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  Speaker 1: And driver.
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  Speaker 2: He's still in the protocol.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, going over what what do you guys like about him?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, just opportunity, you know, he uh, he's he's been
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  Speaker 2: in the league. He's been on some good teams. You know, Uh,
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  Speaker 2: somebody that can you know, with Trevor obviously not practice
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  Speaker 2: of being in the protocol right now, having the third
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  Speaker 2: guy here, especially on developmental practice squad to help kind
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  Speaker 2: of give a look to the defense and and and
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  Speaker 2: for us too to put put our eyes on him
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  Speaker 2: and then and see what, you know, see what he
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  Speaker 2: can do.
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  Speaker 3: What's your reaction suspension, al Shay, you got the three
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  Speaker 3: games suspension.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's obviously probably not my place to you know,
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  Speaker 2: speak necessarily on on the punishment. I think that that's
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  Speaker 2: the league, you know, the league issue on that. And
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  Speaker 2: and you know, as far as you know, as ease
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  Speaker 2: goes and everything, I know, you know, good player, and
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  Speaker 2: I think you know, just to play that that it
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  Speaker 2: somehow we need to try to get get the play
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  Speaker 2: out of the game if possible. You know, obviously I
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  Speaker 2: stand behind our guys for the reaction. I mean, I
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  Speaker 2: think it's a natural, it's a natural reaction I think
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  Speaker 2: for all of us that have watched sporting events over
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  Speaker 2: our lifetimes, things like this happen, the team is going
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  Speaker 2: to respond, you know, and and so for our guys
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  Speaker 2: to to respond to Trevor in that way and the hit,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, I support them and and and all
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  Speaker 2: of that. But at the same time, listen, I say
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  Speaker 2: that to say this that we we've we've got to
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  Speaker 2: we've got to somehow eliminate these plays. These are these
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  Speaker 2: are plays that you know, can change outcome of games.
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  Speaker 2: And I'll say this, both teams were very professional in
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  Speaker 2: the second half. You know, it was a clean football
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  Speaker 2: game in the second half. It was still a hard,
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  Speaker 2: physical football game in the second half. So that's a
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  Speaker 2: credit to both teams, you know as well. But I
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  Speaker 2: think it would be something that's looked at. I know
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  Speaker 2: there's a lot of it's it's offensive guys versus defensive guys.
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  Speaker 2: When it comes to the QB sliding and getting out
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  Speaker 2: of bounds and things of that nature. They've they've even
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  Speaker 2: modified the rule for sideline you know, hits and things
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  Speaker 2: like that. And you know, we we coach our quarterbacks
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  Speaker 2: to protect themselves, you know, get down when they can,
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  Speaker 2: and and you know that was obviously a second down
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  Speaker 2: play and and and you know ended up ended up
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  Speaker 2: being a third and inches play. But you know, we
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  Speaker 2: just continue to coach our guys and and you know,
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  Speaker 2: show them ways to protect themselves and and uh and
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  Speaker 2: go from there. But uh, you know, as far as
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  Speaker 2: the punishment and all that, I mean, I'd leave that
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  Speaker 2: into the league's hands.
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  Speaker 3: Demiko said, you guys overreacted on the sideline.
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  Speaker 2: I was a little surprised. And look, I've got a
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  Speaker 2: ton of respect for Tomika. He he's a former player.
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  Speaker 2: I'm a former player. Motions run high. I I al
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  Speaker 2: would say that if it happened, you know, to to
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  Speaker 2: their quarterback, I think the reaction would have been the same.
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  Speaker 2: Quite frankly, I mean so, but but again, I look,
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  Speaker 2: it's this, this was three days ago, and and we're
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  Speaker 2: on to you know, we're on to Tennessee obviously, and
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  Speaker 2: focused on that. But I I do think that the
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  Speaker 2: reaction is a is a natural thing for any player,
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  Speaker 2: any team too, to feel what's are a.
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  Speaker 4: Growth of you think from Will Levis over the course
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  Speaker 4: of maybe from last year when you guys played to now.
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  Speaker 2: I think I think the biggest for him young quarterback
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  Speaker 2: is the fact that he's playing, you know, and and
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  Speaker 2: getting the bulk of the getting the bulk of the reps,
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  Speaker 2: and and just he's got a he's got a really
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  Speaker 2: good arm. He's athletic, you know, and and you know,
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  Speaker 2: you go back and just watch obviously the three games
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  Speaker 2: they won, but there's a lot of games that you know,
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  Speaker 2: he's had that team in position to win much like
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  Speaker 2: us and and you know, so very similar situation, but
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  Speaker 2: continues to improve. I think he's a great leader on
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  Speaker 2: that team. You see that, and uh, you know somebody
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  Speaker 2: that two can you know he can he can throw
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  Speaker 2: the ball, you know, down the field and gotta get
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  Speaker 2: arm strength, so you know something you gotta you gotta
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  Speaker 2: be special aware of going back to I know.
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  Speaker 3: You don't want to go back and see the fight
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  Speaker 3: land Clark set after Gamon. We don't issue warnings, but
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  Speaker 3: you set after the game that did. You guys were warned.
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  Speaker 2: We were. The officials told us that there was a
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  Speaker 2: no tolerance. You know, I don't necessarily know the transcript there,
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  Speaker 2: you know what he was mentioning, but both sides were
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  Speaker 2: It was basically like, listen, guys, we gotta we gotta
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  Speaker 2: keep our heads in the second half, and both sides did.
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  Speaker 1: A couple of.
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  Speaker 3: Former players Jags have said, did anything. You guys responded
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  Speaker 3: enough after halftime.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know what that means. We're not listen. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: this is not it's a it's a hard, physical, tough
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  Speaker 2: game to play. Okay, you've got to be a tough,
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  Speaker 2: physical individual to play the sport. I don't care what
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  Speaker 2: position and to play football. We're not out to hurt anybody.
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  Speaker 2: We're not out to ruined careers. We're out to win
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  Speaker 2: a football game and play hard within the rules. That's
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  Speaker 2: our that's our job, and that's what that's how we
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  Speaker 2: coach it, and that's how we play it. You know.
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  Speaker 2: Do we take it to the line. Yeah, yeah, we
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  Speaker 2: take it to the line. But more often than not,
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  Speaker 2: these games come down to just a couple of plays
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  Speaker 2: and and you know, it was just again it was
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  Speaker 2: the case on Sunday. You know, we didn't make enough
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  Speaker 2: plays to to really help our team win. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: we're not again, we're not if if if if they're
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  Speaker 2: if they're asking or suggesting that we go after something,
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  Speaker 2: we're not doing that flat out. We are not doing
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  Speaker 2: It's not how I coach. It's not how I'm gonna
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  Speaker 2: coach these teams, these players. We're just gonna go out
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  Speaker 2: and do our jobs. Play hard, play fast, play physical,
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  Speaker 2: within the rules.
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  Speaker 4: Mat Jones obviously had his best football the season in
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  Speaker 4: the fourth quarter. I mean, do you is he on
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  Speaker 4: an upswing? Did you see some things that lead you
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  Speaker 4: to believe that if you've got to play with him,
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  Speaker 4: you know, this week and into the future, that that
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  Speaker 4: he's getting better?
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  Speaker 2: Yes? Yeah, No, I thought I saw a lot of improvement,
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  Speaker 2: you know, somebody that that really came in. And I
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  Speaker 2: think he has learned from the two previous starts that he
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  Speaker 2: had and and really just ran ran the offense, ran
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  Speaker 2: it like it's like he knows how to run it,
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  Speaker 2: what it looks like to him. And and I think
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  Speaker 2: that's something we can build on, you know, this week
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  Speaker 2: if if he you know, if it looks like with
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  Speaker 2: Trevor being in the protocol that's going that route. But
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  Speaker 2: you know, if if he does play, then then there's
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  Speaker 2: a trend in the right direction. And we just want
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  Speaker 2: Mac to be Mac right, Uh, don't don't have to
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  Speaker 2: do anything special, right, just make the plays that come
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  Speaker 2: to him, you know, And deliver the football where it
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  Speaker 2: needs to go, you know, put us in the right
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  Speaker 2: run if we need to change protection. All that stuff
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  Speaker 2: he's capable of doing. And I thought he did a
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  Speaker 2: nice job of that Sunday. You know, we had the
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  Speaker 2: two drive there for touchdowns and two point conversion obviously,
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  Speaker 2: and he sees the field extremely well, great communication on
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  Speaker 2: the sideline and all things that have shown us that
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  Speaker 2: he's very capable, you know, to lead this team. How
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  Speaker 2: good is this Titans d line across the board? It's
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  Speaker 2: one of the best all year quite frankly, They're big,
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  Speaker 2: they're powerful. The two tackles, you know, Jeffrey Simmons is
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  Speaker 2: one of the best tackles you know in the NFL.
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  Speaker 2: UH sweats another one that's it's a rookie, but he's
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  Speaker 2: he's learned, he's a he's a he's a load. And
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  Speaker 2: we know Arden. Arden is a very athletic and speed
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  Speaker 2: rusher and and plays with a lot of energy. But this, uh,
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  Speaker 2: this front is is gonna be one of the better
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  Speaker 2: ones we've seen, even with injuries back and it feels
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  Speaker 2: like their past defense has consistently been the top five
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  Speaker 2: all season long.
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  Speaker 1: Why is that?
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think it's a it's a it's a
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  Speaker 2: zone scheme, you know, a lot of until you get
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  Speaker 2: to third down. They'll mix some man coverages on third
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  Speaker 2: but really all eyes on the quarterback, all eyes on
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  Speaker 2: the football, you know. And they they do a great
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  Speaker 2: job of just kind of being where they need to be.
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  Speaker 2: And and but again it starts up front. They're very
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  Speaker 2: disruptive upfront, you know. Landry's another one. They can get
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  Speaker 2: after the passer. They can they can play with five down,
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  Speaker 2: they can play with four down. Uh, mix their fronts pressures,
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  Speaker 2: timely pressures, and it just disrupts the timing of the
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  Speaker 2: of the quarterback receiver. And that's what they do well.
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  Speaker 1: Hunter and a long snapper. The other guys.
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  Speaker 2: Brosses health for this week, both are on the injury
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  Speaker 2: report obviously, you know. Uh, both guys you know, won't
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  Speaker 2: practice today. So we just need to get the We
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  Speaker 2: just need to get the reps from that position, you know.
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  Speaker 2: So so these two guys, we brought them in and
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  Speaker 2: and you know, to feel feel that need. You said
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  Speaker 2: maybe about punishment on Monday, did you make a final
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  Speaker 2: decision on whether or not you and I I won't
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  Speaker 2: I won't do anything with it.
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  Speaker 1: Any concern on your part these last five weeks about
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  Speaker 1: the players being able to stay motivated with no postseason
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  Speaker 1: carrot available.
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  Speaker 2: And uh, even though you.
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  Speaker 1: Do have you know, still have three games left against
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  Speaker 1: division falls.
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  Speaker 2: No, I don't, because that's a that's up to me.
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  Speaker 2: That's up to me to make sure that these guys
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  Speaker 2: don't you know, throw in a towel, wipe the way
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  Speaker 2: you know, wave the white flag. You know. So that's
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  Speaker 2: that's that's on me to make sure that that doesn't happen.
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  Speaker 2: And and I won't let that happen. Uh. And and two,
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  Speaker 2: I you know, we got great leadership, you know in
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  Speaker 2: that locker room. And I and and I'll lean on
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  Speaker 2: those guys to to help me in that are able
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  Speaker 2: to specify logan and ross those injuries or they day
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  Speaker 2: to day we tweak their lower body And what help me?
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  Speaker 4: What'd you get from Mason Smith? And is there any
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  Speaker 4: chance that you'd have Mason Smith and Jordan Jefferson on
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  Speaker 4: the field together over the last couple.
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  Speaker 2: Of weeks if that's a possibility. You know, Mason, Mason
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  Speaker 2: really showed you know, uh, some good athleticism, good strength.
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  Speaker 2: I'll tell you what it's it's uh, it's tough playing
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  Speaker 2: d tackle in the NFL. You get double teamed a ton,
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  Speaker 2: you get reached a little bit. I mean, but he
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  Speaker 2: he played and and and did some good things, and
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  Speaker 2: he's gonna continue to get better, you know, as as
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  Speaker 2: not only this season goes on, but but into the future.
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  Speaker 2: And is there a possibility those two play together at
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  Speaker 2: some point? You know, I think I think that's I
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  Speaker 2: think that's real and and and something that uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we we'd probably want to see here, you know, in
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  Speaker 2: the next couple of weeks.