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  Speaker 1: More on Doug, can you give us an update on
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  Speaker 1: Walker Little injury wise, Cam Robinson injury wise as well,
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  Speaker 1: and Jay Jones.
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  Speaker 2: Cam Cam had a left elbow hyper extension during the game,
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  Speaker 2: evaluated on the sideline, went back in. He'll be fine, No,
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  Speaker 2: you know, just regular treatment with him. You know this
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  Speaker 2: week Walker is actually having an MRI as we speak,
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  Speaker 2: so I'll have more information for you.
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  Speaker 3: Later.
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  Speaker 2: And then Zay has a twelve thirty MRI, so we'll
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  Speaker 2: know more on those two later this afternoon.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, And I think yesterday you mentioned that you think
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  Speaker 1: that you're going to be playing two games annually in London.
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  Speaker 1: Can you expand on that? Is that something that you know,
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  Speaker 1: you guys have discussed it as an organization, and I'm
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  Speaker 1: assuming that would be one as a home and one
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  Speaker 1: as a visitor, right.
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  Speaker 2: I was just asked as a question that is not
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  Speaker 2: confirmed one way or the other. It was just asked
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  Speaker 2: if I would consider, you know, playing two games back
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  Speaker 2: to back in London. We did have a great experience
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  Speaker 2: over there. I would recommend it for all thirty one
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  Speaker 2: teams to have the pleasure of spending two weeks in London.
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  Speaker 2: But at this point there are no, you know, no
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  Speaker 2: confirmation on us us doing this you know anytime soon.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, one more, what is your concern level with the
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  Speaker 1: fatigue and all that stuff going into this game against
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  Speaker 1: the Colts And are you guys doing anything special or
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  Speaker 1: extra to kind of help them combat that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, the fatigue aspect is real. You know, it takes
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  Speaker 2: a couple of days to get back on you know,
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  Speaker 2: you know the Eastern Standard time from a time you know,
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  Speaker 2: a five hour time zone that's actually five hours ahead,
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  Speaker 2: so you know, it does take a couple of days.
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  Speaker 2: I'm gonna be very mindful of that this week, making
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  Speaker 2: sure the guys get plenty of rest during the week,
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  Speaker 2: but at the same time getting getting our work done, uh,
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  Speaker 2: so that we can prepare for you know, for Indy
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  Speaker 2: on Sunday. But look, it's a it's a give and
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  Speaker 2: take this week. You know, the players have to understand that,
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  Speaker 2: and we still have to get our work in. Thank you,
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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  Speaker 4: All right, let's go to Jamal and then just a
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  Speaker 4: reminder to put your hand up if you have a question.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, coach, you talked about some of the other injuries.
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  Speaker 3: Can you give us an update on how smoot did
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  Speaker 3: last week?
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  Speaker 4: Too.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Smooth did really well in practice. He looked good,
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  Speaker 2: he gave I think he got a couple of reps
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  Speaker 2: with the defense, but more importantly, he got a lot
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  Speaker 2: of reps on the look team. Uh, so he was
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  Speaker 2: he was able to prepare. Anton, you know, last week
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  Speaker 2: did a nice job. So you know, we'll see where
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  Speaker 2: he's at. And you know, still in that twenty one
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  Speaker 2: day window obviously, but he's he's doing he's doing extremely well.
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  Speaker 3: And last time you saw the Colts, you went against
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  Speaker 3: Anthony Richardson. This time, a little bit of question mark
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  Speaker 3: on what quarterback you'll be seeing on Sunday. How does
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  Speaker 3: that kind of change how you prepare when you got
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  Speaker 3: to get ready for two guys.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe, yeah, I think I think the all indications, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I was leaning toward you know, Gardner playing in this week,
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  Speaker 2: and and obviously you know the two different style of quarterbacks, right,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Anthony is a big, physical, strong, He's a runner,
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  Speaker 2: very powerful, can throw the ball very well. You know Gardner.
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  Speaker 2: Gardner is going to probably he's still going to be athletics,
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  Speaker 2: still gonna be able to move around, you know, get
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  Speaker 2: the ball out of his hand, all those types of things.
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  Speaker 2: So two different styles. We got you know, quite a
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  Speaker 2: bit of film on on Garden Minshew as well, and
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  Speaker 2: and so it's uh, our defense will be well prepared.
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  Speaker 3: And now that you've had the away trip, the ten
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  Speaker 3: days away, the two wins, coming back from London, do
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  Speaker 3: you feel like that time away I think you said
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  Speaker 3: it kind of felt like that old school training camp
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  Speaker 3: kind of vibe there. Do you feel like now that
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  Speaker 3: the team's back that the team did benefit from that,
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  Speaker 3: I guess extra bonding time.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, and look, we didn't we didn't build
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  Speaker 2: a lot of campfires and huddle around campfires during the
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  Speaker 2: two weeks or ten days, but you know the fact
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  Speaker 2: that we got to spend time in the in the
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  Speaker 2: hotel together. You know, players went to dinner together, They
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  Speaker 2: just they just hung hung around and played some golf together,
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  Speaker 2: different things like that. It's just a time where I
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  Speaker 2: think you just get to get to know someone a
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  Speaker 2: little bit more, right, And when you're in the you know,
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  Speaker 2: when you're in the heat of the battle out there
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  Speaker 2: and of course of the game, you know, you lean
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  Speaker 2: on each other that way. And we were able to
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  Speaker 2: do that for those ten days. And I think the
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  Speaker 2: guys really embraced that, and and now it's a matter
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  Speaker 2: of coming back here, you know, continuing that same uh
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  Speaker 2: sort of mindset as we as we prepare this week
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  Speaker 2: and really for the rest of uh, you know, really
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  Speaker 2: the first half of our season, you know, which is
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  Speaker 2: the next next couple of all games.
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  Speaker 4: Thanks, So all right, we'll go to Gary Smiths and
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  Speaker 4: then JP.
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  Speaker 1: Shaddick, Hey, Doug, are you doing good?
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  Speaker 2: Are you?
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  Speaker 3: Hey?
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  Speaker 4: Doug?
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  Speaker 3: Uh?
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  Speaker 5: The the response that Trevor made after the two fumbles
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  Speaker 5: and uh, when you had some scoring opportunities there. Uh,
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  Speaker 5: when you talk to him after the thing, what's your
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  Speaker 5: narrative to him when he comes off the field, and
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  Speaker 5: is this something that he's obviously much better at this
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  Speaker 5: year than perhaps last year, and putting stuff like that
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  Speaker 5: behind him?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's the that's the biggest difference I think this
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  Speaker 2: year is putting that, putting those uh, those negative type
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  Speaker 2: plays behind him and moving on. And and you know
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  Speaker 2: we were able to overcome that as a football team
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  Speaker 2: obviously and win that game. But you know, the the
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  Speaker 2: the main narrative behind is you just have to know
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  Speaker 2: where you are on the field. You know, we're inside
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  Speaker 2: of Brandon's field goal range at the time, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and and just understand that, Hey, sometimes sometimes you just
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  Speaker 2: it's okay to throw the ball away in situations like that.
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  Speaker 2: And and uh, there's a I'm in a place, you know,
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  Speaker 2: to to try to make a play. He understands that.
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  Speaker 2: He knows that and he always obviously, uh has has
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  Speaker 2: has proven that with us. And and just something to
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  Speaker 2: learn from, you know, something we can continue to coach
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  Speaker 2: and get better and ultimately we can't you know, take
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  Speaker 2: points off the board, Uh in those situations.
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  Speaker 4: Okay, thank you, you bet all right, JP, go ahead.
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  Speaker 6: Hey, Doug, So the cornerback play yesterday, Darius Williams led
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  Speaker 6: the team in tackles. Tyson Campbell had five of a
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  Speaker 6: man of tackle for loss. Of course, the interception, but
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  Speaker 6: but those guys stepping up in big moments and even
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  Speaker 6: the safety's coming down tackles for loss. Defensive backs played big.
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  Speaker 2: It felt like, Yeah, the defensive backs played extremely well.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we know Buffalo has a really good passing attack,
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  Speaker 2: and and they got some really good perimeter receivers and
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  Speaker 2: and uh and Digs and Davis and and and really
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  Speaker 2: good tight end So it was going to be a challenge,
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  Speaker 2: you know for our perimeter guys all day and and
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  Speaker 2: I thought they they really did a nice job. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it looked like they were, you know, going Darius his
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  Speaker 2: way a little bit during the game. Uh, but then
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  Speaker 2: Darius came up big, you know, with the big interception,
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  Speaker 2: kind of took it away from uh from Diggs there
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  Speaker 2: and and and really you know, overall just really held
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  Speaker 2: held it together, did a nice job tackling on the perimeter,
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  Speaker 2: getting the guys down, creating some third down scenarios where
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  Speaker 2: we ultimately were able to get off the field and
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  Speaker 2: and so yeah, and then you talked about Jenkins. You know,
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  Speaker 2: ray Sean did a nice job, whether he was blitzing
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  Speaker 2: or anticipating run, tackles for losses, things of that nature
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  Speaker 2: around the box and all things that that that Rayeon
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  Speaker 2: does extremely well. So yeah, guys, guys played well on
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  Speaker 2: the back end.
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  Speaker 4: All right, thanks, We'll go to Brent Martineau and then
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  Speaker 4: John Oser and then Jamal Sins here they dug.
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  Speaker 7: Back to Trevor. How good were some of the throws
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  Speaker 7: the touchdown to Zay the some of the throws outside
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  Speaker 7: of the end zone, some of the third down conversions
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  Speaker 7: in the second half. I mean, I know that's why
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  Speaker 7: you got the guy.
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  Speaker 1: But but I.
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  Speaker 7: Think, can can you just let us know from a
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  Speaker 7: QB point of view, how how good some of those were.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, the first one, you know, the touchdown is a
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  Speaker 2: you know, Jay's on the back side of that route combination.
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  Speaker 2: He's kind of the third sometimes even the fourth guy
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  Speaker 2: in the progression. And Trevor did an outstanding job there
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  Speaker 2: just standing standing strong in the pocket obviously, and and
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  Speaker 2: putting the ball where only Zay was going to get
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  Speaker 2: it or nobody was going to get it. And and
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  Speaker 2: then for Zaya to come down with two feet in
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  Speaker 2: the back half of the end zone there, it was
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  Speaker 2: just a spectacular catch. And and then you know some
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  Speaker 2: of the third down throws to Calvin, I mean into
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  Speaker 2: Christian just again, you know, from a quarterback's perspective, hanging
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  Speaker 2: in there against a really good pass rush, you know,
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  Speaker 2: even getting hit after he delivered the football and delivering it,
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  Speaker 2: delivering it accurately to keep us on the field. He
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  Speaker 2: made some outstanding throws, you know, with guys in his face.
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  Speaker 2: So Trevor played, uh, he played really well yesterday. He
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  Speaker 2: played tough, he played physical, he played smart to check
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  Speaker 2: you know, a route to a big third down there
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  Speaker 2: towards the end of the game, you know, to the
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  Speaker 2: completion to Calvin. So did everything that we expect Trevor
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  Speaker 2: to do and and you know we need to carry
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  Speaker 2: that over.
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  Speaker 6: All.
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  Speaker 4: Right, let's go to John Esher and then Jamal.
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  Speaker 8: Hey, Doug, not that this team hasn't had success together before,
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  Speaker 8: but what can win in a game like that, mean
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  Speaker 8: where you sort of have to make big drives at
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  Speaker 8: the end, you mentioned it was a physical game, you know,
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  Speaker 8: sort of slug fest in a way. I mean, does
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  Speaker 8: that give a team confidence going forward?
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  Speaker 2: You know, John really does. That's a really good football team.
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  Speaker 2: Buffalo has a great football team. They're playing with a
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  Speaker 2: lot of confidence obviously, and a well coached team. And
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  Speaker 2: for our guys to go out and and go toe
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  Speaker 2: to toe with them, I think number one, it just
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  Speaker 2: shows where our guys are, you know, the type of
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  Speaker 2: team that we have. It's a it's a you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's a no quit mentality, and they hung in there
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  Speaker 2: for sixty minutes and you know, it's it wasn't a
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  Speaker 2: perfect football game, by no means. There's a lot of
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  Speaker 2: areas that we can continue to improve. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think overall looking at it, it gives you. It gives
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  Speaker 2: you confidence moving forward. It gives you sort of an
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  Speaker 2: outlook at at to what you can be and who
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  Speaker 2: you can become. And it's the type of football team
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  Speaker 2: that we are right now. And and like I said,
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  Speaker 2: we got some marrias to clean up and and we'll
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  Speaker 2: do that and continue to get better.
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  Speaker 4: Thanks SA, thank you all right, less there's anymore, we'll
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  Speaker 4: finish with Jamal Hey coach.
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  Speaker 3: Third down offense, it kind of struggled early in the year.
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  Speaker 3: Yesterday was much better. Did you change anything in the
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  Speaker 3: lead up the approach? Was it just execution out there?
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  Speaker 2: No, didn't change anything. You know, we always take a
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  Speaker 2: look at their third down defenses. It's one of the
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  Speaker 2: top third down defenses you know, in the in the
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  Speaker 2: NFL right now. And obviously their past rush can get
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  Speaker 2: after you, you know. Coach McDermott not a big blitz,
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  Speaker 2: you know, a cord you know, or play caller, but
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  Speaker 2: you know he can get after you with four And
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  Speaker 2: so you know, we did a nice job holding up.
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  Speaker 2: Receivers were in the right spot. Trevor, like I said,
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  Speaker 2: made some really good throws with guys in his face
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  Speaker 2: and and then at the end of the day making
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  Speaker 2: plays and and that's really that's really what it takes
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  Speaker 2: on third down. It just takes a little more effort,
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  Speaker 2: a little more energy, a little more focused and concentration
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  Speaker 2: to be able to overcome some of those third you
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  Speaker 2: know mediums and some of even the third long scenarios
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  Speaker 2: that we had yesterday in that football game. So you know,
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  Speaker 2: we didn't change anything up, are just our execution was
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  Speaker 2: better and guys making plays.
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  Speaker 3: And Traves eytm had a couple of big runs for
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  Speaker 3: you just how impactful can you be for this team?
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  Speaker 2: He's so impactful and and really in those third down
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  Speaker 2: you know spots, just to be able to run the
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  Speaker 2: football and pick up a third down, that's that's sometimes
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  Speaker 2: for a defense that changes the way you you know,
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  Speaker 2: maybe maybe call it the next time on third down. So, uh,
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  Speaker 2: those are those are things we got to continue to
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  Speaker 2: improve obviously, But Traver, not Travor, but Travis is definitely
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  Speaker 2: someone that we can lean on in the run game
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  Speaker 2: and the past game to help us overcome some of
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  Speaker 2: those third downs. But overall, I thought Etn had an
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  Speaker 2: outstanding probably his best game of the year.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks coach, Thank you.
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  Speaker 4: All right, thank you. Coach. Looks like no more hands,
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  Speaker 4: so we appreciate your time this morning.
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  Speaker 2: All right, thank you guys,