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- 0:00Speaker 1: Job done. When there are operational issues, a penalty here
- 0:03Speaker 1: and there, what's kind of like the message in the
- 0:06Speaker 1: huddle or on the sideline about you know, cleaning it
- 0:10Speaker 1: up or just forgetting about it and going back to work.
- 0:14Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think it's definitely something we want
- 0:15Speaker 2: to clean up. Someone we try to work on and
- 0:19Speaker 2: have been working on during the week the past few weeks,
- 0:22Speaker 2: just being a cleaner and crisper operation. But I mean,
- 0:27Speaker 2: I think during the game, when things like that happen,
- 0:29Speaker 2: you got to just move on and get to the
- 0:31Speaker 2: next play and try to not let one play, you know,
- 0:35Speaker 2: affect the whole drive or you know, a whole quarter
- 0:38Speaker 2: or anything like that.
- 0:40Speaker 1: Okay, And when Trevor fell down on that touchdown, you
- 0:45Speaker 1: were kind of out there on that side. When did
- 0:48Speaker 1: you realize what had happened? And your instincts kind of
- 0:52Speaker 1: kicked in and you look for somebody to block. But
- 0:54Speaker 1: what was going on from your vantas point?
- 0:57Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I actually I didn't even know Trevor
- 1:00Speaker 2: fell down until well after the game when I saw
- 1:05Speaker 2: my parents. They were talking about the play and I
- 1:07Speaker 2: was like, what do you mean he fell down? And
- 1:09Speaker 2: they showed me the video of the actual play. I
- 1:12Speaker 2: had no idea. I assumed that there was just pressure
- 1:15Speaker 2: from the right side and he had to scramble left
- 1:17Speaker 2: because when I looked up, he was running kind of
- 1:19Speaker 2: past me towards the end zone. So I had no idea,
- 1:24Speaker 2: but it was a crazy play. And yeah, it's a
- 1:27Speaker 2: really really good move on his part.
- 1:30Speaker 3: Thank you, John Shipley, Hey Walker, thanks for doing this.
- 1:37Speaker 3: Can you just talk a little bit about what is
- 1:39Speaker 3: kind of Liam and his attitude and his desire to,
- 1:42Speaker 3: you know, keep running the ball even maybe when things
- 1:44Speaker 3: aren't going well, and to stay true to it. What
- 1:46Speaker 3: is that kind of meant for you guys in the
- 1:47Speaker 3: offensive line.
- 1:48Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's been great to have a coach
- 1:51Speaker 2: that's just kind of has a lot of faith in,
- 1:54Speaker 2: has a lot of trust in the offensive line, and
- 1:57Speaker 2: just kind of stays true to his word about you know,
- 2:00Speaker 2: we think we're a good team, we think we can
- 2:02Speaker 2: run the ball well, and we're gonna stay true to it.
- 2:06Speaker 2: And I think it opens up other parts of the
- 2:08Speaker 2: game too. When you can stick to the run, it
- 2:11Speaker 2: can help with the play action, help with the past game,
- 2:13Speaker 2: and get guys open on the field. So I think
- 2:16Speaker 2: he's done a really good job of that so far.
- 2:19Speaker 3: And then Robert Hainsey, I mean, what's it been like,
- 2:21Speaker 3: you know, getting to know him so far and how's
- 2:23Speaker 3: how's he kind of helped set the tone for the
- 2:24Speaker 3: room since he played for Liam last year.
- 2:26Speaker 2: Yeah, No, Robert's been a great addition for us obviously,
- 2:30Speaker 2: like you said, him playing for Liam last year really
- 2:35Speaker 2: helped him come in already know the offense, and yeah,
- 2:38Speaker 2: be a great leader for us both on and off
- 2:41Speaker 2: the field, not just in our room, but on the
- 2:44Speaker 2: whole team. He's a great guy and a great leader
- 2:48Speaker 2: on our team.
- 2:50Speaker 1: Thanks for Ryan, ben Walker, I got two for you.
- 2:55Speaker 2: Working with Ezra next to each other, how much is
- 2:59Speaker 2: that relationship communication grown just in these first five games? Yeah,
- 3:03Speaker 2: I mean when we were kind of the only guys
- 3:07Speaker 2: that had really played next to each other on this line,
- 3:10Speaker 2: But like you said, we I mean we haven't played
- 3:13Speaker 2: too too much, so Yeah, these first few weeks have
- 3:16Speaker 2: been really integral for the whole line, but definitely for
- 3:19Speaker 2: me and Ezra having to work next to each other
- 3:22Speaker 2: a lot. And yeah, we have great communication kind of
- 3:24Speaker 2: throughout the week on just our game plan and how
- 3:27Speaker 2: we want to go about things all the way into
- 3:30Speaker 2: the game, and then I think during the game we
- 3:31Speaker 2: do a really good job of staying on the same
- 3:35Speaker 2: page and just trying to work together. And last one
- 3:38Speaker 2: for me having a new old line coach and Sean
- 3:40Speaker 2: come in, what do you like about the way he
- 3:43Speaker 2: pushes you but also encourages to get better. Yeah, Sean's
- 3:47Speaker 2: been a great addition for the team and really huge
- 3:51Speaker 2: for for our line room. He's been a great coach.
- 3:54Speaker 2: And yeah, like you said, I mean he pushes his
- 3:57Speaker 2: hard you know, through training camp and still you know
- 4:00Speaker 2: throughout the season both you know, in the in the
- 4:03Speaker 2: film room and on the field. But you know, you
- 4:07Speaker 2: know he has faith in each and every guy that
- 4:10Speaker 2: steps out there, and you know trust that that we're
- 4:14Speaker 2: ready to go and ready perform.
- 4:16Speaker 1: Thank you, Jiblie.
- 4:19Speaker 3: Did you have another question? Yeah, yes, ma'am, I got
- 4:22Speaker 3: two more of That'sie Walker Jonah stepping in last night
- 4:26Speaker 3: when you know Robert went down. What was that just
- 4:28Speaker 3: say about him as a rookie going into a big
- 4:30Speaker 3: game like that and you know, being able to just
- 4:31Speaker 3: being able ready to go.
- 4:33Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, and Jonah, you know through the first
- 4:36Speaker 2: five weeks being a rookiees already, uh, you know, great
- 4:39Speaker 2: pro He was ready to go, ready to step in
- 4:42Speaker 2: in a big game like that Monday night football. It's
- 4:45Speaker 2: not an easy situation for anybody, much alone the guy
- 4:48Speaker 2: that's you know, it's your fifth game in the NFL.
- 4:51Speaker 2: So that was huge for us though, especially you know
- 4:54Speaker 2: at the end their pressure pack situation, two minutes drill
- 4:57Speaker 2: to win the game against the Chiefs, and he a
- 5:00Speaker 2: great job and let us and communicate well. So I
- 5:05Speaker 2: can't say enough about Jonah.
- 5:07Speaker 3: And then last one for me, it seems like Anton
- 5:10Speaker 3: or somebody the coaches are really challenging this offseason. Just
- 5:12Speaker 3: what have you seen from him and kind of the
- 5:14Speaker 3: work that he's put in to get where he's at
- 5:15Speaker 3: right now.
- 5:16Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I think Anton has and still is
- 5:20Speaker 2: a really really hard worker. He worked really hard this
- 5:24Speaker 2: offseason and it's been showing through the first few weeks.
- 5:26Speaker 2: He's been playing really great football and it's just a
- 5:31Speaker 2: great integral part, you know, of our offensive line. And
- 5:35Speaker 2: really him and Pat do a great job on the
- 5:37Speaker 2: right side. Thanks Walmer, Yeah.
- 5:42Speaker 3: That's everyone. Thanks Walker.
- 5:44Speaker 2: Yeah, thank y'all.