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Press Pass | Doug Pederson on Preparation for Season Opener · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Okay, uh went well, we still got another day today
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  Speaker 1: tomorrow review.
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  Speaker 2: But I feel like the guys have had a good
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  Speaker 2: week of preparation.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's the first time that the obviously the starters,
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  Speaker 1: have gotten the bulk of the work uh this week,
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  Speaker 1: and you kind of.
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  Speaker 2: You know, practice the guys that who you.
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  Speaker 1: Think are gonna, you know, be the ones in the game,
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  Speaker 1: and they've had a good week.
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  Speaker 3: How calm they are it seems like just go on
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  Speaker 3: the locker and seem really calm.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I'm hoping that's a reflection of of what I've
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  Speaker 1: been talking to them about.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think if I'm calm, they'll be calm, right,
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  Speaker 2: And I think that's where it starts. But it doesn't
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  Speaker 2: surprise me. Honestly.
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  Speaker 1: It's a mature group. Even though they're young, they're mature,
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  Speaker 1: great leadership. We've talked a lot about this, so it
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  Speaker 1: doesn't surprise me that they're you know, that they're relaxed and.
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  Speaker 2: And you know focused.
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  Speaker 1: I did watch it till about halfway through the third
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  Speaker 1: and I I gave gave it up. I had I
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  Speaker 1: was too tired. But it was a good football game.
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  Speaker 1: I thought, fun to watch, fun to get football back on.
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  Speaker 4: Just to look at it because football's back, or is
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  Speaker 4: that to start kind of getting a little bit of
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  Speaker 4: a peek at what you have coming week two?
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  Speaker 1: I mean both obviously, but you know, for me, it
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  Speaker 1: was I wanted to see both teams.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we we we scrimmaged.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Detroit played him in preseason obviously, so we
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  Speaker 1: got to see them up close and see how they
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  Speaker 1: were gonna come out. And I thought, I thought they
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  Speaker 1: did did a nice job obviously, And and and then
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  Speaker 1: Kansas City with the firepower that they have, you know,
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  Speaker 1: especially with Patrick Mahomes and and his ability to to
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  Speaker 1: make some plays.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it was just it was just fun to
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  Speaker 2: watch how much.
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  Speaker 3: Growth is Treymon made since training camp began.
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  Speaker 2: Tray Bon's Trayon's headed headed in the right direction.
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  Speaker 1: He's made made really steady progress, you know, each each day,
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  Speaker 1: each week, every time he gets a step on the field,
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  Speaker 1: he's continuing to continue to work on his craft.
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  Speaker 2: And you know.
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  Speaker 1: He's he's done a nice job to put on He's
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  Speaker 1: really worked on, you know, the pass rush and using
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  Speaker 1: his length and his ability you know, to get to
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  Speaker 1: the quarterback in different different ways.
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  Speaker 3: We talked a lot about the offense, Trevor Ridley, some
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  Speaker 3: of the other receivers. Do you feel like Travis sometimes
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  Speaker 3: gets lost in the mix of all of that and
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  Speaker 3: the season he might be preparing to have this year.
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  Speaker 1: I think he does. He's a he's a great player,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and and he's in a really good, good place.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 1: What he's worked on this offseason and training camp has
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  Speaker 1: helped him and and helped him to be a good
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  Speaker 1: running back. And and so we're excited, you know, as
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  Speaker 1: the staff, we're excited for me, uh to watch him
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  Speaker 1: play and uh just to see where where he kind
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  Speaker 1: of picked up where he left off.
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  Speaker 3: He's going to be in a bit of a different
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  Speaker 3: situation going into this year where he's kind of the
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  Speaker 3: feature back. Last year, you guys still had James, and
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  Speaker 3: now he has a younger player in Tank where he's
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  Speaker 3: gonna have to set a good example for him. Have
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  Speaker 3: you seen him kind of step up as a leader
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  Speaker 3: of I have.
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  Speaker 2: I have, and it's been it's been good for Tank.
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  Speaker 1: And really there are some veteran guys there, even with uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, Dearnest and Jamichael, veteran players who have played
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  Speaker 1: and they've all been really good for UH, for Tank
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  Speaker 1: and for TJ. But but you know, TJ is the
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  Speaker 1: leader of that room and a lot of confidence in
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  Speaker 1: him and looking forward to him playing.
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  Speaker 5: We don't think we know what Calvin is, but do
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  Speaker 5: you have any concerns about, you know, him coming back
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  Speaker 5: after two years, like maybe trying to do too much
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  Speaker 5: too soon or not.
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  Speaker 1: I think early on when we first got him, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we had to kind of pump the brakes with him
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  Speaker 1: a little bit and say, hey, you know, we've got
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  Speaker 1: some time here. And he's he's really in a settled
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  Speaker 1: into his role. I don't feel like he's he's pressing
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  Speaker 1: as much like as he did maybe back in the
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  Speaker 1: off season when we first got here and maybe early
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  Speaker 1: in training camp. And I'm excited for him, you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's it's great to see him back out on the
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  Speaker 1: football field after the you know, his suspension and everything,
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  Speaker 1: and this will be this will be great.
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  Speaker 2: I'm excited for for Calvis.
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  Speaker 5: Is he even better than maybe you imagined or saw
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  Speaker 5: on tape when you get him in.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's you know, it's always different when you get
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  Speaker 1: a guy in person versus on tape. The speed is real,
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  Speaker 1: the explosion is explosion is real, ability to catch football
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  Speaker 1: is real, you know, and those are all things that
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  Speaker 1: pop out, you know, in person. And of course what
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  Speaker 1: he's put on tape in his career. You know, that's
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  Speaker 1: what gets you excited about the opportunity here and and
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  Speaker 1: you know, but at the same time too, he understands
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  Speaker 1: you just gotta be patient. You got guys like Christian
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  Speaker 1: Evans A, I mean, TJ and and Trevor does a
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  Speaker 1: nice job. I think of getting everybody involved.
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  Speaker 4: Since you've got most of the team back for the
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  Speaker 4: second year, how much different is it for you game prep,
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  Speaker 4: your message that you have going you know, the game.
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  Speaker 4: Most of the guys have heard some of the things
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  Speaker 4: you expect from them before. Does that make it simpler
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  Speaker 4: for you?
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  Speaker 2: Well maybe, but it really doesn't. You know.
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  Speaker 1: Our biggest thing is as we just can't beat ourselves,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and I think every every head coach probably
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  Speaker 1: says the same thing. Just don't don't don't create you know,
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  Speaker 1: a mess for yourself, right the critical errors, turnovers, things
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  Speaker 1: like that. You know, you just you just got to
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  Speaker 1: stay focused on you and what you're doing. I think
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  Speaker 1: our team has has heard that enough now that they're
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  Speaker 1: kind of speaking that same that same language you know
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  Speaker 1: in the locker room, and uh, just understand that it's
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  Speaker 1: a long season and it's uh it's a one day,
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  Speaker 1: one game at a time approach.
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  Speaker 3: How big of a jump I be seen from Andre
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  Speaker 3: Cisco just from training camp.
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  Speaker 2: To now quite a bit?
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  Speaker 1: Actually, you know, he came back this this spring and
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  Speaker 1: obviously training camp with a lot of confidence second year
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  Speaker 1: in Mike's defense. You know, just the terminology, the verbal,
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  Speaker 1: the communication back there with he and ray Sean, and
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  Speaker 1: you know, we know he's going to be around the football.
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  Speaker 1: It seems to to find him. We just got to
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  Speaker 1: make sure he catches it, uh when it comes his way.
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  Speaker 1: But he's a he's a great leader back there, you know,
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  Speaker 1: not only for the defense, but for the team as well.
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  Speaker 1: And just another one of those young players that that
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  Speaker 1: we're excited to watch play.
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  Speaker 2: Bart's had enough.
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  Speaker 3: Time where you're comfortable with where he is, U he
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  Speaker 3: had enough practice time.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, he's ready to go.
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  Speaker 1: You know, again, another player that that you know, miss
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  Speaker 1: missed quite a bit of time last year unfortunately, but
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  Speaker 1: excited for him. You know, it's a great opportunity for
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  Speaker 1: him again to get back in there with the with
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  Speaker 1: the starting five.
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  Speaker 5: We talked at the end of spring about wanting to
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  Speaker 5: score a touchdown more game. Now you get through training camp, preseason,
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  Speaker 5: do you feel like that's pretty realistic to be up
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  Speaker 5: there around twenty.
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  Speaker 2: Twenty eight almost thirty points. I mean, you hope to.
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  Speaker 1: You know, obviously, again, long season, everything, a lot of things,
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  Speaker 1: you know, factor into that.
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  Speaker 2: But you just got to play sound football.
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  Speaker 1: Every everybody, ever, each phase has got to do their part.
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  Speaker 1: And again, it's just it's a process. It's a journey, right,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, there's gonna be some games maybe you score
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  Speaker 1: ten to fourteen and other games you're over thirty. So
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  Speaker 1: it's just a matter of you know, how how you
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  Speaker 1: approach each week and and stay you know, stay in
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  Speaker 1: the moment.
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  Speaker 2: That way, you still.
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  Speaker 5: Get excited on this sad it's sort of.
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  Speaker 4: The last time.
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  Speaker 3: Before you start hazing the lawns.
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  Speaker 2: It's still good to go it does it does? You know?
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  Speaker 1: The day that it doesn't is a bad day. You
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  Speaker 1: still get those nervous feelings, you get those butterflies, you know,
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  Speaker 1: just like you did as a player, and you know,
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  Speaker 1: and you just go into it with with confidence obviously,
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  Speaker 1: but but you feel the emotion.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we're on the road.
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  Speaker 1: It's gonna be a great crowd there, you know, excited
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  Speaker 1: for our team, new team, new year. Everybody's kicking off,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the season this weekend. And yeah, you still
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  Speaker 1: you still feel all that emotion.
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  Speaker 2: H m hmm.