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Press Pass | Doug Pederson: "The Fact That They Gutted it Out..." · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: The lift that Trevor gave by gutting it out, you know,
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  Speaker 1: scrambles of twenty two and twenty six yards and then
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  Speaker 1: put the game on the line delivering the curtain.
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  Speaker 2: Number one.
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  Speaker 3: The biggest stat that matters to me is the scoreboard, right,
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  Speaker 3: the fact that we won the game. Now, with that
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  Speaker 3: being said, I mentioned to the team that, you know,
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  Speaker 3: we had some guys that were banged up, you know,
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  Speaker 3: going into this game, and that you know, each man
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  Speaker 3: had to had to step in that gap, right, everybody
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  Speaker 3: had to lift each other up.
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  Speaker 2: And I credit our offensive line.
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  Speaker 3: Other than the scrambles where he got tackled, I think
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  Speaker 3: I think he stayed pretty clean in the pocket for
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  Speaker 3: for the whole day. You know, his performance gutting it
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  Speaker 3: out like he did, Brandon Shurf, gutting it out like
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  Speaker 3: he did so many guys you know, on a short
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  Speaker 3: week battle an injury. Uh, to sacrifice that for the
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  Speaker 3: foot ball team, you know, says a lot about the
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  Speaker 3: character of these guys. And and I'm so proud of
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  Speaker 3: them for for doing that. And Trevor is obviously one
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  Speaker 3: of those guys, and and you know, kind of everything
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  Speaker 3: else goes away. You know, the fact that they gutted
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  Speaker 3: it out, made the plays down the stretch when we
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  Speaker 3: needed to, you know, Buster Brown in the end zone,
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  Speaker 3: you know, on fourth down, you know Jamal's punt return,
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  Speaker 3: did a great job of anticipating that, you know, a
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  Speaker 3: fake punt, you know, Christian and you know his touchdown
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  Speaker 3: there at the end. There were a lot of individual
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  Speaker 3: efforts that you know, we're we're good to see, you know,
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  Speaker 3: from from guys and and just a lot of credit,
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  Speaker 3: a lot of credit to those guys in the locker room.
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  Speaker 1: Buster Brown, you mentioned, he's really stepped up to only
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  Speaker 1: have won defensive snap through the first six weeks, in
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  Speaker 1: all five weeks, and all of a sudden he's in
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  Speaker 1: this spot. What do you think tonight?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I thought he you know, I thought he did
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  Speaker 3: some good things. You know, he's a young player, second
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  Speaker 3: year player for us. You know, we were missing Tyson Campbell.
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  Speaker 3: So it's next man up, you know, and Buster is
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  Speaker 3: the next man and and he's worked, he's.
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  Speaker 2: Worked hard to put himself in his position.
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  Speaker 3: He works hard in practice and and you know, uh
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  Speaker 3: it's not always going to be you know, perfect or
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  Speaker 3: pretty or all of that, but you know what he
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  Speaker 3: he made plays when when, when he needed to and
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  Speaker 3: and and that's the most important thing.
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  Speaker 2: And so really proud of the way he played.
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  Speaker 4: Today last night, I.
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  Speaker 3: Wouldn't say one hundred percent, you know, it's it's not
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  Speaker 3: my decision to make, you know, it's Trevor's and how
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  Speaker 3: he feels and and uh, you know, he was feeling
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  Speaker 3: good last night. He was feeling good today during the workout.
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  Speaker 3: So you know, I I trust my players and and
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  Speaker 3: you know I trust.
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  Speaker 2: That Uh you know, I'm gonna do what's right.
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  Speaker 3: But at the same time, if the player in this case, Trevor,
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  Speaker 3: feels like he can go, then I've got to trust that.
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  Speaker 4: Doug, I know you probably didn't know what to expect
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  Speaker 4: him in terms of his mobility, But for him to
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  Speaker 4: four days ago his spring is knee wearing knee brace
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  Speaker 4: for the first time and tonight established a career high
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  Speaker 4: in rushing yards and lead the team in rushing seems preposterous.
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  Speaker 4: What does it stay about that guy?
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  Speaker 3: It just it just again shows the type of person
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  Speaker 3: he is and and the the the unselfishness that he
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  Speaker 3: has and and you know I saw it last year.
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  Speaker 2: When he got injured.
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  Speaker 3: You know, he got injured in the Detroit game, and
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  Speaker 3: he battled with injury throughout the course the rest of
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  Speaker 3: the you know, through the rest of the year, and
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  Speaker 3: and gutted that out.
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  Speaker 2: This is different. This is a short week and on Monday,
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  Speaker 2: I would have told you that.
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  Speaker 3: He was not playing in this football game on Monday,
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  Speaker 3: but that's not who Trevor is. And and uh, again,
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  Speaker 3: proud of his effort, you know, the ability to you know,
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  Speaker 3: escape the pocket and run.
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  Speaker 2: Fortunately they were straight ahead runs, he didn't have to
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  Speaker 2: cut too much.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, a lot of a lot of gutsy performances
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  Speaker 3: out there, and and his is his is probably the
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  Speaker 3: number one.
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  Speaker 5: The resilience this team has. Can you just talk about
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  Speaker 5: that and and what it took to sort of you know,
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  Speaker 5: at the end there come back and the first score
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  Speaker 5: touch out away.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, listen, this is a this is a good
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  Speaker 3: football team that we played tonight. And they're well coached,
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  Speaker 3: as disciplined group, and they're aggressive on defense, and they
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  Speaker 3: got every every weapon on offense, and and it you know,
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  Speaker 3: we talked about it this week.
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  Speaker 2: It's a sixty minute football game and that's what you
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  Speaker 2: gotta do.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, guys owned their jobs and knew, knew
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  Speaker 3: their role, and that's what I that's all I asked
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  Speaker 3: them to do. And they did that. Don't do anymore,
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  Speaker 3: you know, or any less. And and I challenged.
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  Speaker 2: Them to be great.
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  Speaker 3: You know, they don't have to be perfect, just just
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  Speaker 3: be great, have great passion, have great energy.
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  Speaker 2: And and they did that today.
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  Speaker 4: How do you think this sets you up going forward?
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  Speaker 4: Now you have ten days to get ready for for Pittsburgh.
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  Speaker 4: You played well on the road to this point, and
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  Speaker 4: then you have to five week after that.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, you know, we've got to take advantage
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  Speaker 3: of the next three days. Players have got to get
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  Speaker 3: got to a healthy live in the training room and
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  Speaker 3: all of that. But at the same time, I want
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  Speaker 3: them to, you know, kind of take this mini break,
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  Speaker 3: mini buy. And you know coaches do the same thing,
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  Speaker 3: kind of get away, clear their heads, get one more,
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  Speaker 3: you know, one more you know, road road game coming up,
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  Speaker 3: and then and then give them, you know, give them
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  Speaker 3: a little more more of a break.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, we just.
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  Speaker 3: Gotta be smart with the next couple of days, you know,
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  Speaker 3: anticipating getting some guys back next week, you know that
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  Speaker 3: have been missing and uh, you know, but we'll do
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  Speaker 3: we'll do the right thing and look forward to that.
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  Speaker 1: A couple of good offensive drives early and then I
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  Speaker 1: really lengthy role for the offense. Uh what are you
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  Speaker 1: attribute to.
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  Speaker 2: The switch there? Just good defense.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you know, we didn't execute very well, but
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  Speaker 3: they played they played better defense. They were you know,
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  Speaker 3: uh stunting a little bit more up front, taking away
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  Speaker 3: some of the inside zones and and you know, just
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  Speaker 3: they just did a nice job on defense. And and
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  Speaker 3: we got to look at this film and and uh,
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  Speaker 3: you know, make make those adjustments, make those corrections as
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  Speaker 3: we go forward.
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  Speaker 4: Last two weeks, you've gotten a touchdown drive very first
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  Speaker 4: series of the game, after not getting at all the
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  Speaker 4: first five weeks. What what's changed?
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  Speaker 1: And I mean, yeah, I know you talk about about
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  Speaker 1: having a sense of urgency all the time, but.
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  Speaker 3: I just think, yeah, I just think the guys are
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  Speaker 3: really you know, I think they're they're gelling together, coming
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  Speaker 3: together as an offense. You know, you know, we were
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  Speaker 3: able to run the football, you know, successfully and in
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  Speaker 3: a couple of those drives there, and and uh, you know,
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  Speaker 3: Trevor was pretty accurate with his throws. Guys, you know,
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  Speaker 3: making plays on on some third downs. And and just
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  Speaker 3: you know, it just comes down to execution, you know,
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  Speaker 3: and and the last couple of weeks we've been able
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  Speaker 3: to do that. And you know, obviously the end res
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  Speaker 3: old is is points how much did your defense? Defenses
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  Speaker 3: defense has been been playing outstanding all season long, and
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  Speaker 3: they played great against Night you know, and and you know,
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  Speaker 3: it's yeah, it's rare that you're you know, on the
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  Speaker 3: negative side of the turnover margin and and still win
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  Speaker 3: the football game. But you know, to hold them to
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  Speaker 3: field goals early, and and that was big. You know,
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  Speaker 3: the guys came ready to play. Mike had a great
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  Speaker 3: plan for them, and and they executed that plan, you know,
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  Speaker 3: pretty well.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, my hat's off to the defense that.
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  Speaker 5: Was Was that a function of you know, what tried
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  Speaker 5: to be under center at that point or just how
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  Speaker 5: the game was both played.
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  Speaker 3: We just got beat, just got beat. Credit them. No,
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  Speaker 3: it was confirmed. It was confirmed. It was confirmed upstairs,
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  Speaker 3: So there was no thought, thank you,