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Press Pass | Press Taylor: "...whatever the stakes are, it doesn’t matter." · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Well, sure we're gonna play called we lined up for it.
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  Speaker 1: We didn't love the way they were lined up, so
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  Speaker 1: it's kind of you know as you go, and it's
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  Speaker 1: a critical situation. Obviously you need your time out as
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  Speaker 1: we still need yards to get a field goals. So
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  Speaker 1: there's a conversation we all kind of came to conclusion
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  Speaker 1: it was the most important down. If we didn't all
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  Speaker 1: believe in it was called time out and get the
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  Speaker 1: right one called um kind of looking at a short
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  Speaker 1: yards menu suggested that that the run we end up
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  Speaker 1: choosing was suggested. You know, Phil immediately said yes, and
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  Speaker 1: we just let it ride in the players. The second
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  Speaker 1: you saw the players, the players, whatever we would have called,
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  Speaker 1: I think they would execut in that moment. So you
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  Speaker 1: you were down with that play even and the attraction
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  Speaker 1: of it, how how big of it was the fact
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  Speaker 1: that you had never put that thing on tape and
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  Speaker 1: nobody had. Well we we we had. We were very
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  Speaker 1: confident in how they were lined up. They were in
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  Speaker 1: the basics one front, which is something they've done across
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  Speaker 1: the season, so it was specifically put into attack that
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  Speaker 1: front um and we liked the idea that it sold
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  Speaker 1: the sneak and the push element that everybody has kind
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  Speaker 1: of been so common. You know, Trevor Ivs he converted
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  Speaker 1: to sneak and a two point play earlier, So, um,
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  Speaker 1: all signs kind of just felt too. That's something we
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  Speaker 1: believed in, you know, for it to make it on
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  Speaker 1: the call sheet, we believe in it um And then
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  Speaker 1: we've kind of as we've gone in the last month
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  Speaker 1: or so, every time we put a play and we
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  Speaker 1: all kind of say, you know, are you comfortable if
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  Speaker 1: this is for the season, then if we're throwing it
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  Speaker 1: to that guy or you know, sometimes that makes a
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  Speaker 1: determination of a lot of things that make the call sheet,
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  Speaker 1: just because as the stakes get higher, we want to
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  Speaker 1: make sure we're the right people doing the right thing.
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  Speaker 1: Have you ever seen a play work that well? A
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  Speaker 1: big play like worked that well? I mean, look, you
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  Speaker 1: would have been fine with one yard, right, you get
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  Speaker 1: twenty five out of it. One time when I was
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  Speaker 1: in Philly, we played in the Super Bowl and it
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  Speaker 1: was fourth and one and Doug called like a trick
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  Speaker 1: play throwback to the quarterback. That was cool, that worked
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  Speaker 1: Wells have been referencing the Kansas City game and saying
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  Speaker 1: they left a lot on the table. Just when you
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  Speaker 1: look at that tape, what do you see? Yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: mean that was the biggest thought was, you know, we
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  Speaker 1: missed a lot of opportunities. Obviously they're very good team.
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  Speaker 1: You got to take advantage of everything. You know, we
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  Speaker 1: sold a little momentum early with the inside kick, and
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  Speaker 1: then uh, you know, the second and third play the game,
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  Speaker 1: I believe we dropped an opportunity to four to your
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  Speaker 1: ball puts us in the red zone. Um, so really
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  Speaker 1: we sold possession with the on side and then didn't
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  Speaker 1: do anything with it, ended up punting it. I think
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  Speaker 1: we pointed it in the end zone, so we didn't
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  Speaker 1: we didn't gain anything out of that. There were several
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  Speaker 1: other opportunities where we had opportunities to make plays, didn't
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  Speaker 1: make plays. Um, you know, whatever that may be. We
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  Speaker 1: had some issues just dealing with the noise going on
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  Speaker 1: the road, and I think looking back early on, I
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  Speaker 1: think we all thought we were a good team. We
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  Speaker 1: were comfortable with what we put on tape. We you know,
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  Speaker 1: we had that in our minds that we were this
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  Speaker 1: good team, but we hadn't really accomplished anything at that point,
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  Speaker 1: and you know now we still haven't really accomplished anything.
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  Speaker 1: But we've we've won games. We've seen that success at
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  Speaker 1: the end of the game. That uh, I think kind
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  Speaker 1: of gets everybody to buy in a little more. Each
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  Speaker 1: time that that happens, you're just buying a little bit more.
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  Speaker 1: So I think now there's this this true belief that
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  Speaker 1: you know, whatever the stakes are, it doesn't matter. If
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  Speaker 1: we get an opportunity to play in a game, we
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  Speaker 1: have an opportunity to win, and we're excited about that.
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  Speaker 1: Chris Jones is maybe the best interior live and you
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  Speaker 1: guys face what makes him special dances? Yeah, I mean
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  Speaker 1: he's huge, first of all. When that was one of
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  Speaker 1: the things when you play in Kansas City, the their
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  Speaker 1: player parking lot is the same, you walk out the
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  Speaker 1: same tunnel to go to our bus, and so we're
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  Speaker 1: all walking along this guy at the end of the game.
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  Speaker 1: It's like, God, I'll leave. This guy is huge and
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  Speaker 1: he is. He's a monster. They play him everywhere. So
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  Speaker 1: he'll play shade, will play three, he'll play defensive end.
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  Speaker 1: He can get matched up on anybody wants um. He's strong,
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  Speaker 1: he's powerful, he's quick. You know, he just kind of
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  Speaker 1: has what great players have is that knack for making
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  Speaker 1: a big play when it's needed and really turn it
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  Speaker 1: on if you give him a one on one opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: So um, yeah, he definitely has our respect. And then
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  Speaker 1: playing in Kansas City before earlier this year and no
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  Speaker 1: playoffs will probably a different atmosphere. But does that give
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  Speaker 1: the offense like any kind of experience will help them
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  Speaker 1: out at all with the ground noise, Yeah, I think
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  Speaker 1: having been there, having been in that locker room, having
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  Speaker 1: dealt with the crowd noise, having prepared for the crowd
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  Speaker 1: noise already. Um, you know, it was cold the last
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  Speaker 1: time we went out there, so I don't think that's
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  Speaker 1: gonna surprise anybody. Um So anytime you have that experience
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  Speaker 1: to lean on, We've now played in two games essentially
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  Speaker 1: that we're winner, go home, Um so every time you
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  Speaker 1: do that, I think it just adds a sense of
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  Speaker 1: calmness to the guys, and that's what we're looking forward
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  Speaker 1: to change a little bit, change your mind at home. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: No, No No, it's tough to prepar fro and Florida obviously,
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  Speaker 1: which is okay. I'm fine with that. Uh yeah, it's
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  Speaker 1: certainly something we talked about. Anytime you're gonna play in
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  Speaker 1: the elements with your guys, you address it. We talked
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  Speaker 1: about it. We do whatever we can emphasize ball security, UM,
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  Speaker 1: and really that's just going through our techniques and fundamentals,
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  Speaker 1: and then within the game you kind of assess how
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  Speaker 1: the surface is, how guys are holding up with maybe
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  Speaker 1: things you want to do. UM. One of the I
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  Speaker 1: know one time we talked about the weather in here
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  Speaker 1: and we talked about if there's actually weather falling from
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  Speaker 1: this guy, sometimes that will change even your thoughts on
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  Speaker 1: some of the ball handling things you have in your
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  Speaker 1: game plan just because the ball gets wet or there's
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  Speaker 1: rain coming down, your gloves get wet, different things. So
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  Speaker 1: it's kind of assessing what the field is like, the
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  Speaker 1: conditions are like within the game of if you're gonna
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  Speaker 1: feature some things or not. The world it's not involved
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  Speaker 1: and I'm from UM, I don't know. I think again
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  Speaker 1: it comes down to what it feels like with the
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  Speaker 1: ball feels like. If there's slick ball, it's obviously hard. UM.
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  Speaker 1: If there's just heavy snowflakes and you've got grip on
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  Speaker 1: your fingers, you know, now they've got the handwarmers, they've
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  Speaker 1: got all the stuff inside, the handwarmers that you know,
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  Speaker 1: the towel that gives you a little bit of moisture
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  Speaker 1: in your hands. I think I think guys have kind
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  Speaker 1: of adjusted, um as things have gone, and learned all
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  Speaker 1: the little tricks of the trades. And you know, guys
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  Speaker 1: were the scuba suits all that type of stuff to
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  Speaker 1: stay warm. So I think guys kind of have a
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  Speaker 1: feel for how they want to manage it. Now. This
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  Speaker 1: seem seems to me really the clothes. How rare is
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  Speaker 1: that happen in the first year as everyone's together. Um, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that's a good question. I don't I don't know necessarily
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  Speaker 1: how that plays out, but you know, I think it's
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  Speaker 1: just we brought in the right people, whether that was
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  Speaker 1: the coaching staff or the additions and free agency and
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  Speaker 1: the draft, we kept the right people. You know, there
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  Speaker 1: were times that you gotta let some people go that
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  Speaker 1: are good players but just don't fit where we're trying
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  Speaker 1: to build. And and you hope that you make those
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  Speaker 1: decisions and it works out where you've got the right
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  Speaker 1: type of chemistry, the right type of character for these
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  Speaker 1: guys to come together when it matters most. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: this season has kind of forged the relationships, um that
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  Speaker 1: you're seeing now, we've gone through hard times. We've done
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  Speaker 1: it together, we've prepared together, we've spread the wealth. This
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  Speaker 1: guy's had a big game, that guy's had a big game,
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  Speaker 1: that guy's had a bad game. You know, they're kind
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  Speaker 1: of gone through so much together. Um, we lost close games,
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  Speaker 1: we've won close games, we've blown leads, we've come back
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  Speaker 1: from you know, all that stuff I think forges the
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  Speaker 1: identity of a team that you hope right now, you know,
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  Speaker 1: kind of brings together what you're seeing and everybody's together,
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  Speaker 1: believing in each other, supporting one another and doing everything
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  Speaker 1: we can to win. How important is that for the
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  Speaker 1: team to be that close? And how important has that
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  Speaker 1: been over the past several weeks with the wins has
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  Speaker 1: been huge because nobody looks around. I mean, you know,
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  Speaker 1: Trevor's respond Trevor at the end of the day, through
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  Speaker 1: four interceptions in the first half, there's not one person
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  Speaker 1: that looks at him and thinks he blew his game.
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  Speaker 1: For us, everybody believes that everybody understands their part and
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  Speaker 1: all those issues that we have, whether the coaching staff,
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  Speaker 1: offensive line, receivers, whatever that may be. There's it doesn't matter.
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  Speaker 1: That's kind of what we've come down to is our
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  Speaker 1: guys don't really care. You know, as long as we
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  Speaker 1: have a possession, we have an opportunity to win the game.
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  Speaker 1: That's all they're focused on. They're not focused on who
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  Speaker 1: did this, who did that. Where we're at, everybody believes
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  Speaker 1: that if we have enough possessions to score, we'll be fine.
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  Speaker 1: We'll have that opportunity, we get a chance to win
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  Speaker 1: the game. That's all we cared we care about. Going
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  Speaker 1: back to the formation, were down play? That come from?
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  Speaker 1: Who that? So? I believe so Phil. Phil usually kind
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  Speaker 1: of spearheads a run game, uh, game planning, so Phil,
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  Speaker 1: and then you know Todd Washington, Rich Anglo, those guys
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  Speaker 1: kind of um have their hand and all that. We'll
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  Speaker 1: take an idea from anybody. So I believe that was
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  Speaker 1: a play that they've seen Penn State run a couple
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  Speaker 1: of times, thinking the Rose Bowl, maybe Penn State ran that. Um.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, we will. We will take an idea from
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  Speaker 1: anybody anywhere if it's going to get us the first down,
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  Speaker 1: regardless of when that is. And then again you you
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  Speaker 1: take whatever you see, um, and then you gotta mesh
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  Speaker 1: it into what we do with our personnel and play
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  Speaker 1: into some of the things we've done in the past.
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  Speaker 1: We're not just going to steal an idea and run
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  Speaker 1: it without having any investigation, and you know, every place
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  Speaker 1: too valuable for that. So but general ideas and things
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  Speaker 1: like that we bounced around all the time. We ran
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  Speaker 1: to play with agnew at Houston. It didn't work, but
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  Speaker 1: we ran to play with Agne at Houston that we stole.
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  Speaker 1: Phil and I had texted each other from some Twitter
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  Speaker 1: conversation there's a bo Jackson run and we're like, this
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  Speaker 1: is really cool, let's try it. And we tried it
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  Speaker 1: with Agne. It didn't work like it did bo Jackson
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  Speaker 1: doing it. But we'll take an idea from anybody and
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  Speaker 1: try it and kind of turn it into something that
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  Speaker 1: we already have or something our guys know well. And
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  Speaker 1: you know, that's one of the things that you get
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  Speaker 1: an opportunity to do. You get a chance to be creative.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes the players send us ideas things like that, and
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  Speaker 1: you get a chance to kind of all come together
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  Speaker 1: and build this thing together. And then how quickly you
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  Speaker 1: realize that the the practice is that it's gonna work. Or
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  Speaker 1: Cane Um, so our short yardage stuff we do on
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  Speaker 1: what we consider a Thursday, which is today Wednesday. That
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  Speaker 1: your second practice day of the week. That's when we
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  Speaker 1: get into our shortyarage third down. So, um, you'll put
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  Speaker 1: a play in you'll start working at. You know, sometimes
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  Speaker 1: it's specific to that defense, So whether we call the
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  Speaker 1: player or not, it may go away because you don't
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  Speaker 1: see that defense again, or it may be something we like,
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  Speaker 1: and there's we see similar defenses across the throughout the
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  Speaker 1: season that we continue to play. But we were making
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  Speaker 1: jokes because we've got we've got plays named after opponents
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  Speaker 1: and stuff like that that we've never we had a
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  Speaker 1: play called Commander or something that was Week one that
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  Speaker 1: we've never run all year, and we've put it on
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  Speaker 1: fifteen game plans. We just don't get it called for
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  Speaker 1: whatever reason. So stuff like that kind of takes on
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  Speaker 1: a life of its own throughout the season. One list
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  Speaker 1: do you when you run it in raptice first time?
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  Speaker 1: Defense has no idea? Well, we practice it typically against
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  Speaker 1: our scout defense, so we tell them how to line up.
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  Speaker 1: We we say this is yeah, we want and the
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  Speaker 1: look that we expect we see on tape. So you know,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of times we'll say this is from they
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  Speaker 1: played the Chargers play seventy five, whatever it is, and
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  Speaker 1: it's the same situation, same people. This is what we anticipate.
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  Speaker 1: So that's kind of how it goes, right,