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Press Pass | DaVon Hamilton: "As a team, we know we can play." · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: A real physical, hard to tackle back. I would say,
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  Speaker 1: were you guys gassed a little bit in the fourth quarter?
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  Speaker 1: I wouldn't say that. I felt like we were playing
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  Speaker 1: pretty solid and we just he's just a hard person
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  Speaker 1: to tackle. I would say, what sort of challenges did
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  Speaker 1: that Texans offensive line give you, guys? Um, I really
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  Speaker 1: would say that they're very good offensive line. But at
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  Speaker 1: the same time, I felt like we kind of beat
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  Speaker 1: ourselves in a in a way. I mean, it was
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  Speaker 1: really us for sure, just not doing our job. Do
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  Speaker 1: you feel like, you know, for most of the game
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  Speaker 1: until the last time we broke up the long run,
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  Speaker 1: it was just set in the right direction and turns
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  Speaker 1: around the time. Oh yeah, we definitely stepped up from
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  Speaker 1: the week before and we just continue to improve from there.
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  Speaker 1: When it's the lowest going a game like that. The defense,
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  Speaker 1: I mean just we're kind of we're kind of you know,
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  Speaker 1: attitude you guys, or remind set you guys go out
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  Speaker 1: with there with east trick, you know, knowing that you
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  Speaker 1: know want to play could just at the game. Um,
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  Speaker 1: as a defensive line, we're just thinking to stop run
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  Speaker 1: at all times, just keep on getting penetration, keep on
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  Speaker 1: knocking things back and hopefully it works out for us.
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  Speaker 1: How are you feeling right now? I mean, how's the
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  Speaker 1: locker room after this loss? I mean, back to back
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  Speaker 1: loss has been a strong start to the year. But
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  Speaker 1: do you guys, do you see a resilience or frustration
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  Speaker 1: level starting to build inside the locker room? I feel
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  Speaker 1: like this game definitely was disappointing for us, but at
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  Speaker 1: the same time, there's always something to learn from and
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  Speaker 1: I feel like as a team, we know we can play,
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  Speaker 1: We know we can win games. You know we can
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  Speaker 1: keep on pushing win winning more games later on in
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  Speaker 1: the season. And yeah, just just to understand that who
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  Speaker 1: we are and how we can keep on attack and
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  Speaker 1: getting better each week. The last time you'll play the Colts,
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  Speaker 1: y'all shut them out. You know you're gonna get their
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  Speaker 1: best shot this week? That as a defense, do you
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  Speaker 1: prepare for that just the same way we prepare any
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  Speaker 1: other week, just knowing we have to stop a run. No,
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  Speaker 1: we have to get out to the quarterback and affect
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  Speaker 1: him and just keep on being violent and causing panic
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  Speaker 1: in the backfield. You feel like done a good job
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  Speaker 1: and mindset of flushing game after a loss, moving quickly Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: he stays pretty positive with us. I mean, obviously we
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  Speaker 1: have some negative things both on both sides of the
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  Speaker 1: ball that we have to address and whatnot. But he's
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  Speaker 1: pretty positive coach. He pushes us to be better and
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  Speaker 1: he leads us in that way. You've been here for
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  Speaker 1: a few years now, how do you do you see
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  Speaker 1: a difference in the way the team this year deals
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  Speaker 1: with a loss than in some of the years past.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I feel like we're a lot more positive,
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  Speaker 1: positive this year, and we understand that we can really
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  Speaker 1: win games, really a solid team, not like we weren't before,
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  Speaker 1: But it's just a different mentality now. How important or
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  Speaker 1: how big of a role has Coach Peterson been in
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  Speaker 1: stealing that belief in the locker room? I would say
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  Speaker 1: a huge role. I mean he is a leader in
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  Speaker 1: our organization, and um, he does a great job at it.
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  Speaker 1: You see Mike Caldwill growing to his defensive coordinating role
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  Speaker 1: over the first few weeks of the season, He's been
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  Speaker 1: doing a great job. He calls some plays that works
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  Speaker 1: for us up front, at least from what I can
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  Speaker 1: talk about, and he does a good job at that.
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  Speaker 1: He keeps positive energy and really lets us know what
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  Speaker 1: things we can correct and get better out on the field.
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  Speaker 1: What kind of impact does full we have, you know,
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  Speaker 1: just puts the way it plays next door? What kind
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  Speaker 1: of impact that he had on the line when he's
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  Speaker 1: there in the game, when you guys have he's a
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  Speaker 1: very violent individual, very very hard to block, very big guy.
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  Speaker 1: So I mean, for me, that inspires me even more,
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  Speaker 1: just another big guy next to me to push harder,
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  Speaker 1: go harder on the game. Has you been someone who
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  Speaker 1: kind of leaning on the shooters in terms of going
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  Speaker 1: to for any questions or anything like that. Just don't
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  Speaker 1: He's an older player. I'm always looking for somebody to
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  Speaker 1: get some tips from. He's obviously been in the league
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  Speaker 1: a few more years than I have, and it's always
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  Speaker 1: a good bouncing off ideas type of deal. Defense has
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  Speaker 1: pitched some pretty good games to start the year. How
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  Speaker 1: do you guys continue to improve as the year goes on.
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  Speaker 1: Just keep on being fundamentally sound and keep on working
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  Speaker 1: on our techniques in order to be better, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: and also just keep on elevating our game. What's the
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  Speaker 1: defensive line rotation like for you guys? I mean, when
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  Speaker 1: you've got players like to want smoothing arden key that
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  Speaker 1: that are kind of mixing in there. What's that like?
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  Speaker 1: Um hm, that's pretty even for the most part. I
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  Speaker 1: mean we obviously there are certain players who do play
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  Speaker 1: a little bit more, but it does help when they
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  Speaker 1: come in and mix up the game a little bit
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  Speaker 1: more for us inside. Especially what's the energy like that
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  Speaker 1: some of those guys bring just to the meeting rooms.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of energy, especially art and as you guys
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  Speaker 1: may know, but uh yeah, a lot of energy. Is
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  Speaker 1: a run game when you're going against the Colts team,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, that's the first thing you guys look at.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I know most weeks you're say, okay, we'll
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  Speaker 1: stop the run first. But when you go against the
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  Speaker 1: back like Jonathan Taylor, if he does play this week,
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  Speaker 1: is that I mean, that's got to be job number
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  Speaker 1: one that you don't want him to start going off.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, we definitely have to stop the run. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: that's it. Every week. That's the only way we can
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  Speaker 1: really succeed if we're stopping a run on first and
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  Speaker 1: second down. And this week is no different. Really, there's
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  Speaker 1: anything else, all right than appreciate appreciate you go up
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