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Press Pass | Mike Caldwell: "That's the Culture We Have Around Here" · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: So any extra feelings going back to Tampa.
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  Speaker 2: No, they're excited. You know, get another chance to go
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  Speaker 2: out and get back on track.
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  Speaker 3: That's the thing.
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  Speaker 2: You know, the last few weeks haven't been good for us,
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  Speaker 2: So get an opportunity to go back out there. But
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  Speaker 2: see a bunch of good faces down there, friendly faces,
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  Speaker 2: and you know it'll be good to be back in
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  Speaker 2: that stadium. But at the end of the day, it's
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  Speaker 2: all about us trying to get a victory.
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  Speaker 4: You probably got to close up look at Mike Evans
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  Speaker 4: and the work that he does and just how consistent
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  Speaker 4: he is now that you're gonna have to face him.
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  Speaker 4: Just I guess what type of I don't even know.
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  Speaker 4: Just he's so consistent. He has a thousand yards every
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  Speaker 4: season he's played. Just what goes into that.
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  Speaker 2: I guess he's a talent and he really works hard,
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  Speaker 2: A big guy, sneaky fast, and like you're saying, he's consistent.
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  Speaker 2: He takes the top off defenses, He up and competes
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  Speaker 2: for the ball, and he's a guy that he's a playmaker.
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  Speaker 2: He's a number one that you really have to account for.
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  Speaker 2: I saw it firsthand, and you know he he gets
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  Speaker 2: it done. So it'll be a good challenge for us.
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  Speaker 1: What did he thought about Baker Mayfield this year?
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  Speaker 3: From what I've watched.
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  Speaker 2: Lately, he's really playing at a high level. He's getting
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  Speaker 2: the ball where he's supposed to go. Uh, he's making
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  Speaker 2: plays for him. He really throws the same ball really,
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  Speaker 2: really well, and I think the guys believe in him.
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  Speaker 2: You see him a third and two instead of sliding,
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  Speaker 2: he takes on the linebacker.
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  Speaker 3: He kind of energizes the team that way.
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  Speaker 2: I think he was that same way Texas A and
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  Speaker 2: M And you know, he's still doing that and that
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  Speaker 2: team believes in him and they're playing for him. What
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  Speaker 2: did nybe of you learn the most from Todd And
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  Speaker 2: what did.
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  Speaker 1: He mean to your career?
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  Speaker 3: Uh, He's been special for me in my career.
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  Speaker 2: He's a great friend, and you know, just when we
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  Speaker 2: first got together, it was funny because we looked at
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  Speaker 2: defense the same way as far as secondary wise, and
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  Speaker 2: then being with him so long, kind of just looking
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  Speaker 2: at how he sees the game and kind of.
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  Speaker 3: That influenced how I kind of see the game. And
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  Speaker 3: then the other guys that I've.
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  Speaker 2: Coached under coached for, he was one of the ones
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  Speaker 2: that really, I guess they took me under his wing,
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  Speaker 2: just being with him for so long, understanding how to
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  Speaker 2: look at a defense, how to take away something from
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  Speaker 2: an offense, and you know, just being multiple, I've kind
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  Speaker 2: of put my own imprint, imprint imprint on the on
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  Speaker 2: the defense, and but he's uh been a big factor
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  Speaker 2: in just uh, you know, me getting as far and
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  Speaker 2: getting where I'm at.
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  Speaker 1: Some of the injuries you're gonna be getting. Looks like
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  Speaker 1: you might have a couple of guys on track to
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  Speaker 1: play this week that haven't been out there for a
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  Speaker 1: few weeks. You had some communication issues a few weeks ago.
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  Speaker 1: Looked like they've kind of sure those up. When you
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  Speaker 1: start getting guys back on the field and changing that
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  Speaker 1: lineup again, how does that impact I guess the progress
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  Speaker 1: you made maybe.
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  Speaker 2: You know at the defense, we talked about it and
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  Speaker 2: I think we were better this last week, but they're
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  Speaker 2: still room to improve. And you know, whoever then they're playing,
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  Speaker 2: they have to understand that communication is gonna be big
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  Speaker 2: for us. I thought the crowd was great last week
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  Speaker 2: and it helped us out and it was loud and
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  Speaker 2: we improved. So now we get to go to a
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  Speaker 2: stadium where it'll be loud on the offense and hopefully
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  Speaker 2: it won't be you know, loud for us and we'll
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  Speaker 2: be able to get a get our communication down.
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  Speaker 3: Pat. Are you trying to.
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  Speaker 4: See Antonio get more comfortable, more confident the more.
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  Speaker 3: He's playing, Oh, definitely.
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  Speaker 2: I think the more you get out there, he's understanding
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  Speaker 2: our scheme a little bit more, and he trusted his
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  Speaker 2: ability and he's a guy that he's long, he's a
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  Speaker 2: great tackler, and he wants to play and he's making
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  Speaker 2: plays in it's helping us.
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  Speaker 1: Been taking another step the past few games.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's I think it's starting to.
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  Speaker 2: Starting to show a little bit more with his pressure
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  Speaker 2: on a quarterback getting a guy down last week. But
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  Speaker 2: run game wise, he's still doing what he does in
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  Speaker 2: a run game. But pass game wise, he's still starting
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  Speaker 2: to show when it's starting to show up a little
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  Speaker 2: bit more, and you.
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  Speaker 3: Know he'll continue to get better.
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  Speaker 2: You know, weekly, whoever he rested against, he'll have a
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  Speaker 2: plan form and go out there and execute it.
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  Speaker 4: Josh said he felt like Trey Vine could still be better.
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  Speaker 4: When you have a leader on your defense that's able
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  Speaker 4: to realize the growth of trey Vin or any player
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  Speaker 4: on the defense, but still hold them accountable to keep
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  Speaker 4: striving for more. Just how helpful is that for you
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  Speaker 4: as a coach.
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  Speaker 2: It's really helpful because you know, at the end of
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  Speaker 2: the day, as coaches, we have an influence on the players,
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  Speaker 2: but your peers have more influence. I like to say
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  Speaker 2: they police themselves, and we ask a lot of them
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  Speaker 2: as coaches. But when you have a fellow player that
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  Speaker 2: tells you you can give more, that you can do more.
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  Speaker 3: That really stands out. Because we're all about accountability.
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  Speaker 2: If you can be accountable to yourself and to your teammate,
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  Speaker 2: that that's huge for us. Saying Josh being able to
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  Speaker 2: step up like that and showing that he cares about
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  Speaker 2: Trayvon enough to want more from him, that's a that's
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  Speaker 2: big and that's the culture we have around here.
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  Speaker 1: Do you want to see Josh get the franchise season
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  Speaker 1: single season sack record at all?
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  Speaker 2: I haven't thought about it as far as me, uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, far our defense, But I want to see
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  Speaker 2: Josh perform for Josh, and he's doing that now.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I wish you would have got it last week.
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  Speaker 3: It's time for him to get it. I told him like,
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  Speaker 3: don't wait, let's go go and get it out of
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  Speaker 3: the way.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, hopefully he gets it and gets it early,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, once that happens, you know I'll be
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  Speaker 2: happy for him. But at the end of the day,
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  Speaker 2: he understands that's something special for him, but getting the
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  Speaker 2: victory will mean more to him.
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  Speaker 3: I think, right forever, thanks goes