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Press Pass | Allen: "I want to be the guy for the defense that we can count on." · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Uh, it's definitely progression. I think, uh we let them
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  Speaker 1: off the hook a little bit, uh beginning of that
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  Speaker 1: second half to getting that touchdown. So there's still room
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  Speaker 1: for improvement up front, and you know, especially with the
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  Speaker 1: whole defense to to not allow that to happen. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: but you know, as a heck a way to fight
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  Speaker 1: heck of guys to make their places when the number
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  Speaker 1: was called. And you know, for my performance, man, it's
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  Speaker 1: I couldn't do a lot of it without the guys
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  Speaker 1: in front of me. So you know, I had fully
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  Speaker 1: helped me push the pocket as well, you know, to
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  Speaker 1: help me get that one. And then Trey Herning for
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  Speaker 1: the inside budget quarterback, you know, rolled out right into
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  Speaker 1: me in the second one. I told the DBS just
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  Speaker 1: to give me a little bit more time. So you know.
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  Speaker 1: So it's definitely a collection of of of everybody working together.
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  Speaker 1: And but you know that process starts in practice, so
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  Speaker 1: we continue to practice hard, continue to communicate that things
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  Speaker 1: may come.
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  Speaker 2: This is start your career. What is that rest?
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  Speaker 1: You know? For me, it's it's a week by week basis.
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  Speaker 1: You know, first and front most, I gotta take care
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  Speaker 1: of my body. I got to make sure that my
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  Speaker 1: body is whereas I can compete at a high level. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you know, we ain't playing in the league
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  Speaker 1: every week. Your body is gonna be dealing with something.
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  Speaker 1: So how well can I maintain that and and and
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  Speaker 1: not have setbacks? Uh? So that's first and foremost. And nutrition, Uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, make sure to eat right per the week,
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  Speaker 1: make sure to study accordingly. Uh know who I'm going against,
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  Speaker 1: know their weaknesses, know their strength, and execute those in practice.
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  Speaker 1: And it starts in practice. I think the preparation all
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  Speaker 1: week has been you know, on point. Uh, not only
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  Speaker 1: for myself, but as a defense as a whole, communicating,
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  Speaker 1: run to the ball, doing the little things that we've
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  Speaker 1: always done. And for me, man, it's just you just
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  Speaker 1: gotta keep going, keep studying, keep putting the time in,
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  Speaker 1: keep geting your body right, and just keep going.
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  Speaker 2: The league future.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you know, for me, it's just day to day. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I try not to be become a robot
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  Speaker 1: and say I'll have to do this, I have to
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  Speaker 1: do this. If I don't do this, then it's not
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  Speaker 1: gonna happen. So I'm really in the moment and just
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  Speaker 1: handle my business. You know, for me, this is a
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  Speaker 1: strictly business and you know, and and I'm about my
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  Speaker 1: business and and I'm ready to I'm ready to win games.
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  Speaker 1: I wanna be the guy for the defense that we
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  Speaker 1: can count on. I know last week where I could
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  Speaker 1: have made a little bit more plays. Uh, And so
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  Speaker 1: I felt like I personally let the team down. And
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  Speaker 1: then this week was just get back on track. And
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  Speaker 1: I got back on track. Go home tonight, finish this game,
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  Speaker 1: learn my corrections. Move on to Uh, Buffalo Bills.
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  Speaker 2: This game today? How excited you would to be? Just
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  Speaker 2: said next week?
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  Speaker 1: Uh, I mean A again, I've done it before. But
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  Speaker 1: you know, the Buffalo Bills is a is a really
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  Speaker 1: good team behind a good experience offensive line. So it's
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  Speaker 1: definitely gonna have to go back to the study. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: Like I said, I'm gonna start tonight, started looking at
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  Speaker 1: those guys, cause I have to be prepared of what
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  Speaker 1: I can do. You know today, you know, I studied
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  Speaker 1: his weakness and I found the weakness that I can exploit,
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  Speaker 1: and it was just waiting to get to those opportunities,
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  Speaker 1: and which was stop the run, stop the run, be
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  Speaker 1: able to rest the pass her. Next week we'll see
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  Speaker 1: what their weakness is stop that and then I can
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  Speaker 1: have my opportunity. So uh, I'm excited to play another
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  Speaker 1: game in London. I'm excited to get some rest tonight,
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  Speaker 1: and uh I'm excited to go drash. What was the
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  Speaker 1: difference last week?
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  Speaker 2: Couldn't get there?
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  Speaker 1: Play today?
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  Speaker 2: Take away sacks? You pinpoint something that was working today
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  Speaker 2: and did you work last week?
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  Speaker 1: I think preparation. I think, uh like just being dedicated
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  Speaker 1: to each other, playing for one another, having energy, uh
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  Speaker 1: and being focused. I think I think that all that
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  Speaker 1: starts in practice. All that starts when you're outside of work.
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  Speaker 1: How do you prepare? Uh cause I think you know,
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  Speaker 1: if we all prepare individually, I think we're gonna have
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  Speaker 1: team success. But you know, it takes everyone, it takes
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  Speaker 1: every eleven and this week, man, we prepared the right way.
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  Speaker 2: Playing roll together.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I definitely got with my guys and we
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  Speaker 1: definitely hung out and just played the game, study some tape,
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  Speaker 1: just talk football. But I also spend time to talk
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  Speaker 1: to my family as well as well as much as
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  Speaker 1: I can at twelve o'clock at night. But now we
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  Speaker 1: spend a lot of time together and you know, I'm
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  Speaker 1: glad we get to spend some more time together and
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  Speaker 1: just to keep building on this. Uh. For me, man,
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  Speaker 1: it's you know this week, you know, after tonight this
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  Speaker 1: game is done and over with and uh trying to
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  Speaker 1: move on to the.
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  Speaker 2: Next one to it or do you take and competitive
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  Speaker 2: the boondo over your close gome to go so many
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  Speaker 2: times to come.
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  Speaker 1: Every years, so have you. I don't know, I've traveled
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  Speaker 1: a lot to to London, uh the past five years.
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  Speaker 1: So for me personally, I've kind of know what to do,
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  Speaker 1: when to sleep, h not to sleep, you know, things
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  Speaker 1: to eat, things not to eat. No, I need to
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  Speaker 1: drink a lot of water on the flight. But for us, well,
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  Speaker 1: it's just home for us, you know, when we come here,
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  Speaker 1: we feel like it's a home game. We feel the excitement,
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  Speaker 1: we feel our fans, we feel the energy in the stand, so,
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  Speaker 1: you know, so we love coming here. We know we
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  Speaker 1: got the back of all those fans out there, all
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  Speaker 1: eighty five thousand, I believe, uh cheering for us, and
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  Speaker 1: uh it was a great feeling. And it's pretty dope.
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  Speaker 1: It's pretty dope. I heard Uh, I heard that. You know,
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  Speaker 1: I was still locked in what I need to do,
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  Speaker 1: but it was right when all officer was coming out,
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  Speaker 1: soide kind of was sitting on the sideline. I thought
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  Speaker 1: it was pretty cool. I thought it was pretty cool
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  Speaker 1: that everybody sung, you know you guys national anthem. I
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  Speaker 1: thought I was pretty amazing as well, uh, real cultural
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  Speaker 1: and yeah, I just enjoyed the whole experience.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah,