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Doug Pederson: "There's no quit in them." | Postgame Press Conference | Week 16 · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Just take some time to kind of reflect on, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the first of our season and and um, you know,
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  Speaker 1: um take a look at what we gotta do, you know,
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  Speaker 1: down down the stretch. But you know, I'm proud of
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  Speaker 1: I'm proud of the guys. You know. We we we
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  Speaker 1: said we set out two and a half weeks ago
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  Speaker 1: that we had you know, we had three games and
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  Speaker 1: you know, less than three weeks, two and a half weeks,
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  Speaker 1: and we just had to take him one at a time.
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  Speaker 1: And and and I think that's what you've seen with
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  Speaker 1: this group. And um, there's just no there's no quit
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  Speaker 1: in them. You know. Uh, they they stick together, they
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  Speaker 1: hang together, they encourage one another. You know, that's what
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  Speaker 1: it takes. That's you know, that's a that's a good
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  Speaker 1: football team over there on defense obviously, And and um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, my hat's off to to coach sala and
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  Speaker 1: and the group that he has. But you know, I'm
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  Speaker 1: just proud of our guys. After an over time emotional
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  Speaker 1: game last week, shortly bad conditions. Is that the mark
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  Speaker 1: of a really good team? You know, I think it's
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  Speaker 1: a start, um, you know, but it's it's a mark.
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  Speaker 1: It's a mark of a team. That's that's beginning to
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  Speaker 1: to play good football, meaningful football at the end of
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  Speaker 1: the season. And and you know we've talked a lot
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  Speaker 1: about that, having meaningful games here and down the stretch.
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  Speaker 1: And and uh, these guys have you know, they've been
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  Speaker 1: they're battling through a lot. You know, they're battling through
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  Speaker 1: their own their own injuries, you know. Um and and um,
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  Speaker 1: you know you lose a Cam Robinson a week ago,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, or five days ago, and and you
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  Speaker 1: know Walker played his tail off today and and um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, so my hat's off to those guys. It's
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  Speaker 1: just a sign of I think, uh, you know, our
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  Speaker 1: team coming together at the right time. Do you have
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  Speaker 1: any update right now? I don't. I'll check with Ferg
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  Speaker 1: you know, probably later on the plane and we'll have
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  Speaker 1: an update for you. But against that defense, a lot
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  Speaker 1: of efficient drives, efficient point. Did you see the weather?
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  Speaker 1: That was a challenge. The weather was a allens obviously, Um,
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  Speaker 1: but yeah, I mean listen, that's a good defense. And
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  Speaker 1: you know, my hat's off to you know, our our
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  Speaker 1: our guys, the offensive line. Um, you know, um, it
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  Speaker 1: was gonna be one of those days, you know, it
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  Speaker 1: was gonna be one of those days. It was gonna
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  Speaker 1: be physical, It's gonna be tough. We were gonna have
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  Speaker 1: to run the football because throwing it was gonna be
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  Speaker 1: it was gonna be hard. Um, but we were efficient.
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  Speaker 1: I think in the passing game. We made some plays
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  Speaker 1: in the passing game. Um. And and so you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's just it's just one of those deals, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and and um yeah, but but just really proud, proud
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  Speaker 1: of the guys interrupted what was transpired in the last
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  Speaker 1: like three or four weeks that Evan has really just
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  Speaker 1: solidified himself as a go to option. You know, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we we we game plan for you know, the guys,
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  Speaker 1: each each offensive player, you know, I mean, you know
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  Speaker 1: z and Christian and Marv and et N and seventeen
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  Speaker 1: and and you sometimes you just never know, you know,
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  Speaker 1: who's gonna who's gonna get the ball. And and sometimes
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  Speaker 1: in games like this where the weather can be a factor,
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  Speaker 1: your your tight ends can have can have bigger games,
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  Speaker 1: you know. And UM, I just think that he's you know,
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  Speaker 1: obviously he's he's he's gotten better with the offense, learning
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  Speaker 1: the details that that we teach. Um, you know, he's
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  Speaker 1: very unselfish. Um, he works extremely hard in practice. He
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  Speaker 1: wants to be good. He loves being coached, and it shows.
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  Speaker 1: It shows on the field. And and he's just a
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  Speaker 1: he's a really good teammate to have and um, leader
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  Speaker 1: of the team's decision making for the most part tonight.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, in those conditions he can say defense. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I thought his decision making was was good.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I'd rather not see him take that hit
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  Speaker 1: at the end, Um, throw it away a little sooner.
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  Speaker 1: But for the most part, I thought he did a
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  Speaker 1: nice job of of controlling and managing what we asked
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  Speaker 1: him to do, you know. And the weather was obviously
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  Speaker 1: a challenge with the wind and the rain, but um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I thought he did a played tough again,
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  Speaker 1: played physics goal. Um then that was really really good
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  Speaker 1: to see out of out of our quarterback. You get
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  Speaker 1: after the defense held on that first drive after the
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  Speaker 1: sack bumble, when we gave up the three. Yeah, that's
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  Speaker 1: you know, that's big right there. You know, I could
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  Speaker 1: easily go and turn into seven. But defense held him,
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  Speaker 1: uh to the three points. I think that uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and and really after that no points after that, and
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  Speaker 1: and and really did a nice job of of controlling
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  Speaker 1: you know, their offense. But yeah, that was that was
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  Speaker 1: a big boost, you know at that point just to
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  Speaker 1: hold them to three How encouraging was it to see
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  Speaker 1: the defensive spawn how they did without Tray Vaughan, without Fully,
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  Speaker 1: you know, just going in there, you know, sort of
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  Speaker 1: holding them to just three points. After that for Shrond,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's it's always been next man up mentality. Um.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we had Jeremiah led Better up today and
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  Speaker 1: he contributed a little bit today. And you know, Roy
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  Speaker 1: was Roy was tough to block in there, and you
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  Speaker 1: saw Arden a couple of times and Josh and it's
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  Speaker 1: just a group effort by those guys and um, you know,
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  Speaker 1: Davon Hamilton me, it's just to guys that you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's just relentless group and resilient group. And and um,
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  Speaker 1: I thought they played they played well in the absence
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  Speaker 1: of you know, Fully and and and Trey Bon and
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  Speaker 1: you know, now we get some time to to kind
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  Speaker 1: of heal up and and um, you know, um try
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  Speaker 1: to get healthy in the next you know, four or
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  Speaker 1: five days. The ninety six yard drive against that defense
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  Speaker 1: as good as it has been all year, is that,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I just think it's it just kind of
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  Speaker 1: shows you that that what we're capable of doing offensively,
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  Speaker 1: and UM, just proud of the guys for you know,
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  Speaker 1: uh there were some there was some key plays in there,
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  Speaker 1: third downs all that, but you know it's just I
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  Speaker 1: think it just gives the guys confidence. You know, you
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  Speaker 1: get confidence throughout the game that that you can you
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  Speaker 1: can uh you know build off past uh oh these
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  Speaker 1: past these games. You've had strong fishes on two games Vegas,
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  Speaker 1: the game last weekend Dallas. Outside of that football to
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  Speaker 1: begin it, you had a strong start this game stack
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  Speaker 1: on score the drops that quint of memphasis to make
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  Speaker 1: sure they don't better starts specifically. Yeah, you know we've
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  Speaker 1: we've started slow, but we've finished faster, you know, in
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  Speaker 1: in some of these games. But you know, the point
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  Speaker 1: of emphasis really was, you know, especially with uh with
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  Speaker 1: the weather, as you always try to try to get
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  Speaker 1: the lead as fast as you can, you know, and
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  Speaker 1: and then and then you know, try to control it
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  Speaker 1: from there. But I thought today we were able to
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  Speaker 1: do that. Um once they once they got the three points.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it is it is a point of emphasis.
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  Speaker 1: We want to start fast, but we want to finish
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  Speaker 1: faster and and um, you know I thought today was
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  Speaker 1: sort of, uh, sort of resembled that defensively, the secondary
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  Speaker 1: took a lot of heat after that Detroit loss. What
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  Speaker 1: have you seen from them in this three game win streak.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they're playing, they're playing better, they're playing more consistent,
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  Speaker 1: they're getting hands on the football. Um, you know, they've
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  Speaker 1: created some turnovers, but the turnovers have also come with
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  Speaker 1: with the pressure, right, the added pressure that the d
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  Speaker 1: line has been putting quarterbacks, and um, those two kind
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  Speaker 1: of go hand in hand. But you know what I mean,
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  Speaker 1: Tyson Campbell today, you know what a great play down
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  Speaker 1: down the field. And um, this guy, you know, Darius Williams,
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  Speaker 1: a couple of popus there, and just the guys are
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  Speaker 1: playing with more confidence. You know, they're understanding their role,
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  Speaker 1: they're understanding the scheme and and uh, you know, just
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  Speaker 1: playing playing better, better football together. Did you lose your
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  Speaker 1: voice on the field or is this a postgame locker room? No,
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  Speaker 1: I think it's a little bit on the field. The weather,
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  Speaker 1: the whole thing. Um, I kind of lost it out
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  Speaker 1: after last week, you know, uh Sunday, but yelling and
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  Speaker 1: screaming last week. But yeah, it'll be back soon. On
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  Speaker 1: that fourth and one didn't get Uh No, I really wasn't.
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  Speaker 1: I you know, I thought in that at that moment
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  Speaker 1: um right there before the end of the half, it
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  Speaker 1: was a great time to get the three points, you know.
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  Speaker 1: And and whether you get the fourth the fourth down
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  Speaker 1: conversion there or not, you're probably chances are you're settling
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  Speaker 1: for a field go anyway. Um So I just opted
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  Speaker 1: to get the three at that time. What's your message
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  Speaker 1: to the team now, you know, about to hit into
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  Speaker 1: this extended brave story messages? Just uh, you know, we
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  Speaker 1: haven't we haven't done anything. We haven't clinched anything. We
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  Speaker 1: haven't you know, won anything. We still got two games left.
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  Speaker 1: We've got two division games, you know left. Um. I
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  Speaker 1: do want them to enjoy the holidays, you know, enjoy
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  Speaker 1: Christmas with their family and friends and and and and
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  Speaker 1: just it's time to time to heal and get healthy,
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  Speaker 1: you know, for this final final two games stretch. But um,
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  Speaker 1: you know I also want him to to come back
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  Speaker 1: right frame of mind next week and and get ready
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  Speaker 1: for for a team that that that beat us a
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  Speaker 1: you know, a couple of months ago. All Right, thanks guys,