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Press Pass | Travis Hunter on Playing Both Sides, Improving Defensive Communication · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Travis, what was the emphasis over the bye week for
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  Speaker 1: you guys in the secondary?
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  Speaker 2: Just figure out what we got to do and just
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  Speaker 2: continue to just go out there and play and don't
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  Speaker 2: let the ball go over our head.
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  Speaker 3: Communication has been a big emphasis for you guys back there.
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  Speaker 1: What kind of role have you played in enhancing that?
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  Speaker 2: Just when we get in those moments and we get
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  Speaker 2: in the game, we just all just talk and just communicate,
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  Speaker 2: just make sure we remind each other.
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  Speaker 3: At the break, what did you do over the bye week?
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  Speaker 3: How refreshing was it?
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  Speaker 2: How did you get away from the game? I didn't
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  Speaker 2: really do nothing over the bye week. I went to
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  Speaker 2: go watch my brother play, but that was about it.
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  Speaker 2: I came back in here and got me some workouts
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  Speaker 2: in and just chilled with the family.
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  Speaker 3: I was thinking of the family just enlightening. You were
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  Speaker 3: able to be around your family a lot. Is that
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  Speaker 3: kind of refreshing to, you know, just get a change
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  Speaker 3: of scenery and obviously you had a good game that way? Nah.
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  Speaker 2: I'm good with just playing here and doing what we
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  Speaker 2: got to do to win.
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  Speaker 1: What's it like kind of going back and watching your
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  Speaker 1: brother play and being reminded of, you know, why you.
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  Speaker 3: Play this game?
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  Speaker 2: It's a blessing to be able to go back and
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  Speaker 2: watch my brother play, go out there and just see
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  Speaker 2: him ball out and just be.
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  Speaker 1: There to support him. Does he play both sides like you?
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  Speaker 2: Nah, he doesn't play receivers.
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  Speaker 3: Is it tough to have the bye week when you
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  Speaker 3: come off of a game where you guys take a loss?
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  Speaker 2: Is it tough?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, because it's longer before you can get back
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  Speaker 3: out on the field.
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  Speaker 2: Nah, it just makes us really anxious and hungry, you know,
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  Speaker 2: for the next opponent and the next game.
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  Speaker 3: Travis, a big topic over the offseason was you putting
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  Speaker 3: on some weight. In what ways have you seen that
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  Speaker 3: play out on the field maybe affect how you play?
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  Speaker 2: Just confidence. He gave me a confidence boost to be
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  Speaker 2: out there and just go out there and just be
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  Speaker 2: healthy and just be ready to play.
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  Speaker 1: I saw you on Jamal Chase's podcast yesterday. Can you explain,
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  Speaker 1: I think in there you said defense is easier to
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  Speaker 1: kind of pick up, offense is a bit harder. Can
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  Speaker 1: you just.
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  Speaker 2: Explain why that is? Just the playbooks. Playbooks are a
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  Speaker 2: lot different. Off the side of playbooks, you've got to
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  Speaker 2: know pretty much everything. You can get a can, so
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  Speaker 2: it changed the whole concept, changed everything. So you've just
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  Speaker 2: got to be reminded of what's going on on the
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  Speaker 2: off the side of the ball. On the defensive side
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  Speaker 2: of the ball, we see a formation. We got two calls.
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  Speaker 2: We can get another call real easy.
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  Speaker 3: I know we asked you about it earlier in the season,
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  Speaker 3: but the play returns, I'm not going to ask you
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  Speaker 3: are you comfortable because obviously you are, but just how
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  Speaker 3: different would that be to get out there on the
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  Speaker 3: field and kind.
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  Speaker 1: Of affect the game in that way?
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  Speaker 2: Just whatever helps the team. I'm ready to go out
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  Speaker 2: there and do it.
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  Speaker 3: What are you seeing from Daniel Jones on film?
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  Speaker 2: He's a great quarterback. He's going to do whatever he's
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  Speaker 2: got to do to help the team win, and he's
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  Speaker 2: going to try his best to pick us apart.
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  Speaker 1: Having the kind of impact that you had in the
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  Speaker 1: Texans game, offense and defense, does that just give you
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  Speaker 1: something to build on moving forward and kind of see
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  Speaker 1: what it looks like on both sides?
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  Speaker 2: I really don't focus on that. Whatever coach has called
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  Speaker 2: my number and go out there to play, I'm ready
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  Speaker 2: to go out there and just achieve and do what
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  Speaker 2: I have to do to help the team.
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  Speaker 1: How does it work when you get off the field
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  Speaker 1: from a defensive snap? Is it just like, hey, Travis,
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  Speaker 1: you're in the pool? How does that kind of communication happen?
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  Speaker 2: I've got to kind of be quick on my feet,
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  Speaker 2: got to go hurry up and get my– get my
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  Speaker 2: corrections on defense side of the ball and then hurry
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  Speaker 2: up and get to the offense.
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  Speaker 3: Going from catching a touchdown and catching a pick pretty
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  Speaker 3: much right after, what was that feeling like?
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  Speaker 2: I felt unreal. I felt like I had a takeover
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  Speaker 2: badge on.
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  Speaker 3: I was just out there going out there.
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  Speaker 2: And just playing.
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  Speaker 3: Did you stumble into the interception? No.
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  Speaker 2: I've never said that. How'd that get out there? I
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  Speaker 2: don't know. They just be making up stuff. I've never
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  Speaker 2: said that. Nobody wants to stumble and try to make
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  Speaker 2: it look like something's not. My coach tells me to burn,
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  Speaker 2: so I felt like I was beat. I put my
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  Speaker 2: eyes down and got to the man as fast as
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  Speaker 2: I can.
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  Speaker 3: You want to try it though this time?
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  Speaker 2: No, I'm not going to.
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  Speaker 3: No, sir.