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Press Pass | Brenton Strange and Brian Thomas Jr. Speak on Prep for MNF vs. Bills · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Like I said, I treat every week the same no
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  Speaker 1: matter what's going on, whether Evan's playing or whether he's
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  Speaker 1: not playing. I gotta prepare like I'm the starter, cause
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  Speaker 1: if not and say something like that happens like it
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  Speaker 1: did last week, I wouldn't have been prepared. So uh,
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  Speaker 1: I mean it's a it's a little different week for sure,
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  Speaker 1: cause now I get to kind of like, I know,
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  Speaker 1: going into it instead of it being so fast. Uh
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  Speaker 1: So I I think that's pretty cool. You know, I
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  Speaker 1: get to think about it a little bit and get
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  Speaker 1: to visualize. I like to visualize a lot, so just
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  Speaker 1: doing things like that to prepare my mindfit game.
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  Speaker 2: When you look back on the table last week, or
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  Speaker 2: were some of the things that really stood out to you,
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  Speaker 2: like great reprofence, whether it was maybe they being grabbed
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  Speaker 2: or some of it maybe people don't.
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  Speaker 1: Catch as much attention or what I mean. Something that
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  Speaker 1: I always take a lot of pride in is my blocking.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: I feel like I'm a really good blocker, and you know, uh,
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  Speaker 1: I've prided myself on that for a very long time.
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  Speaker 1: And whether the target's come or not, like as yea,
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  Speaker 1: mostly most of the time I rolled for this team. So, uh,
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  Speaker 1: I pride myself on that a lot, and I feel
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  Speaker 1: like I did a good job as well. But uh,
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  Speaker 1: you can always get better, and I'm always looking forward
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  Speaker 1: to getting better. Like I didn't play a a perfect game.
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  Speaker 4: By what I mean, just how different has this week felt?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, I'll tell you've been here, Evan's been like
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  Speaker 3: first guy in the line and practice and stuff.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I wouldn't really say it's different at all
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  Speaker 1: because Evan's still around. Like, Evan's still at practice, he's
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  Speaker 1: still in meetings with me, he's still helping me with everything.
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  Speaker 1: Like nothing's really changed. He's just not out there taking
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  Speaker 1: the reps, you know. Like That's why I always tell y'all,
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  Speaker 1: I'm so appreciative of Evan and everything he does for
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  Speaker 1: me because he anytime I have a question, I can
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  Speaker 1: go to him and ask him, whether that's just about
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  Speaker 1: football or whether that's about life. So I'm very thankful
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  Speaker 1: for Evan. And I know I say it a lot,
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  Speaker 1: but I am very thankful for Evan.
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  Speaker 5: Do you have a favorite block you'd like to execute
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  Speaker 5: or you like, I don't know, there's a lot of
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  Speaker 5: different schemes obviously, Yeah, a lot of different responsibilities that
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  Speaker 5: you're asked to do. Do you have any thing in
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  Speaker 5: particular that you enjoy doing when you're out there on
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  Speaker 5: the field, blocking or just do anything you ask my team.
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  Speaker 1: I just like doing what helps the team when it's
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  Speaker 1: being honest with you, Uh, whatever that is for a
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  Speaker 1: certain week, whatever they ask me to go out there
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  Speaker 1: and execute, that's what I try. I try to do
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  Speaker 1: my best and I put my best foot forward and
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  Speaker 1: go from there. No.
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  Speaker 2: Doug had mentioned Monday that everyone was here really looking
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  Speaker 2: forward to attacking the week after what happened on Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: But what have you seen, especially from the offense and
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  Speaker 2: the response to performing Sunday in the first few weeks here?
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  Speaker 1: You know, I'll say, just a lot more attention to detail,
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  Speaker 1: a lot more energy going out onto the field, maybe
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  Speaker 1: not like walking in and walking out of the huddle,
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  Speaker 1: you know. So those small things are very important, and
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  Speaker 1: that's something that we've kind of looked to change this week.
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  Speaker 1: Is always just having that energy out on the field
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  Speaker 1: no matter what, no matter if it's a walkthrough or
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  Speaker 1: no matter if it's a fool speak period.
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  Speaker 5: When do you play a game like this one that's
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  Speaker 5: at Buffalo?
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  Speaker 4: I know, you haven't played at Buffalo yet in your career.
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  Speaker 5: Boy, it's just a big primetime matchup in a way.
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  Speaker 5: Is there any kind of different feeling before the game
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  Speaker 5: starts or is just kind of business as usual for you?
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  Speaker 1: Nah? Like I said, like I treat every week the same.
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  Speaker 1: I know the atmosphere that we're going into. Like I
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  Speaker 1: played up north in college, and I always heard about
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  Speaker 1: the Buffalo fans, and I think it's a really cool thing.
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  Speaker 1: I know, I know they have a really good atmosphere there,
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  Speaker 1: So I look forward to playing in environments like that.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's it's always fun. That's what you dream
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  Speaker 1: of as a kid is playing games like that. So
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  Speaker 1: I'm very excited to play at Buffalo for the first time.
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  Speaker 4: Just being ever brought there.
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  Speaker 6: Have two games under my belt and it has given
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  Speaker 6: me a lot of experience just filling the game out,
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  Speaker 6: just catching up on the game speed, being able to
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  Speaker 6: go out there and play play four speed, play up
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  Speaker 6: the tempo and know what's going on.
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  Speaker 4: So I would say it's helped out a lot.
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  Speaker 3: At this point, Do you do you know exactly how
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  Speaker 3: you fit in this offense and what your role can
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  Speaker 3: be and what it can sort of evolve into you know,
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  Speaker 3: and it's only been a couple of weeks.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, do you do you have it figured out?
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  Speaker 6: I mean I'm just coming out here each and every week,
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  Speaker 6: just going out there giving it my just trying to
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  Speaker 6: still just figuring it out as uh as the season
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  Speaker 6: goes on, I mean as earlier weeks, week three, so
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  Speaker 6: just still trying to figure it out.
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  Speaker 4: First prime time game NFL?
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  Speaker 3: Is it just another game or is it something you
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  Speaker 3: kind of get a little gc.
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  Speaker 6: I mean, you gotta get a little juice for Monday
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  Speaker 6: night football game, So this is you get a little
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  Speaker 6: extra juice for. Uh, just excited to play my first
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  Speaker 6: Monday night football game.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, what have you heard about Buffalo? Gabe told you
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  Speaker 4: anything about it?
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  Speaker 6: You said, what have I heard about it? I mean
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  Speaker 6: we talked about talked a little bit about their dbs,
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  Speaker 6: just how they play their defense. Uh, not really, not
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  Speaker 6: really much I was about it.
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  Speaker 4: Uh That's that's all I was gonna talking about it.
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  Speaker 4: It shouldn't be too old there. But what's the coldest
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  Speaker 4: weather game? You played it? And being from Louisiana played
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  Speaker 4: at the SEC, you gotta be like fifties, forties, forties?
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  Speaker 4: Was U a B my sophomore year. Yeah, at l
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  Speaker 4: s U.
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  Speaker 3: As much you guys. Yeah, so just kind of compare
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  Speaker 3: notes out themes are going, you'll help each other out
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  Speaker 3: with stuff.
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  Speaker 4: Or just yea hanging out with him, just really just talking.
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  Speaker 6: Earlier, I was actually on the phone with him, him,
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  Speaker 6: him and Jayden the other day after Jade the Matt
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  Speaker 6: beat him. He was pretty mad about that. Uh yeah,
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  Speaker 6: but I mean we just be talking. We talked, probably
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  Speaker 6: talking every day.
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  Speaker 3: Now that you and Trevor have had, you know, the
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  Speaker 3: off season train camp a couple of weeks, you feel
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  Speaker 3: like you guys are on the same page and it
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  Speaker 3: can only get better from you.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, I feel like we're on the same page and
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  Speaker 6: we're just gonna continue us to grow each and every week. Yeah,
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  Speaker 6: each and every day we come out here in practice,
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  Speaker 6: just trying to get better with each other.
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  Speaker 3: Have you noticed him sort of you know, I don't
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  Speaker 3: want to say, not having to tell you you know
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  Speaker 3: different things, but are you in sync? I guess, like,
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  Speaker 3: is there an example, like you know, I ran this route,
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  Speaker 3: he knew exactly that I was gonna be there, or
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  Speaker 3: whatever it.
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  Speaker 4: Gets gonna be. You can go back to the preseason game.
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  Speaker 6: I guess Atlanta, when I had the crosser out, it
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  Speaker 6: was just him, just us talking through that route multiple times,
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  Speaker 6: and just me being able to go out there and
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  Speaker 6: run that route the way with that with that look
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  Speaker 6: the way that he wanted it, and just us being
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  Speaker 6: in rhythm and instinct. So you can go back to second.
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  Speaker 3: What about Buffalo, what have you seen from from their
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  Speaker 3: defensive back?
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  Speaker 4: As you know, how is how tough of a matchup?
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  Speaker 4: Is that gonna be just a how tough of a
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  Speaker 4: match up? Yeah?
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  Speaker 6: Sure, Uh, I mean I just try to go in
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  Speaker 6: each and every game and just give it my own.
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  Speaker 6: I don't consider it like a tough matchup or nothing.
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  Speaker 6: I just go out there and uh do what I do,
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  Speaker 6: what I know I can do.