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  Speaker 1: Can you talk to us a little bit about it
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  Speaker 1: your customized you while those are close to your heart.
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  Speaker 1: And yeah, obviously you guys know or if you don't know, Uh,
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  Speaker 1: my brother passed away to pancredit cancer in twenty one
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  Speaker 1: October of twenty one and and so obviously you know,
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  Speaker 1: I wear him and in honor of him, and and uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, bring awareness to obviously pank credit cancer and
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  Speaker 1: really all cancers uh out there because it affects you know,
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  Speaker 1: affects so many people. Is this the week that you
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  Speaker 1: look forward to for a chance to kind of share
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  Speaker 1: that message to repers and bring your brother with the
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  Speaker 1: Autoba fielding Uh. Of course, of course, you know he
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  Speaker 1: would love to be at a lot of these home
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  Speaker 1: games and be here, you know, in in in support
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  Speaker 1: and and you know, so yeah, it's a way to
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  Speaker 1: way to do that and and have him have him
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  Speaker 1: here with us. Did you talk just very briefly about
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  Speaker 1: your RelA what your relationship with your brother was like,
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  Speaker 1: whether he was younger or older than you, just kind
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  Speaker 1: of your he's impact on you growing up. Yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: mean he's two years younger than I am. And and uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, one of the one of the one of
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  Speaker 1: the I guess highlights of of growing up to with
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  Speaker 1: with him as we uh you know, we played sports together,
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  Speaker 1: and we ultimately got to play in college together. He
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  Speaker 1: was my tight end my senior year and for one year,
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  Speaker 1: and so we got to play, we got to play together.
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  Speaker 1: His his gripe was that I overthrew him in the
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  Speaker 1: end zone, uh on a on a wide open touchdown
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  Speaker 1: pass one game. But no, it wasn't on purpose. I
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  Speaker 1: was actually actually running for my life. But no, we
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  Speaker 1: were close. I have a we have another brother to
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  Speaker 1: younger brother, but we were all close growing up, and
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  Speaker 1: we just love being outside, love being around each other.
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  Speaker 1: And and every time that that we could, you know,
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  Speaker 1: pick up a basketball, at baseball, football, whatever it was,
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  Speaker 1: there was always competition going on. And and he was
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  Speaker 1: always bigger, you know than I was. He he also
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  Speaker 1: gravitated toward track when I went baseball, and and but
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  Speaker 1: there was always that support system that we had as
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  Speaker 1: a family and his brothers and and even with even
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  Speaker 1: with David, my younger brother today and and still you know,
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  Speaker 1: still remember those times. And like I said earlier, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: he just he would love to be a part of
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  Speaker 1: of this, you know, and you know which he you know,
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  Speaker 1: obviously followed my career as a player and and early
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  Speaker 1: on you know as a coach and stuff like that,
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  Speaker 1: and and you know a chance to you know, just
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  Speaker 1: be a part of it. So really close. Growing up,
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  Speaker 1: we were a close family. Again, loved loved outside, loved
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  Speaker 1: love athletics and and just loved being around each other.
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  Speaker 1: I would say I was He didn't. He didn't really
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  Speaker 1: pick up golf that much, probably just because he was
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  Speaker 1: a bigger, bigger kid, you know, but definitely me, your.
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  Speaker 2: Whole family at the game.
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  Speaker 1: No, no, no, no, they're actually doing a uh at
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  Speaker 1: the ULM game this weekend for my brother back in
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  Speaker 1: back in Monroe. How did Trevor shoulder handle Monday and
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  Speaker 1: think of practice today? Good? And yes, so that encouraging
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  Speaker 1: sign team that you could play. It's encouraging. You know,
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  Speaker 1: we'll get through today. Obviously I'm not, you know, not
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  Speaker 1: gonna commit, but it was a good start to the week.
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  Speaker 1: And and so we'll see how he how he handles
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  Speaker 1: you know, a much much more of a workload today.
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  Speaker 2: So how do you.
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  Speaker 3: Break that down in terms of do you split the
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  Speaker 3: first team reps with him?
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  Speaker 1: In Mac fifty fifty or one to get more. It
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  Speaker 1: probably wouldn't be fifty to fifty, but still Mac will
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  Speaker 1: get you know, Mack will get opportunities to take first
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  Speaker 1: team reps just to just to keep him fresh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and keep him you know, keep him uh engaged, you know.
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  Speaker 1: But I would love to see Trevor get the bulk
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  Speaker 1: of the you know, the work when when the ones
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  Speaker 1: are out there today, still the main concerns getting hit
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  Speaker 1: on the shoulder. Well, that's always that. Each week is
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  Speaker 1: going to be that, right, each week is going to
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  Speaker 1: be you know, the contact and physicality. But I think
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  Speaker 1: it's just the comfort level of what he can what
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  Speaker 1: he can tolerate, and and and go from there. So
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  Speaker 1: you know, you know, we know that you know, played
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  Speaker 1: in the position, you're you're gonna get hit and take hits.
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  Speaker 1: But I don't think that's necessarily the h the issue
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  Speaker 1: as much as just you know, just tolerating the the
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  Speaker 1: pain level.
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  Speaker 3: So just having the presence of the starter of that
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  Speaker 3: position bring some kind of juice or.
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  Speaker 1: Energy to the rest of the unit.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, what's your expectation for tank practice workload.
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  Speaker 1: For him today? Should be a full workload, should.
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  Speaker 3: Be good to go yea, knowing he's healthy both to
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  Speaker 3: go full good to go Travis, I know told us
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  Speaker 3: before the buye that he was feeling as good as
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  Speaker 3: he's felt. And seeing how much the Titans were able
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  Speaker 3: to run last week on the Texas, what sort of
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  Speaker 3: opportunity could this present for you this weekend?
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  Speaker 1: You know, that's something that we have to do better. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: As an offense, we have to run the ball better.
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  Speaker 1: And it's not just the running backs. It's it's ever
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  Speaker 1: it's all eleven right, It's it's the quarterback putting in us,
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  Speaker 1: putting us in the right run if we have run checks.
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  Speaker 1: So obviously the offensive line, the tight ends, and we
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  Speaker 1: know the running back, so I scenario that we've got
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  Speaker 1: to improve. But having two healthy running backs right now
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  Speaker 1: definitely helps that. You know, Travis could definitely be explosive
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  Speaker 1: and and and and get you some tough yards when needed.
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  Speaker 1: And we've seen what Tank has done, you know, early
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  Speaker 1: in the season and and and all that, so it's
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  Speaker 1: good to get him both you know, out there and
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  Speaker 1: get him both back in the back in the offense.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of rose pedals thrown at CJ. Stroud's feet
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  Speaker 1: after the year he had last year. Now he's seeing
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  Speaker 1: a lot of interesting Now he's what are you throwing
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  Speaker 1: him at mine? Be whatever? Just throw something. Well, you
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  Speaker 1: guys are throwing a lot of stuff.
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  Speaker 3: But uh, and and now he's seeing what the struggle
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  Speaker 3: is going to be like some of it is him,
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  Speaker 3: some of it is offensive line.
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  Speaker 1: So what is your read on CJ.
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  Speaker 2: Stroud?
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  Speaker 1: And you see how much good he's put out there
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  Speaker 1: and how much he's kind of struggled. You know, it's
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  Speaker 1: it's the NFL. It's just the way. It's the way
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  Speaker 1: the league is. It's the way the game is. It's
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  Speaker 1: it's it's hard. It's hard to you know, it's hard
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  Speaker 1: to to play at a high level each week. And
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  Speaker 1: I know he he does and he leads that football team.
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  Speaker 1: He still does some great things. I mean, you put
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  Speaker 1: the film on and and you know, listen, it's it's
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  Speaker 1: not for taking shots away from him or pulling pulling back.
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  Speaker 1: The offense is still the offense. There's they're still trying
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  Speaker 1: to push the ball down the field. They make it,
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  Speaker 1: you know, like anybody, they may have a protection breakdown
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  Speaker 1: or you know, the defense covers him up and there's
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  Speaker 1: nowhere to go with the ball. So it's just the NFL.
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  Speaker 1: But but he's he's done an outstanding job. He's still
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  Speaker 1: making you know, some some great throws, not only to
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  Speaker 1: his tight end. But but I think, you know, Nico,
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  Speaker 1: you look at what he did last week and tank
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  Speaker 1: some of the explosiveness down the field, and then ultimately,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I know they're probably in the same, you know,
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  Speaker 1: same situation, want to get their run game going, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and and and that that opens up a lot of
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  Speaker 1: things for him too. So look, he's he's still a
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  Speaker 1: great player, young player, still learning the game. It's gonna
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  Speaker 1: be around for a long time.
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  Speaker 2: I remember last year Trummer said these difficial games they
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  Speaker 2: meet a little more with four remaining, if you were
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  Speaker 2: able to win most of your official games, do that
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  Speaker 2: feel like you could somewhat turn the season around at
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  Speaker 2: the end.
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  Speaker 1: Of it, you know where we are and six games left,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, these are all sort of must game, you know,
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  Speaker 1: must win games, I mean in order for us to
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  Speaker 1: even have a shot. So you know, they just happened
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  Speaker 1: to be division games, right for the last six. So
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  Speaker 1: you know, we've got to take each one week by week,
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  Speaker 1: and and we've got a good you know, Houston team.
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  Speaker 1: You know, that's that's coming in here. You know, we
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  Speaker 1: understand what happened last game, you know, down in Houston,
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  Speaker 1: and and we just got as a team. I think
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  Speaker 1: we just got to learn to to finish and and
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  Speaker 1: you know, do some little things a little bit better
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  Speaker 1: and strain and and all of that. And but yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it doesn't get any easier. I mean, you got you know,
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  Speaker 1: I think Tennessee's playing playing good big win last week. Defensively,
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  Speaker 1: they're playing outstanding, you know. So it's it's tough, it's
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  Speaker 1: tough sled, but you know, we just gotta go one
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  Speaker 1: at a time. But what is it about Joe Mixon?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he wasn't out there last time you guys
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  Speaker 1: played obviously, what about his game? And then how do
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  Speaker 1: you shot up defensively against.
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  Speaker 2: The run overall?
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  Speaker 1: Well, you gotta you know, I think with him, it's
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  Speaker 1: it's the you know, if you first contact right, you
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  Speaker 1: gotta you gotta be able to get him on the ground.
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  Speaker 1: You gotta be able to tackle. I think that's he's
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  Speaker 1: he's strong and powerful and explosive that way. And if
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  Speaker 1: you don't, if you don't get him on the ground,
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  Speaker 1: he can he can, he can punish you and make
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  Speaker 1: you pay. So you know, it's a it's a whether
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  Speaker 1: you're playing you know, a six man box or seven
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  Speaker 1: met box or potentially eight. I mean, you know, you've
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  Speaker 1: got to you got to be in the right spot,
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  Speaker 1: and you gotta tackle. And and it's something that you know,
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  Speaker 1: we we haven't done a great job of. And and
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  Speaker 1: so you just look at these next couple of weeks
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  Speaker 1: and some of the running backs that we're gonna face.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you know, it starts this weekend with uh,
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  Speaker 1: with uh, you know, with Joe and and making sure
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  Speaker 1: that we can get him on the ground. Doug Rico
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  Speaker 1: Collins a couple of pretty good games, but Tyson didn't
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  Speaker 1: play in either one of those last few games. So
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  Speaker 1: if you like your chances a little bit better with
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  Speaker 1: U Tyson out there, I do. I mean, I I
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  Speaker 1: love the fact that Tyson's back. But I'm gonna tell
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  Speaker 1: you something. You you put the film on and and
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  Speaker 1: you see Nico running all over the place. It doesn't
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  Speaker 1: matter who's over there, you know covered him. He's he's
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  Speaker 1: an outstanding player. And you know it's he made some
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  Speaker 1: plays late in our game the first time, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and and uh, that's why probably why they they won
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  Speaker 1: that football game. But be getting Tyson back gives you, uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, gives you confidence in the secondary and looking
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  Speaker 1: forward to that matchup this weekend. How are you in
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  Speaker 1: the past protection this week? I think the Technans had
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  Speaker 1: like eight sacks in the first half or something like that.
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  Speaker 1: I know you have history, So does that give you
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  Speaker 1: any more confidence? I mean, you know, Daniel and and
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  Speaker 1: Will these are two really good defensive ends. And the
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  Speaker 1: way the way they coach their scheme, this wide nine scheme,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's a jet rush front. I mean, these
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  Speaker 1: guys are rolling off the ball and and you know,
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  Speaker 1: just really a good tandem together, you know, and especially
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  Speaker 1: in that scheme, and and again it's a game where
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  Speaker 1: you know you have to you got to account for him,
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  Speaker 1: right if you can. If you can put four hands,
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  Speaker 1: you put four hands, you cover 'em up with tackles.
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  Speaker 1: A tight ends have a hard time, you know, and
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  Speaker 1: and struggle to block them, and and then pass protection.
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  Speaker 1: You've got to be in the right spot or they'll
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  Speaker 1: they'll beat you over the edge, you know, and around
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  Speaker 1: the corner. So two really good players that are playing
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  Speaker 1: playing well, they had you know, as a team. They
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  Speaker 1: had eight sacks last week and and you know did
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  Speaker 1: a nice job getting out for the quarterback. So work,
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  Speaker 1: his work has cut out for O line and tight
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  Speaker 1: ends and backs.
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  Speaker 3: This week sort of mention, now on Laustry in the middle,
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  Speaker 3: does that give that defensive front is obviously he didn't
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  Speaker 3: play the last time.
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  Speaker 1: You guys, Yeah, I mean, I think it's just the
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  Speaker 1: versatility that he brings, right if you know, Foley's missed
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  Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks, so he doesn't play. I
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  Speaker 1: mean that's the one thing about Deniko's He can go
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  Speaker 1: inside and outside, so he gives him that versatility, you know.
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  Speaker 1: With that and and you know again he's another you know,
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  Speaker 1: a veteran player, big, powerful, he's long, you know, another
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  Speaker 1: good tandem whether he and you know Derek Barnett or
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  Speaker 1: in the game together, it's a it's it's it's almost
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  Speaker 1: like you know, two hammers, you know on the edges
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  Speaker 1: and what they do so and they can still rush
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  Speaker 1: the passer. So with Deniko, I think just having the
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  Speaker 1: versatility for them being able to move inside and outside.
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  Speaker 3: What's your expectation in terms of your pass rush?
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  Speaker 2: Here?
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  Speaker 3: Are there things you will change? Are there waves or
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  Speaker 3: maybe rotations that maybe you shift a little bit to
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  Speaker 3: to generate more of the pass rush.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think, you know, the rotational thing has helped us,
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  Speaker 1: has kept some guys fresh. We got to continue that,
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  Speaker 1: we get it. We gotta continue to find ways of
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  Speaker 1: I think, moving our guys around a little bit, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and and without giving away a game plan, you know,
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  Speaker 1: just you know, being able to put our guys in
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  Speaker 1: in in positions to be successful, to try to get
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  Speaker 1: an advantage if you can. And you know, you know,
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  Speaker 1: if Eric Eric plays more inside, great, if he's outside great,
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  Speaker 1: Wherever they line up right, So it's it's a it's
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  Speaker 1: a matter of too of just you know, trusting the scheme,
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  Speaker 1: trusting the technique and and just playing with a lot
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  Speaker 1: of a lot of strain and finish.
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  Speaker 3: Mason Smith hasn't been on the field here lately.
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  Speaker 2: Is it because of just the lingering issue from the ankle.
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  Speaker 1: Or is it also.
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  Speaker 3: Just for whatever reason, performance and practiced whatever, he's just
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  Speaker 3: not there yet, or the combination of both.
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  Speaker 1: Or no, No, I think lately it's just been the ankle.
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  Speaker 1: He's feeling good, you know, he's coming off the buy.
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  Speaker 1: He's fresh. We'll see, uh, we'll see this week how
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  Speaker 1: he goes. I'd I'd love to you know, love to
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  Speaker 1: see if he can you know, be able to play
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  Speaker 1: you know, and get the uniform that we went out.
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  Speaker 1: Ledbetter's has played played well, played consistent. He's been a
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  Speaker 1: been a good addition there as well. Jordan has improved
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  Speaker 1: you know, each week. So it's a good, good mix
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  Speaker 1: of young and old in those positions and trying to
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  Speaker 1: write find the right combinations. But Mason, will you know,
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  Speaker 1: get a chance, hopefully an opportunity this we can practice
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  Speaker 1: to show that