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Press Pass | Doug Pederson on Offensive Line, Prep for Bills · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Well, obviously that'd be a great, great achievement, very special
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  Speaker 1: to me personally. But we you know, we understand it's
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  Speaker 1: uh uh, it's it's another game. It's a football game
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  Speaker 1: against a really good opponent too, so it's it's a challenge.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, uh if it, if it happens, it'd
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  Speaker 1: be great. And you know, one of those things that
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  Speaker 1: you never thought, kind of grown up, you'd be in
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  Speaker 1: this situation, you know, as a head coach.
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  Speaker 2: But anytime I get a chance to you know, take
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  Speaker 2: the field.
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  Speaker 1: And and uh with with this team or my previous team,
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  Speaker 1: it's always a special moment.
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  Speaker 3: Also an advantage.
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  Speaker 2: Here all the.
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  Speaker 3: Goods for every night to those are a good.
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  Speaker 1: Flying overnight, Uh, an advantage you know, I don't know
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  Speaker 1: about that. I just know that, you know, obviously back
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  Speaker 1: to back games. You know, the advantage for us is
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  Speaker 1: just that we're here and and I try to keep
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  Speaker 1: it as normal as if we were in Jacksonville, and
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  Speaker 1: as far as the schedule goes, and I you know,
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  Speaker 1: and and we understand what that travels like leaving on
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  Speaker 1: a Thursday, getting here on a Friday morning, and and
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  Speaker 1: obviously you know, Buffalo, they'll they'll experience that coach McDermott.
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  Speaker 2: I have a lot of respect for him.
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  Speaker 1: He'll have those guys prepared for that trip, you know,
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  Speaker 1: coming over and and but for us to be here,
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  Speaker 1: uh this great place, you know, Hanbury Manor, and it's
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  Speaker 1: just uh, it's it's it's.
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  Speaker 2: It's really it's nice for for us.
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  Speaker 1: Because you know, to be here a week and to
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  Speaker 1: experience uh this culture you know over here in the.
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  Speaker 2: UK, and to be.
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  Speaker 1: At this great place is uh and experience for all
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  Speaker 1: of us. Absolutely. This is a great football team, great quarterback,
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  Speaker 1: obviously well coached, you know, obviously the the the fingerprints
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  Speaker 1: of coach McDermott on this defense and what they're doing.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, it's a.
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  Speaker 1: Challenge for us, and uh, you know it's something that
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  Speaker 1: we can learn maybe from from that Chiefs game. Preparation,
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  Speaker 1: hard work, all of that going into this week and
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  Speaker 1: and you know, uh just know that that our guys
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  Speaker 1: will be you know, they'll be ready, you know, for
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  Speaker 1: for Sunday and look forward to the opportunity.
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  Speaker 2: Mindset your team.
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  Speaker 3: Uh you feel any different as they reproach.
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  Speaker 2: I mean obviously, anytime you win the week.
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  Speaker 1: Following is is a better week, and and you know,
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  Speaker 1: guys are in better spirits. I'm in a better mood typically,
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  Speaker 1: you know after win. But you know, looks it's it's
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  Speaker 1: short term memory. You know, you put wins and losses
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  Speaker 1: behind you quickly and you move on to the next opponent.
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  Speaker 1: So it's it's still gonna take a solid week of preparation,
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  Speaker 1: you know to uh uh to play in this game.
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  Speaker 3: An update or the updates on day in all.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, right now, both guys are day to day.
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  Speaker 1: We'll we'll get them out there today in practice, move around,
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  Speaker 1: see where they're at physically, you know, along the same lines.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Cam Cam Robinson will be out there today.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Smoot will be out there today. Antonio Johnson
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  Speaker 1: will be will be out there today. So all guys
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  Speaker 1: that we're going to see this uh you know, this
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  Speaker 1: week and see where they're at, uh, you know going
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  Speaker 1: into this game.
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  Speaker 2: Situation. But what do you need to see this week?
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  Speaker 2: You can he's ready to camp back in.
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  Speaker 1: Well, obviously he's in a really good you know, uh
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  Speaker 1: frame of mind. You know, he's he's prepared himself for
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  Speaker 1: this moment. He knew all along, you know, what he
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  Speaker 1: was doing and how what he needed to do to
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  Speaker 1: get ready, you know, for us as a staff, I
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  Speaker 1: think he's just going out there just how he executes
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  Speaker 1: this week, you know, in practice, and how he gels
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  Speaker 1: with you know, with Walker or possibly Shatley there at
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  Speaker 1: left guard, and you know all those different combinations that
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  Speaker 1: could happen. So he's he's I know, he's mentally ready
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  Speaker 1: and you know the physical part it's sort of natural
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  Speaker 1: to him.
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  Speaker 3: The offensive line is there or considerations or when where
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  Speaker 3: Walker gets it in pa replace?
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  Speaker 1: Oh No, Luke's Luke's solid in there. I mean, we
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  Speaker 1: have no issues with Luke at all. I mean he's
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  Speaker 1: he's done an outstanding job.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we do know.
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  Speaker 1: I mean Shatley is a backup center for us. If
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  Speaker 1: something would happened to Luke, obviously you know Tyler would
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  Speaker 1: be the one to go in. But but there's there's
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  Speaker 1: no no conversation at all about that.
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  Speaker 2: Fully confident Luke.
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  Speaker 1: What what do you you know, another leader, another veteran player,
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  Speaker 1: somebody who's played you know a lot of games that
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  Speaker 1: are left tackle.
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  Speaker 2: There's a physicality.
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  Speaker 1: There, you know, in a mindset that he brings. And
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  Speaker 1: you know, I h I think there too, there could
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  Speaker 1: be a little bit of a comfort level, you know,
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  Speaker 1: with the entire stability let's call it stability with the
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  Speaker 1: offensive line, you know. And and I'll tell you this,
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  Speaker 1: you know, my hat's off to to Walker a little,
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  Speaker 1: you know, for for you know, he's bounced around in
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  Speaker 1: the in the short time that I've been here, you know,
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  Speaker 1: on the offensive line, and he's somebody that you.
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  Speaker 2: Can definitely count on. But Kim Kim definitely brings that.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, you know that a little bit of that leadership
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  Speaker 1: and uh uh maybe a little bit more stability there
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  Speaker 1: to the offensive line.
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  Speaker 3: The game constans coach like yourself, the polity where more
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  Speaker 3: international games going forward.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's tremendous, you know, to have you know,
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  Speaker 1: international players involved obviously in the NFL. IO is part
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  Speaker 1: of our team and and uh he does an outstanding job.
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  Speaker 1: This is the second year for him, and and uh
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  Speaker 1: it's just just again it shows the health of our
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  Speaker 1: sport and the growth of our sport worldwide. I'm looking
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  Speaker 1: forward to playing the Bills on Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: I tell you it's something that.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously it's a bridge we would cross, you know if
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  Speaker 1: it got to that point. But again, I think it's
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  Speaker 1: just a credit to the NFL and and then the
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  Speaker 1: thirty two owners and teams for you know, taking our
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  Speaker 1: sport globally. You know, from a coaching standpoint, you got
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  Speaker 1: to think of all the logistics and travel and all
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  Speaker 1: that different stuff. But maybe one day we'll experience that.
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  Speaker 2: Josh Allen, their quarterback, are our d end I tell
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  Speaker 2: you what. As I mentioned, he's tremendous.
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  Speaker 1: Player and and you know he's obviously one of the
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  Speaker 1: top quarterbacks in the AFC, top quarterback in this league.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he's big and physically can run. It takes.
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  Speaker 1: Last time I faced him, I think it was in
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  Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, you know, And and it's a challenge to
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  Speaker 1: get him on the ground when you can. But he's
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  Speaker 1: got a big arm, can't fall asleep on the receivers
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  Speaker 1: and his ability to extend plays and and he does
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  Speaker 1: a nice job of finding, you know, finding his targets.
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  Speaker 4: And it's a challenge for our defense. This week, I
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  Speaker 4: think I didn't have time off.
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  Speaker 2: I was right here. We were game planning. Actually I
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  Speaker 2: have my wife is here.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously she's had a chance to experience, you know, the
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  Speaker 1: city and the surrounding area, and she says.
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  Speaker 4: It's great.
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  Speaker 2: I've been right here gross since he plays. No, I
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  Speaker 2: mean it's you know, we we play a few games.
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  Speaker 1: We played the Colts, you know, first game of the
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  Speaker 1: year on turf, and and you know it's it's it's
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  Speaker 1: part of it obviously. You know, we practice this week
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  Speaker 1: on grass and the guys, the guys do a nice job.
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  Speaker 2: It's just a matter of just you.
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  Speaker 1: Know, handling it properly with the with the right you know,
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  Speaker 1: footwear and shoes and things of that nature. But it
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  Speaker 1: doesn't it doesn't affect us one way.
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  Speaker 3: No, No, So you get star Center as you live,
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  Speaker 3: if you're in Jacksonville, this is a really load and
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  Speaker 3: love trip.
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  Speaker 2: What shin to set the place and want and pick
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  Speaker 2: your life from Russie A.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I think I think the biggest thing is is,
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  Speaker 1: you know, somehow, some way, just just eliminating a few
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  Speaker 1: of the distractions.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes you can get a little, you know, a load
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  Speaker 2: to sleep. You know, you're here at the hotel and
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  Speaker 2: you're you know, in and out of.
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  Speaker 1: Meetings and it's just not the normal routine, right You're
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  Speaker 1: not getting in a car, you're not driving to work,
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  Speaker 1: you know, things of that nature, and and just just
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  Speaker 1: staying up on your game stay in sharp. You got
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  Speaker 1: to continue to stay you know, in your game plan books.
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  Speaker 1: You got to continue to watch the tape.
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  Speaker 2: And the film.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, we don't have all the luxuries of
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  Speaker 1: you know, the all our technology right here, and and
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  Speaker 1: our guys do a great job obviously of bringing.
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  Speaker 2: That to us.
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  Speaker 1: But you know that's probably the one thing that concerns
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  Speaker 1: you a little bit is just the you know, the preparation,
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  Speaker 1: the mental preparation for a game like this.
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  Speaker 2: You know, after the game.
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  Speaker 1: Sunday this past week, you know, we got here to
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  Speaker 1: Hanbury Manor and gave them Sunday night off and gave
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  Speaker 1: them Monday off to you know, because a lot of
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  Speaker 1: them do have family or you know friends here that
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  Speaker 1: that they get a chance to experience the city and
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  Speaker 1: and you know, go places, eat dinners and things of
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  Speaker 1: that nature. And then you know, we got back to
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  Speaker 1: a little bit of a routine on Tuesday and now
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  Speaker 1: we're now we're back into our normal, normal work week.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we just want to see where he is physically
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  Speaker 2: from a football standpoint.
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  Speaker 1: He's obviously been cleared and and you know, ready to go,
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  Speaker 1: and we've just opened up his his window.
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  Speaker 2: It was twenty one day window and just see where
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  Speaker 2: he's at, you.
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  Speaker 1: Know, and and excited for him to get back with
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  Speaker 1: the team and get back on the grass. And and
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  Speaker 1: we'll monitor that, you know, day by day out on you.
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  Speaker 3: Any work.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you're doing about as much as you can.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, if you go back and look at a
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  Speaker 1: couple of those, probably there was probably something that it
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  Speaker 1: kept us from scoring a penalty.
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  Speaker 2: Uh you know the other.
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  Speaker 1: I guess it was Houston game. There was a drop
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  Speaker 1: pass you know for a touchdown on miss field goal early.
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  Speaker 1: Just those things that have kind of kept us from scoring,
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  Speaker 1: you know, those first possessions.
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  Speaker 2: You know, and and.
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  Speaker 1: I think those things happen, you know, they come to
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  Speaker 1: you right and when they do, they start coming in
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  Speaker 1: in droves or in waves, and but you don't you
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  Speaker 1: don't do anything in special I think the attention to
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  Speaker 1: detail maybe with the players. And you know, even you
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  Speaker 1: look at this week and you look at what Buffalo's done,
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  Speaker 1: you know for their defense to start fast. They're bringing
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  Speaker 1: a lot of pressure early you know in games to
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  Speaker 1: try to help drump start.
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  Speaker 2: Them as well.
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  Speaker 1: So you know, whatever you can do to just execute
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  Speaker 1: the plans what you said, you saw.
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  Speaker 2: The biggest thing. You know, we didn't turn the ball over,
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  Speaker 2: we didn't shoot.
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  Speaker 1: Ourselves on the foot, penalties, negative plays, We created some
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  Speaker 1: explosive you know plays there, and and and the fact
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  Speaker 1: that we you know, we finished some drives with points,
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  Speaker 1: especially in the second half. You know, we were at
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  Speaker 1: the ten yard line and the six yard line you know,
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  Speaker 1: in that football game and came away with points.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, did some good things.
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  Speaker 1: There's still some a lot of work to do, some
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  Speaker 1: some things to clean up, some areas to clean up
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  Speaker 1: and and emphasize.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, I thought just.
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  Speaker 1: Playing more of a clean game right from from that
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  Speaker 1: standpoint was was a step in the right direction. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I mean one is that we're here, right,
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  Speaker 1: we don't have to travel anywhere. And and really you know,
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  Speaker 1: Mondays and Tuesdays are typically those player days, you know,
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  Speaker 1: for themselves, and and we did some work yesterday with
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  Speaker 1: the players. We went through and you know, wrapped up
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  Speaker 1: the Falcon game, you know, with the players and started
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  Speaker 1: on you know, the bills yesterday got their workout, and
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  Speaker 1: you know, treatments are still the same on Mondays and Tuesdays,
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  Speaker 1: and then today, you know, they wake up today and
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  Speaker 1: we're right into meetings and you know, we just finished
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  Speaker 1: a walk through and and uh practice here in a
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  Speaker 1: few minutes. So those are all the typical things on
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  Speaker 1: a Wednesday, Thursday, you know that we'll do and and
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  Speaker 1: just keeping that you know, very similar.
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  Speaker 2: That's what that's one thing about.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we're we're creatures of habit where you know,
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  Speaker 1: we follow a schedule and and and uh, I don't
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  Speaker 1: like to necessarily deviate from that schedule if I don't
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  Speaker 1: have to, and keep a lot of the things the
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  Speaker 1: same for the players. He's he's really done a nice
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  Speaker 1: job and and you know, uh, he's really learned our offense.
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  Speaker 1: I think Press has done a really good job of
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  Speaker 1: incorporating him in certain you know, past uh concepts, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and and he's embraced that. And he's just he's a
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  Speaker 1: tremendous worker on the practice field. He can you know,
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  Speaker 1: can continues to improve and get better and and a
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  Speaker 1: really good leader in his room, the wide receiver room
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  Speaker 1: and on the team.
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  Speaker 2: And you know it was good last week.
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  Speaker 1: I made him a captain last week against Atlanta his
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  Speaker 1: old his old teammates, and uh, you know, he's he's
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  Speaker 1: just been he's been really good.
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  Speaker 2: You got a home game and then Thursday nine game,
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  Speaker 2: and I manage your players through you know, yeah, I
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  Speaker 2: mean it's uh, that part's a challenge. You know.
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  Speaker 1: I think about that because we're gonna come back from
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  Speaker 1: this trip where we've kind of got used to the
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  Speaker 1: five hour time change right from the east coast of
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  Speaker 1: the US, and and it takes a few days to
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  Speaker 1: kind of get you know, your body clock acclimated. So
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  Speaker 1: you know, I got to take that into consideration, you know,
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  Speaker 1: as we prepare next week, and and then as you mentioned,
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  Speaker 1: a Thursday game to follow. So it's it's about you know,
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  Speaker 1: I can I can facilitate with helping them get more rest,
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  Speaker 1: you know, possibly during the week, but then the players
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  Speaker 1: have to do their part and study and prepare and
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  Speaker 1: have the mental side down as you go into you know,
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  Speaker 1: this is week five, week six.
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  Speaker 2: And seven.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of the physical part they know how to
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  Speaker 1: play and do by now, it just turns into a
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  Speaker 1: mental game at that point.
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  Speaker 3: You're watching.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it really started back in the spring.
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  Speaker 1: What what I saw was the level of communication second
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  Speaker 1: year in the system with with coach Mike, and then
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  Speaker 1: to say back there and Cody and.
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  Speaker 2: That's what you're seeing.
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  Speaker 1: You're seeing guys being in the right spot, right at
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  Speaker 1: the right time. Obviously opportunistic, you know, getting their hands
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  Speaker 1: on these footballs and making you know, making these plays.
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  Speaker 1: It was good to see on Sunday and just got
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  Speaker 1: to continue, you know, to do that, you know, and
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  Speaker 1: be opportunistic when you can.
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  Speaker 3: As a player.
• 15:38
  Speaker 2: What do you remember about the German bands? Can? Wow,
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  Speaker 2: that was a long time ago. I think.
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  Speaker 1: I think, you know, anytime you get a chance to travel,
• 15:51
  Speaker 1: whether it be here in the UK, whether it be
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  Speaker 1: in Germany, I've I can remember my days early in
• 15:58
  Speaker 1: my playing days where we were in you know, in
• 16:01
  Speaker 1: Tokyo playing you know, some of those preseason games and stuff,
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  Speaker 1: and fans are incredible, you know, and and they're NFL fans,
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  Speaker 1: they're football fans, you know, American football fans. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: it was interesting because when I was watching the game,
• 16:16
  Speaker 1: the Atlanta game, and they show the crowd from time
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  Speaker 1: to time, you just see all kinds of NFL jerseys. Right,
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: It's not just Falcons jerseys or Jaguar jerseys. It's you're
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: seeing Dolphins and Steelers and Giants and Cowboys and you
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  Speaker 1: name it cardinals or everything, and I think that's you know,
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  Speaker 1: that's what's exciting about. Opportunities to come over and and
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  Speaker 1: really embrace the culture number one and really experienced the
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: fan base. It's it's all been very positive and very
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  Speaker 1: very exciting.