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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think you gotta, you gotta, you know, give
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  Speaker 1: credit where credit is due. And uh, their offensive line
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  Speaker 1: is is really good, you know, Uh protecting Jared Um.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he's done a nice job of distributing the football.
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  Speaker 1: And that's one of the things that they've been scoring points.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it hasn't been obviously, uh, you know one
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  Speaker 1: of their issues. It's uh they're putting points on the board.
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  Speaker 1: And and um, you know a little bit of a
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  Speaker 1: little bit of a hot streak you know here recently.
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  Speaker 1: You're gonna see as in this week when you think
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  Speaker 1: back to the draft process and getting to know him,
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  Speaker 1: what kind of stands out about him and not only
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  Speaker 1: as a player, but as a person, well one great person,
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  Speaker 1: you know, get a chance to meet him in person
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  Speaker 1: and and just just a great human being he's and
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  Speaker 1: he's a good football player, you know, and and uh,
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  Speaker 1: it's gonna be it's gonna be exciting obviously watching him,
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  Speaker 1: you know, all week this week, but watching him in
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  Speaker 1: person and just understanding he's got a bright future. Watching
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  Speaker 1: what kind of stands out as on the pro level.
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  Speaker 1: I know you are the college same I mean, you know,
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  Speaker 1: obviously moving him around a little bit you know, playing
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  Speaker 1: obviously the edge position and also inside and and uh
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  Speaker 1: five and a half sacks, I believe, and and getting
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  Speaker 1: getting pressure and you know, just doing the things that
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  Speaker 1: that we thought he could do. You know, and uh,
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  Speaker 1: he's gonna be a he's gonna be a really good,
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  Speaker 1: really good player in this league for a long time.
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  Speaker 1: And they've scored a lot of points. Last year, they
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  Speaker 1: have scoring as many points. What have they changed this
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  Speaker 1: year to do that? I just think they're comfortable with
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  Speaker 1: their system. Um, you know, Jared is obviously playing, you know,
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  Speaker 1: confident with the guys around him. Obviously there's some some injuries.
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  Speaker 1: Some guys have been kind of banged up, but he's
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  Speaker 1: he's done a nice job of just executing their offense.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, just there they're opportunistic when when the
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  Speaker 1: time time comes, really and um, you know, and that's
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  Speaker 1: what you need. And uh, the ability to run the
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  Speaker 1: football and you know a couple of good running backs
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  Speaker 1: in there, and and just uh, um, I think just
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  Speaker 1: playing together and being around for a second season helps.
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  Speaker 1: Dan Campbell said earlier this week. They don't know, you
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  Speaker 1: have to Jamison Molliams will play wide receiver wise where
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  Speaker 1: they present well, if he plays. I mean, he's he's
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  Speaker 1: obviously a talented player, you know. Um, and um it's
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  Speaker 1: got speed, you know, and he's long and and athletics.
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  Speaker 1: So that's that's a challenge obviously. Um. But again just uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, an opportunity team. They're making plays and playing
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  Speaker 1: with confidence and and um you know, they played a
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  Speaker 1: lot of energy. You see it on tape, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and they fly around and be a great challenge for
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  Speaker 1: our football team. How are you doing about Travis his
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  Speaker 1: chance of the plant this weekend? I feel good. Um,
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  Speaker 1: it's gonna be day to day you know with him,
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  Speaker 1: but I want to make sure that he's you know,
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  Speaker 1: before we stick him out there and he'll go through
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  Speaker 1: you know, some of the walk through portions of practice today.
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  Speaker 1: How important are these practices going to be for hinders?
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  Speaker 1: And if ETM can't go, well, they'd be important you know. Um,
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  Speaker 1: spending a little extra time with him, you know, Uh,
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  Speaker 1: Coach Parmly, you know, get him, get him ready to
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  Speaker 1: go if if need be. And and um, he's a
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  Speaker 1: veteran guy. He's played and it's just a matter of
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  Speaker 1: just understanding a little terminology. We won't throw the whole
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  Speaker 1: thing at him, but but give him, you know, a
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  Speaker 1: series of plays that he's comfortable with. You talked about
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  Speaker 1: the leadership with him, this team being good, you have
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  Speaker 1: the right corp players. What have you seen from the
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  Speaker 1: guys to to keep that confidence level growing not only
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  Speaker 1: through the losses, but obviously through the wins as well. Um,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you know, I feel like we've talked a
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  Speaker 1: lot about this, but these guys, you know, nothing really
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  Speaker 1: bothers him number one. You know, they've they've they've stayed
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  Speaker 1: the course through through the hard times this season, you know,
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  Speaker 1: some of the tough losses we've had, and and uh,
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  Speaker 1: they don't seem to get you know, too higher, too low.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously there you know, excited because you know the wind
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  Speaker 1: Sunday and and that's something we can build on. But
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  Speaker 1: you know, the leadership team has really been Um, it's
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  Speaker 1: been really good that way. You know, uh, even from
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  Speaker 1: you know, the way we practice, the way we meet,
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  Speaker 1: challenging the guys that way, and you know, you get
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  Speaker 1: this late in the season, there's there's not a lot
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  Speaker 1: that I can do to really motivate the guys. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: it's you know, we're for thirteen weeks in or something
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  Speaker 1: like that, and and um, you know it's a matter
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  Speaker 1: of them taking upon themselves and and uh, you know
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  Speaker 1: you lean on the leadership that way, all that they've
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  Speaker 1: been able to stay this even celed I mean, it's
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  Speaker 1: easy to just throw it away basically with with how
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  Speaker 1: the season as the cards were bumps on the road.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not surprised, you know, I'm not surprised at all.
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  Speaker 1: Character character of the football team, character of the guys,
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  Speaker 1: the type of in that we have in that locker room. Um,
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  Speaker 1: it doesn't surprise me at all. Your players last week
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  Speaker 1: unsolicited mentioned this is before the Ravens game. There's no
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  Speaker 1: you know, no reason why we can't go ten and seven.
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  Speaker 1: There's no reason why we can't uh, you know, run
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  Speaker 1: the table obviously, Uh tough long shot scenario, just warning.
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  Speaker 1: But how does it make you feel when when when
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  Speaker 1: when players have that kind of mindset to not ever
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  Speaker 1: ever give up even thing, even when things look bleak
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  Speaker 1: at three and seven. Yeah, first of all, appreciate the confidence,
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  Speaker 1: um that you uh showed us in us. Um, you know, listen,
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  Speaker 1: anything's probably I've been around this league a long time.
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  Speaker 1: Anything is possible in any team. I mean, I mean
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  Speaker 1: detroits in the situation too, where they could go on
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  Speaker 1: a lower run here, and and and and affect the
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  Speaker 1: outcome of their season two. So you know, yes, we
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  Speaker 1: understand that it's it's a it's a one game season.
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  Speaker 1: The importance of this game. Um, and we've got some
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  Speaker 1: if you look at our schedule, we've got some really
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  Speaker 1: good opponents down the stretch here. I mean, we've still
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  Speaker 1: got three in our own division. So you know, UM,
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  Speaker 1: I love the confidence and the guys have, and listen,
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to take that away from them either.
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  Speaker 1: You know, if they believe that, you know, then then
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  Speaker 1: we've got to get more people believe in that, right, Coaches, players, everybody,
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  Speaker 1: And um, we understand that it's a one game. You know,
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  Speaker 1: it's a one game season, one game mentality, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and um, anything's possible. It's my cause my cleats week.
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  Speaker 1: You're gonna have some special shoes on. Can you talk
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  Speaker 1: about why those are important? Yeah? Yeah, it's gonna be
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  Speaker 1: great to have, you know, with pancreatic cancer obviously, you know,
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  Speaker 1: brings awareness to the you know, what I've dealt with
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  Speaker 1: with my brother and and going through that with my
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  Speaker 1: family and and so my wife and I you know,
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  Speaker 1: our whole family is gonna have shoes on, you know,
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  Speaker 1: to to help, you know, bring awareness to that and
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  Speaker 1: obviously remind you know, remember my brother, you know, during
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  Speaker 1: this time. But everybody's got something that they can sort
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  Speaker 1: of hang their hat on, you know, a cause of
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  Speaker 1: some sort. And uh, I think it's I think it's
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  Speaker 1: great that the league, you know, gives the players, give
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  Speaker 1: the coaches organizations a way to sort of you know,
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  Speaker 1: honor those that, uh, whether it's through a charity or
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  Speaker 1: someone personal or personally in their family that that they
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  Speaker 1: can honor, you know, during during this time. I think
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  Speaker 1: it's a really good thing undertaking. Is that getting the
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  Speaker 1: whole family not much just ask their shoes, aye, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean my wife's a trooper. No, they're gonna be
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  Speaker 1: back in Louisiana, uh and stuff like that. Yeah, No,
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  Speaker 1: my wife handles all that, she's a trooper. You gotta
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  Speaker 1: ask a husson already. But how how much did you
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  Speaker 1: get to know him during the drift profits a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: It's tough to really get to I think, get to
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  Speaker 1: know guys during that process. It's so short and brief. Um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and then and getting even a top thirty visit,
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  Speaker 1: you know, in your building and things like that. It's
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  Speaker 1: still not enough time to really get to know somebody.
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  Speaker 1: But I'll say this, I mean this kid was uh professional.
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  Speaker 1: Um the way he acted, that way he spoke, the
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  Speaker 1: way he handled his business, you know when he was here. Um,
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  Speaker 1: just you just know guys like that are gonna have
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  Speaker 1: success in this league. Nineteen in a row NFC nineteen
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  Speaker 1: straight losses to NFC teams. I know you don't talk
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  Speaker 1: about that, but you're been part of a streetlight that
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  Speaker 1: like a weird I don't. I don't, I don't think so. Um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I mean you're right, I don't get caught
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  Speaker 1: up in a lot of that. I mean, you know,
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  Speaker 1: different team, different times. But yeah, I mean those are
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  Speaker 1: those are real, Those are real numbers, real stats, and
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  Speaker 1: you know those are things I don't talk to the
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  Speaker 1: team a lot about. I mean, we're just focused on
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  Speaker 1: the Lions and preparing to get you know, get ready
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  Speaker 1: to go better in the red zone. I mean from
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  Speaker 1: early in the season where there were more struggles. The
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  Speaker 1: numbers say you've gotten better. Where are you where your
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  Speaker 1: red zone productions? You know, taking care of the football
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  Speaker 1: number one, I think can increase production. You know obviously
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  Speaker 1: points outcomes, drives and things like that. You know, we're
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  Speaker 1: gonna we're gonna pride ourselves. Like most teams, gotta run
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  Speaker 1: the football down there. You know, it gets hard to
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  Speaker 1: to throw the ball with some of the structure that
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  Speaker 1: the defenses possess, you know, and some pressures and different things,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, it's a it's been a slow progression.
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  Speaker 1: I think as the season has gone on. Um, we
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  Speaker 1: can always get better down there, you know, and we
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  Speaker 1: have to get better, you know, down down the stretch here.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, the number one thing for us is
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  Speaker 1: is taking care of the football, um, which we've done
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  Speaker 1: in the last couple of games there. Really good of them.
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  Speaker 1: Is that Travis go off and being a quarterback. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that and just just trusting the players and putting them
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  Speaker 1: in you know, positions to be successful. I mean, that's
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  Speaker 1: that's just what the red zone is. You take care
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  Speaker 1: of the ball. You know, the balls out on time
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  Speaker 1: and rhythm and and um, you've gotta be accurate and
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  Speaker 1: make plays. As far as Chad and Devin in the
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  Speaker 1: rotation and Chad playing of the snats thing, Devon was
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  Speaker 1: like thte percent. How much of that was situational going
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  Speaker 1: against percent for chat and sent for Chad got itt
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  Speaker 1: and what package? What's serious overall? Okay, yeah, that's for
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  Speaker 1: your stats, Gas. So I don't know, man, I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: I'm just I'm just saying that, fats. But but as
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  Speaker 1: my question is, how much of that was the Ravens
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  Speaker 1: versus how much of that is what we'll see going forward?
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  Speaker 1: A little both, a little both the Ravens. You know, Um,
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  Speaker 1: it's a different run style than what than what most
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  Speaker 1: teams you know, conventionally do, so there was gonna be
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  Speaker 1: some extra linebackers, you know, in the football game. I
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  Speaker 1: think moving forward, I think Chad, you know, Chad did
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  Speaker 1: enough in that game to to give him another opportunity,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and and still making sure that Devon's ready
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  Speaker 1: and prepared and and and still having the rotation available
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  Speaker 1: if need be. But I think both players are in
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  Speaker 1: a really good place, you know, especially headspace right now. Um,
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  Speaker 1: the young players, long season, six games left, and we
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  Speaker 1: got to make sure that both of them are are
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  Speaker 1: well prepared, you know, as we make you know, these
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  Speaker 1: these next six games. And then also in addition to
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  Speaker 1: Chad playing as much as he did racial and playing
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  Speaker 1: more of that nickel the third linebacker sort of position. Again,
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  Speaker 1: it was a three safety look, you know, so he
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  Speaker 1: saw you know, Andrew you know, in there playing more safety,
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  Speaker 1: which put Jenkins down in the box. And it's just
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  Speaker 1: again it's just the unique style that that Baltimore presenting
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  Speaker 1: your relationship with Dewey just in general what he needs
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  Speaker 1: this team and kind of his role on this you know,
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  Speaker 1: he's he's been through a lot with this team. Um,
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  Speaker 1: I've been here now for a little while and hasn't
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  Speaker 1: had the success that he probably had hoped for. And UM,
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  Speaker 1: you know, he's one of the guys that you know,
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  Speaker 1: he's he's a core he's a core leader on this team,
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  Speaker 1: you know. And and he he wears his emotions, you know,
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  Speaker 1: on his sleeve too. And it's great to see. He's
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  Speaker 1: very passionate about the organization as players and teammates. And um,
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  Speaker 1: he had a heck of the game, you know, Sunday
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  Speaker 1: came up with a big turnover you know in the
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  Speaker 1: red zone and and um plays great on special teams.
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  Speaker 1: We asked him to do a lot. Uh, it just
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  Speaker 1: means a lot to the organization to the team to
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  Speaker 1: the locker room and um, you know, just just a
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  Speaker 1: fine young man. MS. Guys who have been here for
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  Speaker 1: a couple of years, like you said, I have been
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  Speaker 1: through a lot of this organization. You can't kind of
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  Speaker 1: just tell how hungry they are that kind of get
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  Speaker 1: this thing turned around. I mean, you see it. You
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  Speaker 1: see it with those guys. You know, I think there's
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  Speaker 1: a belief that they can get it done. Um, you know,
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  Speaker 1: obviously for whatever reason, we haven't. But you know, you
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  Speaker 1: look at a win like Sunday and and the way
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  Speaker 1: we won how we want wasn't perfect. There were there
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  Speaker 1: were mistakes in the game, but to finish that game right,
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  Speaker 1: I mean that game could easily you're one turnover there
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  Speaker 1: at the end of the game going you know, going
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  Speaker 1: their way and it's a ballgame, right that that the
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  Speaker 1: fumble that ever had and um, we haven't been able
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  Speaker 1: to get those back in that game. We did and
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  Speaker 1: and we stayed on the field. We you know, we
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  Speaker 1: made plays down the stretch. We learned how to finish
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  Speaker 1: and and that's what that's what those guys, that's what
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  Speaker 1: it means to those guys to be able to do
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  Speaker 1: that and see that and Um, you know, just kind
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  Speaker 1: of feel that emotion you know, after the game, and
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  Speaker 1: that's what you know, that's what you're trying to get
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  Speaker 1: to know each week. Yeah, yeah, it was a different one,
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  Speaker 1: similar it was going to be played that first three,
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  Speaker 1: wasn't there at the conference level? Was high? Yeah, it
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  Speaker 1: was high. We had a nice conversation. Was that touchdown?
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  Speaker 1: Same same play that you're in and Philly? Uh? Same type? Yes? Yes, yes, else,
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  Speaker 1: Yeah it was a very similar play. Yes, it was, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: very similar play. You remember training camp he was kind
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  Speaker 1: of ragged and it was the last period of like
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  Speaker 1: maybe more you obviously could let you blue in early
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  Speaker 1: and do we started yelling at the coaches we need
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  Speaker 1: our reps too, like you didn't want to go in.
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  Speaker 1: And if you remember that at all, is it also
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  Speaker 1: a native of the kind of emotion that he from
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  Speaker 1: he into a training Yeah, I don't necessarily remember that situation.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure that that that happened, but yeah, I mean
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  Speaker 1: that's the that's the type of player and the passion,
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  Speaker 1: the excitement you know that he brings to the team
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  Speaker 1: and uh, listen, he's he's hard on himself. Uh, he
• 14:36
  Speaker 1: wants to be perfect in every every way possible. Um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and and he's right. I mean, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the guys want to get their their reps into, especially
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  Speaker 1: those guys that don't get a ton of reps with
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  Speaker 1: you know, maybe the starting units or whatever. But um,
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  Speaker 1: I think that's a that's just a great indication of
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  Speaker 1: who he is and and how much this organization means
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  Speaker 1: to him in this team. You've bet Tyson shadows some
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  Speaker 1: receivers this year at St. Brown. He's still young, but
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  Speaker 1: has he earned that sort of respect where you wanna
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  Speaker 1: put your top guy on him? Of course? You know, Um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, he's definitely done done a nice job in
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  Speaker 1: games and and made made plays and somebody you gotta
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  Speaker 1: you gotta be aware of. And and you know, if
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  Speaker 1: if Jamison's back as well, you know, those two guys
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  Speaker 1: out there. I mean, it's just it makes a makes
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  Speaker 1: a tough combination. But um, you know, if the game
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  Speaker 1: plan warrants that that Tyson follows him, then then that's
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  Speaker 1: what he'll do, you know. And and we've got a
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  Speaker 1: lot of confidence in Tyson with that's the case. Two
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  Speaker 1: board and seven teams playing a big game, but each
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  Speaker 1: team has something to play for. One Sunday philosophically in
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  Speaker 1: front of the group, do you call it a big game?
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  Speaker 1: Do you point it out you need to how do
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  Speaker 1: you handle this this week with something? You know, I
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  Speaker 1: don't necessarily use it in terms of a big game.
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  Speaker 1: I I do believe that the guys understand that it
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  Speaker 1: is a big game because it's the next one. And
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  Speaker 1: just like them, you know, I'm our goals are right
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  Speaker 1: in front of us, you know, and and uh, this
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  Speaker 1: is a this is a good football They gotta what
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  Speaker 1: what we have as the staff have to get across
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  Speaker 1: to our players that were playing a good football team.
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  Speaker 1: And and and I think they're saying the same things.
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  Speaker 1: They're they're playing a good football team. So it's we're
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  Speaker 1: kind of the same in a way. And I heard,
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  Speaker 1: you know, uh, Coach Campbell talked about that the other day,
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  Speaker 1: that very similar teams and both playing for a lot,
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  Speaker 1: you know. Um, And so yeah, I think just from
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  Speaker 1: that standpoint, you could probably consider it, you know, in
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  Speaker 1: the in the big game category. Thanks all right, Thanks
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  Speaker 1: you sh