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• 0:00
  Speaker 1: Are you trying to say short week? Obviously the preparation
• 0:03
  Speaker 1: has been kind of sped up, but just how are
• 0:06
  Speaker 1: you approaching this week?
• 0:08
  Speaker 2: Just paying attention to the details. You just got to
• 0:11
  Speaker 2: hone in on the details, hone in on your technique.
• 0:15
  Speaker 2: That's really all it is because you're just coming off
• 0:17
  Speaker 2: a game and then you got a game, what, four
• 0:19
  Speaker 2: days later. So you just got to hone in on
• 0:20
  Speaker 2: the details and study what you got to study.
• 0:24
  Speaker 1: The clip came out of you making sure to get
• 0:26
  Speaker 1: Branson's interception ball.
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  Speaker 3: Why was that important to you? Obviously, you had a
• 0:31
  Speaker 3: little thing earlier.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, because they always get my ball. They always find
• 0:35
  Speaker 2: a way to get my ball. When you're in the
• 0:36
  Speaker 2: heat of the moment, you just go black. You try
• 0:38
  Speaker 2: to celebrate with your teammates. You forget about the ball,
• 0:41
  Speaker 2: stuff like that. So my goal was once he celebrated
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  Speaker 2: with me is just to watch him and see what
• 0:45
  Speaker 2: he do with the ball so I can make sure
• 0:46
  Speaker 2: I can get it back to him.
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  Speaker 4: The last time you played in a primetime game, you
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  Speaker 4: had one of the most noteworthy highlights of your career.
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  Speaker 4: Do you look forward to making plays when the lights
• 0:55
  Speaker 4: are exclusively on this unit?
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  Speaker 2: Nah, I try to make plays every Sunday. Every Sunday,
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  Speaker 2: every Thursday, every Monday. Every time I touch the field,
• 1:01
  Speaker 2: I'm ready to go out there and play.
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  Speaker 5: How much of a schedule guy are you during the week?
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  Speaker 4: How much does this kind of shift your weekly thing?
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  Speaker 2: Nah, it don't shift nothing for me. I just got
• 1:11
  Speaker 2: to adjust to it and just keep going.
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  Speaker 6: You've been doing punt return all year, but.
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  Speaker 6: How much of a weapon can you be with the
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  Speaker 6: ball in your hand on that?
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  Speaker 2: A lot of people don't see what I do with
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  Speaker 2: the ball in my hand, so I just got to
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  Speaker 2: catch it at the right time and do what I do.
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  Speaker 7: Do you enjoy that aspect of it, special teams aspect?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, as long as I get the ball in my hands,
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  Speaker 2: I'm good. Whatever it takes to get the ball in
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  Speaker 2: my hands, I'm ready to do it.
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  Speaker 1: I remember you said last year while you were out
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  Speaker 1: you would pay attention to Liam and what he was calling.
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  Speaker 1: To see him kind of set up plays with you
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  Speaker 1: And earlier in the game, then go back and run
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  Speaker 1: something else. Just kind of how unique is that to
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  Speaker 1: have a coach that's that detailed?
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  Speaker 2: When he's calling those plays, I'll be knowing he's setting
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  Speaker 2: up something or trying to give me the ball somehow
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  Speaker 2: or try to make the offense, you know, get a spark.
• 2:01
  Speaker 2: So when I'll be seeing those plays and just see
• 2:03
  Speaker 2: how we did early in the game, I'll just be
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  Speaker 2: waiting for the next play because I know it's going
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  Speaker 2: to happen and somebody's going to get an answer.
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  Speaker 8: Guys have talked about it being a next-man-up mentality if
• 2:11
  Speaker 8: you guys injured.
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  Speaker 3: Is that just the culture here?
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  Speaker 8: Guys are always ready to go when.
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  Speaker 3: Their number's called? Yeah, we all prepare the right way.
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  Speaker 2: You know, Coach stay on us and make sure we
• 2:19
  Speaker 2: dialed in on every detail.
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  Speaker 3: So, yeah, it's always next-man-up and ready to go. What
• 2:23
  Speaker 3: were you thinking when you saw Ray Allen with the ball?
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  Speaker 2: I was just trying to hurry up and get to him,
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  Speaker 2: make sure he didn't get tackled.
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  Speaker 8: Josh, does Derek look like he's got enough gas in
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  Speaker 8: the tank to be a problem with Derek Henry?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 9: He's had a lot of big runs this year for
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  Speaker 9: those guys. They still rely on him heavily. So we
• 2:45
  Speaker 9: got to stay dialed in because he can break one
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  Speaker 9: at any moment if we're not gap sound. We're excited
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  Speaker 9: for the challenge at the end of the day, and
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  Speaker 9: we can't wait for it.
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  Speaker 3: What's key in bringing Derrick down?
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  Speaker 7: Population and getting him before he gets going.
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  Speaker 6: Josh, this franchise doesn't typically get a ton of primetime games.
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  Speaker 6: This year you got a few, but do you guys
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  Speaker 6: get up maybe a little bit more for being in
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  Speaker 6: prime time, maybe show off a little bit?
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  Speaker 9: I mean, we've had a few, so we're definitely honored
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  Speaker 9: to be able to put in the spotlight so where
• 3:22
  Speaker 9: we can showcase our talents.
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  Speaker 7: We haven't had a Thursday.
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  Speaker 9: I've had a Thursday night the first couple years of
• 3:28
  Speaker 9: my career, and then after 2023 we never had one.
• 3:31
  Speaker 9: So it feels good to have another Thursday night. We've
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  Speaker 9: got to take advantage of these opportunities. Getting recovered in
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  Speaker 9: the back end as well. We've got a few days, too.
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  Speaker 9: But we're looking forward to showcase who we are, man,
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  Speaker 9: and just, you know, continue to play the brand football
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  Speaker 9: that we know how to play in front of the world.
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  Speaker 7: Well, whoever watches the Thursday night game.
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  Speaker 6: Is there a level of uncertainty when you're facing a
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  Speaker 6: quarterback in this situation who's hardly ever played, just not
• 4:00
  Speaker 6: really sure what to get?
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  Speaker 10: How does that impact kind of your plan?
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  Speaker 7: Yeah. You know, especially like your pass record. I mean,
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  Speaker 7: we'll take care of that whenever we get there.
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  Speaker 9: I think, you know, as a defense going into a
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  Speaker 9: situation like that, I think we do a great job
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  Speaker 9: on not underestimating or overestimating the opponent if something was
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  Speaker 9: to happen. Quinn Nelson's not going to be there. Of
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  Speaker 9: not panicking, doing our job. I think this is another
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  Speaker 9: case for that. I think more of, like, what is
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  Speaker 9: the OC going to call? What are we anticipating that
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  Speaker 9: they're going to allow him to do? Again, and that's
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  Speaker 9: why they have the running back, Derrick Henry, that can
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  Speaker 9: just hand the ball off. So respecting a lot of run,
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  Speaker 9: but watching his tape, he's made a lot of big
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  Speaker 9: plays in his career. So that's something that we do
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  Speaker 9: need to hone in on. And rush-wise, we've got a
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  Speaker 9: one-on-one up front. Continue to rush forward and affect the
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  Speaker 9: quarterback as much as we can.
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  Speaker 7: Is it a bad situation?
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  Speaker 6: What do you think might be starting the third string
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  Speaker 6: quarterback guy?
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  Speaker 7: A lot of people don't know anything about him.
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  Speaker 6: It is what it is.
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  Speaker 7: It is what it is.
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  Speaker 9: If it was him, the guy from last week, if
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  Speaker 9: Snoop was playing, it is what it is. Our mission
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  Speaker 9: doesn't change. Our goal is to go down there and win.
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  Speaker 9: It's still that, and that's all we care about.
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  Speaker 4: Plenty of familiarity between you and Calais Campbell. Have you
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  Speaker 4: guys been in contact with one another leading up to
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  Speaker 4: this matchup?
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  Speaker 7: Not within these weeks. It's been a short weekend.
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  Speaker 9: I think we've both been kind of trying to get
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  Speaker 9: our bodies back right to play as fast and physical
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  Speaker 9: on Thursday as we can. But I'll talk to him
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  Speaker 9: once we get out there, and it'll be all love.
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  Speaker 10: With Devon Hamilton's absence, does that put even more on
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  Speaker 10: your plate in the run game, even more than you
• 5:51
  Speaker 10: already contribute each and every week?
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  Speaker 9: I mean, I feel like when you start thinking like that,
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  Speaker 9: you just added more stress on you, on you, on
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  Speaker 9: everybody else. We have all the faith and trust in
• 6:00
  Speaker 9: Dickie to do what he needs to do up front.
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  Speaker 9: And then whoever rotates up, if we get Albert up, then,
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  Speaker 9: you know, we trust that Albert's going to be where
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  Speaker 9: he needs to be. You know, the style of play
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  Speaker 9: does not change no matter who you are. Obviously, when
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  Speaker 9: you have a talented guy as DM go down, you know,
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  Speaker 9: it would put angst on everybody. But I think for us,
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  Speaker 9: we still believe, and everybody that we put in that
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  Speaker 9: situation and us as edges, we got to continue to
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  Speaker 9: set that edge, uh, bottle it back inside and, uh,
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  Speaker 9: get off our blocks and make plays.
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  Speaker 4: How much will you guys miss LeBron's leadership?
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  Speaker 11: Kind of what.
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  Speaker 7: He's meant to do. Yeah, man. He, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 7: obviously I told y'all, y'all asked me, how are we
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  Speaker 7: in the run game? And it starts with him.
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  Speaker 9: Um, so obviously saying that over and over again, then
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  Speaker 9: that expectation that all is going to drop is going
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  Speaker 9: to fall.
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  Speaker 7: But, I don't think it is, but we love him.
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  Speaker 7: We miss him. We wish for a speedy recovery. He
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  Speaker 7: knows we're going to play.
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  Speaker 9: Whoever's in that situation is going to do the best
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  Speaker 9: they can to make the many plays, and that's the
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  Speaker 9: expectations that he has for those guys, and that's the
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  Speaker 9: expectations those.
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  Speaker 7: Guys have for themselves. So, quick week, figure it out, and...
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  Speaker 7: Go out there and just play on our minds. That's
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  Speaker 7: the only thing we can do this week.
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  Speaker 6: Is there anything different you do body-wise to get ready?
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  Speaker 6: You said you haven't done a Thursday night or a minute.
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  Speaker 7: I mean, just, you know, how quick can you do
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  Speaker 7: your outside routine?
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  Speaker 9: You know, today was my day where, you know, before
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  Speaker 9: we had a later start today, so I kind of
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  Speaker 9: woke up earlier, got with my team around town and
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  Speaker 9: got it in, make sure I get it in so
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  Speaker 9: I can come back feeling ready to go today and
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  Speaker 9: then tomorrow and around Thursday.
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  Speaker 11: BT, can you take us through throwing the football again
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  Speaker 11: through the post there, the celebration after your touchdown, what
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  Speaker 11: that meant in a game like that, especially early on
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  Speaker 11: in the game to get rolling?
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  Speaker 3: It was just excitement.
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  Speaker 12: I mean, it was just really a lot of excitement
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  Speaker 12: just going out there, being able to go out there and.
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  Speaker 3: Run the right play. I mean, we had a play call, and.
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  Speaker 12: We ended up getting to something that we liked better
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  Speaker 12: for the defense that they were in. So, I mean,
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  Speaker 12: it was just– a lot of excitement for being able
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  Speaker 12: to go out there and execute a play.
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  Speaker 4: Continuing on that point, following the touchdown, the stadium starts
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  Speaker 4: chanting BTJ. Were you aware of that sentiment in the moment?
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  Speaker 12: Actually, I heard them chanting something, but I didn't have
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  Speaker 12: a clear understanding.
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  Speaker 3: Of what it was.
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  Speaker 12: But then I was talking to CJ, and he was like,
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  Speaker 12: did you hear them chanting BTJ? And I was like, nah,
• 8:35
  Speaker 12: but I mean, I heard them chanting something. But I mean,
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  Speaker 12: that's super cool just to be able to have them
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  Speaker 12: chant that for me.
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  Speaker 10: But how important is it that your teammate is making
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  Speaker 10: sure that you know that the fans are behind you?
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  Speaker 3: It's super important. They come in and let me know each.
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  Speaker 12: And every day that they're behind me. They always push
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  Speaker 12: me and continue to push me to be the best
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  Speaker 12: that I can be. It's super important. It goes to
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  Speaker 12: show how good we are together as a team.
• 9:03
  Speaker 10: How well is Trevor Lawrence playing right now? He's absolutely
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  Speaker 10: dominating at home. The touchdown-interception ratio is off the charts.
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  Speaker 10: What are you seeing from him right now playing his
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  Speaker 10: best goal?
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  Speaker 12: He's playing a great ball. He's playing at a super
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  Speaker 12: high level right now, which he'll continue to do. I mean,
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  Speaker 12: he puts in the work, and, I mean, it's showing
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  Speaker 12: off for sure.
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  Speaker 11: Short week.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, how do you prepare?
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  Speaker 10: And you kind of just blind your instincts and your
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  Speaker 10: natural ability in a week like this?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, yeah, we just got to go out there.
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  Speaker 12: I mean, everybody's going to be nicked up a little bit,
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  Speaker 12: still feeling a little sore from Sunday. I mean, you
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  Speaker 12: just got to go out there, give it your all,
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  Speaker 12: give it everything you got. I mean, that's all we're
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  Speaker 12: going to do. We're going to try to, with the
• 9:45
  Speaker 12: days that we got, take care of our body as
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  Speaker 12: best as we can to be able to go out
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  Speaker 12: there and feel as best as we can. But, I mean,
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  Speaker 12: we've got a short week, like you said. Everybody's not
• 9:52
  Speaker 12: going to be 100, so we just got to go
• 9:54
  Speaker 12: out there and do the best that we can and
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  Speaker 12: go out there and just play hard.
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  Speaker 3: I feel like we'll be good.
• 10:01
  Speaker 7: One more from me.
• 10:02
  Speaker 3: What sticks out about this Ravens defense?
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  Speaker 12: They're a super good defense. They've been with each other
• 10:08
  Speaker 12: for a little minute now. I mean, they play hard.
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  Speaker 12: They all run to the ball. They all get to
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  Speaker 12: the ball. I mean, it's a good defense. They've got
• 10:17
  Speaker 12: a good scheme. We're just going to go out there
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  Speaker 12: and try to do what we do Last.
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  Speaker 4: Time you played in primetime, you had a pretty noteworthy
• 10:23
  Speaker 4: play in the clutch against Kansas.
• 10:25
  Speaker 3: City in Week 5.
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  Speaker 4: Do you personally look forward to primetime games when the
• 10:29
  Speaker 4: lights are exclusively on this unit?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, primetime games are great for everyone.
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  Speaker 12: I feel like everybody gets that little extra energy boost
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  Speaker 12: for a primetime game. We just love to go out
• 10:42
  Speaker 12: there and have a nighttime game under all the lights.
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  Speaker 3: Everybody's watching.
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  Speaker 12: So, I mean, it always gives you an extra little
• 10:49
  Speaker 12: boost to go out there and just compete at a
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  Speaker 12: high level.
• 10:51
  Speaker 8: Yeah, especially in the safety room with Eric. How important
• 10:55
  Speaker 8: is it to be ready whenever your number's called.
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  Speaker 3: Like you have, man?
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  Speaker 13: I mean, yeah, I mean, it's huge because you never
• 10:59
  Speaker 13: know what's going to happen. That's why we really have
• 11:01
  Speaker 13: to attack practice hard. We have to communicate with each other.
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  Speaker 13: We have to do all those little things because you
• 11:06
  Speaker 13: never know when your name might be called. But when
• 11:09
  Speaker 13: it is called, you know, you could– really be the
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  Speaker 13: one to make the play that changes it for the
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  Speaker 13: team or whatever it might be.
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  Speaker 7: So it's really important just to stay ready.
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  Speaker 8: How has being around guys like Eric, Antonio, you know,
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  Speaker 8: some of the other veterans kind of helped prepare you
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  Speaker 8: for those moments?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, it's good.
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  Speaker 7: It's really good.
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  Speaker 13: I mean, we talk, we can really do anything together,
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  Speaker 13: which is crazy. So that goes way farther than football.
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  Speaker 13: But obviously, just being in a locker room with those
• 11:35
  Speaker 13: types of guys, you know, you get comfortable. You can
• 11:37
  Speaker 13: ask them different type of questions. And they've been around,
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  Speaker 13: so they've had the chance to see certain things that
• 11:42
  Speaker 13: we could talk about.
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  Speaker 3: So, I mean, it's been really cool.
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  Speaker 8: And next year, you said you were moving like almost
• 11:46
  Speaker 8: 23 miles per hour on your pick. Did it feel
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  Speaker 8: like you were flying?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I thought I was running pretty good. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: it felt good. Yeah. All right, prime time game. You
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  Speaker 3: excited for it?
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  Speaker 7: Next opportunity.
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  Speaker 5: Let's get it.
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  Speaker 10: What stands out about a Ravens team when you only
• 12:02
  Speaker 10: have a little bit of time to look at their defense?
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  Speaker 5: You know, Each week is going to be a great opponent.
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  Speaker 5: They're a real physical team. They run to the ball,
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  Speaker 5: swim to the ball, so we understand that going into it. Obviously,
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  Speaker 5: it's a Thursday night game, so they're going to come
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  Speaker 5: out here ready to play, and we've got to come
• 12:19
  Speaker 5: out here ready to play as well.
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  Speaker 10: Talk to me about BT's touchdown there. We talked to him,
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  Speaker 10: and CJ Williams is making sure that he's here and
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  Speaker 10: the whole crowd is chanting his name. How big was
• 12:30
  Speaker 10: that for you to see a touchdown from BT? Yeah,
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  Speaker 10: I mean.
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  Speaker 5: I know he can make plays, so I'm not surprised.
• 12:38
  Speaker 5: I was just excited that we were able to execute
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  Speaker 5: that possession and score a touchdown. With BT being the
• 12:45
  Speaker 5: one scoring the touchdown, big time. But I know for him,
• 12:48
  Speaker 5: he knows he can make those plays, and we'll see
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  Speaker 5: a lot more of that.
• 12:53
  Speaker 10: Take me through Sunday. No one receiver really had a
• 12:57
  Speaker 10: lot of receptions. It was a pure domination led by
• 13:00
  Speaker 10: the running game. Take me through a game like that where,
• 13:03
  Speaker 10: you know, the passing game seems like an option because
• 13:06
  Speaker 10: the game's already out of reach pretty soon.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, go out there, have some fun, watch guys make plays,
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  Speaker 5: and most importantly, be in that, when you're in the
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  Speaker 5: run game, having big blocks and making it happen so
• 13:17
  Speaker 5: we can win the game. Obviously, we came out with
• 13:20
  Speaker 5: a big win, but that just shows you what type
• 13:23
  Speaker 5: of team we can be.
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  Speaker 10: We saw Travis Hunter returning some points for the first
• 13:27
  Speaker 10: time in his NFL career.
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  Speaker 11: What was your thoughts seeing.
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  Speaker 5: Him out there for those Yeah, I mean, we know
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  Speaker 5: he's a playmaker, can do everything.
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  Speaker 7: It was exciting.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I know he wants.
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  Speaker 5: To continue to, whatever he's doing, continue to be the
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  Speaker 5: best player he can be, best teammate. I'm excited to
• 13:42
  Speaker 5: see what else he can do out there.
• 13:44
  Speaker 4: You had a jet sweep early in the Colts matchup.
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  Speaker 4: Considering the type of playmaker you are with the ball
• 13:49
  Speaker 4: in your hands, would you like to see more running
• 13:51
  Speaker 4: opportunities on the offensive side of the ball?
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  Speaker 5: I would just say I'm just ready for any opportunity
• 13:56
  Speaker 5: that I get, and then obviously I'm I've said before,
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  Speaker 5: I just like to be able to show versatility. But
• 14:03
  Speaker 5: whatever we need and whatever play we call, I'm just
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  Speaker 5: going to do my best and do my job.