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Press Pass | Liam Coen on Jags' Win vs. Eagles: "We're talented, but we're tough." · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Hey, Coach, battle-tested is what comes to mind for a
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  Speaker 1: game like that.
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  Speaker 2: Mental toughness is kind of what we talked about all week,
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  Speaker 2: staying the course. One second left on the clock, just
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  Speaker 2: guys competing to the end when things weren't really going
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  Speaker 2: your way, it wasn't clean, a lot of penalties, didn't
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  Speaker 2: execute in the red zone, let them off the hook
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  Speaker 2: a lot on third and long. It just was a
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  Speaker 2: weird kind of vibe game, weird. Guys stayed the course,
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  Speaker 2: made plays. I mean, we had Deham snapping again. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: it was just kind of wild. that we got put,
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  Speaker 2: you know, that we're in that position. Nobody flinched, nobody blinked,
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  Speaker 2: nobody blamed. Guys stay the course and end up, you know,
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  Speaker 2: squeaking away with a win.
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  Speaker 1: So what does it say about the team when you
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  Speaker 1: can win when you mentioned so many things don't go
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  Speaker 1: to plan, so many things go wrong, the crowd was
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  Speaker 1: against you guys. What does it say about the team
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  Speaker 1: when you can win in that environment?
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  Speaker 2: It's, I think it's kind of, it ain't pretty, but
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  Speaker 2: it's gritty. And that's what it comes down to. It's
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  Speaker 2: what this team has been. It's what this team is.
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  Speaker 2: I love that group. I have a lot of faith
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  Speaker 2: in that group. We're talented, but we're tough. And I
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  Speaker 2: really appreciate that about this team. You had a smile
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  Speaker 2: on your face at the end there, just sort of
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  Speaker 2: just standing there. What were your emotions? Yeah, unbelievable, right?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it was to have it swing that way
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  Speaker 2: where you score and then get deflated with the missed
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  Speaker 2: extra point when you finally took a lead. And it
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  Speaker 2: was a phenomenal play by Trevor and Parker. And then
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  Speaker 2: it goes, oh, gosh. I felt like that one was
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  Speaker 2: going to bite us in the butt. And then it
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  Speaker 2: comes down to biting you in the butt, and they
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  Speaker 2: kick a field goal, and essentially the game is almost over, right?
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  Speaker 2: And you're sitting there sick as a coach, right? You're
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  Speaker 2: sick because you didn't feel like you did enough to
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  Speaker 2: help your team win. And then the kickoff return happens,
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  Speaker 2: and you got one second on the clock. And before
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  Speaker 2: they iced him, it was probably D-Ham's best snap of
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  Speaker 2: the day, right? I mean, he put it right on
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  Speaker 2: the button. I'm like, oh, man, here we go, competitive greatness,
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  Speaker 2: being at your best when your best is required. Here
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  Speaker 2: we go. And then snap goes up, Logan puts it down.
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  Speaker 2: And then, you know, arguably one of the most talented
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  Speaker 2: guys in the league, you know, comes up with a
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  Speaker 2: clutch kick and a clutch moment. So, yeah, it was
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  Speaker 2: to deserve to win. You know, who knows? You got
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  Speaker 2: to go watch the tape, but proud of this group.
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  Speaker 3: Liam, who did you talk.
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  Speaker 1: To first after the kick goes through?
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  Speaker 2: And what did you say? Oh, gosh. I think I
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  Speaker 2: saw Bork, which was really weird. You know, we kind
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  Speaker 2: of just looked at each other and– I went and
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  Speaker 2: saw Nick, and it was like, man, I don't know
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  Speaker 2: who really deserved to win that game at the end,
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  Speaker 2: but somebody had to. Surprised, yeah, because of the moment,
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  Speaker 2: but surprised when you really look at it in hindsight
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  Speaker 2: and after the moment of Cam and Logan and those
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  Speaker 2: guys stepping up and Amir and the kickoff return unit.
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  Speaker 2: To me, it was a little calmer. Opening kickoff goes
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  Speaker 2: for a touch and comes back, of course. And then
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  Speaker 2: at the end of the game, those guys showed up again.
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  Speaker 2: So to be surprised, shocked, yes. Surprised, no.
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  Speaker 4: Trevor really pissed.
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  Speaker 3: In that fourth quarter there with all the penalties coming
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  Speaker 3: on the one.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, have you seen him that angry before?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I've seen him pissed before. I think he– I
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  Speaker 2: thought Trevor actually played really well, really well. Had some
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  Speaker 2: things communication-wise that we both can be better about. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it was loud, obviously. You know, I mean, that was challenging.
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  Speaker 2: especially in some of those critical third and goal to go,
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  Speaker 2: fourth and goal to go. But we need to make
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  Speaker 2: some of those plays that we had opportunities to make
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  Speaker 2: in the red zone that we didn't. So I think
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  Speaker 2: he was frustrated, but, man, I never felt him waver.
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  Speaker 2: I never felt him get nerved up or anxious. He
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  Speaker 2: was frustrated, but he kept coming off the sideline like,
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  Speaker 2: we're just shooting ourselves in the foot. Like, I mean, statistically–
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  Speaker 2: when you felt the flow of it, never felt like
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  Speaker 2: it wasn't like we couldn't get going. We were getting going.
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  Speaker 2: It was like positive, negative, positive, negative. And so as
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  Speaker 2: frustrating as it is, it still leaves you hope because
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  Speaker 2: you're moving the ball. It just wasn't really pretty.
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  Speaker 4: Coach, both sides of the ball have played really well.
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  Speaker 3: Who's that?
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  Speaker 4: I'm sorry. Both sides of the ball have played really
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  Speaker 4: well throughout the season so far. You've come up against
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  Speaker 4: adversity today. Do you think sometimes that is needed for
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  Speaker 4: a team? Just remind them, hey, you know, this isn't easy,
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  Speaker 4: this journey. This is a long season. And you're going
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  Speaker 4: to come up against teams that are really going to
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  Speaker 4: try punching the man.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, look, guys, that team won a Super
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  Speaker 2: Bowl a couple years ago, right? That team's pretty darn
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  Speaker 2: good in their own right. They were a playoff team
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  Speaker 2: last year. Yeah, they had some guys out, but I
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  Speaker 2: knew Nick would get that team ready to go. They
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  Speaker 2: kind of thrive in that. They're okay living in adversity
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  Speaker 2: and in challenge. And they're massive, right? Like, that's a
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  Speaker 2: massive team on both fronts. To hold them to 22
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  Speaker 2: yards rushing. is pretty impressive regardless of who's carrying the football.
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  Speaker 2: And just, yeah, last week we got tested a little
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  Speaker 2: bit as well and came out of it on top,
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  Speaker 2: which you feel good about, and then again this week.
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  Speaker 2: And so, yeah, do you want to make it easier? Absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: We all do. But at the end of the day,
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  Speaker 2: being 4-1 is 4-1. What day of the week does
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  Speaker 2: Don Hamilton usually practice snapping, and how well did Logan do.
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  Speaker 3: To grab those?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, he gets like a few snaps a
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  Speaker 2: week maybe. you know, and it's not really in a
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  Speaker 2: live setting very often. It's typically we go out and
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  Speaker 2: it's on a walkthrough. He gets a couple snaps with
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  Speaker 2: those guys as an emergency. We talked about Jelani as
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  Speaker 2: well as a potential option, but DeHamp's done it in
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  Speaker 2: games for us. We trusted him to do it. And so, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's not like a ton of live reps by any means.
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  Speaker 2: It's mostly in a walkthrough setting where there's a defense,
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  Speaker 2: you know, on the other side, but without a true
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  Speaker 2: live rush all the time. So Yeah, and I don't
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  Speaker 2: know if Logan handles that many snaps like that throughout
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  Speaker 2: the course of a week. I think those guys do
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  Speaker 2: a nice job at mixing it up in practice and
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  Speaker 2: being able to give them some of that kind of,
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  Speaker 2: you know, hot potato drill, if you will. So, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: Logan's one of the best athletes on our team in
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  Speaker 2: terms of hand-eye coordination. You know, he's one of the
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  Speaker 2: better golfers, right? He can throw it. He's just such
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  Speaker 2: a good hand-eye coordinated athlete that he was huge today.
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  Speaker 2: He was massive. That's right. Seriously, I mean, he didn't
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  Speaker 2: have to truly leave earth every time to get those.
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  Speaker 2: He was able to sort of keep his, you know,
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  Speaker 2: his position while maybe getting his one knee off and
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  Speaker 2: then still be able to be in a position. And
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  Speaker 2: his arms are long as well. So, yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: kind of crazy.
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  Speaker 1: Coach, you mentioned his name earlier. I mean, Amir Abdullah,
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  Speaker 1: veteran running back and receiver, who I believe hadn't touched
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  Speaker 1: the ball all game. What does that say about having
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  Speaker 1: the mental fortitude to be ready when your name is called?
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  Speaker 2: That's that dude, man. That is that dude. That guy
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  Speaker 2: is one of the first in the building every single day,
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  Speaker 2: him and Parker. Amir, to get in our building this spring,
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  Speaker 2: Amir had four or five votes to be a captain.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he made such an impression on this team
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  Speaker 2: right away, right from the beginning. He takes care of
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  Speaker 2: his body. He takes care of his mind. He prepares
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  Speaker 2: to be a starter. He's been one of the best teammates.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he's just such a great human being. And
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  Speaker 2: a guy that I cannot say enough about has gone
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  Speaker 2: through so much in this last six months, actually. And
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  Speaker 2: I pray for him. I love him to death. I'm
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  Speaker 2: so happy that he's a Jaguar. And I'm very proud
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  Speaker 2: of him today.
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  Speaker 4: Did the first one sort of show his ability post-catch?
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  Speaker 4: That was wild.
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  Speaker 2: That was wild, yeah. I mean, that felt kind of
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  Speaker 2: too easy. He was rolling. I mean, he was rolling.
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  Speaker 2: It was a fast track, fast surface out there. Great atmosphere, obviously,
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  Speaker 2: but it does. It shows that he's a threat to
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  Speaker 2: do something with it every time he touches the ball,
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  Speaker 2: and he made some critical plays and critical moments for us.
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  Speaker 2: So I was very proud of Parker today.
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  Speaker 3: Coach, thank you.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to have Trevor, Parker, Foye, Cam, and Deham.
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  Speaker 3: Coach, you mentioned the stop-start nature of the game in
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  Speaker 3: the fourth quarter and third quarter as well. How did
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  Speaker 3: it feel when that final play did go off? Like,
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  Speaker 3: that return, it felt like there could be a flag
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  Speaker 3: at any moment. There could be something going wrong at
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  Speaker 3: any moment. That was the nature of the game.
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  Speaker 2: It was. I mean, 20 penalties, you know, between the
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  Speaker 2: two teams, you know, felt like it was definitely stop
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  Speaker 2: and go, challenging to overcome, especially when you'd get a pot. Like,
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  Speaker 2: it felt every time we went positive in the run game,
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  Speaker 2: we'd get an 8- to 10-yard run, and then we
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  Speaker 2: were back negative. We'd get a completion, we were back negative. So,
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  Speaker 2: got to go watch the tape and clean up what
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  Speaker 2: we can control because that's all we can do, right?
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  Speaker 2: The fundamentals, technique, execution. We had some injuries. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: just didn't, it wasn't a great flow. It wasn't, but
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  Speaker 2: you know, the guys stayed the course and it was,
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  Speaker 2: it was nice to feel a flow at the end
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  Speaker 2: and it kind of organically happened.