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Press Pass | Trevor Lawrence: "We need to get some juice back.” · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: But who got you the hat?
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  Speaker 2: Where'd you get to get a hot My sister in
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  Speaker 2: law got me the hat. Yeah, got it a few
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  Speaker 2: months ago. So but I think I wore like once,
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  Speaker 2: I was like, I'm gonna wait til tell Shay's here
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  Speaker 2: to start wearing it more so, Uh wore out of
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  Speaker 2: the hospital and wearing today. So I figured for the
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  Speaker 2: first interview to wear it.
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  Speaker 3: I love it.
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  Speaker 4: So I saw at the report from Clemson Insider.
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  Speaker 3: Is true? Four am?
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  Speaker 2: So four am the night before or it was? Are
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  Speaker 2: you asking just the whole process?
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  Speaker 3: One?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we went in uh Friday evening and then she
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  Speaker 2: got here four oh one am.
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  Speaker 3: So it was a all nighter for sure.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, it's pretty delirious after the whole But I don't
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  Speaker 2: you guys wanna hear me complain? Versa did all the work.
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  Speaker 2: She she crushed it. It was amazing to watch. So
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  Speaker 2: it was it was special not to uh.
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  Speaker 4: Changed the subject or anything, but uh, what was your
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  Speaker 4: overall reaction.
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  Speaker 1: To Doug being gone?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, is it something?
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  Speaker 4: Uh?
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  Speaker 3: Is it? I is it?
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  Speaker 1: Is it crushing to you?
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  Speaker 3: Is it you or do you just attribute to that's
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  Speaker 3: the business?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's it's it's both you know it's as
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  Speaker 2: a player, it's it's weird, especially given the history with
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  Speaker 2: with coach and and being here and you know, had
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  Speaker 2: having success early. I think it's difficult to to look
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  Speaker 2: at where where we're at now at the end of
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  Speaker 2: this season and take it for what it is and
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  Speaker 2: be like, man, it was just such a rough year
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  Speaker 2: and tough on every regard injuries, not winning games.
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  Speaker 3: That's just tough on a team.
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  Speaker 2: So I think as a player, you look at it
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  Speaker 2: and you understand that's part of the business, but you're
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  Speaker 2: also you're also disappointed and you feel some responsibility because
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  Speaker 2: as a player you have impact on the game. You you
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  Speaker 2: know it's on us as well. So I think you
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  Speaker 2: see it and you're it's unfortunate, I guess is the
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  Speaker 2: best way to put it, just because you feel like
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  Speaker 2: you wish you could have done more and you wish
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  Speaker 2: you would have won more games. If you asked any
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  Speaker 2: of us going into this season, no one would have
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  Speaker 2: thought Coach Peterson would have been would have been fired
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  Speaker 2: at the end of the year, and you just see
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  Speaker 2: the way the year went and it's just a pointing.
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  Speaker 2: So I think it's a weird feeling, but you do
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  Speaker 2: understand it's part of the business and you just got
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  Speaker 2: you have to continue to get better, and for whatever reason,
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  Speaker 2: this year we didn't do that, And and that's not
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  Speaker 2: you know, I think there's a lot of a lot
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  Speaker 2: of things at play regarding that, and it's not all
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  Speaker 2: just on on one person. And I'm very grateful for
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  Speaker 2: coach and what he's done here and done for me.
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  Speaker 2: You know, my rookie year was really tough and a
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  Speaker 2: lot of chaos and turmoil and just a really crazy situation.
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  Speaker 2: And for him to come in and provide stability and
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  Speaker 2: to kind of revive our team a little bit and
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  Speaker 2: and be that consistent piece and voice for us, He's
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  Speaker 2: done a lot of great things here, So I don't
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  Speaker 2: want that to be overshadowed by obviously a tough and
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  Speaker 2: disappointing finish to how it went.
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  Speaker 1: What would you like to see in the new coach?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, in terms of either style, does it? Is
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  Speaker 3: it a guy that you would prefer to be an
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  Speaker 3: offensive guy? What?
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  Speaker 4: What?
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  Speaker 3: What goes through your mind do you think about what
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  Speaker 3: you want in a leader?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, man, there's a lot, there's a lot of things.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously I'm biased, you know, I'm an offensive guy. I'm
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  Speaker 2: a quarterback, you know, So I think from that standpoint,
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  Speaker 2: sounds great having a having a young offensive coach that
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  Speaker 2: can you know, bring the system in and that we
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  Speaker 2: can just grow together and and have that system in
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  Speaker 2: place for years to come. That sounds great, you know that,
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  Speaker 2: So that that from that standpoint, that would be great.
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  Speaker 2: But I think just as far as a leader, you
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  Speaker 2: want the right guy that's that's gonna be the right
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  Speaker 2: leader and voice for your team and set that culture
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  Speaker 2: and you know, just to be a tough team mentally
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  Speaker 2: physically that can withstand the ups and downs of this season.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think that that was something that you know,
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  Speaker 2: the last couple of years or two years ago, we
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  Speaker 2: did a great job of. But for whatever reason this year,
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  Speaker 2: we weren't able to do that. And you know, it's
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  Speaker 2: hard to put a finger on sometimes while you're not
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  Speaker 2: able to. But I think from a leader standpoint, whether
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  Speaker 2: it's an offensive coach or a defensive coach, just a
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  Speaker 2: guy that's going to instill that culture, that toughness into
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  Speaker 2: our team and just confidence that it doesn't matter who
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  Speaker 2: we're playing when we're playing, just spot the ball and
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  Speaker 2: we can beat anybody, and just a tough team that
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  Speaker 2: other teams don't want to play against. So I think
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  Speaker 2: all that we need to get back to that. And
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  Speaker 2: whether it's offensive or defensive, that's I think the most
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  Speaker 2: important piece. But yeah, of course obviously I'm biased with
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  Speaker 2: the offensive thing, but whoever, it is, just that mindset
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  Speaker 2: I think is important. You said it's an offense predictable,
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  Speaker 2: you know, at times, I think you could. You could
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  Speaker 2: say that about other offenses as well, But I just
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  Speaker 2: think when you struggle to you know, for us, it's
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  Speaker 2: you know, whether it's certain plays unfolding not going our way,
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  Speaker 2: or scheme or whatever. We weren't able to run the
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  Speaker 2: ball consistently effectively, uh the last few years, and I
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  Speaker 2: think that really gave us trouble, to be honest, and
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  Speaker 2: it's hard to it's hard to get everything else going
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  Speaker 2: when when that's struggling. So I think that's where you
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  Speaker 2: maybe can see the predictability, is when when that's not
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  Speaker 2: working and you have to you have to lean on
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  Speaker 2: pushing the ball down field or getting the ball on
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  Speaker 2: the perimeter. I think that's where you can kind of
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  Speaker 2: see maybe some predictability. And obviously this year it becomes
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  Speaker 2: even tougher, right with a bunch of injuries and you
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  Speaker 2: lose you lose me Evan Christian Gabe, you lose some
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  Speaker 2: guys up front, and you start to piece all those
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  Speaker 2: things together, and then it's it is challenging to be
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  Speaker 2: unpredictable and efficient and explosive when you're missing a lot
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  Speaker 2: of pieces. So yeah, I think at times we were
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  Speaker 2: for sure, and I think that's something that definitely should
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  Speaker 2: be evaluated and in the new scheme that we that
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  Speaker 2: we get whoever whoever comes in here, head coach, offensive coordinator,
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  Speaker 2: whatever the setup is, just I think that that run
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  Speaker 2: game piece of setting our guys up for success with
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  Speaker 2: the scheme and then obviously the detailed and coaching and
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  Speaker 2: making sure we're just all on the same page to
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  Speaker 2: where we can run the ball effectively and consistently, because
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  Speaker 2: I think that's where you look at the good offenses
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  Speaker 2: in the NFL, that's a they all pretty much have that,
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  Speaker 2: So you know, we need to be able to do that.
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  Speaker 2: And obviously we're gonna we got to make the plays
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  Speaker 2: on the field too, And seeing the how BT jumped
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  Speaker 2: jumped out this year, I mean that's exciting and the
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  Speaker 2: other guys we have and I feel like when I'm healthy,
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  Speaker 2: obviously pushing on the ball down the field as a
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  Speaker 2: strength of mind. So I think marrying all those things
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  Speaker 2: together will help with that for sure.
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  Speaker 4: The interview list five offensive coordinators in there that you guys,
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  Speaker 4: you don't want to at least.
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  Speaker 2: That, Yeah, you know, I think I think it's great.
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  Speaker 2: It seems like every you know, it's never know what's
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  Speaker 2: gonna happen, how everything's gonna unfold. But it seems like,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we're doing all the right things as far
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  Speaker 2: as talking to all the right people and the all
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  Speaker 2: the big name candidates that are out there, it seems
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  Speaker 2: like they're on the list. So beyond that, I don't
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  Speaker 2: really have much much else for you, honestly, so, but yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's exciting, I think for seeing the list and the
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  Speaker 2: potential candidates. You know, I don't know any of those
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  Speaker 2: people personally really, so it's kind of hard to say.
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  Speaker 2: I don't really necessarily have an opinion.
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  Speaker 1: How do you look at yourself four years into your
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  Speaker 1: NFL career, where you're at, where you where you thought
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  Speaker 1: you'd be, want to be, and how much does the
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  Speaker 1: last fourteen months because of injuries and what you've add
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  Speaker 1: up you rives.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's it's it's definitely.
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  Speaker 2: Challenging kind of looking at where I'm at and the
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  Speaker 2: improvements I've made. I do feel like I've gotten better
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  Speaker 2: every year, But the big piece of it is being healthy. Right,
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  Speaker 2: So being the franchise quarterback, I have to be out there.
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  Speaker 2: I have to be on the field and have to
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  Speaker 2: be available. So I think that's that's difficult for me
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  Speaker 2: to not be able to do that, and and really
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  Speaker 2: the last two seasons that's been a struggle for me.
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  Speaker 2: Last year only missed one game because of it, but
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  Speaker 2: still was dealing with a lot of injuries. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: that's something in my career until last year I didn't
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  Speaker 2: I didn't deal with really much. So you know, this
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  Speaker 2: year was tough, missing basically half the season because injuries
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  Speaker 2: and having to watch and definitely get a different perspective
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  Speaker 2: of everything when you're not in the middle of it
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  Speaker 2: every day. So I think I've learned a lot. The
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  Speaker 2: main thing is I just got to be healthy, and
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  Speaker 2: whether that's getting stronger this offseason, limiting some of the
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  Speaker 2: hits when I'm out there, they're You're not going to
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  Speaker 2: limit everything, but just doing my part to stay out
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  Speaker 2: there and not taking unnecessary risks when I when I
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  Speaker 2: need to be healthy for the season, for one play,
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  Speaker 2: you got to weigh that is is it worth getting
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  Speaker 2: the first down this one play on second down, or
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  Speaker 2: is it more important to stay healthy for the long term.
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  Speaker 2: So I think I've learned a lot through injuries and
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  Speaker 2: the different ways they've happened, and how I can try
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  Speaker 2: to protect myself more because that's the main thing I
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  Speaker 2: need to do.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like this season, when I was playing and
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  Speaker 2: I had a couple a couple of rough games, I
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  Speaker 2: gotta be a little more consistent.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 2: I had had two or three games where I didn't
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  Speaker 2: feel like I played good enough for us to win.
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  Speaker 2: Beyond those games, I really felt like I made a
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  Speaker 2: lot of improved mints. Consistency, throwing the ball on the field,
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  Speaker 2: putting us in position to score. I think taking care
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  Speaker 2: of the ball was a big emphasis that I was
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  Speaker 2: doing a better job of this year, maybe till the
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  Speaker 2: very end, till the last game or two that I played.
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  Speaker 2: So those things I do think I improved on. But
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  Speaker 2: got to stay healthy.
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  Speaker 3: That's the biggest thing. Yeah, I've seen it.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you see it everywhere, especially the day then
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  Speaker 2: the few days after, so I've seen it.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, scary to look back on it, and and does
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  Speaker 4: that concussion aspect of it, does that worry you?
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  Speaker 2: Moving forward?
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  Speaker 4: Second one in thirteen or fourteen.
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  Speaker 2: Months, It doesn't necessarily worry me. I think it's something
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  Speaker 2: that can be scary. I guess seeing it after the
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  Speaker 2: fact and not really no one was going in that moment.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't know that was happening. I was I was out,
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  Speaker 2: so I didn't know, So it's kind of weird. It's
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  Speaker 2: just weird seeing it after the fact. But I don't
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  Speaker 2: know if worried is the right word moving forward. I
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  Speaker 2: think it's something that you definitely are aware of, and
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  Speaker 2: just you don't want to get a lot of concussions, obviously,
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  Speaker 2: and that's that's a that's a note, that's that's an
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  Speaker 2: easy answer there. So I don't want to have more
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  Speaker 2: of them. You want to limit them. But I think
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  Speaker 2: right now it's not something I'm overly concerned about. I
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  Speaker 2: just want to be able to protect myself and and
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  Speaker 2: obviously don't want to continue that trend because that can
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  Speaker 2: definitely affect how long you play if you keep getting
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  Speaker 2: those so I want to I want to stay healthy.
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  Speaker 2: I want to avoid those shots of the head when
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  Speaker 2: when I possibly can.
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  Speaker 3: Haven't talked to him.
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  Speaker 1: Disappointed.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, I.
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  Speaker 2: Think it's obviously it's something that you know, I've kind
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  Speaker 2: of wanted to move on from, try to stay away from,
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  Speaker 2: try to stay away from comment on the whole deal.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's it's it's a tough situation. Yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: obviously part of you is like, yeah, it would have
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  Speaker 2: been nice to reach out, But I know he's got
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  Speaker 2: his own stuff going on, and he's trying to think
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  Speaker 2: a lot of that is he's trying to fight for
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  Speaker 2: his reputation on his end, and I don't think. I
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  Speaker 2: don't think personally attacking the guy is the right answer.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I know guys that know him, and everyone
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  Speaker 2: says he's a great guy. I don't know him personally,
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  Speaker 2: so obviously the hit was I don't think the hit
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  Speaker 2: was right. But I also don't think that. I think
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  Speaker 2: if he knew that was gonna happen, he wouldn't do it.
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  Speaker 2: You know, That's I would hope no person would do
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  Speaker 2: that if they knew the end results. So obviously he
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  Speaker 2: doesn't know that, but I think it's I don't think
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  Speaker 2: the hit was right, so I stand by that. But
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  Speaker 2: I'm also don't condone people attacking the guy personally because
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  Speaker 2: it is football and things happened fast, and like I said,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think he's maliciously trying to do that to somebody.
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  Speaker 2: I just think he's went a little overboard with that
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  Speaker 2: and trying to be physical, and obviously he was. He
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  Speaker 2: was suspended for a while and and and paid the
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  Speaker 2: price for that. So I want to move on from it.
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  Speaker 2: It's nothing you can do now. It's in the past.
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  Speaker 3: Uh, I don't.
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  Speaker 2: I don't as far as holding grudges and stuff like that.
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  Speaker 2: I like to move on and I got a life
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  Speaker 2: to live beyond that, So I've moved.
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  Speaker 3: On from it.
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  Speaker 4: Shots comments from Monday about Aaron Rodgers to point out
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  Speaker 4: if that's the situation here as well as would you
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  Speaker 4: like to have a seat at the table when it
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  Speaker 4: comes to deciding who the next head coaches and where
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  Speaker 4: this organization goes?
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think it's see the seat of the
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  Speaker 2: table is kind of a turn. I don't know how
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  Speaker 2: far that would go.
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  Speaker 3: Uh, you know.
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  Speaker 2: I I My job is to is to prepare myself
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  Speaker 2: to to play really well and to win games and
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  Speaker 2: be on the field.
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  Speaker 3: So I don't want to ever.
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  Speaker 2: Cross any boundaries and try to do more than than
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  Speaker 2: my job if that's not wanted or or or needed.
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  Speaker 2: So I of course have opinions. I've I've been here
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  Speaker 2: now four years. I've I've had two coaches. I've I've
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  Speaker 2: seen good, bad, kind of everything in between. So I
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  Speaker 2: do have an opinion, and I think that I think
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  Speaker 2: that mister Kahn and Trent really value my opinion honestly.
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  Speaker 2: So of course we'll have conversations, and we've had conversations,
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  Speaker 2: but as far as obviously I'm not making the decision.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I'm I'm the I'm the quarterback here. I'm
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  Speaker 2: not the I'm not the owner, I'm not the GM.
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  Speaker 2: I'm the quarterback. So I know I know what my
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  Speaker 2: role is. But I also think that my opinion is important,
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  Speaker 2: so and I think that they value it. So I
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  Speaker 2: guess that I don't know if that answers your your question,
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  Speaker 2: but that's how I feel about it.
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  Speaker 1: Getting injury from Tag because of all the injuries you
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  Speaker 1: had last year and then twenty four as well.
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  Speaker 2: No, I no, it doesn't bother me. I just want
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  Speaker 2: to stay healthy. It bothers me is not being out there.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm not really worried about any labels or tags
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  Speaker 2: or anything. I just wanna I want to be out
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  Speaker 2: there so I feel like I can. I know I
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  Speaker 2: can impact the game and and help us win games
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  Speaker 2: when I'm out there, and when I'm not, it's tough.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's tough seeing or even just being in
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  Speaker 2: here and getting treatment, Guys going out to practice and
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  Speaker 2: you're just sitting there.
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  Speaker 3: So it's weird.
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  Speaker 2: It's not fun just sitting on the sideline and not
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  Speaker 2: being able to have an impact. So I want to
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  Speaker 2: be healthy. I want to be out there, but not
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  Speaker 2: necessarily worried about what people other people think he did.
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  Speaker 3: Did you ask to go on into reserves that you'd
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  Speaker 3: have the should.
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  Speaker 2: RESERVI it was a it was really a collective decision,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it was leading up to it was something
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  Speaker 2: where when I when I got hurt after Philly, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it was something we talked about, was potentially this could
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  Speaker 2: be could need surgery, but it's just it's one of
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  Speaker 2: those injuries. It's not a clear cut immediately, Oh you
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  Speaker 2: gotta get surgery. It's it's kind of you want to
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  Speaker 2: see how it heals. It's not the most common to
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  Speaker 2: have this type of AC injury. Obviously AC joint injuries
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  Speaker 2: are common, but the severity of this one's a little
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  Speaker 2: bit different. So it's it wasn't a clear cultor oh,
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  Speaker 2: you gotta get surgery, and that was what was difficult.
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  Speaker 3: I didn't have a.
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  Speaker 2: Clear answer necessarily, so I had to wait and give
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  Speaker 2: it time and bothered me for a while, and it
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  Speaker 2: started to feel a little bit better, and I felt
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  Speaker 2: like I could go out there and compete and give
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  Speaker 2: us a shot to win against Houston. So I did it,
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  Speaker 2: and I was like, I want to at least I
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  Speaker 2: want to at least try. I want to I want
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  Speaker 2: to try to play and see how it feels. And
• 14:46
  Speaker 2: then that Monday after the game, I'll reassess and see
• 14:49
  Speaker 2: if this is something I can continue for the rest
• 14:51
  Speaker 2: of the season. And obviously the way the game went,
• 14:53
  Speaker 2: got knocked out with the concussion, and that added a
• 14:55
  Speaker 2: whole other element. And after that and the severity of
• 14:58
  Speaker 2: that hit the head, it was kind of like the
• 15:02
  Speaker 2: smartest thing to do is I I knew at that
• 15:03
  Speaker 2: point it wasn't getting that much better. The pain was
• 15:06
  Speaker 2: getting better, but just some of the other issues around
• 15:09
  Speaker 2: that area that it was causing. I knew I was
• 15:11
  Speaker 2: probably gonna have to get surgery. So we just decided
• 15:14
  Speaker 2: that that was the best route because I was gonna
• 15:16
  Speaker 2: be out a few weeks with the concussion, and I
• 15:19
  Speaker 2: think just to to give Mac the reins so he
• 15:21
  Speaker 2: can take it the rest of the season, have confidence
• 15:23
  Speaker 2: that he's gonna finish the year and not be in
• 15:25
  Speaker 2: limbo every week. Is it gonna be me? Is gonna
• 15:27
  Speaker 2: be Trevor? When I wasn't probably gonna be able to
• 15:30
  Speaker 2: come back to finish the season anyway. So that's that's
• 15:34
  Speaker 2: kind of the whole process.
• 15:35
  Speaker 3: It was. It was tough.
• 15:36
  Speaker 2: I mean just every week not knowing, hoping that I
• 15:38
  Speaker 2: feel better enough to get out there and not being
• 15:40
  Speaker 2: able to do it was hard. And we felt like
• 15:43
  Speaker 2: we just need to go ahead and get this fixed
• 15:45
  Speaker 2: so I can start getting.
• 15:47
  Speaker 3: Healthy again working out again.
• 15:51
  Speaker 2: It's good, you know, I don't know the exact timeline.
• 15:53
  Speaker 2: I know I'm in this for two and a half
• 15:56
  Speaker 2: three or a little less than three weeks, so a
• 15:59
  Speaker 2: six weeks in this and I'm a little past three
• 16:01
  Speaker 2: right now, so once I can't wait to get all
• 16:03
  Speaker 2: this sling. But it's getting better. I'm starting to do
• 16:06
  Speaker 2: more more rehab on the shoulder, starting to move it
• 16:08
  Speaker 2: a little bit.
• 16:09
  Speaker 3: So it's been good.
• 16:10
  Speaker 2: I think I'll definitely be good by the season, obviously,
• 16:14
  Speaker 2: and I'm hoping for most OTAs too, but I don't
• 16:17
  Speaker 2: know I can give you an exact Obviously, I'm gonna
• 16:20
  Speaker 2: be smart with it and not rushing too OTAs too quickly,
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: but it's not going to really affect too much of
• 16:25
  Speaker 2: the offseason, and hopefully I'll start being able to train
• 16:28
  Speaker 2: in the next you know, a couple of months, train hard.
• 16:31
  Speaker 1: You've been through some stuff going all the way back
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: to that rookie year. You understand the noise out there
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: now to this place, the disappointment. Are you still confident
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: that you, guys, this should get fixed and accomplish what
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: you want to do. And while you sign that long contract.
• 16:53
  Speaker 2: I mean you look at you know the guys. We
• 16:56
  Speaker 2: have and we and we've done, We've we've played really
• 16:58
  Speaker 2: well together. I'm thinking just off offensively, you know, that's
• 17:01
  Speaker 2: more our responsibility is offensively and kind of that, I
• 17:04
  Speaker 2: I know more the ins and outs of that than
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: you know, we've had a couple of different defensive coordinators
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: and so I'm not going to get into all the
• 17:09
  Speaker 2: scheme on defense, but as far as offensively, I know
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: the the guys, we have, the playmakers, we have what
• 17:14
  Speaker 2: we've done, and we've added to that. You know, we've
• 17:16
  Speaker 2: added BT in a lot of areas. Our lines improved
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: over the years. Obviously a guy like Briton and Parker
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: coming along, those young guys that are playing well, Travis Tank,
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: I think that, you know, we have we have the
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: guys to do it. You know, we need to just
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: find more consistency. And I think that there's we need
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: to get some juice back in this place. It seems
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: like we've lost that in the past what year and
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: a half or so for whatever reason, and we got
• 17:42
  Speaker 2: to get that back. And I think that's something that
• 17:43
  Speaker 2: us as leaders and the team really have to look at.
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: And we got to take our part too. This isn't
• 17:47
  Speaker 2: just a you know, you know, we fired coach Peterson,
• 17:51
  Speaker 2: so now that's all on him, It's that's on us
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: as players too. We have to get that energy back.
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: We have to take our part of it too, because
• 17:57
  Speaker 2: we're the ones out there on the field playing, and
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: I think that that's something where we can't just think
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: just because some changes are made staff and everything around us,
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: that it's all going to fix. Where we have to
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: be the ones to really change our trajectory to be honest.
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: So but I do have confidence and in the type
• 18:14
  Speaker 2: of people we have, the players we have, But this
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: is a big off season and we have to really
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: we have to really dial in and like I said,
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: build that culture and become just a tough, hard nose,
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: gritty team.
• 18:26
  Speaker 3: I think we need more of that.
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: Three head coaches and five years helped up to that
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: for not just your development growth and put a team
• 18:33
  Speaker 2: in count It's not ideal, obviously, you want stability, you
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: want some consistency. But where we're at and then the
• 18:41
  Speaker 2: year we had, like I said, it's just it's kind
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: of the way it goes when you when you don't
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: have success and you don't win. So I'm hoping that,
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: you know, whatever the next situation is, it's it's it's
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: in place and that coach is here for a long time.
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: So I think we all hope that and that's that's
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: the best case moving forward, is to have the con
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: and the stability, something to build off of, consistent improvement,
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: and we all just want to win. You know, it's
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: been it's been four years and we've had some success,
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: but not enough, and we want consistency. And I know
• 19:13
  Speaker 2: that's what it's what all you guys want. It's a
• 19:15
  Speaker 2: lot more fun covering us more winning. I know that
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: is probably true for y'all, and I know for the
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: fans it's a lot more fun to be a part
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: of it when you're winning. So we all want the
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: same thing. We all got to put the work in,
• 19:26
  Speaker 2: though it's not just gonna happen overnight. You know, we
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: have to be willing to to to change and to
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: adapt and to as players take that responsibility and go
• 19:34
  Speaker 2: do it here.
• 19:36
  Speaker 3: Did you talk with Sean recently about the direction of
• 19:39
  Speaker 3: the franchise, probably before Doug was let go. Yeah, I
• 19:43
  Speaker 3: mean we talk. We check in pretty consistently.
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: I have great relationship with mister Kahn and yeah we Yeah,
• 19:49
  Speaker 2: we a few weeks ago we checked in and just
• 19:53
  Speaker 2: kind of caught up on everything. And I try to
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: do that same thing with with Trent and even you know,
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: Coach when he was here. So I try to keep
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: it open line of communication and just try my best
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: to really be on the same page.
• 20:05
  Speaker 4: So, yeah, what is your relationship with Trent and were
• 20:08
  Speaker 4: you surprised that it was just the coaching staff that changes.
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: As of now have been made to.
• 20:15
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: I have a good relationship with Trent. You know, he's
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: always been upfront and honest with me. You know, we
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: talk a decent amount. And I don't know, I don't
• 20:25
  Speaker 2: know anything else because I haven't had a different GM
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: or that relationship. But I feel like we have a
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: pretty honest and open relationship. So it's been good, you know.
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: I think that I don't know if surprise is the
• 20:36
  Speaker 2: right word. You never know how these things are going
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: to go down. As far as even Monday, we just
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: had our daughter, Shay too, So there's a lot going on.
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: And I see the news on Monday about coach getting fired,
• 20:46
  Speaker 2: and so there's just a lot. And I don't think
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: I even thought of like, as well, is everybody gonna
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: get fired or what. It's just that's just what you
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: see and you kind of react to it and you
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: go about your business and you try to just move forward.
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: So I don't really I wouldn't say surprise is the
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: right word. I don't know, but I do feel like
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: me and me and Sure have a good relationship. And
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: that's that's none of that is my job. So it's
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: it's it's I think there's no sense in worrying about
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: things that you can't control. I can control the relationship
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: I have with him and trying to build that and
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: continue to improve that and to stay communicating, especially in
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: the off season. This is a big off season for us,
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: So I just want to be you talked about, be
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: having a seat at the table. More than anything, I
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: just want to have a great relationship with Trent, which
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: I think we do, and then the new head coach
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: that comes in that as well and start that off
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: on the right foot and just constant communication and and
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: just I think that's the biggest thing is is that
• 21:41
  Speaker 2: relationship between quarterback, head coach and and coordinator whoever it is.
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: That's that's important. So I just want to build on
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: that as early as possible. Awesome, Thank you guys.