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Press Pass | Etienne Jr. And Oluokun Speak on Heading to Vegas for Week 16 · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: I'm definitely ascited to play in new stadium. I feel
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  Speaker 1: like every time, uh, I get a chance of being
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  Speaker 1: a new stadium, it's it's like my first time to leaves,
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  Speaker 1: my first impression. So I definitely want to go out there,
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  Speaker 1: have a great game and uh.
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  Speaker 2: Get the W Do you have a favorite place you played, like.
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  Speaker 1: A place I played? Uh? Probably probably a Dallas stadium,
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  Speaker 1: the Cowboys Stadium. We haven't played like an official game,
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  Speaker 1: but we played like a preseason game there, so Uh,
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  Speaker 1: that was pretty cool.
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  Speaker 2: Uh. Jeremiah's backflip the other day, how many guys on
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  Speaker 2: this team can can do that? Do you think?
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  Speaker 1: Man, now, we got a couple of guys that can
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  Speaker 1: hit a back foot. But I ain't gonna lie. It
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  Speaker 1: was very impressive. Like, I feel like that came out
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  Speaker 1: of nowhere. I was kind of jealous. I like, buth
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  Speaker 1: I pray I score at test on stick? Can hit
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  Speaker 1: me a back flip? He hadn't wanted to hit one,
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  Speaker 1: but no, that was pretty impressive.
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  Speaker 2: Those here has been a little out of rhythm for you,
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  Speaker 2: but just from maybe injury or the balance of the games.
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  Speaker 2: But did you feel in a rhythm a little bit?
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  Speaker 1: Uh?
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  Speaker 2: The other day for the first time in a long time.
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  Speaker 1: Uh uh uh. I felt like we was on the
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  Speaker 1: field a lot of the offense. I felt like we
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  Speaker 1: was getting first downs. I felt like we was uh
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  Speaker 1: moving to uh ball really well. Uh we didn't have
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  Speaker 1: a munch of three and the outs. Uh, so we
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  Speaker 1: was able to get in the rythm as a offense,
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  Speaker 1: and uh that really helped us as a team. And
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  Speaker 1: we was uh able to get in the resume, uh
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  Speaker 1: make the most out of it, and uh what you
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  Speaker 1: gotta continue to keep doing that, continue to find out
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  Speaker 1: rhythm early in the games. That way, it balls over
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  Speaker 1: into the whole game. We don't just get uh going
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  Speaker 1: in the second half. And then I feel like that
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  Speaker 1: was really uh good for us, good for us to see.
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  Speaker 2: Do you you feel out that kind of where their
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  Speaker 2: momentum we can carry over a week two week?
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  Speaker 1: Ah for sure, Uh most definitely, uh cause uh nah
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  Speaker 1: it we definitely need to carry over. Uh it's a
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  Speaker 1: next week. Uh just really emphasize and start fast, uh
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  Speaker 1: start fast and finish stronger. And I feel like that
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  Speaker 1: would be a great recipe for us this weekend.
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  Speaker 2: What type of the uh third downs The last couple
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  Speaker 2: of weeks where you guys fomed who cause that was
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  Speaker 2: been a struggle with most of the year.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: Honestly, just uh emphasized this third on the field. Uh
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  Speaker 1: ju just being locked in everybody doing that one one
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  Speaker 1: eleventh and uh we all m' coming as one and
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  Speaker 1: that's why we been able to uh convert those third downs.
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  Speaker 1: What are you looking to prepare for uh this coming week?
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  Speaker 3: In terms of what they what they do uh on
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  Speaker 3: their right you know, it really depends on what call.
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  Speaker 3: We have a lot of different responsibilities every call.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 3: In terms of what they're doing in their run game. Uh,
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  Speaker 3: they do throw the ball a lot on first down two,
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  Speaker 3: so we gotta expect that being able to uh to
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  Speaker 3: match up to their big personnel, even though they might
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  Speaker 3: spread it out and go eleven looks to their big personnel.
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  Speaker 3: Then when they do run it, being able to fit
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  Speaker 3: these gap schemes that they like to do. But it
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  Speaker 3: really depends on the call with which the responsibility and
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  Speaker 3: being able to execute throughout the down.
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  Speaker 2: How impressive as power's been UHU.
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  Speaker 3: On tape, it's good he he he catch he It's
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  Speaker 3: like a mismatch type thing. He catches the ball well
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  Speaker 3: he can run away from even the safeties and stuff.
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  Speaker 3: But he uses his body well and then you know
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  Speaker 3: it makes explosives down the field when he gets able
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  Speaker 3: to catch and run. So he's a good athlete, good
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  Speaker 3: explosive player. Uh, it's all about being able to uh
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  Speaker 3: match up on 'em throughout the down.
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  Speaker 1: Really, what what was the change in terms of prep
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  Speaker 1: when the opponent might not know who even yet their
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  Speaker 1: starting quarterback is that week he could be one of
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  Speaker 1: two guys.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you gotta prepare uh both ways. First of all,
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  Speaker 3: your calls should be able to play the same cause
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  Speaker 3: regardless they have basically the same plays. It might have
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  Speaker 3: a couple of wrinkles with like some zone read stuff.
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  Speaker 3: I know, rid Er runs the ball a little more,
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  Speaker 3: maybe SCRAMs a little more, but basically our calls are
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  Speaker 3: gonna be played the same. Uh, it's about executing your
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  Speaker 3: one eleven. That play supposed to be you know contained
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  Speaker 3: and where it's running quarterback. You know your job is
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  Speaker 3: really important when it's like, you know, a guy who
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  Speaker 3: might more drop back to scramble. You might still have contained,
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  Speaker 3: but you know, like it's on high alert when you
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  Speaker 3: have a guy who might pull it and stuff. But
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  Speaker 3: their offense. Still you know, they still have the same
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  Speaker 3: zone runs, still gun runs is still got back runs.
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  Speaker 3: Regardless of who is that quarterback. They might run a
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  Speaker 3: little bit more with a different quarterback. Uh, the type
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  Speaker 3: of runs I'm talking about, but uh, it's all about
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  Speaker 3: xqing our plays when no matter who's that quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: Well, is there what one thing uh that you can
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  Speaker 2: lock in to getting better at these last three weeks
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  Speaker 2: to be consistent with that that would make you happy,
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  Speaker 2: like satisfy you down the stretch of the season.
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  Speaker 3: As a defense, I think we can. It's it's yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I wanna get better each and every day. I wanna
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  Speaker 3: just be able to to execute all the way through
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  Speaker 3: the game. Really, uh, I think playing well throughout the game,
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  Speaker 3: but having one off two off plays. You know, at
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  Speaker 3: the end of the day, I wanna win the game.
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  Speaker 3: You can have a great game and lose and I
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  Speaker 3: would not be happy. So, uh, being able to execute
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  Speaker 3: all the way through the game and uh have it
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  Speaker 3: come out to a victory. I think it's really good.
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  Speaker 3: But really just keep playing with the group, the young guys,
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  Speaker 3: bring 'em along, physical, fast, but really executing our players
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  Speaker 3: of the communication, understanding how people attack us and just
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  Speaker 3: being sound all the way through the game. That's really
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  Speaker 3: all it is.
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  Speaker 1: Theah, why when you're in a season like this that
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  Speaker 1: hasn't gone the way you want it and there's just
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  Speaker 1: a few more games left, is it okay to concentrate
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  Speaker 1: on personal goals?
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  Speaker 3: I mean mean mean in addition to trying.
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  Speaker 2: To win the game?
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  Speaker 3: Sure, I mean I in the business side of it,
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  Speaker 3: that's what if that's what people do to stay motivated
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  Speaker 3: at this point, I I'm off for whatever you do
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  Speaker 3: stay motivated. But it's all about the team still. Uh.
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  Speaker 3: If that's how you bring that juice their energy every day,
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  Speaker 3: that's how you're se talking about it to yourself that
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  Speaker 3: it's cool. I just wanna be productive regardless. I think
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  Speaker 3: that all takes care of itself. Uh, being able to
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  Speaker 3: win my one on one, being able to execute all
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  Speaker 3: every throws down. But whatever, you have to tell yourself mentally,
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  Speaker 3: why to keep yourself on edge and and going at
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  Speaker 3: your one hundred percent? You know, that's how you do it.
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  Speaker 3: Uh Me personally, I'm you know, just trying to execute
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  Speaker 3: for the boys and stuff. Uh my whole career, those
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  Speaker 3: have all taken care of themselves. Just trying to get
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  Speaker 3: people on the ground, tryna make the right plays, trying
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  Speaker 3: to make the play of the balls in the air. Uh.
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  Speaker 3: But at the end of the day, I want you
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  Speaker 3: to come ready to whatever motivate you. Your wide you,
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  Speaker 3: you find that out and you come ready to play.