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Press Pass | Doug Pederson on Injuries, Practice vs. Gameday Execution After Vikings Loss · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Any possibility of Trevor playing Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: It's hard.
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  Speaker 1: It's hard to.
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  Speaker 2: Tell right now.
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  Speaker 3: We still got a couple of days.
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  Speaker 2: I I don't have any definite answers right now.
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  Speaker 1: Has your repleeve on day closing?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, he's gonna as of Monday today tomorrow get some
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  Speaker 3: rest on it again, he should be uh out there
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  Speaker 3: of practice and maybe get a few snaps.
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  Speaker 2: We'll see where he's at.
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  Speaker 1: And other injuries from yesterday's game.
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  Speaker 3: No, we came out pretty good. I mean just bumped
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  Speaker 3: some bruises. Uh, you know, you saw a tank. He
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  Speaker 3: kind of got hobbled on a play, but nothing nothing serious.
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  Speaker 1: So it's Trevor, is it?
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  Speaker 3: If they saw I Has there been a decision made
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  Speaker 3: about maybe having surgery after the season hit or or now?
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  Speaker 3: At this point there's not been a talk on surgery,
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  Speaker 3: so I, you know, I don't know where the surgery
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  Speaker 3: talk's coming from.
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  Speaker 2: But nothing like that.
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  Speaker 4: Uh, will you step up CJ's workload all this week
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  Speaker 4: and possibility using him if Mac doesn't play very well
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  Speaker 4: on Sunday, I.
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  Speaker 2: Mean as possible.
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  Speaker 3: You know, CJ prepares, you know, just as if he's
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  Speaker 3: if he's gonna play you know, I can't. I can't
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  Speaker 3: commit to that right now and until I know if
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  Speaker 3: Trevor's gonna play or not. But we'll definitely get him,
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  Speaker 3: get him ready to go.
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  Speaker 4: I assuming that might not be an issue wor too
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  Speaker 4: much best as the guy knows the offense.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, but still, I mean, he hasn't been here you
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  Speaker 3: know since uh really since camp, you know, so we'd
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  Speaker 3: have to If that's the case, then yeah, we'd have
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  Speaker 3: to give 'em, you know, a couple of couple of
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  Speaker 3: snaps here, you know during the week.
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  Speaker 1: I know you talked about it a little bit, yes
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  Speaker 1: or anything. How do you evaluate max play after just
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  Speaker 1: go over the Fulda?
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  Speaker 3: I mean I thought, I thought the way the game started,
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  Speaker 3: you know, it it fit right into his wheelhouse. I
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  Speaker 3: you know, I sometimes, you know, we can do a
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  Speaker 3: better job putting our players in in in better situations.
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  Speaker 3: I thought to protection break downs kind of got him
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  Speaker 3: off his spot a little bit, he did, you know,
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  Speaker 3: he missed a few things. There's some things he'd want back, obviously,
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  Speaker 3: the the the two interceptions, the funble. I mean, those
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  Speaker 3: are things that are just we can't do right, especially
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  Speaker 3: that at the end of the game.
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  Speaker 2: And but.
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  Speaker 3: You know, if he gets an opportunity this week, I
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  Speaker 3: know he'll be better another another opportunity, another week of work.
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  Speaker 2: He'll learn from it. You know.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously he takes it hard, takes it personal, which he should,
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  Speaker 3: we all do. But we still got a ton of
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  Speaker 3: confidence in him.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 4: I know when most people see you know, technologies, they
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  Speaker 4: get to the offensive line.
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  Speaker 1: Was there a little bit of maybe running backs yesterday?
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  Speaker 2: I just yeah, yeah, it's a little bit of everything.
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  Speaker 3: Honestly watching it again today, you know, just a little
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  Speaker 3: bit of everything, and I thought too, you know, whay,
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  Speaker 3: you know Minnesota showing you know, a lot of six
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  Speaker 3: guys up, seven guys up. You know, it does present
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  Speaker 3: and that's their that's their style. It's going to create edges.
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  Speaker 3: And and they did a good job with that too.
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  Speaker 1: How do you keep this group's confidence level up? Quarterback
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  Speaker 1: banged up losses, a kind of stack. How do you
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  Speaker 1: keep the confidence hard?
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  Speaker 3: You show them where we are, You show them our division,
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  Speaker 3: you show them at what what what's left on the schedule,
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  Speaker 3: and and and you try to stay positive.
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  Speaker 2: You know, there's still I.
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  Speaker 3: Still feel like it's you know, it's a it's a
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  Speaker 3: great opportunity for us. You know, as a team, we
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  Speaker 3: got to figure out how to win a game. And
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  Speaker 3: I'll tell you this, the guys, the guys don't quit.
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  Speaker 3: You know, you saw it again yesterday. I mean they
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  Speaker 3: battle right to the end. We're trying, you know, you know,
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  Speaker 3: even Trayebon's penalty at the end, I mean he's still
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  Speaker 3: trying to punch the ball out and get the ball
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  Speaker 3: back for the offense. So and that's after you know,
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  Speaker 3: eighty plus snaps. So guys are guys are continuing to battle.
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  Speaker 1: Watch the film of the game.
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  Speaker 3: Does it almost have a feel if it has everything
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  Speaker 3: has to be perfect offensively in order to get there.
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  Speaker 3: There's times where it feels like that, you know, you
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  Speaker 3: gotta be perfect.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 3: I think kind of our season has been that way.
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  Speaker 3: We haven't been able to you know, kind of create.
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  Speaker 3: I mean we created some early in the season and
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  Speaker 3: and obviously yesterday it was hard, you know, to get
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  Speaker 3: that started.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we know.
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  Speaker 3: Mistakes are gonna uh listen, mistakes are gonna happen. You know,
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  Speaker 3: guys are guys are you know, battling their tails off
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  Speaker 3: and and all of that. But it's it's you just
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  Speaker 3: I think you know, you can't make you just can't
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  Speaker 3: make too many mistakes, you know, and and try to
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  Speaker 3: and try to overcome 'em, especially especially the the whether
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  Speaker 3: it's a penalty to turnover, you know, things of that nature.
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  Speaker 3: Those are hard to sometimes overcome.
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  Speaker 4: And I'm assuming it's the same you're doing same stuff
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  Speaker 4: you guys did twenty two, right, and it's a lot
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  Speaker 4: of the same guys.
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  Speaker 1: So is that the more frustrating part to you that
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  Speaker 1: it's functions at a high level like the second half
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  Speaker 1: and of twenty two and it just can't get there
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  Speaker 1: at this point.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, there's some of that, you know, it's uh, I
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  Speaker 3: I think I think it's you know, what's what's what's
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  Speaker 3: interesting is you know, you look at the week, the
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  Speaker 3: body of work during the week, and then and then
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  Speaker 3: it's not carrying over to the to the game completely.
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  Speaker 3: You know, a lot of it is and and there's
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  Speaker 3: parts of it that isn't and the parts that aren't
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  Speaker 3: are obviously the ones that are that are holding us back.
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  Speaker 3: And so that's the that's the frustrating part. And the guys,
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  Speaker 3: I would say, they would understand that and they see it,
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  Speaker 3: and uh, we continue to show it to them. And
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  Speaker 3: you know, even as coaches we take it hard cause
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you know where we're we put the game
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  Speaker 3: plans together, and you know, we coach them during the
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  Speaker 3: week and and so, uh, you know, we take it
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  Speaker 3: personal as well.
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  Speaker 1: Were you in marks that aren't carryover? That small marks
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  Speaker 1: that aren't carried over? I mean, I like an example
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  Speaker 1: to me.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know, maybe just you know, things like staying
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  Speaker 3: in staying in your gap as you if you're a
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  Speaker 3: defensive lineman or you know the protection issues we had yesterday.
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  Speaker 3: You know, it could could be a qb read a decision.
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  Speaker 2: He makes things that are.
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  Speaker 3: We y y, you know, I mean, these are just
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  Speaker 3: things that you would think.
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  Speaker 2: That I that the guys would know.
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  Speaker 3: It's just listen, it's a it's the game goes fast,
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  Speaker 3: and and you know it could be you know, a
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  Speaker 3: a young defensive back making a eyes are in the
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  Speaker 3: wrong place.
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  Speaker 2: You know, things like that.
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  Speaker 4: When you look at uh Trevory deep ball interception, Uh,
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  Speaker 4: it looks like he gets contacted toward the end of
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  Speaker 4: his release.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm just wondering if if you think that that
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  Speaker 1: impacted the throw yesterday. Max.
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  Speaker 2: You're talking about Max, Yes, Trevor oh you mentioned Trevor. No, oh,
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  Speaker 2: sorry you said Trevor the last.
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  Speaker 1: One a little bit at the.
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  Speaker 2: End of it looks like he gets bumped the ball
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  Speaker 2: kind of.
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  Speaker 3: Well if he did, yes, because where the ball ended up,
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  Speaker 3: you know, cause it was a you know, we had
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  Speaker 3: a post route and a corner route kind of a
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  Speaker 3: combination there and and it looked like that he could
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  Speaker 3: have easily gotten even on a on tape.
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  Speaker 2: It was hard to see.
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  Speaker 3: You have to go back and watch TV copy obviously,
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  Speaker 3: but uh, it definitely affected I think the trajectory and
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  Speaker 3: where the ball ended up.
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  Speaker 1: Doug, what did you.
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  Speaker 3: See from your corners the job they did against Jefferson
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  Speaker 3: and in Addison.
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  Speaker 2: I thought the corners played really well, really well.
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  Speaker 3: Uh they you know, to hold that group, you know,
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  Speaker 3: to to really not a whole lot, you know. Offensively
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  Speaker 3: was good. They played physical and they came up made
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  Speaker 3: tackles with that buster. I mean Darby, you see Tyson,
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  Speaker 3: I mean these guys are they're battling and and and
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  Speaker 3: playing playing really well. I think it looked like to me,
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  Speaker 3: you know, for the s for and really for the
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  Speaker 3: entire secondary playing playing their best football yesterday.
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  Speaker 4: It's it seemed like just watchings the josh at wanted
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  Speaker 4: this more disruptive games of the year.
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  Speaker 1: Is that what you saw in you went back to
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  Speaker 1: watch it?
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  Speaker 2: Yes?
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  Speaker 1: What what was it? I guess Really he's last the weeks.
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  Speaker 1: It seems like he's really turned it up.
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  Speaker 4: He's been saw all the season the last week especially,
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  Speaker 4: what have you really seen ANFM?
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  Speaker 3: I think one of the things you're seeing, and this
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  Speaker 3: is the improvement I think of our whole defense is
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  Speaker 3: is how they've they continue to work during the week, right,
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  Speaker 3: they bought into the to the scheme and and what
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  Speaker 3: they're guys are are teaching and coaching and you're seeing
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  Speaker 3: that gradual improvement and and guys are understanding that, you know,
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  Speaker 3: and Josh is one of them, and you know trade
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  Speaker 3: bonds one obviously those guys up front.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, he's he's really.
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  Speaker 3: I think the technique, you know, trusting that and trusting
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  Speaker 3: himself obviously what he sees and what he sees with
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  Speaker 3: the stance of the tackles and you know, if he's
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  Speaker 3: playing on a tight end or whatever it might be.
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  Speaker 3: So yeah, he's been playing good.
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  Speaker 4: Josh was telling us today about how optimistic he is.
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  Speaker 1: Something can be made out of the season and nothing
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  Speaker 1: has decided. Do you know he said you speaking for
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  Speaker 1: the locker room. When he said that, is said, nobody's
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  Speaker 1: checked out. Ye do you share that optimism? And is
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  Speaker 1: this what's your stress to the guys to stay positive?
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  Speaker 2: Yes?
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  Speaker 1: Just what has many games as.
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  Speaker 2: You can hundred percent?
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  Speaker 3: You know, I mean I think, I think our goals
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  Speaker 3: and everything is right in front of us, you know,
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  Speaker 3: despite despite the mistakes and the losses obviously, I mean
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  Speaker 3: it's it's a crazy business. And they and they can change,
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  Speaker 3: you know, it can change for us in a hurry
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  Speaker 3: the other way and uh, and get positive in a
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  Speaker 3: in a quick way.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, the guys haven't.
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  Speaker 3: They haven't checked out whatsoever they put in the time
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  Speaker 3: during the week, and and you know, it's.
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  Speaker 2: It's hard, you know it. You hurt for the guys
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  Speaker 2: because you just see the you know.
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  Speaker 3: How much they they put into it, you know, and
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  Speaker 3: and and then they're not rewarded for, you know, to
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  Speaker 3: have six or we have six one score losses, you know,
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  Speaker 3: six games. Uh, it's hard, you.
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  Speaker 2: Know, that's hard. It's hard to sometimes we make it hard,
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  Speaker 2: you know.
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  Speaker 3: And and but yet the guys, like I said, the guys,
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  Speaker 3: they see it, they understand it. We're all in it together,
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  Speaker 3: and and uh we we try to fix them and
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  Speaker 3: move on.
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  Speaker 1: Couple after Trevor, real quick, is.
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  Speaker 4: There anything that can be gained for a guy a
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  Speaker 4: quarterback watching on the sideline He hasn't had many opportunities.
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  Speaker 1: Like that before.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, he was, I tell you what, he was really
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  Speaker 3: engaged yesterday. Helped him mact the entire day. We had
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  Speaker 3: great conversations on the sideline, things that things that he saw.
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  Speaker 3: So yeah, that's something that he can definitely get a
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  Speaker 3: little different perspective, calmarize, you know, and see how the
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  Speaker 3: game flows, and.
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  Speaker 1: That carry over to the field whatever he gets back on.
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  Speaker 3: Sure, Sure, it's just all it's sort of the the memory, right,
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  Speaker 3: It's it's what you see and and just being able
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  Speaker 3: to trust certain things, you know, trust yourself and then
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  Speaker 3: trust trust what you see defensively to make to make
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  Speaker 3: decisions throwing the ball.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that can all carry over.
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  Speaker 1: How you feel about the products of the two young tackles. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, obviously in the starting lineup.
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  Speaker 2: Now together about Tyler and Jordan.
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  Speaker 1: No sorry, offensive tackle.
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  Speaker 3: Offensive tackles with Walker and Anton, Yeah, I mean I
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  Speaker 3: think both guys have been playing well. You know, there's
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  Speaker 3: some plays yesterday that they would like to have back, obviously,
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  Speaker 3: but but I think for the majority of the season
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  Speaker 3: they've they've done a nice job, and Walker's kind of
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  Speaker 3: settled into that spot. And and but both guys, they
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  Speaker 3: play physical, they play tough, they're both smart guys athletic
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  Speaker 3: have done a nice job