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Press Pass | Mac Jones on Growing Together, Takings Risks and Jaguars Pass Catchers · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Since you've been home for Christmas?
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  Speaker 2: Right, Yeah, it has been. Yeah, it's been been a
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  Speaker 2: few years actually in you know, coach Saban who used
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  Speaker 2: to give us like half a day off, so that
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  Speaker 2: was always nice. We get Chris's morning off. Maybe what
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  Speaker 2: are the advantages to seeing a team for the second
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  Speaker 2: time in four weeks? Yeah, definitely part of the NFL scheduling.
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  Speaker 2: And I've been in this situation before when when you're
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  Speaker 2: younger player in the league and it happens, you're kind
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  Speaker 2: of like, oh, we just played them, and then you're
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  Speaker 2: kind of like, all right, it's football, and they can
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  Speaker 2: change their game plan, you can change yours, so you
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  Speaker 2: never know what you're gonna get. But at this point
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  Speaker 2: in the season, you know everyone does what they do
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  Speaker 2: and once again it's a great defense that we get
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  Speaker 2: to go against and a lot of good players, good coaches.
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  Speaker 2: So looking forward to the opportunity.
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  Speaker 3: Beyond just the personal pride, Uh, where else can you
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  Speaker 3: just find motivation for these last last two.
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  Speaker 1: Weeks given the record that you have, the record the
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  Speaker 1: opponent has, and is there is there any.
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  Speaker 3: Carrot for you guys? The fact that you could finish
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  Speaker 3: with a winning division record if you can win these
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  Speaker 3: last year.
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  Speaker 2: Ye, it's a great point, I think, as as we know,
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  Speaker 2: we're trying to win them all and hasn't gone our
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  Speaker 2: way this year, but we do have great opportunity this weekend.
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  Speaker 2: And if you're a competitor and you get a chance
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  Speaker 2: to play in the NFL, you're gonna go out there
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  Speaker 2: and play your heart out. So that's how I view it.
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  Speaker 2: I know the guys on our team are feeling the
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  Speaker 2: same way. Obviously. You know it's a circumstance we may
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  Speaker 2: not want to be in, but you got to really
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  Speaker 2: view it as a challenge and take it one play
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  Speaker 2: at a time, like I always say, and go out
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  Speaker 2: there and put good stuff on tape because somebody's watching.
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  Speaker 2: Doug said earlier at Cole van Landon's gonna be able
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  Speaker 2: to start left happen going forward. Yeah, just you know,
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  Speaker 2: being able to practice with them PREPA season now big
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  Speaker 2: with an opportunity just as that's awesome. I love Cole,
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  Speaker 2: We've we've had a good friendship growing here, So definitely
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  Speaker 2: start on the scout field and OTAs and whatnot and
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  Speaker 2: just keeping it loose, keeping it fun. He's done a
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  Speaker 2: good job. He works really hard, He's in my draft
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  Speaker 2: class and when I got here just building that friendships
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  Speaker 2: mean a lot to me, so I'm excited for him.
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  Speaker 2: He obviously stepped in the last time we played these
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  Speaker 2: guys and did a good job. So I think that's
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  Speaker 2: a great example of a guy trying to get some
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  Speaker 2: great film and put his best foot forward, and hopefully
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  Speaker 2: everyone else can do the same.
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  Speaker 3: Bretton was pretty highly critical of himself for the fumble
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  Speaker 3: after the game the other night, but other than that,
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  Speaker 3: have you been at all? It's just kind of what
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  Speaker 3: you expected out of him. If he if given the
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  Speaker 3: opportunity to get as many targets as he's had.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he would be able to deliver. Yeah, for sure.
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  Speaker 2: I think you know, there's definitely a few young bright
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  Speaker 2: spots on this team, and that's always exciting as a
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  Speaker 2: fourth year player to see some young guys make really
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  Speaker 2: good plays in a game. So I think they can
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  Speaker 2: build on that, and like I said, don't put too
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  Speaker 2: much pressure on you. Every week is a new week,
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  Speaker 2: so he's he's already forgotten about that play, and he's
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  Speaker 2: made a lot of great plays in practice this week,
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  Speaker 2: and same with BT and Parker and everybody. So we
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  Speaker 2: got a good group out there. Like I said, we're
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  Speaker 2: growing together. The communication needs to be, you know, really
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  Speaker 2: good when you got a group with some new guys
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  Speaker 2: on it. So I feel like we've improved in that
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  Speaker 2: area with with Press and everybody. So looking forward to
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  Speaker 2: taking the field with him as a quarterback.
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  Speaker 3: You obviously don't want to try to force balls into
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  Speaker 3: take coverags or anything like that. But when it's when
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  Speaker 3: it's Brian who's sort of the target, are you like
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  Speaker 3: more tempted maybe to take that risk with him?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm still learning learning about that a little bit,
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  Speaker 2: just having played, you know, with some good receivers. I
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  Speaker 2: think he's definitely one of the best ones I've played with,
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  Speaker 2: and you have to try and give him the ball,
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  Speaker 2: but also just see the defense and go through your reads.
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  Speaker 2: I mean I could just drop back and throw it
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  Speaker 2: to him every time. I guess we'll see how I
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  Speaker 2: mean goes. But I do think you have to go
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  Speaker 2: through you know, hey, maybe it's one play he isn't
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  Speaker 2: the primary read and he does get it or he doesn't.
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  Speaker 2: So for him, I mean, the challenge is to get
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  Speaker 2: open on every route, right. I Mean, everyone's watching, they
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  Speaker 2: know when you're open and when you're not. And I
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  Speaker 2: see it too on film. So even if the ball
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  Speaker 2: doesn't go to you, say he goes to Parker or
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  Speaker 2: somebody else, I'm still like, all right, well bet was
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  Speaker 2: opened by a couple of yards, and maybe I should
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  Speaker 2: just go straight to BT or whatever. So every situation
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  Speaker 2: is different, but yeah, I mean a lot of our
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  Speaker 2: place definitely start with BT. And it's because he's earned
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  Speaker 2: that respect.
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  Speaker 1: You've talked a lot about your chemistry and the work
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  Speaker 1: you've done with him.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, someone who grew up like.
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  Speaker 1: Watching Jaguars working receivers coming, how special has this been
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  Speaker 1: to actually work alongside him?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's really cool. I think anytime you get a
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  Speaker 2: guy who plays well in college and it translates, you know,
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  Speaker 2: early in their career, it's awesome. And he's done a
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  Speaker 2: great job of that. And like I said, he needs
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  Speaker 2: to just stay humble and keep doing what he's doing.
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  Speaker 2: And I know he'll be here for a long time
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  Speaker 2: and make a lot of plays. So it's been fun
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  Speaker 2: working with him. We got two more here, and I'm
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  Speaker 2: excited to see what he can do.
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  Speaker 3: You think he could get throwing a bet on every play?
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. I'm like I said, I'm just gonna
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  Speaker 2: gonna go through my reads and and take the hypercentage throws.
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  Speaker 2: But that is I always do watch. I mean, sometimes
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  Speaker 2: there's only one football, right they always say that, So
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  Speaker 2: you can throw it to one guy and obviously you
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  Speaker 2: got to watch the tape and learn and see how hey,
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  Speaker 2: maybe we can do this to get him open or
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  Speaker 2: he was open and I missed it. So you just
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  Speaker 2: got to look at it with truth wise, how important
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  Speaker 2: these seven games are for your future?
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  Speaker 1: What do you feel what you've comfortable with or what
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  Speaker 1: are you most proud of that you've been able to
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  Speaker 1: put on tape for basically your resume for next year.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you know, once it's all said and done,
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  Speaker 2: we'll review everything and see what I can get better at.
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  Speaker 2: But every week is a new week for me, and
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  Speaker 2: we've been in these games at the end and then
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  Speaker 2: that's been really good for us. But definitely want to
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  Speaker 2: finish and try and win and take it one play
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  Speaker 2: at a time. Like I said, I've done a decent
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  Speaker 2: job of that, and really just continue to grow and learn.
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  Speaker 2: That's all you can do. And once it's all said
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  Speaker 2: and done, I always at the end of the year,
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  Speaker 2: review everything and see what I can get better at,
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  Speaker 2: so the process doesn't change. But I do believe, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I definitely have a good confidence going into these I
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  Speaker 2: know they're.
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  Speaker 1: All special, and you know every opportunity you get to
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  Speaker 1: play is going to be special for you. But what
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  Speaker 1: is it going.
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  Speaker 3: To be like for you one more home game to
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  Speaker 3: run through the tunnel, run out into the fans that
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  Speaker 3: you grew up you know?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure, It's been a great experience and I
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  Speaker 2: really appreciate everybody here and it's been great to just
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  Speaker 2: get back on my feed and hopefully we can go
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  Speaker 2: out there and like I said, take it one play
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  Speaker 2: at a time, march it down the field and get
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  Speaker 2: some points. So it's been obviously a dream of mine
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  Speaker 2: to play here, and yeah, I'm looking forward to the
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  Speaker 2: next two much more.
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  Speaker 1: How much more does when you come away from a
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  Speaker 1: Sunday and you lost the game, how much more does
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  Speaker 1: it eat at you because it's the hometown team or
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  Speaker 1: does it make any difference one way or the other?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it definitely does. When you're I mean,
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  Speaker 2: if you ask anybody that had a chance to play
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  Speaker 2: for their team, it's tough. You think about it for
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  Speaker 2: one hundred and sixty eight hours, so until the next
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  Speaker 2: kickoff on Sunday. That's what you're thinking about. What could
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  Speaker 2: I have made or what plays didn't I make? Or
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  Speaker 2: what plays did I make? And I try to just
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  Speaker 2: ask myself, did I put everything into it and give
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  Speaker 2: the team a chance to win at the end of
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  Speaker 2: the game. That's that's what I care about. I know
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  Speaker 2: the guys feel the same way. So obviously those have
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  Speaker 2: gone both ways this year, but that's kind of been
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  Speaker 2: the theme. But I think really it just comes abound,
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  Speaker 2: comes down to your mindset at the end of the
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  Speaker 2: game and finish in those plays.
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  Speaker 1: Did you see a few years Oults proved that Alabama?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I know I was saying that in the locker room.
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  Speaker 2: But we'll see. Maybe next year they'll change it again.
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  Speaker 2: And I mean, at the end of the day, somebody's
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  Speaker 2: gonna be mad that they didn't make it, but I'm
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  Speaker 2: just glad that uh yeah, it's still it's still cool.
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  Speaker 2: Thought it was interesting to see really just the team's
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  Speaker 2: playing out like their home stadiums is so crazy. Couldn't
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  Speaker 2: imagine an Alabama playoff game would be pretty well, so
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  Speaker 2: all right, cool thank you guy,