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Press Pass | Trevor Lawrence on Strength of O-Line, Chemistry with Meyers · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: How big is this game? I mean, is this one
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  Speaker 1: that doesn't really need.
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  Speaker 2: Much the production, does it?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? I mean for sure, just at this point the season,
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  Speaker 1: they're all huge. And then given division opponent, obviously the
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  Speaker 1: records of you know, both of our teams. I think
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  Speaker 1: all that the point of the season that we're in,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the opportunities are getting less and less every week.
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  Speaker 1: So I think just where we're at our season, it's
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  Speaker 1: a big game. They're all important though, all the games
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  Speaker 1: are important to get to this point, you know, to
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  Speaker 1: put ourselves in position. So but yeah, definitely big games.
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  Speaker 3: Fans the hopeful advantage out on the game.
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  Speaker 1: It's going to be huge. You know. I'm excited just
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  Speaker 1: to see the atmosphere obviously later in the season, just
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  Speaker 1: with where we're at, and you know, our crowds have
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  Speaker 1: been awesome all year and every time we're in these
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  Speaker 1: these games, these big games, whether their prime time, later
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  Speaker 1: in the season, big games, whatever it is, division games,
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  Speaker 1: you know, our fans always show up. So I expect
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  Speaker 1: no different, but really excited to you know, feel the
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  Speaker 1: energy and just see a pack stadium stands.
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  Speaker 2: Out when you watch the coolest defensively, it's.
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  Speaker 1: A really good defense. You know, I think really good
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  Speaker 1: players for one obviously, but also the way they're coach,
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  Speaker 1: their scheme, the things that they do that I think
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  Speaker 1: they make it hard on offenses, whether it's identification and
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  Speaker 1: some of their pressures that they bring. They change the
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  Speaker 1: look for quarterbacks a lot. They do a good job disguising.
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  Speaker 1: I mentioned the pressures already. You know, they do a
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  Speaker 1: lot of different things to try to keep you off balanced.
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  Speaker 1: I think they have really good plans going into each game.
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  Speaker 1: So a lot of respect for you know, Lou their
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  Speaker 1: defensive coordinator, and obviously all the guys that are playing
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  Speaker 1: out there. To the players, they're really good players and
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  Speaker 1: flying around. They're doing a lot of really good things
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  Speaker 1: right now and they're having a great year, so it'll
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  Speaker 1: be a good challenge for us.
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  Speaker 2: Ryan the other day Brian Thomas Junior weren't like that's
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  Speaker 2: necessarily like exceptional or anything, but when you went to him,
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  Speaker 2: he was reliable, made the plays and he seemed like
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  Speaker 2: he was very physical blocking. What showed up when you
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  Speaker 2: reviewed the film with vt J.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, just like you said, it was obviously
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  Speaker 1: he's he's been out for a little bit and having
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  Speaker 1: him back was awesome. I think just for our team,
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  Speaker 1: our offense opening some things up, and for him just
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  Speaker 1: to be back out there with us was great. And
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  Speaker 1: when he did get his opportunities, he made the most
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  Speaker 1: of him, like you said, and you know that's every
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  Speaker 1: week's gonna be a little bit different. I expect him
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  Speaker 1: to get more and more opportunities. The type of player
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  Speaker 1: he is, it's just it's gonna happen. So not too
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  Speaker 1: fixated on that, but I thought the way he played,
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  Speaker 1: you know, making plays when he did get his opportunities.
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  Speaker 1: But blocking, I mean he blocked really well. Run game
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  Speaker 1: pass game, had the huge block for Jacobe down the field.
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  Speaker 1: I mean just seeing stuff like that, especially a guy
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  Speaker 1: that's been out last few weeks with an injury and
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  Speaker 1: then coming back and he's still physical wanting to go
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  Speaker 1: block for his teammates. I mean that just says a
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  Speaker 1: lot about our team, our offense, guys fighting for each
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  Speaker 1: other and just the unselfishness is really cool. So excited
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  Speaker 1: for him to be, you know, more and more involved
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  Speaker 1: as we go, and I know he's gonna make a
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  Speaker 1: ton of plays for us. You guys have been one.
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  Speaker 3: Of the top red zone offices in the league since
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  Speaker 3: I think week nine. Just what is sort of gard
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  Speaker 3: into that execution down there, and what do you think
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  Speaker 3: has gone into it?
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  Speaker 1: H you know, I'd have to go back and watch all.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I don't know if there's one thing specifically.
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  Speaker 1: I think we've just been I think we've just been
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  Speaker 1: been playing better offensively since about that point, to be honest,
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  Speaker 1: So all year, I think we've gotten better every week.
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  Speaker 1: And you know it's not always straight up every week,
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  Speaker 1: but we've had a little couple bumps in the road.
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  Speaker 1: But I think offensively we've just gotten better every week.
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  Speaker 1: So more efficient, better on first and second down, less
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  Speaker 1: long you know, third and long situations, and I think,
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  Speaker 1: you know, throwing the ball in the red zone specifically,
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  Speaker 1: we've been a lot better.
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  Speaker 3: It can be challenging in the red zone to come
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  Speaker 3: up with different plays and whatever. It maybe just because
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  Speaker 3: of how crunch is, how has Liam sort of made
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  Speaker 3: that easier for you guys as an offense just since
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  Speaker 3: he's gotten here.
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  Speaker 1: We do a really good job game plan and you know,
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  Speaker 1: different defenses they have certain things they like to do
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  Speaker 1: in the red zone, and you know, it's all you
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  Speaker 1: never know exactly what you're gonna get you have a
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  Speaker 1: pretty good idea for the most part. You know, teams
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  Speaker 1: have what they want to do and what they do well,
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  Speaker 1: and so you have a good idea and then you
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  Speaker 1: go into it with a plan. And I think our
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  Speaker 1: ability to get to a lot of different plays at
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  Speaker 1: different times, have multiple plays on and to be in
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  Speaker 1: the right look, I think that's helped us and we've
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  Speaker 1: gotten better at better better and better at executing it.
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  Speaker 1: So I think you're seeing that. You know, we're being
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  Speaker 1: more efficient down there. And then I think now a
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  Speaker 1: lot of teams are playing a lot more shell in
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  Speaker 1: the red zone. It's just how it's gone, you know,
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  Speaker 1: trying to stop the pass, and I think there's some
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  Speaker 1: opportunities to run the ball, and you know, when we've
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  Speaker 1: had our opportunities to do that, we've done a good
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  Speaker 1: job of that too.
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  Speaker 2: And described the Quinn's personality.
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  Speaker 1: On the field, Oh yeah, he's he's one of a kind.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I love that guy. I mean, you probably
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  Speaker 1: don't want to be on the other team, but as
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  Speaker 1: far as being on our team, love that guy. So
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  Speaker 1: it's just the way he takes so much pride in
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  Speaker 1: all the little things. I think that's what's cool is
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  Speaker 1: you know everybody, everybody wants the ball, Like if you're
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  Speaker 1: a skill guy spitched on offense, all these guys want
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  Speaker 1: the ball. And I'm sure you know he wants the
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  Speaker 1: ball every play too, But his mindset of affecting and
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  Speaker 1: impacting the game when he doesn't have the ball has
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  Speaker 1: been I mean, I don't know if I've played with
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  Speaker 1: a guy like him, to be honest, just the amount
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  Speaker 1: of pride he takes in blocking, putting his body on
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  Speaker 1: the line for his teammates, for whatever it is. He
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  Speaker 1: doesn't care. Whatever he's asked to do, he's happy to
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  Speaker 1: do it and excited, and he brings an edge. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: he's really a special player and it's been fun to
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  Speaker 1: be with him. It's been fun to be on the
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  Speaker 1: same silent ASTHM. I'm sure with other guys, not not
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  Speaker 1: as much that we're playing against.
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  Speaker 3: You were pulling him away from Simmons. Is that to
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  Speaker 3: save him from Simmons or Simmons.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe a little bit of both. Uh, he's got Jeffrey
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  Speaker 1: had the size on him. But LeQuinn is the guy
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  Speaker 1: that I don't you don't want to mess with, But no,
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  Speaker 1: I just didn't want him to get thrown out of
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  Speaker 1: the game or anything, and don't want to they want
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  Speaker 1: to take any chances there. I was like, hey, we
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  Speaker 1: gotta got a lot of ball left. You just gotta
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  Speaker 1: let's just be smart.
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  Speaker 3: Every offense on to step up at some point this
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  Speaker 3: year was saying about kind of that unit.
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  Speaker 2: How they played his fight on.
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  Speaker 1: With the pieces. Yeah, it's been awesome. I think just
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  Speaker 1: how g have prepared every week and have been ready
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  Speaker 1: to play. I mean, there's no greater tests than that
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  Speaker 1: is if you're ready player, not get out there and
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  Speaker 1: you got to go play the rest of the games.
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  Speaker 1: We got guys hurt, and we've had a lot of that,
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  Speaker 1: and guys have played really well in different spots. Obviously
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  Speaker 1: Cole's been highlighted, but you know, Chumas stepped up, why
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  Speaker 1: Ittt stepped up. We've had a lot of guys that
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  Speaker 1: have had to do that, not quite the level that
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  Speaker 1: I guess Cole's had to because it's been multiple different
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  Speaker 1: positions in full games he's had to play. But all
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  Speaker 1: the guys have been ready to do it when there
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  Speaker 1: when their numbers been called. So it's impressive. I think
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  Speaker 1: just the depth we have on the line is such
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  Speaker 1: a weapon for us and guys being able to move
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  Speaker 1: around because it's hard to go a whole season. It's
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  Speaker 1: pretty much impossible whole season without anybody getting hurt. So
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  Speaker 1: it's been cool for those guys to be able to,
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  Speaker 1: you know, switch in and out and play really well.
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  Speaker 2: It's been amazing the chemistry you and Jacobe have built
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  Speaker 2: so quickly. Are there still levels that you guys have
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  Speaker 2: to get to or is he now at a point
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  Speaker 2: where he pretty much can do whatever his ass?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? I mean I have all the faith in the
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  Speaker 1: world and him. I think the big thing is he's
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  Speaker 1: still he's still new to our system and to I
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  Speaker 1: mean everybody. He's comfortable with all the guys, but he's
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  Speaker 1: new to the system, and I think there is part
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  Speaker 1: of that of for him. I know, every week he
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  Speaker 1: learns more and more, and I think it gets more comfortable,
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  Speaker 1: just because, you know, the first couple of weeks, it's
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  Speaker 1: almost like you're just memorizing the plan and what he
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  Speaker 1: has to do, and he did a great job of that.
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  Speaker 1: But now he's actually been able to learn the reasoning
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  Speaker 1: behind a bunch of different things and why we're doing it.
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  Speaker 1: Because he's a really smart guy that picks up on that,
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  Speaker 1: and that's only going to make him play even faster,
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  Speaker 1: just because he's it's not so much thinking about what
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  Speaker 1: he has to do. He just knows it and it
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  Speaker 1: comes more second nature. So I think that's gonna happen
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  Speaker 1: as the season goes on, and I'm excited more for him,
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  Speaker 1: And obviously we're helping him out and whenever I can,
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  Speaker 1: when need be. I mean, he's he doesn't really make
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  Speaker 1: many mistakes. He does a good job. But I think
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  Speaker 1: that's the exciting part is that's just going to continue
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  Speaker 1: to grow as he's here longer and we keep communicating
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  Speaker 1: and I mean we've put him in a lot of
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  Speaker 1: different positions, ask him to do a lot, and there
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  Speaker 1: hasn't been anything he hasn't been able to handle. So
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  Speaker 1: going to keep building on it.
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  Speaker 3: Do you guys consciously ignore the streak over the Colts
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  Speaker 3: here this week?
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  Speaker 2: Is that just like an apposistory, you guys to not
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  Speaker 2: pay attention to that at all?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? Yeah, I mean it's just it's a new year.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure you know, who knows in their building what
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  Speaker 1: they're they might be using that as fuel. I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: they are, and for us. It's a new year, though.
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  Speaker 1: We can't hang our hats on something that this team
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  Speaker 1: hasn't done. You know, we haven't beat this this Jackson
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  Speaker 1: hasn't beat this Colts team here at home in twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty five. So we we have a big game in
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  Speaker 1: front of us and know they're gonna be ready. They're
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  Speaker 1: gonna be ready to roll, and so will we. But yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's you know, you can't really rely on the past.
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  Speaker 1: You gotta go do it this year.
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  Speaker 3: Is your mindset different?
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  Speaker 2: Plus a year in this season when.
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  Speaker 3: Your guys are strolling a playoff punt as opposed to
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  Speaker 3: playing games late in the seasons and the team's struggling
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  Speaker 3: and playoffs aren't realistic anymore.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, just the team is. I mean, I
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  Speaker 1: feel like you hate to say it, but it's just true.
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  Speaker 1: It's just the excitement around the team and the energy
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  Speaker 1: is just different when you have when you're in the
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  Speaker 1: hunt and you gotta you're playing for the playoffs and
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  Speaker 1: the postseason. Obviously, when you're not, you bring everything you
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  Speaker 1: can every day, but the feeling around the team of
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  Speaker 1: just we know that the biggest games are still coming
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  Speaker 1: up for us and that we're playing for a lot,
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  Speaker 1: and that's that's why you play, and that's and that's
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  Speaker 1: what makes it fun being in this position. So I mean, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it is. It is different. I'd be lying if I
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  Speaker 1: said it wasn't. So it's exciting, all right, thank you,