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  Speaker 1: A big week the game one day, Hidikil on the
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  Speaker 1: team hopefuls.
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  Speaker 2: Throughout the week of practice, I thought it was very good.
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  Speaker 3: Yesterday's walked through and throughout the course of practice the
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  Speaker 3: energy was as good as it's probably been all season
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  Speaker 3: in a lot of ways. But building off of I
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  Speaker 3: think the last few weeks, we've had good practices within
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  Speaker 3: the amount.
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  Speaker 2: That we've actually been able to do.
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  Speaker 3: Uh, there's so much more walk through that goes on
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  Speaker 3: around this time of the year. But when we were
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  Speaker 3: able to go full speed yesterday, I thought our guys
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  Speaker 3: really communicated at a high level and buzzed around pretty
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  Speaker 3: good level when.
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  Speaker 1: You do a Wednesday walk through and then also won yesterday,
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  Speaker 1: that these guys are still gonna be focused on.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean we did a good amount we had
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  Speaker 3: it still had a three play mamba yesterday where we
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  Speaker 3: went good on good against each other obviously, and then
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  Speaker 3: you know, had the normal D and D and then
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  Speaker 3: third down full speed yesterday, which I thought those guys were,
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  Speaker 3: uh moving around at a good clip, and then today
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  Speaker 3: obviously we'll have the four periods of full speed fast Friday.
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  Speaker 3: But you know, just I thought our our offensive line,
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  Speaker 3: excuse me, Wednesday and the walkthrough were as good as
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  Speaker 3: we've been all season in terms of picked up the
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  Speaker 3: pace a little bit and then but also just the
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  Speaker 3: hat placement, the details to get into the second level
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  Speaker 3: and getting in a body position to go block the defender.
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  Speaker 3: Little details that we're trying to focus on and harp
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  Speaker 3: on throughout the week.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's why they're pros.
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  Speaker 3: Ultimately, they have the ability to you know, take care
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  Speaker 3: of their bodies, but also practice with intentionality and I'm
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  Speaker 3: never too concerned if our guys are going to show
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  Speaker 3: up to play on Sundays.
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  Speaker 4: How has Jordan Lewis looked since he returned in What
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  Speaker 4: does he meant to the defense this season?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, he's elite communicator in terms of the way he
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  Speaker 3: sees the game for sure. He's got a common presence
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  Speaker 3: that I think helps out a lot of guys, an
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  Speaker 3: accountability factor out there as well, So you know, I
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  Speaker 3: think the guys trust him and know that he's going
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  Speaker 3: to compete his tail off getting better and better, healthy, healthier,
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  Speaker 3: and you know, but I've been really pleased with those
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  Speaker 3: other guys too that have played and stepped in and
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  Speaker 3: had to give us a lot of meaningful snaps to
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  Speaker 3: help us get to the point where we're out on
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  Speaker 3: defense right.
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  Speaker 2: Now on the field yesterday. Yeah, it's great to have
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  Speaker 2: Trayvon back out there.
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  Speaker 3: You know, watching him buzz around in India a little
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  Speaker 3: bit and talking to him this morning. You know, he's confident,
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  Speaker 3: feels positive right now. So we'll see what it looks
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  Speaker 3: like out there today. You know, we buzz around on
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  Speaker 3: fast Friday, see what that looks like.
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  Speaker 2: But you know he's excited with Harper getting.
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  Speaker 5: Both on the practice field emotional.
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  Speaker 2: But for the for these guys, yeah, I think so.
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  Speaker 3: I think you know, you look at these games down
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  Speaker 3: the stretch, are you you know, like I mentioned the
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  Speaker 3: other day, you're limited options, right, limited opportunities, And even
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  Speaker 3: though we see these guys again, you know, I definitely
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  Speaker 3: think there's a heightened sense of awareness. You want to
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  Speaker 3: go play, You want to compete in games like this ultimately,
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  Speaker 3: so we'll see, we've got to make sure that we're
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  Speaker 3: doing right by those guys and what's best for our team.
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  Speaker 5: Though, you've learned a lot about your team in a
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  Speaker 5: week like this one.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think I you know, you have a pretty
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  Speaker 3: good clue of what your team is in a lot
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  Speaker 3: of ways, even though there's still so much room for growth.
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  Speaker 3: But I fully expected our team to, you know, hey,
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  Speaker 3: let's go take care of business as we needed to
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  Speaker 3: this past week and then approach this one like, you know, hey,
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  Speaker 3: what it is. It's potential playoff opportunity. So it's like, hey,
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  Speaker 3: nobody's had to say anything, but the way that the
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  Speaker 3: guys have prepared throughout the week, you know, look, win, loser, draw.
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  Speaker 3: I think our guys are ready to go play this game.
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  Speaker 2: Valuable is it?
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  Speaker 4: When you're in year one? Is a is a data
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  Speaker 4: point to have a game of this magnitude from an
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  Speaker 4: evaluation standpoint of who can rise to the occasion and
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  Speaker 4: a clutch circumstance.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a great you know, the best player.
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  Speaker 3: You know, a lot of your best players typically rise up,
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  Speaker 3: you know in a lot of these moments, and then
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  Speaker 3: there's others that you figure out do as well, Right,
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  Speaker 3: and those are that's cool part of like you just mentioned,
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  Speaker 3: learning about your team and learning about you know, playing
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  Speaker 3: in critical moments and but not making it too big either, Right,
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  Speaker 3: That's that fine line that we walk in this profession
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  Speaker 3: and in this game that these guys are ultimately out
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  Speaker 3: there performing.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, I really want them to go out
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  Speaker 2: with a truly man.
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  Speaker 3: Let's just see what the heck happens, and let's go
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  Speaker 3: play our best ball and see what happens. And you know,
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  Speaker 3: that's ultimately all you can ask for from your players.
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  Speaker 1: The juggling of the old line both during the weekend
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  Speaker 1: in the game. What what stands out about the way
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  Speaker 1: Sean coaches that group and it prepares for those situations.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they we've been shuffling.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you guys all were losing our losing our
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  Speaker 3: minds in training camp when we had shuffling going on,
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  Speaker 3: and it's like, oh my god, this guy gonna start
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  Speaker 3: hearing this and that. It's like, no, just moving them around,
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  Speaker 3: you know, and you know, no.
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  Speaker 2: It's not at all, you guys.
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  Speaker 3: It was like the biggest story after a scrimmage, you know, No, seriously,
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  Speaker 3: it's uh, we've tried to do that for a long
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  Speaker 3: time and that's kind of been our philosophy to ultimately
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  Speaker 3: just try to get them as comfortable playing with different
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  Speaker 3: combinations because.
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  Speaker 2: It's such a volatile position. Guys.
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  Speaker 3: You know, like I've been absolutely crushed by it before
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  Speaker 3: to where you don't have enough and you don't have
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  Speaker 3: any you know, the continuity, and you're getting guys off
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  Speaker 3: the street to coming in play, and it's hard. It's
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  Speaker 3: such a hard position to go cohesively play together, and
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  Speaker 3: it's so few positions in the NFL that for it
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  Speaker 3: to really work, it's got to work together. And so
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  Speaker 3: I think that's Shawn Klee and Trevor have done a
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  Speaker 3: nice job of making sure that we're intentional about doing
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  Speaker 3: that in the course, even though sometimes it can like
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  Speaker 3: frustrate you, right because you're trying to build a five
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  Speaker 3: in training camp or whatever it is, but you're also
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  Speaker 3: trying to build sustained continuity and guys that can go
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  Speaker 3: out and not.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe miss too many beats if they're in.
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  Speaker 3: And I think that's been a good journey and a
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  Speaker 3: good process for us.
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  Speaker 4: I think on the on your radio show yesterday you
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  Speaker 4: mentioned that the conditions could be wet and working with
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  Speaker 4: a wet ball in practice, how important is that if
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  Speaker 4: you're anticipating for weather on Sunday.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, we definitely did a good amount of it yesterday.
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  Speaker 3: I thought Trevor's in India specifically through it is got
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  Speaker 3: you know, I know he's able to throw in the
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  Speaker 3: wet in the weather and all that stuff. It's more
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  Speaker 3: just what we talked about was a heightened sense of fundamentals, technique,
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  Speaker 3: playing underneath yourselves, coming to balance, long stride, short stride,
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  Speaker 3: when we're coming to make a tackle. When you're at
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  Speaker 3: the second level. How fundamental can you be because sometimes
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  Speaker 3: you get lost and you know, lose.
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  Speaker 2: Your footing or whatever it is.
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  Speaker 3: You see it last night and some of the Dallas
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  Speaker 3: came on the turf. But it's just one of those
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  Speaker 3: things that you know, we just try to preach not
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  Speaker 3: as much about this and the wet ball is more
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  Speaker 3: the fundamentals and the heightened sense of awareness that ball
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  Speaker 3: security is the kicking game, all those kind of things.
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  Speaker 1: Your preparation change a lot going up against the game
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  Speaker 1: plan defensive coordinator, as you mentioned.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah like this, Yeah, it's hard to know exactly what
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  Speaker 3: you're gonna get right. It's not one of those weeks
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  Speaker 3: where you're always sitting there like, Okay, you know you're
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  Speaker 3: gonna maybe get X Y and Z at x Y
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  Speaker 3: and Z time and X y and Z situation or
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  Speaker 3: D and D whatever it is. It's you know, Lou
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  Speaker 3: does a nice job of mixing it up and rolling,
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  Speaker 3: you know, rolling the dial a little bit, and he
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  Speaker 3: has a game plan. We're going to see something at
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  Speaker 3: some point that we probably haven't seen a ton on tape.
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  Speaker 3: And that's the challenges coaches. That's the beauty of it
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  Speaker 3: when you get into it. How can you go and
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  Speaker 3: adjust and make sure that your players are given the
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  Speaker 3: best chance to be successful. So that's something that can
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  Speaker 3: be frustrating but also exciting to know because that's the
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  Speaker 3: chess match about.
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  Speaker 1: The offensive line preparing those guys.
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  Speaker 2: We're about the secondary.
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  Speaker 5: Staff, especially at a cornerback.
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  Speaker 2: You know how they've kind.
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  Speaker 3: Of gotten so many guys and there's a lot of
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  Speaker 3: guys that have played defensive back for us this season,
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  Speaker 3: you know. And I think that Milo and Perk and
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  Speaker 3: drewlus scaring those guys and Bill Sheridan, those guys have
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  Speaker 3: done a nice job, really nice job of preparing people.
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  Speaker 3: Like the amount of time that like Antonio and Jarian
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  Speaker 3: and these guys are upright on they're up there cam
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  Speaker 3: getting extra, extra, extra and that's something that we want.
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  Speaker 3: I want guys up here getting extra work as much
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  Speaker 3: as possible within the realm of what's manageable for their
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  Speaker 3: time in our coaches time. But you know, I think
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  Speaker 3: those guys have really poured into it, really tried to
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  Speaker 3: get the message to the player so that it's communicated
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  Speaker 3: properly on the field better.
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  Speaker 2: They've done a nice job.
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  Speaker 6: You've had an off day of the running game this year,
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  Speaker 6: You've always followed up with a big rushing game the
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  Speaker 6: next week.
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  Speaker 2: Why is that?
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  Speaker 6: Is that intentional in the play calling? Is that the
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  Speaker 6: players being pissed off didn't work? I mean, why have
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  Speaker 6: you come back from poor games on the ground and
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  Speaker 6: had strong ones?
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  Speaker 3: I think that, Look, you get what you emphasize sometimes
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  Speaker 3: and per each defense. Yes, it's not always the same
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  Speaker 3: in terms of how that defensive line or linebackers play. Right,
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  Speaker 3: there's some teams that are penetrating, there's some teams that
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  Speaker 3: are a little bit more readers, and then there's blitz teams,
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  Speaker 3: and then there's not blitz teams. Right, And what I
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  Speaker 3: think the message for our guys is just as much
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  Speaker 3: to like, let's not tweak too much of what we
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  Speaker 3: do upfront for what we're seeing defensively, Like they got
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  Speaker 3: to stop our run game, They got to deal with
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  Speaker 3: us running double teams and getting on the perimeter and
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  Speaker 3: doing our thing and just kind of taking the fight
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  Speaker 3: more so to the opponent as opposed to maybe waiting
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  Speaker 3: to see what happens minute of the year in pH
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  Speaker 3: nominating what have you seen from Logan?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, that's a pretty big honor. Yeah, He's very
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  Speaker 2: proud of Logan.
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  Speaker 3: You know, he's been as steady a person since I've
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  Speaker 3: gotten here that I think you can have. His personality
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  Speaker 3: does not change at all, regardless of circumstances or you know,
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  Speaker 3: good bad. He's very very much even keeled. You get
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  Speaker 3: what you're getting exactly who you're getting. There's not much
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  Speaker 3: hiding from who Logan Cook is, I think in our
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  Speaker 3: locker room in terms of the confidence, the swagger, but
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  Speaker 3: also the you know, he's he's a consistent pro and
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  Speaker 3: he does it at a high level.
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  Speaker 2: So been very proud for him and his family.
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  Speaker 5: Did you get a.
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  Speaker 4: Chance to watch The Hunt at all?
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  Speaker 1: Just kind of reflecting upon Josh's here.
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  Speaker 3: And I haven't gotten to see it yet, but I
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  Speaker 3: actually got a great text from a friend actually in
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  Speaker 3: Tampa talking about The Hunt and and some of that footage,
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  Speaker 3: and I think our production they do a phenomenal job
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  Speaker 3: with that series. And I've gotten so much positive feedback
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  Speaker 3: on that series itself, but for Josh specifically to have
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  Speaker 3: the you know, x amount of six eight months that
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  Speaker 3: he's had as a family, as a man, as a person,
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  Speaker 3: as a father, and as a competitor. I've been very
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  Speaker 3: proud of the way that he's been able to find
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  Speaker 3: his way here in terms of like fighting through some
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  Speaker 3: tough stuff as a family, as a man, but also
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  Speaker 3: as a teammate, as a leader, a whole new a
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  Speaker 3: lot of new going on, and I think you started
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  Speaker 3: to really see a surge from him and a confidence
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  Speaker 3: from him, a little bit of that weight lift off
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  Speaker 3: in some ways, and you're just seeing a guy go
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  Speaker 3: out and compete his ass off every play and fight
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  Speaker 3: and scratch and claw.
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  Speaker 2: And I've been really proud of that.
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  Speaker 5: Just on field.
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  Speaker 4: If Parker can't go on Sunday Wide Receiver Room Shuffle, no,
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  Speaker 4: Diami obviously didn't play week who kind of steps in?
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  Speaker 5: How do you sort out through those three positions?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, if he doesn't, If Parker's unable, then it'll be
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  Speaker 3: a mix of me, Tim Patrick and also Austin Trammell.
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  Speaker 3: For right now, I would say, so it's a matter
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  Speaker 3: of those guys being able to fill and then also
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  Speaker 3: be able to play Zee and X at some of
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  Speaker 3: those other positions as well, with Dianmi and Tim being
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  Speaker 3: able to do some of those things as well. So
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  Speaker 3: you know, all those guys have made big plays for
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  Speaker 3: us at some point this season. You know, love to
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  Speaker 3: have Parker out there, and you know, obviously for special
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  Speaker 3: teams and for offense, but really trust that that we'll
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  Speaker 3: be able to go out and get the job done regardless.
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  Speaker 5: Cams Elias said more sort of every week that this
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  Speaker 5: is the most important game in franchise history. Is that
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  Speaker 5: the mindset that you preach to the players, and how
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  Speaker 5: has that sort of maybe helped you guys up mentally each.
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  Speaker 6: And every week.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's that's definitely something that Tony has mentioned a lot,
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  Speaker 3: and I it's kind of goes into the same theme
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  Speaker 3: trying to.
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  Speaker 2: Go one to know each week because like you truly.
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  Speaker 3: Cannot take for granted any of these opportunities in the
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  Speaker 3: National Football League, Like you take one of those for granted,
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  Speaker 3: and you're going to see yourself on the bad end
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  Speaker 3: of maybe a game you feel like you should win,
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  Speaker 3: or you're you've gotten to a point in the season
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  Speaker 3: where you feel like you're gonna win a game like
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  Speaker 3: that and then oh, shoot, you just laid an egg.
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  Speaker 2: And we felt that before. We have we have felt that.
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  Speaker 3: In terms of not taking for granted when you're when
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  Speaker 3: you're in a pretty cool position, a position to take
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  Speaker 3: advantage of the moment. And you look at some of
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  Speaker 3: those big games that we have had here so far
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  Speaker 3: this season, and you look at obviously San Francisco, and
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  Speaker 3: you look at Kansas City, and you look at some
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  Speaker 3: of those games that we have taken advantage of the moment,
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  Speaker 3: and then you look at obviously Houston second half and
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  Speaker 3: not taking advantage of it. So now you feel that way,
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  Speaker 3: and you know what that feels like. That approach needs
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  Speaker 3: to remain for four quarters.
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  Speaker 5: That's good.
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  Speaker 2: Appreciate it. Thanks