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Press Pass | HC Doug Pederson Recaps Performance vs. Texans · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Doug.
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  Speaker 2: The defense yesterday played a pretty good game without benefit
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  Speaker 2: of getting any turnovers. And I'm wondering the job that
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  Speaker 2: Mike has done in situations like this.
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  Speaker 1: You guys have.
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  Speaker 2: Four and one losing the turnover battle this year, didn't
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  Speaker 2: have any yesterday, but without getting turnovers. What's been the
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  Speaker 2: secret for Mike to get this team, this defense playing
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  Speaker 2: as well as it did.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you know, we talk a lot about turnovers, and
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  Speaker 1: that's that's obviously a big factor in wins and losses.
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  Speaker 1: We know that, you know. I think the other thing
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  Speaker 1: we got to look at here is the defense had
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  Speaker 1: four sacks for a minus forty three yards in this
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  Speaker 1: football game, and that's that's huge as well. You know,
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  Speaker 1: Plus there was I believe it turnover on downs during
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  Speaker 1: the game. I credit that as a turnover, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and things of that nature. So you know, these guys
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  Speaker 1: play extremely hard, our defense to be able to control
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  Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage. Mike has him playing obviously at
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  Speaker 1: a really high level. They're playing fast. Secondary did a
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  Speaker 1: nice job, you know, uh, covering up guys yesterday when
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  Speaker 1: when you know, CJ went into scramble mode. But but
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  Speaker 1: I just think that the the guys have really you know,
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  Speaker 1: bought into to Mike and his scheme, and you know
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  Speaker 1: we've talked a lot about second year in the system
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  Speaker 1: and playing with more confidence and playing fast. I think
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  Speaker 1: that's a it's a credit to to Mike and his staff. Okay, thanks, Chach,
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  Speaker 1: you bet.
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  Speaker 3: All right, go ahead, Jamal, Hey, coach, you got any
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  Speaker 3: update on Cam Robinson.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we just we just know it's it's uh, it's
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  Speaker 1: it's his right his right knee. He's getting further testing today.
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  Speaker 1: We got a couple of days here, uh, to to
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  Speaker 1: see and and make it make a determination, you know
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  Speaker 1: for this game, you know, coming up on Monday night.
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  Speaker 1: So the benefit is we got the extra day. But
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  Speaker 1: we're going to continue to monitor him these next few
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  Speaker 1: days and see how he see how he feels coming
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  Speaker 1: back on Thursday.
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  Speaker 3: If Cam can't go, can you just talk about the
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  Speaker 3: leadership and energy that he brings to the team out
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  Speaker 3: there on the field.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, you know, he's obviously a big part
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  Speaker 1: of that offensive line. It's been been great to you know,
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  Speaker 1: after his suspension to get back in there, and he
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  Speaker 1: does bring a lot of energy and uh a level
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  Speaker 1: of physicality to the offensive line. And and he's been
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  Speaker 1: a he's been a really big bright spot there. You know,
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  Speaker 1: if if he can't go, obviously we're we're still we're
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  Speaker 1: still good. You know, just like you saw yesterday, Walker
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  Speaker 1: little bounces back out to to left tackle, and really,
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  Speaker 1: my hat's off to him and Ezra both, you know,
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  Speaker 1: to really extremely loud environment on the road. You know,
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  Speaker 1: Walker got very few tackle reps during the week and
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  Speaker 1: and you know has to bounce out there and play tackle,
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  Speaker 1: and Ezra has to go in and play left guard.
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  Speaker 1: Hats off to both those guys and for what they did.
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  Speaker 1: But again, if Cam, you know, if Cam can't go,
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  Speaker 1: it's it's it's a loss. But at the same time,
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  Speaker 1: we feel comfortable with the guys you know, stepping up.
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  Speaker 1: And does it.
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  Speaker 3: Seem like Turver's take kind of taking another step forward
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  Speaker 3: with this game over the past couple of weeks.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he really has Obviously he's been you know,
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  Speaker 1: he's taking care of the football. It's unfortunate play yesterday,
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  Speaker 1: but he took has been taking you know, care of
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  Speaker 1: the ball the last couple of weeks. And honestly, there's
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  Speaker 1: there's still some room. You know, you watch the film
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  Speaker 1: and there's still room to grow and improve and and
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  Speaker 1: and really anticipate certain things. You know. The but but
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  Speaker 1: what I what I've been most impressed with was how
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  Speaker 1: he's just leading the football team and and he's standing
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  Speaker 1: in there. He's made some big throws on third down.
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  Speaker 1: You know, big throw to Calvin for the touchdown and
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  Speaker 1: the two point conversion. You know, great throw to Calvin.
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  Speaker 1: It was just off his off his fingertips in the
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  Speaker 1: back of the end zone.
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  Speaker 4: You know.
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  Speaker 1: So he's he's just continuing to make you impressive throws
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  Speaker 1: and continues to grow. Thanks coach, You bet all right.
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  Speaker 1: I can go back to Gary has another question. You know,
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  Speaker 1: I did.
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  Speaker 2: I forgot to lower my hand, But that's okay. I'll
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  Speaker 2: throw one real quick. Because Luke Farrell has been targeted
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  Speaker 2: a little bit more in the last couple of games.
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  Speaker 2: Is that something that just happened because of the way
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  Speaker 2: the play unfolded, or are you guys making an effort
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  Speaker 2: to find Luke more in the passing game.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Louke we got first of all, we get
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  Speaker 1: there's a ton of confidence with Luke. He is a
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  Speaker 1: good a good receiving tight end. He's got great hands.
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  Speaker 1: You can see the strength and you know, the ability
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  Speaker 1: to run after the catch that he has. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's been, it's been the type of throws that he's
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  Speaker 1: getting obviously are are are short to intermediate or or
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  Speaker 1: you know, the keep game by Trevor, things like that,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, we have him in every week. It's
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  Speaker 1: just a matter of getting to him. It all depends
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  Speaker 1: on what the defense you know, kind of dictates to
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  Speaker 1: us if whether or not we call those or not.
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  Speaker 1: And and this past week was an opportunity for us
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  Speaker 1: to get that, you know, the movement game and get
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  Speaker 1: Trevor on the edge and and and loop the football.
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  Speaker 1: So you know, we've we've got plays for him every week.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously we don't get to him every week, but just
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  Speaker 1: so happened that yesterday he made a made a nice
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  Speaker 1: catch and run uh yesterday uh in that game. And
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  Speaker 1: and we continue to to try to you know, try
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  Speaker 1: to get everybody involved. And he's a big he's a
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  Speaker 1: big part of that. Trevor does have a lot of
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  Speaker 1: confidence in him. He trusts him, he knows where he's
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  Speaker 1: going to be and that's a that's a positive for
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  Speaker 1: for our offense. Okay, thanks again, you bet all right,
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  Speaker 1: we're gonna go to Brent and then hayes.
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  Speaker 5: Hey coach a couple back to camp real quick. He
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  Speaker 5: looked pretty devastated on the sideline when he came off.
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  Speaker 5: Did did he think or did you guys think that
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  Speaker 5: was potentially worse than the tests are showing.
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  Speaker 1: No, I just think that. I just think that, you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's such an emotional sport, and he's been he's been
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  Speaker 1: a big impact, and what he's gone through this year,
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  Speaker 1: and then getting the news that he probably couldn't return
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  Speaker 1: back to the to the game, or at least tried
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  Speaker 1: to come back into the football game. I just think
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  Speaker 1: it was just an overwhelming emotional experience for him and
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  Speaker 1: a lot of players go through that. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: like I said, he will continue to monitor him this
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  Speaker 1: week and just see where he's at as this week progresses.
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  Speaker 5: And one more, if you don't mind that, we asked
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  Speaker 5: a bunch of players in the locker room about your
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  Speaker 5: decision at the end of the half, and I think
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  Speaker 5: Evan Ingram said like, hell, yeah, that's part of our DNA.
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  Speaker 5: You know, we're going to do that. Sometimes we make it,
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  Speaker 5: sometimes we don't. How important is it for you to
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  Speaker 5: be true to that DNA, but also to balance kind
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  Speaker 5: of the game situations where you can't obviously go for
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  Speaker 5: broke every time.
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  Speaker 1: Well, hopefully you didn't find anybody that went the other
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  Speaker 1: way with their decision. That would be a problem right now.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Listen, I trust our players, and I think
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  Speaker 1: the players trusting me to make make these decisions and
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  Speaker 1: put them in, put them in you know, successful situations. Now, listen,
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  Speaker 1: we had the ball to start the third quarter. Had
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  Speaker 1: we not, I'm taking three points there. So let's not
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  Speaker 1: let's not mistake ourselves and saying, oh, he went out
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  Speaker 1: on a limb and you know he's he's uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: being overly aggressive whatever. I mean. There was a there
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  Speaker 1: was a logical reason for making that decision, and the
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  Speaker 1: decision was we were getting football. I wanted to go
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  Speaker 1: up twenty twenty to seven, with a chance to go
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  Speaker 1: up even more at the beginning of the third quarter.
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  Speaker 1: So those those all those all factor into making those decisions.
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  Speaker 1: I think if the defense were to start the third quarter,
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  Speaker 1: it's a no brainer. One second left, just kick the
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  Speaker 1: field goal, get the three points, and now you're up
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  Speaker 1: sixteen to seven. Going into the locker room and it's
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  Speaker 1: a different deal. But I'm going to continue to trust
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  Speaker 1: our players and put them in those situations. They know
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  Speaker 1: that I'm going to continued to do it. And you know, listen,
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  Speaker 1: I credit Houston too. I mean the guy they made
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  Speaker 1: a great play and you know it's just they got
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  Speaker 1: us on that particular on that particular play. They were
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  Speaker 1: all on board. By the way. Oh, thank you, I
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  Speaker 1: appreciate makes me feel better.
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  Speaker 3: Go ahead, Hayes, Hey, Doug, you guys were great on
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  Speaker 3: third down yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: What were some of the keys and being so successful
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  Speaker 1: and keeping the chains moving one Trevor. You know, Trevor
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  Speaker 1: was very accurate throwing the football. Receivers were where they
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  Speaker 1: needed to be when Trevor needed him there. You know,
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  Speaker 1: Christian made a huge over the middle type catch yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: Cal I made some good throws or catches on the
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  Speaker 1: sidelines as they came up big and really it's just
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  Speaker 1: just their execution, right. I Mean, it's something that we
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  Speaker 1: continue to get better at. It's an area that we
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  Speaker 1: focused on all season and it was good to see
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  Speaker 1: yesterday to to stay on the field and to extend drives.
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  Speaker 1: But I just think the offensive line blocked extremely well.
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  Speaker 1: Uh the running backs picked up pressure when they needed to.
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  Speaker 1: So it was really a good team effort on third
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  Speaker 1: down yesterday, you know, to stay on the field. Great,
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  Speaker 1: thank you, you bet all right, We're gonna go to
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  Speaker 1: John and then Jamal hey coach.
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  Speaker 4: Not that he didn't have an effect early, but Ridley's
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  Speaker 4: obviously been more effective the last couple of games. Is
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  Speaker 4: this just a matter of uh, more comfort, more chemistry
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  Speaker 4: with Trevor, maybe the coaches knowing, uh exactly how to
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  Speaker 4: use him.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's a little bit of both. I think
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  Speaker 1: I think it's more uh, he and Trevor being on
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  Speaker 1: the same page, the more they work in practice and
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  Speaker 1: and talk about certain things, you know, and and and
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  Speaker 1: then and then just Calvin's understanding of the offense and
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  Speaker 1: and how Chad Hall all uh, you know, details the
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  Speaker 1: routes for him, and so it's a combination of all
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  Speaker 1: of them. But I think the biggest thing and biggest
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  Speaker 1: factor is that Trevor and Calvin are on the same
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  Speaker 1: page and they communicate and and you know, and then
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  Speaker 1: and then it's by design we try to get we
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  Speaker 1: try to get Calvin, you know, on some favorable matchups
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  Speaker 1: and let him use his you know, let him use
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  Speaker 1: his athleticism and strength and and speed to you know,
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  Speaker 1: to attack defenders. Thank you you bet hey coach Monday
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  Speaker 1: Night Football.
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  Speaker 3: I know it's a week away, but a lot of
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  Speaker 3: guys on this team haven't experienced that game, that primetime game.
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  Speaker 1: What's uh, what's that game like?
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  Speaker 3: And how do you talk to the guys about that
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  Speaker 3: that experience. I'm sure it's one that many of them
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  Speaker 3: have been thinking about for a while.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it's it's obviously exciting. Uh, it's great
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  Speaker 1: for our organization, franchise, for our players to be on
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  Speaker 1: you know, the the national spotlight on a Monday night,
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  Speaker 1: and and fortunate to have a home game in front
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  Speaker 1: of our fans, and you know, it's always it's always
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  Speaker 1: an electric moment. You know, it's very exciting, uh to
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  Speaker 1: be a part of these games. And you know, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: we'll have conversations this week and it's really basically just
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  Speaker 1: you know, you approach it the same, you know, learning
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  Speaker 1: to control your emotions and and I want the guys
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  Speaker 1: to feel, you know, feel relaxed, but at the same time,
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  Speaker 1: you know, continue to have uh, that edge that we've
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  Speaker 1: we've had the last couple of weeks, and I think
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  Speaker 1: that's uh something that's that's shown up and and uh,
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  Speaker 1: Monday night is a special night. You're the only the
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  Speaker 1: only game on, you know, and and everybody's watching you,
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  Speaker 1: and you want to put your best foot forward. So
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  Speaker 1: but we'll definitely definitely have some conversations this week and
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  Speaker 1: and try to prepare our guys the best we can. Thanks.
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  Speaker 6: Yep, all right, go ahead, Mark, Yeah, Doug do is
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  Speaker 6: it harder to keep them on edge the further you
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  Speaker 6: go into this thing? When you when you get away
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  Speaker 6: from the San Francisco game and when you get away
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  Speaker 6: from the Houston game early in the season, is it
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  Speaker 6: harder to keep them on edge when you won seven
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  Speaker 6: of eight? And how do you what kind of challenge
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  Speaker 6: is that for you?
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  Speaker 1: Nice? Nice hat by the way, full on football club.
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  Speaker 1: That's nice. I like that. No, you know what, I'll
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  Speaker 1: tell you this as as the deeper end of the
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  Speaker 1: season we get and I think the better we play
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  Speaker 1: as a football team, it's it's really easier for me
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  Speaker 1: to kind of keep the guys focused and keep their
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  Speaker 1: attention to detail. You know, this time of year too,
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  Speaker 1: there's a lot of speculation and talk about playoff picture
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  Speaker 1: and seedings and all that kind of stuff. So that
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  Speaker 1: generates a little interest there. And even though we don't
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  Speaker 1: look past the week we're in, I you know, you
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  Speaker 1: can't help yourself. But but listening to the outside noise
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  Speaker 1: and the media talk about that, and but for us
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  Speaker 1: it's just and again, this is what I appreciate about
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  Speaker 1: our guys. They really stay in the moment, They stay
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  Speaker 1: in the present, and they just they just focus on on,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the task at hand, and that's just getting
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  Speaker 1: better this week. And and you know, it's it's fun
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  Speaker 1: obviously when you're winning, because you want to continue to
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  Speaker 1: play more games and continue to win and and have success.
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  Speaker 1: And and the minute you I think, let up look
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  Speaker 1: into the future a little bit is when you get beat.
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  Speaker 1: And and so it's my job to make sure that
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  Speaker 1: the guys stay the guys stay locked in and present