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Press Pass | Doug Pederson on Prep for Week 2 vs. Browns · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: One, they got great really good personnel, great personnel obviously
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  Speaker 1: ninety five. We know about Miles. I mean, he's a
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  Speaker 1: he's an excellent, excellent football player and you know, one
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  Speaker 1: of the one of the best we've we've seen and
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  Speaker 1: and got our hands full there. But this is a
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  Speaker 1: this is a typical Jim Schwartz. You know, get up
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  Speaker 1: the field jet rush. Linebackers are downhill, physical, good tackling,
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  Speaker 1: you know, football team, and you know, offensively, we know
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  Speaker 1: what they're capable of doing obviously, you know, just just
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  Speaker 1: go back. I know it was a different quarterback last year,
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  Speaker 1: but chances of of hitting some big plays, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and and the ability to do that. So and special teams,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you know, it's a it's a solid unit,
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  Speaker 1: so good good football team with with with uh, it's
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  Speaker 1: hard to just block him one on one, even with
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  Speaker 1: offensive tackles. I mean, it's it's a challenge on third
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  Speaker 1: down or second long when you're you know, when they
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  Speaker 1: think you're going to pass, it's, uh, you know, you've
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  Speaker 1: got to you got to spend the resources to slow
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  Speaker 1: him down. He give him, give them a lot of respect,
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  Speaker 1: and that's that's what teams do, right I mean, that's
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  Speaker 1: what team. You see it on film all the time,
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  Speaker 1: and and it's just it's the respect of who the
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  Speaker 1: player is, you know, but uh, he can he can
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  Speaker 1: certainly wreck a game. How much is that all? Do?
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  Speaker 1: You go back to last year's game? You got to
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  Speaker 1: look at it, you know, personnel, what we did offensively, defensively,
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  Speaker 1: you know, offensively, we didn't take care of the ball
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  Speaker 1: very well, you know in that football game, and you know,
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  Speaker 1: we turned it over too many times, and you know,
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  Speaker 1: obviously still came down to a one score game. So
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  Speaker 1: there's some positives to take away from it. But uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I think the biggest takeaway too for us
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  Speaker 1: is just we had to protect the football, which again
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  Speaker 1: we didn't do on Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: Since that game, they've added quite a few resources on
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  Speaker 2: the offensive side of the balls wide receiver or have you.
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  Speaker 1: Seen and obviously along the example size on tape or
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  Speaker 1: from some of those editions. Yeah, I think I think,
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  Speaker 1: like with anything, you know, you got talent there. I
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  Speaker 1: think they're still working through some things, you know, getting
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  Speaker 1: on the same page with with the quarterback and and
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  Speaker 1: all that. But listen, it's it's the NFL and these
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  Speaker 1: guys can. They can light it up at any time.
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  Speaker 1: So you know, we have to be prepared this week
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  Speaker 1: and and you know, stay focused on us.
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  Speaker 2: You guys were in man coverage. I think it was
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  Speaker 2: rated as like the highest percentage in the entire NFL
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  Speaker 2: last week going up against pretty speedy wide receivers for
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  Speaker 2: the Dolphins.
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  Speaker 1: How do you carry that over now against this receivement
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  Speaker 1: corn against this offense. Yeah, it's interesting how how people
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  Speaker 1: view man coverage nowadays instead of match coverage, which is
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  Speaker 1: his own defense. But anyway, uh, you know, it's it's
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  Speaker 1: weak to week. I'll tell you this, it's week to week.
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  Speaker 1: Game plans are going to change. Techniques are going to change,
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  Speaker 1: you know how how Ryan and presents. You know, our
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  Speaker 1: defense will change from last week. It's just the way.
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  Speaker 1: It's the way the league is, and that's what you
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  Speaker 1: have to do. It's sort of a week to week
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  Speaker 1: game plan, you know, a deal. I really thought for
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  Speaker 1: the most part, other than the big you know, the
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  Speaker 1: three plays for one hundred and eighty two yards in
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  Speaker 1: the game Sunday, our guys really did a nice job
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  Speaker 1: of of you know, corraling their receivers and and playing physical.
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  Speaker 1: You know, when we were in in in space, you know,
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  Speaker 1: tackling in space and things like that. So it's gonna
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  Speaker 1: take that same type of effort you know again this week.
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  Speaker 1: That's any smart aspect, Could you honestly explain us to
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  Speaker 1: the menfode take us too long and we'd have to
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  Speaker 1: watch tape in orders to do that. But yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: know you have a game plan. I think maybe part
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  Speaker 1: a game plan for him one time.
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  Speaker 2: Any feeling, Well, you look at the.
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  Speaker 1: At Deshaun Watson's career, are you surprised that he you know,
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  Speaker 1: obviously had layoffs and he had Are you surprised that
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  Speaker 1: he has repressed as much as he has? The quarterback
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  Speaker 1: he wasn't used what he has been at least so far. Yeah. Look,
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  Speaker 1: it's hard for me to speculate, and I don't want
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  Speaker 1: to do that. I just know that he's a good
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  Speaker 1: football player and and you know they went after him
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  Speaker 1: and wanted him to be the quarterback there, and and
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  Speaker 1: he's still he's still a dangerous guy, you know, throwing
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  Speaker 1: in running the football. And John alluded to the fact
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  Speaker 1: that when we played him years ago, back when he
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  Speaker 1: was in Houston, he had a heck of a football
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  Speaker 1: game and he's that he's got that in him, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and and very capable of doing that. So I can't
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  Speaker 1: can't fall asleep on it, you know, can't lose focus
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  Speaker 1: on it. Just again, another another good player in this
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  Speaker 1: league that you've got to give a lot of respect to.
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  Speaker 2: Before Gig Chubb got hurt, they were a power They
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  Speaker 2: wanted to play a power game of football without Chubb.
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  Speaker 1: Do you do you still see that he's part of
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  Speaker 1: their personality offensively? Yeah, I do. I do. I see that.
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  Speaker 1: I see that they know they want to establish the
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  Speaker 1: run obviously and be physical, and I think that was
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  Speaker 1: part of their their mindset last year, you know, going
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  Speaker 1: after us a little bit there, and and you know,
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  Speaker 1: we made some mistakes defensively and some communication errors last
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  Speaker 1: year and and and you know obviously ultimately some big plays,
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  Speaker 1: but they definitely want to they want to do that,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I think I think each week, I think
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  Speaker 1: that's something you have to you kind of have to
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  Speaker 1: look at and and you know understand that you've got
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  Speaker 1: to kind of match physicality with physicality, and uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: be prepared for that. Daniel Thomas progress, He's good, He's
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  Speaker 1: he's getting better, obviously, we'll see where he's at again today.
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  Speaker 1: We'll get him back out there running around. He's a
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  Speaker 1: higher candidate potentially. Haven't made a decision there. We'll see,
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  Speaker 1: you know how what just the length of time you
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  Speaker 1: know it'll be, but I haven't haven't made that decision yet.
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  Speaker 1: Do you even mentioned today the teams that return the
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  Speaker 1: page or was that was that out on Monday? We
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  Speaker 1: do that on Monday. We do that on Monday, and
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  Speaker 1: then we kind of turned the page then and guys
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  Speaker 1: come in on Tuesday and really start focusing and on
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  Speaker 1: the on this week. You know, this week's opponent. What
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  Speaker 1: do you need to see?
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  Speaker 2: Your want to see tells you there's no lingering anything.
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  Speaker 1: From that game. Well, we just again the mistakes that
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  Speaker 1: we made, the subtle things, the communication issues offensively, even
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  Speaker 1: some of the communication things defensively. Have we have we
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  Speaker 1: corrected those right, And we won't know again until as
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  Speaker 1: we get out on the practice field and Sunday. So
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  Speaker 1: those those are the things that and then ball security,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we got to create takeaways and we got
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  Speaker 1: to take care of the football. And you know, I
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  Speaker 1: think if we do that, you know, it definitely helps
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  Speaker 1: your chances.
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  Speaker 2: Expectation.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously, you guys don't have a timeline yet about availability
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  Speaker 1: this week. If you can't go ing you into space
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  Speaker 1: seeing more opportunities in his absence. Trick question it we
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  Speaker 1: we have we have options, let me put it that way.
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  Speaker 1: We have options back there, and you know it's it's
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  Speaker 1: I thought Buster did a nice job filling in last week, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: and and I really like where he's at and what
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  Speaker 1: he's done, so obviously that's that's a that's a good
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  Speaker 1: option for us. How was Mason Smith coming a long way? Good?
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  Speaker 1: You know, he's learning I think I think, you know,
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  Speaker 1: playing Sunday in a in a real game like that
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  Speaker 1: really can be eye opening experience for him and and
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  Speaker 1: how to how to approach it continues to work and
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  Speaker 1: get better. He's a you know, he's a sponge on
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  Speaker 1: defense learned, meaning he wants to he wants to learn
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  Speaker 1: and understand technique and gap control and and pass rush
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  Speaker 1: and uh, you know it's a there's a lot you
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  Speaker 1: know for young player like that, but he's he's done
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  Speaker 1: a nice job.
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  Speaker 2: Seems like every week there's a receiver rou two to
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  Speaker 2: look out for. What kind of johns did Amar goover?
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  Speaker 1: And Gi kind of explosive. I was in Philly when
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  Speaker 1: Mari was in Dallas, and he can he can, he
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  Speaker 1: can get behind you. Uh, he's good in space, He's smart,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, and you know, it's just a it's a
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  Speaker 1: good tandem, you know. And and uh again two guys
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  Speaker 1: that you know, we got our hands full again this week.
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  Speaker 2: NFOs next shows that boy had more tackles. He crossed
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  Speaker 2: like twenty yards and more to make the tackle. What
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  Speaker 2: was that say about him and the rest of the
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  Speaker 2: team when they see him making those.
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  Speaker 1: Different players, Well, he was really out of position and
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  Speaker 1: he's haul in tail or, he's hustling. Uh I you know,
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  Speaker 1: I would say that he's hustling, you know, and and
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  Speaker 1: making those plays. But it's good. I mean, it's it's great.
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  Speaker 1: I think that our I think our defense really played fast,
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  Speaker 1: you know on Sunday despite some of the mistakes. But
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  Speaker 1: he's definitely I saw that on film, I saw it live.
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  Speaker 1: Just how the intensity and the speed in which he plays.
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  Speaker 2: Let's have to get to get him back his confidence there.
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  Speaker 1: He kind of self motivated and one he's self motivated
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  Speaker 1: to He and I spoke even during the game Sunday
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  Speaker 1: and then afterwards, you know, and I just just reassured
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  Speaker 1: him that that we're we're going to continue to give
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  Speaker 1: him the football. And and I think that's the the
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  Speaker 1: next best thing is to get him right back on
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  Speaker 1: that horse, as they say, and and keep keep feeding
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  Speaker 1: the ball. And uh, I don't want him to be tentative,
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  Speaker 1: you know, cautious. I still want him to attack, be
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  Speaker 1: aggressive and and just learn from you mentioned the mistakes
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  Speaker 1: on defense will last a couple of times. With those
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  Speaker 1: mistakes from things that Miami was trying to force you
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  Speaker 1: to do, It's just just mistake, just communication errors, you know,
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  Speaker 1: just things like that that that this first time everybody
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  Speaker 1: playing together game speed. You know, it was warm, you
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  Speaker 1: can you tend to lose a little focus, you know,
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  Speaker 1: And and it happened on offense the same way. You know,
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  Speaker 1: we have some breakdowns because of communication, and those are
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  Speaker 1: just those are just in game loud stadium, loud environment
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  Speaker 1: that that we internally have to have to fix, have
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  Speaker 1: to correct. And you know, because there is a lot
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  Speaker 1: of there's a lot of communication that takes place every
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  Speaker 1: snap with all the different adjustments that that offenses present
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  Speaker 1: and someday kind of provide a proof of concept for
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  Speaker 1: the verticality you can get in this offense with Gave
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  Speaker 1: Davis and Brian Thomas Junior say one more time, were
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  Speaker 1: you impressed with or did it help you have confidence?
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  Speaker 1: And you know how much verticality you can get? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you know it it obviously, you know hopefully you guys
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  Speaker 1: saw it in training camp. Brian's speed and how real
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  Speaker 1: that is. And and then Gabe can you know, for
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  Speaker 1: a bigger guy, can still still get down the field.
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  Speaker 1: And then he's he's physical at the top of the route.
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  Speaker 1: So it was good to see both those guys, you know,
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  Speaker 1: make some plays down the field. You know, Sunday is
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  Speaker 1: something we can continue to use in our offense. You
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  Speaker 1: guys were three and five at home last year. Has
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  Speaker 1: that been at all and talking point with the first
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  Speaker 1: home game coming up just defending homes? No, we we
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  Speaker 1: just understand. I mean it's you know, you want to
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  Speaker 1: win at home, you want to win in front of
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  Speaker 1: your fans. I think it's it's it's great for your
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  Speaker 1: players and your organization obviously to do that. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's just I don't necessarily spend a lot of time,
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  Speaker 1: you know, focusing on that as much as just continuing
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  Speaker 1: to do our jobs and and you know, no matter
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  Speaker 1: where we play, you try to win the game. But
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  Speaker 1: but ultimately, yeah, at home it matters. It matters in
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  Speaker 1: front of your fans and you know your city and
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  Speaker 1: and you know, we just hope that this Sunday will
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  Speaker 1: be a great crowd. You know out here at the
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  Speaker 1: at the Bank. What kind of things you've seeing that
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  Speaker 1: at Devin Boyd. You know a player that really has, uh,
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  Speaker 1: I think, embraced a new role, a new position, somebody
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  Speaker 1: that's played another one that played fast on Sunday, which
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  Speaker 1: meaning he's he's not necessarily thinking, he's just reacting to
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  Speaker 1: what he's been taught and coach to you know, Coach
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  Speaker 1: House has done a great job with those linebackers, and
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  Speaker 1: just a guy that's with playing with confidence. I think,
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  Speaker 1: I think you know where he is right now schematically,
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  Speaker 1: I think it really fits him in his style and
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  Speaker 1: you know, more comfortable obviously playing off the ball and
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  Speaker 1: things of that nature. But uh, he's in a really
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  Speaker 1: good place right now.
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  Speaker 2: When you guys came out healthy for the most part
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  Speaker 2: out of Sunday's game, no other injuries.
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  Speaker 1: Good