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  Speaker 1: Twisted out on the third down conversions when he went
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  Speaker 1: back and looked in the passage you were able to
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  Speaker 1: hit to Dambie and bread Thick guys like that, and
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  Speaker 1: just new overall operationals. Yeah, I thought, you know, third
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  Speaker 1: down was good for us, you know, besides some of
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  Speaker 1: the longer yarded situations we were in, and I thought
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  Speaker 1: we did a nice job converting, and we left a
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  Speaker 1: couple out there too, So really I thought we did
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  Speaker 1: a nice job. Guys were you know, ran good routes,
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  Speaker 1: were in the right spot in zones on time, and
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  Speaker 1: I felt like we were you know, synced up and
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  Speaker 1: well timed up on a lot of those routes in
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  Speaker 1: this place. So felt good, had some good conversions and
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  Speaker 1: like I said, can definitely improve still though, which is
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  Speaker 1: a good thing.
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  Speaker 2: If you felt like now that you guys all have
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  Speaker 2: a game together that so far early in the week
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  Speaker 2: had spent.
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  Speaker 3: Teal a difference.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's always even just from the schedule standpoint, right,
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  Speaker 1: Like everyone does things a little bit different. So getting
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  Speaker 1: our first game week under our belt last week, and
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  Speaker 1: we're a little familiar, a little more familiar with the layout,
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  Speaker 1: the schedule, you know, kind of what day and day
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  Speaker 1: out looks like and the preparation process with this staff
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  Speaker 1: and you know, with us players and how we're gonna
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  Speaker 1: do things, it feels a little more comfortable, you know.
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  Speaker 1: So obviously today was it's always first day of the week.
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  Speaker 1: You got your install in and your playing and you're
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  Speaker 1: you're ironing some things out, and there's some things that
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  Speaker 1: you got to look at and make corrections, and there's
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  Speaker 1: always some of that. But I thought the guys flew
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  Speaker 1: around and did some things well today.
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  Speaker 3: TV Trevor, you I'm sorry. Yeah, one of the Bengals
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  Speaker 3: defense shown last week.
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  Speaker 1: They did a nice job obviously getting there, getting their
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  Speaker 1: hands on some some passes, some turn getting some turnovers.
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  Speaker 1: Those were big and the right spot at the right time,
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  Speaker 1: guys making plays kind of changed the game obviously. You know,
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  Speaker 1: with Hendrickson, just always have to know where he's at,
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  Speaker 1: and he's a great player, has proven himself in this
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  Speaker 1: league time and time again, so give him his respect.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously with with our preparation and just knowing where he's at.
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  Speaker 1: He's a really good player and you know, have to
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  Speaker 1: take care of him. So that's obviously something there, and
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  Speaker 1: just the defense was flying around. I think, made a
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  Speaker 1: lot of plays, did a nice job in the run game,
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  Speaker 1: you know, really, like I said, creating turnovers in the
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  Speaker 1: back end, that's the name of the game, and they
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  Speaker 1: created a couple of them. So it's good defense that's
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  Speaker 1: flying around. A few of the guys that have been
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  Speaker 1: there for a while, a bunch of the leaders on
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  Speaker 1: that defense.
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  Speaker 2: They're running a different scheme than they did in years past.
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  Speaker 2: Do you go look at I don't know what Notre
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  Speaker 2: Dame tape because Al Golden was there. Do you just
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  Speaker 2: look at last week? We look at the preseason. How
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  Speaker 2: do you prep for a new version of the Bengals
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  Speaker 2: where there's not a whole lot of sample size.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's always a challenge, you know, new coordinator, beginning
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  Speaker 1: of the season. Both of those things present some challenges
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  Speaker 1: on just how much have you really seen? You know,
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  Speaker 1: as far as NFL tape of this defense, not a ton,
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, you have the preseason, you got last week,
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  Speaker 1: you got.
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  Speaker 3: Some stuff they didn't Notre Dame.
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  Speaker 1: So you kind of you look at all of it
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  Speaker 1: and take it for what it is and try to,
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  Speaker 1: I guess, put together all the things that they've done
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  Speaker 1: and what's the common themes what do they like to do.
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  Speaker 1: Every defense and every offense has a identity of you know,
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  Speaker 1: what they want to do, who they are, what coverages
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  Speaker 1: they want to run, what pressures do they want to bring,
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  Speaker 1: and they can always do different things different each week
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  Speaker 1: and have a different plan. That's what everyone does. You know,
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  Speaker 1: you have some wrinkles and we'll adjust to those, but
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  Speaker 1: you know you can kind of tell structure and identity
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  Speaker 1: who they want to be.
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  Speaker 2: You still get surprised at all when you can get
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  Speaker 2: move like Monday would taste traded away.
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  Speaker 3: And part two.
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  Speaker 2: Of that is how much have the young guys earned
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  Speaker 2: confidence from the staff and you I'm.
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  Speaker 3: In this offseason.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, things like that are that's the hardest
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  Speaker 1: part of this business, this sport, seeing guys get moved
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  Speaker 1: and you know, I'm gonna miss Tank.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously been with him for a few years. He's done
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  Speaker 3: a nice job.
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  Speaker 1: He's given a lot to this organization and thankful for
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  Speaker 1: what he's done. So yeah, I mean, that's a friend
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  Speaker 1: of mine. But you look at the guys that we
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  Speaker 1: have and what they've done, and they've definitely earned the opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: Not to say that that Tank didn't either, but they
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  Speaker 1: earned the opportunity. They've been playing really well. Travis, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: you know, did a really great job. Sunday was proud
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  Speaker 1: of just the way you played. It was awesome to see.
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  Speaker 1: And then the young guys have earned opportunities, and you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's hard to when you have four like that, it's
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  Speaker 1: just hard to get everyone touches and to make it
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  Speaker 1: make sense. So you know, I understand kind of what
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  Speaker 1: we're doing with the young guys, and you know, those
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  Speaker 1: guys are ready and they've prepared, and it's a good room.
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  Speaker 1: And obviously, yeah, we're gonna miss Tank and it's a
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  Speaker 1: guy I'll keep on keep in touch with, but wish
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  Speaker 1: him nothing but the best. Higgins and Chase the standard
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  Speaker 1: in the NFL right now for a trio of receivers.
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  Speaker 3: And if so, is it time?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, what is it that makes a great relationship
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  Speaker 1: between a quarterback and receivers. Yeah, I think it's a
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  Speaker 1: lot of things. I think it's time is one of them.
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  Speaker 1: Reps Just that experience playing a lot together. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: that's really what it is. You're learning a lot about
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  Speaker 1: a guy, whether them learning about me as a quarterback,
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  Speaker 1: you learn about them as a receiver, how they run
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  Speaker 1: routes when you get man coverage, how every route is
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  Speaker 1: a little bit different with each guy, what they like,
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  Speaker 1: what they don't like, Reading body language. I think that's
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  Speaker 1: a big thing as a quarterback, is knowing what guys
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  Speaker 1: are gonna do before they do it, because you've gotten
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  Speaker 1: so many reps and whether that's watching tape, also preparation
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  Speaker 1: of what the defense is going to do. Guys be
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  Speaker 1: on the same page. I think all that plays into it.
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  Speaker 1: And they've obviously done a nice job over in Cincinnati
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  Speaker 1: and they have a lot of chemistry and those guys
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  Speaker 1: have played really well together.
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  Speaker 2: Do you get a heads up or do you find
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  Speaker 2: out everyone.
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  Speaker 3: Else that obviously was when was that?
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  Speaker 1: It was that Monday night that was I wasn't in here,
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  Speaker 1: wasn't in the building. It's kind of our off time,
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  Speaker 1: so kind of found out when that one broke. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: but yeah, every situation is I guess a little bit different.
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  Speaker 3: The offensive line.
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  Speaker 2: When he went back and watched the Panthers film.
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  Speaker 1: Just I mean you say impressed or surprised impressed? Sorry, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: just the physicality. I mean every play, whether it was
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  Speaker 1: past pro the run game obviously you rushed like we
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  Speaker 1: did rand the ball that well, those guys have to
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  Speaker 1: be doing something and get upfront and so you see
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  Speaker 1: that and that stands out. Just the physicality and moving people,
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  Speaker 1: the communication. I think everyone was on the same page.
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  Speaker 1: That's a huge part of the run game. And then
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  Speaker 1: in past protection, just the extra efforts getting the last touches,
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  Speaker 1: last shoves on guys so that I'm clean back there.
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  Speaker 1: But also if I need to escape, I have lanes
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  Speaker 1: to do that. So they did a great job. I mean, anytimes,
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  Speaker 1: anytime you have no sacks in the NFL, that's hard
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  Speaker 1: to do.
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  Speaker 3: There's a lot of good defense.
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  Speaker 1: There's a lot of good defensive players, guys that are
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  Speaker 1: that's their goal is to sack the quarterback. And these
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  Speaker 1: guys did a great job up front. So it's awesome
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  Speaker 1: when you can not get hit, especially hadn't been hitting
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  Speaker 1: a while and still haven't. Didn't get hit that much
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  Speaker 1: on Sunday. So those guys protected me and they're a
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  Speaker 1: great group. How much fun did you guys have watching
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  Speaker 1: bread Strange just v.
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  Speaker 3: It was fun.
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  Speaker 1: It was fun, just I mean that part of it
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  Speaker 1: and just to see a guy that plays so hard
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  Speaker 1: and it's part of what we all look to on
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  Speaker 1: offense is like this is and there's a lot of
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  Speaker 1: guys that play hard on our offense, but he's a guy.
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  Speaker 1: He just does things the right way and you can
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  Speaker 1: point to you could pick pretty much any play in
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  Speaker 1: the whole game, and he's always playing as hard as possible.
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  Speaker 1: And I think it's cool too as a quarterback to
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  Speaker 1: see his skill set and him to get some opportunities
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  Speaker 1: in the passing game too, Like it's it's cool to
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  Speaker 1: see that payoff or a guy that really, you know,
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  Speaker 1: works his tail off and puts everything into it. It's
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  Speaker 1: nice to see him also get the payoff in the
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  Speaker 1: passing game and get an opportunity get the ball in
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  Speaker 1: his hands. But he earns it every snap by the
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  Speaker 1: way he blocks, the way he prepares, the way he practices.
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  Speaker 2: You talked about one to be.
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  Speaker 3: A smart football team.
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  Speaker 2: That's with the identity of this team.
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  Speaker 3: How much validation is there in showing it being as
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  Speaker 3: a physical on Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: To be smart?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I think it's a start. This is
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  Speaker 1: a it's never a finished product. You know, every week
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  Speaker 1: is a different week, it's a different challenge. We did
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  Speaker 1: our job Sunday, we got the win. We executed fairly well.
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  Speaker 1: Still a lot of things to clean up, Like we
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  Speaker 1: talked about penalties and getting ourselves in some bad situations,
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  Speaker 1: but as far as when we ran a play and
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  Speaker 1: we didn't have a penalty, we were pretty good. You know,
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  Speaker 1: we executed pretty well and we were on the same page. So,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I think it's a testament to our preparation,
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  Speaker 1: how the guys worked. We were ready to go for
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  Speaker 1: the game, but we got to do it again this week.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's a new challenge every single week. That's
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  Speaker 1: what's that's a challenge of the NFL as a consistency.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, for you personally, what's the next step then,
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  Speaker 2: like one, taking what you did from this first game,
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  Speaker 2: as you build in Liam's offense, what's going to define
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  Speaker 2: a successful game two?
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  Speaker 1: For you, just more and more consistency. I think, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I felt very prepared going to the game. Knew the plan,
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  Speaker 1: knew the plan really well, and I thought we had
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  Speaker 1: a good plan. And I think just as a you know,
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  Speaker 1: from a passing game standpoint, I'm just being a little
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  Speaker 1: more consistent. I thought I left a few out there
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  Speaker 1: for sure that I can make just a couple more plays.
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  Speaker 1: You know, obviously the turnover something you want to you
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  Speaker 1: want to have back and limit those. If we can
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  Speaker 1: take care of the ball and play like we did,
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  Speaker 1: and especially as well as as the defense plays, we
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  Speaker 1: should be able to win a lot of games if
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  Speaker 1: we can do that. So just taking care of the
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  Speaker 1: ball in that situation, long yardage, doing the smart thing.
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  Speaker 1: So there's a couple of plays that I think just
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  Speaker 1: finding a little bit more consistency is really the objective
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  Speaker 1: for me, is just every every play treating it as
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  Speaker 1: its own, continuing to play like that, you know, throughout
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  Speaker 1: the whole game. Don't have a series or two where
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  Speaker 1: I feel like I miss a couple throws or you know,
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  Speaker 1: mentally kind of get off a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: Just stay consistent and sharp.
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  Speaker 2: But naturally and obviously everybodys in talk to Borrow and
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  Speaker 2: Higgins and Chase, they've earned it.
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  Speaker 3: Do guys play with an inch a little bit more?
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  Speaker 3: To you? Sents in games like this are like, hey.
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  Speaker 2: Well we got some guys to make a chance to
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  Speaker 2: kind of make a name for themselves, whether it's on
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  Speaker 2: the cornerback side of things or your receivers.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think as a competitor, naturally, you you treat
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  Speaker 1: them all the same. That's what you say, and that's
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  Speaker 1: what you do. You want to every game means the same.
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  Speaker 1: It's it's a you know, you're trying to get another win.
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  Speaker 1: You're trying to just do your job that we find
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  Speaker 1: a way to win the game and move on.
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  Speaker 3: But naturally, as a competitor.
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  Speaker 1: You do want to show, hey, you know we can,
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  Speaker 1: we can match up with these guys, whether it's you know,
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  Speaker 1: offense defense. But you know, I don't play I've always
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  Speaker 1: said I don't play against their offense. So something you're
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  Speaker 1: trying to think too much about. But you also do
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  Speaker 1: think about the firepower they have over there, and you know,
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  Speaker 1: we trust our defense one hund and you know, I
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  Speaker 1: know we're gonna have a good game plan going in
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  Speaker 1: and they're gonna do a great job. But you're also
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  Speaker 1: ready on offense to do our job, whether that's hey,
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  Speaker 1: we can however many points you need to score to win,
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  Speaker 1: whether that's a lot or a little, you know, it
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  Speaker 1: just depends on the situation. So we're always ready for that.
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  Speaker 1: And I think as a competitor, you want that from
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  Speaker 1: the guys in the team is to show or take
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  Speaker 1: that as a challenge because it is a good team,
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  Speaker 1: another good team in the AFC playoff type team and
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  Speaker 1: it's just the next challenge for us.
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  Speaker 3: Thank y'all appreciate it.