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Press Pass | Trevor Lawrence on WR Room Continuing to Step Up · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: I am, I was, I was. It's still warm in
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  Speaker 1: the afternoon.
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  Speaker 2: He's a brighter right, It's just the sakes of the season.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you guys got Liam mentioned after the game
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  Speaker 3: that you know the teams confidence is wrong, but you
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  Speaker 3: can see confidence.
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  Speaker 2: You feel like your confidence it has grown.
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  Speaker 1: Over the course of the season.
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  Speaker 2: And is that just comfort system that like more.
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  Speaker 3: Comfort with your receivers.
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  Speaker 2: Just everybody. Yeah, for sure. I think it reflects the
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  Speaker 2: way you know, we've played, the way I've played, especially
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  Speaker 2: the last few weeks as an offense, we've played a
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  Speaker 2: lot better, and I think that's showing just about to
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  Speaker 2: get more comfortable, more confident, our group coming together more
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  Speaker 2: and more. You know, it takes some time, especially on
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  Speaker 2: offense sometimes to really get that rhythm and continuity between
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  Speaker 2: the whole group, especially you get a lot of guys
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  Speaker 2: in and out with injuries and a lot of new
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  Speaker 2: guys coming in, and you know, we've had some change
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  Speaker 2: and the guys have handled it really well. And I
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  Speaker 2: really feel like we're in a spot now where we're
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  Speaker 2: playing a lot more consistent, playing well. I think we
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  Speaker 2: all feel really confident out there, including myself, and that's
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  Speaker 2: definitely grown throughout the season and just getting more comfortable
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  Speaker 2: with our group and with our system.
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  Speaker 3: You talk during camp and preseason about mastering the offense.
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  Speaker 1: Do you feel like you've done that so far this
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  Speaker 1: season or do you feel like you've gotten this?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean there's there's always things that you know,
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  Speaker 2: I can improve on after every game. You know, different
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  Speaker 2: plays where I should have maybe sent the protection a
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  Speaker 2: certain way, or you know, maybe miss a read or two,
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  Speaker 2: or certain throws that you want back. There's definitely a
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  Speaker 2: couple of from Sunday that I went back, and so
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  Speaker 2: you're always looking for ways to improve as far as
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  Speaker 2: going into the game with an understanding and knowledge of
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  Speaker 2: just you know, what my job is, what I'm able
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  Speaker 2: to get to, different checks, what I'm responsible for, plays
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  Speaker 2: I need to get out of. If it's certain to
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  Speaker 2: look like I understand that really well and I feel
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  Speaker 2: like I have mastered that by game day. You know,
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  Speaker 2: every game plan is a little different, but yeah, every
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  Speaker 2: game there's always some plays where could have done something
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  Speaker 2: a little bit different, or might miss a check or
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  Speaker 2: certain things. So there's definitely things to learn from. But
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  Speaker 2: I feel really confident and comfortable and you know, my
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  Speaker 2: knowledge of what I'm doing when I get out there
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  Speaker 2: on Sunday and our game plan.
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  Speaker 1: I remember Jacobe Edard College as a quarterback aast state
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  Speaker 1: from the receiver.
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  Speaker 3: Can you still see that in him in terms of
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  Speaker 3: your interaction about what he wants can relate to you
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  Speaker 3: a little bit?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I think just his general understanding of the game
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  Speaker 2: and the way he processes things, it makes sense that
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  Speaker 2: he played quarterback, you know, just the way he's able
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  Speaker 2: to talk about different different routes, different zone coverages, his
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  Speaker 2: feel for different zones. You know, he's very He's a
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  Speaker 2: really smart player and he understands defenses. And I think
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  Speaker 2: that definitely, I'm sure is some credit up to that
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  Speaker 2: as playing quarterback, because you do have to understand those things.
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  Speaker 2: So we've taught a little bit, joked about it. I
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  Speaker 2: think I played against him one time when he was
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  Speaker 2: at NC State in twenty eighteen. That was his last year.
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  Speaker 2: So we've talked about a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: When you get it this time of year, is it
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  Speaker 3: the same.
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  Speaker 1: Week's leaving that you can hit a little bit?
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  Speaker 2: Not really, I mean, you know, I think it's where
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  Speaker 2: we're at our season. It's every week is really critical.
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  Speaker 2: You just look at our division, our divisions a tight race.
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  Speaker 2: It's not like we got, you know, this huge lead
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  Speaker 2: and can afford to mess around and lose any games. So,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I think we are taking it one week
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  Speaker 2: at a time and that's our mindset as a team,
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  Speaker 2: and it really is because we have to and every
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  Speaker 2: game is really critical. So we're taking it one game
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  Speaker 2: at a time, and nothing's bigger than this game against
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  Speaker 2: New York Sunday.
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  Speaker 1: The Jets. And you see the talent that they have defensively,
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  Speaker 1: are you surprised that they've yet to record an interception?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? Yeah, I mean, like you said, the way they
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  Speaker 2: fly around and they do some really good things on
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  Speaker 2: defense and they create some issues and you watch the
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  Speaker 2: tape and they've they've had a lot of close ones.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, obviously they haven't been turned out, they haven't
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  Speaker 2: been interceptions, but they've had a lot that have been
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  Speaker 2: really close, and they're around the ball a lot, so
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  Speaker 2: it is surprising. I want to keep that goal in
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  Speaker 2: this week though, and make it go another week. So
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  Speaker 2: but yeah, they do some really good things on defense.
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  Speaker 2: We gotta have a good plan. Form been a conversation
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  Speaker 2: about you know, your best game perhaps being last week
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  Speaker 2: it you agreed, and I wonder if you do. Did
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  Speaker 2: you have your best.
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  Speaker 1: Week on the practice last week, because it seems like
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  Speaker 1: this team is practicing pretty sharp right now.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't, I don't know. I think you know,
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  Speaker 2: I was. I was happy with the way I played
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  Speaker 2: and performed on Sunday. I thought I did my job
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  Speaker 2: and gave guys opportunities down the field, and guys made
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  Speaker 2: some great plays. I mean, there's a lot a lot
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  Speaker 2: of guys out there that are that are that did
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  Speaker 2: an awesome job. So uh, as far as my whole career,
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  Speaker 2: I don't really know, you know, best game anything like that.
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  Speaker 2: We had a great week of practice though our team
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  Speaker 2: did just the focus this time of year, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Coach has done a good job of trying to take
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  Speaker 2: care of our bodies and certain parts of the practice
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  Speaker 2: so we can take a little bit of the physical
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  Speaker 2: toll off it. But mentally and just the communication and
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  Speaker 2: the way the guys are moving around and talking, and
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  Speaker 2: just the how sharp our practices have been I think
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  Speaker 2: has reflected how we've played in the games.
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  Speaker 3: Wollow that mental side of it.
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  Speaker 2: We're like today, the practice that you had, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: how much do you get done on a day like
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  Speaker 2: that where it's seems like all of it it's a lot.
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  Speaker 2: You get a lot done. I mean our you know,
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  Speaker 2: first and second down game plan. You know, it's I
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  Speaker 2: guess it's hard to describe. If you you guys, I'm
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  Speaker 2: sure have maybe seen some game plans, it's pretty pretty
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  Speaker 2: in depth, and there's a lot of stuff to cover
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  Speaker 2: and to get in. So it's a ton of reps
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  Speaker 2: of just getting every look that you can and trying
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  Speaker 2: to make sure everybody's in the same page, running through
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  Speaker 2: everything that's in the plan. And then there's a lot
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  Speaker 2: of time obviously after practice to go back through it
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  Speaker 2: and watch the tape and watch the different looks and
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  Speaker 2: you know, look at the corrections and see, you know
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  Speaker 2: what we need to do a little bit different. So
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  Speaker 2: there's a there's a ton to get done on a
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  Speaker 2: on a Wednesday, like say, even if you're not going
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  Speaker 2: full speed every rep, there's a lot that you have
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  Speaker 2: to and and you have to be able to do
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  Speaker 2: that as a team cause later in the season you
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  Speaker 2: just can't. You just can't practice full speed every single
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  Speaker 2: rep and run eighty plays out there every day. It's
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  Speaker 2: just guy's bodies or it won't hold up. So you know,
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  Speaker 2: coach has done a great job of managing the schedule.
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  Speaker 2: We just do what the schedule is. But he's taking
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  Speaker 2: care of us and he's done a great job, and
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  Speaker 2: I think we've responded the right way and been mature
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  Speaker 2: about it.
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  Speaker 1: How big of a step was it Sunday with the
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  Speaker 1: explosives to Brian Thomas Junior. It seems like, you know,
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  Speaker 1: that's getting back into form.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, he played awesome just making plays down
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  Speaker 2: the field. I mean, he had some had some unbelievable
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  Speaker 2: catches and for me, just trying to give him opportunities
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  Speaker 2: because you see what he can do when he gets
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  Speaker 2: the opportunity, So just trying to keep that going. And obviously,
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  Speaker 2: for me, I've always known that that's something that he's
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  Speaker 2: he's great at and we've seen it over the past
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  Speaker 2: what year and a half, getting close to two years now,
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  Speaker 2: the plays that he could make. So I think it's
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  Speaker 2: just gonna continue to, you know, help this offense having
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  Speaker 2: that threat, and you know, alongside obviously what Ja Kobe's
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  Speaker 2: able to do, and Tim and Brenton and Parker and
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  Speaker 2: Travis and all the backs, and I mean there's just
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  Speaker 2: so many weapons that we have, and the more that
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  Speaker 2: we can all click, which I think we are, that
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  Speaker 2: the more dangerous we are.
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  Speaker 3: Thought Philip Rivers doing here a grandfather, there's five years
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  Speaker 3: out of the league, coming back and potentially.
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  Speaker 2: Starting on a week's Yeah, pretty uh, pretty impressive. I
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  Speaker 2: don't really know what else to say about it. I'm
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  Speaker 2: not in that situation, so it's hard for me to
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  Speaker 2: even imagine. But uh, you know, he's a great player.
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  Speaker 2: So we'll see if we'll see if this little break
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  Speaker 2: how he looks after that. But you know, he's a
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  Speaker 2: heck of a player and it was fun watching, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the whole time growing up. He's he's a stud.
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  Speaker 3: You you mentioned.
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  Speaker 1: Just having a different guys step up, you know.
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  Speaker 3: Just much.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's I mean it's huge. Like you look at
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  Speaker 2: obviously Parker missing last week, and I think everyone would
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  Speaker 2: have thought that that was a really big deal, just
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  Speaker 2: the season he was having and how much of an
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  Speaker 2: impact he had on our offense. And then to see
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  Speaker 2: Tim step up and make the plays he made. But
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  Speaker 2: that goes, that goes for really offensive line. You know,
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  Speaker 2: different backs fight to step up at different times, receivers
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  Speaker 2: tight ends our guys on defense. I mean, there's been
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  Speaker 2: so many spots on our team that have guys haven't
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  Speaker 2: played that you would think, man, this is going to
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  Speaker 2: really hurt our team. And then we go out and
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  Speaker 2: still play well. And it's not to say that we
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  Speaker 2: don't miss having those guys, but it's just goes to
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  Speaker 2: show guys being ready, the depth that we have really
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  Speaker 2: across our whole team, and guys preparing every week like
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  Speaker 2: they are the starter, because that doesn't just happen by
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  Speaker 2: cramming the week you are going to play like. You
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  Speaker 2: have to be prepared well in advance for that. You
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  Speaker 2: can't just flip a switch and say, all right now
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  Speaker 2: I have to play after figure it all out in
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  Speaker 2: two days. You know, It's it's really a lot of time,
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  Speaker 2: and that's a process that guys have to go through
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  Speaker 2: to be ready.
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  Speaker 3: When did it feel different inside the building team after
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  Speaker 3: Liam got here, whether you want to call it culture
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  Speaker 3: or atmosphere or vibe or whatever, When did it really
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  Speaker 3: start to kind of feel different than what it had been.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I think from the first day we were
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  Speaker 2: all in here, to be honest, just you know, the
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  Speaker 2: energy that Liam's brought and the whole staff, I think
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  Speaker 2: everyone is just to see the alignment and just the
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  Speaker 2: way everything's been handled, you know, I think it's been
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  Speaker 2: It's always I've been through a few staff changes, and
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  Speaker 2: there's always a lot of positivity at the beginning. But
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  Speaker 2: to see how this staff has handled the adversity of
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  Speaker 2: the season, I think that's always the biggest test is
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  Speaker 2: everything is great in the spring, and then wait till
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  Speaker 2: you get to the season and you lose a few games,
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  Speaker 2: and then you see how people respond. And I've been
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  Speaker 2: really impressed with obviously Liam, how he's responded to everything,
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  Speaker 2: but the whole staff and the relationship between players and
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  Speaker 2: coaches has been very good, very professional. They've coached is hard,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's been awesome to be around.