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Press Pass | Armstead, Jones, Cisco, Kirk, Walker, Thomas Jr., Etienne, Engram and Bigsby Reflect on 2024 Season · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Oh, that's that's above my pay grade. But yeah, you know,
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  Speaker 1: obviously when you looking for a coach, you know, I
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  Speaker 1: I feel that someone who can that guy's rally around
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  Speaker 1: that guys, you know, can can build consistent winning through
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  Speaker 1: culture and in those type of things. But also you know,
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  Speaker 1: someone who you know exces and those wise can put
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  Speaker 1: us in a position to to go out there and
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  Speaker 1: be successful in games.
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  Speaker 2: So I think all those things are important.
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  Speaker 1: You know, there's so many different types of coaches, so
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  Speaker 1: many different types of men and and people who do
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  Speaker 1: the job. So you know, that's above my pay grade.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, I wanna play for someone who you
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  Speaker 1: know loves football and you know, wants to see you
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  Speaker 1: win and be successful, cares about his players, can build
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  Speaker 1: a brotherhood amongst all of us, and you know, someone
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  Speaker 1: to look look towards and gravitate towards, and you know,
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  Speaker 1: in adverse situations you know, be a great leader.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, those are type of things, know that
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  Speaker 2: I look for.
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  Speaker 3: Now that the season's over, can you kind of put
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  Speaker 3: your finger on where the things kind of went wrong
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  Speaker 3: went off the tracks at all?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's a bunch of things, you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's a bunch of things that go into football.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's it's uh it's months on months.
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  Speaker 1: Of all of our lives and hard work and coming
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  Speaker 1: here and and uh so it's a lot that goes
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  Speaker 1: into it.
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  Speaker 2: Not just can't just put your finger on one thing.
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  Speaker 1: But one thing I will say is I appreciate uh
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  Speaker 1: everyone here. You know, I appreciate the effort that we gave,
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  Speaker 1: how we stuck together regardless of what was going on.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, I think there's a lot of a
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  Speaker 1: lot of promising things to look forward to.
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  Speaker 2: You know, Jacksonville City UH.
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  Speaker 1: Deserves uh a winning team, and you know we're we're
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  Speaker 1: gonna try to do everything we can to to provide that.
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  Speaker 1: So it's a lot of work that needs to be done,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, I think there's ex exciting things to
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  Speaker 1: be looking forward to in the future.
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  Speaker 4: Did it feel like does it feel like does team
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  Speaker 4: has pieces but needs a fresh message?
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  Speaker 1: I definitely feel we have pieces to be successful. We
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  Speaker 1: look at our roster, you know, I think that. You know,
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  Speaker 1: that's why I felt a little different because I felt
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  Speaker 1: like we could win uh a lot of these games,
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  Speaker 1: and I felt that, you know, we can be a
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  Speaker 1: playoff team. When you look at the you know, the
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  Speaker 1: talent that we have. So you know, that's a that's
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  Speaker 1: a great, you know situation to to be in. You know,
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  Speaker 1: if we're able to figure it out and and you know,
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  Speaker 1: clean up the little things, learn how to execute, learn
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  Speaker 1: how to you know, all the talent that we have,
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  Speaker 1: see that come to fruition on the field. I think
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  Speaker 1: is is where we need to get to. And it's
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  Speaker 1: it's it's exciting to to have opportunity to do that.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I don't feel like we're in a situation
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  Speaker 1: where you know, we don't have what we need from
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  Speaker 1: a roster standpoint. You know when I look around, look
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  Speaker 1: at my teammates, you know, I think throughout this season
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  Speaker 1: that's why I was what was so promising was that
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  Speaker 1: like when I take the field and look at who
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  Speaker 1: I'm playing with, it's like, oh, we can beat anybody,
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  Speaker 1: but you know it has to all come together and.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so we got a lot of work to do.
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  Speaker 2: It was a s an assessment of your season personally? Uh,
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  Speaker 2: straight was my season personally? W It's it's you know,
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  Speaker 2: ups and downs.
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  Speaker 1: You know this that I've been in this league for
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  Speaker 1: a long time now, and you know, there's always ups
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  Speaker 1: and downs, adversities, different challenges, different things you have to
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  Speaker 1: face and battle. You know, when I look at my
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  Speaker 1: season as a whole, you know, it it wasn't to
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  Speaker 1: you know, the standard that I am accustomed to playing to,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, for a multitude of reasons. But I'm
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  Speaker 1: excited to get back to that in twenty twenty five.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I got a lot of plans this off season. Excited
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  Speaker 1: to you know, for the future and and to keep going.
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  Speaker 1: Really but you know, when I'll I'll look back look
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  Speaker 1: at the film. You know, for me, this is I
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  Speaker 1: haven't you know, not started in a long time.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 1: It was a position change for me. So you know,
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  Speaker 1: next year, got got a lot planned, So I'll just just.
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  Speaker 2: Leave it at that. Yuh do you prefer inside outside?
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  Speaker 5: I mean, what what what is the ideal spot for
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  Speaker 5: you over ahead?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, i'm'a move back inside. Uh next year?
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  Speaker 1: Uh, that was That's gonna be my plan, you know,
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  Speaker 1: that was uh what I wanted to do, you know
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  Speaker 1: this season as well too. But you know, there's there's
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  Speaker 1: situations that you have to deal with, you know, in
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  Speaker 1: this league. And yes, i'm'a switch back inside, which was
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  Speaker 1: what I wanted to do this season, and i'm'a be
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  Speaker 1: back playing to you know, elite player that I know
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  Speaker 1: I can be.
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  Speaker 6: How difficult was that change, especially while you were navigating injury.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's tough, you know, coming off injury, coming off
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  Speaker 1: of uh you know, h change the position, you know,
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  Speaker 1: being in a new situation. But like I said, you know,
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  Speaker 1: this league, you know, provides a uh adversity, and you know,
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  Speaker 1: I'm someone who has been through I feel like every
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  Speaker 1: situation that you can go through in the league, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and I've always uh overcome it. And you know, you
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  Speaker 1: can look at the history of my career and the
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  Speaker 1: different situations I've been in. I've been in s a
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  Speaker 1: situation like this before where I had to you know,
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  Speaker 1: kind of break out, break out of something and and
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  Speaker 1: overcome it. And I'm excited to do that next year.
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  Speaker 3: What kind of leader would you like to see leading
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  Speaker 3: this team next year?
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, I I don't really know. I know we're a
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  Speaker 7: young team, you know, so I would definitely love to
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  Speaker 7: house one you know, kind of relatable to us y,
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  Speaker 7: you know, in a sense, you know, somebody with some
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  Speaker 7: passion I love. Plus somebody was in passion and somebody
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  Speaker 7: just little strong about what we got going on here?
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  Speaker 8: Looking at a third straight and different defense going into
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  Speaker 8: your second year.
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  Speaker 9: How how challenging is that.
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  Speaker 7: I mean, I'm it don't really matter to me to
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  Speaker 7: if you have a new defense whatever. My job is
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  Speaker 7: to make the players, you know what I'm saying. So
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  Speaker 7: that's what I'm go out there.
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  Speaker 3: And to do you have playing play off season.
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  Speaker 10: Right now?
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  Speaker 7: I just wanna get my body back. It's been a
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  Speaker 7: long year. Rookie year, been super long right now. I
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  Speaker 7: just wanna get my body back, you know what I'm saying.
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  Speaker 7: It just get going what we got going here.
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  Speaker 3: You played mostly in the slot this year. Do you
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  Speaker 3: wanna play outside or is it slot kind of your.
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  Speaker 7: I could play in the position in football, So I mean,
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  Speaker 7: but whatever whoever comes in or whatever, that's what I
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  Speaker 7: won't relate to them. I wanna play everything.
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  Speaker 11: When you speak to the the strides, this rookie class
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  Speaker 11: took uh from the beginning of the season to the
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  Speaker 11: end of it.
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  Speaker 7: Uh yeah, I'm definitely a firm believer in our rookie class.
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  Speaker 12: Uh Uh.
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  Speaker 7: I think we got some great pieces, you know, with us.
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  Speaker 7: You know, I think through the year, you can see
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  Speaker 7: the growth that we had. You kind kind of see
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  Speaker 7: that we started having more fun.
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  Speaker 10: Uh.
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  Speaker 7: Obviously BT and BT that's kind of something different right there.
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  Speaker 7: But you know what I'm saying, you could just see
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  Speaker 7: all of us having fun?
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  Speaker 10: Would you learn about yourself? You see, losing sucks.
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  Speaker 7: I think that's something I learned for so.
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  Speaker 2: But I think.
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  Speaker 7: That with it being as rough as it was, you
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  Speaker 7: know what I'm saying, Like to the consistent grind of it,
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  Speaker 7: the standing and keeping you know what I'm saying, keeping
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  Speaker 7: the same attitude about it each week, I think that's
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  Speaker 7: like that's how I show myself that, like even when
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  Speaker 7: it gets hard, like cause this shit was super hard,
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  Speaker 7: you know what I'm saying, Just keep going. It's gonna
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  Speaker 7: change it eventually.
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  Speaker 6: And you knew you could played it is your confidence
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  Speaker 6: in yourself higher.
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  Speaker 9: In the out him to start to see.
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  Speaker 7: I don't think it could have got no higher than
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  Speaker 7: it was in OTAs.
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  Speaker 13: So if you other, uh, I would.
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  Speaker 9: Always believe in myself.
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  Speaker 7: I expected it to be how it is now. I
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  Speaker 7: think with the I coulda made more plays, you know
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  Speaker 7: what I'm saying. But I've always believed myself.
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  Speaker 14: Uh.
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  Speaker 15: Last four years. I'm a different man than I came
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  Speaker 15: in I had. So this place has been healthy for me,
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  Speaker 15: and so going forward I believe would be the same thing.
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  Speaker 13: You know, I'm hoping and praying that you know, guy
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  Speaker 13: puts me in our position.
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  Speaker 3: Can you put your finger on what kind of went
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  Speaker 3: wrong for the defense this year under coach Nielsen?
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  Speaker 15: I I don't think we had enough synergy as a group.
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  Speaker 14: Uh.
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  Speaker 15: I think there were times where certain guys are playing
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  Speaker 15: their butt off and as a group we didn't all
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  Speaker 15: show up at the same time.
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  Speaker 13: That's kind of what it felt like.
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  Speaker 15: It was like trying to cover for one guy and
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  Speaker 15: not doing his job, and then he gets out of position,
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  Speaker 15: and then it kind of was like just went down
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  Speaker 15: the tote bo.
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  Speaker 9: How were you remember Devi Peterson as a coach?
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  Speaker 15: Really great man. I think for me, I didn't you know,
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  Speaker 15: I Doug's probably the best head coach I've had. So,
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  Speaker 15: you know, for me, like I came from Syracuse, came here,
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  Speaker 15: had my first year, which wasn't a great year, and then, uh,
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  Speaker 15: Doug kind of showed me what the NFL was supposed
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  Speaker 15: to be like and what it looks.
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  Speaker 13: Like in his program.
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  Speaker 9: Uh.
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  Speaker 13: The hard work we put in is second or nothing.
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  Speaker 15: So you know wherever our end up, whether it's here
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  Speaker 15: somewhere else, like whatever whatever program I'm under. He set
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  Speaker 15: the foundation for my career in terms of how it's supposed.
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  Speaker 13: To look in the grind and and how you.
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  Speaker 16: Prepare a direct Guys seeing her say you gotta learn
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  Speaker 16: how to win, but the fall cause this team or
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  Speaker 16: guys from twenty two who didn't win, So how does.
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  Speaker 15: That fall apart like that how to get you?
• 10:16
  Speaker 6: I'm assuming guys.
• 10:17
  Speaker 5: Didn't forget how to end?
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  Speaker 15: Yeah, yeah, it's a good question. I think this is
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  Speaker 15: the time to meditate on that. I think all year
• 10:23
  Speaker 15: we kind of we're expecting the rock to break at
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  Speaker 15: some point and then got to a point with like
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  Speaker 15: no return. But I think injuries definitely bid us this year.
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  Speaker 15: But I don't I mean I do. I don't know,
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  Speaker 15: you'd be quite honest with you, I think we do.
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  Speaker 15: Like you said, the core group of guys that were
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  Speaker 15: here in twenty two when we won are still here.
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  Speaker 13: So you know, hopefully we can figure that out.
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  Speaker 9: There's something you.
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  Speaker 14: Said for fresh start.
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  Speaker 4: Do you want a fresh start somewhere else or do
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  Speaker 4: you want to be back here, I do you have
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  Speaker 4: your preference?
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  Speaker 13: I mean, I think there's part of a fresh start
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  Speaker 13: even here.
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  Speaker 15: You know, you know now that we'll have a new leadership.
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  Speaker 15: But I think for me, a fresh start isn't really
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  Speaker 15: an environmental thing. I think you could kind of start fresh,
• 10:59
  Speaker 15: but I just continue to hone in on what you know,
• 11:02
  Speaker 15: you want to change about yourself, change about your game,
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  Speaker 15: and it's uh, you know, sometimes the environment changes not
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  Speaker 15: always the best.
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  Speaker 17: Obviously, it's unfortunate because at the end of the day, Uh,
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  Speaker 17: we all had a hand and you know, this season
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  Speaker 17: and just how the way things have shaken out.
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  Speaker 9: I have a ton of respect for Doug. He's maybe
• 11:20
  Speaker 9: a better football.
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  Speaker 17: Player, a better man, and you know, I think he's
• 11:25
  Speaker 17: one of the better coaches to have coached in this league.
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  Speaker 17: And it's just unfortunate the way that things went. But
• 11:31
  Speaker 17: obviously the organization has to make a decision that they
• 11:34
  Speaker 17: feel is best going forward.
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  Speaker 9: What did you like to see the next Lee year
• 11:39
  Speaker 9: for the Jaywash I think that's a tough question to
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  Speaker 9: answer right now.
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  Speaker 17: I just think obviously we're all processing the end of
• 11:49
  Speaker 17: the season.
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  Speaker 9: We're all reflecting on.
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  Speaker 17: Just us ourselves individually and as a team, because.
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  Speaker 9: Like I said, we all had a hand in this.
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  Speaker 9: So I think the important thing right now.
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  Speaker 17: Is to just reflect personally on what you can do
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  Speaker 17: better going forward, all the learning uh opportunities that were
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  Speaker 17: taken from this year, and and really focus on that.
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  Speaker 9: What benefits do.
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  Speaker 6: You see by retaining trend ball, you know, continuity or whatever, uh,
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  Speaker 6: whatever word you care to use.
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  Speaker 17: I mean, I play for the Jacksonville Jaguars, and when
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  Speaker 17: I put on that uniform i step in this building,
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  Speaker 17: I'm just here to be a professional, help this locker room,
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  Speaker 17: help everybody I come in contact with, to be better,
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  Speaker 17: and to help win football games. And no matter what,
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  Speaker 17: no matter who's here, that's my sole goal when I
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  Speaker 17: step in the building.
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  Speaker 9: So that's really all I'm focused on.
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  Speaker 13: Do you expect to be here next year?
• 12:43
  Speaker 9: Yeah?
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  Speaker 17: I would love to be here, and I mean I'm
• 12:46
  Speaker 17: under contract still obviously there's other things that I can't
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  Speaker 17: really control, So I'm just kind of focused on being
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  Speaker 17: healthy again next next year, being healthy this offseason, getting healthy,
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  Speaker 17: and just being the best player that I can be,
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  Speaker 17: because you know, I feel like I've proven that when
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  Speaker 17: I'm on the field. Uh, you know, I am one
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  Speaker 17: of those players that is one of the better ones
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  Speaker 17: on the field, and so I'm just looking forward to
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  Speaker 17: to getting back to that.
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  Speaker 9: And I wanted to be here in Jacksonville.
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  Speaker 8: How frustrating has these last two years, remember you not
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  Speaker 8: being able to.
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  Speaker 9: Finish the other one out?
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  Speaker 17: Yeah, it's it's been probably the hardest two years in
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  Speaker 17: my career so far. Just you know, I've missed more
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  Speaker 17: games in these past two years and I have my
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  Speaker 17: whole football career, So it's been a lot mentally, but
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  Speaker 17: nothing that I can't overcome.
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  Speaker 9: You know.
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  Speaker 17: I like to embrace adversity. I hope I've displayed that
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  Speaker 17: to my teammates and people that have been around me.
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  Speaker 17: So I'm just looking to be on the other side
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  Speaker 17: of it, and you know, I know that part of
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  Speaker 17: my story is gonna be great, and I'm just looking
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  Speaker 17: forward to just getting back to that. I've tacked attacked
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  Speaker 17: every bit of my my rehab and so I'll be
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  Speaker 17: confident that I'll be back and better. Sorryhood, it's been
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  Speaker 17: the saving grace through it all.
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  Speaker 9: You know.
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  Speaker 17: We actually found out when we were over in London,
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  Speaker 17: and then a.
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  Speaker 13: Week later I get hurt.
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  Speaker 17: But it just puts everything in perspective, because football is great, right,
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  Speaker 17: I love football, It's been my whole entire life. But
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  Speaker 17: you know, when you find out that you're bringing a
• 14:22
  Speaker 17: child into this world, and just the love that I
• 14:25
  Speaker 17: already feel for that child, it just this is all
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  Speaker 17: mini school, and so I'm just more more excited every
• 14:32
  Speaker 17: single day that goes past to uh to to meet
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  Speaker 17: the baby. And but it's been a great experience so far.
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  Speaker 17: And so it's hard to put your finger on why
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  Speaker 17: you start losing games. Obviously there's statistics and whatnot. He
• 14:45
  Speaker 17: lose one store of games. You're not able to finish
• 14:48
  Speaker 17: at the end of the game, at the end of
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  Speaker 17: those games, and so yeah, maybe that has part of it,
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  Speaker 17: but you know, there's there's other eccentrics that go into it,
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  Speaker 17: and so I just feel like, you know, it just
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  Speaker 17: goes to show that you can't hang your head at
• 15:00
  Speaker 17: on things that made you successful in the past. You know,
• 15:03
  Speaker 17: you have to be dynamic with how that season is going,
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  Speaker 17: and you know, unfortunately we just weren't able to do
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  Speaker 17: that in the past two years.
• 15:11
  Speaker 4: So what does this team need heading into twenty twenty five?
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  Speaker 9: Like I said, I think that's you know, a hard question.
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  Speaker 17: To kind of to forecast right now and to be
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  Speaker 17: able to answer just because I think everybody right now
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  Speaker 17: needs to just focus on what they can do individually.
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  Speaker 17: That's what you know, my message would be is to
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  Speaker 17: just you know, look in the mirror, you know, do
• 15:30
  Speaker 17: all the self scouting that you can do, you can do,
• 15:32
  Speaker 17: and then you know, once you step back into this
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  Speaker 17: building when we're required to be, just show up the
• 15:37
  Speaker 17: best you know football player that you can be and
• 15:39
  Speaker 17: be ready to attack into the year.
• 15:40
  Speaker 11: What do you say to a young guy like Brian
• 15:42
  Speaker 11: after what he accomplished in his rookie season to get him.
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  Speaker 17: Ready for your two So, you know, obviously right now
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  Speaker 17: to enjoy it, you should be very you know, you
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  Speaker 17: should be very proud of himself. You know what he's
• 15:54
  Speaker 17: able to do, what he's able to have done. You know,
• 15:57
  Speaker 17: obviously through a tough season. You know, he let us
• 16:00
  Speaker 17: you know, he was our offense and it's just impressive
• 16:03
  Speaker 17: for somebody to do that in their rookie year. But
• 16:06
  Speaker 17: you know, once the Super Bowl's over with, now you
• 16:09
  Speaker 17: gotta go out there and do it again. That's what
• 16:11
  Speaker 17: the great ones do. And obviously he's started off on
• 16:13
  Speaker 17: the right foot. But the challenges to be able to
• 16:16
  Speaker 17: do it again next year.
• 16:17
  Speaker 9: From the press, all right, thanks you were you the
• 16:20
  Speaker 9: way he and.
• 16:22
  Speaker 12: He doubles stuff like that, the season went on him, Yeah,
• 16:25
  Speaker 12: I think it.
• 16:25
  Speaker 9: I think he did a great job.
• 16:26
  Speaker 17: You know, he obviously they did a great job of
• 16:29
  Speaker 17: you know, getting him going and getting him the ball
• 16:31
  Speaker 17: and you know, find different ways to move him around.
• 16:34
  Speaker 17: And so it just was able to show us the
• 16:36
  Speaker 17: year went on just all the things that he can do,
• 16:38
  Speaker 17: uh as a receiver inside and outside. And so he
• 16:42
  Speaker 17: did a great job. I mean weekend and week out,
• 16:43
  Speaker 17: he just kept on excelling.
• 16:45
  Speaker 2: Uh.
• 16:45
  Speaker 7: It's definitely something that me personally don't wanna hear the
• 16:48
  Speaker 7: I think he's a great coach. Uh he He's done
• 16:50
  Speaker 7: some great things with his organization and uh he's.
• 16:52
  Speaker 9: A great guy, great coach.
• 16:54
  Speaker 7: Like I said, I wouldn't wish that on anyone, but
• 16:57
  Speaker 7: you know it's life. We all faced with scuse in life,
• 17:00
  Speaker 7: and we just gotta keep going.
• 17:02
  Speaker 4: What does this organization need trade on?
• 17:04
  Speaker 10: Right?
• 17:05
  Speaker 18: Uh?
• 17:05
  Speaker 7: I me personally, I feel like we the player as
• 17:08
  Speaker 7: far as players and things of that nature, and uh
• 17:10
  Speaker 7: we have we have some great coaches in place too,
• 17:12
  Speaker 7: So I just feel like for us, it's just we
• 17:13
  Speaker 7: have to learn how to win and learn how to
• 17:15
  Speaker 7: take winning. Like obviously we know how to win games,
• 17:18
  Speaker 7: but when it comes to being consistent with winning in
• 17:19
  Speaker 7: the NFL, you have to bring it week in and
• 17:22
  Speaker 7: week out, and it sometimes it's just certain sacrifices that
• 17:24
  Speaker 7: certain players or individuals how to make. Do you think
• 17:27
  Speaker 7: it's a.
• 17:28
  Speaker 4: Matter of it's the same players, but maybe is it
• 17:32
  Speaker 4: a different message of like, you know, more you know,
• 17:34
  Speaker 4: I don't wanna say military style, but more attention to detail.
• 17:38
  Speaker 13: How would you describe it.
• 17:39
  Speaker 7: I wouldn't even say nothing like military style or anything
• 17:42
  Speaker 7: of that sort. It's just everybody have to buy in
• 17:45
  Speaker 7: from the national championship team. I was only it's a
• 17:47
  Speaker 7: championship team. Everybody was just all bought in and on
• 17:50
  Speaker 7: the same level. And uh that goes for players and coaches.
• 17:53
  Speaker 13: Could you and the staff in the.
• 17:54
  Speaker 4: Building itself, did you feel like there was buy in
• 17:56
  Speaker 4: throughout the course.
• 17:57
  Speaker 9: Of the season this year?
• 17:58
  Speaker 7: Well, I definitely thought it was buy in, but you
• 17:59
  Speaker 7: would definitely yeah, it was a little uh drop off,
• 18:02
  Speaker 7: especially on a little stretch with the losing stretch we had.
• 18:05
  Speaker 7: Once it was like six games, But UH, actually like that,
• 18:07
  Speaker 7: that's what comes with He just have to learn how
• 18:09
  Speaker 7: to bounce back and get get things.
• 18:11
  Speaker 13: Back and grow two different defenses in too many ins
• 18:13
  Speaker 13: two years.
• 18:14
  Speaker 9: What do you what do you wanna see moving forward
• 18:16
  Speaker 9: from a defensive standpoint for yourself?
• 18:18
  Speaker 2: Uh?
• 18:18
  Speaker 7: Obvitually it's consistently and everything. But UH, for me, I'm
• 18:21
  Speaker 7: just one of those guys. I just wanna go out
• 18:22
  Speaker 7: there and play football, have fun and go forward, play
• 18:25
  Speaker 7: play five, be able to play fast.
• 18:27
  Speaker 13: What kind of leader are you looking for in the
• 18:29
  Speaker 13: next coach?
• 18:30
  Speaker 9: Type of leader?
• 18:31
  Speaker 7: Uh j Just a coach to come in and obviously
• 18:33
  Speaker 7: lead by example, not not Uh coach is gonna always talk,
• 18:37
  Speaker 7: but just not I wouldn't say I don't know. Just
• 18:41
  Speaker 7: a coach to come in and that that gives it
• 18:43
  Speaker 7: as Ah. His main goal is to win the Super
• 18:45
  Speaker 7: Bowl and he wants to bring the best out of
• 18:46
  Speaker 7: the players that he have. Uh on this team.
• 18:49
  Speaker 16: Were on in both of This team is made up
• 18:51
  Speaker 16: of guys from twenty two who didn't know how to
• 18:53
  Speaker 16: win in their first part of twenty three.
• 18:55
  Speaker 9: So where did it go wrong?
• 18:57
  Speaker 16: How did it go wrong?
• 18:59
  Speaker 7: I think i'm'ering that same question to be honest. Uh,
• 19:02
  Speaker 7: but it's a lot of things we could go back,
• 19:04
  Speaker 7: go back and watch film and find a little those
• 19:06
  Speaker 7: one or two plays that maybe we coulda capitalized on
• 19:09
  Speaker 7: in that moment to help change the outcome of the game.
• 19:12
  Speaker 7: Cause of most of the games we lost was within
• 19:14
  Speaker 7: a touchdown at three points, So other than three games.
• 19:17
  Speaker 4: What's your relationship with you Trent Man?
• 19:20
  Speaker 9: Trent had a pretty good relationship.
• 19:21
  Speaker 7: Obviously, he was one of the him and Doug was
• 19:23
  Speaker 7: one of the ones that believed in me that brought
• 19:25
  Speaker 7: me into this organization. So I feel like ever since
• 19:27
  Speaker 7: I've got here, Uh, we've just been continuously building that
• 19:29
  Speaker 7: relationship with each other.
• 19:31
  Speaker 5: Where did you grow the most as a player this year?
• 19:33
  Speaker 9: You think? Looking back?
• 19:34
  Speaker 7: Uh, me personally, this year was kind of a thing
• 19:37
  Speaker 7: for me, just being able to play through the nudges
• 19:40
  Speaker 7: and chips and things of that nature.
• 19:42
  Speaker 19: Uh.
• 19:42
  Speaker 7: Obviously I got the attention of the offense that she
• 19:44
  Speaker 7: would want as a pass rusher. Not saying it's gonna
• 19:47
  Speaker 7: be the easiest job to task to complete, but uh,
• 19:49
  Speaker 7: that's just one of the things that I know, I
• 19:51
  Speaker 7: kind of coming in from last year, I was getting
• 19:54
  Speaker 7: nudged a little bit and then coming into this year,
• 19:56
  Speaker 7: I kind of knew how to just to it a
• 19:57
  Speaker 7: little bit, but it k gave me a little trouble
• 19:59
  Speaker 7: this year as well. But uh, I feel like I
• 20:00
  Speaker 7: can definitely improve on it. But I did see some
• 20:02
  Speaker 7: growth there as well.
• 20:03
  Speaker 8: Is it is achieving double digit sack something that you're
• 20:06
  Speaker 8: proud about even in.
• 20:06
  Speaker 5: A down year?
• 20:07
  Speaker 9: Uh? Most definitely. Uh.
• 20:09
  Speaker 7: I mean now is the time that I can reflect
• 20:10
  Speaker 7: on it. Obviously during the season, it's kind of hard
• 20:12
  Speaker 7: to reflect on things like that, but uh, we at
• 20:14
  Speaker 7: the end of the season, and I as I go
• 20:16
  Speaker 7: through and play things through my mind, obviously be inconsistent is.
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: My main thing.
• 20:20
  Speaker 12: Uh.
• 20:20
  Speaker 7: And if I can do that, I feel like I'll
• 20:22
  Speaker 7: be around for a good long time as.
• 20:24
  Speaker 4: One of the defensive leaders on this team. What's your
• 20:26
  Speaker 4: message to the group as you guys, although your separate.
• 20:29
  Speaker 7: Ways to that obviously, Right now, get away, uh, get
• 20:33
  Speaker 7: some fresh at clear your mind, and when it's time
• 20:36
  Speaker 7: to come back, just make sure you've been putting in
• 20:38
  Speaker 7: that work during the study amongst your of your s
• 20:41
  Speaker 7: on yourself to come back and be ready to go.
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: Uh.
• 20:43
  Speaker 7: We all know the goal. We wanna win the Super Bowl.
• 20:45
  Speaker 7: We wanna take things into the postseason, so, uh we
• 20:48
  Speaker 7: all gotta put in that extra time.
• 20:50
  Speaker 9: I know it's a.
• 20:50
  Speaker 8: Lot going on right now, but you're eligible for.
• 20:52
  Speaker 9: An extension this off season. Is that something you won't
• 20:54
  Speaker 9: get done?
• 20:55
  Speaker 7: Hey man, I'm with whatever when it comes to that,
• 20:57
  Speaker 7: But uh I just wanna I just wanna known as
• 21:00
  Speaker 7: one of the ones that goes out there and play
• 21:01
  Speaker 7: the game the right way in everything goes to take.
• 21:03
  Speaker 5: Care of itself.
• 21:04
  Speaker 7: We all know you can do just about anything, but
• 21:06
  Speaker 7: three four or four three?
• 21:07
  Speaker 12: Do you would you prefer the four three with your
• 21:09
  Speaker 12: handing the jerk twenty?
• 21:10
  Speaker 9: I just wanna play football.
• 21:11
  Speaker 8: When you look back at your rookie season, just everything
• 21:13
  Speaker 8: you were able to accomplish, is it more than what
• 21:15
  Speaker 8: you were expecting?
• 21:16
  Speaker 12: Or do you still have stuff you go into, you know,
• 21:19
  Speaker 12: levels to get to.
• 21:20
  Speaker 20: Uh I definitely still got levels that I wanna get to.
• 21:22
  Speaker 20: Uh I wanna be the best and uh so I
• 21:26
  Speaker 20: got it come with a that come with a lot,
• 21:27
  Speaker 20: so I know I still got more to more to come.
• 21:30
  Speaker 8: So yeah, how proud are you of just every time
• 21:34
  Speaker 8: somebody looks at a receiver for the future that with
• 21:37
  Speaker 8: the Jacksonville Jaguars, They're gonna have to see your name.
• 21:40
  Speaker 3: Uh.
• 21:41
  Speaker 20: I mean I'm super proud uh what I've came out in.
• 21:44
  Speaker 9: Did this season.
• 21:45
  Speaker 3: Uh.
• 21:45
  Speaker 20: But I mean it doesn't Uh, I mean doesn't stop now.
• 21:48
  Speaker 20: Just gotta keep going, keep pushing.
• 21:49
  Speaker 18: Uh CA.
• 21:50
  Speaker 20: I mean that's like someone always trying to come in
• 21:52
  Speaker 20: and take u uh take your spot. So I just
• 21:54
  Speaker 20: come in, keep pushing and keep putting your best foot
• 21:56
  Speaker 20: for it each and every day.
• 21:59
  Speaker 4: What are some of the crew there Jersey swaps you
• 22:01
  Speaker 4: had this season?
• 22:01
  Speaker 9: I mean first time in the NFL swapped him with
• 22:04
  Speaker 9: all these guys.
• 22:05
  Speaker 5: You How special was that?
• 22:07
  Speaker 10: Uh?
• 22:07
  Speaker 20: I mean it was super special. Just being able to
• 22:09
  Speaker 20: uh trade vers just with uh some of the people
• 22:12
  Speaker 20: that you know around the league. Uh, some of the
• 22:13
  Speaker 20: people that you uh connected with around the league.
• 22:15
  Speaker 13: Uh, it was super cool.
• 22:17
  Speaker 20: Uh.
• 22:18
  Speaker 12: One of the cooler ones I had uh probably.
• 22:21
  Speaker 20: Dan Tavio weeks from uh Green Bay and uh just uh,
• 22:25
  Speaker 20: I mean we've been training together since uh I was
• 22:27
  Speaker 20: in high school and he was in college. Uh. Just
• 22:29
  Speaker 20: being able to do that with him, Uh, I mean
• 22:31
  Speaker 20: it it was cool.
• 22:32
  Speaker 9: Yeah.
• 22:33
  Speaker 8: When could you feel with your respect shift in the
• 22:35
  Speaker 8: NFL somewhere it's he's a rookie, he has to prove
• 22:38
  Speaker 8: it to Oh, this guy's a legitimate threat that can
• 22:40
  Speaker 8: hurt us in in and out every week.
• 22:43
  Speaker 12: When did I see a change? Uh?
• 22:46
  Speaker 20: Probably when I started getting a little bit more double team.
• 22:49
  Speaker 5: Uh.
• 22:49
  Speaker 20: I think like more like when uh Christian Christian and
• 22:52
  Speaker 20: Gabe I heard around that time.
• 22:55
  Speaker 12: Uh teams were tryna like take me away or whatever.
• 22:57
  Speaker 19: Uh.
• 22:58
  Speaker 12: Uh I was just keep pushing a key, uh keep fighting.
• 23:00
  Speaker 9: Through it all.
• 23:01
  Speaker 12: How did you handle it? Like I said, just keep pushing,
• 23:04
  Speaker 12: keep fighting through it all?
• 23:05
  Speaker 20: Uh, just trying my best to uh get open and
• 23:08
  Speaker 20: uh uh press and all of 'em try help me
• 23:11
  Speaker 20: out a lot. Uh just putting me in a position
• 23:13
  Speaker 20: to uh be able to to word as teams can't
• 23:15
  Speaker 20: double me or just uh be able to not me
• 23:18
  Speaker 20: not be the main focus. Uh So I would say
• 23:20
  Speaker 20: though they helped me out a lot too.
• 23:21
  Speaker 12: What does it mean to maybe.
• 23:22
  Speaker 6: Be one of the reasons this is an attractive job?
• 23:26
  Speaker 16: Can of young players like you that are already a leak?
• 23:30
  Speaker 20: Mm Uh it means a lot. Uh just being able
• 23:34
  Speaker 20: to uh be a be a part of something like that.
• 23:36
  Speaker 20: Uh it means a lot to me. Yeah, Uh I
• 23:38
  Speaker 20: mean I just wanted to c I came in the season,
• 23:40
  Speaker 20: just wanted to come in and be the best that
• 23:41
  Speaker 20: I could be.
• 23:42
  Speaker 5: So yeah, I mean, I mean it needs a lot
• 23:43
  Speaker 5: of to and this is the reason have a reaction.
• 23:46
  Speaker 3: Uh.
• 23:46
  Speaker 5: It just just kind of how the business goes.
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: You know.
• 23:48
  Speaker 18: Uh we heard to uh produce results, me really having
• 23:52
  Speaker 18: pre producing results these past two seasons, and uh, just
• 23:54
  Speaker 18: how the business goes.
• 23:56
  Speaker 12: What do you wanna see here? What would you like
• 23:58
  Speaker 12: to see here in the next head coach? What kind
• 24:00
  Speaker 12: of leader?
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: Just somebody wants to win.
• 24:03
  Speaker 18: Just somebody wants to be around a guys, somebody who's
• 24:05
  Speaker 18: who's eat it fired up, Uh, with the opportunity to
• 24:08
  Speaker 18: uh just help us. Uh going ultimately win the Super
• 24:11
  Speaker 18: Bowl and I fly that's to go here, and uh
• 24:12
  Speaker 18: that's what we all want.
• 24:13
  Speaker 5: And uh, just somebody who wants to win.
• 24:15
  Speaker 6: The clear darling of this coaching syc cycle is going
• 24:19
  Speaker 6: to be the Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson. Do you
• 24:22
  Speaker 6: know anything about him that you you know the the
• 24:24
  Speaker 6: Lion's numbers across the board offensively have ascended the last
• 24:28
  Speaker 6: three years.
• 24:29
  Speaker 13: Do you know anything about Ben Johnson?
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: Uh?
• 24:32
  Speaker 18: Nah, not really, but uh J just I mean a
• 24:34
  Speaker 18: few times we played them, I fly, they didn't punt
• 24:35
  Speaker 18: the ball at all. Uh, so clearly he'll here doing
• 24:38
  Speaker 18: something good. But they got a good thing rolled in there,
• 24:39
  Speaker 18: and I feel like it's more than just wanna coach.
• 24:41
  Speaker 18: But uh uh I watched Gibs last night. He went crazy,
• 24:44
  Speaker 18: So UH feel like there's one of the good things
• 24:47
  Speaker 18: uh associated with his name.
• 24:48
  Speaker 5: So whatever happens happens.
• 24:50
  Speaker 16: Kay, you guys find out about the firing at the
• 24:52
  Speaker 16: team meeting or was that something before or how.
• 24:54
  Speaker 12: Did that come down?
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: Do you remember?
• 24:58
  Speaker 5: I'm I mean uh when I woke up, Uh kind
• 25:00
  Speaker 5: of was like in a group chat like.
• 25:01
  Speaker 18: Uh lit test through test message, but uh he told
• 25:03
  Speaker 18: us uh shortly after as soon as we got here.
• 25:05
  Speaker 5: So uh uh that's how I found out And how
• 25:08
  Speaker 5: what was the mood in the team meeting this morning?
• 25:12
  Speaker 18: I feel like everybody just really right now just uh
• 25:14
  Speaker 18: kind of just tryna move forward, tryna tryn tryna uh
• 25:16
  Speaker 18: figure out how to be their best self woming forward
• 25:18
  Speaker 18: and not getting getting our bodies healthy and not getting
• 25:21
  Speaker 18: ready for next season. Uh, you know that's how the
• 25:22
  Speaker 18: business goes, you know. Uh, we appreciate Doug every think
• 25:25
  Speaker 18: he's done for us. We went to the playoffs and
• 25:27
  Speaker 18: uh he he changed things around. He kind of he
• 25:29
  Speaker 18: he gave us a culture, gave us something. He gave
• 25:31
  Speaker 18: us something to uh see, something to hope for it
• 25:33
  Speaker 18: for the future, and uh we appreciate him for that.
• 25:35
  Speaker 9: Was it?
• 25:36
  Speaker 6: Uh to clarify, was it a team chat this morning
• 25:38
  Speaker 6: or was it a specific person that tech?
• 25:41
  Speaker 5: Nah? Nah, it was one of my friends. Uh I
• 25:42
  Speaker 5: was one of my friends.
• 25:43
  Speaker 18: Just uh shot me a uh a message like dang
• 25:45
  Speaker 18: they worked quick. He just uh, I guess he was trolling.
• 25:48
  Speaker 9: That was.
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: Where do you think the season went wrong?
• 25:51
  Speaker 6: And what do you think can retrospect you guys coulda
• 25:53
  Speaker 6: done to make it different?
• 25:54
  Speaker 18: Guys, Uh we could just finish. I feel like, uh
• 25:57
  Speaker 18: season went wrong. Uh we didn't finish. Uh we got
• 25:59
  Speaker 18: ten uh uh one score losses. So uh ultimately comes
• 26:03
  Speaker 18: down to finishing and uh we didn't do a great
• 26:05
  Speaker 18: job as that I be if.
• 26:07
  Speaker 3: You kicked in a couple of those games early, like
• 26:10
  Speaker 3: the the Miami game, the Cleveland game, do you think
• 26:12
  Speaker 3: that would have given you a confidence to close some
• 26:14
  Speaker 3: of those games down the road?
• 26:15
  Speaker 5: I mean you'd like to think so.
• 26:17
  Speaker 9: Uh.
• 26:17
  Speaker 18: I feel like I was just looking back on it,
• 26:18
  Speaker 18: Uh hindsight twenty twenty, Uh you could stop playing the
• 26:21
  Speaker 18: what if game and uh you could definitely uh lean
• 26:23
  Speaker 18: back onto those and be like, man, we would have
• 26:25
  Speaker 18: done this. If we would have done that, Uh, things
• 26:26
  Speaker 18: would have been different. But ultimately that's not how it happened.
• 26:29
  Speaker 18: And realized situations. Uh we sitting here not in the
• 26:31
  Speaker 18: playoffs again, and uh we gotta find out way to
• 26:33
  Speaker 18: get back there.
• 26:34
  Speaker 5: And uh cause that's what we all played this game for.
• 26:36
  Speaker 5: It had a chance to win the Super Bowl.
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: I ver w What did you learn about yourself as
• 26:40
  Speaker 2: a player of this season?
• 26:41
  Speaker 9: How difficult was the season for you? Firstally?
• 26:44
  Speaker 5: Uh, season was very difficult.
• 26:45
  Speaker 2: Uh.
• 26:45
  Speaker 18: I feel like I'm a very team oriented guy. You know,
• 26:47
  Speaker 18: we really wasn't doing well as a team. And uh
• 26:50
  Speaker 18: I feel like funds in the winning and I feel like, uh,
• 26:53
  Speaker 18: whenever we were winning, that's when everyone's here playing their
• 26:55
  Speaker 18: best ball. But I feel like I learned a lot
• 26:57
  Speaker 18: about myself, just uh character wise and uh just who
• 27:00
  Speaker 18: I am as a person or not really as.
• 27:01
  Speaker 5: A football player.
• 27:03
  Speaker 9: Uh.
• 27:03
  Speaker 18: I feel like I've i've I've I've done much better
• 27:05
  Speaker 18: as a football player, but I feel like, uh, you're
• 27:07
  Speaker 18: truly testing when things are going your way, and I
• 27:09
  Speaker 18: feel like this year be better for UH moving forward.
• 27:12
  Speaker 9: You talked about you.
• 27:13
  Speaker 8: Wanted to kind of pick up being a leader in
• 27:15
  Speaker 8: the offseason. Do you feel like that's a area where
• 27:17
  Speaker 8: you grew a lot.
• 27:18
  Speaker 2: Uh?
• 27:18
  Speaker 18: Yeah, for sure, And I feel like, Uh, I could
• 27:20
  Speaker 18: c still continue to grow, still be more vocal, Uh,
• 27:22
  Speaker 18: still really express myself and I understand who I am
• 27:25
  Speaker 18: and UH would have done with organizations.
• 27:27
  Speaker 5: Continue to just push things forward and don't settle.
• 27:30
  Speaker 16: Is there a feeling in here that it's close that
• 27:33
  Speaker 16: it it's not like a major rebuild is needed that
• 27:37
  Speaker 16: you guys can be you know, competitive in the division
• 27:40
  Speaker 16: this next year?
• 27:41
  Speaker 5: Yeah? Uh yeah, most definitely. J Uh just based off
• 27:43
  Speaker 5: the guys that we have.
• 27:44
  Speaker 18: Uh, we have a lot of same guys in the
• 27:45
  Speaker 18: room who has been to the been to the playoffs,
• 27:47
  Speaker 18: So we just gotta f find ways to continue to
• 27:49
  Speaker 18: build on that.
• 27:50
  Speaker 5: And like next year, it's all about finish.
• 27:52
  Speaker 18: Is UH taking those one score games a A and
• 27:55
  Speaker 18: turn them into wins and not losses, and uh that's
• 27:58
  Speaker 18: what's gonna help us. And I feel like this was
• 28:00
  Speaker 18: that we got uh through those situations this year is
• 28:02
  Speaker 18: gonna help us.
• 28:03
  Speaker 14: Uh, next year, didn't make the plays, didn't seize the
• 28:07
  Speaker 14: moments we needed to that you know, come up every
• 28:10
  Speaker 14: weekend in the NFL, every Sunday, there's gonna be pivotal
• 28:13
  Speaker 14: moments in the game where you know wherever side you
• 28:17
  Speaker 14: end up on is gonna lead to a win or
• 28:19
  Speaker 14: a loss. And I think just we didn't do well
• 28:21
  Speaker 14: enough in those moments to seize the opportunity to end
• 28:24
  Speaker 14: up on the better side than decided that we you know,
• 28:27
  Speaker 14: ended up on to sh to.
• 28:29
  Speaker 9: Shot his decision to part ways with Doug.
• 28:32
  Speaker 5: And became Trent.
• 28:34
  Speaker 9: I mean, the y it, it's the league. H.
• 28:38
  Speaker 14: When you don't win, there's changes that come, uh from
• 28:41
  Speaker 14: in all areas coaching, UH, management and in the players.
• 28:46
  Speaker 14: So there's gonna be a lot There's gonna be a
• 28:48
  Speaker 14: lot of changes moving forward, you know, based on us
• 28:51
  Speaker 14: not getting the job done. And UH it's unfortunate. It's
• 28:54
  Speaker 14: been a great three years playing for Doug. I've learned
• 28:58
  Speaker 14: a lot, I've grown a lot, and UH this place
• 29:00
  Speaker 14: is definitely this place is definitely gonna grow from the
• 29:03
  Speaker 14: experiences we've had under him, and UH moving forward is.
• 29:08
  Speaker 9: It's definitely gonna be different.
• 29:09
  Speaker 14: But uh, I appreciate Doug for everything he's done and
• 29:13
  Speaker 14: you know, wish him the best moving forward.
• 29:15
  Speaker 5: Could it surprise you that that Doug was was hard?
• 29:20
  Speaker 9: It's very unpredictable. You just never know.
• 29:22
  Speaker 14: Uh, there's a lot of factors that have gone into
• 29:25
  Speaker 14: our season. It's not just the coaching, it's not just
• 29:28
  Speaker 14: one part of it. It's everybody. So you know, I
• 29:33
  Speaker 14: I've been in this league for a while trying not
• 29:34
  Speaker 14: to get into the whole, you know, that side of it.
• 29:38
  Speaker 14: So definitely, it's it's always unfortunate. Uh when those changes
• 29:42
  Speaker 14: do come.
• 29:42
  Speaker 15: What kind of leader would you like to see here?
• 29:48
  Speaker 14: I definitely, Uh, it's tough. Uh, it's honestly tough to
• 29:54
  Speaker 14: answer that question right now. Uh so uh you know
• 29:57
  Speaker 14: everything is uh, all that stuff is out of my control. Well,
• 30:00
  Speaker 14: I definitely, uh you know when that when that time
• 30:03
  Speaker 14: comes to to address that and to move forward with
• 30:06
  Speaker 14: that outcome.
• 30:06
  Speaker 9: But it's that's tough for me. That sor right.
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: Well, you're you're a veteran, you know what, you've been
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: around this league long enough. What given this group of guys.
• 30:13
  Speaker 9: This personalities with the team right now? What kind of
• 30:15
  Speaker 9: coach do.
• 30:16
  Speaker 13: You think is needed a tougher guy.
• 30:18
  Speaker 12: Uh?
• 30:18
  Speaker 9: Uh, another player's coach. You know, any thoughts on that,
• 30:24
  Speaker 9: Like I said, that's that's tough to answer right now.
• 30:26
  Speaker 14: I know from a players standpoint, Uh, there's a lot
• 30:29
  Speaker 14: of things that we gotta be better at at the
• 30:31
  Speaker 14: unit from all three phases of the ball. At the
• 30:34
  Speaker 14: end of the day, where the players were, we're the
• 30:36
  Speaker 14: ones out there getting it done. So I definitely definitely
• 30:39
  Speaker 14: think that, you know, we'll we'll find somebody that's gonna
• 30:41
  Speaker 14: continue to put us in the right positions to make
• 30:43
  Speaker 14: those plays. But I think from the leader and the
• 30:46
  Speaker 14: captain of the locker room and of the team, there's
• 30:48
  Speaker 14: a lot of things that we gotta be better at
• 30:50
  Speaker 14: on all three phases of the ball for any coach
• 30:53
  Speaker 14: to be successful.
• 30:53
  Speaker 18: Here.
• 30:54
  Speaker 12: How's the shoulder.
• 30:55
  Speaker 3: Are you gonna be ready for off season workouts and everything?
• 30:57
  Speaker 9: Yeah? Shoulders coming along really well.
• 31:00
  Speaker 14: Uh, definitely be ready to go about OTAs you know,
• 31:03
  Speaker 14: gonna be smart with everything and make sure I heal
• 31:06
  Speaker 14: up right, Uh, but very confident in the process. I'm
• 31:09
  Speaker 14: on right now and I got a couple got a
• 31:11
  Speaker 14: few months to grind and get ready to go for
• 31:13
  Speaker 14: spring ball and then definitely be ready by by training
• 31:15
  Speaker 14: camp as well.
• 31:16
  Speaker 16: Do you have any concern about whether you will be back? Uh,
• 31:19
  Speaker 16: you know contract situations.
• 31:21
  Speaker 14: Yeah, K I mean look a a like I said,
• 31:23
  Speaker 14: there's a lot of changes that are coming when you
• 31:25
  Speaker 14: have seasons like this, So that's up to God.
• 31:28
  Speaker 9: Uh, I think, uh, you know, I I wanna be here.
• 31:31
  Speaker 14: I have a home here, and I think this is
• 31:33
  Speaker 14: a this is a special place to do something great
• 31:35
  Speaker 14: and I wanna continue.
• 31:37
  Speaker 9: To grind to do that. So but that's all out
• 31:40
  Speaker 9: of my control.
• 31:40
  Speaker 14: And uh, like I said, it's this unfortunate thing about
• 31:44
  Speaker 14: having a season like this, There's gonna be a lot
• 31:45
  Speaker 14: of changes, and uh you never know what side you're
• 31:48
  Speaker 14: gonna be on.
• 31:48
  Speaker 9: But definitely, uh, definitely wanna be here.
• 31:51
  Speaker 8: When you look back on this year, what will you
• 31:52
  Speaker 8: remember about it?
• 31:56
  Speaker 14: I mean that's the thing about you know, adversity in
• 31:58
  Speaker 14: this league. You can be you can either play victim
• 32:00
  Speaker 14: and and just kind of experience it, or you can
• 32:04
  Speaker 14: look at the lessons and you can look at the
• 32:05
  Speaker 14: adversity and what you know, what can you take from
• 32:09
  Speaker 14: it to grow? And I think, uh, we've experienced all
• 32:13
  Speaker 14: well shared adversity this year, whether it's you know, tough losses,
• 32:16
  Speaker 14: whether it's injuries and unfortunate events. You know, we gotta
• 32:21
  Speaker 14: be able to look at look ourselves in the mirror
• 32:22
  Speaker 14: individually and come together as a team moving forward to
• 32:26
  Speaker 14: take the lessons we learned this year and apply 'em
• 32:29
  Speaker 14: to uh solutions to be better next year.
• 32:32
  Speaker 10: As a second year player, just learned how this lead
• 32:34
  Speaker 10: is and the business side of it.
• 32:36
  Speaker 19: It was, you know, Uh, coach Doug a really good coach,
• 32:39
  Speaker 19: taking a lot of things, and I really appreciate.
• 32:41
  Speaker 3: What kind of leader do you think this team needs
• 32:43
  Speaker 3: going to the next year?
• 32:44
  Speaker 2: Uh?
• 32:44
  Speaker 19: You know, we just need our own standard, you know,
• 32:47
  Speaker 19: just need to our own identity who we are and
• 32:50
  Speaker 19: build at and then hold hold each other accountable for
• 32:53
  Speaker 19: good and bad and move on from it and just
• 32:57
  Speaker 19: flush stuff.
• 32:57
  Speaker 10: And don't harp on it and go out and play ball.
• 32:59
  Speaker 5: W We what was what was here?
• 33:01
  Speaker 2: What we here to do?
• 33:02
  Speaker 14: You know?
• 33:02
  Speaker 10: And that's what I feel like, that's how we got
• 33:04
  Speaker 10: approached next year.
• 33:05
  Speaker 3: Do you think some of that was maybe a problem
• 33:07
  Speaker 3: of what went wrong in season? Hope long to some
• 33:09
  Speaker 3: of the things that went wrong.
• 33:11
  Speaker 19: Yeah, you know, Uh, it it's it's kind of hard
• 33:12
  Speaker 19: to flush a lot of things, you know. Uh, Gods
• 33:14
  Speaker 19: have stuff going on. Family guys got stuff going on
• 33:17
  Speaker 19: in the season and depths and uh, it's just a lot.
• 33:19
  Speaker 10: Of stuff, you know.
• 33:20
  Speaker 19: Uh that's unfortunate, and we just have to eliminate discratches
• 33:23
  Speaker 19: as much as we can as a team and come
• 33:25
  Speaker 19: back next year and be ready sharp as a pencil
• 33:28
  Speaker 19: and just go out and compete at a high level.
• 33:29
  Speaker 3: How much do you feel like you grew from your
• 33:31
  Speaker 3: one to to the end of I mean to this
• 33:33
  Speaker 3: point right now.
• 33:34
  Speaker 19: Uh, you know, I feel like I grew. You know,
• 33:36
  Speaker 19: it's a lot of growing to continue to do. Uh,
• 33:38
  Speaker 19: but uh, just learning how the game is, and it
• 33:41
  Speaker 19: slowed down a little bit for me. So hopefully next year,
• 33:43
  Speaker 19: you know this off seasons, put in great work and
• 33:45
  Speaker 19: next year, God willing, you know, uh, we come back
• 33:47
  Speaker 19: out here and compete at a high level again.
• 33:49
  Speaker 10: And that's what it's all about, you know, just having
• 33:51
  Speaker 10: fun and compete at a high level.