaker 1: feels like around here typically it would have been a
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  Speaker 1: lot of panic. It Trevor looked like a veteran quarterback
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  Speaker 1: and he didn't really sense any of that happening. What
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  Speaker 1: what was your view of those two plays in particular?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you're you're exactly right. I mean, I think
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  Speaker 1: I think that's what you're seeing with with our team
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  Speaker 1: is is just the now the growth and the maturity. Um,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, and again it's just there's no panic
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  Speaker 1: with these guys. You know, they believe in themselves. They
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  Speaker 1: understand that, yeah, we've put ourselves in a bit of
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  Speaker 1: a pickle. There are no situations, but we also knew
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  Speaker 1: we had four downs and and the guys just uh,
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  Speaker 1: um they made plays. And that's that's kind of been
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  Speaker 1: the difference between say, the first ten and and obviously
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  Speaker 1: this this one here is just on and really all
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  Speaker 1: three phases. You know, um, guys making plays you know, uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, on the field, and and that's what it takes.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it was it a perfect game. No, by
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  Speaker 1: no means that's a good football team that we played
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  Speaker 1: playoff caliber team. Um my hats off to them and um,
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  Speaker 1: but but you know, our guys just kept fighting and believing.
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  Speaker 1: Uh Doug, um, congrats on the win. First off, But
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  Speaker 1: what were the emotions like in that last fourteen seconds?
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  Speaker 1: Was it like that we leave too much time on
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  Speaker 1: the clock? And what was it feeling like when Tucker's
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  Speaker 1: ball was in the air at that last play? Um? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you know, obviously, I you can't worry about
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  Speaker 1: the time. You're just trying to execute the two point conversion.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, we knew we were gonna hard squib there. Um,
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  Speaker 1: even the return they were there. You know, that's that's
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  Speaker 1: a big guy there, that's returning that football. And and listen,
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  Speaker 1: we know Tucker is a great kicker. Um. You know
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  Speaker 1: the fifty yard line is about right he crosses the
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  Speaker 1: the you know, when they crossed the fifty, you can
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  Speaker 1: you can bank on on three points. And um, that
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  Speaker 1: ball felt like it was up there for a long time,
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  Speaker 1: you know. And and uh, I'm just happy we it
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  Speaker 1: was on our end. Hey, Doug, just just to be clear,
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  Speaker 1: were you planning on going for two? You know after
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  Speaker 1: that last touchdown and the players just kind of set
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  Speaker 1: it as well? Where did you really leave that up
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  Speaker 1: to them to make the decision? I mean we talked
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  Speaker 1: about as a staff even before the drive, um, And
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  Speaker 1: and I had my mind made up. I wanted to
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  Speaker 1: go for two. But but during that drive, even after
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  Speaker 1: the score, the the offensive guys were like, Coach, let's
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  Speaker 1: just let's just let's just finish this thing right here.
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  Speaker 1: And uh so I had my mind made up. But obviously,
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  Speaker 1: you know, um, when the players have that much confidence
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  Speaker 1: in themselves and in us, and um, to go for
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  Speaker 1: it like that. You know, Um, you gotta believe him,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and you gotta trust them, and uh, they
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  Speaker 1: did a great job. What does the game winning drive
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  Speaker 1: like that do for a quarterback, a young quarterback who's
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  Speaker 1: still struggling to find the consistency you want him, hasn't
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  Speaker 1: really had big time moments like that. It's a step
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  Speaker 1: in the right direction, you know. And and he's I
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  Speaker 1: would say these last three three games or so, Um,
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  Speaker 1: he's really you know, has done a really nice job
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  Speaker 1: with our system and our offense. And you know, even
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  Speaker 1: a game like today, Again it wasn't a perfect game,
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  Speaker 1: but you know, statistically speaking, I think he had a
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  Speaker 1: pretty good game and um, you know, took care of
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  Speaker 1: the football. But you know, he's heading in the right direction.
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  Speaker 1: And and look it's just it's just one one step
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  Speaker 1: and where we uh you know, want to go. Great
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  Speaker 1: team win today, and we can build on it and
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  Speaker 1: look forward to next week. What's say for your defense
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  Speaker 1: to stop damn, you have to have the end zone
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  Speaker 1: on four of six red zone possessions today, It speaks volumes.
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  Speaker 1: I thought our defense really stepped up in the red
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  Speaker 1: zone today. Um, did a nice job they're holding them
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  Speaker 1: to kicks. You know, obviously, you know they're a team
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  Speaker 1: that is electric running the football. You know, La Mars
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  Speaker 1: a tremendous guy, you know, and and um, yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: just think our defense really did a nice job when
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  Speaker 1: you got down in there that uh you know, um
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  Speaker 1: really really just holding them to those those those field goals.
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  Speaker 1: I think is it could have been a different football game.
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  Speaker 1: You know, if it's uh, if they score on one
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  Speaker 1: or two of those, you know, possessions could be different.
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  Speaker 1: But defense did a nice job down there. Just the
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  Speaker 1: rhythm of throws on that last drive. I mean, it
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  Speaker 1: wasn't just one maybe five on that drive were you
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  Speaker 1: know they were they were not gimme pots. You know.
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  Speaker 1: It's I think it's times. It's the difference, you know,
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  Speaker 1: what we see in Trevor and sometimes what what the
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  Speaker 1: fan might see or what y'all might see. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: this guy, this guy had he throws an incredibly good football,
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  Speaker 1: and he's smart and he sees the field and he
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  Speaker 1: can make all the throws. And you're just seeing that.
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  Speaker 1: You're just seeing that execution with him and and that
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  Speaker 1: maturity with him and and he listen, he's he played
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  Speaker 1: a really good game today. And uh, but his guys
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  Speaker 1: played a really good game. His O line played a
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  Speaker 1: great game. You know, his tight ends blocked the backs,
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  Speaker 1: the receivers, everybody you know on offense played a great
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  Speaker 1: game to to help us win this one. Um. You know,
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  Speaker 1: defense came up with some big critical turnovers and some
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  Speaker 1: stops like we talked about. So you know, it's a
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  Speaker 1: step in the right direction for Trevor. Um excited for
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  Speaker 1: you know, for his growth obviously, and and this is
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  Speaker 1: this is a big one for for all of us.
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  Speaker 1: How big was Jamichael Hasty in relief of Travis Etm today?
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  Speaker 1: For you guys, it was huge. Hats off to him,
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  Speaker 1: you know, to come in there and again it wasn't
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  Speaker 1: a perfect game, but but for him to run hard
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  Speaker 1: like he did, um catch the ball like he did.
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  Speaker 1: You know. Um, gosh, my hat's off for for a
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  Speaker 1: guy that we just added to the roster at the
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  Speaker 1: beginning of the year too, to be in this position
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  Speaker 1: to help us win a game like this. My hats
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  Speaker 1: off to him. And any update on Travis et In yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we didn't rule him out. We thought he
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  Speaker 1: could go. Um, it is a medical it's you know,
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  Speaker 1: we we gotta, we gotta get more information tonight, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and check him out. I mean, he was, he was
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  Speaker 1: walking around the sideline. He felt fine, but you know,
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  Speaker 1: I just I just don't want to risk it with him,
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  Speaker 1: you know, right now, and and um so it's just
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  Speaker 1: my decision to keep him out. But we'll we'll check
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  Speaker 1: him out tonight and have probably a better update tomorrow. Coach,
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  Speaker 1: you talked about players not plays, uh z A Jones
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  Speaker 1: loving for one. I think that's one of the highest
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  Speaker 1: totals for a receiver on this team this year. Were
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  Speaker 1: just scheming him open or as as a game went on,
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  Speaker 1: or did he just keep making plays over and over?
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  Speaker 1: I think he just kept making plays. I mean the
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  Speaker 1: game plans or you know, each week, or to try
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  Speaker 1: to get our guys the football obviously, you know, as
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  Speaker 1: one of them Christians, one of them marv all those guys,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and and sometimes it's uh, you know who
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  Speaker 1: has the hot hand, you know, and and they they
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  Speaker 1: really uh played extremely well, you know, and and what
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  Speaker 1: a what a tough couple of catches down the stretch
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  Speaker 1: and and obviously you know, none bigger than that two
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  Speaker 1: point conversion. Go back to the defense doug Um. They
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  Speaker 1: held him in the red zone, but they also they bent,
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  Speaker 1: but they didn't break down the field. Do There was
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  Speaker 1: the midfield play there at the end of the half
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  Speaker 1: that set up the first touchdown the third quarter, there
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  Speaker 1: was the one at the five yard line where they
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  Speaker 1: they stopped Lamar and forced the field goal. There. Can
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  Speaker 1: you just talk about the nature They gave up some
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  Speaker 1: big yards, some big plays, but they rallied. What what
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  Speaker 1: does that say about the way that this defense is playing.
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  Speaker 1: They're coming together, They're coming together, they're believe it in themselves,
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  Speaker 1: m believe it in the scheme, trusting each other, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and and that and that's what it takes. It's this
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  Speaker 1: thing is not a you know, you're not gonna fix
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  Speaker 1: it in one, two, three, four or five ball games.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it takes some time. And um, yeah, there
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  Speaker 1: were some there were some explosive plays that we gave
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  Speaker 1: up and we gotta we gotta fix those and correct it.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, for them not to panic either and
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  Speaker 1: and to really bow their neck in the red zone
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  Speaker 1: and you know, hold them to to field goals, I
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  Speaker 1: think it's it's huge. It's really the I think to me,
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  Speaker 1: it's it could be the difference in the football game,
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  Speaker 1: quite honestly. Um. And and so defensively, you know, Mike
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  Speaker 1: Scheme and the coaches did a did a nice job,
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  Speaker 1: you know, of of game planning for Lamar and that offense.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, um, yeah, you're gonna listen, you're not
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  Speaker 1: gonna keep them down, right, I mean, they're an explosive
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  Speaker 1: offense and and uh, but yet when they get down
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  Speaker 1: in the red zone, our guys did a nice job
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  Speaker 1: of holding them, holding them to three simplicity. I think
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  Speaker 1: it can help, you know, I think it can help.
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  Speaker 1: Just turn guys loose a little bit, let them play
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  Speaker 1: and use their strengths. Yeah, hey, Doug, sticking with the defense,
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  Speaker 1: can you talk a little bit about Chad Muma. You
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  Speaker 1: don't normally see a rookie helping guys get lined up,
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  Speaker 1: especially a guy was making his first start. Uh, where
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  Speaker 1: you please with what you saw from him, you know,
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  Speaker 1: from the sideline. Yeah, obviously, get a chance to watch
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  Speaker 1: the tape and and and watch it back and and
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  Speaker 1: evaluate it. But I thought, overall, yeah, I did a
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  Speaker 1: nice job. You saw Foyer kind of in and around
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  Speaker 1: some plays a little bit more, and and um, you know,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of it goes, you know, to the point
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  Speaker 1: of simplicity. It just allows the guys to be free
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  Speaker 1: and and um, you know, play to their strength. So
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  Speaker 1: but but you know, from my vantage point, I thought
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  Speaker 1: Chad did some good things